Pune: The Income Tax Department is conducting an enquiry at the office of Indian Premier League (IPL) team Pune Warriors India. The enquiry follows a sting operation where some Pune Warriors India players allegedly took money for spot-fixing during the IPL matches. The money is alleged to have been paid in cash and Income Tax officials say that players shown in the sting operation could also be questioned. The sting...
12:20 PM, May 23, 2012
New Delhi: The alleged spot-fixing scandal in the IPL had its echo in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday with members seeking a high-level probe into match fixing charges and the way in which black money was coming into play in it. The matter was raised during Zero Hour by Samajwadi Party member Shailendra Kumar and supported by former cricketer Kirti Azad of the BJP. Kumar said when there was a...
02:46 PM, May 15, 2012
New Delhi: The Board of Control of cricket in India (BCCI) has announced that it will examine the footage of a sting operation done by a Hindi news channel on spot-fixing in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The sting claims to have uncovered the lid on spot-fixing, and also black money deals in the IPL. In its official press release, the BCCI announced that the entire footage of the 'sting...
08:25 AM, May 15, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has called for the trial court records on former BJP president Bangaru Laxman in the fake arms deal case. The argument of expediting the case on the basis of Laxman's old age and medical condition has been rejected by the court. Laxman will now have to spend two months in jail. The next date of hearing in the case is July 5. Bangaru Laxman...
11:16 AM, May 11, 2012
New Delhi: Eleven years after a sting operation showed him taking a bribe of RS 1 lakh, former BJP President Bangaru Laxman was fined Rs 1 lakh and sentenced to four years in prison. His lawyers said they would contest the verdict and in the meanwhile Laxman will continue to stay in Tihar Jail after his conviction on Friday. Bangaru Laxman's body language clearly indicated that he was dejected with...
09:23 PM, Apr 28, 2012
New Delhi: A Delhi court sentenced former BJP president Bangaru Laxman to four years in jail in the 2001 fake arms deal case. Bangaru has also been imposed with a fine of Rs one lakh. Bangaru was convicted for taking a Rs one lakh bribe to push a defence deal in a sting operation 11 years ago. The court came tough on corruption and said in its judgement, "Time to...
08:33 PM, Apr 28, 2012
Bangaru Laxman's lawyers termed the court's order as 'harsh punishment' and said the court should have considered factors like his medical status. ...
05:06 PM, Apr 28, 2012
New Delhi: Former BJP president Bangaru Laxman spent his first night in jail on Friday. The Supreme Court convicted Bangaru for taking a Rs one lakh bribe to push a defence deal in a sting operation 11 years ago. The court in its 155-page judgement on Thursday said Laxman received money to "influence the public servants". Bangaru's sentencing will be announced later on Saturday. "The accused Bangaru Laxman on January...
06:13 AM, Apr 28, 2012
President Pratibha Patil decided to give up her proposed post-retirement accommodation in Pune on Friday. This came after allegations that the President's bungalow was being built on defence land in violation of norms. ...
09:30 PM, Apr 27, 2012
New Delhi: Eleven years after it broke, the Tehelka sting operation has returned to haunt the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). A court on Friday convicted former party president Bangaru Laxman who was caught on camera taking Rs 1 lakh bribe. As the BJP distanced itself from him, the Congress was quick to point fingers. Bangaru Laxman has been convicted in the 2001 fictitious arms deal case under the Prevention of...
08:58 PM, Apr 27, 2012
New Delhi: An IBN-Cobrapost investigation has exposed urban India's worst kept secret. A builder-MCD councillor nexus has allowed irregularities to flourish and buildings that violate bylaws to come up brazenly. The IBN-Cobrapost investigation reveals how Delhi councillors across party lines have been demanding money for illegal constructions. The expose shows on camera the nexus between councillors and junior bureaucrats. Councillors admitted that they pay junior engineers in the MCD and...
08:07 PM, Dec 06, 2011
New Delhi: Even as the Enforcement Directorate got three more days to interrogate black money accused Hasan Ali, the probe trail itself has taken a curious turn. On Monday, PTI reported that the Maharashtra government had suspended senior IPS officer Ashok Deshbhratar who allegedly carried out a "sting operation" on Hasan Ali Khan. The alleged suspension also created a ruckus in the State Assembly. A preliminary inquiry by the CID...
11:53 AM, Mar 22, 2011
The cash for votes saga took place over the vote on the Indo-US nuclear deal in July 2008. In august that year, CNN-IBN telecast a sting operation that showed an aide of then Samajwadi party leader Amar Singh caught on camera giving money to a BJP MP. The tapes became part of parliamentary inquiry but the JPC report eventually did not indict anyone. A rewind of the sting operation The...
09:27 PM, Mar 17, 2011
New Delhi: The Union Government and Delhi Police have rubbished the claims made by Australia's Channel 7 that there are major security lapses at the Commonwealth Games venues. The channel claimed its reporter got by security checks at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium with crude explosives undetected. Union Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy, Union Home Secretary GK Pillai and Delhi Police officials say there was been no security breach at the...
05:04 PM, Sep 22, 2010
New Delhi: The latest controversy to hit the organisers of the Commonwealth Games is a claim that the security has been breached. Australia's Channel 7 claims to have exposed major security lapses at the CWG venues in a sting operation. The channel claimed its reporter got by security checks at the main venue -- the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium -- with crude explosives. What's worse it went undetected. The Delhi Police...
07:54 AM, Sep 22, 2010
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