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January 27, 2012 The Indian Express exclusive: Padma Shri Janath, Padma Shri Janah - same man 'honoured' twice: "Sunil Janah, a well-known photographer of the Nehruvian era who was awarded the Padma Shri this year, was a recipient of the same honour exactly four decades ago."
January 26, 2012 Poor labourers pledged Rs 100, get Re 1 for day's work under govt's employment guarantee scheme: "many desperate, poor labourers across the country are being cheated of their hard earned money and the much publicized guaranteed daily wage of Rs 100 on many occasions remains a mere illusion."
January 24, 2012 Tour operators offer titillating 'human safaris' in Orissa: "Tour operators have been offering titillating "human safaris" in Orissa that provide a close look at the Bonda tribe"
January 24, 2012 Ex-ISRO chief G Madhavan Nair barred from govt jobs: "Taking action in the controversial Antrix-Devas deal, government has barred former ISRO chief G Madhavan Nair and three other eminent space scientists from holding any government jobs."
January 24, 2012 Slap 'only option' when power to tolerate graft ends: Anna: "Gandhian Anna Hazare has said a person is left with no option but to slap when his power of tolerance of corruption runs out."
January 24, 2012 Rs.200 crore invested by Koda in Sweden traced, court told: "A Rs.200 crore investment of jailed former chief minister Madhu Koda and his associates in Sweden has been located, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) told the Jharkhand High Court Tuesday."
January 24, 2012 No option but to slap when power to tolerate graft ends: Anna: ""When a man's power of tolerance runs out, then whoever is in front of you, if a slap is given, then the brain is put back in place. That is the only road open now""
January 24, 2012 Salman Rushdie: Politicians in bed with extremists for electoral gains: "I find an India in which religious extremists can prevent free expression of ideas at a literary festival, in which the politicians are too, let's say, in bed with those groups."
January 24, 2012 Rushdie controversy about politics and not free speech?: "Rushdie was given permission to address the Jaipur Lit fest through video link but was forced to cancel the appearance after protests.", " Rushdie Fiasco: National Shame?"
January 24, 2012 Do we need to redefine democracy, people at JLF question: "People at the festival, who had come for Salman Rushdie's video conference were angry over its cancellation."
January 24, 2012 4 more infant death in WB hospital: "4 more infant deaths were reported on Tuesday (January 24) in West Bengal's Malda hospital, taking the tolld to 33 infant deaths in the last 7 days."
January 24, 2012 Jaipur’s shame: Ashok Gehlot: "the world knows it has a government that bends with every passing ill-wind, with every hawa ka jhonka."
January 24, 2012 Salman Rushdie video-link to India festival cancelled: "More than anything else, this points to a weak state and a ruling party that does not have the courage to stand up to pressures from fringe troublemakers for fear of losing votes. Sir Salman's unfortunate blackout is really an indictment of India's feeble politicians."
January 22, 2012 Shocking video: Punjab cop brutally beats up woman
January 22, 2012 Amid controversy, 2nd Upa Lokayukta takes charge in Karnataka: "Chandrashekaraiah was reportedly allotted a 4,000 square feet prime site in Judicial Layout in 1997, when he was already owning a house in Banashankari-II stage, allegedly in violation of housing society bye laws."
January 22, 2012 Doing deals in India 'tough': PwC
January 22, 2012 ED tracking Unitech '$51 million trail' to Mauritius: "This money (amounting to Rs 240 crore) was used for purchase of derivative which later had zero value."
January 22, 2012 CNN: Death threats keep Rushdie from India: "World famous author Salman Rushdie canceled his trip to India due to an assassination threat. "
January 22, 2012 Principal booked for harassing student: "A British national heading an international school in Bangaslore has been arrested on charges of "inappropriate conversations" with a seventh standard student"
January 22, 2012 MP min Bisen apologises over his deplorable act: "Madhya Pradesh minister Gauri Shankar Bisen has apologised over his deplorable act for making a child tie his shoelaces."
January 22, 2012 Suresh Kalmadi to be suspended?: "The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) Ethics Committee has suspended and served a show cause notice to Suresh Kalmadi and Lalit Bhanot."
January 21, 2012 AIIMS lets blood go down drain: "All India Institute of Medical Sciences discarded 140 units of packed red blood cells because it had passed its use-by date."
January 21, 2012 Rajasthan Police invented plot to keep me away: Rushdie: ""Rajasthan police invented plot to keep away Rushdie' I've investigated, & believe that I was indeed lied to."
January 21, 2012 UP NRHM scam: CAG report reveals shocking details: "In the 6-year period from 2005 to 2011, purchases were made in violation of CVC norms and guidelines set by the SC."
