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TopicLand scam

Topic: land scam

Arrest, FIRs didn’t stop ‘anti-graft crusader’ TJ Abraham. Before Siddaramaiah, 4 CMs drew his fire

TJ Abraham's complaint of irregularities in Mysore Urban Development Authority's land allocation to Siddaramaiah's wife has snowballed into a constitutional crisis in Karnataka. 

Forged land records, created ‘parallel evidence’ to conceal ownership — ED charges against Hemant Soren

Soren controlled land through proxies, including via wife's business partner, says ED in its charge sheet. Former Jharkhand CM's press adviser confessed his role, it adds.

Land-for-jobs scam: After parents Lalu & Rabri, Bihar Dy CM Tejashwi Yadav’s home raided by ED

Raids continued Friday in many locations in Delhi and Bihar, including in the premises of other Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leaders.

What’s Nagpur land allotment ‘scam’ & why MVA wants Shinde to resign over it

Following the Bombay HC order, the MVA has been demanding CM's resignation, who as minister during the previous MVA govt, allotted land reserved for slum dwellers to private individuals.

Lalu aide & ‘key conspirator’ in hotels-for-land scam leaves India on ‘personal visit’

Railway board official B.K. Aggarwal, who is in Vienna, was granted official leave on approval from chairman Ashwani Lohani.

On Camera

Postcards from Hyderabad—stories Europeans told about the city

For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?