Adarsh Housing Society Case

In a shift from its earlier stand that the CBI had no jurisdiction to probe the Adarsh housing society scam, the Maharashtra government on Wednesday told the Bombay High Court that it had no objection to a special CBI court "looking into" the case if the investigation was over.

The Central of Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is likely to file a case against diplomat Devyani Khobragade and her father Uttam Khobragade in the Adarsh Housing scam for allegedly acquiring a flat on the basis of false affidavit, sources said.

Opposition parties in Maharashtra came down heavily on the ruling Congress- NCP combine, especially Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, for failing to table the Adarsh Commission probe report on the housing society scam in the Assembly on Friday.

The seven accused in the Adarsh Housing Society scam, including its chief promoter and former Congress MLC Kanhaiyalal Gidwani, hace been granted bail by a special court.The accused were directed to furnish surety of Rs 5 lakh each and asked to report to the CBI office in Mumbai on Tuesdays and Thursdays every week.

In a huge relief to the Maharashtra government, the judicial commission of inquiry looking into the Adarsh housing scam has held that the land on which Adarsh Housing Society stands belongs to the government, and not the Army.

The special CBI court, which rejected the bail pleas of the seven accused in the Adarsh Housing Society case last week, has observed that involvement of high-profile persons affected the pace of the probe.

A special court here today extended the custody of six accused in the multi-crore Adarsh Society scam by four days to April 3 after CBI sought their remand claiming that some Southern Command Army officers were also suspected to be involved in the case and the agency wanted the accused to be confronted with them.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a serving bureaucrat in the Maharashtra government, the first in the case, and two retired Major Generals in connection with the Adarsh Housing Society scam. With this, the number of arrests made so far in the case has gone up to seven.

Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan may be named in the chargesheet that will be filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the Adarsh Housing Society scam case, sources have told NDTV.

Central Bureau of Investigation's perennial go-slow policy in most cases where political heavyweights are enmeshed came in for sharp censure from Bombay High Court yesterday apropos the Adarsh Housing Society scam. The court has ordered departmental inquiries to be initiated against all government officers allegedly involved in the scam. CBI had fi...

In what seems to be a reminder of the Adarsh Housing Society scam in Mumbai, a shocking case of fraudulent sale of Defence land has come to light - this time in the highly-sensitive area of Srinagar. NDTV has exclusively accessed documents that reveal how land at the high-security Srinagar airfield has been on sale for the last four years.

A day after Mumbai police registered a case in connection with the theft of key documents in the Adarsh Housing Society scam, the case has now been transferred to the Crime Branch due to the serious nature of the case and an internal departmental enquiry has also been ordered.The Crime Branch will be probing the case for theft and destruction of ev...

CBI is likely to file a case tomorrow in Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society scam and a team of its officials from Mumbai will go the agency headquarters in Delhi to apprise the higher-ups of its findings so far.A CBI spokesman in Delhi said a letter from Defence Ministry asking the agency to conduct the probe has been received. CBI is in process of...

In a shift from its earlier stand that the CBI had no jurisdiction to probe the Adarsh housing society scam, the Maharashtra government on Wednesday told the Bombay High Court that it had no objection to a special CBI court "looking into" the case if the investigation was over.

The Central of Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is likely to file a case against diplomat Devyani Khobragade and her father Uttam Khobragade in the Adarsh Housing scam for allegedly acquiring a flat on the basis of false affidavit, sources said.

Opposition parties in Maharashtra came down heavily on the ruling Congress- NCP combine, especially Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, for failing to table the Adarsh Commission probe report on the housing society scam in the Assembly on Friday.

The seven accused in the Adarsh Housing Society scam, including its chief promoter and former Congress MLC Kanhaiyalal Gidwani, hace been granted bail by a special court.The accused were directed to furnish surety of Rs 5 lakh each and asked to report to the CBI office in Mumbai on Tuesdays and Thursdays every week.

In a huge relief to the Maharashtra government, the judicial commission of inquiry looking into the Adarsh housing scam has held that the land on which Adarsh Housing Society stands belongs to the government, and not the Army.

The special CBI court, which rejected the bail pleas of the seven accused in the Adarsh Housing Society case last week, has observed that involvement of high-profile persons affected the pace of the probe.

A special court here today extended the custody of six accused in the multi-crore Adarsh Society scam by four days to April 3 after CBI sought their remand claiming that some Southern Command Army officers were also suspected to be involved in the case and the agency wanted the accused to be confronted with them.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a serving bureaucrat in the Maharashtra government, the first in the case, and two retired Major Generals in connection with the Adarsh Housing Society scam. With this, the number of arrests made so far in the case has gone up to seven.

Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan may be named in the chargesheet that will be filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the Adarsh Housing Society scam case, sources have told NDTV.

Central Bureau of Investigation's perennial go-slow policy in most cases where political heavyweights are enmeshed came in for sharp censure from Bombay High Court yesterday apropos the Adarsh Housing Society scam. The court has ordered departmental inquiries to be initiated against all government officers allegedly involved in the scam. CBI had fi...

In what seems to be a reminder of the Adarsh Housing Society scam in Mumbai, a shocking case of fraudulent sale of Defence land has come to light - this time in the highly-sensitive area of Srinagar. NDTV has exclusively accessed documents that reveal how land at the high-security Srinagar airfield has been on sale for the last four years.

A day after Mumbai police registered a case in connection with the theft of key documents in the Adarsh Housing Society scam, the case has now been transferred to the Crime Branch due to the serious nature of the case and an internal departmental enquiry has also been ordered.The Crime Branch will be probing the case for theft and destruction of ev...

CBI is likely to file a case tomorrow in Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society scam and a team of its officials from Mumbai will go the agency headquarters in Delhi to apprise the higher-ups of its findings so far.A CBI spokesman in Delhi said a letter from Defence Ministry asking the agency to conduct the probe has been received. CBI is in process of...