Islamabad: Pakistani security forces on Saturday took control of a strategically important airbase in the country's southwest after US military personnel vacated the facility in line with a demand from the Pakistan government. Pakistan had asked the US to vacate Shamsi airbase in Balochistan province after a cross-border NATO attack on two border posts killed 24 soldiers on November 26. The US had been using the airbase since late 2001...
09:21 PM, Dec 10, 2011
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Vigilance and Anti-Corruption unit on Friday carried out raids at the residences of members of the state public service commission. The raids by the unit were conducted at 14 places. Alleged irregularities in the recruitment to government offices were the reason for the raids on the officials of the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission. The Under Secretaries of the TNSPC are under the scanner. ...
09:38 AM, Nov 18, 2011
Lucknow: The CBI carried out raids against 10 NGOs across Uttar Pradesh as part of its investigations in irregularities in the National Blind Mission. Sources have said that so far the CBI has detected irregularities to the tune of Rs 50 lakh. The CBI is looking at the involvement of 20 more NGOs. According to sources, NGOs were supposed to carry out cataract operation for free in rural areas, but...
12:17 PM, Nov 07, 2011
Chennai: The CBI on Monday conducted raids at former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran's residence in connection with the 2G spectrum scam. An FIR was registered against the Maran brothers - Dayanidhi Maran, Kalanidhi Maran, Ralph Marshall and T Anandakrishnan on Sunday, under the Prevention of Corruption Act. The CBI conducted searches in Chennai, Hyderabad and Delhi. The CBI also conducted raids at Apollo Group's Sunita Reddy's residence. Reddy, who has...
08:04 AM, Oct 10, 2011
Chennai: The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti Corruption on Saturday conducted searches at the residence of DMK leader and former minister Suresh Rajan in Tirunelveli and Kanyakumari districts on charges of possessing disproportionate assets. Six places in Kanyakumari district and one in Tirunelveli came under the vigilance scanner this morning, sources said. Rajan, who held the Registration and Tourism portfolio, is the sixth former DMK minister against whom action has...
10:54 AM, Oct 08, 2011
New Delhi: The crackdown on DMK continues in Tamil Nadu as vigilance and anti-corruption bureau teams on Thursday raided DMK leader TM Anbarasan's properties. Anbarasan, a former minister, is also a district secretary for the DMK. TM Anbarasan is the ninth DMK leader to be targeted since July this year. The vigilance officials on Tuesday conducted raids at properties of former DMK minister K Ponmudi and his relatives. The raids...
08:16 AM, Sep 29, 2011
New Delhi: The CBI has filed a case against former chairman of the Dental Council of India, Anil Kohli, in a disproportionate assets case. Raids were carried out at his residence and other properties in Delhi's Lajpat Nagar and Gulmohar Park on Friday. The allegations against him are that he charged big sums of money from dental colleges in the name of verification and cancellation of certain institutes. Earlier, the...
09:33 AM, Sep 23, 2011
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday conducted raids at 21 locations in Delhi and Mumbai in the Commonwealth Games (CWG) scam. There were raids at 21 places in Gurgaon, Sahibabad, Noida, Mumbai and Delhi, 16 addresses in Delhi alone were raided. The offices of project contractor BE Bilimoria & Co Ltd are among those being raided. A new case has been registered by the CBI in...
10:43 AM, Sep 14, 2011
New Delhi: Three days after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registered an FIR and conducted raids at YSR Congress chief Jagan Mohan Reddy's properties, close to 25 Congress MLAs and two MPs are contemplating resigning from the Congress party. Sources say that Jagans loyalists are protesting the CBI probe. They feel that the Congress high command is victimising Jagan and are even more irked by allegations of corruption on...
05:31 PM, Aug 21, 2011
Bellary: Over 7,000 tonnes of iron ore worth over Rs 4 crore were seized in Bellary in Karnataka on Sunday. The iron ore was being illegally transported in 24 lorries in Sandur in Bellary. This came on a day when BS Yeddyurappa had to step down as Karnataka Chief Minister because of his role in illegal mining in the state. The lorries belong to Tomatro Mining company. The authorities have...