January 21, 2012 Manipur: The angry state: "The AFSPA and the Naga problem are just some of the issues Manipur is grappling with, as it nears elections."
January 21, 2012 Scam-tainted Kalmadi offered Ind Olympic Asso Prez post!: "Scam tainted Common Wealth Organizing Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi was released on bail from Tihar Jail after spending close to 10 months in confinement. But it looks like the matter has not caused any dent to his image after it was reported that he has been offered the post of President, Indian Olympic Association (IOA)."
January 21, 2012 The Wall Street Journal: Delhi Journal: The Expat Experience: "Foreign tourists seem to know Delhi primarily as India’s scam capital."
January 21, 2012 Humongous monster in India's closet: Corruption
January 21, 2012 Press TV: India: Country of corrupts: "the world's 8th largest corrupt nation in terms of politics, bureaucrats, corporate and also the individual corruption is a major concern. "
January 21, 2012 ‘Red tape is rampant’: "It is to be noted that 95% of the tax revenues come from compliant citizens who pay their taxes on a voluntary basis and the entire income tax department is responsible only for collecting 5% of the tax collected."
January 21, 2012 Toronto Star: Inside India’s corruption call centre: "“Do you know who the kidnappers are?” he asked. “Of course,” the caller replied. “They are the police.” The caller paused. “I may commit suicide,” he said. Just another day at the office for Mehra, one of 10 agents who staff the phones at the toll-free corruption hotline, a year-old pilot project designed by India’s Central Vigilance Commission"
January 21, 2012 India: 2nd most bribing nation: "54% of Indians who dealt with the police had paid a bribe in the past one year."
January 21, 2012 Google tells India that it can't protect its politicians: "The Indian government is planning to drag the key internet players into court on a charge of failing to protect its corrupt politicians from being slagged off online."
January 21, 2012 Corruption top threat to jobs: World Bank : "Corruption is the most severe constraint in job creation in India, a World Bank report on More and Better Jobs in South Asia has said."
January 21, 2012 Steps to rid India of corruption: "Proud Indians, a group of young from varied backgrounds, embark on walk from Kanyakumari to New Delhi to inspire people to be honest at a personal level for a corruption free India"
January 21, 2012 Time: Is India’s Government Killing its Economic Miracle?
January 21, 2012 Reuters: Unravelling India, Part 2: Corruption: "Corruption finds its way into pretty much every nook and cranny of public life. There’s high-level corruption, such as the telecoms scam that cost the government an estimated $39 billion in revenue when mobile licences were awarded to companies too cheaply"
January 21, 2012 Top 10 facts about Kalmadi's Commonwealth Games scandal: "The Games spawned a maze of corrupt deals, most of them involving inflated contracts."
January 21, 2012 CNN: India grants bail to Commonwealth Games' chief: "Kalmadi, 68, is also a lawmaker in the Indian parliament, where he represents the ruling Congress party."
January 21, 2012 Join DNA campaign to nail bribe takers: "Corruption is a curse that plagues the Indian society at the grassroots level."
January 21, 2012 India's Need for Tahrir Square
January 21, 2012 Corruption systematic in India: Kiran Bedi
January 21, 2012 BREAKINGVIEWS - Unravelling India: Part 1: ""I" in BRIC, the club of rapidly developing economies, should now be Indonesia rather than India."
January 21, 2012 Victimised for their courage: "The main accused in the Pipli rape case Prashant Pradhan was produced in court"
January 21, 2012 Fake admission racket busted in Bihar?: "A massive face admission scam could be brewing in Bihar. A report reveals that students of primary and secondary schools have been admitted simultaneously to two institutions all to swindle money allocated for government schemes."
January 21, 2012 AM Films owner to reveal all?: "CBI will soon file a charge sheet in the Queen's Baton relay case related to the Commonwealth Games scam as a key London-based suspect has recorded his statement before the British authorities."
January 21, 2012 Why are the liberals silent now?
January 21, 2012 Silencing Rushdie: The slimy cowardice of the soft state: "The balloon of the Indian liberal state is sinking into the abyss", The Mumbai-based Raza Academy, which claims to have a following among Sunni Muslims, offered a reward of Rs 1 lakh to anyone who would hurl a slipper on Rushdie’s face during his Jaipur visit.", "Pandering to regressive mullah-maulvi sensibilities, the soft state that is India and all the political parties that joined in the campaign to disallow him to come to Jaipur have effectively voted to throw Rushdie out of the balloon."
January 21, 2012 Team Anna asks people to behave as 'masters' of politicians
January 21, 2012 Nearly 11000 people go missing during the Badal regime: NGO: "10869 persons went missing during the last five years of the Parkash Singh Badal regime."

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