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Dec 16, 2011 Bengal Hooch tragedy: Toll 171, excise officer suspended: "with the toll touching 171 amidst fears of more casualties as authorities suspended the excise officer-in-charge for dereliction of duty."
Dec 16, 2011 Indians pay $700M as bribe for land: study: "A whopping $700 million (about Rs 3,700 crore) is paid annually as bribe in India for land administration services,", "Land administration services include land legislation, registration, valuation/taxation, land-use planning, land allocation and information."
Dec 14, 2011 IRS officer dismissed from service: "A senior Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer has been dismissed from service after his plea against his conviction for amassing wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income was rejected by the Supreme Court."
Dec 14, 2011 Why shouldn’t MCD engineers pay demolition cost, asks HC: "The Delhi High Court has sought replies from nine MCD engineers why they should not be made to pay the cost of demolition of an unauthorised construction that came up under their watch."
Dec 14, 2011 Babus in Rs 3 lakh cr Odisha mining scam: Report: "We did not find any direct evidence against the politicians and their role need further probe, MB Shah said."
Dec 14, 2011 To battle graft, hit where it hurts: job security in govt: "The attractions of a government job, particularly at the lower and middle rungs, are job security, low workload, high number of holidays, the general comfort of low accountability, time-bound promotions and all other benefits that come with it. Once one is in, there is hardly a chance of getting thrown out.", "Corruption in the government offices is a low risk-high returns affair."
Dec 14, 2011 Jailed ministers invite court ire: "former ministers “fell sick” to avoid court appearances. He added the tainted leaders enjoyed a cosy relationship with RIMS authorities. “The RIMS medical board gives us certificates stating they are ill."
Dec 14, 2011 'CBI Registered Over 500 Corruption Cases in 2011': "The CVC has imposed penalty against 39,123 officers between 2008-10 for their alleged involvement in corrupt practices."
Dec 14, 2011 Quake scams can go deeper than Sharma’s role: "Bhuj Suspended IAS officer Pradip Sharma, who spent nearly 18 months in jail before being granted bail by the Supreme Court on Tuesday, is among the government officers who were hailed as rehabilitation heroes post 2001 Bhuj earthquake and now stand accused of power abuse to facilitate land scams."
Dec 14, 2011 Corruption has ‘taken over India’ but can be eliminated: "While "lower level bureaucracy and police thrive on bribes and baksheesh, higher level (depend) on grease money and scams... "The state withers away and in many parts of India what is left of the state, it appears, is only held together due to corruption and a sophisticated system of sharing the spoils.""
Dec 12, 2011 ACP names 14 top babus in FIR: "tremendous pressure was mounted on the complainant, who was working in the same jurisdiction and it was raided illegally. Higher officers forced him to write a false report that apart from the money, fake currency was found and seized."
Dec 11, 2011 Now, garbage scam raises stink in the Palike: "the Palike already has a garbage contract in place but the corporators continued to pressure the head office to give ‘second shift contract’ to the persons of their choice,”", "the Palike has paid roughly between Rs 45 crore to 50 crore in the last 18 months."
Dec 11, 2011 How much do the corrupt earn?: "Public officials in India may be cornering as much as Rs.92,122 crore ($18.42 billion), or 1.26 per cent of the GDP, through corruption", "Real estate and related business services involving registration of property and stamp duties account for Rs.12,534 crore ($2.5 billion) in corruption"
Dec 11, 2011 Biggest fire hazard is indulgent NOC babu: "Most water sprinklers and fire alarms in the basement as well as inside the hospital were dysfunctional"
Dec 11, 2011 Flying freebies: "The human resources committee of the carrier has found the temerity to propose to the Air India board that its CMD and numerous directors and general managers, along with their spouses, parents, siblings and children, be given free air tickets.", "And when officers pass away, the favours will be passed on a generation like heirlooms."
Dec 10, 2011 Bad data? Why $9.4 bn export reporting ‘mistake’ is a scandal: "Where did the rest of the $28-and-odd billion come from? From itsy-bitsy small engineering companies that are not in the BSE 500? Or was so much of illegal ore mined and sent by the Reddy brothers and their ilk in Goa, Odisha, Karnataka, and Jharkhand?"
Dec 10, 2011 CJs in Rural Bihar Expose Corruption: "CJs in Rural Bihar Expose Corruption CNN-IBN | Dec 10, 2011 at 08:21pm CJ Jaganath exposes corruption in NREGA scheme while CJ Dhanrajia Devi uncovers corruption in the PDS mechanism."
Dec 10, 2011 CJ Follow Up: Justice for Kapali Patne: "Kapali Patne's alleged medical negligence case remains caught in red-tapeism at the MCI. CJ Parikshit battles on."
Dec 9, 2011 Probe jail warden for corruption, robbery: Court: "allegation that the officer had first taken a Rs 5 lakh-bribe from a person to get his family members a job in the prison."
