-PTI A Delhi court today put on trial top Naxal leader Kobad Gandhy for alleged Cheating, forgery and impersonation while discharging him on charges under stringent anti-terror law.  Paving the way for the trial, Additional Sessions Judge Pawan Kumar Jain framed charges against 65-year-old Gandhy under various provisions of the IPC relating to Cheating, forgery and impersonation in the case in which he is accused of trying to set up a base...

Lok Sabha members, cutting across party lines, on Wednesday lambasted Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia for the “cut-off poverty line” estimate released by the Commission and sought his removal as well as its disbandment “for deceiving the country and Cheating people”. “This is a cruel joke on the poor,” the members asserted and demanded a statement from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Speaker Meira Kumar too expressed her concern on the...

-PTI A Delhi court today framed charges against seven accused, including four MCD officials, for their alleged role in the Commonwealth Games (CWG) street lighting scam case. Special CBI Judge Pradeep Chaddah framed charges against MCD Superintendent Engineer D K Sugan, Executive Engineer O P Mahla, Accountant Raju V and the civic body's tender clerk Gurcharan Singh.   The court also framed charges against private firm Sweska Powertech Engineering Pvt Ltd, its Managing...

Several undeserving candidates have allegedly been allotted money in a Murshidabad pocket under a central housing scheme for below-poverty-line people. Many residents of Gangadhari village in Naoda have been enlisted as beneficiaries of the Indira Awaas Yojana even though they already have a house and farmland, depriving homeless people. Villagers owing allegiance to the Congress lodged a complaint with the block development officer of Naoda last month accusing the RSP-run local Madhupur...

-The Indian Express The Lokayukta police today filed an FIR against former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa in connection with an alleged case of Cheating in a land allotment scam. A case of Cheating and criminal conspiracy has been registered against him in the Karnataka Housing Board (KHB) sites allotment scam, Lokayukta police sources said. FIR was filed against the senior BJP leader under sections 420 (Cheating), 120 (b) (Criminal conspiracy) and...