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Sunday, April 12, 2026
TopicLand scam

Topic: land scam

Bangladesh court sentences ousted PM Hasina to 10 years in jail in two corruption cases

Cases linked to alleged irregularities in govt land allocation. Her nephew Radwan Mujib Siddiq, nieces Tulip Rizwana Siddiq & Azmina Siddiq were also handed jail terms.

Rise of Murlidhar Mohol, Modi’s minister & former wrestler now grappling with Jain land row

BJP is keeping its distance from the controversy involving Murlidhar Mohol as it finds itself dealing with weight of alliance and risk of alienating Jains, a traditional support base.

An IPS officer’s covert op to crack Jewar land scam, slap Gangster Act. ‘Had to get to root’

A call from Yogi Adityanath set Aligarh IPS officer Amrit Jain on the trail of an elaborate land scam that had duped even IAS officers. 'Both farmers and buyers were deceived.'

A Sena minister & a Maratha family that ‘sided with colonial powers’—the Rs 5,000 crore CIDCO land ‘scam’

Rohit Pawar of NCP (Sharad Pawar) accuses Sanjay Shirsat of bypassing rules & handing 15 acres of land reserved for housing for the poor to heirs of Bivalkar family.

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

Congress was committed to alcohol ban law without being practical: MA Venkata Rao

Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.

Fuel shock hits Asia’s rice bowl as farmers cut planting

War-driven surge in fuel and fertilizer costs forces farmers across Southeast Asia to delay harvests, scale back sowing and risk lower output.

Iran’s Shahed vs US’s LUCAS—The drone arithmetic reshaping the West Asia war

From Kyiv to the Gulf, Iran’s Shahed rewrote the rules of aerial warfare. Now, the US has its own copy of the cheap drones, LUCAS.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.