The new CBI director has promised to speed up investigations into corruption cases being handled by the agency in Jharkhand, including the ones faced by former chief minister Madhu Koda and pending fodder Scam cases against RJD chief Lalu Prasad. Soon after assuming charge, the Jharkhand cadre 1974-batch IPS officer Amar Pratap Singh said he would ensure that these corruption cases got more attention. “We will see that investigations and trials...
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Telecom case: SC directs that tapes be handed over to it
Supreme Court today directed that the original tapes containing the conversation between corporate lobbyist Niira Radia and others pertaining to the 2G spectrum allocation case be handed over to it in a sealed cover. "We direct that the original records and tapes/ CDs be submitted in a sealed cover after preparing the copies. It will be kept in the lockers of the Supreme Court registry and if required, it will be...
More »Bank officials held in NREGA fund Scam
Two senior bank officials and a gram panchayat member were arrested on Tuesday for alleged misappropriation of funds to the tune of Rs 30 lakh meant for NREGA in Assam’s Morigaon district, police said. Based on a tip off, Mr Samsuddin Ahmed, branch manager of United Bank of India’s Moirabari unit, was arrested for alleged misappropriation of funds under the NREGA scheme in December last. Another bank officer Mr Homen Chandra Bordoloi...
More »Rs 45000cr spends cleared without any debate in LS
With the government-Opposition standoff over a joint parliamentary committee probe into the 2G spectrum Scam entering its 14th day, supplementary demand for grants amounting to spending of Rs 45,000 crore were passed without debate by Lok Sabha on Wednesday amid noisy disruptions. Both sides blamed the other for massive spending being decided without debate, with a repeat expected in the upper House on Thursday. Supplementary demands related to railways are expected...
More »Judicial Accountability Bill introduced in Lok Sabha by J Venkatesan
The Judicial Standards and Accountability Bill providing for a mechanism to deal with complaints against judges of High Courts and the Supreme Court was tabled in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday by Law Minister Veerappa Moily even as Opposition MPs were demanding a JPC probe into the 2G spectrum Scam. The Bill sets judicial standards and makes judges accountable for their lapses and mandates judges of the High Courts and the...
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