Secretariat employees hold protest in favour of demands

Edit Kashmir Observer 24 Jun 2016
SRINAGAR ... There are huge liabilities created in the Estates Department on account of money spent on unnecessary repairs, renovations, furnish­ing/furniture and private accommodation viz houses/ hotels to accommodate VVIPS and employees while as Estates Department has sufficient ac­commodation available which is misused by some blue eyed persons, he added. “Ignoring problems faced by low paid employees has put a ques­tion mark ... (GNS) ....

Suren Uppal goes to HC, Delhi NGO had a PIL ready two years ago

Edit Indian Express 23 Jun 2016
The proposed PIL had named a top Essar official and Albasit Khan as respondents in the matter — Khan, according to Uppal’s complaint to the Prime Minister, allegedly handled the tapping of VVIPs for five years ... is a former Essar employee who, according to Uppal’s complaint to the Prime Minister, allegedly handled the tapping of VVIPs for five years....

Essar tap case: Central agency may probe Mumbai cops' role

Edit The Times of India 23 Jun 2016
NEW DELHI ... Lawyer Suren Uppal, in his complaint to PMO, claimed several VVIPs were subjected to unauthorised phone-tapping by Essar between 2001 and 2006, including present railway minister Suresh Prabhu, former ministers Praful Patel and Ram Naik, RIL chief Mukesh Ambani and ADAG chairman Anil Ambani ... RELATED....

Rs 1 lakh crore defence purchases on Manohar Parrikar’s mind

Edit The Times of India 23 Jun 2016
NEW DELHI ... A meeting of the high-powered Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) is scheduled for Saturday after a gap of several weeks and sources have told ET that the fate of several projects that have been in the works for years will be discussed ... A long-pending proposal to equip two Boeing 777 VVIP aircraft that are being transferred from Air India with missile avoidance systems is also to be discussed ... RELATED. From around the web....

Essar Tapes: Complainant files PIL seeking court-monitored probe

Edit Indiatoday 22 Jun 2016
The PIL says the government cannot be expected to conduct a fair probe into the tapping of the phones of VVIPs ... ....

PM Narendra Modi to get new Air India One aircraft which can withstand grenade, rocket attacks

Edit DNA India 22 Jun 2016
-->. The aircraft will be similar to US President Barack Obama's Air Force One ... The VIP Boeing 747 jumbo jet which had been serving VVIP's for two decades, will be replaced by a plush and highly-secure Boeing 777-300s which shall be renamed as Air India One ... ....

International Yoga Day: Traffic snarls leave commuters miffed in Chandigarh

Edit Indian Express 22 Jun 2016
Traffic jam near transport light point in sector-26, Chandigarh during VVIP movement during 2nd International Yoga day in Chandigarh on Tuesday. (Express photo/Jaipal Singh). Even as the International Yoga Day event at Capitol Complex concluded smoothly Tuesday, commuters had to face a lot of inconvenience due to closure of roads at several places in the city ... “Monday evening, many had to face inconvenience ... Chandigarh ... ....

Tracking Agusta money trail, ED homes in on Singapore firms

Edit The Times of India 22 Jun 2016
NEW DELHI. Tracking the money trail in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal scam, Indian investigative agencies have homed in on some Singapore-based firms, including a scrap metal trading company, through which a significant part of the bribe money is suspected to have been routed ... The companies, according to a chargesheet, raised invoices to Interstellar and received funds from Mauritius ... Click here to download it for your device....

Will bring tapping to SC notice, make it part of Essar leaks case: Prashant Bhushan

Edit Indian Express 22 Jun 2016
The recent revelations regarding alleged tapping of VVIPs by an ex-Essar employee should be made part of ongoing proceedings in the Essar leaks case in the Supreme Court ... on instructions from the management, tapped several telephones of VVIPs including Cabinet Ministers, corporate chiefs including Mukesh Ambani and Anil Ambani and many bureaucrats....

RS poll ‘rigging’: Haryana Congress protests against ‘delay’ in FIR

Edit Indian Express 22 Jun 2016
The Haryana Congress on Tuesday protested against the police “delay” in registering an FIR after they had complained that the Rajya Sabha elections in the state were rigged. The Chandigarh Police, however, claim that they are awaiting legal opinion on the matter ... Share This Article. Related Article. Rajya Sabha polls ... Hooda Govt to seek legal opinion on Chautalas’ trust propertiesA different AbhayCRPF cover to Punjab VVIPs ... 6, slideMargin....

Kejriwal talks tough, slams Modi

Edit The Hindu 22 Jun 2016
Directly accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday claimed that an FIR was registered against him in the water tanker scam because he is the “only one who can stand against Modi... Modi from doing injustice. 'Pressure tactics' ... Questioning the inaction against Congress president Sonia Gandhi in the alleged VVIP chopper scam and Robert Vadra in the alleged land scam, Mr ... Kejriwal said ... ....

VVIP chopper deal: ED freezes 3 firms’ shares worth Rs 86 cr

Edit Indian Express 21 Jun 2016
The Enforcement Directorate has frozen shares worth over Rs 86 crore belonging to three Indian firms in connection with its money laundering probe into the VVIP chopper deal case ... VVIP chopper scam ... Italian court verdict in VVIP chopper deal has no bearing here. ED VVIP Chopper scam....

Modi to get Obama-style aircraft with advanced defence systems

Edit Deccan Chronicle 21 Jun 2016
New Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to get a new state-of-the-art Boeing 777-300 aircraft for official purposes ... For two decades, a VIP Boeing 747 jet has been used to ferry VVIPs, but will now be discarded. Read. Modi to meet Xi Jinping on June 23 to win support for India's NSG membership ... ....
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