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Apr 29, 2012 Close nexus between Nair and Natarajan, says Periyaswamy: "In a fresh blow to the ruling UPA Government, whistleblower and former BEML employee KS Periyaswamy, today alleged that PM’s advisor TKA Nair didn’t act against the BEML Chairman and Managing Director VRS Natarajan, regarding an irregular land allotment back in 2008, in Bangalore, as there was a nexus between the two. "
Apr 29, 2012 B'lore: PM's close aide caught in land row: "A newspaper report claims that the BEML Employees' Co-operative Society allotted plots to TKA Nair's niece at throwaway prices."
Apr 28, 2012 ‘Whistleblower’ biotechnologist shown the door: "documents accessed by Roy using RTI, include alleged diversion of 11th five year plan money allocated to NIPER and drawing pension from the institute under the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research he was earlier employed with, as well as drawing full salary from NIPER."
Apr 24, 2012 AP govt delaying IAS officer's prosecution in land scam: CBI: "The CBI today accused the Andhra Pradesh government of "intentionally" delaying the process to grant sanction to prosecute suspended IAS officer B P Acharya, prime accused in the APIIC-Emaar township case."
Apr 24, 2012 CBI arrests I-T officer for taking bribe in Gaya
Apr 22, 2012 Bureaucrats who helped Vectra Chairman under CBI scanner: " The CBI is investigating the alleged association of Vectra Chairman Ravinder Rishi with some bureaucrats and has approached the Income Tax department seeking details of its probe against a tainted IAS couple, suspected to be beneficiaries of his largesse."
Apr 22, 2012 Woman prisoner alleges torture by jail warden, HIV +ve inmates: "A Tihar Jail's woman prisoner, facing trial in cases of cheating and forgery, has accused the jail warden of torturing her with the help of HIV positive women inmates for extorting money from her."
Apr 21, 2012 pratibha patil Where Mum Is the Word In Amravati, Rajendra Shekhawat’s writ runs on the strength of his mother’s exalted position: "The Amravati Municipal Corporation, say sources, has been rocked by a land scam that could have “cost it nearly Rs 200 crore”. Under the scanner are the city municipal commissioner and collector, both IAS officers, who reportedly connived with a select set of real estate developers to transfer development rights (TDR) in the last two-three years."
Apr 21, 2012 EXCLUSIVE investigation: Tatra kolos deal Drops Of Jupiter Tatra spares is just one of Rishi’s ‘businesses’ : "Rishi’s inroads into BEML began with recruiting a string of officers who were asked to take premature retirement from various departments and join him. The late Lt Gen R.I.S. Kahlon was the first to join him after he retired as MGO. On the radar now are Lt Gen (retd) Amarjit Singh, ex-Director General of Quality Assurance, Lt Gen (retd) A. Sehgal and Col (retd) Pushy Oberoi, none of whom are formally on the rolls of any of Rishi’s companies. The most prominent of them currently is ex-BEML employee Ashok Kumar, who now heads the Bangalore office of Vectra Global. The dirt is just beginning to unravel. Just how deep the rot runs, time and further CBI investigation will tell."
Apr 21, 2012 IAS officer Shamla Iqbal suspended for corruption: "The State government on Friday placed IAS officer Shamla Iqbal under suspension for allegedly possessing assets disproportionate to her income and for her alleged involvement in irregularities in the implementation of the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS)."
Apr 21, 2012 Adarsh: Court refuses bail to accused bureaucrats: "Apart from Phatak, a former Mumbai municipal commissioner; and Tiwari, a former secretary of Urban Development Department; court also refused relief to IAS officer Pradeep Vyas, Major General (Retd) T K Kaul, former deputy secretary in Urban Development Department P V Deshmukh and chief promoter of Adarsh Society, Kanhaiyyalal Gidwani."
Apr 21, 2012 MHADA official owns assets worth Rs 200 cr: "Maharashtra Housing Board official Nitesh Thakur allegedly ran a real estate business in his brother's name."
Apr 19, 2012 Canadian roughed up in melee as Indian police tear down ashram: "three Canadians stood facing the throng of Indian police", "they were acting on behalf of the thoroughly corrupt Allahabad Development Authority, which sent them to demolish a building because he refuses to pay bribes to government officials. "
Apr 19, 2012 CBI books BEML chief on charges of cheating, corruption: "carried out searches at several locations including his residence in Bangalore."
Apr 19, 2012 CBI books BEML chief on charges of cheating, corruption: "The CBI on Thursday booked BEML chairman V R S Natarajan for alleged cheating, criminal conspiracy and corruption in connection with tendering process for hiring a private consultancy firm and carried out searches at several locations including his residence."
Apr 18, 2012 Three State Bank of India officials in CBI net for fraud: "A deputy manager of audit section of State Bank of India's zonal office at Kingsway branch is among the three arrested on Tuesday by the anti-corruption wing of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for an alleged 1.44 crore scam in the banks NRI section."
Apr 18, 2012 Clash in Meerut jail: "protesting against extortion by jail employees"
Apr 18, 2012 Now, a scam in scanning BDA documents: "BDA officials claim that the scanning department had previously billed close to Rs 30 lakh for the ‘lost’ set of documents."
Apr 18, 2012 Tatra deal: CBI carries out raids in Delhi, NCR: "The CBI for the first time questioned Defence PSU BEML Chairman VRS Natarajan on Tuesday."
Apr 17, 2012 Graft charges: Lokayukta for property attachment
Apr 17, 2012 BEML chief quizzed by CBI: "BEML Chairman and Managing Director V R S Natarajan today appeared before the CBI as the agency had asked him to come for giving clarifications pertaining to procurement and supply of Tatra all-terrain trucks to the Army"
Apr 17, 2012 Bureaucrats stalling India's progress: E Sreedharan: "The 'metro man' said that the state of Railways today is at least 25 to 30 years behind the rest of the world.", "There is really no government functioning today"
Apr 17, 2012 Baby bazaar: FIR against 7 hospital employees: "The action comes after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav took note of the investigation."
