Beneficiaries include sitting and retired judges, IGP, Congress MLAAn RTI query into the allotment of prime land and flats under the Tamil Nadu Housing Board scheme has unravelled another land scam where the discretionary quota, which is 15 per cent reserved, was misused for favours to people in high offices, including judges, MLAs and bureaucrats.Some of these beneficiaries were given plots under the ‘unblemished Government Servant (UGS) quota, especially in...
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UP foodgrain scam may require 5,000 FIRs by Pervez Iqbal Siddiqui
It spreads across five countries including Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, South Africa and Bhutan, apart from a total of 34 of the 71 districts in Uttar Pradesh. It involves over 450 Class-I government officials and another 800 middle and lower rung subordinates apart from some 10,000 private entities and may require 5,000 FIRs to cover the scam in totality. The foodgrain scam of Uttar Pradesh has emerged as a strong contender for...
More »UP food scam: Petitioner Chaturvedi is a compulsive litigant by Shailvee Sharda
He challenged 'socialist' Mulayam Singh Yadav, charging him with possessing disproportionate assets, contested elections against BJP stalwart Rajnath Singh and is now responsible for all the furore over the foodgrain scam. Vishwanath Chaturvedi, whose PIL became the basis for High Court's December 3 order in the scam, is a compulsive litigant. "I have filed some three dozen public interest litigations of diverse nature," he said here on Tuesday. Most of these...
More »UP grain scam: ED joins CBI probe
In what is expected to add more teeth to the investigation into the multi-thousand crore foodgrain scam in UP, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday decided to join the CBI investigation. The Allahabad HC had on Friday asked CBI to join the probe into the unprecedented foodgrain pilferage in UP between 2004 and 2007 when Mulayam Singh Yadav was the chief minister. The case relates to the smuggling of grain meant...
More »Bombay HC stays Env Min's direction to Lavasa to stop construction
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday stayed Environment Ministry's direction to Lavasa Corporation to stop construction. However, Lavasa Corporation voluntarily agreed not to carry out any work till December 14. On November 25, MOEF issued a show-cause notice to Lavasa, demanding an explanation as to why it did not obtain clearances as per rules under Environment Protection Act, amended by notifications in 1994 and 2004. MOEF also asked the corporation,...
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