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
Kochi: Corporation Bank on Friday reiterated it had not extended overdraft facility of Rs 7.94 crore to a company owned by Congress president Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra and has no role in the raging controversy over his land deal with realty major DLF. "The bank has no role in the entire controversy," Corporation Bank chairman and managing director Ajai Kumar told reporters in Kochi. He said the bank had...
06:38 PM, Oct 20, 2012
Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued a contempt notice to two officials of the Haryana government. This is on a plea by Ashok Khemka, the IAS officer who was transferred after he began probing the Robert Vadra-DLF land deals. Khemka has alleged that he was discriminated against in the draw of lots for plots in Bahadurgarh and Faridabad. Khemka was unsuccessful in the draw because he was...
02:38 PM, Oct 19, 2012
Chandigarh: Transferred Haryana IAS officer Ashok Khemka has been in the spotlight for cancelling the mutation of the DLF-Robert Vadra land deal. But Khemka in the past has also questioned many other land deals in Haryana were he felt land was being misused. Behind the rapid real estate boom in Gurgaon lies a tale of bureaucrats and real estate developers collaborating for windfall profits. In seven villages near sector 58...
08:41 AM, Oct 19, 2012
At a seminar in Delhi a few years ago, a soft-spoken, petite woman in a crumpled sari was one of the panelists. She engaged in ...
12:02 AM, Oct 19, 2012
Ashok Khemka, who was transferred by the Haryana government after he cancelled the mutation of the sale deed between Robert Vadra's company and DLF, said that anyone who feels his order is "unfounded" is free to go to court against it. ...
09:58 PM, Oct 18, 2012
Jaipur: A local court on Thursday took cognizance of a complaint filed against Congress President Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra for his reported comment 'mango man in banana republic' on a social networking site. Lawyer AC Upadhyay had filed the complaint against Vadra in the Court of Metropolitan Magistrate here on October 11 and it was taken cognisance by the court, which fixed November 3 as the date for next...
08:59 PM, Oct 18, 2012
New Delhi: The JD-U on Thursday attacked Law Minister Salman Khurshid for his statement daring Arvind Kejriwal to visit his Parliamentary constituency saying Farrukhabad is not his "fiefdom". Party chief Sharad Yadav also hailed Haryana IAS officer Ashok Khemka, who was shunted out after ordering a probe into Robert Vadra's land deals, and cautioned Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda against "suppressing" facts. Yadav, who is also the convener of the...
05:54 PM, Oct 18, 2012
New Delhi: Hours after former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala alleged that not just Robert Vadra but Rahul Gandhi also bought land below the market prices and evaded stamp duty, the party issued a statement saying that they are open to probe. "We are open to all probes. We have replied to his allegations, he can file any case he wants," said AICC general secretary Janardhan Dwivedi. Janardhan said...
02:11 PM, Oct 18, 2012
New Delhi: The Corporation Bank on Thursday confirmed that it had not given any loan to Congress president Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra. This was confirmed by Corporation Bank chairman Ajay Kumar, who said that the bank would have had no problem in admitting if the loan was given to Vadra. "We do not have the document on which the report has been placed. If we had given the loan...
01:08 PM, Oct 18, 2012
Chandigarh: Senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka, who was transferred by the Haryana government after he cancelled the mutation of the sale deed between UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra's company Sky Light Hospitality and realty major DLF, has said that anyone who feels his order is "unfounded" is free to go to court against it. Hitting out at Town and Country Planning head TC Gupta, who had defended the...
12:41 PM, Oct 18, 2012
IAS officers in Haryana are turning against each other in the wake of the Robert Vadra-DLF deal revelations. Town and Country Planning head TC Gupta has defended the deal and said action should be taken against transferred IAS officer Ashok Khemka, the former Director General of Land Consolidation. Following is the full text of the letter written by TC Gupta: From Director General, Town & Country Planning Department, Haryana, Chandigarh....
10:22 AM, Oct 18, 2012
Chandigarh: IAS officers in Haryana are turning against each other in the wake of the Robert Vadra-DLF deal revelations. Town and Country Planning head TC Gupta has defended the deal and said action should be taken against transferred IAS officer Ashok Khemka, the former Director General of Land Consolidation. Gupta has written against Khemka's observations. Khemka had in his order dated October 11 cancelled the mutation of the sale deed...
09:22 AM, Oct 18, 2012
New Delhi: Former Haryana Chief Minister INLD chief Om Prakash Chautala on Wednesday alleged that not only Robert Vadra but Rahul Gandhi too bought land at below market prices and evaded stamp duty by undervaluing the sales. Chautala also alleged a nexus between the duo and the Hooda-led Congress government in Haryana to seal the deals. Speaking at a press conference in Jalandhar on Wednesday evening, Chautala claimed that Rahul...
08:14 AM, Oct 18, 2012
New Delhi: Congress on Wednesday rejected the demand for an inquiry into Robert Vadra's land dealings suggesting the action taken by Haryana IAS officer Ashok Khemka on a land deal involving the son-in law of Sonia Gandhi was an afterthought. Dismissing the charges against Vadra as "absolutely baseless", party spokesperson Rashid Alvi said "no inquiry is needed. No inquiry is necessary. I outrightly reject this". He said this to a...
08:38 PM, Oct 17, 2012
New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra is now in a fix to explain the overdraft in his balance sheet. Sources close to Vadra now say no loan was taken from the Corporation Bank, so there was no question of any overdraft. Sources add it is a standard practice to issue cheques of higher values than what's there in an account, if there is possibility of that amount...
09:18 AM, Oct 17, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress continued to remain in denial even as the Haryana government was forced to order a probe into the Robert Vadra-DLF Manesar deal. This came even as CNN-IBN accessed more evidence of Robert Vadra's land deals in Haryana. The Congress continued to stress that there was no solid evidence against Vadra. Speaking to CNN-IBN, Congress spokesperson Manish tewari said, "You had a press conference where allegations were...
08:03 AM, Oct 17, 2012
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11:41 PM, Oct 16, 2012
The Haryana government was forced to order an investigation into the Vadra-DLF Manesar land deal worth Rs 58 crore after Khemka cancelled the land mutation saying it violated the consolidation act of the states. ...
11:32 PM, Oct 16, 2012
Patna: BJP on Tuesday condemned the transfer of the Haryana IAS officer probing land dealings of Robert Vadra and said an emergency-like situation was prevailing in the country under the UPA rule. "An emergency-like situation is prevailing in the country under the UPA rule...those who speak against the government or Sonia Gandhi family are dealt with severely," BJP spokesman Syed Shahnawaz Hussain told reporters here. He was reacting to late...
11:19 PM, Oct 16, 2012
