The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday detained seven people and claimed to have figured out two cases associated to exploitation in the recently held AIIMS postgraduate test and an all India-level veterinary examination.
The arrests consist of a physician, the so-called key player in both the scams.
The CBI lodged a case against the main accused, Dr. Mahipal Singh, the owner of a private company and a few staff regarding manipulation in the OMR sheets utilized for admitting applicants in the All India Pre-Veterinary Test, which took place on May 14.
The Veterinary Council of India had given the agreement to the private company for processing results, comprising manufacturing as well as scanning of OMR sheets.
As per sources, Dr. Singh, who is a radiotherapist based in Agra, is the key player in both the scams.
Dr. Singh had recently completed his PG course from AIIMS.
Singh, in participation with the candidates, produced second copies OMR sheets of the said applicants containing the identical bar codes and interchanged the original sheets in the VCI office to get positive outcome in the said exam.
Incriminating documents were found during investigations.
Before this, CBI had also lodged a case about manipulation in the test process of PG courses in AIIMS.
The arrests consist of a physician, the so-called key player in both the scams.
The CBI lodged a case against the main accused, Dr. Mahipal Singh, the owner of a private company and a few staff regarding manipulation in the OMR sheets utilized for admitting applicants in the All India Pre-Veterinary Test, which took place on May 14.
The Veterinary Council of India had given the agreement to the private company for processing results, comprising manufacturing as well as scanning of OMR sheets.
As per sources, Dr. Singh, who is a radiotherapist based in Agra, is the key player in both the scams.
Dr. Singh had recently completed his PG course from AIIMS.
Singh, in participation with the candidates, produced second copies OMR sheets of the said applicants containing the identical bar codes and interchanged the original sheets in the VCI office to get positive outcome in the said exam.
Incriminating documents were found during investigations.
Before this, CBI had also lodged a case about manipulation in the test process of PG courses in AIIMS.
India, the leading digital media company, plans to take its 'Learn with Yahoo' programme to schools in the near future.
India Senior Director (Marketing) Nitin Mathur told newspersons that based on the findings of internal research, the company chose an educative route to help users discover the power of the internet and started its ''Learn with Yahoo programme'', which is running across 2,500 cyber cafes across India and 185 in UP.
"The programme has received an encouraging response from people in the first phase and now in the second phase, it would be run in schools also," Mathur said, adding that the plan is at a preliminary stage and details like the eligibility of schools have to be worked out.
Priority would, however, be given to schools having computer education, he said.
"Our internal research indicated that new users are keen to learn more about the internet, specially when it comes to surfing the internet from their mobile. The research also indicated that 55% of these new internet users begin their online journey at cyber cafes," he said.
"The programme has received an encouraging response from people in the first phase and now in the second phase, it would be run in schools also," Mathur said, adding that the plan is at a preliminary stage and details like the eligibility of schools have to be worked out.
Priority would, however, be given to schools having computer education, he said.
"Our internal research indicated that new users are keen to learn more about the internet, specially when it comes to surfing the internet from their mobile. The research also indicated that 55% of these new internet users begin their online journey at cyber cafes," he said.
The MSBSHSE's (Maharashtra State Board for Secondary and Higher Secondary Education) Senior Secondary Certificate (SSC) examination results were announced on Friday.
But prior to the announcement of the results the city councellors were flooded with frantic calls and the students were seen making a bee line towards their respective schools to obtain the results.
The MSBSHSE's website too saw a sudden burst in traffic minutes before the results were supposed to be announced on 1 pm.
The MSBSHSE conducted SSC 2011 examination from March 1, 2011 to March 25, 2001.
The results have been published online on the MSBSHSE's website. Students desirous of obtaining the result online need to keep their roll number handy.
Earlier on Wednesday, mobile text messages that urged the students to check results online created confusion. The confusion was finally cleared by R.R. Bhise, Divisional Secretary, Mumbai Board.
"The messages which students are receiving are nothing but a prank," Bhise said.
But prior to the announcement of the results the city councellors were flooded with frantic calls and the students were seen making a bee line towards their respective schools to obtain the results.
The MSBSHSE's website too saw a sudden burst in traffic minutes before the results were supposed to be announced on 1 pm.
The MSBSHSE conducted SSC 2011 examination from March 1, 2011 to March 25, 2001.
The results have been published online on the MSBSHSE's website. Students desirous of obtaining the result online need to keep their roll number handy.
Earlier on Wednesday, mobile text messages that urged the students to check results online created confusion. The confusion was finally cleared by R.R. Bhise, Divisional Secretary, Mumbai Board.
"The messages which students are receiving are nothing but a prank," Bhise said.
