New Delhi: Criticising transfer of an Haryana IAS officer probing alleged undervaluation of properties dealt with by Robert Vadra, BJP on Tuesday said Congress is suffering from an "emergency mindset" and demanded that an impartial inquiry be held into the matter. "Congress is in complete shambles and in doldrums. It is trying to save Robert Vadra. We want an honest and impartial probe into the charges. An honest officer with...
02:28 PM, Oct 16, 2012
The BJP has once again called for an impartial probe into the DLF-Vadra land deal in Haryana. BJP leader Prakash Javadekar has said that the transfer of the IAS officer Ashok Khemka reveals the Congress's emergency mindset. "The moment Vadra's matter came in public domain, Congress has been trying to save him. Instead of acting on Khemka's directions, the government acted against him and transferred him. At 10 pm, someone ...
01:45 PM, Oct 16, 2012
When I was asked to travel to Haryana for a ground report on the sudden spurt in the number of rape cases being reported from ...
01:40 PM, Oct 16, 2012
The Opposition has stepped up pressure for an independent inquiry into the land deal between Robert Vadra and DLF. Former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala has threatened to move court. "There is no question of a fair investigation under the Congress. The matter has to be taken to court for a fair trial. Khemka's revelations will be applauded. It is not possible for the CBI or the state government ...
01:39 PM, Oct 16, 2012
New Delhi: Hours after the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the violence at the Manesar plant of Maruti Suzuki said that the violence was not triggered from outside, the automobile major denied having receiving any such detail or report from the Gurgaon police. When asked about the SIT report, the company said that it would not comment on the "basis of newspaper reports". The Special Investigation Team probing the violence...
01:35 PM, Oct 16, 2012
A Mahapanchayat is meeting in Manesar to discuss the implications of the cancellation of the mutation of transfer of property between Robert Vadra and DLF. The locals here claim that the plot of land, right on the side of the Jaipur Highway at Manesar-Shikohpur, was sold off at nominal prices. An inquiry has, meanwhile, been ordered in four other districts of Haryana where land is owned by Robert Vadra. ...
12:58 PM, Oct 16, 2012
Senior Punjab and Haryana High Court lawyer Anupam Gupta has said that with the cancellation of the mutation of a land deal between Robert Vadra and DLF, the transfer has fallen into a limbo. "The practical significance is that this transfer of title by Robert Vadra in favour of DLF cannot be acted upon on the ground in the absence of a mutation unless the transfer of title is recognised ...
12:48 PM, Oct 16, 2012
New Delhi: Former Team Anna member Kiran Bedi has slammed the Haryana government over the transfer of senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka as the DG Haryana Seed Development Corporation three days after he ordered an investigation into the land deals between Congress president Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra and construction major DLF on October 8. Reacting to the transfer of the IAS officer, the former IPS officer said that "this...
12:39 PM, Oct 16, 2012
New Delhi: 8.40 pm: On security threat to Ashok Khemka, his lawyer Anupam Gupta said, "Yes Khemka has personally told me that he has received threatening phone calls in the night. We don't know who are these callers and who is behind all this." 8.05 pm: Senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka, who has been transferred by the Haryana government, said he suspected that he was transferred for initiating probe into...
12:10 PM, Oct 16, 2012
Jind: A six-year-old girl, who was kidnapped from the local Ramlila ground by some unidentified persons, has been found, with the victim's family alleging that she was gangraped. The girl, a daughter of a labourer, had been missing since Sunday night, and was found abandoned near Devi Lal Chowk on Monday, police said. The police have so far registered a case of kidnapping against unidentified persons, but the girl's family...
11:40 AM, Oct 16, 2012
There has been a controversy over Mamata Banerjee and Haryana politicians' remarks over rape. Tonight at 10, CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose discusses with a panel of experts whether the politicians should change their vocabulary on rape. You can ask a question to our panelists here or tweet us @face_the_nation.
11:27 AM, Oct 16, 2012
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has said that the latest controversy to hit Robert Vadra, the son-in-law of Congress President Sonia Gandhi, just shows how the Gandhi family abuses power. "This shows the powers of Vadra and the family. A senior officer investigates him and he's transferred. This kind of protection and corruption has to stop. If you mess with the first family of the Congress party, there is a ...
10:47 AM, Oct 16, 2012
New Delhi: India Against Corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal came out strongly against the Haryana government for transferring IAS officer Ashok Khemka, who was probing the Robert Vadra-DLF land deal. Alleging the Haryana government of favouring Vadra and his family, Kejriwal said, "Khemka is an honest person. It seems the whole transaction was done to get the licence. We want to know from the Haryana CM that if there is any...
10:44 AM, Oct 16, 2012
New Delhi: IAS officer Ashok Khemka who set aside the mutation of a Rs 58 crore worth plot of land sold by Congress President Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra to realty giant DLF in 2009 says that his 21 years in service have not been a pleasant experience. "I have completed 21 years of service in the IAS. It's not a very pleasant experience of taking up public issues and...
09:46 AM, Oct 16, 2012
New Delhi: The Special Investigation Team probing the violence that occurred at the Maruti plant in Manesar on July 18, 2012, has said that the violence was not instigated from outside. The SIT report says the violence resulted from internal issues between the company management and workers. The Haryana police has framed charges against 145 people after questioning 300 witnesses. A senior manager had died after workers had gone on...
08:28 AM, Oct 16, 2012
New Delhi: A senior IAS officer in Haryana government's Land Registration Department was transferred for reportedly probing undervalued land deals between Congress President Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra and real estate giant DLF. However, before leaving office, IAS officer Ashok Khemka on Monday, cancelled the mutation of a 3.531 acre plot of land in Manesar-Shikohpur that Vadra sold to DLF for Rs 58 crore in 2009. Khemka was transferred as...
07:58 AM, Oct 16, 2012
New Delhi: The violence at Maruti Suzuki India's Manesar plant in July was not instigated from outside, but was due to internal issues between management and workers, according to the chargesheet filed by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed to probe the incident. Charges against 145 persons have been framed after interviewing 300 witnesses by the Haryana Police. "The chargesheet was filed last week. It was found that the violence...
10:22 PM, Oct 15, 2012
Chandigarh: The Haryana government has blamed the lack of social and mental progress for rape cases. "Haryana has progressed economically, but it has not developed mentally and intellectually leading to rising incidences of rape in the state," Haryana Congress MLA Sampat Singh said. This comes days after Haryana Congress spokesperson Dharambir Goyat blamed the women and said that 90 per cent of rapes happen due to consensual sex having gone...
03:38 PM, Oct 15, 2012
'Rape is mostly consensual' - Haryana Congress leader 'Rape is just another method of conception' - Congressman Paul Ryan 'Some girls, they rape ...
11:03 AM, Oct 15, 2012
Fatehabad: A 13-year-old rape victim and her two sisters, studying in a government school in Fatehbad, left the institute on their own and were never expelled, authorities said on Sunday. The teenage girl, allegedly raped repeatedly by a 60-year-old fruit seller for the past five months, and her two sisters were enrolled in the Government Middle School in a village in Haryana's Fatehbad district. They were never expelled and left...
01:40 AM, Oct 15, 2012
