Sting illegal, Bangaru tells court
September 4th, 2012 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) Former BJP president Bangaru Laxman Tuesday sought suspension of his four-year jail term in a bribery case and told the Delhi High Court that ... Read more...
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Court allows Yeddyurappa to travel outside Bangalore
August 14th, 2012 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 14 (IANS) The Karnataka High Court Tuesday permitted former chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, an accused in the mining bribery case, to travel out of Bangalore.Relaxing conditions of ... Read more...
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CBI grills Yeddyurappa in mining bribery case
July 8th, 2012 - 12:21 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 7 (IANS) As he scored a political victory Saturday by forcing his Bharatiya Janata Party to replace his successor D.V. Sadananda Gowda, former Karnataka chief minister B. ... Read more...
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Yeddyurappa relieved over anticipatory bail
June 21st, 2012 - 11:28 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 22 (IANS) Former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Thursday expressed relief over securing anticipatory bail from the Karnataka High Court in the bribery case the Central Bureau of ... Read more...
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Yeddyurappa, kin get anticipatory bail in bribery case (Lead)
June 21st, 2012 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 21 (IANS) In a relief to beleaguered former chief minister B.S. Yeddurappa, the Karnataka High Court Thursday granted him anticipatory bail in a corruption case related to ... Read more...
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BJP in Karnataka back to bickering
June 19th, 2012 - 6:35 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 19 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party's faction-ridden Karnataka's government is again caught in a bitter row on continuation of Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda in office.Around 40 ... Read more...
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Strict action ordered against Pakistani chief justice’s son, realtor
June 15th, 2012 - 2:04 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 15 (IANS) Pakistan's Supreme Court has ordered strict action in a bribery case involving Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudry's son and a real estate tycoon.Wrapping up the case, ... Read more...
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Yeddyurappa’s anticipatory bail plea rejected (Lead)
June 13th, 2012 - 6:48 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 13 (IANS) In a severe jolt to former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court here Wednesday rejected his anticipatory bail plea ... Read more...
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Karnataka BJP legislator gets bail in bribery case
June 5th, 2012 - 8:06 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 5 (IANS) The Karnataka High Court Tuesday granted conditional bail to ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Y. Sampangi and also suspended his conviction of three years ... Read more...
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BJP has made Karnataka the most corrupt state: Rahul Gandhi
June 3rd, 2012 - 1:38 am ICT by IANS
Hubli (Karnataka), June 3 (IANS) On a day when a ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator was convicted and jailed in a bribery case, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi ... Read more...
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Karnataka BJP legislator jailed in bribery case (Lead)
June 2nd, 2012 - 7:13 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 2 (IANS) A Karnataka court Saturday convicted ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Y. Sampangi in a corruption case and sentenced him to three and a half ... Read more...
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Karnataka legislator jailed in bribery case
June 2nd, 2012 - 5:17 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 2 (IANS) A Karnataka court Saturday convicted ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Y. Sampangi in a corruption case and sentenced him to three and a half ... Read more...
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BJP was soft on Bangaru: Shanta Kumar
April 29th, 2012 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, April 29 (IANS) Had the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) acted well in time, it would not have to face the embarrassment of one of its top leaders being ... Read more...
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Most Karnataka BJP rebels boycott assembly
March 20th, 2012 - 1:42 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, March 20 (IANS) A majority of Karnataka's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislators supporting former chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa boycotted the assembly session that began here Tuesday.The boycott ... Read more...
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Talks on with Yeddyurappa, says Gadkari (Lead)
March 19th, 2012 - 6:10 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 19 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari Monday said the party leadership was in talks with former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa to settle the ... Read more...
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BJP struggles to save Karnataka government
March 19th, 2012 - 3:35 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore/New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) With former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa and supporters digging in their heels, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national leadership Monday faced the prospect ... Read more...
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Karnataka BJP crisis heads for flashpoint
March 11th, 2012 - 5:34 pm ICT by IANS
Hubli (Karnataka), March 11 (IANS) The leadership battle in Karnataka's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party is heading towards boiling point with former chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa stating only time will ... Read more...
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Leadership tussle hits Karnataka BJP
March 8th, 2012 - 5:44 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, March 8 (IANS) The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka Thursday virtually turned into a battle zone on the leadership issue, casting a shadow over the stability ... Read more...
