Home secretary sacked for trying to ‘protect’ Saradha accused Feb 5, 2015 .
NEW DELHI: Union home secretary Anil Goswami resigned on Wednesday, hours after he admitted that he had called up CBI officers to dissuade them from summoning former Union minister Matang Sinh for questioning in Kolkata and then arresting him in the Saradha chit fund scam. Read more…
Home secy Anil Goswami sacked over Matang arrest row, LC Goyal takes his place Feb 05, 2015 .
Home secretary Anil Goswami was sacked on Wednesday on charges of trying to interfere in the Saradha scam probe by asking CBI director Anil Sinha not to arrest former Congress minister Matang Sinh, a key accused in the case, official sources said. Read more…
Saradha scam: Home Secy Anil Goswami sacked, CBI recording of chat with accused sealed his fate February 5, 2015 .
It was a conversation between Union Home Secretary Anil Goswami and Matang Sinh, an accused in the Saradha scam and a former Union Minister, recorded by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) at the time of the latter’s arrest in Kolkata last Saturday, that is said to have sealed Goswami’s fate. Read more…
Home Secretary Anil Goswami sacked February 5, 2015 .
Union Home Secretary Anil Goswami was given his marching orders late on Wednesday night for allegedly trying to stall the arrest of Saradha scam accused and former Minister Matang Sinh. The final decision was taken after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Rajnath Singh met and discussed the issue, a highly placed source in […]
Anil Goswami steps down as Home Secretary, LC Goyal replaces him 05 Feb 2015 .
New Delhi: Home Secretary Anil Goswami resigned on Wednesday after he was told by the government to put in his papers over his alleged role in trying to stall the arrest of former Congress minister Matang Sinh in the multi-crore-rupee Saradha scam. Read more…
Sacking of Anil Goswami: CBI call recording seals fate, LC Goyal takes charge Feb 5, 2015 .
Home secretary Anil Goswami, who was sacked yesterday after it was revealed that he may have intervened in the CBI probe against former union minister Matang Sinh, may have been shown the door after a recorded conversation with the former minister was revealed to the Home Minister and officials of the Prime Minister’s Office. Read […]
Anil Goswami shown the door, Rural Development Secretary LC Goyal new Home Secretary 5 Feb, 2015 .
NEW DELHI: Home Secretary Anil Goswami, one of the few holdovers in the Modi administration from the United Progressive Alliance era, resigned from his post late on Wednesday after being told to quit or be sacked amid allegations that he had tried to influence a CBI investigation. He has been replaced by Rural Development Secretary […]
L.C. Goyal appointed as Home Secretary 05-February, 2015 .
L.C. Goyal appointed as Home Secretary The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Shri L.C. Goyal, IAS (KL:79) Secretary, Department of Rural Development, Ministry of Rural Development as Home Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs for a period of two years from the date of taking over charge as Home Secretary vice […]
Senior MHA bureaucrat tried to stall arrest of Matang Sinh Feb 04, 2015 .
A fresh controversy has erupted over alleged attempts made by a top bureaucrat in the Union home ministry to stall the arrest of former Congress MP Matang Sinh, arrested by the CBI in the Saradha chit fund scam on Saturday. Read more…
AAP should have supported BJP to form govt: Rajnath Singh February 4, 2015 .
New Delhi: Senior BJP leader and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said AAP should have supported BJP to form a government in the city instead of taking the reigns with Congress’ backing. Read more…