Lucknow: A case of loot, dacoity and attempt to murder has been filed against Louise Khurshid, wife of External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid, by an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) member in Uttar Pradesh, police said on Thursday. Vivek Yadav, the district president of AAP, lodged the police complaint in Mainpuri district.
Yadav alleged that when Khurshid, a Congress leader, came to Mainpuri town on Wednesday to inaugurate an eye check-up camp and they were showing her black flags, her car tried to run over him and his colleague. The case has been filed against 10 other Congress workers and supporters.
A counter first information report was filed against Yadav by district Congress president Prakash Pradhan, said Rakesh Singh, public relations officer of the state director general of police. Yadav, however, alleged that not only did Khurshid's car tried to run over him and his colleague Sunil Mishra but also that Pradhan whipped out his revolver and aimed at him.
Senior Superintendent of Police Shalabh Mathur said that the case was registered on Wednesday night and a follow-up action was being taken. "We have sought the video recording of the event where the alleged happenings took place. Appropriate action will be taken after studying the recording," he said....
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08:00 AM, Dec 14, 2012
Mainpuri: An FIR was on Thursday lodged against Louise Khurshid, wife of External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid, and others on various charges, including attempt to murder, on the complaint of activists of Aam Admi Party (AAP), who were allegedly beaten up by her supporters. The FIR was lodged against Louise and 10 others on charges of attempt to murder, loot and dacoity on complaint of AAP district president Vivek Yadav,...
04:53 PM, Dec 13, 2012
Mainpuri: Activists of Aam Aadmi Party were on Wednesday allegedly thrashed by supporters of Louise Khurshid, wife of External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid at an eye camp in Uttar Pradesh's Mainpuri district. The incident took place when Vivek Yadav and some other activists of AAP reached the district hospital, where an eye camp was to be inaugurated by Louise. Yadav alleged in his complaint to the police that Louise directed...
10:06 PM, Dec 12, 2012
New Delhi: British barmaid Emma-Louise Hodges has legally changed her name to 'Miss Pussy Galore Honey Rider Solitaire Plenty O'Toole May Day Xenia Onatopp Holly Goodhead Tiffany Case Kissy Suzuki Mary Goodnight Jinx Johnson Octopussy Domino Moneypenny' to include the names of 14 different Bond girls, according to media reports. Formerly Hodges, 28, changed her name by a deed poll because she thought "it would be great to be a...
11:19 AM, Oct 30, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has issued a notice to the TV Today group on the defamation suit filed by Law Minister Salman Khurshid's wife Louise Khurshid. Summons have been issued to TV Today Chairman and MD Aroon Purie and 13 others. Louise Khurshid, in her petition file on Thursday, accused the TV network of maligning her family and has sought damages worth Rs 1 crore. The TV Today...
11:25 AM, Oct 19, 2012
New Delhi: Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid's wife Louise Khurshid's defamation suit against TV Today group will come up for hearing in Delhi High Court on Friday. Louise had accused the television network of maligning her family and sought damages worth Rs 1 crore. The TV Today group aired a sting operation about how Khurshid's trust for the disabled had forged signatures to acquire funds. Advocate Abhimanyu Bhandari had filed...
07:44 AM, Oct 19, 2012
New Delhi: Advocate Abhimanyu Bhandari has filed a defamation suit for damages against TV Today Chairman and MD Aroon Purie and others on behalf of Law Minister Salman Khurshid's wife Louise Khurshid. Louise Khurshid has claimed initial damages of Rs 1 crore. The advocate said that they have claimed damages for the irreparable loss caused by programmes aired by the TV Today group. According to the TV Today report, the...
12:15 PM, Oct 18, 2012
Bulandshahr: Another controversy that has hit the Congress is the alleged irregularities in the Zakir Hussain Trust associated with Law Minister Salman Khurshid and his family. After India Against Corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal's details on bogus beneficiaries, CNN-IBN travelled to Bulandshahr and found more jarring stories. Seventeen-year-old Preeti can't walk since her leg is paralysed. Her name is No. 24 on the test check report, as having got crutches at...
