Maharashtra Land Scam

Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday filed a 6000-page chargesheet against Pune businessman Avinash Bhosale's son Amit Bhosale of ARA properties based in Maharashtra's Pune and two others in connection with the Pune land grab scam.

Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Chief Uddhav Thackeray today met the family of party MP Sanjay Raut, who has been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in an alleged land scam case.

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Eknath Khadse's wife Mandakini Khadse today appeared before the Enforcement Directorate for probe in a case related to an alleged land scam in Pune, an official statement said.

Opposition leaders on Thursday staged a protest, accusing Maharashtra Revenue Minister Chandrakant Patil of involvement in a "Rs 342 crore scam" pertaining to two land deals in Pune district.

Former member of parliament and NCP leader Ganesh Dudhgaonkar was arrested by Parbhani police in Maharashtra on Monday in a case of alleged land grabbing and cheatin

Claiming that a firm owned by celebrity jeweller Nirav Modi, the main accused in a multi-crore bank fraud who has quit India, had acquired their land at throwaway prices, a group of farmers today "reclaimed" 250 acres in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra today, according to news agency PTI.

A day after NCP spokesperson Nawab Malik accused Maharashtra minister Jaykumar Rawal of dubious land deals, the latter said today that he would file a defamation suit against the NCP leader as the charges levelled against him were "baseless".

Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar has come out in support of Sameer Bhujbal, nephew of party leader Chhagan Bhujbal, who was arrested yesterday in a money laundering case.

Former Maharashtra minister Chhagan Bhujbal's homes and offices were searched on Tuesday by the state's anti-corruption bureau. 16 properties belonging to Mr Bhujbal and his family members - including a bungalow with a helipad and 65 acres of land - were searched in various locations across Mumbai, Thane, Nasik and Pune.

Arvind Kejriwal has concealed information about a massive scam in Maharashtra because he is selective about which politicians he targets - that's the allegation made today by YP Singh, a former senior police officer who now works as an activist. He also alleged that union Agricultural Minister Sharad Pawar helped in illegally acquiring land for Lav...

Rookie politician Arvind Kejriwal has taken on critics - including the BJP - who said that his "expose" of the party president Nitin Gadkari has been a tip of the iceberg.

A day after his second set of disclosures where he targeted BJP president Nitin Gadkari, activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal today said that it was just the tip of the iceberg.

Maharashtra's irrigation scam has brought into focus the role of powerful, politically-connected contractors. Their track record of constructing dams is dismal - state government figures suggest that in the past ten years, the percentage of irrigated land in Maharashtra has only increased by 0.1% - but that hasn't slowed down their prosperity or in...

The Adarsh case will now be heard by the Bombay High Court on August 3. The court today asked Adarsh society to file its reply to an application filed by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) yesterday. In that application the MoD stated that the disputed land was in possession of the Indian Army and it has been illegally occupied by the Maharashtra govern...

On the second day of his deposition before a panel probing the Adarsh scam, Union Minister and former Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh today said that the land was allotted to the housing society only after getting a go-ahead from the Revenue department, practically pinning the blame on his successor Ashok Chavan who headed the departme...

Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday filed a 6000-page chargesheet against Pune businessman Avinash Bhosale's son Amit Bhosale of ARA properties based in Maharashtra's Pune and two others in connection with the Pune land grab scam.

Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Chief Uddhav Thackeray today met the family of party MP Sanjay Raut, who has been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in an alleged land scam case.

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Eknath Khadse's wife Mandakini Khadse today appeared before the Enforcement Directorate for probe in a case related to an alleged land scam in Pune, an official statement said.

Opposition leaders on Thursday staged a protest, accusing Maharashtra Revenue Minister Chandrakant Patil of involvement in a "Rs 342 crore scam" pertaining to two land deals in Pune district.

Former member of parliament and NCP leader Ganesh Dudhgaonkar was arrested by Parbhani police in Maharashtra on Monday in a case of alleged land grabbing and cheatin

Claiming that a firm owned by celebrity jeweller Nirav Modi, the main accused in a multi-crore bank fraud who has quit India, had acquired their land at throwaway prices, a group of farmers today "reclaimed" 250 acres in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra today, according to news agency PTI.

A day after NCP spokesperson Nawab Malik accused Maharashtra minister Jaykumar Rawal of dubious land deals, the latter said today that he would file a defamation suit against the NCP leader as the charges levelled against him were "baseless".

Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar has come out in support of Sameer Bhujbal, nephew of party leader Chhagan Bhujbal, who was arrested yesterday in a money laundering case.

Former Maharashtra minister Chhagan Bhujbal's homes and offices were searched on Tuesday by the state's anti-corruption bureau. 16 properties belonging to Mr Bhujbal and his family members - including a bungalow with a helipad and 65 acres of land - were searched in various locations across Mumbai, Thane, Nasik and Pune.

Arvind Kejriwal has concealed information about a massive scam in Maharashtra because he is selective about which politicians he targets - that's the allegation made today by YP Singh, a former senior police officer who now works as an activist. He also alleged that union Agricultural Minister Sharad Pawar helped in illegally acquiring land for Lav...

Rookie politician Arvind Kejriwal has taken on critics - including the BJP - who said that his "expose" of the party president Nitin Gadkari has been a tip of the iceberg.

A day after his second set of disclosures where he targeted BJP president Nitin Gadkari, activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal today said that it was just the tip of the iceberg.

Maharashtra's irrigation scam has brought into focus the role of powerful, politically-connected contractors. Their track record of constructing dams is dismal - state government figures suggest that in the past ten years, the percentage of irrigated land in Maharashtra has only increased by 0.1% - but that hasn't slowed down their prosperity or in...

The Adarsh case will now be heard by the Bombay High Court on August 3. The court today asked Adarsh society to file its reply to an application filed by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) yesterday. In that application the MoD stated that the disputed land was in possession of the Indian Army and it has been illegally occupied by the Maharashtra govern...

On the second day of his deposition before a panel probing the Adarsh scam, Union Minister and former Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh today said that the land was allotted to the housing society only after getting a go-ahead from the Revenue department, practically pinning the blame on his successor Ashok Chavan who headed the departme...