New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has called for the trial court records on former BJP president Bangaru Laxman in the fake arms deal case. The argument of expediting the case on the basis of Laxman's old age and medical condition has been rejected by the court. Laxman will now have to spend two months in jail. The next date of hearing in the case is July 5. Bangaru Laxman...
11:16 AM, May 11, 2012
New Delhi: Former BJP president Bangaru Laxman, who has been give a four-year jail term in fake arms sting case, resigned from the party's National Executive on Monday. A Delhi court had convicted Bangaru Laxman in the 2001 fake arms deal case conducted by newsportal tehelka.com. Bangaru was also fined Rs 1 lakh for taking a bribe of Rs 1 lakh to push a defence deal in a sting operation...
12:44 PM, Apr 30, 2012
New Delhi: Eleven years after a sting operation showed him taking a bribe of RS 1 lakh, former BJP President Bangaru Laxman was fined Rs 1 lakh and sentenced to four years in prison. His lawyers said they would contest the verdict and in the meanwhile Laxman will continue to stay in Tihar Jail after his conviction on Friday. Bangaru Laxman's body language clearly indicated that he was dejected with...
09:23 PM, Apr 28, 2012
New Delhi: A Delhi court sentenced former BJP president Bangaru Laxman to four years in jail in the 2001 fake arms deal case. Bangaru has also been imposed with a fine of Rs one lakh. Bangaru was convicted for taking a Rs one lakh bribe to push a defence deal in a sting operation 11 years ago. The court came tough on corruption and said in its judgement, "Time to...
08:33 PM, Apr 28, 2012
New Delhi: Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Bangaru Laxman has been convicted under the Prevention of Corruption Act in the 2001 Tehelka sting case relating to an alleged arms deal and sentenced to four years in jail. As Laxman goes to jail in the Tehelka sting case, IBNLive compiles a list of 10 most high-profile political convicts who recently went to jail in India: A Raja: Perhaps the most...
02:41 PM, Apr 28, 2012
New Delhi: Former BJP President Bangaru Laxman on Saturday asked for a minimum punishment in the fake arms deal case that he was convicted in on Friday. Bangaru, 72, sought leniency on health grounds, saying that he has undergone bypass surgery twice and is a first time offender. However, the CBI counsel pleaded for maximum punishment of five years for Laxman. Laxman was convicted by a Delhi court for taking...
11:21 AM, Apr 28, 2012
New Delhi: The sting operation by Tehelka newsportal exposing corruption through fictitious defence deal involving former BJP chief Bangaru Laxman on Friday got kudos from a Delhi court which said they acted as "whistle blowers". Despite dubbing the method adopted by the portal as "objectionable", the court said the idea of sting operation was not such that the scribes involved in it would be made accused. "I am of the...
07:08 AM, Apr 28, 2012
President Pratibha Patil decided to give up her proposed post-retirement accommodation in Pune on Friday. This came after allegations that the President's bungalow was being built on defence land in violation of norms. ...
09:30 PM, Apr 27, 2012
New Delhi: The Chief Information Commissioner of India on Wednesday has slammed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for withholding information in the Bofors Arms Deal scam. "For how long should a citizen wait for information in a case which is pending for more than 23 years," Chief Information Commissioner Satyananda Mishra asked while hearing an RTI application by lawyer Ajay Aggarwal seeking to know the reasons for filing case...
10:02 PM, Feb 09, 2011
The CBI found the six firms, including four international ones, involved in the Ordnance Factory Board scam. ...
03:32 PM, Jul 07, 2010
The Princess of Wales had angered ministers when she called for a ban on land mines just months before her death. ...
02:07 PM, Jun 01, 2010
France held up its 1.6 billion dollars sale of arms to Pakistan, reportedly under pressure from India. ...
10:17 AM, Apr 04, 2010
The Boeing-India arms deal is worth $2.1-billion. ...
04:07 PM, Mar 17, 2009
Kolkata: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly feels that Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Co will find it difficult to beat England in England. India will embark on a two and half month tour of England starting from July where they will play four Test matches, five ODIs and two Twenty20 International apart from a number of matches against the county sides. India will win the series in the West Indies but...
12:30 AM, Feb 01, 2008
Melbourne: Ecstatic Australian batsman Mike Hussey on Monday said it is a dream come true to make the country's World Cup squad after being initially overlooked due to injury. The 35-year-old left-hander was not part of the initial squad due to a hamstring injury but was called in after pacer Doug Bollinger was ruled out. Hussey will fly off to the subcontinent on Tuesday. "Just going is a bit of...
10:03 AM, Dec 27, 2007
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