Apr 15, 2012 Tatra: Scams test BEML chief’s staying power: "Fifty-nine year-old Natarajan is the longest serving head of the organisation, remaining at the helm of affairs for an uninterrupted 10 years, quite a feat given the many close shaves with infamy he has had."
Apr 15, 2012 Serving people or own interest?: "BBMP council now wants honorary membership for all 198 corporators and other top officials to sports associations in Karnataka. The Karnataka Hockey association hits back, saying that it will prefer giving membership to the Mayor only. The secretary of the K'taka Hockey Association has said that membership for corporates is asking for too much."
Apr 15, 2012 Tatra deal: CBI calls BEML chief for questioning: "The agency had filed an FIR against BEML and Vectra Group chief Ravi Rishi in connection with the deal."
Apr 14, 2012 Govt official turns predator in K'taka?: "A rape case has been filed against a Child & Women Welfare Department official in Karnataka. Radhakrishna, the Deputy Director of Women and Child Development Dept in Tumkur, is accused of demanding sexual favours for granting government grants to a school for mentally challenged children. He was arrested after a complaint was filed at the Yelahanka police station of luring the victim to a lodge and committing rape."
Apr 14, 2012 State delays IAS officer’s suspension order: "It has been almost three weeks since the Lokayukta police sent a report to the State government recommending suspension of IAS officer Shamla Iqbal, but the government seems to be dragging its feet over it."
Apr 14, 2012 Bangalore: Top govt official booked for rape
Apr 14, 2012 Postal assistant gets one-year jail term in corruption case: "He was charged with regularly deducting 20% from the commission amount payable to one Vimla Kumari, an agent for procuring fixed deposits", "The CBI had registered a case against Habib Ansari in 1988 under the Prevention of Corruption Act on a complaint from Vimla "
Apr 14, 2012 Corruption tag hits India mammoth anti-polio campaign: "anti corruption sleuths nabbed a health department official of taking kickbacks for allotment of ‘pulse polio’ kits."
Apr 14, 2012 Daily Mail UK: Corruption confession: Government paper admits institutionalised graft plagues entire bureaucracy and plays havoc on the citizen: "'At senior levels, it (corruption) is usually a result of strong nexus between politicians and civil servants and, at lower levels, it is a result of poor systems and ill-defined public service levels,' the government paper points out candidly."
Apr 14, 2012 Law in Rajasthan to attach properties of corrupt public servants: "would facilitate the government to confiscate and attach any disproportionate property amassed by corrupt public servants."
Apr 14, 2012 India's Grain Storage Comes Up Short: "in the past red tape has delayed such plans, leaving food out in the open to rot."
Apr 13, 2012 I-T probes Joshi's connection with Vectra chief: "The probe comes after the department found an entry of Rs 2.5 crore against the code RR in the diary of Joshi.", "Rs. 3 CR bribe to IAS officer?"
Apr 13, 2012 Adarsh scam: CBI custody of Phatak, Tiwari extended
Apr 11, 2012 SBI officials, others to be charged for cheating bank of Rs 30 cr: "a senior official of the State Bank of India (SBI) and 10 others for allegedly using forged documents to cheat the bank's Industrial Finance Branch to the tune of Rs 30.5 crores in the matter of credit facilities."
Apr 10, 2012 BEML-Tatra deal: CBI questions senior officials: "The CBI on Monday questioned vigilance and finance officials of the public sector unit BEML in connection with the Tatra truck deal."
Apr 9, 2012 Exclusive: Multi crore dental scam: "TIMES NOW accesses exclusive documents exposing a multi crore scam in Jammu and Kashmir dental colleges clearly showing how state authorities have bought medical equipment at a price way higher than their actual quotation bleeding the exchequer completely dry."
Apr 9, 2012 Army movement report: 'Bureaucrats trying to corner the Army': "Lt Gen (Retd) BS Malik on Wednesday refuted the Indian Express report on 'suspicious' movement of Army troops in the capital, calling it baseless."
Apr 9, 2012 Graft contaminates water supply too: "officials in India could gain 10 times their salaries in bribes"
Apr 9, 2012 Tatra deal: CBI summons BEML officers: "The Tatra truck deal is at the heart of Army Chief General VK Singh's allegations that he was offered a bribe."
Apr 9, 2012 Akhilesh transfers 1,000 bureaucrats in 24 days: "more than 1,000 officials from the police and administrative services have been shunted from here to there, reportedly based on their "loyalty tilts"."
Apr 8, 2012 116 Graft Cases Still Under Probe: Anti-Corruption Unit: "Out of the total of 116 cases involving 220 officials under probe, a highest of 39 are against 68 officials working in various departments of the GNCTD, 30 against 49 Delhi Police personnel and 23 cases against 47 officials working in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi"
Apr 3, 2012 Orissa names corrupt officials in ‘Hall of Shame’: "Other prominent names in the list includes a member of Orissa Arbitration Tribunal, a former director of mines, contractor B Prabhakaran, miner Diptiranjan Patnaik, treasury officers, accounts officers, traffic inspectors, motor vehicle inspectors, regional transport officers, and even several clerks."
Apr 3, 2012 Orissa govt puts out list of ‘corrupt’: "Kick-starting its plan to “name and shame” the people allegedly involved in corrupt deals, the Naveen Patnaik government on Monday posted online a list of persons facing graft cases."
Apr 3, 2012 Adarsh scam: Two top bureacrats detained: "Meanwhile, the judicial custody granted to the other seven arrested was extended till April 17."
