In what the CBI says could be the “tip of an iceberg”, the agency has found at least 1,100 cases of allegedly fraudulent refund checks issued by the Income Tax department that has resulted in the illegal withdrawal of more than Rs 6 crore over the last three months. The CBI has arrested two persons, including an accountant: Pankaj Kumar Gupta and Amit Kumar Sharma. Both, allegedly in league with IT...
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The Raja Who Stole From The Poor-Ashish Khetan
As food and civil supplies minister in the previous SP regime, Raja Bhaiya swindled Rs 100 crore from the PDS. As he presides over the food ministry once again, Ashish Khetan exposes the shocking loot A LITTLE MORE than a month ago, Akhilesh Yadav, chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, earned a landslide victory on the idea of hope: Ummeed ki cycle. He had promised clean governance and a corruption-free government. When...
More »Nine per cent candidates declare Criminal Cases-Prgaya Kaushika
This municipal elections, all political parties are going in ‘clean’, or at least so they claim. The Association for Democratic Reforms on Tuesday listed the Criminal Cases against candidates in the fray for the post of councillors. Out of 211, BJP has 39 candidates (18 per cent) who have Criminal Cases against them. Congress has 28 candidates out of 207 (14 per cent), BSP has 19 out of 214 (14 per...
More »Press Council for court guidelines, The Hindu opposes idea by J Venkatesan
Don't embark on a futile exercise, Shanti Bhushan tells Supreme Court Constitution Bench The Press Council of India (PCI) on Tuesday suggested that the Supreme Court frame guidelines for the media as these would be in the interest of not only administration of justice and rights of the litigant public but also the media themselves. “The media, both print and electronic, have been playing an important role in shaping and sustaining Indian...
More »Call to dismantle SC media bench
-The Telegraph Former law minister Shanti Bhushan today urged the Supreme Court to dissolve a five-judge Constitution bench set up to lay down dos and don’ts for media reporting on sub judice cases, saying it was “detrimental to the rights of the press and would destroy democracy”. Bhushan cited an earlier example in which a former Chief Justice of India (CJI) had dissolved a bench after he found no support. He was referring...
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