New Delhi: A Delhi court is likely to announce its verdict on the Delhi Police's plea seeking closure of a kidnapping case against former Samajwadi Party leader and Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh. Singh is accused of kidnapping a key witness in the 2008 cash-for-vote scam. The crime branch of Delhi Police said the complaint by Hashmat Ali, a key prosecution witness in the cash-for-vote scam, seeking registration of criminal...
07:46 AM, Nov 28, 2011
New Delhi: Dismissing LK Advani's criticism of UPA government on corruption, Congress on Sunday dubbed his yatra as a mere "lipservice" and an attempt by him to remain "afloat" in his party. "Merely taking out so-called anti-corruption yatra is nothing but lip service...this is nothing but grand preaching without a millimetre of practice," Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi said, reacting to Advani's remarks at the conclusion of his yatra against...
06:16 PM, Nov 20, 2011
Rudrapur: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani launched a scathing attack on Congress President and United Progressive Alliance Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Saturday, alleging that not many in the country know her views on vital issues. Advani, who is on a nation-wide anti-corruption yatra which will end on November 20, said in Rudrapur, Uttarakhand, that people across the country have not heard Sonia Gandhi for a long time. ...
05:16 PM, Nov 19, 2011
New Delhi: The BJP is planning to formally felicitate Sudheendra Kulkarni and the other MPs after they got bail in the cash-for-votes case. The party spokesperson has said that the court's order shows they are whistleblowers in the case and therefore cannot be accused. IBN 18 Editor-in-Chief spoke to Sudheendra Kulkarni about the the cash-for-vote case. Here are the excerpts of the interview: Rajdeep Sardesai: After what you have gone...
09:56 PM, Nov 18, 2011
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has all along maintained that its MPs were whistleblowers, will now felicitate the accused MPs and Sudheendra Kulkarni in a ceremony. But 3 years after the scandal, with the accused now out on bail, the question is as to where does the case stand. A defiant Sudheendra Kulkarni, a day after he walked out of Tihar jail on bail in the cash-for-votes...
08:25 PM, Nov 18, 2011
Dehradun: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Lal Krishna Advani on Friday hit out again on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the cash-for-vote scam. The veteran BJP leader alleged that the government had tried to buy three MPs from the party. He further said that there was anger among people against corruption. Referring to the bail granted to the cash-for-vote scam accused, Advani said that Judiciary did pride to Indian constitution...
01:19 PM, Nov 18, 2011
New Delhi: Sudheendra Kulkarni, the key accused in the cash-for-votes case and former close aide of senior BJP leader LK Advani on Friday said BJP's stand on the case has been vindicated. "Stand of all the people who stood by exposing this shameful act has been vindicated," Kulkarni told CNN-IBN. Opposition MPs were allegedly bribed ahead of 2008 trust vote and three BJP MPs brandished the bribe money in Lok...
12:27 PM, Nov 18, 2011
New Delhi: Airlines have already begun charging for food, drinks, seat assignments and baggage. Now one is demanding that passengers cough up extra cash on board for fuel. In a bizarre incident in Vienna, a chartered airline that had stopped to refuel asked its passengers to shell out Rs 10,000 each to fund the final leg of their journey. Hundreds of passengers traveling from India to Britain were stranded for...
09:49 AM, Nov 18, 2011
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11:37 PM, Nov 17, 2011
BJP President Nitin Gadkari claims that false FIRs were filed against BJP MPs in the cash-for-votes scam. ...
09:30 PM, Nov 17, 2011
New Delhi: All the accused in the cash-for-votes scam including former BJP MPs Fagan Singh Kulaste and Mahavir Singh Bhagora and LK Advani's former aide Sudheendra Kulkarni walked out of the Tihar jail on Thursday, after they got bail on Wednesday. After walking out of the jail, Mahaveer Bhagora said, "We never had any kind of problem in the jail. We will decide the future course of action later." The...
07:24 PM, Nov 17, 2011
Ayodhya: BJP national president Nitin Gadkari on Thursday claimed that the party MPs were being 'framed' in the cash for vote case and they were innocent. He alleged that the UPA was responsible for the scam. "I can't say whether Prime Minister Manmohan Singh knows or not," he told reporters on the sidelines of party's Vijay Sankalp Samagam here. "Our MPs are being framed in the case and they are...
03:22 PM, Nov 17, 2011
Sudheendra Kulkarni and former BJP MPs Fagan Kulaste and Mahavir Bhagora will walk out of Tihar jail on Thursday. ...
10:53 PM, Nov 16, 2011
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court made it clear that there is no scientific proof of tampering with video or audio of the cash-for-votes scam while grating bail to six accused in the case on Wednesday. Justice ML Mehta also said that there is no prima facie evidence on record of demands and receipt of illegal gratification by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Ashok Argal and its former MPs Fagan...
04:41 PM, Nov 16, 2011
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted bail to all the accused in the 2008 cash-for-votes scam. Former BJP MPs Fagan Singh Kulaste, Mahavir Singh Bhagora, political activist Suhail Hindustani, former aide of MP Amar Singh Sanjeev Saxena and Sudheendra Kulkarni were granted bail on Wednesday. BJP MP Ashok Argal was granted anticipatory bail in the scam and will participate in the investigation as and when called for....
02:47 PM, Nov 16, 2011
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court will be hearing the bail applications of Sanjeev Saxena, Sudheendra Kulkarni and former BJP MPs Faggan Singh Khulaste and Mahavir Bhagora on Monday. All of them are accused in 2008 Cash-for-votes case. On October 25, the Tees Hazari court had dismissed the bail plea of Kulkarni and two others in connection with the cash-for-votes scam. The court had also dismissed the bail applications of...
07:53 AM, Nov 14, 2011
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court today issued notice to the city police on the bail plea of Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh's former aide Sanjeev Saxena, arrested for his alleged role in the 2008 cash-for-vote scam. Justice ML Mehta issued notice to the Delhi Police seeking its reply by November 14. Saxena is lodged in Tihar Jail following his arrest on July 17 in the case. Saxena is accused...
02:46 PM, Nov 09, 2011
New Delhi: Former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh, who is facing prosecution for his alleged role in the 2008 cash-for-vote scam, on Tuesday said that he won't be able to travel to Singapore in absence of his doctor. A Delhi court recently allowed Amar Singh to go abroad for treatment of his kidney ailment. "Court has granted me permission to travel abroad. But I can't travel to Singapore in the...
12:10 PM, Nov 08, 2011
New Delhi: The month-long winter session of Parliament will start from November 22, it was announced in New Delhi on Thursday. "The 9th session of the 15th Lok Sabha will commence on Tuesday, November 22," the Lok Sabha secretariat said. The President has summoned the Rajya Sabha to meet on Tuesday, November 22, the Rajya Sabha secretariat said. Subject to exigencies of business, the winter session is scheduled to conclude...
01:17 AM, Nov 04, 2011
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Thursday allowed former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh to visit Singapore for the treatment of his kidney infection. Tis Hazari court on Thursday granted permission to Amar Singh to go to Singapore from November 8 -30. Court has asked him to furnish a fixed deposit of Rs 5 lakh. Earlier, Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh, an accused in the 2008 cash-for-vote scam case, moved...
11:55 AM, Nov 03, 2011
