New Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday alleged that the Uttar Pradesh government was colluding with Salman Khurshid to bail the Law Minister out of the allegations of financial irregularities in an NGO run by him and his wife. Posing five questions to Khurshid, the activist claimed that the allegations were not his but that of the Uttar Pradesh government, whose probe "proved the irregularities" done by the NGO run by...
03:59 PM, Oct 14, 2012
New Delhi: 6.25 pm: Arvind Kejriwal rejected the photographic evidence produced by Salman Khurshid on Sunday and said that he will present more evidence against the Union Minister on Monday. "JB Singh is saying he didn't visit the camps in 2009-10. All that Khurshid has managed to show for evidence is one photograph. Khurshid is misleading the country. Khurshid is still the Law Minister. He has to step down so...
01:44 PM, Oct 14, 2012
New Delhi: Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid has called for an independent inquiry into allegations of forgery and misappropriation of funds against him and his family. While speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, Khurshid said that he's ready to resign if the channel (CNN-IBN) wants him to right now. The Congress minister also dared his critics to prove the corruption charges against him. "No body has said that we...
01:22 PM, Oct 14, 2012
New Delhi: 1.32 pm: Taking on the UP government on allegations of corruption against Salman Khurshid, Arvind Kejriwal said, "Akhilesh Yadav now says that they will carry out more investigations. Now, investigations will not be carried out but evidences will be wiped out." 1.25 pm: Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said that the Uttar Pradesh government had completed inquiry into the allegations against Law Minister Salman Khurshid and his wife. "UP...
10:27 AM, Oct 14, 2012
New Delhi: The war of words between anti-corruption crusader Arvind Kejriwal and Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid intensified on Saturday with the former demanding an immediate arrest of the minister and his wife. After his release from makeshift jail at Rajiv Gandhi stadium in Bawana, Kejriwal along with other India Against Corruption (IAC) activists reached Parliament Street and launched an indefinite protest demanding Khushid's resignation. According to a 'The Times...
07:38 PM, Oct 13, 2012
New Delhi: 3.50 pm: Kejriwal and his supporters throw slippers at Khurshid's poster. 3.15 pm: Police sources say that the activists will be taken into preventive custody if they try to march towards the Prime Minister's residence or anywhere else. 1.58 pm: Kejriwal says the protests will continue till Khurshid resigns. 1.50 pm: Kejriwal lashes out at Salman Khurshid and wife Louise. The duo used up funds meant for the...
11:27 AM, Oct 13, 2012
New Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal and scores of his supporters stayed put at a makeshift jail in Outer Delhi on Saturday after being detained on Friday during a protest to demand resignation of Law Minister Salman Khurshid. "Still detained inside Bawana stadium. As per law they will have to produce us before magistrate within 24 hours. They will have to do it before 2 pm," Kejriwal, who is demanding resignation of...
10:20 AM, Oct 13, 2012
New Delhi: Despite persistent denials of wrongdoing, there's more embarrassment in store for Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid and his wife Louise. According to a report in the Times of India, a letter with the forged signature of a senior Uttar Pradesh government official was allegedly used to request the Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment to release the second tranche of funds for Louise's trust for the differently-abled,...
08:15 AM, Oct 13, 2012
New Delhi: Union Minister Salman Khurshid and his wife Louise could face more heat on Saturday over an inspection report of a trust for the differently-abled run by Louise even as India Against Corruption (IAC) activists plan a 'jail bharo andolan' in Mumbai and protests in Chennai demanding the resignation of the Union Minister. Meanwhile, sources in the Delhi Police say activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal, who was detained along with other...
07:32 AM, Oct 13, 2012
Gujarat Congress MP brandishes gun at toll plaza staff. Delhi Police detain Arvind Kejriwal after protests. ...
11:55 PM, Oct 12, 2012
New Delhi: Anti-corruption crusaders-turned-politicians Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and other India Against Corruption (IAC) members were on Friday detained in the national capital after the Delhi Police broke up their sit-in protest near Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's residence. They were bundled into a bus and taken to a local police station. Even after the detention, Kejriwal reiterated that Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid must be asked to resign or he...
08:35 PM, Oct 12, 2012
New Delhi: Anti-corruption crusaders-turned-politicians Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and other India Against Corruption (IAC) members were on Friday detained in the national capital after the Delhi Police broke up their sit-in protest near Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's residence. They were bundled into a bus and taken to a local police station. Even after the detention, Kejriwal reiterated that Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid must be asked to resign or he...
08:35 PM, Oct 12, 2012
New Delhi: 6:34 pm: Activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal, who has been detained and taken to the outskirts of the national capital, has reiterated that Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid should resign or he would tamper with evidence. He said that India Against Corruption was protesting peacefully and the move of police to detain them was not expected. He said, "If the police release us, we will go back to Parliament Street...
03:24 PM, Oct 12, 2012
New Delhi: India Against Corruption (IAC) activist Arvind Kejriwal kept up the pressure on the UPA as he and a group of differently-abled people from the Rashtriya Viklang Party staged a protest close to the Prime Ministers's 7 Race Course Road residence. Kejriwal has said that he will continue to protest till Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meets him or Law Minister Salman Khurshid resigns. Manmohan Singh refused to meet Kejriwal...
01:15 PM, Oct 12, 2012
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government on Friday dropped sedition charges against cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, who was arrested in September 2012. The Attorney General told the Bombay High Court that the sedition charges against Aseem were a 'knee-jerk reaction'. The AG also said that the state will draft a circular on Section 124 A and this will be presented to the Chief Justice for approval, after which it will be sent out...
12:06 PM, Oct 12, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has refused to meet India Against Corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal on Friday, saying he has prior appointments. While Kejriwal had sought an appointment with the Prime Minister to seek action against Law Minister Salman Khurshid, the PMO says his appointments have already been fixed for the day. Kejriwal is keeping up the pressure on the UPA. He and a group of differently-abled people will...
11:42 AM, Oct 12, 2012
New Delhi: Allegations made by India Against Corruption have once again brought India's largest listed real estate company DLF under public scrutiny. Many political analysts believe that Kejriwal is only attempting to embarrass Sonia Gandhi (by using Robert Vadra) and has no qualms with DLF. However, so far only DLF seems to be facing maximum heat. Questions are being raised over corporate governance practices adopted by the realty major. DLF...
11:27 AM, Oct 12, 2012
New Delhi: India Against Corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal is keeping up the pressure on the UPA. He and a group of differently-abled people will stage a protest at the Prime Minister's 7 Race Course Road residence. They are demanding action against Law Minister Salman Khurshid for alleged malpractices by his UP-based NGO that deals with the differently-abled. Earlier this week, a Hindi news channel had alleged that an NGO run...
07:32 AM, Oct 12, 2012
New Delhi: The Allahabad High Court has taken up a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed against Robert Vadra over the allegations made by Arvind Kejriwal against Vadra and DLF. The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has asked the Central government to reply as to why Vadra should not be investigated. The PIL has been filed by social activist Nutan Thakur. The PIL asks the Prime Minister to order...
01:38 PM, Oct 11, 2012
The clash between Vadra and Kejriwal is not just about a crusade against corruption, it's part of the ongoing simmering war that exists today between Macaulayputras and dhartiputras. Macaulayputras"the semi-pejorative term for India's English-educated elite"in the 50s were "bush shirt" wearing, "attach case" carrying servants of the Indian state. They were the high bureaucrats or public officials, institution builders of academia, science, frontiersmen and women of the Nehruvian dream building...
11:44 AM, Oct 11, 2012
