MCD polls: 'Penniless' candidates, senior citizens

MCD polls: 'Penniless' candidates, senior citizens New Delhi: Rajani Chouhan, a BSP candidate for the Delhi municipal polls, has only Rs 40 in her hand while one of the youngest contestants Mamta Kumari is penniless. These interesting figures form part of the affidavits of candidates filing nomination for the April 15 polls for the three municipal bodies in the capital. Chouhan, the BSP candidate in Rajinder Nagar, and her husband have movable property worth Rs 11.5...
09:59 AM, Apr 01, 2012

Criminal complaint against NCP leader Jitendra Ahwad

Criminal complaint against NCP leader Jitendra Ahwad New Delhi: A criminal complaint was filed against NCP leader Jitendra Awhad on Sunday in a Thane court for filing a false affidavit ahead of the 2009 elections and not declaring the ownership of his flat in the Adarsh Housing Society in his 2009 affidavit. According to the complainant, Praveen Wategaonkar, the CBI provided him details of flat owners of Adarsh during the hearing of his PIL against money laundering....
09:48 AM, Mar 05, 2012

Top Punjab leaders are worth Rs 250 crore

Top Punjab leaders are worth Rs 250 crore Chandigarh: That they were super-rich was never in doubt but the top political leadership in Punjab, especially from two families, are worth nearly Rs 250 crore ($48 million) of declared wealth. Affidavits submitted by the top politicos in Punjab while filing their nominations to various seats for the state's Jan 30 assembly polls have revealed that their riches are getting bigger and better. So if the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal...
12:39 PM, Jan 12, 2012

Plan panel may change Rs 32 affidavit on BPL

Plan panel may change Rs 32 affidavit on BPL New Delhi: Government on Friday indicated that the Planning Commission could change its controversial affidavit on BPL, which had held that people earning more than Rs 25 in rural areas and Rs 32 in urban areas do not come under this category of the poor. "These figures could undergo a change, who knows some other statistics may come up, which is acceptable to Planning Commission. "There is concern among people....
02:47 PM, Sep 30, 2011

'Adarsh land was not reserved for Kargil heroes'

'Adarsh land was not reserved for Kargil heroes' Mumbai: Union Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Thursday told the judicial panel probing the Adarsh Society Housing scam that the land where the controversial building stands belongs to the Maharashtra government and was never reserved for defence personnel or Kargil war heroes. "The plot where Adarsh stands is owned by the State of Maharashtra. The plot was not reserved for Defence personnel or Kargil war heroes," Shinde, former Maharashtra Chief...
01:04 PM, May 26, 2011

IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt gets back security

IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt gets back security New Delhi: The Gujarat Director General of Police (DGP) on Tuesday increased security for Deputy Inspector General of Police Sanjeev Bhatt. The State government withdrew it after the IPS officer filed an affidavit over the role of Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the post Godhra riots. After withdrawing his security, the Gujarat DGP has now assigned more security personnel to Bhatt. In addition to one armed constable, three constables have...
04:58 PM, May 03, 2011

Gujarat DGP warns Sanjiv Bhatt to keep away

Gujarat DGP warns Sanjiv Bhatt to keep away New Delhi: There seems to be more trouble for IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt. A day after the Gujarat government withdrew his commando security, the state's Director General of Police has now threatened him with departmental action for not being respectful to senior officers. Just a week ago Bhatt had filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court raising serious questions on the role of the Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in...
09:07 PM, May 01, 2011
Will the truth of Gujarat 2002 ever come out?

Will the truth of Gujarat 2002 ever come out?

On Talking Point, CNN-IBN asks, 'Will the truth of Gujarat 2002 ever come out?' ...
10:16 PM, Apr 22, 2011
What did Modi say at the Feb 27, 2002 meet?

What did Modi say at the Feb 27, 2002 meet?

Ahemdabad: The affidavit submitted by the 1988 batch Indian Police Service Officer of Gujarat cadre, Sanjiv Bhatt, before the Supreme Court in connection with the 2002 riots brings back into focus the controversial meeting held on the February 27, 2002 chaired by the Chief Minister Narendra Modi. While the meeting did take place, what was said or not said by the chief minister has often been surrounded in controversy. So ...
07:43 PM, Apr 22, 2011
What did Modi say at the Feb 27, 2002 meet?

What did Modi say at the Feb 27, 2002 meet?

Ahemdabad: The affidavit submitted by the 1988 batch Indian Police Service Officer of Gujarat cadre, Sanjiv Bhatt, before the Supreme Court in connection with the 2002 riots brings back into focus the controversial meeting held on the February 27, 2002 chaired by the Chief Minister Narendra Modi. While the meeting did take place, what was said or not said by the chief minister has often been surrounded in controversy. So ...
07:43 PM, Apr 22, 2011

Copy of Sanjiv Bhatt's affidavit filed before SC

Copy of Sanjiv Bhatt's affidavit filed before SC New Delhi: Copy of the original affidavit filed by Sanjiv Bhatt before the Supreme Court alleging that Narendra Modi categorically issued instructions that Hindus should be allowed to express their anger and Muslims should be taught a befitting lesson so that incidents like the burning of Sabarmati Express never happen again in Gujarat. ...
05:27 PM, Apr 22, 2011

PM accepts CVC responsibility in Rajya Sabha

PM accepts CVC responsibility in Rajya Sabha New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday accepted his responsibility for appointing PJ Thomas as Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) in Rajya Sabha - a day after doing so in the Lok Sabha. "We respect the verdict of the Supreme Court. There has been an error on our part...I take full responsibility," said Manmohan Singh while accepting responsibility. The Supreme Court on Thursday quashed the appointment of Thomas as the...
05:15 PM, Mar 08, 2011

Thomas defends his selection as CVC in SC

Thomas defends his selection as CVC in SC New Delhi: Central Vigilance Commissioner PJ Thomas on Tuesday filed an additional affidavit in the Supreme Court to defend his appointment as CVC. In his affidavit, Thomas has said that there was no sanction to prosecute him in the palmolein import case. Thomas, in his affidavit, said that was the senior most bureaucrat to be empanelled for the post of CVC and his name was considered the post after the...
02:42 PM, Feb 01, 2011

Ishrat Jehan encounter was staged: SIT member

Ishrat Jehan encounter was staged: SIT member New Delhi: In a new twist in the Ishrat Jahan encounter case, senior IPS officer and a member of Special Investigation Team, Satish Verma on Friday raised doubts over the circumstances of the killings before the Gujarat High Court and sought a fresh FIR. In his affidavit to the Gujarat High court, Ahmedabad Joint Commissioner of Police Satish Verma claimed that the encounter of the Mumbai teenager and three others...
04:38 PM, Jan 28, 2011

Swamy's 2G petition misconceived: Govt to SC

Swamy's 2G petition misconceived: Govt to SC New Delhi: The Centre has told the Supreme Court that Subramanian Swamy's petition against ex-Telecom Minister A Raja is misconceived and that Swamy jumped the gun by seeking sanction before filing a case. Appearing on behalf of the Prime Minister, Attorney General G E Vahanvati told the court that Subramanian Swamy's petition asking the PM for sanction was misconceived in law. Vahanvati argued that that sanction to file a complaint...
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