Yoga guru Ramdev on Saturday alleged that the CBI has become a tool in the hands of Congress that it is being used against Opposition leaders. "CBI has become a tool in the hands of Congress and is working like Congress Bachao Institution. The politicisation of CBI is most unfortunate and Congress is using it against people who are opposed to the Congress," Ramdev told reporters in Hisar. ...
12:45 AM, Mar 31, 2013
It wasn't just Haryana where Congress president Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra went on a land buying spree between 2008 and 2011. At least 20 plots measuring over 770 hectares were picked up by Vadra's firms in Bikaner, months after the Ashok Gehlot government assumed power in the state. According to property agents in Bikaner, the land was barren and worth precious little at the time Vadra purchased it. However, ...
03:41 PM, Oct 27, 2012
Shimla: Congress chief ministerial candidate Virbhadra Singh on Wednesday lost his temper at the media. However, after a rap from the Congress leadership in Delhi, came the U-turn and an apology. The Congress is no doubt worried. In the small state of Himachal Pradesh, the stakes are big for the party at the Centre. Aware that in Gujarat, it could be a virtual no-show for the party, a win in...
08:40 PM, Oct 24, 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
Ashok Khemka, a senior IAS officer and the man in charge of land registration in Haryana has cancelled the mutation of a land deal between Robert Vadra and DLF in Manesar. ...
10:18 PM, Oct 16, 2012
New Delhi: The Haryana whistleblower IAS officer who wrote a tell-all letter to the state Chief Secretary revealing the land scams going on across the state on Sunday told CNN-IBN that the Indian political system was such that an honest officer would feel like a rape victim who, in India, is often blamed for the crime. "India is not a banana republic... There are scoundrels in the system. And you...
08:46 AM, Oct 14, 2012
Haryana IAS officer Ashok Khemka, who blew the lid off land scams, has claimed that he was frequently transferred after he exposed several land scams. ...
12:16 AM, Oct 14, 2012
New Delhi: Amidst a furore over irregularities in land deals in Haryana, a senior IAS officer, Ashok Khemka, has written a tell-all letter to the state Chief Secretary detailing land scams in the state. The letter, accessed by CNN-IBN, demands that security be provided to the officer and his family to protect them from the people hit by the expose. In the letter, Khemka says that several hundred crores worth...
01:25 PM, Oct 13, 2012
Bangalore: A CBI court will continue hearing former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa's bail plea on Tuesday. The Lingayat strongman had moved court after CBI raids in connection with an illegal mining case earlier this month. The investigative agency had opposed Yeddyurappa's bail, claiming he could influence the probe. Being a former chief minister, Yeddyurappa is a highly influential person and therefore custodial interrogation may be necessary, the CBI said....
09:41 AM, May 29, 2012
New Delhi: The bail plea of former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa will come up for hearing on Tuesday in the Karnataka High Court. Yeddyurappa was remanded to judicial custody till October 22 by a Special Lokayukta Court in two alleged land scam cases. Yeddyurappa on Monday had filed a bail petition, including an interim bail plea, in the Karnataka High Court. Yeddyurappa had surrendered on Saturday after the Lokayukta...
06:19 AM, Oct 18, 2011
New Delhi: The condition of former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, who has been remanded to judicial custody till October 22 by a Special Lokayukta Court in alleged land scam cases, has improved and can be discharged from the hospital on Tuesday, a doctor said on Monday. Earlier, Yeddyurappa on Monday filed a bail petition, including an interim bail plea, in the Karnataka High Court. The case is slated...
05:36 PM, Oct 17, 2011
Trouble for Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa as BJP state president K S Eshwarappa has revolted and is seeking a change in leadership. If that was not enough, a local court on Thursday ordered a lokayukta probe into alleged land scams involving Yeddyurappa and his family. ...
10:02 PM, Mar 24, 2011
New Delhi: Karnataka Governor Hansraj Bhardwaj has taken his battle against Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa to its final stage. The ongoing war of words between Yeddyurappa and Bhardwaj sparked street violence overnight. Tyres were burnt as mobs chanted slogans. The BJP has called a bandh in the state on Saturday to protest against the Governor. Bhardwaj gave the sanction for prosecuting Yeddyurappa following allegations of his involvement in a land...
06:49 AM, Jan 22, 2011
New Delhi: It has been a season of scams. Sukhna, Adarsh, Malad - the list is long and the presence of top military officials including a former army chief is only causing more embarrassment. Defence minister AK Anthony said, "After proper enquiry, we will take actions. No cover ups, no question of showing any mercy to guilty people. But no vendetta." So while a Central Bureau of Investigation enquiry is...
08:07 PM, Jan 13, 2011
Bangalore: Karnataka Governor HR Bhardwaj has once again written to Chief minister BS Yeddyurappa demanding an explanation on his alleged role in giving land to his family. CNN-IBN was the first to report how Yeddyurappa had allegedly broken the rules to give land to his sons and other family members. The Governor has asked Yeddyurappa to give facts related to land dealings by his family. The letter asks him to...
04:39 PM, Dec 17, 2010
The activist community is shaken up but not deterred. ...
11:04 PM, Jan 18, 2010
Shetty had exposed over 150 cases of wrongdoing, making several enemies. ...
10:41 PM, Jan 18, 2010
Satish Shetty was killed by unidentified men on Wednesday morning. ...
02:26 PM, Jan 13, 2010
IAS officer’s report in Haryana alleges massive land scams. ...
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