Merit Scam

The Supreme Court has snubbed a petition seeking the removal of Arvind Kejriwal as Chief Minister of Delhi after his arrest in March in the alleged liquor policy scam case.

The Delhi High Court has directed Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) to initiate departmental action, as suggested by the CBI, against its officers for allegedly formulating improper tenders and lack of planning before issuing of purchase orders of GSM telephone mobile lines. The high court made it clear that it has not expressed any opinion on the me...

Congress MP Karti Chidambaram, who was questioned by the CBI on Saturday for the third consecutive day in an alleged visa scam case said that there was no merit to the allegations.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has filed an affidavit in the Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court in reply to petitions against him in the multi-crore irrigation scam, terming the allegations as "mala fide".

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said his government was focused on identification of merit and eliminating nepotism in sports, whereas the previous Congress-led regimes only "harvested the produce of scams".

A massive medical admission scam has surfaced in Karnataka after the income tax department raided three institutes and found evidence that indicated a cash-for-seat arrangement, with the amount reaching up to Rs 60 lakh per seat, sources said.

Days after Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das took a dig at neighbouring Bihar over the recent merit scam, reports from a college in Dhanbad painted a very unflattering picture of the education system in his own state.

Bihar School Examination Board chairman Lakeswar Prasad and his wife, former Janata Dal (United) legislator Usha Sinha, were arrested today in the Bihar School Examination scam.

Lalkeshwar Prasad Singh, the alleged mastermind of the toppers scam in the Bihar intermediate examination, was arrested today from Varanasi, a senior police officer said.

Seeking to turn the tables on their opponents, Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav have released a photograph of Union Minister Giriraj Singh with Bihar toppers scam main accused Bachha Rai to show their proximity.

Five people have been arrested in the Bihar examination scam, which had drawn media glare earlier this month.

Jindal Steel today refuted allegations made by CBI in its charge sheet about allocation of a coal block and said the company will be availing appropriate remedy in accordance with the law.

Breaking its silence, the Prime Minister's Office today rejected any criminality in the controversial allocation of coal block to Hindalco, saying Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had approved it on the basis of "merits" of the case placed before him.

The Prime Minister's Office has today described his decision to allocate two coal blocks in Odisha to a company owned by industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla as "appropriate and based on the merits of the case" placed before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

The Supreme Court has snubbed a petition seeking the removal of Arvind Kejriwal as Chief Minister of Delhi after his arrest in March in the alleged liquor policy scam case.

The Delhi High Court has directed Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) to initiate departmental action, as suggested by the CBI, against its officers for allegedly formulating improper tenders and lack of planning before issuing of purchase orders of GSM telephone mobile lines. The high court made it clear that it has not expressed any opinion on the me...

Congress MP Karti Chidambaram, who was questioned by the CBI on Saturday for the third consecutive day in an alleged visa scam case said that there was no merit to the allegations.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has filed an affidavit in the Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court in reply to petitions against him in the multi-crore irrigation scam, terming the allegations as "mala fide".

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said his government was focused on identification of merit and eliminating nepotism in sports, whereas the previous Congress-led regimes only "harvested the produce of scams".

A massive medical admission scam has surfaced in Karnataka after the income tax department raided three institutes and found evidence that indicated a cash-for-seat arrangement, with the amount reaching up to Rs 60 lakh per seat, sources said.

Days after Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das took a dig at neighbouring Bihar over the recent merit scam, reports from a college in Dhanbad painted a very unflattering picture of the education system in his own state.

Bihar School Examination Board chairman Lakeswar Prasad and his wife, former Janata Dal (United) legislator Usha Sinha, were arrested today in the Bihar School Examination scam.

Lalkeshwar Prasad Singh, the alleged mastermind of the toppers scam in the Bihar intermediate examination, was arrested today from Varanasi, a senior police officer said.

Seeking to turn the tables on their opponents, Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav have released a photograph of Union Minister Giriraj Singh with Bihar toppers scam main accused Bachha Rai to show their proximity.

Five people have been arrested in the Bihar examination scam, which had drawn media glare earlier this month.

Jindal Steel today refuted allegations made by CBI in its charge sheet about allocation of a coal block and said the company will be availing appropriate remedy in accordance with the law.

Breaking its silence, the Prime Minister's Office today rejected any criminality in the controversial allocation of coal block to Hindalco, saying Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had approved it on the basis of "merits" of the case placed before him.

The Prime Minister's Office has today described his decision to allocate two coal blocks in Odisha to a company owned by industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla as "appropriate and based on the merits of the case" placed before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.