A very happy and a prosperous 2013 to all the readers of Canary Trap. As we enter the new year, we bring you the top 10 posts of 2012 from different categories (Corruption, Politics, Security and Intelligence, History, Media Analysis, World News).
CIC directs SEBI to disclose insider trading probe details
The Commission has directed SEBI to disclose the names of entities which were allegedly involved in the insider trading of shares of Reliance Petroleum in 2007.
Gas debate: Reliance, Kejriwal, BJP and Congress
India Against Corruption’s Arvind Kejriwal is right when he says Reliance is the favorite group of both Congress and the BJP.
Download eBook: SEBI, UK Sinha and Omita Paul
Canary Trap has been reporting on the entire issue since May 2011. This eBook is a compilation of all the articles written by petitioner Arun Agrawal and published on our blog.
Pranab Mukherjee, Omita Paul and corruption in Finance Ministry
Though there have been extra-constitutional authorities and power centres in the past, the country has not known an official power centre like that of Omita Paul.
Questions on GoI-Vodafone tax dispute
Is there a saving clause in the Vodafone-Hutch agreement that states that if Vodafone is made to pay the income tax on the Rs 45,000 crores gain made by Hutch, then Hutch will indemnify Vodafone for it?
How U K Sinha became SEBI Chairman?
The capital market is a highly complex subject having huge impact on the economy. It cannot be left to the mercy of amateurs and interlopers posing as experts and to do so is inviting a third scam from which it will be difficult to recover.
UTI AMC, Jitesh Khosla, and Omita Paul
It needs to be mentioned that Mr Khosla was not even on the shortlist of the selection committee. The post of the chairman has been vacant since last ten months so that he alone may be selected for the post.
Omita Paul, SEBI, and RIL’s 2000 crore stock market scam
A complaint filed with the Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) confirms Abraham's allegations that "the finance minister and his advisor pressurized the SEBI chairman to manage some high-profile corporate cases".