Apr 3, 2012 ‘Inspector raj’ haunts as gold jewellers intensify strike: "another threat that looms large over the industry is that of rampant corruption. "We have no problem about the introduction of the excise duty but its procedure is very complicated and impractical and jewellers cannot maintain all records,""
Apr 3, 2012 NRHM scam: CBI files chargesheet against ex-UP babu, others: "During the probe, the CBI claimed that the misappropriation of funds was to the tune of Rs 7.94 crore."
Apr 2, 2012 Net spreads to BEML chief, CBI seeks govt sanction to probe: "Widening the scope of its investigations into irregularities involving defence PSU BEML Ltd, CBI has sought the defence ministry’s sanction to begin a corruption probe against its chairman and MD V R S Natarajan."
Apr 2, 2012 CVC awaits sanction from depts to punish 45 corrupt officials
Apr 2, 2012 सर्राफा व्यापारियों को आबकारी विभाग का डर: "दिल्ली बुलियन एंड जैवलरस एसोसिएशन के अध्यक्ष प्रेम शर्मा का कहना है कि उन्हें डर है कि आबकारी विभाग के कर्मचारी सराफा व्यापारियों को तंग करेंगे."
Apr 2, 2012 Indians in Pak jail despite completing sentence: "Many Indians and Pakistanis remain prisoners of red tape on both sides of the border. "
Apr 1, 2012 Don’t waste talent: "topnotch professionals imported from the private sector to bring expertise and efficiency in the government are finding it hard to navigate the bureaucracy. Some have had to fight even to get office space"
Apr 1, 2012 Graft check: DDA will not allot houses in Delhi: "“An immediate constitution of the regulatory body for the housing sector to take over the monitoring and oversight functions from the DDA is necessary to bring transparency in the sector,”"
Apr 1, 2012 3 cops to protect each VIP, just 1 cop for 761 citizens: "Besides a central list of VIPs having over 300-odd protectees, each state and UT has its own list making these numbers run into thousands."
Apr 1, 2012 Plugging a monumental leak: "A series of II PU question paper leaks has caused a major embarrassment to the government and the department concerned"
Mar 31, 2012 Medical council scam: MCI secretary sacked: "The decision comes amidst accusations that top MCI officials were not cooperating with vigilance investigations into scams."
Mar 31, 2012 CBI charges Jagan in DA case: "The CBI on Saturday filed its first chargesheet against Jagan Mohan Reddy and 12 others, including IAS officer B P Acharya, in a disproportionate assets case, accusing them of entering into a criminal conspiracy to rob public assets and enrich themselves."
Mar 30, 2012 Tatra: Whiff of a scam?: "a letter of a whistleblower demanding resignation of BEML CMD over charges of alleged misappropriation of funds. The letter claimed that BEML CMD VRS Natarajan allegedly misappropriated funds to the tune of Rs 150 crore."
Mar 30, 2012 Traders claim no help from Embassy: "The Indian Consulate says they are unable to pay for their hotel expenses and the two men are having to fend for themselves on the streets of Shanghai and have threatened to commit suicide if they are not brought home within a week."
Mar 29, 2012 Corporators give themselves a hike: "As per the resolution, the Mayor should get Rs 40,000 per month, a more than 100 per cent hike from the current Rs 15,000. The Deputy Mayor is to get Rs 30,000 per month, up from Rs 15,000, and the corporators will get Rs 25,000, a hike of Rs 17,500 from the existing pay of Rs 7,500."
Mar 29, 2012 Rein in the bureaucracy if you want us to deliver, perform: private sector stars in govt let PM know
Mar 27, 2012 HC crackdown on Katara killers: "The army doctors will examine medical records of Vikas and Vishal Yadav. The doctors will also examine how many of Katara murder case convicts' visits from Tihar to hospitals were justified."
Mar 27, 2012 Nitish killers don't need hospitalisation: panel: "The duo convicted for the murder of Nitish Katara in 2008 has been regularly coming out of the jail on the pretext of visiting hospitals.", "151 medical outings in 3 years"
Mar 27, 2012 Trafficking mafia killed rape victim's mother: "was fighting a war for her daughter's dignity against a well-organized gang of human traffickers while the police and district administration turned a deaf ear to her repeated calls for help."
Mar 27, 2012 IAS officer’s bail cancelled in Emaar scam: "Senior IAS officer and Andhra Pradesh Home Secretary B P Acharya was back in jail Tuesday after the High Court cancelled his bail in a corruption case."
Mar 26, 2012 Corruption in the selection of mid-size 4x4 vehicles for the Indian Army: "the IAS couple, Tinoo and Arvind Joshi. Mr Joshi's tenure in the ministry of defence during the NDA government and the purchase decisions made by him then in his capacity of joint secretary are the talk of the town. "
Mar 26, 2012 454 babus in dock over assets: "the Centre has recommended "appropriate action" against 454 Class 'A' officers, including eight joint secretaries and 44 directors"
Mar 26, 2012 ‘Rs 2-lakh cr’ land scam rocks Wakf Board: "The Commission has ‘implicated’ almost all senior Muslim political leaders — most of them belonging to the Congress party — besides ‘indicting’ senior IAS, IPS and KAS officers."
Mar 24, 2012 Off The Blocks Adarsh scam probe sees first arrests : " Why has the CBI been delaying and soft-pedalling the case? Why did it take 14 months after the FIR for the first arrests? Why were key papers, stolen from the secretariat, not taken into safe-keeping earlier? Why were the notings on hard disk drives not sent for de-coding or forensic analysis for months? Why was disciplinary action not taken against bureaucrats and others named in the case? How did some of them get promoted?"
Mar 24, 2012 UP: 3000 employment forms dumped in trash
Mar 24, 2012 MP: 2 dalit girls stripped in examination hall
Mar 23, 2012 Two dalit girls in Madhya Pradesh stripped in examination hall: "When the girls refused, the examiners allegedly stripped them while male classmates sniggered and cracked jokes."
