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Lalit Modi quits as Godfrey director

Steps down from post after disqualification for not attending any board meeting in last 12 months

Swaraj just made a 'compassionate intervention': Prasad

Telecom Minister said: 'As regards to the Rajasthan issue, the details will have to be enquired into. The details will have to be taken'

Cong links Rajasthan govt's MoU with Portugal to Lalit Modi case

'Lalit Modi's visit to the Portuguese organisation and the BJP govt's MoU with it barely 2 months later are correlated'

Govt should ensure Lalit Modi returns to face probe: Chidambaram

Congress leader asks the govt to release the letters exchanged between him as Finance Minister and the Chancellor of Exchequer George Osborne

Facts in Lalit Modi case point to nepotism: Chidambaram

Former finance minister questions Sushma Swaraj's approach and demands all correspondence with UK on the issue be made public

Lalit Modi partying at foreign locales: Report

While External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said she helped former IPL chief Lalit Modi on "humanitarian grounds" to attend to his wife who was undergoing treatment for cancer in Lisbon last year, Huffington Post India said the travel document was issued till 2016, and Modi was seen partying with celebrities like Naomi Campbell and Paris Hilton in foreign locales.

Sushma Swaraj under attack for helping Lalit Modi

Leaked emails revealed British MP Keith Vaz, with the support of Sushma Swaraj, helped arrange travel documents for Lalit Modi to visit his ailing wife in Portugal in mid-2014

Lalit Modi row: Prashant Bhushan calls for creation of 'conflict of interest' law

In the aftermath of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj acknowledging the assistance provided by her office with regards to former IPL chairman Lalit Modi's travel papers, senior advocate Prashant Bhushan on Monday called for her resignation while also urging the authorities to look into the creation of a 'conflict of interest' law."Sushma Swaraj was the External Affairs Minister Lalit Modi at that time was an absconder from the law enforcement authorities of India. And, that is why on the instance of the Indian Government the British Government had imposed some restriction on his travel. So, she interceded on his behalf to remove that restriction. She interceded with the British government at a time when her daughter was his lawyer," Bhushan told ANI."This was, in my view, totally inappropriate. And, in fact there should be conflict of interest laws in this country which make it a offence for a person who is a public servant to do an official act in favour of a person from whom ..

Lalit Modi row: No need for husband's sign for operation in Portugal, claims Congress

Congress today stepped up the attack on External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj alleging there was "quid pro quo" involved in her "assistance" to Lalit Modi in obtaining British travel documents and demanded that the scam- tainted former IPL Commissioner be brought back and tried in India.

Sushma Swaraj's excuses on Lalit Modi issue 'bogus': Congress

Continuing its attack on External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj over grant of travel permission to former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi, the Congress on Monday said her excuses on the issue were "totally bogus"

Swaraj hits back at journo who raked up propriety issue

Under attack for helping fugitive former IPL boss Lalit Modi obtain travel documents in UK, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today hit back at a TV journalist who had raked up the issue of propriety in the matter. "Look who is preaching propriety -of all the persons...," Swaraj tweeted. Swaraj has been under attack by political parties and others for helping scam-tainted Modi to obtain British travel documents after the disclosure of emails showing that she had spoken to Indian-origin British MP Keith Vaz and its High Commissioner here James Bevan seeking favours for the former cricket administrator, who had to go to Portugal, purportedly for his wife's cancer treatment in June last year. After the reports surfaced, 63-year-old Swaraj said in a series of tweets that she had taken a "humanitarian view" and conveyed to the British High Commissioner that they should examine Modi's request as per their rules and "if the British government chooses to give travel documents to ...

Swaraj row: PM should apologise to the nation, say opposition parties

Opposition parties today asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to explain on the issue of the help provided by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to scam-tainted former IPL chief Lalit Modi and also sought her resignation in the matter. Even as the ruling BJP stood by Swaraj, Congress slammed its "double standards" and said that the prime minister must apologise to the nation over the controversy. "This has happened because Lalit Modi... Also is a 'Modi'. Hence, the government of India is helping him. I strongly condemn it. I condemn BJP's double standards. "The government is jointly responsible for this. Swaraj should resign immediately. Since the government, too, is responsible for this, the Prime Minister should apologise to the nation," said Congress leader Pramod Tiwari. According to British media, which quoted leaked emails, Swaraj's name was cited to put pressure on UK's top immigration official to grant British travel papers to Lalit Modi, who is accused of ...

'Achhe din' for accused Amit Shah to Lalit Modi: Digvijay Singh

Bringing Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the line of fire, senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh today alleged "achhe din" have arrived for those accused in criminal cases--from Amit Shah, to Ramdev, to Lalit Modi.

CPI(M) demands inquiry into Lalit Modi row

Terming External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj's assistance to Indian fugitive Lalit Modi in getting British travel documents as "completely unacceptable", CPI(M) today demanded though enquiry into the matter.

Opposition, NDA allies cross swords over Swaraj

Opposition parties today piled up pressure on the government over Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj's help to fugitive former IPL boss Lalit Modi but the beleagured leader received support from BJP ally Shiv Sena, which said she was being targeted to "destabilise" the Modi dispensation. Congress, which has sought her resignation, asked the Centre to make public all letters it had written to the UK government on Lalit Modi and insisted that Swaraj's help to him for getting travel documents was a clear case of quid-pro-quo. "In the interest of transparency, Government of India should release the letters written to the UK Chancellor on the Lalit Modi case", Congress leader P Chidambaram said today. The former Finance Minister had vigorously pursued with the UK government the issue of his deportation to India. Congress spokesperson P L Punia said Swaraj and Lalit Modi were in contact for long. "As a quid pro quo, Swaraj has done favour to a tainted person who is accused of Rs 700 crore ..

Time for Narendra Modi to speak up on the Lalit Modi-Swaraj fiasco

Will Prime Minister Narendra Modi accept such impropriety from his council of ministers or will he set an example and strengthen his moral standing?

The Lalit Modi muddle: Why is Sushma Swaraj under fire?

In what seems to be turning into the first major scandal for the one-year-old Narendra Modi-led central government, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday was under attack for allegedly helping Lalit Modi, former Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner who is now a fugitive businessman.

President, ministers must restore people's trust in political institutions

Questions on Sushma Swaraj show that politicians should be careful about separating the personal from the public

Former IPL chief is no 'fugitive'

Affidavit claims he travelled to Portugal for wife's treatment

Visa row: ED's cases against Lalit Modi to remain unaffected

The agency has issued, and will continue to issue, a number of show-cause notices not only to Modi, but also to BCCI, other officials related to IPL