Tehelka Sting

The Delhi High Court has put on hold the 4-year jail term given to former Samata Party chief Jaya Jaitley in a corruption case related to a purported defence deal, a lawyer said. The high court has sought CBI's response on Jaya Jaitley's appeal challenging her conviction and sentence in the case.

Former Samata Party president Jaya Jaitly and two others have been convicted by a court in New Delhi in a nearly 20-year-old graft case related to a purported defence deal that stemmed from a sensational sting operation by Tehelka news portal.

Sentencing an 80-year-old retired Major General to three years' rigorous imprisonment in a bribery case that stemmed from a 2001 sting operation by Tehelka news portal, a court here observed that corruption in Indian Army shakes the very confidence of the society and the culprit should be appropriately punished.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi stepped in to shield Tehelka from an investigation into its dealings and finances after its 2001 sting on corruption in defence deals, politician Jaya Jaitly has alleged in her autobiography. She claims that Mrs Gandhi wrote to then Finance Minister P Chidambaram and asked him to ensure that Tehelka's financiers were...

Former Samata Party president Jaya Jaitly has accused the Congress of having a hand in the Tehelka sting 'Operation West End', which led to then Defence Minister George Fernandes' resignation and that when UPA was in power, Congress President Sonia Gandhi had asked then Finance Minister P. Chidambram to ensure that Tehelka's alleged financiers are ...

Trinamool Congress today hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his comments on Narada sting operation and reminded him of the Tehelka expose of 2001 which saw the exit of the then BJP president Bangaru Laxman.

Senior leader of Janata Dal (United), Shivanand Tiwari, has said the party's ally BJP dropped its former party President Bangaru Laxman like a hot potato after his conviction in the Tehelka sting case and yet they did not apply the same rule to former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa.

It took eleven years for the court to convict the former BJP president Bangaru Laxman, after he was filmed accepting a bribe in a fictitious arms deal that was part of a sting operation conducted by Tehelka.com, a news organisation. Following is the timeline of events in the case in which he was awarded four-year jail term:

Eleven years after he was filmed accepting a bribe in a fictitious arms deal, former BJP president Bangaru Laxman was today sentenced to four years in jail by a Delhi court. He was also slapped with a fine of Rs one lakh.

Former BJP president Bangaru Laxman, who was found guilty of accepting a bribe by a Delhi court on Friday, has been sentenced to four years in jail and fined Rs one lakh.

After being found guilty of accepting a bribe, the sentencing for former BJP president Bangaru Laxman will be announced later today. In court Mr Laxman personally argued that his health was in a bad state and he had never faced such allegations in his political career. "It is the first time I have been in such a situation," he appealed to the judg...

Former BJP president Bangaru Laxman has been found guilty of accepting a bribe by a Delhi court. He has been convicted under the Prevention of Corruption Act for misusing his office and for attempting to influence another public official. He has been arrested and will be sentenced today. Mr Laxman faces a maximum of seven years in jail.

The sting operation by Tehelka news portal exposing corruption through fictitious defence deal involving former BJP chief Bangaru Laxman on Friday got kudos from a Delhi court which said they acted as "whistle blowers".

Former BJP president Bangaru Laxman has been found guilty of accepting a bribe by a Delhi court. He has been convicted under the Prevention of Corruption Act.

The Delhi High Court has put on hold the 4-year jail term given to former Samata Party chief Jaya Jaitley in a corruption case related to a purported defence deal, a lawyer said. The high court has sought CBI's response on Jaya Jaitley's appeal challenging her conviction and sentence in the case.

Former Samata Party president Jaya Jaitly and two others have been convicted by a court in New Delhi in a nearly 20-year-old graft case related to a purported defence deal that stemmed from a sensational sting operation by Tehelka news portal.

Sentencing an 80-year-old retired Major General to three years' rigorous imprisonment in a bribery case that stemmed from a 2001 sting operation by Tehelka news portal, a court here observed that corruption in Indian Army shakes the very confidence of the society and the culprit should be appropriately punished.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi stepped in to shield Tehelka from an investigation into its dealings and finances after its 2001 sting on corruption in defence deals, politician Jaya Jaitly has alleged in her autobiography. She claims that Mrs Gandhi wrote to then Finance Minister P Chidambaram and asked him to ensure that Tehelka's financiers were...

Former Samata Party president Jaya Jaitly has accused the Congress of having a hand in the Tehelka sting 'Operation West End', which led to then Defence Minister George Fernandes' resignation and that when UPA was in power, Congress President Sonia Gandhi had asked then Finance Minister P. Chidambram to ensure that Tehelka's alleged financiers are ...

Trinamool Congress today hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his comments on Narada sting operation and reminded him of the Tehelka expose of 2001 which saw the exit of the then BJP president Bangaru Laxman.

Senior leader of Janata Dal (United), Shivanand Tiwari, has said the party's ally BJP dropped its former party President Bangaru Laxman like a hot potato after his conviction in the Tehelka sting case and yet they did not apply the same rule to former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa.

It took eleven years for the court to convict the former BJP president Bangaru Laxman, after he was filmed accepting a bribe in a fictitious arms deal that was part of a sting operation conducted by Tehelka.com, a news organisation. Following is the timeline of events in the case in which he was awarded four-year jail term:

Eleven years after he was filmed accepting a bribe in a fictitious arms deal, former BJP president Bangaru Laxman was today sentenced to four years in jail by a Delhi court. He was also slapped with a fine of Rs one lakh.

Former BJP president Bangaru Laxman, who was found guilty of accepting a bribe by a Delhi court on Friday, has been sentenced to four years in jail and fined Rs one lakh.

After being found guilty of accepting a bribe, the sentencing for former BJP president Bangaru Laxman will be announced later today. In court Mr Laxman personally argued that his health was in a bad state and he had never faced such allegations in his political career. "It is the first time I have been in such a situation," he appealed to the judg...

Former BJP president Bangaru Laxman has been found guilty of accepting a bribe by a Delhi court. He has been convicted under the Prevention of Corruption Act for misusing his office and for attempting to influence another public official. He has been arrested and will be sentenced today. Mr Laxman faces a maximum of seven years in jail.

The sting operation by Tehelka news portal exposing corruption through fictitious defence deal involving former BJP chief Bangaru Laxman on Friday got kudos from a Delhi court which said they acted as "whistle blowers".

Former BJP president Bangaru Laxman has been found guilty of accepting a bribe by a Delhi court. He has been convicted under the Prevention of Corruption Act.