Mar 22, 2012 Didn't know if 2G spectrum was limited: Ex-Trai chief: "Former TRAI Chairman Nripendra Mishra on Thursday told a special CBI court that the telecom regulator did not know if availability of 2G spectrum in 2007 was "limited" and added it had no "authentic information" about it."
Mar 22, 2012 Didn't know if 2G spectrum was limited: Ex-Trai chief: "Former TRAI Chairman Nripendra Mishra on Thursday told a special CBI court that the telecom regulator did not know if availability of 2G spectrum in 2007 was "limited" and added it had no "authentic information" about it."
Mar 22, 2012 NRHM scam: Sr UP bureaucrat questioned by CBI: "The CBI on Thursday questioned UP revenue board member and former family welfare secretary Pradeep Shukla in connection with alleged swindling of funds to the tune of Rs 250 crore in NRHM projects."
Mar 22, 2012 Adarsh scam: Two serving IAS officers suspended: "The Maharashtra government said Jairaj Pathak and Pradeep Vyas will be under suspension till completion of the investigations."
Mar 22, 2012 Maha Govt suspends two IAS officers: "Senior IAS officers Pradeep Vyas and Jairaj Phatak have been placed under suspension pending investigation in the Adarsh Housing Society scam"
Mar 21, 2012 BBC: Three held over India flat graft scandal: "the Central Bureau of Investigation arrested three people - a retired bureaucrat and two former army personnel"
Mar 20, 2012 Adarsh Housing Society scam: CBI arrests four: "Those arrested include retired defence estates officer RC Thakur and Brigadier (retired) MM Wanchoo."
Mar 18, 2012 Make perverse public servants pay for follies
Mar 18, 2012 बिहार : लालफीते में घुटता आरटीआई: "आरटीआई का इस्तेमाल करने वाले कार्यकर्ताओं का कहना है कि राज्य में सूचना का अधिकार सरकारी मकड़जाल में फँस चुका है."
Mar 16, 2012 Why no action against officials in Adarsh scam: Court: ""When there is preliminary evidence against certain government officers, why haven't you written to the concerned departments seeking their removal,""
Mar 16, 2012 Bail to IAS officer in Emaar-APIIC township corruption case: "After remaining behind the bars for one-and-half months, Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer B.P. Acharya came out of jail Friday following the grant of bail by a special court"
Mar 15, 2012 New York Times: Sports Tales Cast India as the Villain: "“Indian athletes who are not cricket stars usually have to endure corrupt officials, humiliation and poverty. Olympians die in penury and in want of medical attention. Some have had to sell their gold medals,”"
Mar 14, 2012 Maha: Dy Collector allegedly worth over 118 crore, arrested: "Thakur, his wife Meenal, mother Chhaya, and brother Nilesh have been arrested and offences have been registered under Prevention of Corruption Act as well as IPC"
Mar 13, 2012 Where is your self-respect, Dr Manmohan Singh?: "When ministers stopped listening to him, we got a powerful PMO instead. The logic was that if people were unwilling to listen to the PM, they would at least listen to his Principal Secretary, Pulok Chatterjee, since he was reported to have the blessings of Sonia Gandhi."
Mar 13, 2012 मध्य प्रदेश में 'जबरन' नसबंदी: "ऐसे आरोप लग रहे हैं कि अधिकारियों ने कहीं-कहीं पर प्रलोभन का सहारा लिया तो कहीं लोगों को डराने धमकाने का काम किया.", "सरपंच और पटवारी ने धमकाया भी कि अगर वह नसबंदी नहीं करवाती है तो उसके परिवार का राशन कार्ड निरस्त हो जाएगा."
Mar 13, 2012 FIR filed in bomb disposal suit scam case: "a departmental probe be launched against then deputy commissioner Shrikant Tarwade for dereliction of duty. The ACB found that he had no authority but released Rs 6.25 crore to Agarwal's firm."
Mar 13, 2012 Don’t work after 8pm, Gurgaon tells women: "the Gurgaon administration on Monday passed an order virtually abdicating its responsibility of ensuring women are safe. The administration has told all malls, commercial establishments and pub owners that they cannot have women employees working beyond 8pm."
Mar 12, 2012 CVC awaits sanction to prosecute 47 officials: "there has been a delay in many cases beyond "considerable time" for grant of sanction for prosecution against corrupt government officials."
Mar 12, 2012 Jagan DA case: SC notice to ministers, babus: "The Supreme Court notice asks why no case has been filed against the ministers and the bureaucrats in the case."
Mar 12, 2012 Jaganmohan's assets case: SC notice to 6 Andhra ministers, 8 IAS officers: "on a plea alleging that the CBI was not proceeding against them despite having sufficient evidence that they helped former Congress leader Y Jaganmohan Reddy accumulate massive illegal assets."
Mar 11, 2012 CWG scam: Court to frame charges against six
Mar 11, 2012 Court to frame charges against 6 in CWG street lightning scam: "MCD Superintendent Engineer Sugan, the senior-most official, as the "kingpin" of the conspiracy, and said tenders were opened in his office on May 14, 2008 and he allowed fudging of Sweska's tender papers."
Mar 11, 2012 Liquor mafia nexus: 7 AP cops booked for graft: "Andhra Pradesh Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) today arrested seven police officials on charges of receiving illegal gratifications in lieu of official favour to liquor mafia"
Mar 11, 2012 Corruption is an unfortunate symptom of babudom: Sandel : "“In order to tackle the problem of corruption it is probably necessary to reform the bureaucracy that gives rise to it.”"
Mar 11, 2012 AP liquor scam: Top police officers arrested: "At least 40 bootleggers were arrested last month and a total 1,600 litres of illicit liquor was seized."
Mar 9, 2012 K'taka: Lokayukta police raids IAS officer: "The Karnataka Lokayukta police acted on a report carried by CNN-IBN on malnutrition deaths in Raichur."
