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
With Arvind Kejriwal promising another major expose on Wednesday, we ask, is he wild and unpredictable card in Indian politics or a trump? ...
09:57 PM, Oct 16, 2012
Senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka, who has been transferred by the Haryana government, said he suspected that he was transferred for initiating probe into the land deal between Robert Vadra and realty major DLF. ...
09:36 PM, Oct 16, 2012
Reports say that Robert Vadra has purchased over 75 acres of land in Palwal area of Haryana's Faridabad district - 18 acres in his name and 57 acres through Real Estate Earth limited, a company where he is the director. ...
09:31 PM, Oct 16, 2012
New Delhi: Senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka, who was transferred by the Haryana government after he ordered an investigation into the land deals between Congress president Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra and realty major DLF, on Tuesday said that he suspected that the Punjab and Haryana High Court order was used as a pretext to transfer him out. Speaking exclusively to IBN-18 Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai, Khemka said, "I was conducting...
09:24 PM, Oct 16, 2012
Chandigarh: Under fire over the transfer of senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka in the wake of the Robert Vadra land row, Haryana government on Tuesday said there was no malafide intention in its decision even as it ordered an inquiry into issues raised by the officer. Khemka, who was removed as Inspector General of Registration after he ordered a probe into all the land dealings of Vadra, Congress president Sonia...
07:15 PM, Oct 16, 2012
New Delhi: Fresh details of more land purchases by Congress president Sonia Gandhis son-in-law Robert Vadra in Haryana have come to light. CNN-IBN has accessed details of Vadra's land deals in Haryana's Palwal district. Reports say that Vadra has purchased over 75 acres of land in Palwal area of Haryana's Faridabad district in 2008-2009 - 18 acres in his name and 57 acres through Real Estate Earth limited, a company...
06:55 PM, Oct 16, 2012
New Delhi: In a new twist in the controversy surrounding Robert Vadra, sources in the Corporation Bank have revealed that they had given no loan to Congress president Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law. This was revealed by the sources on the basis of the internal probe of the Corporation Bank. CNN-IBN met top executives of the New Friend's Colony branch of Corporation Bank where Vadra's company, Skylight Hospitality, has an account. According...
06:22 PM, Oct 16, 2012
Mumbai: Shares of DLF on Tuesday came under renewed selling pressure, falling over 4 per cent in an overall weak stock market, where the benchmark index Sensex plunged 136 points. Since October 5, the scrip has lost nearly 14 per cent. Even after a positive opening, shares of the company failed to sustain the momentum and finally settled 4.26 per cent lower at Rs 208 on the BSE. During the...
04:54 PM, Oct 16, 2012
New Delhi: IAS officer Ashok Khemka, who set aside the mutation of a Rs 58 crore worth plot of land sold by Congress President Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra to realty giant DLF in 2009, is demoralised as he has received death threats for the first time in his life, said one of Khemka's friends who is also a lawyer. Anupam Gupta said that Khemka had got "serious death threats"....
03:38 PM, Oct 16, 2012
Chandigarh: A senior Haryana IAS officer, who is at the centre of a raging controversy after he was transferred in the wake of his decision to probe alleged undervaluation of properties dealt with by Robert Vadra, son-in-law of Congress President Sonia Gandhi, has attacked the decision to transfer him, calling it "demoralising and dehumanising". Significantly, on the last day of his posting as Director General of Land Consolidation and Land...
02:57 PM, Oct 16, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday dismissed as "baseless" charges that a senior Haryana IAS officer was transferred in the wake of his decision to probe alleged undervaluation of properties dealt with by Robert Vadra, son-in-law of Congress President Sonia Gandhi. "The allegations are baseless. There is no witch hunt. We do not question the integrity of the officer. It is prerogative of the government to transfer any bureaucrat. The...
02:44 PM, Oct 16, 2012
New Delhi: Criticising transfer of an Haryana IAS officer probing alleged undervaluation of properties dealt with by Robert Vadra, BJP on Tuesday said Congress is suffering from an "emergency mindset" and demanded that an impartial inquiry be held into the matter. "Congress is in complete shambles and in doldrums. It is trying to save Robert Vadra. We want an honest and impartial probe into the charges. An honest officer with...
02:28 PM, Oct 16, 2012
The BJP has once again called for an impartial probe into the DLF-Vadra land deal in Haryana. BJP leader Prakash Javadekar has said that the transfer of the IAS officer Ashok Khemka reveals the Congress's emergency mindset. "The moment Vadra's matter came in public domain, Congress has been trying to save him. Instead of acting on Khemka's directions, the government acted against him and transferred him. At 10 pm, someone ...
01:45 PM, Oct 16, 2012
The Opposition has stepped up pressure for an independent inquiry into the land deal between Robert Vadra and DLF. Former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala has threatened to move court. "There is no question of a fair investigation under the Congress. The matter has to be taken to court for a fair trial. Khemka's revelations will be applauded. It is not possible for the CBI or the state government ...
01:39 PM, Oct 16, 2012
A Mahapanchayat is meeting in Manesar to discuss the implications of the cancellation of the mutation of transfer of property between Robert Vadra and DLF. The locals here claim that the plot of land, right on the side of the Jaipur Highway at Manesar-Shikohpur, was sold off at nominal prices. An inquiry has, meanwhile, been ordered in four other districts of Haryana where land is owned by Robert Vadra. ...
12:58 PM, Oct 16, 2012
Senior Punjab and Haryana High Court lawyer Anupam Gupta has said that with the cancellation of the mutation of a land deal between Robert Vadra and DLF, the transfer has fallen into a limbo. "The practical significance is that this transfer of title by Robert Vadra in favour of DLF cannot be acted upon on the ground in the absence of a mutation unless the transfer of title is recognised ...
12:48 PM, Oct 16, 2012
New Delhi: Former Team Anna member Kiran Bedi has slammed the Haryana government over the transfer of senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka as the DG Haryana Seed Development Corporation three days after he ordered an investigation into the land deals between Congress president Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra and construction major DLF on October 8. Reacting to the transfer of the IAS officer, the former IPS officer said that "this...
12:39 PM, Oct 16, 2012
New Delhi: 8.40 pm: On security threat to Ashok Khemka, his lawyer Anupam Gupta said, "Yes Khemka has personally told me that he has received threatening phone calls in the night. We don't know who are these callers and who is behind all this." 8.05 pm: Senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka, who has been transferred by the Haryana government, said he suspected that he was transferred for initiating probe into...
12:10 PM, Oct 16, 2012
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has said that the latest controversy to hit Robert Vadra, the son-in-law of Congress President Sonia Gandhi, just shows how the Gandhi family abuses power. "This shows the powers of Vadra and the family. A senior officer investigates him and he's transferred. This kind of protection and corruption has to stop. If you mess with the first family of the Congress party, there is a ...
10:47 AM, Oct 16, 2012
