Solar Scam

A woman who together with her husband ran a nearly $1 billion solar investment scam has been sentenced to 11 years and three months in prison, justice officials in California said Tuesday.

Kerala's top Congress leaders Oommen Chandy, KC Venugopal, MP Hibi Eden, Adoor Prakash and the BJP's AP Abdulla Kutty have been named in a fresh case filed by the CBI linked to the multi-crore solar scam.

Solar scam accused Saritha Nair was arrested on Thursday in connection with a cheque fraud case.

Ahead of elections in Kerala due later this year, the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government has recommended a CBI probe into cases against former chief minister Oommen Chandy and five others filed over allegations of sexual abuse linked to the state's infamous 'solar scam'.

A Coimbatore court on Thursday sentenced entrepreneur Saritha Nair and her husband Biju Radhakrishnan to three years imprisonment in connection with the solar panel scam case.

A 23-year-old aspiring charted accountant was arrested in Delhi for creating fake government websites and misleading people by offering them free laptops and solar panels, the police said on Tuesday.

In a setback to the Congress in Kerala, sexual assault charges have been levelled against three sitting legislators likely to be fielded by the opposition party in the Lok Sabha elections. A first information report (FIR) in the case was filed against Hibi Eden, Adoor Prakash and Anil Kumar on the basis of complaints filed by the accused in the 201...

The Crime Branch of Kerala Police has filed an FIR against three Congress legislators, who are also Lok Sabha ticket hopefuls, over complaints of sexual exploitation and rape by a prime accused in the multi-crore ''solar scam''.

The Congress Monday said it will not defend or protect anybody and the law should take its due course after a case was registered against former Kerala chief minister Oomen Chandy and Congress MP K C Venugopal on a complaint of sexual misconduct filed by Solar scam accused Saritha S Nair.

In fresh trouble for Congress in Kerala, the crime branch has registered two seperate cases - against former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and Congress lawmaker KC Venugopal based on the complaint of solar scam accused Saritha Nair. She has accused both of them of rape.

After former Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy claimed that he was blackmailed in the Kerala solar scam, police have recorded his statement.

A day after being indicted in the multi-crore solar scam, former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today lashed out at the Judicial Commission that probed the matter, alleging it was "prejudiced".

The political tussle over Kerala's multi-crore solar scam intensified today as Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan presented to lawmakers a report on the matter, compiled by a retired judge.

The judicial commission report on the solar scam, which rocked the previous Congress led UDF regime led by Oommen Chandy, will be tabled by the Kerala Government in the state assembly today.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan today headed a cabinet meeting that decided to call a special one-day assembly session on November 9 to table the solar scam probe report

A woman who together with her husband ran a nearly $1 billion solar investment scam has been sentenced to 11 years and three months in prison, justice officials in California said Tuesday.

Kerala's top Congress leaders Oommen Chandy, KC Venugopal, MP Hibi Eden, Adoor Prakash and the BJP's AP Abdulla Kutty have been named in a fresh case filed by the CBI linked to the multi-crore solar scam.

Solar scam accused Saritha Nair was arrested on Thursday in connection with a cheque fraud case.

Ahead of elections in Kerala due later this year, the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government has recommended a CBI probe into cases against former chief minister Oommen Chandy and five others filed over allegations of sexual abuse linked to the state's infamous 'solar scam'.

A Coimbatore court on Thursday sentenced entrepreneur Saritha Nair and her husband Biju Radhakrishnan to three years imprisonment in connection with the solar panel scam case.

A 23-year-old aspiring charted accountant was arrested in Delhi for creating fake government websites and misleading people by offering them free laptops and solar panels, the police said on Tuesday.

In a setback to the Congress in Kerala, sexual assault charges have been levelled against three sitting legislators likely to be fielded by the opposition party in the Lok Sabha elections. A first information report (FIR) in the case was filed against Hibi Eden, Adoor Prakash and Anil Kumar on the basis of complaints filed by the accused in the 201...

The Crime Branch of Kerala Police has filed an FIR against three Congress legislators, who are also Lok Sabha ticket hopefuls, over complaints of sexual exploitation and rape by a prime accused in the multi-crore ''solar scam''.

The Congress Monday said it will not defend or protect anybody and the law should take its due course after a case was registered against former Kerala chief minister Oomen Chandy and Congress MP K C Venugopal on a complaint of sexual misconduct filed by Solar scam accused Saritha S Nair.

In fresh trouble for Congress in Kerala, the crime branch has registered two seperate cases - against former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and Congress lawmaker KC Venugopal based on the complaint of solar scam accused Saritha Nair. She has accused both of them of rape.

After former Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy claimed that he was blackmailed in the Kerala solar scam, police have recorded his statement.

A day after being indicted in the multi-crore solar scam, former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today lashed out at the Judicial Commission that probed the matter, alleging it was "prejudiced".

The political tussle over Kerala's multi-crore solar scam intensified today as Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan presented to lawmakers a report on the matter, compiled by a retired judge.

The judicial commission report on the solar scam, which rocked the previous Congress led UDF regime led by Oommen Chandy, will be tabled by the Kerala Government in the state assembly today.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan today headed a cabinet meeting that decided to call a special one-day assembly session on November 9 to table the solar scam probe report