10:49 AM, Oct 17, 2012
New Delhi: Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid's Zakir Hussain Memorial Trust now faces more allegations over the allotment of support equipment to the differently-abled. CNN-IBN travelled to Bulandshahr where camps were held to distribute equipment to the differently-abled and found both, jarring stories of discrepancies and genuine beneficiaries of the Khurshid trust. While some of the beneficiaries claimed that they got aids, others said they did not and there were...
01:21 PM, Oct 16, 2012
New Delhi: The clamour for Law Minister Salman Khurshid's resignation is growing with both the Opposition and India Against Corruption saying he must quit before the allegations against his NGO go in court. While the Congress claims it is ready to slug it out in court and not on the streets, IAC activists are adamant on Khurshid's resignation, saying that he could influence the case against his trust. Speaking to...
07:52 AM, Oct 16, 2012
The government on Monday rallied behind the Union Law Minister, terming him "an important minister of UPA II" and ruling out his resignation. ...
09:40 PM, Oct 15, 2012
New Delhi: Multiple defamation suits are being planned to be filed against India Today Group by Law Minister Salman Khurshid and his friends in the country and abroad over allegations of financial bungling by an NGO run byhis family. Close on the heels of a suit filed by Khurshid's wife Louise in the Delhi High Court on October 12, the Law Minister is planning to file a defamation case against...
08:41 PM, Oct 15, 2012
At a press conference he held with his wife Louise, Salman Khurshid asserted that the camps for the disabled, organised by his Zakir Hussain Memorial Trust, were held at different places in Uttar Pradesh. ...
08:30 PM, Oct 15, 2012
Kejriwal presents more evidence, allege many bogus recipients, many of them dead. Kejriwal said they will protest in Khurshid's constituency Farrukhabad now. ...
07:57 PM, Oct 15, 2012
New Delhi: Even as Arvind Kejriwal-led Indian Against Corruption levelled fresh allegations of financial irregularities on an NGO run by Salman Khurshid and his wife, the government on Monday rallied behind the Union Law Minister, terming him "an important minister of UPA II" and ruling out his resignation. In another development surrounding the controversy, Union Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma created a flutter on Monday, saying Khurshid will not do...
07:45 PM, Oct 15, 2012
New Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal and a group of disabled people on Monday called off their four-day-old protest in Delhi against Salman Khurshid and announced a fresh campaign against him in his UP constituency Farrukhabad from November one. Kejriwal also alleged that there was a quid pro quo between the Congress, which is supporting Khurshid, and SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav who is facing a disproportionate assets case in the Supreme...
05:50 PM, Oct 15, 2012
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Police's Economic Offences Wing on Monday began its probe into the alleged financial irregularities in a trust run by Union Minister Salman Khurshid. It started collecting documents at various levels, "including state, divisional and district headquarters as a part of the investigation", Director General EOW, Subrat Tripathi told PTI. When asked about the details, Tripathi said it was neither a raid nor a search. "How can...
02:15 PM, Oct 15, 2012
Bulandshahr: Even as Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid produced lists of beneficiaries of aid given by his trust, the Zakir Hussain Memorial Trust, on Sunday amidst allegations of corruption and misuse of funds by the NGO, CNN-IBN met a few of them in Bulandshahr who said that they had received the implements and equipment only a few days ago. Rekha, a differently-abled girl said that she got crutches and that...
12:40 PM, Oct 15, 2012
Lucknow: The Economic Offences Wing conducted raids on handicap welfare centres in 16 districts of Uttar Pradesh on Monday in connection with the allegations of irregularities in Salman Khurshid's NGO. The EOW of the Uttar Pradesh Police had launched a probe into the matter on Sunday. The probe is being carried out to cross check what the TV Today sting operation says and also the fresh allegations against Salman Khurshid...
12:31 PM, Oct 15, 2012
New Delhi: TV Today, that carried out a sting operation on Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid's trust for the differently-abled, the Zakir Hussain Memorial Trust, revealing alleged misuse of funds, has issued a statement saying that it stands by its story. Salman Khurshid on Sunday had called for TV Today Chairman and MD Aroon Purie to resign. The statement by TV Today said, "This is not a matter of debate...
10:54 AM, Oct 15, 2012
