Mumbai: Leader of Opposition Eknath Khadse on Thursday said that Adarsh Commission's report had not given a clean chit to former Maharashtra Chief Ministers in the scam. Initiating a debate on the opposition-sponsored last week motion, Khadse said the land belonged to the state's revenue department. "The application for land for the Adarsh Society went to the revenue department and not the Defence Ministry," he said. The judicial commission was...
04:03 AM, Apr 20, 2012
New Delhi: The Judicial Commission report on the multi-crore Adarsh scam was tabled in the Maharashtra Assembly on Tuesday. Sources say that the report states that there's no clear evidence to show that the land belonged to Defence or that it was reserved for Kargil widows, However, sources also say that Defence was in possession of land for an extended period. The findings of the report was discussed at the...
11:41 AM, Apr 17, 2012
New Delhi: Major DP Singh, who had to get his leg amputated after an injury in the Kargil war has come out stronger despite the tragedy. He has been taking part in Delhi's half marathon every year, becoming an inspiration to all war veterans. Every marathon that Major DP Singh has run has helped improve his timing. Since his debut at the Delhi half marathon where he took 3 hours...
10:01 AM, Nov 28, 2011
New Delhi: India's defence policy has always lacked the strategic perspective. India adopted a non-aligned posture during the tumultuous days of the Cold War and saw itself as a non-interfering moral power which did not require the brute military force that is associated with great powers. However, since soon after Independence India faced a low-intensity conflict with Pakistan when the latter pushed in tribal raiders in its bid to capture...
07:03 AM, Nov 09, 2011
New Delhi: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report on Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society scam tabled in Parliament on Tuesday has blamed top defence officials including former Army chiefs General Deepak Kapoor and General NC Vij and other service officers of showing clear conflict of interest. But there is no clear indictment of former Chief Minister Ashok Chavan. Here's a copy of the full report: ...
04:43 PM, Aug 09, 2011
New Delhi: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report on Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society scam tabled in Parliament on Tuesday has blamed top defence officials including former Army chiefs General Deepak Kapoor and General NC Vij and other service officers of showing clear conflict of interest. According to the CAG report local military authorities in collusion with the defence estate organisation officials misappropriated prime government land for the benefit of...
12:56 PM, Aug 09, 2011
Jammu: The Indian Army began the two-day celebrations of the 12th anniversary of its victory in the 1999 Kargil war on Monday in this sub-sector of Jammu and Kashmir. A presentation, marking the beginning of the two-day fiesta, about the war at the Umpa La ridge, which provides a panoramic view to most of the battlefields around Drass town, 150 kms from summer capital Srinagar, where Indian and Pakistan forces...
01:47 PM, Jul 25, 2011
Drass: The Indian Army will celebrate the 12th anniversary of the 1999 Kargil war victory on Monday with a host of events at the War Memorial in Drass sub-sector of Kargil division in Jammu and Kashmir. The two-day commemoration will include a wreath laying ceremony at the war memorial, sainik samelam (soldiers meet), memorial service, band display and 'Beating the Retreat'. Kargil War, which began in May 1999, lasted more...
05:36 PM, Jul 24, 2011
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04:01 PM, May 09, 2011
Mumbai: The members of an inquiry committee appointed by the Bombay High Court inspected the controversial 31-storey Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society building at Block 6, Backbay Reclamation Area in Mumbai's Colaba area on Wednesday. The committee will begin its proceedings from the 18th of April. Adarsh society has appealed against the Ministry of Environment and Forest demolition order, which will be heard by the Bombay High Court. Maharashtra Chief Minister...
01:15 PM, Apr 13, 2011
Mumbai: The Environment Ministry has asked for Mumbai's Kargil shame Adarsh to be demolished within the next three months. But the demolition will be a rude shock for the legitimate members - like Kargil veteran Retd Lt Rajiv Singh. And there are also risks involved in demolishing a high rise. Newspaper cuttings were all Retd Lt Rajiv Singh, one of the legitimate members of the tainted Adarsh Building Society, has...
10:33 PM, Jan 17, 2011
Mumbai: The 31-storey high building in Mumbai's upmarket Colaba has been in the eye of a many a storm. And now in an unprecedented decision the environment ministry has ordered for its removal in its entirety , within three months for violating Coastal Rules of 1991. The latest decision by environment ministry has created a storm of sorts. Never before in its history has the ministry ordered for the removal...
07:25 PM, Jan 16, 2011
Mumbai: Indian Army has finally cracked the whip on its officers allegedly involved in the Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society scam in Mumbai's Colaba area. The Army on Saturday ordered a Court of Inquiry into the housing scam and the alleged role of senior serving and retired officers in it, including Major General RK Hooda. Major General RK Hooda has been summoned to Pune and an inquiry ordered by the Army's...
09:38 PM, Dec 11, 2010
Mumbai: Two file noting related to the Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society scam have gone missing from Maharashtra's Urban Development Department office. The file noting dated August 30, 2009 and November 1, 2010 have gone missing. The Urban Development Department has registered a case of theft and attempt at destruction of record at the Marine Drive police station. According to the Urban Development Department information given to Central Bureau of Investigation...
01:22 PM, Nov 27, 2010
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