Former BJP president Bangaru Laxman spent his first night in jail on Friday. The Supreme Court convicted Bangaru for taking a Rs one lakh bribe to push a defence deal in a sting operation 11 years ago.
When Bangaru Laxman was the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president, he was caught on camera allegedly taking bribe from fake arms dealers for facilitating a fictitious defence deal case. Bangaru was caught on camera accepting money in a 2001 sting operation conducted by newsportal Tehelka.com. The video CDs, which were released by the portal on March 13, 2001, had sparked a political storm following which Bangaru resigned as BJP chief.
A scam that threatens to be bigger than the 2G scam has emerged from Karnataka, promising to bring more trouble for the Congress. The State Minorities Commission has found that over 22 thousand properties owned by the Wakf Board was illegally encroached and sold over the last decade.
The Comptroller Auditor General is back to give the Centre nightmares. A CAG report says the government lost Rs 10.67 lakh crore by not auctioning coal blocks between 2004 and 2009.
The Congress inGoaThursday launched a probe into the sound system failure during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s election rally the day before.
Delhi Police Friday, Feb 10, told a court hearing the cash-for-vote case that they are likely to file another charge sheet soon.
The Enforcement Directorate in India will attach immovable property worth Rs.223 crore of five companies involved in the 2G scam case, after an anti-money laundering court gave its nod on Tuesday, Jan 10.
Shanti Bhushan, former Law Minister and a frontliner in the India Against Corruption campaign, has been found guilty of evading taxes worth Rs.1.3 crore. He will also be fined Rs.27 lakhs.
Two days after the CBI raided former UP family welfare minister Babu Singh Kushwaha’s residence, the noose seems to be tightening around the expelled BSP minister.
A day after he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today raided the Lucknow property of former Uttar Pradesh Minister of Family Welfare Babu Singh Kushwaha in connection with the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scam.
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