CBI books suspended sail director
New Delhi: A suspended executive director of SAIl has been booked by the CBI for allegedly amassing wealth beyond his known sources of income. The CBI had filed an FIR against Bhuneswar Prasad Verma, the then Executive Director Rourkela Steel Plant under Steel Authority of India (now suspended and posted at Durgapur Steel Plant Burdwan) for accumulating Rs 2.24 crore of disproportionate assets. The FIR alleged that in 2006 Verma had assets to the tune of Rs 1.28 lakh which swelled to 1.66 crore in 2017. The CBI claims that he had earned a total income of Rs 1.90 crore during the period while the total expenditure was Rs 2.49 crore.
Antrix-Devas deal: cbi requests 4 nations
New Delhi: The CBI has sent judicial requests to four countries in connection with its probe into alleged corruption in the Antrix-Devas deal. The agency wanted details of Devas Multimedia and its parent company, financial facts and alleged investments routed through Singapore and Mauritius, among other information, CBI sources said. letters Rogatory, which are judicial requests, were recently sent to France, the United States, Mauritius and Singapore, they said.
84 people lost lives in assam flood: Rijiju
New Delhi: As many as 84 people lost their lives in the recent floods in Assam, where 29 of 33 districts were hit by the deluge, the lok Sabha was informed today. "As per the information received from the Assam government, 29 out of 33 districts have been affected due to heavy rains, flood and erosion this monsoon," Minister of State for Home Affairs, Kiren Rijiju said in a written reply.
‘17 states, uts ban plastic carrybags’
New Delhi: Altogether 17 States and Union territories have imposed complete ban on manufacture, sale and use of plastic carrybags, the lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. "In the country, 17 states and UTs have imposed complete ban on manufacture, stock, sale and use of plastic carrybags, through directions or notifications and executive orders," Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan said in a written reply.
‘can conduct Gujarat polls with paper trail’
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that it will be able to conduct the upcoming Gujarat Assembly polls using EVMs with paper trail if it gets 73,500 VVPAT machines by September from the manufacturers. The poll panel, which maintained that Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) cannot be tampered with, told the apex court that around 70,000 Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPATs) units would be required for the Gujarat polls scheduled later this year.