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• CWG broadcast deal: CBI files FIR against Lalli

  The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered an FIR against suspended Prasar Bharati CEO BS Lalli today and is conducting raids at his house and office in connection with alleged irregularities in the award of broadcasting rights of the Commonwealth Games. The deal reportedly resulted in a loss of Rs 135 crore to the exchequer.The CBI i...

• Shunglu report: Prasar Bharti caused loss of Rs 135 crores

  A High Level Committee, which went into alleged financial irregularities in Commonwealth Games, has strongly indicted suspended Prasar Bharti CEO B S Lalli and Doordarshan Director General Aruna Sharma, accusing them of "collusion" with a UK-based firm which benefited Rs 135 crore in the broadcast deal. (Read the full report)The two-member Committe...

• Shunglu report: PM takes serious view of findings

  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has taken serious view of the findings of the Shunglu panel that is investigating the Commonwealth Games broadcast scam.The panel, in its interim report, has reportedly indicted Prasar Bharti CEO BS Lalli, finding him guilty of causing a loss of nearly Rs 150 crore to the exchequer. Sources say the report could also sp...

• CWG broadcast rights: Shunglu report indicts BS Lalli

  The Shunglu committee on Monday submitted an interim report on alleged irregularities in awarding broadcasting rights during Commonwealth Games to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), even as the term of the panel has been extended till March 31 to submit its full report.Sources say that the committee in its first report on the CWG broadcast rights h...

• Prasar Bharati CEO BS Lalli suspended

  President Pratibha Patil has okayed the suspension of Prasar Bharati CEO BS Lalli. The suspension came after the Prime Minister's Office sent the President a copy of a report by the Central Vigilance Commission, which alleged corruption, financial and administrative mismanagement in the public broadcaster.Lalli was also recently at the center of a ...

• Govt sets in motion the process to suspend Prasar Bharati CEO BS Lalli

  Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has set in motion the process to suspend Prasar Bharati CEO B S Lalli in the wake of allegations against him by writing to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO).A letter recommending the suspension of Lalli has been sent to the PMO, official sources said on Sunday.The PMO has to send the letter to President Prat...

• Will Lalli exit soon as Prasar Bharati CEO?

  As the government works overtime to clean different stains of corruption, Prasar Bharati CEO BS Lalli is being escorted towards the exit door.On Thursday, President Pratibha Patil okayed a government request that asked for a Supreme Court judge to look into corruption charges against Mr Lalli.The President has said it is upto the government to deci...

• Statement issued by Prasar Bharati CEO BS Lalli

  President Pratibha Patil has okayed a government request that asks for a Supreme Court judge to look into corruption charges against Prasar Bharati CEO BS Lalli.The President has said it is upto the government to decide if Lalli should be suspended while the inquiry is conducted.Here is the statement that Lalli issued in this regard:I am given to u...

• Prasar Bharati CEO Lalli likely to be suspended

  Prasar Bharati CEO BS Lalli has reacted to Presidential nod to probe corruption charges against him. Lalli said that it was sad to face this after 40 years of unblemished service. He said that the Supreme Court enquiry will reveal true picture.Lalli claimed that there was complete transparency in functioning of Prasar Bharati. "Hope Supreme Court e...

• CWG: Were rules bent for broadcast rights deal?

  The controversy over the broadcast rights deal for the Commonwealth Games is getting larger.The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has sent the files on the deal to the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), which has been asked by the government to investigate the apparently-indefatigable corruption that marked pretty much every aspect of the Game...