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Apr 29, 2012 Close nexus between Nair and Natarajan, says Periyaswamy: "In a fresh blow to the ruling UPA Government, whistleblower and former BEML employee KS Periyaswamy, today alleged that PM’s advisor TKA Nair didn’t act against the BEML Chairman and Managing Director VRS Natarajan, regarding an irregular land allotment back in 2008, in Bangalore, as there was a nexus between the two. "
Apr 29, 2012 B'lore: PM's close aide caught in land row: "A newspaper report claims that the BEML Employees' Co-operative Society allotted plots to TKA Nair's niece at throwaway prices."
Apr 28, 2012 ‘Whistleblower’ biotechnologist shown the door: "documents accessed by Roy using RTI, include alleged diversion of 11th five year plan money allocated to NIPER and drawing pension from the institute under the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research he was earlier employed with, as well as drawing full salary from NIPER."
Apr 24, 2012 AP govt delaying IAS officer's prosecution in land scam: CBI: "The CBI today accused the Andhra Pradesh government of "intentionally" delaying the process to grant sanction to prosecute suspended IAS officer B P Acharya, prime accused in the APIIC-Emaar township case."
Apr 24, 2012 CBI arrests I-T officer for taking bribe in Gaya
Apr 22, 2012 Bureaucrats who helped Vectra Chairman under CBI scanner: " The CBI is investigating the alleged association of Vectra Chairman Ravinder Rishi with some bureaucrats and has approached the Income Tax department seeking details of its probe against a tainted IAS couple, suspected to be beneficiaries of his largesse."
Apr 22, 2012 Woman prisoner alleges torture by jail warden, HIV +ve inmates: "A Tihar Jail's woman prisoner, facing trial in cases of cheating and forgery, has accused the jail warden of torturing her with the help of HIV positive women inmates for extorting money from her."
Apr 21, 2012 pratibha patil Where Mum Is the Word In Amravati, Rajendra Shekhawat’s writ runs on the strength of his mother’s exalted position: "The Amravati Municipal Corporation, say sources, has been rocked by a land scam that could have “cost it nearly Rs 200 crore”. Under the scanner are the city municipal commissioner and collector, both IAS officers, who reportedly connived with a select set of real estate developers to transfer development rights (TDR) in the last two-three years."
Apr 21, 2012 EXCLUSIVE investigation: Tatra kolos deal Drops Of Jupiter Tatra spares is just one of Rishi’s ‘businesses’ : "Rishi’s inroads into BEML began with recruiting a string of officers who were asked to take premature retirement from various departments and join him. The late Lt Gen R.I.S. Kahlon was the first to join him after he retired as MGO. On the radar now are Lt Gen (retd) Amarjit Singh, ex-Director General of Quality Assurance, Lt Gen (retd) A. Sehgal and Col (retd) Pushy Oberoi, none of whom are formally on the rolls of any of Rishi’s companies. The most prominent of them currently is ex-BEML employee Ashok Kumar, who now heads the Bangalore office of Vectra Global. The dirt is just beginning to unravel. Just how deep the rot runs, time and further CBI investigation will tell."
Apr 21, 2012 IAS officer Shamla Iqbal suspended for corruption: "The State government on Friday placed IAS officer Shamla Iqbal under suspension for allegedly possessing assets disproportionate to her income and for her alleged involvement in irregularities in the implementation of the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS)."
Apr 21, 2012 Adarsh: Court refuses bail to accused bureaucrats: "Apart from Phatak, a former Mumbai municipal commissioner; and Tiwari, a former secretary of Urban Development Department; court also refused relief to IAS officer Pradeep Vyas, Major General (Retd) T K Kaul, former deputy secretary in Urban Development Department P V Deshmukh and chief promoter of Adarsh Society, Kanhaiyyalal Gidwani."
Apr 21, 2012 MHADA official owns assets worth Rs 200 cr: "Maharashtra Housing Board official Nitesh Thakur allegedly ran a real estate business in his brother's name."
Apr 19, 2012 Canadian roughed up in melee as Indian police tear down ashram: "three Canadians stood facing the throng of Indian police", "they were acting on behalf of the thoroughly corrupt Allahabad Development Authority, which sent them to demolish a building because he refuses to pay bribes to government officials. "
Apr 19, 2012 CBI books BEML chief on charges of cheating, corruption: "carried out searches at several locations including his residence in Bangalore."
Apr 19, 2012 CBI books BEML chief on charges of cheating, corruption: "The CBI on Thursday booked BEML chairman V R S Natarajan for alleged cheating, criminal conspiracy and corruption in connection with tendering process for hiring a private consultancy firm and carried out searches at several locations including his residence."
Apr 18, 2012 Three State Bank of India officials in CBI net for fraud: "A deputy manager of audit section of State Bank of India's zonal office at Kingsway branch is among the three arrested on Tuesday by the anti-corruption wing of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for an alleged 1.44 crore scam in the banks NRI section."
Apr 18, 2012 Clash in Meerut jail: "protesting against extortion by jail employees"
Apr 18, 2012 Now, a scam in scanning BDA documents: "BDA officials claim that the scanning department had previously billed close to Rs 30 lakh for the ‘lost’ set of documents."
Apr 18, 2012 Tatra deal: CBI carries out raids in Delhi, NCR: "The CBI for the first time questioned Defence PSU BEML Chairman VRS Natarajan on Tuesday."
Apr 17, 2012 Graft charges: Lokayukta for property attachment
Apr 17, 2012 BEML chief quizzed by CBI: "BEML Chairman and Managing Director V R S Natarajan today appeared before the CBI as the agency had asked him to come for giving clarifications pertaining to procurement and supply of Tatra all-terrain trucks to the Army"
Apr 17, 2012 Bureaucrats stalling India's progress: E Sreedharan: "The 'metro man' said that the state of Railways today is at least 25 to 30 years behind the rest of the world.", "There is really no government functioning today"
Apr 17, 2012 Baby bazaar: FIR against 7 hospital employees: "The action comes after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav took note of the investigation."
