Adarsh Building Scam

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday directed CBI to conduct further probe into the 'benami' flats in the scam-tainted Adarsh building even as the agency said it has already completed investigation and submitted its charge sheet two years back.

The Centre today told the Supreme Court that 93 flats in the controversial 28-storey Adarsh Cooperative Society in Mumbai were still locked and it did not know what was inside those flats.

Expressing dissatisfaction with the report submitted by CBI in connection with its probe into benami flats in the scam-tainted Adarsh building, the Bombay High Court today said the document was silent on the points specifically raised by the court during the last hearing.

Acting on the Supreme Court's order, the Army has begun the process of taking over the possession of the scam-tainted Adarsh building at Colaba in South Mumbai.

The Adarsh Housing Society, an illegal apartment building in Mumbai that became a symbol of political corruption, will not be demolished for now, the Supreme Court ruled today putting on hold the Bombay High Court's April order.

The Adarsh Housing Society, an illegal apartment building in Mumbai that became a symbol of political corruption, must be demolished, the Bombay High Court said today.

Uttam Khobragade claimed that the Inquiry Commission had concluded that he did not touch a single file regarding Adarsh

Former Army Chief Deepak Kapoor has reportedly contradicted the Defence Ministry's stand on the Adarsh Housing Society scam scam. While deposing today before the two-member judicial commission which is probing the scam, retired General Deepak Kapoor said that the Adarsh building is not a security threat for the nearby defence installation as compar...

Former Maharashtra Chief Minister and Union Science and Technology Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh has appeared before the two-member judicial commission probing the Adarsh Society scam. When Mr Deshmukh was Chief Minister, a Letter Of Intent was issued for the project; land was earmarked for it by reducing a public road and building rights from an adj...

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has sent a notice to the Maharashtra government claiming the ownership of the land on which the Adarsh Housing Society is built. According to the notice, the land was taken by fraud, connivance between politicians, bureaucrats and defence officials, and that the Maharashtra government is illegally denying property to t...

Its name is Aashirwad which means "blessings". Just like Adarsh which means "ideal". These are names of buildings in Mumbai, but ironically they have become symbols of the sordid nexus between politicians, babus and builders.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Tuesday detained two senior Maharashtra bureaucrats for questioning in the Adarsh housing society scam, an official said. The scam involves a prime plot in South Mumbai's Colaba on which a 31-storey building was constructed by the society.

The Bombay High Court today pulled up CBI for the "delay" in filing an FIR in Adarsh Housing scam and ordered it to take a final decision within two weeks even as Maharashtra Government opposed a probe by the central agency.The court also directed issuing of summons to CBI's regional Joint Director to appear before it when the court hears the case ...

In a strongly-worded order, the Environment Ministry has said that Adarsh society building should be demolished.Accusing the society of violating the spirit of Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) laws, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said that the society 'should be removed in entirety and the area restored'.The Environment Ministry had earlier served...

After the Maharashtra Governor rejected state Information Commissioner Ramanand Tiwari's request to go on leave, Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has said that there will action against the tainted former bureaucrat.Ramanand Tiwari, whose son has a flat in Adarsh society, was in charge of the Urban Development Department when the buildi...

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday directed CBI to conduct further probe into the 'benami' flats in the scam-tainted Adarsh building even as the agency said it has already completed investigation and submitted its charge sheet two years back.

The Centre today told the Supreme Court that 93 flats in the controversial 28-storey Adarsh Cooperative Society in Mumbai were still locked and it did not know what was inside those flats.

Expressing dissatisfaction with the report submitted by CBI in connection with its probe into benami flats in the scam-tainted Adarsh building, the Bombay High Court today said the document was silent on the points specifically raised by the court during the last hearing.

Acting on the Supreme Court's order, the Army has begun the process of taking over the possession of the scam-tainted Adarsh building at Colaba in South Mumbai.

The Adarsh Housing Society, an illegal apartment building in Mumbai that became a symbol of political corruption, will not be demolished for now, the Supreme Court ruled today putting on hold the Bombay High Court's April order.

The Adarsh Housing Society, an illegal apartment building in Mumbai that became a symbol of political corruption, must be demolished, the Bombay High Court said today.

Uttam Khobragade claimed that the Inquiry Commission had concluded that he did not touch a single file regarding Adarsh

Former Army Chief Deepak Kapoor has reportedly contradicted the Defence Ministry's stand on the Adarsh Housing Society scam scam. While deposing today before the two-member judicial commission which is probing the scam, retired General Deepak Kapoor said that the Adarsh building is not a security threat for the nearby defence installation as compar...

Former Maharashtra Chief Minister and Union Science and Technology Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh has appeared before the two-member judicial commission probing the Adarsh Society scam. When Mr Deshmukh was Chief Minister, a Letter Of Intent was issued for the project; land was earmarked for it by reducing a public road and building rights from an adj...

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has sent a notice to the Maharashtra government claiming the ownership of the land on which the Adarsh Housing Society is built. According to the notice, the land was taken by fraud, connivance between politicians, bureaucrats and defence officials, and that the Maharashtra government is illegally denying property to t...

Its name is Aashirwad which means "blessings". Just like Adarsh which means "ideal". These are names of buildings in Mumbai, but ironically they have become symbols of the sordid nexus between politicians, babus and builders.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Tuesday detained two senior Maharashtra bureaucrats for questioning in the Adarsh housing society scam, an official said. The scam involves a prime plot in South Mumbai's Colaba on which a 31-storey building was constructed by the society.

The Bombay High Court today pulled up CBI for the "delay" in filing an FIR in Adarsh Housing scam and ordered it to take a final decision within two weeks even as Maharashtra Government opposed a probe by the central agency.The court also directed issuing of summons to CBI's regional Joint Director to appear before it when the court hears the case ...

In a strongly-worded order, the Environment Ministry has said that Adarsh society building should be demolished.Accusing the society of violating the spirit of Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) laws, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said that the society 'should be removed in entirety and the area restored'.The Environment Ministry had earlier served...

After the Maharashtra Governor rejected state Information Commissioner Ramanand Tiwari's request to go on leave, Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has said that there will action against the tainted former bureaucrat.Ramanand Tiwari, whose son has a flat in Adarsh society, was in charge of the Urban Development Department when the buildi...