07:38 AM, Aug 01, 2011
Kochi: Even as two of his fellow superstars Mammootty and Mohanlal are under the scrutiny of Income Tax (I-T) sleuths, Malayalam superstar Dileep attended the tax department's cultural celebrations here as one of the chief guests. Dileep sent the audience into ripples of laughter each time he referred to the raids against his co-superstars. "The moment you people came to invite me, I asked my producer and director who was...
03:36 PM, Jul 25, 2011
Jaipur: Income Tax department conducted raids at 14 premises and surveys at six places belonging to private doctors here for suspected tax evasion, officials said on Thursday. The raids launched on Wednesday were being carried out till late last night and are likely to end on Thursday, they said. The raids and surveys were carried out at private hospitals, homes and offices of nine doctors in Lal Kothi, Malviya Nagar,...
11:36 AM, Jun 09, 2011
New Delhi: The Shunglu committee has submitted its sixth and final report on irregularities in conducting the Commonwealth games. Suresh Kalmadi, former Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy and CWG OC CEO Jarnail Singh have been held responsible for the shoddy preparations. The report says the budget overshot by 57 per cent and no one took ownership of the event. The report comes even as more raids were conducted on officials...
08:34 PM, Apr 05, 2011
Hyderabad: Income Tax officials on Wednesday raided houses and offices of leading Telugu film actors in Hyderabad and other cities of Andhra Pradesh. Houses, offices and other properties of actors Nagarjuna, Ravi Teja, actress Anushka Shetty and producer D. Shiva Prasad Reddy in Banjara Hills and Jubilee Hills neighbourhoods were raided simultaneously. The IT sleuths reportedly seized some documents relating to purchase and sale of properties, sources said. The raids...
04:43 PM, Mar 23, 2011
Hyderabad: Income Tax Department on Wednesday conducted searches at the residences and offices of several Telugu film personalities, including Nagarjuna. According to a senior official, the investigations wing of the Department carried out the searches. Film industry sources said the action was prompted when the department found out about large number of land transactions involving film personalities in Visakhapatnam, the second-largest city in the state after Hyderabad. "The searches were...
04:16 PM, Mar 23, 2011
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday conducted raids at Hasan Ali's chartered accountant's residence in Pune. Hasan Ali and his chartered accountant Sunil Shinde were in Mumbai to attend the tribunal hearing in connection with the black money case when the raids took place. Speaking to CNN-IBN, Sunil Shinde said, "It's because I am Hasan Ali Khan's CA the raids have happened." "I am in Mumbai for the...
10:18 AM, Mar 23, 2011
New Delhi: The CBI on Friday filed an FIR against suspended Prasar Bharti CEO BS Lalli for causing a loss of Rs 135 crores to the Exchequer. The CBI carried out searches at the residences of B S Lalli and Wasim Dehlvi, owner of Zoom - a TV production equipment supply firm that provided services in CWG - in connection with alleged irregularities in the award of broadcasting rights of...
08:23 AM, Mar 04, 2011
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday conducted raids at the premises of Commonwealth Games Organising Committee officials. Raids were conducted at the premises of AK Saxena, Nikesh Jain, RP Gupta, KUK Reddy and Sujith Lal. The CBI also conducted raids at the premises of an overlays supplier Praveen Bakshi. An FIR was filed against these officials in the CWG overlays scam. There have been large scale...
08:53 AM, Feb 18, 2011
New Delhi: The CBI on Friday raided the in the offices and residences of top management of DMK-run Kalaignar TV in connection with the 2G spectrum scam. The raids came in the wake of allegations that that there was a connection between accused Shahid Usman Balwa-promoted Swan Telecom and the channel. The agency carried out searches at Kalaignar TV Managing director Sharad Kumar's residence. The searches began in the wee...
08:35 AM, Feb 18, 2011
Mumbai: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday continued its search operations at the Adarsh Housing Society office in Mumbai. Key Adarsh promoters RC Thakur and retired Brigadier MM Wangchu have been absconding since Sunday. On Sunday, the CBI conducted raids in connection with the Adarsh Society scam. CBI conducted raids in seven cities across the country including Patna, Nagpur, Pune and Mumbai - at the residences of promoters...
09:22 AM, Jan 31, 2011
