Manish Tewari is the new entrant to the Cabinet. The man who had the tough task of defending the government as the Congress spokesperson is now the new MoS with independent charge, Information and Broadcasting. The new inductee, however, said that the government was not trying to send any message to India Against Corruption through its new appointees. ...
03:24 PM, Oct 28, 2012
New Delhi: Zee News on Saturday sent a defamation notice of Rs 150 crore to Naveen Jindal accusing his press conference on a sting operation conducted by his company, Jindal Steel and Power Ltd, on the TV channel, as an attempt to divert attention from demand for independent probe in the coal blocks allocations controversy. Naveen Jindal had filed an extortion case against Zee News, accusing the channel of demanding...
01:13 PM, Oct 27, 2012
Australia will not be fielding any of their Test players in South Africa's opening tour match against Australia 'A' next month. ...
08:21 AM, Oct 26, 2012
New Delhi: The demand for an independent inquiry on the media has grown after Congress MP and industrialist Naveen Jindal released a video accusing Zee TV of extortion. Jindal did a reverse sting operation on Zee TV, showing the media giant demanding advertising commitments in exchange of burying negative coverage on Jindal's company. Press Council of India chairman Justice Markandey Katju said, "Let an independent statutory body monitor the media,...
07:42 AM, Oct 26, 2012
There was high drama at Congress leader and industrialist Naveen Jindal's press conference on Thursday afternoon where he claimed he has proof against editors of Zee News allegedly extorting money from his team. The Income Tax Department launched a probe into 18 of BJP President Nitin Gadkari's companies. The striking employees of Kingfisher Airlines reached a truce with the management and are set to resume work. ...
11:46 PM, Oct 25, 2012
There was high drama at Congress MP and industrialist Naveen Jindal's press conference on Thursday afternoon where he claimed he had proof against the editors of Zee News allegedly extorting money from his team. Jindal screened the video of what was shown to be a sting operation his company did on Zee News. It purportedly shows Zee Business Editor Sameer Ahluwalia demanding money from Jindal's company. ...
11:37 PM, Oct 25, 2012
There was high drama at Congress MP and industrialist Naveen Jindal's press conference on Thursday afternoon where he claimed he had proof against the editors of Zee News allegedly extorting money from his team. Jindal screened the video of what was shown to be a sting operation his company did on Zee News. ...
11:29 PM, Oct 25, 2012
The Income Tax department on Thursday began probe into BJP President Nitin Gadkari's Purti Power and Sugar Ltd (PPSL). I-T authorities said they will also probe source of funds of the 18 companies that invested in Purti. Prima facie evidence suggested that shell companies had invested in Purti. Sources said that if necessary Gadkari might also be summoned in the case. ...
10:25 PM, Oct 25, 2012
New Delhi: Congress MP Naveen Jindal has filed a criminal case against Zee TV for a sting operation about his company's alleged involvement in the scam-tainted coal block allocations. Jindal alleged that he was asked for cash to stop the negative story on him. In a dramatic press conference on Thursday, Jindal also released tapes showing the conversation between Zee Business Editor Sameer Ahluwalia and his team members. "Media in...
03:52 PM, Oct 25, 2012
New Delhi: The News Broadcasting Standards Authority (NBSA) on Friday took up Jindal Steel's complaint against Zee News. Jindal Steel had filed an extortion case against the television news channel with the Press Council of India. However, in a press release, NBSA said, "The complaint filed by Jindal Steel Ltd regarding telecast of news with regard to allocation of coal blocks and other issues on Zee News, Zee Business and...
09:45 PM, Oct 19, 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
New Delhi: Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid, accused of financial wrongdoing by Arvind Kejriwal, was on Wednesday embroiled in a new controversy over his alleged threats against the India Against Corruption (IAC) leader. The IAC said he was behaving "like a mafia don". Khurshid, who has been accused of financial impropriety in the running of his trust, had reportedly said that if Kejriwal decides to go ahead with his November...
09:11 PM, Oct 17, 2012
New Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday alleged that the Uttar Pradesh government was colluding with Salman Khurshid to bail the Law Minister out of the allegations of financial irregularities in an NGO run by him and his wife. Posing five questions to Khurshid, the activist claimed that the allegations were not his but that of the Uttar Pradesh government, whose probe "proved the irregularities" done by the NGO run by...
03:59 PM, Oct 14, 2012
New Delhi: Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid has called for an independent inquiry into allegations of forgery and misappropriation of funds against him and his family. While speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, Khurshid said that he's ready to resign if the channel (CNN-IBN) wants him to right now. The Congress minister also dared his critics to prove the corruption charges against him. "No body has said that we...
01:22 PM, Oct 14, 2012
New Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal-led India Against Corruption (IAC) members on Sunday protested at the Delhi Airport as Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid arrived in the country after a sting operation by a news channel alleged that an NGO, owned by him and his wife, was involved in cases of financial misappropriation and forgery, a charge denied by the couple. The IAC members will take out a rally against Khurshid and...
10:50 AM, Oct 14, 2012
New Delhi: Blackmailers, rabble-rousers, third rate people doing third rate things - these are the words that Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid used to describe activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal and members of India Against Corruption (IAC), who have levelled charges of corruption against him and his wife, Louise. Khurshid, who was in London for the past two days, returned to India on Sunday. His wife Louise had said that Khurshid would...
07:34 AM, Oct 14, 2012
New Delhi: Louise Khurshid, the wife of Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid slammed anti-corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal and the TV channel that conducted a sting on her NGO, the Zakir Hussain Memorial Trust, saying that the allegations against them were baseless and that the minister would himself respond on them. "We have signatures on all documents. What kind of allegations are these? These are baseless allegations. Salman Khurshid will respond...
03:00 PM, Oct 13, 2012
New Delhi: Law Minister Salman Khurshid's wife Louise Khurshid on Friday filed a civil defamation case in the Delhi High Court against a television group for broadcasting a programme alleging that their NGO siphoned off lakhs of rupees meant for physically challenged people. Seeking damages of Rs 100 crore, the lawsuit was filed against the TV Today group for airing the defamatory programme on its channels, Headlines Today and Aaj...
09:31 AM, Oct 13, 2012
