Chennai Corruption

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday took a swipe at the Congress and DMK over dynasty politics and alleged corruption, calling them "2G, 3G, 4G" parties.

The BJP today alleged that the MK Stalin government in Tamil Nadu is "poisoning the state with corruption" and said the party will seek a CBI probe into alleged irregularities in the Chennai Metro Rail project.

The government said it has ordered the probe based on complaints of rampant corruption in the university, financial irregualrities and graft charges against Vice-Chancellor M K Surappa, among others.

Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan began a new innings on Thursday as he formally began seeking votes for his party, Makkal Needhi Maiam or MNM, along Chennai's IT Corridor for the Lok Sabha elections that begin next month.

Rahul Gandhi's flub at a college in Chennai while talking about fugitive jeweler Nirav Modi drove his young audience of students wild on Wednesday. It so happened that the Congress president blurted out "Narendra" instead of "Nirav" while talking about corrupt businessmen looting taxpayers' money.

Karti Chidambaram, son of senior Congress leader P Chidambaram, has been sent to the custody of the Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI for three more days by a court in Delhi. He will presented in court on Monday. The CBI had sought his remand for six more days.

Karti Chidambaram, son of Congress leader P Chidambaram, was arrested in a corruption case on Wednesday from Chennai airport. He was then flown to to Delhi and was produced in court the same day. He was later sent him to CBI custody for a day. He has been produced before the Delhi court today. The 46-year-old was arrested by the Central Bureau of I...

Karti Chidambaram, who was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday in connection with a corruption case, told a Delhi court that the arrest was "malafide" since he had travelled abroad with permission from the Madras High Court and had cooperated with investigators so far.

Karti Chidambaram, the son of former union minister P Chidambaram, was sent to CBI custody for a day by a court in Delhi yesterday. The 46-year-old businessman was arrested on Wednesday morning in Chennai and then brought to Delhi. He has been accused of taking bribes to help a television company, INX Media, get clearance for foreign investments. S...

Income Tax officials continued for the fourth day on Sunday their search for unaccounted wealth at the premises of jailed AIADMK leader VK Sasikala's family and their business associates, officials said.

Nearly eight months after she was jailed for corruption, VK Sasikala drove into her sister-in-law's house in Chennai, her home till Wednesday when her parole would end. But the homecoming would have been a disappointing sight for the former AIADMK chief, as only about 500 people had gathered to receive her. Among those waiting were a dozen women wh...

Arvind Kejriwal became the brand new addition to Kamal Haasan's "political tourism" sked as he flew down to Chennai today for lunch with a side of politics. "Kamal Haasan should join politics," said the Delhi Chief Minister after the meeting. The superstar, who recently confirmed that he just might join politics, said that they would together fight...

Former environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan has been charged with corruption in a case filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation which raided her home in Chennai on Saturday. She has been accused of abusing her powers to divert forest land for a mining project in 2012 when she was the environment minister in the previous Congress-led coalitio...

GST or the Goods and Services Tax came into practice on July 1 as a means to make business easier for vendors across the country. Where most businesses received tremendous relief, albeit after some initial teething issues with technical systems and breakups, the process of actually carrying out day-to-day business has most certainly become much eas...

The former India fast bowler was questioning the board's zero-tolerance policy about corruption in cricket.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday took a swipe at the Congress and DMK over dynasty politics and alleged corruption, calling them "2G, 3G, 4G" parties.

The BJP today alleged that the MK Stalin government in Tamil Nadu is "poisoning the state with corruption" and said the party will seek a CBI probe into alleged irregularities in the Chennai Metro Rail project.

The government said it has ordered the probe based on complaints of rampant corruption in the university, financial irregualrities and graft charges against Vice-Chancellor M K Surappa, among others.

Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan began a new innings on Thursday as he formally began seeking votes for his party, Makkal Needhi Maiam or MNM, along Chennai's IT Corridor for the Lok Sabha elections that begin next month.

Rahul Gandhi's flub at a college in Chennai while talking about fugitive jeweler Nirav Modi drove his young audience of students wild on Wednesday. It so happened that the Congress president blurted out "Narendra" instead of "Nirav" while talking about corrupt businessmen looting taxpayers' money.

Karti Chidambaram, son of senior Congress leader P Chidambaram, has been sent to the custody of the Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI for three more days by a court in Delhi. He will presented in court on Monday. The CBI had sought his remand for six more days.

Karti Chidambaram, son of Congress leader P Chidambaram, was arrested in a corruption case on Wednesday from Chennai airport. He was then flown to to Delhi and was produced in court the same day. He was later sent him to CBI custody for a day. He has been produced before the Delhi court today. The 46-year-old was arrested by the Central Bureau of I...

Karti Chidambaram, who was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday in connection with a corruption case, told a Delhi court that the arrest was "malafide" since he had travelled abroad with permission from the Madras High Court and had cooperated with investigators so far.

Karti Chidambaram, the son of former union minister P Chidambaram, was sent to CBI custody for a day by a court in Delhi yesterday. The 46-year-old businessman was arrested on Wednesday morning in Chennai and then brought to Delhi. He has been accused of taking bribes to help a television company, INX Media, get clearance for foreign investments. S...

Income Tax officials continued for the fourth day on Sunday their search for unaccounted wealth at the premises of jailed AIADMK leader VK Sasikala's family and their business associates, officials said.

Nearly eight months after she was jailed for corruption, VK Sasikala drove into her sister-in-law's house in Chennai, her home till Wednesday when her parole would end. But the homecoming would have been a disappointing sight for the former AIADMK chief, as only about 500 people had gathered to receive her. Among those waiting were a dozen women wh...

Arvind Kejriwal became the brand new addition to Kamal Haasan's "political tourism" sked as he flew down to Chennai today for lunch with a side of politics. "Kamal Haasan should join politics," said the Delhi Chief Minister after the meeting. The superstar, who recently confirmed that he just might join politics, said that they would together fight...

Former environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan has been charged with corruption in a case filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation which raided her home in Chennai on Saturday. She has been accused of abusing her powers to divert forest land for a mining project in 2012 when she was the environment minister in the previous Congress-led coalitio...

GST or the Goods and Services Tax came into practice on July 1 as a means to make business easier for vendors across the country. Where most businesses received tremendous relief, albeit after some initial teething issues with technical systems and breakups, the process of actually carrying out day-to-day business has most certainly become much eas...

The former India fast bowler was questioning the board's zero-tolerance policy about corruption in cricket.