Union Home minister P Chidambaran on Saturday denied having received any report from the Central Bureau of Investigation on the latest developments in former home minister Buta Singh's son Sarabjot Singh's alleged bribery case.
Bihar Governor Buta Singh on Thursday came under attack for transferring Siwan District Magistrate C K Anil and his Gopalganj counterpart K K Pathak.
Claiming that Parliament, by approving extension of President's rule in Bihar, had also approved the Assembly dissolution, Governor Buta Singh on Friday sought a public apology from the NDA for levelling false charges against him.
Railway Minister Lalu Prasad's claim that Bihar Governor Buta Singh was his nominee rocked Parliament on Tuesday.
A recommendatory letter purported to have been written by Bihar Governor Buta Singh to Railway Minister Lalu Prasad seeking favour for 2 senior railway officers has sparked off a controversy.
Immediately after his arrival, he drove to his house in a private car driven by his son.\n\n
The CBI has also sealed five shops in Mumbai belonging to the alleged hawala dealers Madan Solanki and Dukhsingh Chauhan, who is an accused in the bribery case against Sarobjit Singh and is on the run, and the material seized from there has been handed over to the Enforcement Directorate for investigations.
National Commission for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes Chairman Buta Singh''s son Sarabjot Singh is reported to have cracked under the Central Bureau of Investigation's pressure and admitted on Friday to his involvement in a bribery scam.
Bihar Governor Buta Singh defended his move to disslove the House saying he had specific reports of largescale horsetrading of MLAs.
With two of the accused turning approvers, the Central Bureau of Investigation will soon file a chargesheet against Sarabjot Singh, son of National Commission for Scheduled Castes chairman Buta Singh, in a case of alleged corruption.Sarabjot was arrested on July 31 last year for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs one crore from Nashik-based contractor Ramrao Patil for closing a case pending against him before the Scheduled Castes panel headed by his father.
NDA gives notice for adjournment motion over Buta letter
Advani has said the PM should step down on moral grounds.
Governor Buta Singh has come under fire for making three appointments on the day that poll schedules were announced in Bihar and the model code of conduct came into effect.
Bihar Governor Buta Singh on Friday ruled out the possibility of appointing a new chief secretary during the absence of the state's topmost bureaucrat.
Chairman of National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Buta Singh, whose son has been arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation in a bribery case, on Friday said "political forces" were out to damage him and his family and ruled out his resignation.
Ahead of their planned protest in Chandigarh on March 5, several Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) leaders were detained in early morning raids at their residences on Tuesday and Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann denounced the agitating farmer unions, saying they have turned Punjab into a 'state of dharnas' and caused huge losses to it.
"Law will take its own course and it is for the government to look into it," All India Congress Committee media department in-charge Janardan Dwivedi said when asked whether Singh should continue as the NCSC Chairman. Dwivedi said Singh was no longer a Congressman as he was 'expelled' during the Lok Sabha election after he contested as a rebel candidate from Rajasthan.
Buta Singh, chairman of National Commission for Scheduled Castes, on Monday informed the Delhi High Court about his willingness to be questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation in connection with the bribery case involving his son.
Soni has said a decision will be taken once copies of the judgement are made available.
The governor has also asked for security arrangements to be beefed up.
Bihar Governor Buta Singh has directed all the departments to route files through the chief secretary, clipping the wings of his advisor Arun Pathak, who is considered to be close to the Rashtriya Janata Dal chief.\n
the May 21 letter, which sent alarm bells ringing in the Union Cabinet leading it to recommend dissolution of the assembly in an emergency meeting on May 22, did not mention the word horse-trading at all.
The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) has said that the promise by the Indian industry to voluntarily reserve jobs for SC/STs could become a 'farce' unless there is a legislation compelling them to have quotas.
"A state agency is already on the job...let the report come first," he said adding that the state government will order FIRs to be lodged against officials concerned if a case of defalcation or diversion of funds is prima facie made out.
After spending nearly 50 years in a colonial bungalow at 24, Akbar Road, the Congress moved into a new office on January 15. Rasheed Kidwai, who knows the history of the Congress better than the Congress, looks back at the people who breathed life into this address.
The security of former external affairs minister Natwar Singh on Tuesday was withdrawn by which also scaled down protection for several other VIPs including the Chairman of Schedule Castes Commission Buta Singh and expelled Samajwadi leader Amar Singh.
Singh's stand is untenable and his departure as inevitable.
Ramvilas Paswan said he had recommended Punjab cops Ribiero and Gill to take Pathak's place.
While the going for Dushyant Singh in Jhalawar is not tough, winning Jalore is a tough battle for Vaibhav Gehlot.
Bihar Chief Minister and RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav attempted to stay clear of the letter controversy.
Police have announced cash reward of Rs 1 lakh for information that can lead to the arrest of actors Deep Sidhu and three others in connection with the Republic Day violence in Delhi, officials said on Wednesday.
Bihar Governor Buta Singh is especially mentioned in the order.
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