Apr 15, 2012 Tatra: Scams test BEML chief’s staying power: "Fifty-nine year-old Natarajan is the longest serving head of the organisation, remaining at the helm of affairs for an uninterrupted 10 years, quite a feat given the many close shaves with infamy he has had."
Apr 15, 2012 Serving people or own interest?: "BBMP council now wants honorary membership for all 198 corporators and other top officials to sports associations in Karnataka. The Karnataka Hockey association hits back, saying that it will prefer giving membership to the Mayor only. The secretary of the K'taka Hockey Association has said that membership for corporates is asking for too much."
Apr 15, 2012 Tatra deal: CBI calls BEML chief for questioning: "The agency had filed an FIR against BEML and Vectra Group chief Ravi Rishi in connection with the deal."
Apr 14, 2012 Govt official turns predator in K'taka?: "A rape case has been filed against a Child & Women Welfare Department official in Karnataka. Radhakrishna, the Deputy Director of Women and Child Development Dept in Tumkur, is accused of demanding sexual favours for granting government grants to a school for mentally challenged children. He was arrested after a complaint was filed at the Yelahanka police station of luring the victim to a lodge and committing rape."
Apr 14, 2012 State delays IAS officer’s suspension order: "It has been almost three weeks since the Lokayukta police sent a report to the State government recommending suspension of IAS officer Shamla Iqbal, but the government seems to be dragging its feet over it."
Apr 14, 2012 Bangalore: Top govt official booked for rape
Apr 14, 2012 Postal assistant gets one-year jail term in corruption case: "He was charged with regularly deducting 20% from the commission amount payable to one Vimla Kumari, an agent for procuring fixed deposits", "The CBI had registered a case against Habib Ansari in 1988 under the Prevention of Corruption Act on a complaint from Vimla "
Apr 14, 2012 Corruption tag hits India mammoth anti-polio campaign: "anti corruption sleuths nabbed a health department official of taking kickbacks for allotment of ‘pulse polio’ kits."
Apr 14, 2012 Daily Mail UK: Corruption confession: Government paper admits institutionalised graft plagues entire bureaucracy and plays havoc on the citizen: "'At senior levels, it (corruption) is usually a result of strong nexus between politicians and civil servants and, at lower levels, it is a result of poor systems and ill-defined public service levels,' the government paper points out candidly."
Apr 14, 2012 Law in Rajasthan to attach properties of corrupt public servants: "would facilitate the government to confiscate and attach any disproportionate property amassed by corrupt public servants."
Apr 14, 2012 India's Grain Storage Comes Up Short: "in the past red tape has delayed such plans, leaving food out in the open to rot."
Apr 13, 2012 I-T probes Joshi's connection with Vectra chief: "The probe comes after the department found an entry of Rs 2.5 crore against the code RR in the diary of Joshi.", "Rs. 3 CR bribe to IAS officer?"
Apr 13, 2012 Adarsh scam: CBI custody of Phatak, Tiwari extended
Apr 11, 2012 SBI officials, others to be charged for cheating bank of Rs 30 cr: "a senior official of the State Bank of India (SBI) and 10 others for allegedly using forged documents to cheat the bank's Industrial Finance Branch to the tune of Rs 30.5 crores in the matter of credit facilities."
Apr 10, 2012 BEML-Tatra deal: CBI questions senior officials: "The CBI on Monday questioned vigilance and finance officials of the public sector unit BEML in connection with the Tatra truck deal."
Apr 9, 2012 Exclusive: Multi crore dental scam: "TIMES NOW accesses exclusive documents exposing a multi crore scam in Jammu and Kashmir dental colleges clearly showing how state authorities have bought medical equipment at a price way higher than their actual quotation bleeding the exchequer completely dry."
Apr 9, 2012 Army movement report: 'Bureaucrats trying to corner the Army': "Lt Gen (Retd) BS Malik on Wednesday refuted the Indian Express report on 'suspicious' movement of Army troops in the capital, calling it baseless."
Apr 9, 2012 Graft contaminates water supply too: "officials in India could gain 10 times their salaries in bribes"
Apr 9, 2012 Tatra deal: CBI summons BEML officers: "The Tatra truck deal is at the heart of Army Chief General VK Singh's allegations that he was offered a bribe."
Apr 9, 2012 Akhilesh transfers 1,000 bureaucrats in 24 days: "more than 1,000 officials from the police and administrative services have been shunted from here to there, reportedly based on their "loyalty tilts"."
Apr 8, 2012 116 Graft Cases Still Under Probe: Anti-Corruption Unit: "Out of the total of 116 cases involving 220 officials under probe, a highest of 39 are against 68 officials working in various departments of the GNCTD, 30 against 49 Delhi Police personnel and 23 cases against 47 officials working in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi"
Apr 3, 2012 Orissa names corrupt officials in ‘Hall of Shame’: "Other prominent names in the list includes a member of Orissa Arbitration Tribunal, a former director of mines, contractor B Prabhakaran, miner Diptiranjan Patnaik, treasury officers, accounts officers, traffic inspectors, motor vehicle inspectors, regional transport officers, and even several clerks."
Apr 3, 2012 Orissa govt puts out list of ‘corrupt’: "Kick-starting its plan to “name and shame” the people allegedly involved in corrupt deals, the Naveen Patnaik government on Monday posted online a list of persons facing graft cases."
Apr 3, 2012 Adarsh scam: Two top bureacrats detained: "Meanwhile, the judicial custody granted to the other seven arrested was extended till April 17."