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When there's an easy way to earn money, it almost always is or eventually will turn out to be a preposterous scam. It's surprising how people still don't realize it. A (well educated) friend of mine very enthusiastically called me saying he'd signed up for Speak Asia. "You have to invest Rs 11,000 and you get Rs 4000 every month. All you have to do is answer two surveys a month." Now, that's Rs 48,000 you'll earn in a year for an investment of Rs 11,000; a whooping 336 per cent return for just a few clicks!! For a financial journalist who loves Sherlock Holmes; this scheme had scam written all over it, or shall I say Ponzi written all over it (elementary dear Watson). So I did some bit of sifting through various agency reports on the scheme and rewarding, it was.
For all those who haven't yet read about the investigation by the Headlines Today. Its report reveals that the leading integrated market research agency (Speak Asia) has been peddling a pack of lies. The company claims that it conducted surveys for top MNCs in India. There were reports that during a trade fair in Goa, the company's marketing team had claimed that ICICI, ING Vysya, Bata, Airtel and Nestle were its clients. However when Headlines Today contacted these companies, they refused any business links with Speak Asia. The future of the company remains in a cloud after the various allegations that have been launched against Speak Asia.
Not surprisingly, most investors in Speak Asia are mainly Indians (we are such a gullible lot, aren't we?) The company claims to be established in Singapore (and some say Malaysia and others still say Indonesia), there seems to be hardly any investors there.
Indian officials, of course, have realized that a quick-buck scheme is RED ALERT, but nothing can be done about incase the scheme falls through most authorities claim.
An MCA official told livemint.com, that the ministry could do nothing because Speak Asia was not registered in India as a company under the law. The RBI and Sebi have also said they cannot investigate the company.
An RBI spokesperson said that Speak Asia does not come under its purview because it is a marketing-cum-chit fund company and "gives users some kind of service in exchange for money".
A Sebi official said Speak Asia does not come under its regulatory purview because it has issued no securities till date. "This is a marketing company which has just sold a software through its website for a price."
Now, they also have a foolhardy plan so that no one can be pinned by authorities.
Firstly, the company operates on franchisee model so on the face of it you make no direct payments to the company "Speak Asia", instead it's routed through its franchise (bank account) that investment amount further is passed to other investors who are entitled to some per cent of the investments . Sounds complicated? Well, that's the idea!
Now, if you suddenly stop getting your "assured" returns and Indian authorities do probe in to the entire sham; you will find that the company can easily bail themselves out. Why? Well, simply because you haven't made direct payments to Speak Asia as an entity but instead to a franchise that has only been paid a certain percentage to forward it to the main distributor and who then further passes it on to someone else (yes, that whole complicated routing) . Ergo, the only person you can pin it on to is the investor himself (Surprise, that's you!!). Sadly, you also happen to be the victim of this whole scheme. Long story short, you were just made a BAKRA!!
For all those who haven't yet read about the investigation by the Headlines Today. Its report reveals that the leading integrated market research agency (Speak Asia) has been peddling a pack of lies. The company claims that it conducted surveys for top MNCs in India. There were reports that during a trade fair in Goa, the company's marketing team had claimed that ICICI, ING Vysya, Bata, Airtel and Nestle were its clients. However when Headlines Today contacted these companies, they refused any business links with Speak Asia. The future of the company remains in a cloud after the various allegations that have been launched against Speak Asia.
Not surprisingly, most investors in Speak Asia are mainly Indians (we are such a gullible lot, aren't we?) The company claims to be established in Singapore (and some say Malaysia and others still say Indonesia), there seems to be hardly any investors there.
Indian officials, of course, have realized that a quick-buck scheme is RED ALERT, but nothing can be done about incase the scheme falls through most authorities claim.
An MCA official told livemint.com, that the ministry could do nothing because Speak Asia was not registered in India as a company under the law. The RBI and Sebi have also said they cannot investigate the company.
An RBI spokesperson said that Speak Asia does not come under its purview because it is a marketing-cum-chit fund company and "gives users some kind of service in exchange for money".
A Sebi official said Speak Asia does not come under its regulatory purview because it has issued no securities till date. "This is a marketing company which has just sold a software through its website for a price."
Now, they also have a foolhardy plan so that no one can be pinned by authorities.
Firstly, the company operates on franchisee model so on the face of it you make no direct payments to the company "Speak Asia", instead it's routed through its franchise (bank account) that investment amount further is passed to other investors who are entitled to some per cent of the investments . Sounds complicated? Well, that's the idea!
Now, if you suddenly stop getting your "assured" returns and Indian authorities do probe in to the entire sham; you will find that the company can easily bail themselves out. Why? Well, simply because you haven't made direct payments to Speak Asia as an entity but instead to a franchise that has only been paid a certain percentage to forward it to the main distributor and who then further passes it on to someone else (yes, that whole complicated routing) . Ergo, the only person you can pin it on to is the investor himself (Surprise, that's you!!). Sadly, you also happen to be the victim of this whole scheme. Long story short, you were just made a BAKRA!!
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