“There is a clear conspiracy on the part of some people which appears to have the blessings of many powerful people in the country” Barely a day after the first meeting of the joint drafting committee on the Lokpal Bill, the process has come under stress with the civil society members on the panel alleging a “clear conspiracy” to not only derail the anti-corruption movement but also to subvert the...
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Shanti Bhushan files complaint over forged CD
“ I've never had any conversation with Mulayam, Amar Singh” ‘Bid to discredit committee constituted to draft Lokpal Bill' Case registered under Section 469 of IPC The Delhi police have registered a case against an unknown person for allegedly fabricating a defamatory telephonic conversation between Shanti Bhushan, former Law Minister and now co-chairman of the joint committee to draft the Lokpal Bill, and Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh and its former general secretary...
More »CBI to file 80,000-page charge sheet against Raja, others on April 2
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday informed the Supreme Court that it would file an 80,000-page charge sheet in the 2G spectrum allocation scam against the former Communications Minister A. Raja, four former Telecom officials and two companies on April 2. It was originally proposed to be filed on March 31. Senior counsel K.K. Venugopal told a Bench of Justices G.S. Singhvi and A.K. Ganguly that the agency was still...
More »Appoint best prosecutor in 2G case: court by J Venkatesan
The Supreme Court, hearing the 2G spectrum scam case, on Wednesday asked the CBI to appoint the best person as public prosecutor to conduct the trial in the special court, to be appointed before March 29. Senior counsel K.K. Venugopal, appearing for the CBI, said he would take instructions and a suitable person would be appointed. Earlier, the CBI told a Bench of Justices G.S. Singhvi and A.K. Ganguly that it would...
More »UP food grain scam: FIR against 19 firms by Bipin Chand Agarwal
The Economic Offence Wing of Uttar Pradesh has lodged FIR against 19 firms for their alleged involvement in a 'food grain scam' here, the police said. The EOW has lodged FIR against 19 firms of the Kotwali city Gonsa for illegally sending food grains to Bangladesh. The FIR was lodged by inspector EOW, Kanpur for Forgery, corrupt practices and other charges. The police said that 43,330 quintal of food grain was sent to...
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