Priyanka Kakodkar

• CAG report confirms leak, indicts Maharashtra ministers

  Amidst much chaos, the Maharashtra government today tabled the controversial report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) in the state Assembly. The contents of the report, a copy of which is available with NDTV, indict several top ministers from the ruling Congress-NCP combine in the state and a union minister over grabbing land at throwawa...

• Adarsh case: Land does not belong to defence, says interim report

  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.

• More trust trouble for senior Maharashtra minister Chhagan Bhujbal

  A report that will be officially shared with the Maharashtra government next week alleges that Chhagan Bhujbal gave two plots of land in Nashik at a hefty discount to a trust run by his nephew, Sameer.

• Land scam in Maharashtra, says CAG; BJP says Vilasrao Deshmukh must quit

  The report has yet to be officially shared by the government -that will happen on April 16, said the chief minister. But its contents were leaked first by the opposition BJP, and then confirmed by independent sources. The CAG report also states NCP leader and Public Works Minister Chaggan Bhujbal gave two plots of land in Nashik, worth several cr...

• J Dey shot for 5 lakhs by Chhota Rajan gang

  Sixteen days after he was shot dead while riding his two-wheeler through a busy Mumbai market, the police says it has figured out why journalist J Dey was murdered. The Chhota Rajan gang allegedly paid assassins five lakhs to eliminate the reporter, known for his investigative pieces on the underworld and more recently, the oil mafia.Seven men were...

• Cong, NCP ministers behind Maharashtra Cooperative Bank's fall?

  The alliance between the Congress and the NCP in Maharashtra has been jolted due to the storm surrounding Asia's largest cooperative bank. Reserve Bank of India dissolved the board of the powerful Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank, which had NCP chief Sharad Pawar's son Ajit as one of its directors, based on a NABARD report on the bank's finances ...

• NCP targets Congress on bank scam

  Trouble between the National Congress Party and Congress is out in the public domain with NCP targeting its coalition partner the Congress for the storm surrounding Asia's largest cooperative bank. NCP chief Sharad Pawar has reacted strongly to the Reserve Bank of India dissolving the board of the powerful Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank, which ...

• A land deal that's being used to target Ajit Pawar

  Ajit Pawar, the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, has been accused of sanctioning a deal that reeks of a conflict of interest.  In the Maharashtra Assembly on Wednesday, the BJP provided documents that show that between 2007 and 2008 when Mr Pawar was Irrigation Minister, his department leased a whopping 17,700 square metres of land to a c...

• Top cop suspended for fake sting with Hasan Ali

  With the government working overtime to prove a litany of charges against businessman Hasan Ali, it's time for politicians to prove that they had no link to the man who stands accused of stashing 8 billion dollars of black money in foreign bank accounts.A major step towards setting the record straight: the suspension of Mumbai's Deputy Police Commi...

• Supreme Court anger prompts plan of action against Hasan Ali Khan

  After being lambasted by the Supreme Court for their inaction against Hasan Ali Khan, officials who are examining his allegedly vast reserves of black money have drawn up a careful list of appointments with the businessman from Pune for this month. A 'look out circular' has also been issued to prevent Mr Khan from leaving the country. (Read: Who is...

• Remembering Yashwant Sonawane, Manmad's hero

  Yashwant Sonawane's death is a testimony to his life which he lived with courage, commitment and a strong dedication towards duty.His hometown, Nashik, and his adopted town Malegaon mourn a man, whose personal and public life was marked by caring and honesty.Last Republic Day, 48-year-old Sonawane had stood proudly at the Guard of Honour. On the ev...

• Vilasrao Deshmukh's new role stings Vidarbha

  As Vilasrao Deshmukh took charge of his new ministry - Rural Development - in his home state of Maharashtra, farmers protested in the Vidarbha district. In the last decade, this part of the country has become synonymous of farmer suicides driven by debt.For much of this period of hellish descent, Deshmukh was Chief Minister of Maharashtra. For year...

• Another Adarsh-like controversy haunts Mumbai

  If the Adarsh Housing society scam shocked Mumbaikars, now another controversy on similar lines is here to haunt them. The Bombay High court stopped the sale of flats at Harsiddhi Heights in Mumbai's prime Worli area after the Navy complained it was too close to its missile base INS Trata and did not have naval clearance.As investigations proceeded...

• Uproar in Maharashtra Assembly over Adarsh scam

  Even as Parliament remains stalled over Opposition's demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into the 2G scam, the Maharashtra Assembly witnessed something similar. Here, the Opposition wants a Joint Legislative Committee to probe the Adarsh scam.Protesting MLAs even walked out of the House, unhappy with Maharashtra government's deci...

• Reaping what I sowed, says Kasab in jail

  Ahead of the second anniversary of 26/11, Ajmal Kasab received some high-profile visitors in jail today. Kasab was the only terrorist caught alive during the 72-hour siege of Mumbai in which 166 people were killed in India's worst-ever terror attack.Home Minister RR Patil arrived at Arthur Road jail, where Kasab is kept in a special bullet-proof an...