Apr 3, 2012 ‘Inspector raj’ haunts as gold jewellers intensify strike: "another threat that looms large over the industry is that of rampant corruption. "We have no problem about the introduction of the excise duty but its procedure is very complicated and impractical and jewellers cannot maintain all records,""
Apr 3, 2012 NRHM scam: CBI files chargesheet against ex-UP babu, others: "During the probe, the CBI claimed that the misappropriation of funds was to the tune of Rs 7.94 crore."
Apr 2, 2012 Net spreads to BEML chief, CBI seeks govt sanction to probe: "Widening the scope of its investigations into irregularities involving defence PSU BEML Ltd, CBI has sought the defence ministry’s sanction to begin a corruption probe against its chairman and MD V R S Natarajan."
Apr 2, 2012 CVC awaits sanction from depts to punish 45 corrupt officials
Apr 2, 2012 सर्राफा व्यापारियों को आबकारी विभाग का डर: "दिल्ली बुलियन एंड जैवलरस एसोसिएशन के अध्यक्ष प्रेम शर्मा का कहना है कि उन्हें डर है कि आबकारी विभाग के कर्मचारी सराफा व्यापारियों को तंग करेंगे."
Apr 2, 2012 Indians in Pak jail despite completing sentence: "Many Indians and Pakistanis remain prisoners of red tape on both sides of the border. "
Apr 1, 2012 Don’t waste talent: "topnotch professionals imported from the private sector to bring expertise and efficiency in the government are finding it hard to navigate the bureaucracy. Some have had to fight even to get office space"
Apr 1, 2012 Graft check: DDA will not allot houses in Delhi: "“An immediate constitution of the regulatory body for the housing sector to take over the monitoring and oversight functions from the DDA is necessary to bring transparency in the sector,”"
Apr 1, 2012 3 cops to protect each VIP, just 1 cop for 761 citizens: "Besides a central list of VIPs having over 300-odd protectees, each state and UT has its own list making these numbers run into thousands."
Apr 1, 2012 Plugging a monumental leak: "A series of II PU question paper leaks has caused a major embarrassment to the government and the department concerned"
Mar 31, 2012 Medical council scam: MCI secretary sacked: "The decision comes amidst accusations that top MCI officials were not cooperating with vigilance investigations into scams."
Mar 31, 2012 CBI charges Jagan in DA case: "The CBI on Saturday filed its first chargesheet against Jagan Mohan Reddy and 12 others, including IAS officer B P Acharya, in a disproportionate assets case, accusing them of entering into a criminal conspiracy to rob public assets and enrich themselves."
Mar 30, 2012 Tatra: Whiff of a scam?: "a letter of a whistleblower demanding resignation of BEML CMD over charges of alleged misappropriation of funds. The letter claimed that BEML CMD VRS Natarajan allegedly misappropriated funds to the tune of Rs 150 crore."
Mar 30, 2012 Traders claim no help from Embassy: "The Indian Consulate says they are unable to pay for their hotel expenses and the two men are having to fend for themselves on the streets of Shanghai and have threatened to commit suicide if they are not brought home within a week."
Mar 29, 2012 Corporators give themselves a hike: "As per the resolution, the Mayor should get Rs 40,000 per month, a more than 100 per cent hike from the current Rs 15,000. The Deputy Mayor is to get Rs 30,000 per month, up from Rs 15,000, and the corporators will get Rs 25,000, a hike of Rs 17,500 from the existing pay of Rs 7,500."
Mar 29, 2012 Rein in the bureaucracy if you want us to deliver, perform: private sector stars in govt let PM know
Mar 27, 2012 HC crackdown on Katara killers: "The army doctors will examine medical records of Vikas and Vishal Yadav. The doctors will also examine how many of Katara murder case convicts' visits from Tihar to hospitals were justified."
Mar 27, 2012 Nitish killers don't need hospitalisation: panel: "The duo convicted for the murder of Nitish Katara in 2008 has been regularly coming out of the jail on the pretext of visiting hospitals.", "151 medical outings in 3 years"
Mar 27, 2012 Trafficking mafia killed rape victim's mother: "was fighting a war for her daughter's dignity against a well-organized gang of human traffickers while the police and district administration turned a deaf ear to her repeated calls for help."
Mar 27, 2012 IAS officer’s bail cancelled in Emaar scam: "Senior IAS officer and Andhra Pradesh Home Secretary B P Acharya was back in jail Tuesday after the High Court cancelled his bail in a corruption case."
Mar 26, 2012 Corruption in the selection of mid-size 4x4 vehicles for the Indian Army: "the IAS couple, Tinoo and Arvind Joshi. Mr Joshi's tenure in the ministry of defence during the NDA government and the purchase decisions made by him then in his capacity of joint secretary are the talk of the town. "
Mar 26, 2012 454 babus in dock over assets: "the Centre has recommended "appropriate action" against 454 Class 'A' officers, including eight joint secretaries and 44 directors"
Mar 26, 2012 ‘Rs 2-lakh cr’ land scam rocks Wakf Board: "The Commission has ‘implicated’ almost all senior Muslim political leaders — most of them belonging to the Congress party — besides ‘indicting’ senior IAS, IPS and KAS officers."
Mar 24, 2012 Off The Blocks Adarsh scam probe sees first arrests : " Why has the CBI been delaying and soft-pedalling the case? Why did it take 14 months after the FIR for the first arrests? Why were key papers, stolen from the secretariat, not taken into safe-keeping earlier? Why were the notings on hard disk drives not sent for de-coding or forensic analysis for months? Why was disciplinary action not taken against bureaucrats and others named in the case? How did some of them get promoted?"
Mar 24, 2012 UP: 3000 employment forms dumped in trash
Mar 24, 2012 MP: 2 dalit girls stripped in examination hall
Mar 23, 2012 Two dalit girls in Madhya Pradesh stripped in examination hall: "When the girls refused, the examiners allegedly stripped them while male classmates sniggered and cracked jokes."
