In a stern warning to rebels, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that from now on doors won't remain open for those who left the party and contested elections against official nominees as he would do away with the past practice of re-inducting such members. ...
12:35 AM, Mar 02, 2013
Mumbai: In fresh trouble for Kripashankar Singh, the Bombay High Court on Thursday ordered a magistrate inquiry against the former Mumbai Congress chief following a petition by a city-based social worker, who has accused the leader of threatening him after usurping his properties. A division bench of Justices VM Kanade and PD Kode was hearing the petition filed by one Tulsidas Nair alleging that Kripashankar and his son had usurped...
09:07 PM, Oct 25, 2012
Mumbai: The Special Investigating Team (SIT), probing the alleged amassing of disproportionate assets by former Mumbai Congress chief Kripashankar Singh and his family, on Monday recorded his statement. Singh arrived at the Police Commissionerate around noon alone and SIT recorded his statement at least for an hour, said an IPS officer. Various questions relating to his properties were asked by the SIT officials and Singh answered them, the officer said,...
05:30 PM, Oct 15, 2012
Mumbai: That only a fine line divides our nations lawmakers from its lawbreakers comes as no news. On Monday, however, even that line was blurred and dissolved, as representatives from the two sides cast aside the sham of pretense and came together to hobnob, in full public glare and under the arc lights. Congress tainted MLA Kripashankar Singh was one of the special guests at an iftar party organised by...
04:48 PM, Aug 08, 2012
Mumbai: There seems to be an embarrassment for the Mumbai Police. Congress MLA Kripashankar Singh, who is being investigated by the anti-corruption bureau for amassing assets disproportionate to his income, was seen rubbing shoulders with the who's who of the Mumbai police force at the Police iftar party. CNN-IBN has accessed pictures from the event at which Kripashankar and top politicians and police officers were present. Maharashtra's newly appointed DGP...
12:22 PM, Aug 07, 2012
New Delhi: Maharashtra government on Monday placed before the Supreme Court its report on the probe into the alleged amassing of disproportionate assets by former Mumbai Congress chief Kripashankar Singh and his family members. The report was filed in a sealed cover by a special investigating team, headed by Mumbai Police Commissioner Arup Patnaik, which probed the alleged benami assets of Singh and his family member. The report was filed...
06:23 PM, Apr 16, 2012
New Delhi: There is partial relief for former Mumbai Congress chief Kripashankar Singh as the Supreme Court has put a stay on the attachment of all the movable as well as immovable properties of him, his wife and family members. The decision by the apex court came after Kripashankar's lawyer made a statement that his will not be disposed off. However, the apex court refused to stay investigation against Kripashankar...
04:05 PM, Mar 13, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear Congress leader Kripashankar Singh's petition after he challenged a Bombay High Court judgement ordering his prosecution under the Prevention of Corruption Act and attachment of his property. Kripashankar is accused of amassing illegal assets worth Rs 320 crore. The Mumbai Police had registered an FIR against Kripashankar under anti-corruption law in connection with a disproportionate assets case after the Bombay High Court had...
08:14 AM, Mar 13, 2012
Mumbai: Police will soon rope in a chartered accountant to help them in probing the disproportionate assets case against Congress leader Kripashankar Singh even as teams were dispatched to attach his properties outside Mumbai. In a related development, Singh's son-in-law Vijay Singh is alleged to have submitted forged domicile certificate to enable transfer of a flat in his name from his beleaguered father-in-law, who obtained it through chief minister's quota...
10:49 PM, Mar 05, 2012
Mumbai: A day after attaching 12 properties of former Mumbai Congress chief Kripashankar Singh and his family in the metropolis, the city police have withdrawn the security provided to him even as an investigating team on Saturday visited one of his residences to complete some formalities. "A police team visited the politician's Sai Prasad building flat here to complete some formalities today," said a police official privy to the investigation....
09:17 PM, Mar 03, 2012
Mumbai: Former Mumbai Congress President Kripashankar Singh faces arrest after the SIT seized properties owned by him and his family. Reacting to reports saying he was untraceable, Kripashankar said he was not running away. Talking to CNN-IBN, Kripashankar said, "Law will takes its own course, I am not running away, I am innocent. I will fight my battle in court." He also apologised for his son Narendra Mohan's obscene gesture...
09:18 AM, Mar 03, 2012
New Delhi: Ex-Maharashtra Congress chief Kripashankar Singh's son, Narendra Mohan, apologised to the media on Saturday for reportedly making obscene gestures at them last week. He said, "The media is spreading misinformation because some people are feeding the media that way. I apologise for my conduct. I regret the incident that took place. I am a responsible citizen and do respect the freedom of the press." "My action though wrong,...
09:08 AM, Mar 03, 2012
Mumbai: Former Mumbai Congress President Kripashankar Singh faces arrest after the SIT seized properties owned by him and his family. However, reports say Kripashankar has been untraceable after his properties were attached. The move to attach Kripashankar's properties came after Bombay High Court asked the police to do so. Among the properties that Singh and his family reportedly own, are a bungalow, seven flats and hundreds of acres of land....
08:28 AM, Mar 03, 2012
The ministry said no, but didn't refute reports that an Intelligence Bureau probe was conducted after a suspicious finding. ...
09:40 PM, Mar 02, 2012
Mumbai: On a day when the Supreme Court refused to give relief to tainted former Mumbai Congress Chief Kripashankar Singh in the disproportionate assets case, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) in Mumbai swung into action and started the process of attaching the MLA's properties across the city. From early Friday morning, SIT officers zeroed in on various locations across the city where 19 properties belonging to Kripashankar and his family...
09:35 PM, Mar 02, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress on Friday left its senior party leader Kripashankar Singh to fend for himself in the corruption case saying law will take its own course but remained non-committal on whether the controversial leader should be suspended from the party. "Law is taking and will take its own course. Congress is of the belief that there should be no obstruction in its working," party spokesperson Rashid Alvi told...
08:22 PM, Mar 02, 2012
Mumbai: The process of attaching ex-Maharashtra Congress chief Kripashankar Singh's 19 properties across the state began on Friday. Singh and his family allegedly own 1 bungalow, 7 flats and hundreds of acres of land in the state. The Bombay HC had last week asked the police to attach Kripashankar Singh's properties. Congress leader Rashid Alvi said that the law was taking its own course. On Friday morning, the Mumbai Police...
04:01 PM, Mar 02, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to hear ex-Maharashtra Congress chief Kripashankar Singh's plea after it discovered that the plea, that was originally sought to have been listed on March 1, was later on, listed for March 2 by the advocates of Kripashankar. The SC Bench of DK Jain and AR Dave took a strong objection to the way the case was listed today. Singh's troubles multiplied on...
03:05 PM, Mar 02, 2012
Mumbai: Former Maharashtra Congress chief Kripashankar Singh's troubles seems to be multiplying in the disproportionate assets case. On Friday morning the Mumbai Police Crime Branch raided Kripashankar's three residences in the city in connection charges of amassing wealth disproportionate to known sources of income. Kripashankar's residences in Bandra East, Bandra West and Santacruz are being searched in connection with the case. The police teams raided the three premises following reports...
09:40 AM, Mar 02, 2012
The Cabinet approves tougher punishment for traffic offences that includes a jail term of two years for rash and drunk driving. ...
10:51 PM, Mar 01, 2012