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Court quashes bribery case against Yeddyurappa (Lead)
March 7th, 2012 - 11:05 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, March 7 (IANS) The Karnataka High Court Wednesday quashed Lokayukta's (ombudsman) indictment of B.S. Yeddyurappa for corruption in an illegal mining scam which had forced the Bharatiya Janata ... Read more...
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Adarsh scam: Ex-legislator, three arrested (Lead)
March 6th, 2012 - 7:53 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 6 (IANS) The CBI Tuesday arrested four people, including former Maharashtra Congress legislator Kanhaiyalal V. Gidwani, his son, a tax consultant and a lawyer of the probe ... Read more...
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Sukhbir Badal demanded Rs.1 crore, says Punjab bureaucrat
January 17th, 2012 - 12:24 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 16 (IANS) A court here Monday admitted a plea of an Indian Administrative Service officer alleging that Punjab Deputy Chief Minister and ruling Shiromani Akali Dal president ... Read more...
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Bribery case: Youth confesses to mimicking Farooq’s voice
November 6th, 2011 - 10:29 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Nov 6 (IANS) In a new twist to Kashmir's bribes-for-berth case, a local youth Sunday confessed he used to mimic union Renewable Energy Minister Farooq Abdullah to facilitate the ... Read more...
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Ahead of Advani’s arrival, Karnataka BJP problems mount
October 28th, 2011 - 10:42 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Oct 28 (IANS) Embarrassment over corruption scandals continues to pile up for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of party senior leader L.K. Advani's Oct 30 public meeting ... Read more...
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BJP Karnataka lawmaker jailed, trial court cancels bail
October 28th, 2011 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Oct 28 (IANS) Karnataka's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmaker Y.Sampangi was Friday jailed after a trial court cancelled his bail plea in a corruption case.Rejecting Sampangi's bail ... Read more...
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JMM tight-lipped over fresh row in 1993 bribery case
September 13th, 2011 - 5:15 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Sep 13 (IANS) The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) is tight-lipped over the fresh controversy which has arisen in the 1993 bribery case to save the government of then prime ... Read more...
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Everonn managing director, tax official held
August 30th, 2011 - 11:35 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 30 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Tuesday arrested P. Kishore, managing director of listed company Everonn Education Ltd and Additional Commissioner of Income Tax Andasu Ravindar ... Read more...
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Himachal pulled up for inaction against corrupt officials
August 19th, 2011 - 1:28 am ICT by IANS
Shimla, Aug 18 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh High Court Thursday again pulled up the state government for its tardiness in granting sanction to prosecute corrupt officials.A division bench of Justice ... Read more...
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Court pulls up Himachal government in graft case
July 29th, 2011 - 8:46 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, July 29 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh High Court Friday pulled up the state government for taking lenient action against a revenue official in a bribery case.A division bench of ... Read more...
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Himachal court concerned over tardy graft cases probe
June 17th, 2011 - 11:05 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, June 17 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh High Court Friday took a serious view of tardy pace of corruption cases involving top government officials.A division bench of Chief Justice Kurian ... Read more...
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Court questions CBI on bail plea of ex-NALCO chief
June 15th, 2011 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued a notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on the bail plea of former National Aluminium Company Limited ... Read more...
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Ex-NALCO chief’s bail plea rejected
June 9th, 2011 - 10:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court Thursday rejected the bail plea of former National Aluminium Limited Corp (NALCO) chairman-cum-managing director A.K. Srivastava, who ... Read more...
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CBI arrests two officials for graft
June 2nd, 2011 - 11:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested two senior government officials for taking bribe, an official said Thursday."The CBI arrested Jati Ram Meena, joint ... Read more...
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CBI court issues fresh summons for former judge
May 18th, 2011 - 5:32 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, May 18 (IANS) A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special court here Wednesday issued fresh summons for former Punjab and Haryana High Court judge Nirmal Yadav in a ... Read more...
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Badal inducts five BJP ministers, allocates portfolios (Lead)
May 15th, 2011 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, May 15 (IANS) Five Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislators, including three new faces, were Sunday sworn-in as ministers in the Punjab cabinet of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal ... Read more...
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Five BJP ministers inducted in Punjab cabinet
May 15th, 2011 - 2:41 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, May 15 (IANS) Five Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, including three new faces, were Sunday sworn-in as ministers in the Punjab cabinet after seven of its leaders, including ... Read more...
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