Oil Ministry Espionage

Stung by leaks of classified documents, the government has made it mandatory for bureaucrats to take permission before carrying files home. Ministries have also been ordered to reduce the use of intercoms and maintain a record of all photocopies made in their offices.

Former journalist Santanu Saikia, one of the 13 arrested in the corporate espionage case has alleged that he has been made to sign a blank paper by the police. "I was made to sign a blank paper, don't know what is happening," claimed Mr Saikia as police officers took him to court.

Delhi Police arrested another man in the corporate espionage case today - taking the total number of arrests to 13. Five others were detained for questioning.

After the leak of documents from his ministry, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday asserted that all those who subverted the system would be punished. He, however, made it clear that the government was not targeting any particular corporate.

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said that the guilty would not be spared in the case of corporate espionage involving top-secret government documents, and promised "strictest punishment". Five senior energy company employees, who were arrested by the Delhi Police's Crime Branch on Friday in connection with the case, were produced in court t...

Five senior energy company employees were arrested by the Delhi Police's Crime Branch on Friday in connection with the case of corporate espionage involving top-secret government documents. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today tweeted that the police should try and reach the "top people" involved in the case in which government information, a...

The Crime Branch of Delhi Police arrested five senior energy company employees on Friday in connection with the case of corporate espionage involving government documents. The stolen documents included top-secret government information not just from the Petroleum Ministry, as suspected till Friday morning, but the Coal, Power and Defence Ministries...

The Delhi Police Crime Branch has arrested five more energy company employees today in connection with the case over corporate espionage involving government documents. The stolen documents included top-secret government information not just from the Petroleum Ministry, as suspected till Friday morning, but the Coal, Power and Defence Ministries to...

A government employee who arranged continuous night shifts for himself in file rooms is one of the main players in the leak of classified Oil Ministry documents to energy consultants and major companies.

Executives from major companies are being questioned in connection with the leak of classified oil ministry documents to corporates, a spiraling scandal in which seven people, including a former journalist and two government officials have been arrested till now.

Stung by leaks of classified documents, the government has made it mandatory for bureaucrats to take permission before carrying files home. Ministries have also been ordered to reduce the use of intercoms and maintain a record of all photocopies made in their offices.

Former journalist Santanu Saikia, one of the 13 arrested in the corporate espionage case has alleged that he has been made to sign a blank paper by the police. "I was made to sign a blank paper, don't know what is happening," claimed Mr Saikia as police officers took him to court.

Delhi Police arrested another man in the corporate espionage case today - taking the total number of arrests to 13. Five others were detained for questioning.

After the leak of documents from his ministry, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday asserted that all those who subverted the system would be punished. He, however, made it clear that the government was not targeting any particular corporate.

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said that the guilty would not be spared in the case of corporate espionage involving top-secret government documents, and promised "strictest punishment". Five senior energy company employees, who were arrested by the Delhi Police's Crime Branch on Friday in connection with the case, were produced in court t...

Five senior energy company employees were arrested by the Delhi Police's Crime Branch on Friday in connection with the case of corporate espionage involving top-secret government documents. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today tweeted that the police should try and reach the "top people" involved in the case in which government information, a...

The Crime Branch of Delhi Police arrested five senior energy company employees on Friday in connection with the case of corporate espionage involving government documents. The stolen documents included top-secret government information not just from the Petroleum Ministry, as suspected till Friday morning, but the Coal, Power and Defence Ministries...

The Delhi Police Crime Branch has arrested five more energy company employees today in connection with the case over corporate espionage involving government documents. The stolen documents included top-secret government information not just from the Petroleum Ministry, as suspected till Friday morning, but the Coal, Power and Defence Ministries to...

A government employee who arranged continuous night shifts for himself in file rooms is one of the main players in the leak of classified Oil Ministry documents to energy consultants and major companies.

Executives from major companies are being questioned in connection with the leak of classified oil ministry documents to corporates, a spiraling scandal in which seven people, including a former journalist and two government officials have been arrested till now.