Vyapam Scandal

A special court in Indore has rejected the closure report submitted by the Central Bureau of Investigation into the January 2012 death of a second year MBBS student, Namrata Damor, who was one the 24 Vyapam scam related deaths that the central agency was directed to probe by the Supreme Court in 2015.

For Shivraj Singh Chouhan, the three-time Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, the Vyapam scam, which involved bribes for government jobs, blew up two years ago into a marquee scandal. But now, the country's top investigating agency has said in court that computer files submitted by the opposition Congress were manipulated in an attempt to indict Mr C...

Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh on Tuesday said the Lalitgate scandal was the fallout of a tussle between External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.

With the opposition unbending on its demand for the resignation of three top BJP leaders, Parliament was disrupted and adjourned for the day this afternoon, even as Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj once again made it clear that she is ready to make a statement on 'Lalit-Gate': the scandal centered on the assistance provided to tainted cricket mogul L...

Three fresh cases have been registered by CBI in connection with multi-crore rupee Vyapam scam including that of "murder" in the mysterious death of MBBS student Namrata Damor in 2012, taking the total number of FIRs lodged by it to eight.

The first murder case has been registered in the Vyapam scam by the CBI, which this week started investigating the job scandal and the unusual number of deaths linked to it. The case has been registered in the death of 19-year-old medical student Namrata Damor; the police had claimed that she had committed suicide even though an autopsy report said...

The Congress has demanded the resignation of Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan after NDTV reported that a 2013 income tax report shows his travel arrangements were paid for by a mining baron arrested in the Vyapam jobs scandal in Madhya Pradesh.

A mining baron arrested on charges of being a prime player in the Vyapam or jobs scandal in Madhya Pradesh paid for the air tickets and other undefined expenses of top leaders of the BJP and its ideological parent, the RSS, according to an income tax report from 2013.

Senior BJP leader Kailash Vijaywargiya stoked a controversy on Monday when he termed the 'Vyapam' scam as a "small scandal" even as the CBI took over the probe into the massive admission and recruitment scandal which has rocked Madhya Pradesh.

Defending the embattled Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Vyapam scandal, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has said the state government has accepted all the demands for an independent probe and there was no need for Mr Chouhan to resign.

The CBI will investigate the Vyapam scam and more than 30 deaths allegedly linked to the job recruitment scandal, the Supreme Court ruled today. The top court has sought the response of the CBI by July 24.

The CBI will investigate the Vyapam scam and more than 30 deaths allegedly linked to the job recruitment scandal, the Supreme Court ruled today.

A constable in Madhya Pradesh who was to appear as a witness in the Vyapam scam, died two months ago, a court was told on Wednesday. This takes the unusual death count in the admission and recruitment scandal to 36.

Alarmed by the death of a Vyapam scam accused under suspicious conditions in the district jail a week ago, the prison authorities in Indore are considering shifting 17 inmates allegedly involved in the scandal to another prison.

After embattled Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan asked for the CBI to take over the probe into the Vyapam or jobs scandal, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has refused his request.

A special court in Indore has rejected the closure report submitted by the Central Bureau of Investigation into the January 2012 death of a second year MBBS student, Namrata Damor, who was one the 24 Vyapam scam related deaths that the central agency was directed to probe by the Supreme Court in 2015.

For Shivraj Singh Chouhan, the three-time Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, the Vyapam scam, which involved bribes for government jobs, blew up two years ago into a marquee scandal. But now, the country's top investigating agency has said in court that computer files submitted by the opposition Congress were manipulated in an attempt to indict Mr C...

Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh on Tuesday said the Lalitgate scandal was the fallout of a tussle between External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.

With the opposition unbending on its demand for the resignation of three top BJP leaders, Parliament was disrupted and adjourned for the day this afternoon, even as Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj once again made it clear that she is ready to make a statement on 'Lalit-Gate': the scandal centered on the assistance provided to tainted cricket mogul L...

Three fresh cases have been registered by CBI in connection with multi-crore rupee Vyapam scam including that of "murder" in the mysterious death of MBBS student Namrata Damor in 2012, taking the total number of FIRs lodged by it to eight.

The first murder case has been registered in the Vyapam scam by the CBI, which this week started investigating the job scandal and the unusual number of deaths linked to it. The case has been registered in the death of 19-year-old medical student Namrata Damor; the police had claimed that she had committed suicide even though an autopsy report said...

The Congress has demanded the resignation of Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan after NDTV reported that a 2013 income tax report shows his travel arrangements were paid for by a mining baron arrested in the Vyapam jobs scandal in Madhya Pradesh.

A mining baron arrested on charges of being a prime player in the Vyapam or jobs scandal in Madhya Pradesh paid for the air tickets and other undefined expenses of top leaders of the BJP and its ideological parent, the RSS, according to an income tax report from 2013.

Senior BJP leader Kailash Vijaywargiya stoked a controversy on Monday when he termed the 'Vyapam' scam as a "small scandal" even as the CBI took over the probe into the massive admission and recruitment scandal which has rocked Madhya Pradesh.

Defending the embattled Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Vyapam scandal, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has said the state government has accepted all the demands for an independent probe and there was no need for Mr Chouhan to resign.

The CBI will investigate the Vyapam scam and more than 30 deaths allegedly linked to the job recruitment scandal, the Supreme Court ruled today. The top court has sought the response of the CBI by July 24.

The CBI will investigate the Vyapam scam and more than 30 deaths allegedly linked to the job recruitment scandal, the Supreme Court ruled today.

A constable in Madhya Pradesh who was to appear as a witness in the Vyapam scam, died two months ago, a court was told on Wednesday. This takes the unusual death count in the admission and recruitment scandal to 36.

Alarmed by the death of a Vyapam scam accused under suspicious conditions in the district jail a week ago, the prison authorities in Indore are considering shifting 17 inmates allegedly involved in the scandal to another prison.

After embattled Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan asked for the CBI to take over the probe into the Vyapam or jobs scandal, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has refused his request.