New Delhi: The new Manmohan Singh team, which is expected to pull the UPA out of troubled waters following allegations of massive corruption, ineffective governance and policy paralysis, is already facing tough questions over its credibility. While Salman Khurshid, who has been facing allegations of siphoning off funds for the differently-abled has been elevated to the External Affairs Minister, other new ministers like K Rahman Khan and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury...
02:38 PM, Oct 29, 2012
Former Chief Justice of India JS Verma has sought a probe into Digvijaya Singh's claim of having evidence of graft against relatives of BJP leaders AB Vajpayee and LK Advani, saying it was "very disturbing" and indicated a "conspiracy of silence" at the top. ...
09:27 PM, Oct 28, 2012
New Delhi: Showing signs of unhappiness with the reshuffle in the Union Cabinet, Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Digvijaya Singh on Sunday said that he was 'a bit disappointed' as no leader from Madhya Pradesh was included in the Cabinet. However, he said that the all the party leaders and workers from the state will work with full force to make inroads for victory in the 2014...
04:30 PM, Oct 28, 2012
Indore: Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh on Saturday said he would soon expose "real owners" who are allegedly holding benami flats in controversial Adarsh building. Adarsh, the 31-storey highrise in south Mumbai, became the centre of controversy following allegations that ineligible persons, including politicians and bureaucrats among others, had got membership to the society. "I will soon release names of real owners who own flats in Adarsh Housing Society," Singh...
09:12 AM, Oct 28, 2012
New Delhi: Former Chief Justice of India, JS Verma has hit out at the political class saying that politicians are colluding with each other against the fight to end corruption. While speaking to Karan Thapar on this week's Devil's Advocate, he accused the politicians of conspiring to tolerate corruption at the highest level. Below is an excerpt of the interview: Karan Thapar: Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh said to this...
07:59 AM, Oct 28, 2012
Indore: Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh on Saturday ruled out the possibility of mid-term polls in the country and expected "smooth functioning" of the upcoming Parliament session. "(There will be) No early...nor mid-term polls and the upcoming Parliament session would go smoothly," Singh said during a press conference in Indore on Saturday. On reports of strained ties between UPA parties, Singh said, "There were always difficulties in coalition governments, which,...
10:02 PM, Oct 27, 2012
Guna: Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh on Saturday hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) saying the Congress would benefit if Nitin Gadkari continues to be the party president since it would help in exposing the main Opposition party's corrupt face in the public. "Continuance of Gadkari as BJP president is in the interest of the Congress as it will help the party in exposing BJP's corrupt face in...
05:46 PM, Oct 27, 2012
New Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal-led India Against Corruption (IAC) has claimed that fresh allegations against Nitin Gadkari had vindicated their stand that Congress and BJP were hand in glove on corruption and dared Congress and NCP to act against the BJP chief. It was the IAC that first questioned quid pro quo in Gadkari's business dealing. IAC member Prashant Bhushan now demands Gadkari to be charged under the Prevention of Corruption...
07:43 AM, Oct 24, 2012
Stirring the hornet's nest in the BJP, MP Ram Jethmalani on Tuesday renewed his attack on party chief Nitin Gadkari and demanded his resignation, after fresh allegations against him in the Maharashtra land scam. Jethmalani said the charges will compromise the BJP's campaign against corruption. Speaking to CNN-IBN, he said that Gadkari should not be given the second term as the BJP president as there are serious allegations of corruption ...
10:22 PM, Oct 23, 2012
Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh on Tuesday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh demanding a probe into the charges of corruption in the Maharashtra land scam against BJP president Nitin Gadkari. At a press conference, Digvijaya asked why did IAC leader Arvind Kejriwal not raise the issues against Gadkari when he was an IRS officer. Kejriwal, on the other hand, has accused the Congress and the BJP of ...
10:12 PM, Oct 23, 2012
New Delhi: Two top leaders of the main political parties of India, the BJP and the Congress, face corruption charges. Bharatiya Janata Party president Nitin Gadkari faced fresh graft charges in the Maharashtra land scam while Congress leader Virbhadra Singh was accused of involvement in land scams in Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday. Amidst the tug-of-war and array of charges and counter-charges between the BJP and the Congress, stood India Against...
09:01 PM, Oct 23, 2012
New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh on Tuesday submitted proof of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari's links with a Nagpur-base company, Purti Power and Sugar Limited to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and demanded that the Opposition party leader be probed on fraud charges. In his communication, Digvijay Singh urged the Prime Minister to ask the Ministry of Corporate Affairs to institute an inquiry by the Serious Fraud...
04:38 PM, Oct 23, 2012
New Delhi: Anna Hazare on Tuesday refused to defend India Against Corruption (IAC) activist Arvind Kejriwal on the allegations made by Congress leader Digvijay Singh but said will support his former associate if he fights election against a corrupt person. "I won't protect Kejriwal on allegations made by Digvijaya. I will support him if he fights election against a corrupt person," Anna said. Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh on Saturday...
01:50 PM, Oct 23, 2012
New Delhi: Congress on Monday said Arvind Kejriwal should first respond to questions raised by its senior leader Digvijay Singh about the functioning of the activist's NGO before challenging the Prime Minister and the UPA chairperson for a public debate on graft issue. "He (Kejriwal) keeps on giving challenges. Let him first answer the questions raised by senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh. We will see the rest later," Dikshit said...
12:50 AM, Oct 23, 2012
Kingfisher Airlines CEO Sanjay Agarwal on Monday said that the partial lockout of the crisis-hit airlines had been extended till October 25 from the earlier date of October 23. The airline company on Monday held a closed-door meet with its employees' union in Mumbai and offered to pay three months' salary before Diwali. The employees, however, have rejected the offer, saying they wanted four months' salary in a day or ...
10:05 PM, Oct 22, 2012
Digvijaya Singh had said that even though the evidence of corruption against families of Atal Bihari Vajpayee and LK Advani is enough to embarrass the two leaders, the party would refrain from going public with it. ...
09:31 PM, Oct 22, 2012
Raghogarh (MP): The war of words between Digvijay Singh and Arvind Kejriwal is escalating, with the Congress leader insisting that the activist first reply to all his questions before holding a debate. "Kejriwal must first answer the questions posed to him by me and then only will I reply to him," the party general secretary told reporters here. Singh was replying to Kejriwal's comment that he was willing to reply...
07:34 PM, Oct 22, 2012
New Delhi: Law Minister Salman Khurshid, who is under attack from Arvind Kejriwal, feels "an ant" cannot be a challenge to an elephant like Congress and says the activist is having a "pipe dream" of taking the space of big parties by trying to "destroy" them through allegations. He says that Kejriwal, who faces allegations like foreign funding for his NGOs, should answer these instead of only throwing mud at...
04:35 PM, Oct 22, 2012
New Delhi: Activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal on Monday snubbed Digvijaya Singh, saying he would send his aide Kumar Vishwas to debate with the Congress general secretary if party president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh won't join him for a public debate on corruption. After Kejriwal challenged the PM and Sonia Gandhi for a debate, Digvijaya had responded saying Kejriwal should first debate with him. "We accept Digvijaya Singh's offer...
12:57 PM, Oct 22, 2012
Jammu: The country is eager to hear the views of Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul on various scams which recently hit the headlines, activist Manish Sisodia said on Sunday. "People are unaware about what both Sonia and Rahul Gandhi think about illegal land acquisition. The country is eager to hear out Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi and party general secretary Rahul Gandhi on the recent scams," Sisodia,...
11:16 PM, Oct 21, 2012
