Sukhram

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  Gujarat Congress Leader's "50 Crores To Switch Sides" Video Viral

  In a video that has gone viral on social media, Leader of Opposition in the Gujarat Assembly Sukhram Rathva has claimed he was offered Rs 50 crore and a state Cabinet berth if he deserts the Congress and joins the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

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  For Gujarat Polls, Congress Leader's 'Final Over Of Cricket' Analogy

  The opposition Congress is likely to field most of its sitting MLAs in the high-stakes Gujarat Assembly polls, a senior leader said on Tuesday and used a cricket match analogy to describe the electoral contest as the "last and final over" for the par

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  Samajwadi Party's MP Meets Yogi Adityanath, Triggers Speculations Of Crossover

  The Samajwadi Party's Rajya Sabha member Sukhram Singh Yadav has met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath here, triggering speculations he might switch over to the BJP.

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  Twitter Witholds Rajya Sabha MP Sukhram Singh Yadav’s Account: Report

  Twitter has blocked the account of Rajya Sabha member Sukhram Singh Yadav, as per a report. This move follows a response from the social media platform to the government order to block over 1,000 accounts that allegedly spread misinformation over farmers protesting the new farm laws. Twitter hasn’t yet offered a reason behind the block.

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  "Private Visit" Says Government On European Delegation's Kashmir Tour

  The MPs of European Union who visited Jammu and Kashmir last month, were on a private visit, the government told parliament today. They were allowed to visit as part of the system of "familiarisation visit" the Union Home Ministry said in response to a question by Samajwadi Party MP Chaudhary Sukhram Yadav.

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  BJP Legislator's Son Arrested For Threatening To Kill Congress Leader In Madhya Pradesh

  The son of a BJP legislator in Madhya Pradesh's Harda has been arrested for allegedly making casteist remarks and threatening to kill an advocate-cum-Congress leader in April.

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  "Clear Stand": BJP To Himachal Minister After His Father, Son Quit Party

  With former Union Telecom Minister Sukhram joining the Congress along with his grandson and leaving his son Anil Sharma's political career as a minister in Himachal's BJP government in quandary, the saffron party Monday left it to Sharma to decide whether to continue in the state Cabinet.

• Himachal polls: Is corruption an election issue?

  The campaign fever is peaking in Himachal Pradesh with just days to go before campaigning ends on Friday at 5pm. And in the midst of the election rallies and door-to-door campaigns is Sukhram, the country's former telecom minister who was also convicted on corruption charges in the 1996 telecom scam and sentenced to three years in jail. He's lendin...

• Former Telecom Minister Sukh Ram sent to 3-year judicial custody

  Just two days after his counsel told the Patiala House court that former Telecom Minister Sukh Ram was in a coma, the 86-year-old is being taken to jail in an ambulance.

• Delhi High Court agrees ex-minister Sukhram is guilty

  The Delhi High Court has upheld the conviction of former Union Telecom Minister Sukhram in connection with a case relating to a telecom equipment scam in 1996.

• Former telecom minister Sukhram granted bail

  Former telecom minister Sukhram has been granted bail by the Delhi High Court. He was arrested earlier this month after being convicted for corruption.

• Former Telecom Minister Sukhram gets five years in jail; assaulted outside court

  For the record, he executed the first official telecom scam in the country. Fifteen years on, the law finally caught up with former Telecom Minister Sukhram as a Delhi court today sentenced him to five years of rigorous imprisonment for accepting a bribe of Rs three lakh and showing undue favour to a private firm in 1996.

• Former Telecom Minister Sukhram slapped, kicked by man in court premises

  Former Telecom Minister Sukhram was today slapped and kicked by a man inside the premises of a Delhi court just moments after he was sentenced to five years rigorous imprisonment in connection with a corruption case dating back to 1996.

• CBI calls Sukhram a 'habitual offender', seeks maximum punishment for him in Delhi court

  Former Telecom Minister Sukhram, convicted for taking Rs 3 lakhs as bribe to give a lucrative contract to a private firm in 1996, today pleaded for leniency in a Delhi court on grounds of his old age while the CBI called him a "habitual offender" and sought maximum punishment for him.

• Former telecom minister Sukhram guilty of corruption, sentencing today

  Former Telecom Minister Sukhram has been held guilty by a Delhi court of misusing his official position when he was in the P V Narasimha Rao cabinet and giving undue favour to a cable supply company in a 15-year-old case.