-The Times of India After Anna Hazare's refusal to walk out, Tihar Jail authorities allotted him a room to spend night in the jail, TV channels reported. Anna is continuing his fast in the jail. The government on Tuesday was at sixes and sevens over Anna Hazare's steely determination to carry on with his indefinite fast despite his unexpected arrest and his equally sudden release in the face of mounting countrywide protests....
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4 pvt firms helped Kalaignar TV repay Swan's Rs 200 cr: CBI by Neeraj Chauhan
Probing the trail of Rs 200 crore, which was paid to Kalaignar TV by Swan Telecom in the 2G spectrum scam, the CBI has now reached at the doors of four private companies including UB Group and India Cements. While the names of the other two companies could not be ascertained, CBI officials said the four had facilitated payments to Kalaignar TV to help it repay Rs 200 crore to Swan. "We...
More »Anil comes calling at Tihar by Indrani Basu & Abhinav Garg
Fifty-five days after three top executives of his company were sent to jail in the 2G spectrum scam, Anil Ambani, chairman of Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group ( ADAG), paid them a visit at the Tihar Jail complex on Wednesday. The move comes on a day when Anil Ambani's role has come under fresh scrutiny, with the CBI informing that the joint parliamentary committee it is still examining ADAG's role in...
More »Fighting Corruption by SL Rao
Tihar Jail today has the largest collection of charged or convicted top officials, a powerful ex-minister, sundry politicians and officials. Maharashtra had a teflon-coated chief minister who was ‘sacked’ to a cabinet post in Delhi after being long untouched by many scandals. Another just exited. A former Jharkhand chief minister is in jail on charges of looting his state treasury and accumulating funds abroad. The powerful founder of the Nationalist...
More »CWG scam: Bhanot, Verma sent to Tihar Jail till March 15
Former top CWG Organising Committee officials Lalit Bhanot and VK Verma were on Tuesday sent to Tihar Jail under 14-day judicial custody by a Delhi court for striking an "irregular" Rs 107 crore deal with a Swiss firm to provide various logistic supports for the Games. Special Judge Talwant Singh remanded the duo in judicial custody on the CBI plea that the investigation into the case was still going on....
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