The Lokpal of Punjab ordered an inquiry into a land scam in an alleged land grab complaint filed against Parkash Singh Badal. The complaint was filed by an NGO which alleged of acquiring around 282 acres of village common land.
Positioning himself as the ideal leader to look forward for development, Rahul Gandhi attacked Mulayam Singh Yadav and Mayawati at Phulpur. Apparently, this attack comes as an irreversible change of the future prime minister who is known for his not so combative tone to match the too sharp-tongued rivals.
Sushil Kumar, who won Rs 5 crore in the Kaun Banega Crorepati jackpot, was today named by the Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh as the brand ambassador for its flagship rural job guarantee scheme MNREGA. MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) aims at enhancing the livelihood security of people in rural areas by guaranteeing hundred days of wage-employment in a financial year to a rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work.
The much debted and troubled Kingfisher Airlines Ltd has once again turned to business associates, most of them being allies of Vijay Mallya for capital infusion and has also received a whopping Rs.763 crores from some of them, reportedly.
Yesterday CBI and Enforcement Directorate was asked was The Andhra Pradesh High Court to conduct an investigation into the assets of the Former Chief Minister and Telugu Desam Party president N. Chandrababu Naidu
This order was given on a petition filed on October 17 by YSR Congress honorary President and Pulivendula MLA Y.S. Vijaya by a bench comprising justices Ghulam Mohammed and Nooti Ramamohan Rao.
This petition was filed by Vijaya; widow of late Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy against Naidu on various courts. She said that many people have conspired with Chandrababu Naidu and they are destroying the whole system by causing pecuniary advantages to themselves and draining the state’s exchequer. She said that the several offences are made out against them as Cheating, Criminal Breach of trust, Corruption, Money laundering, etc.
The Court directed CBI, ED and SEBI to complete the investigation and submit the individual reports within three months.
The leaders of TRS have accused prime minister Manmohan Singh of not paying heed to the ground situations in Telangana. According to them congress is playing a double game of all party consensus on Telangana formation. According to the leaders of TRS if the govt. wishes then the bill of formation of the new state under the constitution of India can be tabled in the parliament and can be easily passed as the principle opposition part BJP has already assured of the formation of the state of Telangana.
The BharatiyaJanata Party is opposed to any move by the government to bail out debt-ridden Kingfisher Airlines that cancelled flights to minimise losses and urgently needs cash to escape a collapse.
Looks like Mayawati is on the verge of following the British policy of divide and rule, she is likely to announce the reorganization of Uttar Pradesh, splitting the sprawling state into four parts, a move that can be seen as a masterstroke for the following 2012 elections.