Haryana IAS officer Ashok Khemka hit the headlines in October 2012 when he pointed to irregularities in a land deal between Sonia Gandhi's son in law Robert Vadra and real estate giant DLF. Khemka has always acted as a whistleblower of sorts and has been transferred 44 times, last week he was again transferred from his post for exposing a scam in the purchase of fungicides. ...
11:29 PM, Apr 15, 2013
Senior Haryana IAS officer Ashok Khemka, who kicked up a political storm in 2012 when he alleged irregularities in the land dealings of Robert Vadra and DLF in the state, has asked the state government to give him a copy of the inquiry reports conducted by it. ...
03:55 PM, Jan 14, 2013
In yet another defence of Robert Vadra, The Prime Minister's Office has told Allahabad High Court that charges of irregularities in land deals against Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law are false, vexatious and based on hearsay. ...
07:49 PM, Nov 28, 2012
Chandigarh: Senior Haryana IAS officer Ashok Khemka, who kicked up a political storm when he alleged irregularities in the land dealings of Robert Vadra and DLF in the state, on Friday said that he had got two threat calls within a fortnight and accused the police of not taking any action. Late in the night, the Haryana police said it has arrested one person who allegedly made a threat call...
11:32 PM, Nov 02, 2012
Chandigarh: Senior Haryana IAS officer Ashok Khemka, who claimed to have got two threat calls within a fortnight, on Friday, questioned the functioning of the state police over its alleged failure to nab the caller. "The Panchkula ACP calls me and tells me that she will take my statement...I fail to understand why police is taking time to identify the caller...police is wasting precious time...it is unprofessional on the part...
06:10 PM, Nov 02, 2012
Chandigarh: Haryana IAS officer Ashok Khemka's staff have lodged a police complaint after receiving threat calls against him. Khemka had been in the news after he ordered scrutiny of Congress President Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra's land records with real estate major DLF. The police have initiated a probe into the threat calls. Earlier Ashok Khemka's friend had also claimed that he recived death threats. Anupam Gupta said that Khemka...
10:22 AM, Nov 01, 2012
Chandigarh: Haryana IAS officer Ashok Khemka has said that he has no information of any probe report on Congress President Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra's land deals. He said he did not know about any clean chit to Vadra. "I have not got any such order regarding the constitution of a committee, I have not been served with any notice to explain any aspect of the matter. The legal position...
11:31 AM, Oct 26, 2012
Chandigarh: Haryana's deputy commissioners have found no irregularities in Congress President Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra's land deals. A panel of four Deputy Commissioners has given Vadra's deals a clean chit. Four Haryana deputy commissioners conducted inquiries into Vadra's deals after IAS officer Ashok Khemka's order, dated October 12. India Against Corruption Activist Arvind Kejriwal reacted saying this was expected. He tweeted, "Haryana officers give clean chit to Vadra. That...
08:21 AM, Oct 26, 2012
Chandigarh: Transferred Haryana IAS officer Ashok Khemka, who cancelled the mutation of Congress President Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra's Manesar land, has taken on the Haryana government. Khemka told CNN-IBN that the Haryana government is encroaching on the jurisdiction of the Punjab and Haryana High court by setting up a three-member panel to probe his order. Khemka said that IAS officers have no jurisdiction to probe orders passed by the...
01:29 PM, Oct 23, 2012
The Congress, after being cornered over party president Sonia Gandhi's son-in law Robert Vadra's land deals, has now said that it has enough evidence of corruption against families of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and senior BJP leader LK Advani. However, General Secretary Digvijaya Singh said his party will never disclose the details. Speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, Digvijaya further defended Robert Vadra, saying the allegations made...
09:20 PM, Oct 21, 2012
Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued a contempt notice to two officials of the Haryana government. This is on a plea by Ashok Khemka, the IAS officer who was transferred after he began probing the Robert Vadra-DLF land deals. Khemka has alleged that he was discriminated against in the draw of lots for plots in Bahadurgarh and Faridabad. Khemka was unsuccessful in the draw because he was...
02:38 PM, Oct 19, 2012
Chandigarh: Transferred Haryana IAS officer Ashok Khemka has been in the spotlight for cancelling the mutation of the DLF-Robert Vadra land deal. But Khemka in the past has also questioned many other land deals in Haryana were he felt land was being misused. Behind the rapid real estate boom in Gurgaon lies a tale of bureaucrats and real estate developers collaborating for windfall profits. In seven villages near sector 58...
08:41 AM, Oct 19, 2012
YP Singh has alleged that Kejriwal failed to expose Sharad Pawar's alleged role in Maharashtra land scams despite documentary proof. ...
11:15 PM, Oct 18, 2012
Ashok Khemka, who was transferred by the Haryana government after he cancelled the mutation of the sale deed between Robert Vadra's company and DLF, said that anyone who feels his order is "unfounded" is free to go to court against it. ...
09:58 PM, Oct 18, 2012
New Delhi: Behind the rapid real estate boom in Gurgaon, lies a tale of bureaucrats and real estate developers collaborating for windfall profits. In 7 villages near sector 58 to 63 and 65 to 67 of Gurgaon, panchayat land commonly held and meant for roads, schools, hospitals was transferred to 20 private builders in 2008-2009. On paper, it was passed off as legal land consolidation where the developer's land was...
07:30 PM, Oct 18, 2012
New Delhi: The JD-U on Thursday attacked Law Minister Salman Khurshid for his statement daring Arvind Kejriwal to visit his Parliamentary constituency saying Farrukhabad is not his "fiefdom". Party chief Sharad Yadav also hailed Haryana IAS officer Ashok Khemka, who was shunted out after ordering a probe into Robert Vadra's land deals, and cautioned Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda against "suppressing" facts. Yadav, who is also the convener of the...
05:54 PM, Oct 18, 2012
Bangalore: In the backdrop of transfer of Haryana IAS officer for probing land deals, former Karnataka Lokayukta Santosh Hegde on Thursday asked state and Central governments to leave issue of transfers to bureaucracy. "Issues of transfers should be left to bureaucracy itself without there being any interference whatsoever by central or state governments to curb corruption," Hegde said. Hegde said there was lot of "discontentment" amongst state and central officers...
02:22 PM, Oct 18, 2012
Chandigarh: Senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka, who was transferred by the Haryana government after he cancelled the mutation of the sale deed between UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra's company Sky Light Hospitality and realty major DLF, has said that anyone who feels his order is "unfounded" is free to go to court against it. Hitting out at Town and Country Planning head TC Gupta, who had defended the...
12:41 PM, Oct 18, 2012
IAS officers in Haryana are turning against each other in the wake of the Robert Vadra-DLF deal revelations. Town and Country Planning head TC Gupta has defended the deal and said action should be taken against transferred IAS officer Ashok Khemka, the former Director General of Land Consolidation. Following is the full text of the letter written by TC Gupta: From Director General, Town & Country Planning Department, Haryana, Chandigarh....
10:22 AM, Oct 18, 2012
Chandigarh: IAS officers in Haryana are turning against each other in the wake of the Robert Vadra-DLF deal revelations. Town and Country Planning head TC Gupta has defended the deal and said action should be taken against transferred IAS officer Ashok Khemka, the former Director General of Land Consolidation. Gupta has written against Khemka's observations. Khemka had in his order dated October 11 cancelled the mutation of the sale deed...
09:22 AM, Oct 18, 2012
