New Delhi: Delhi High Court on Wednesday adjourned Rajya Sabha MP and former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh's bail plea till October 19. Singh had moved the court after his regular and interim bail were rejected by a lower court on the September 28. Singh was in judicial custody at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) as his both interim and regular bail pleas were rejected. Singh was...
11:08 AM, Oct 12, 2011
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha MP and former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh's bail plea will come up for hearing in the Delhi High Court on Wednesday. Singh had moved the court after his regular and interim bail were rejected by a lower court on the September 28. Singh was in judicial custody at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) as his both interim and regular bail pleas were...
08:29 AM, Oct 12, 2011
New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir native Abid Hussain, arrested for his alleged role in the September 7 bomb blast in the Delhi High Court premises, was on Wednesday sent to Tihar Jail with a city court remanding him in judicial custody till October 7. Special NIA Judge HS Sharma remanded Hussain in judicial custody as National Investigation Agency (NIA) sleuths, while producing him before the court after expiry of his...
06:39 PM, Oct 05, 2011
New Delhi: The bail plea of DMK MP Kanimozhi is now most likely to be heard on October 17. The bail plea was scheduled to be heard on Saturday, but lawyers of both Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) as well as Kanimozhi asked the court to give another date for the hearing of the bail matter. According to the Supreme Court order, a bail cannot be granted till framing of...
10:27 AM, Oct 01, 2011
New Delhi: Senior BJP leaders LK Advani, Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj met Sudheendra Kulkarni on Wednesday in Tihar Jail. Kulkarni was jailed on Tuesday for his alleged role in the 2008 cash-for-vote scam. The BJP said he was a whistleblower and was being wrongly penalised, even as the intended beneficiaries of the scam remain untouched. Kulkarni, 54, who had failed to appear before the court on two previous dates...
03:56 PM, Sep 28, 2011
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With so many political figures holed up in Tihar, the ones that are outside look pristine white, like the proverbial super-white shirt in a detergent ...
11:43 AM, Sep 26, 2011
New Delhi: The condition of the renal transplant of Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh, which had deteriorated some days back following urinary tract infection, has shown some signs of improvement, an AIIMS doctor said on Tuesday. "His condition is stable and his renal parameters have shown some signs of improvement. His urine culture report of today is better than the previous one but the urinary tract infection remains," Dr Sanjay...
07:21 PM, Sep 20, 2011
New Delhi: A Delhi court will hear cash-for-votes scam accused Amar Singh's bail plea on Monday. The former Samajwadi party leader was granted interim bail on September 15 on medical grounds. Amar Singh was admitted to AIIMS hospital soon after jail doctors found his creatinine levels high. The Tees Hazari Court of Special Judge Sangita Dhingra Sehgal granted bail to Singh while asking him to apply for regular bail on...
08:27 AM, Sep 19, 2011
New Delhi: Why didn't the bomb, planted in the car used during the 2001 Parliament attack, not explode? This question still puzzles convicted terrorist Afzal Guru, claims a 180-page manuscript by a Tihar jail superintendent. "If the December 2001 terrorist attack on Parliament was a success then they would have made Jammu and Kashmir an international issue and would have entered into negotiations with the government," Guru, the key accused...
05:22 PM, Sep 18, 2011
New Delhi: DMK MP Kanimozhi and Kalaignar TV MD Sharad Kumar applied for bail in a special CBI court at Patiala House in the 2G spectrum scam. Both Kanimozhi and Sharad Kumar have been lodged in Tihar jail since May 20. Both Kanimozhi and Sharad Kumar have applied for bail on the grounds that charges have not yet been framed and will be framed and they should be granted bail...
06:09 PM, Sep 16, 2011
New Delhi: Former Samajwadi party leader Amar Singh's bail plea will come up for hearing on Thursday in the cash-for-votes scam. The Court on Tuesday asked for a full report on Singh's health from AIIMS and Tihar Jail following suggestions that the initial medical reports were misleading. Amar Singh is in special care at the hospital for Kidney related problems. Amar Singh needs psychiatry consultation for his "anxiety and restlessness",...
08:07 AM, Sep 15, 2011
New Delhi: In its report submitted to the Tees Hazari Court on Wednesday, the Tihar Jail authorities said Amar Singh needs care under an institution that can provide super speciality care, preferably at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). The report recommended that the Rajya Sabha MP needs treatment 'in view of multiple ailments and post renal transplant state'. The urine sensitivity reports of Singh have also been...
05:43 PM, Sep 14, 2011
New Delhi: The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Wednesday submitted Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh's medical report to the Tees Hazari Court in Delhi. Singh was arrested for his role in the 2008 cash-for-votes scam and has been in AIIMS since Monday, following health complications. Tihar jail authorities are also expected to file their medical report on Wednesday. They were asked by a Delhi court to explain...
03:59 PM, Sep 14, 2011
New Delhi: The Tihar jail and AIIMS authorities are expected to file a report on former Samajwadi leader Amar Singh's medical condition before the Tees Hazari Court on Wednesday. Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh was arrested for his role in the 2008 Cash-for-votes scam and has been in AIIMS since Monday, following health complications. The Tihar jail authorities were asked by a Delhi court on Tuesday to explain by Wednesday...
08:31 AM, Sep 14, 2011
New Delhi: The condition of Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh, who was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences following a rise in creatinine level in his body, is stable. Creatinine is a fairly reliable indicator of a person's kidney functioning. "His condition is hemodynamically stable. He had homemade food in the morning. In due course of time he will undergo different tests. He has urine infection," a...
11:32 AM, Sep 13, 2011
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh, arrested for his alleged role in 2008 cash-for-vote scam, was on Monday night admitted in All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) following a rise in keratin level in his body, Tihar jail spokesman Sunil Gupta said. Singh, 55, was admitted in the private ward of AIIMS at around 8pm, Gupta said. "Since his keratin level was high, we decided to shift him...
11:32 PM, Sep 12, 2011
New Delhi: Former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh was taken to AIIMS hospital on Monday evening because of kidney related complications, Tihar Jail authorities said. They added that his creatinine levels were too high and he needed medical attention. There is still no clarity on whether Amar Singh will be admitted or if he will return to the jail on Monday night itself. A Delhi court on Tuesday will pronounce...
10:35 PM, Sep 12, 2011
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha MP and former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh has been ordered to undergo medical tests by the Tees Hazari Court after Tihar Jail officials told judge Sangita Dhingra Sehgal that he has not given his previous medical records and refused to give his blood sample. Singh, who has been arrested and is seeking bail in the cash-for-votes scam, will stay in the jail till at least...
01:03 PM, Sep 09, 2011
Guna: Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh on Friday expressed sympathy for the beleaguered former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh who was arrested in the cash-for-vote scam case two days ago. "I have full sympathy for Amar Singh and I believe that he will be proved innocent," Digvijay Singh told reporters at Raghogarh. He also strongly condemned Wednesday's blast outside the Delhi High Court and asked people not to politicise the...
08:02 AM, Sep 09, 2011
New Delhi: The hearing on Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh's interim bail plea in the cash-for-votes scam was reserved till September 12 on Thursday. Singh will have to stay in jail in at least till September 12. The court has sought a report from Tihar jail authorities on Amar Singh's medical condition after the lawyer claimed that Singh needed to be in a sterile environment due to his recurrent Urinary...
03:26 PM, Sep 08, 2011