Mar 22, 2012 Didn't know if 2G spectrum was limited: Ex-Trai chief: "Former TRAI Chairman Nripendra Mishra on Thursday told a special CBI court that the telecom regulator did not know if availability of 2G spectrum in 2007 was "limited" and added it had no "authentic information" about it."
Mar 22, 2012 Didn't know if 2G spectrum was limited: Ex-Trai chief: "Former TRAI Chairman Nripendra Mishra on Thursday told a special CBI court that the telecom regulator did not know if availability of 2G spectrum in 2007 was "limited" and added it had no "authentic information" about it."
Mar 22, 2012 NRHM scam: Sr UP bureaucrat questioned by CBI: "The CBI on Thursday questioned UP revenue board member and former family welfare secretary Pradeep Shukla in connection with alleged swindling of funds to the tune of Rs 250 crore in NRHM projects."
Mar 22, 2012 Adarsh scam: Two serving IAS officers suspended: "The Maharashtra government said Jairaj Pathak and Pradeep Vyas will be under suspension till completion of the investigations."
Mar 22, 2012 Maha Govt suspends two IAS officers: "Senior IAS officers Pradeep Vyas and Jairaj Phatak have been placed under suspension pending investigation in the Adarsh Housing Society scam"
Mar 21, 2012 BBC: Three held over India flat graft scandal: "the Central Bureau of Investigation arrested three people - a retired bureaucrat and two former army personnel"
Mar 20, 2012 Adarsh Housing Society scam: CBI arrests four: "Those arrested include retired defence estates officer RC Thakur and Brigadier (retired) MM Wanchoo."
Mar 18, 2012 Make perverse public servants pay for follies
Mar 18, 2012 बिहार : लालफीते में घुटता आरटीआई: "आरटीआई का इस्तेमाल करने वाले कार्यकर्ताओं का कहना है कि राज्य में सूचना का अधिकार सरकारी मकड़जाल में फँस चुका है."
Mar 16, 2012 Why no action against officials in Adarsh scam: Court: ""When there is preliminary evidence against certain government officers, why haven't you written to the concerned departments seeking their removal,""
Mar 16, 2012 Bail to IAS officer in Emaar-APIIC township corruption case: "After remaining behind the bars for one-and-half months, Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer B.P. Acharya came out of jail Friday following the grant of bail by a special court"
Mar 15, 2012 New York Times: Sports Tales Cast India as the Villain: "“Indian athletes who are not cricket stars usually have to endure corrupt officials, humiliation and poverty. Olympians die in penury and in want of medical attention. Some have had to sell their gold medals,”"
Mar 14, 2012 Maha: Dy Collector allegedly worth over 118 crore, arrested: "Thakur, his wife Meenal, mother Chhaya, and brother Nilesh have been arrested and offences have been registered under Prevention of Corruption Act as well as IPC"
Mar 13, 2012 Where is your self-respect, Dr Manmohan Singh?: "When ministers stopped listening to him, we got a powerful PMO instead. The logic was that if people were unwilling to listen to the PM, they would at least listen to his Principal Secretary, Pulok Chatterjee, since he was reported to have the blessings of Sonia Gandhi."
Mar 13, 2012 मध्य प्रदेश में 'जबरन' नसबंदी: "ऐसे आरोप लग रहे हैं कि अधिकारियों ने कहीं-कहीं पर प्रलोभन का सहारा लिया तो कहीं लोगों को डराने धमकाने का काम किया.", "सरपंच और पटवारी ने धमकाया भी कि अगर वह नसबंदी नहीं करवाती है तो उसके परिवार का राशन कार्ड निरस्त हो जाएगा."
Mar 13, 2012 FIR filed in bomb disposal suit scam case: "a departmental probe be launched against then deputy commissioner Shrikant Tarwade for dereliction of duty. The ACB found that he had no authority but released Rs 6.25 crore to Agarwal's firm."
Mar 13, 2012 Don’t work after 8pm, Gurgaon tells women: "the Gurgaon administration on Monday passed an order virtually abdicating its responsibility of ensuring women are safe. The administration has told all malls, commercial establishments and pub owners that they cannot have women employees working beyond 8pm."
Mar 12, 2012 CVC awaits sanction to prosecute 47 officials: "there has been a delay in many cases beyond "considerable time" for grant of sanction for prosecution against corrupt government officials."
Mar 12, 2012 Jagan DA case: SC notice to ministers, babus: "The Supreme Court notice asks why no case has been filed against the ministers and the bureaucrats in the case."
Mar 12, 2012 Jaganmohan's assets case: SC notice to 6 Andhra ministers, 8 IAS officers: "on a plea alleging that the CBI was not proceeding against them despite having sufficient evidence that they helped former Congress leader Y Jaganmohan Reddy accumulate massive illegal assets."
Mar 11, 2012 CWG scam: Court to frame charges against six
Mar 11, 2012 Court to frame charges against 6 in CWG street lightning scam: "MCD Superintendent Engineer Sugan, the senior-most official, as the "kingpin" of the conspiracy, and said tenders were opened in his office on May 14, 2008 and he allowed fudging of Sweska's tender papers."
Mar 11, 2012 Liquor mafia nexus: 7 AP cops booked for graft: "Andhra Pradesh Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) today arrested seven police officials on charges of receiving illegal gratifications in lieu of official favour to liquor mafia"
Mar 11, 2012 Corruption is an unfortunate symptom of babudom: Sandel : "“In order to tackle the problem of corruption it is probably necessary to reform the bureaucracy that gives rise to it.”"
Mar 11, 2012 AP liquor scam: Top police officers arrested: "At least 40 bootleggers were arrested last month and a total 1,600 litres of illicit liquor was seized."
Mar 9, 2012 K'taka: Lokayukta police raids IAS officer: "The Karnataka Lokayukta police acted on a report carried by CNN-IBN on malnutrition deaths in Raichur."
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