"In the financial year ending March, 2013, the Adani Group allegedly availed a benefit of Rs 234 crore by way of tax exemption that it was not entitled to. Curiously the total assessed income of the company for that period was only Rs 6,000. In another case, Adani Exports was allegedly granted a deduction of Rs 179 crore when its total assessed income was only Rs 74,000..."
"The Manickpur police arrested the Vasai taluka chief of the BJP on Tuesday after the Election Commission (EC) cracked its whip against the organizer of Narendra Modi's 3D rally for not taking adequate permissions to erect a pandal on government-owned land in April. Uttamkumar Bhaskar Nair, the BJP president in Vasai, was arrested under IPC Section 171(h) for making illegal payments in connection with an election, and sections 37(3) and 145 of the Bombay Police Act. He was granted bail the same afternoon by the Vasai court, said sub-inspector Vijaykumar Dhumal of the Manickpur police.
"...The central character in the still unfolding drama is Giriraj Singh, a RSS activist since his childhood days, and a senior leader in the state, who has already carved out a name for himself nationally for his controversial statements. People would remember how he proposed to Modi opponents to go to Pakistan during election campaign or how he eulogized Brahmeshwar Singh, leader of Ranveer Sena, the private army of landlords which had been allegedly responsible for hundreds of killings of innocents as ‘true Gandhian of our times’ when the dreaded figure was killed in a gang war.
"It is nearly a year since the multi-layered MPPEB scam came to light in BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh. But it’s only when fingers were pointed at top functionaries of the RSS that the scam broke the state barrier and caught the nation’s eye, and in the process invoked the wrath of the ruling party’s ideological fountainhead, besides exposing unease in a Parivar that usually prides in its unity. The political establishment and the police have, however, given a clean chit to the RSS functionaries.
"BJP MP Giriraj Singh said that the huge amount of cash stolen from his house and later recovered by police belonged to his cousin. "The large amount of cash belongs to my cousin. I have informed police in my statement," Singh told mediapersons. The Bihar assembly was adjourned Wednesday and Thursday after the Janata Dal-United and the Rashtriya Janata Dal created a ruckus demanding Singh's arrest over the recovery of over Rs.1.14 crore and $600 in cash and jewellery stolen from his house.
"Ignoring objections by political parties, the government on Friday introduced a bill in Lok Sabha to clear legal hurdles in appointment of former TRAI chairman Nripendra Misra who joined as principal secretary to PM more than a month back. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Amendment) Bill is to replace an ordinance issued on May 28 to change a clause in the TRAI Act which would have prevented Misra from taking up the government post after retirement.
"Suresh Soni, RSS’s point person with the BJP, who facilitated ‘anointment’ of fellow Pracharak as PM candidate last year and smoothly engineered the marginalisation of the senior Advani and proved his clout within the organisation, is in news these days albeit for wrong reasons.
"Police in Patna on Tuesday arrested a man who had allegedly burgled the home of BJP MP Giriraj Singh a day earlier. But in the process, the police appeared to have caused both the MP and his party significant, if unintended, discomfort. The alleged burglar, a man called Dinesh Kumar, was caught with a suitcase packed with Rs 1.14 crore in cash, 600 US dollars, two gold chains, a pair of gold earrings, a gold locket, three gold rings, 14 silver coins, and seven luxury watches — all of which he said he had stolen from Singh’s home on Boring Road in west Patna.
'A fortnight ago, Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said the government would change the law to overturn a ban on e-rickshaws in the capital and launch the “Deen Dayal scheme” under which potential buyers of the vehicle would get a loan at 3 per cent interest. This was not only good news for an estimated 1 lakh operators who currently ply their trade in a legal grey zone — with no regulation on either standards or safety — but also for a company in Nagpur closely linked with Gadkari and his family...
