New Delhi: On Sunday, anti-corruption crusader Arvind Kejriwal got a taste of his own medicine. As he called yet another press conference on corruption, he was waylaid by his former colleagues in Team Anna. After a barrage of questions from one of them, Annie Kohli, Kejriwal beat a hasty retreat, only to come out later and rubbish her questions. Kohli and her team protested outside Kejriwal's office, and there were...
10:00 PM, Oct 21, 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
New Delhi: There was high drama at the press conference held by anti-corruption crusader-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday as former IAC activists and key supporters of Anna Hazare questioned Kejriwal over his team members and their dealings. Annie Kohli, a supporter of Anna Hazare, confronted Kejriwal in full view of TV cameras and asked him several discomforting questions. "Are you a politician or an activist? What are you doing about...
04:31 PM, Oct 21, 2012
Chandigarh: In an oblique reference to Arvind Kejriwal's charges against his government, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Saturday said no matter how much "false propaganda" was being done, the ground reality was still in favour of Congress. Hooda cautioned people against "such forces that have emerged in the country". "Politics of character assassination and conspiracy is being done to weaken the Congress party, as it is the only...
10:19 PM, Oct 20, 2012
New Delhi: The government of Haryana, embattled over allegations of bending over backwards to facilitate land deals involving Congress President Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra, has now triggered a fresh controversy. The state government has submitted an application in the Supreme Court where forest land in the state has been shown as barren land, in a bid to secure permission to construct a golf course and a mini-city in Gurgaon....
06:38 PM, Oct 19, 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
Haryana: All Jat Khaps will be meeting for a mahapachayat on Friday in Jind and the main agenda would be to discuss reservation for their community. However, the meeting also comes under the backdrop of over 20 rapes cases in just 40 days in Haryana and widespread criticism over the Khap's bizarre statements. On October 13, Haryana's Sarva Khap Jat Panchayat, which has been at the forefront of demanding reservations...
10:30 AM, Oct 19, 2012
Chandigarh: A top police officer in Chandigarh caught taking a bribe by the Central Bureau of Investigation has been arrested. IPS officer Desh Raj Singh, was caught by the CBI allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 1 lakh. Singh who is the Superintendent of Police (City), reportedly demanded Rs 5 lakh from a uniformed serving station house officer, Anokh Singh, but according to the CBI, he settled for 1 lakh....
09:10 AM, 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
New Delhi: Two youth were arrested in New Delhi on Thursday for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl for days after she left her house in Haryana, police said. Mushtaq and Shaqib, both 22 years, were apprehended in connection with the case from Badarpur in south east Delhi. Shakir, a driver, is yet to be arrested, they said. The girl had left her house in Faridabad on 8 October to meet...
01:12 AM, Oct 19, 2012
New Delhi: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Thursday said some people are playing politics of "character assassination" to "weaken and defame" Congress in the state. According to a statement issued by Haryana government, Hooda also said only Congress can keep the country united. "People very well understand that some elements are playing politics of character assassination to weaken and defame the Congress party. But the fact is that...
10:10 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
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
New Delhi: Hours after former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala alleged that not just Robert Vadra but Rahul Gandhi also bought land below the market prices and evaded stamp duty, the party issued a statement saying that they are open to probe. "We are open to all probes. We have replied to his allegations, he can file any case he wants," said AICC general secretary Janardhan Dwivedi. Janardhan said...
02:11 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
New Delhi: Former Haryana Chief Minister INLD chief Om Prakash Chautala on Wednesday alleged that not only Robert Vadra but Rahul Gandhi too bought land at below market prices and evaded stamp duty by undervaluing the sales. Chautala also alleged a nexus between the duo and the Hooda-led Congress government in Haryana to seal the deals. Speaking at a press conference in Jalandhar on Wednesday evening, Chautala claimed that Rahul...
08:14 AM, Oct 18, 2012
Kaithal: Haryana's alarming rise in crimes against women seems to have prompted closer scrutiny from the government. But out a 30-member fact-finding committee formed to visit the state, only 11 MPs went in the end to Jind, the epicentre of recent rape cases. But what can such a high-profile committee achieve? The convoy stopped off to meet a rape victim's family at Sachcha Khera, but the visit was small consolation...
07:39 AM, Oct 18, 2012
