An Indian software consultant, on a work visa in the US, was convicted by a Chicago court on Thursday of groping a woman while they were seated next to each other aboard an airplane. ...
01:37 AM, Dec 14, 2012
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has rapped the BS Yeddyurappa and HD Kumaraswamy governments for "rampant" illegal denotification of land benefiting builders and companies during the 2007-11 period. "During 2007-11, the government denotified 123 acres and 15.5 guntas (one gunta is about 1,086 sq ft) after taking possession and another 89 acres and 23.5 guntas of land after notifying the fact of taking possession," the CAG report said. ...
06:24 PM, Dec 12, 2012
The CAG has pulled up the DRDO pointing out "deficiencies" and "procedural irregularities" committed by it in taking up new projects and splitting sanctions for them to bring it within financial powers of the organisation head. "Scrutiny of project sanctions issued by DRDO revealed procedural irregularities relating to misleading nomenclature of sanction issuing authorities, absence of data base of sanctions and splitting of sanctions," the CAG said in its report...
05:10 PM, Nov 29, 2012
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday hit out at the Congress after former CAG official RP Singh did a volte-face on his claims on the national auditor's 2G report, saying the ruling party is in the habit of damning and denigrating institutions whenever it stands embarrassed. ...
09:03 PM, Nov 26, 2012
In wake of former CAG official RP Singh claiming his comments on PAC chairman Murli Manohar Joshi on the 2G issue were misquoted, BJP on Monday asked Congress president Sonia Gandhi to retract her statement in which she had attacked the main Opposition party. ...
01:40 PM, Nov 26, 2012
Congress ally DMK has given a notice for a discussion under rule 193 on the CAG report on 2G Scam in the Lok Sabha. The notice comes after ex-CAG audit officer RP Singh claimed the report was influenced by BJP leader and Public Accounts Committee Chairman Murli Manohar Joshi. ...
10:23 AM, Nov 26, 2012
Former Director General of Audit, Post and Telecommunications, CAG, RP Singh on Saturday kept the controversy alive on his earlier claim that Public Accounts Committee Chairman and BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi had influenced the 2G report that indicted the government. ...
08:40 PM, Nov 25, 2012
RP Singh has again shifted his stance on the 2G report suggesting it was PAC Chairman Manohar manohar Joshi who had interfered in the preparation of the report. ...
04:09 PM, Nov 25, 2012
Former Director General of Audit, Post and Telecommunications, CAG, RP Singh on Saturday made a U-turn on his earlier claim that Public Accounts Committee Chairman and BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi had influenced the 2G report that indicted the government. ...
07:18 AM, Nov 25, 2012
The UPA has launched a counter-attack on the CAG after one of its former officers claimed that the 2G loss figure was manipulated under the influence of PAC Chief and BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi. ...
03:46 PM, Nov 24, 2012
The UPA has launched a counter-attack on the CAG after a former auditor claimed the 2G loss figures were manipulated under guidance from PAC chief and BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi. ...
02:50 PM, Nov 24, 2012
New Delhi: The ruling-coalition UPA's key constituent, the DMK will move a motion in Parliament for a discussion on the charges levelled by ex-CAG audit officer RP Singh against BJP leader and Public Accounts Committee Chairman Murli Manohar Joshi, government sources say. The government is understood to be in favour of a discussion over the charge by the former Director General, Post and Telecommunications, CAG, that Joshi had called audit...
09:13 AM, Nov 24, 2012
BJP leader Dr Murli Manohar Joshi on the offensive after a former CAG auditor alleges he influenced the 2G report. BJP writes to the PM questioning the appointment of new CBI Chief Ranjit Sinha. ...
11:54 PM, Nov 23, 2012
PAC Chairman Dr Murli Manohar Joshi said that the Congress is making an attempt to discredit the CAG and the PAC. ...
11:44 PM, Nov 23, 2012
New Delhi: A war of words is on between the Congress and the BJP over the CAG report on 2G spectrum loss. A day after lead auditor RP Singh questioned the Rs 1.76 lakh crore presumptive loss figure, accusing PAC Chairman Murli Manohar Joshi, of influencing the 2G report, the accusation was strongly refuted by Joshi. Principal Auditor RP Singh said, "The report isn't mine.. I just signed it." Then...
09:29 PM, Nov 23, 2012
The BJP has written to the Prime Minister questioning the appointment of the new CBI Director Ranjit Sinha. ...
09:22 PM, Nov 23, 2012
New Delhi: Union Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal on Friday rejected the allegations by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that the government was behind former Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) official RP Singh's sensational claims about the audit of 2G spectrum, saying the government had nothing to do with him. Singh, who had led the CAG audit team that audited the sale of airwaves by then Telecom Minister A Raja, stated...
09:07 PM, Nov 23, 2012
New Delhi: A seemingly calm and composed Murli Manohar Joshi, senior BJP leader and PAC Chairman, on Friday demanded that UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi apologise for her remark against his party over the latest row over the CAG's 2G report. Speaking to CNN-IBN, Joshi said that he would quit PAC if ex-CAG principal audit officer's charges against him, that he had influenced the 2G report, were proved. Below is the...
08:49 PM, Nov 23, 2012
New Delhi: A seemingly calm and composed Murli Manohar Joshi, senior BJP leader and PAC Chairman, on Friday demanded that UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi apologise for her remark against his party over the latest row over the CAG's 2G report. Speaking to CNN-IBN, Joshi said that he would quit PAC if ex-CAG principal audit officer's charges against him, that he had influenced the 2G report, were proved. "I never influenced...
03:37 PM, Nov 23, 2012
New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi wasted no time in attacking the BJP after a CAG officer levelled charges against one of its prominent members saying that he influenced the agency's 2G report. Principal auditor RP Singh had alleged that BJP leader and Chairman of Public Accounts Committee (PAC) MM Joshi had influenced the 2G report. Speaking to reporters, Sonia said, "The BJP is exposed." When asked whether the row...
01:09 PM, Nov 23, 2012