Dec 9, 2011 Why didn't help reach on time?: "One of the fire stations was not evern three minutes away from the hospital. The other one was about 1.5 km away. This should not have taken long since the incident happened in the morning. But, the fire tenders actually reached 90 minutes after the first call was made."
Dec 8, 2011 15000 salary, 13 crore assets: "the Lokayukta team found over Rupees 12 crore stashed in the house of a clerk working with Ujjain Municipal Corporation during a surprise raid at his residence."
Dec 8, 2011 भंवरी के पति पर भी गहराया सीबीआई का शक: "एक खबर ने राजस्थान के कम से कम डेढ़ सौ नेताओं, अफसरों और पुलिस अफसरों की नींद उड़ा दी है. खबर है ही कुछ ऐसी...सीबीआई को अजमेर के एक बैंक लॉकर से भंवरी देवी की डेढ़ सौ सीडी मिली हैं. इनमें कुछ सीडी में तो ब़ड़े-बड़े दिग्गज नेता न सिर्फ भंवरी के साथ डांस कर रहे हैं, बल्कि भंवरी की डांस पर नोट भी लुटा रहे हैं."
Dec 7, 2011 चपरासी के पास निकली 10 करोड़ की संपत्ति: "चपरासी के पद से नौकरी की शुरुआत करने वाले व्यक्ति के पास बड़ी-बड़ी चमचमाती गाड़ियां."
Dec 6, 2011 Is corruption the bane of local civic bodies?: "An IBN-Cobrapost expose showed how Delhi's municipal councillors act as middlemen to protect illegal constructions."
Dec 5, 2011 International Business Times: Deadly Snakes Unleashed in Government Office in India [VIDEO]: "Corruption in India is a serious national problem. Despite a new anti-corruption bill, the country has gotten worse over the past year, according to Transparency International's annual index. India scored the second worse of all the developing BRIC economies, just behind Russia. India was 95th place (of 183) on the list, a whole 20 places worse than China and just one spot better than Pakistan."
Dec 5, 2011 Bhushan blames PMO for withholding CD forensic report: "Prashant Bhushan today dragged the Prime Minister's Office into the controversial CD issue involving his father Shanti Bhushan alleging that it was behind withholding a forensic report which said it was doctored."
Dec 5, 2011 Panel wants review of immunity to babus: "constitutional protection provided to the bureaucracy was turning out to be a “major obstacle” in taking departmental action against corrupt officials."
Dec 4, 2011 RTI query busts major PDS scam in Maharashtra: "The RTI data reveal that more than 42 lakh bogus ration cards were issued in the state between 1995 and 2009."
Dec 4, 2011 Man dumps snakes in Tehsil office
Dec 4, 2011 IAS officer Srilakshmi sent to jail in OMC case: "Senior IAS officer Y Srilakshmi, arrested in the illegal mining case involving Gali Janardhan Reddy-owned Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC), was today sent to judicial custody till December 12"
Dec 4, 2011 Mining scam: Srilakshmi to be produced in court: "IAS bodies are worried that officers are becoming scapegoats while politicians are roaming scott-free."
Dec 4, 2011 Raja, Behura & Chandolia ‘core sector’ of 2G scam, says CBI: "Former Telecom Minister A Raja and two former bureaucrats RK Chandolia and Siddharth Behura were the “core sector” of conspiracy"
Dec 4, 2011 Govt orders COD probe into BBMP scam: "Karnataka Government today decided to order Corps of Detectives (COD) probe into the multi-crore financial scam in the Bruhut Banglore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP)."
Dec 4, 2011 IAS officer arrested in OMC mining scam: "The CBI today arrested IAS officer Y Srilakshmi in connection with the scam involving Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC), owned by former Karnataka Minister Gali Janardhan Reddy."
Dec 4, 2011 CBI nabs Andhra official in illegal mining case: "The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Monday arrested Andhra Pradesh bureaucrat Y. Srilakshmi in the illegal mining case involving Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) of former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhana Reddy."
Dec 3, 2011 Punished by snakes: "Two farmers in northern India come up with an unusual way to protest corruption."
Dec 3, 2011 Scam with a top ‘billing’: "the fake bills scam, the size of which could hit stratospheric levels at Rs 20,000 crore and beyond! Shell-shocked by the scale, by the astounding audacity of the racket, you seethe in rage, demand answers, and scream for the heads to start rolling. Surely, the Palike’s chest now has more scams than funds. But the sheer size of the latest scam could rival even the infamous Commonwealth Games (CWG) embezzlement"
Dec 3, 2011 S M Krishna, two ex-chief ministers face probe in mining scam: "Besides Krishna, two other former CMs Dharam Singh and Kumaraswamy, both are MPs now, and 11 senior officials have been accused of conspiracy and corruption. The complainant stated that Singh ordered issuance of temporary transport permits for the movement of iron and manganese ore from agricultural patta lands, resulting in a loss of Rs 23.22 crore to the government. He stated that Kumaraswamy had illegally approved a mining lease in 550 acres of land in favour of Shree Sai Venkateshwara Minerals and committed illegalities with Jantkal Mining Company."
Dec 2, 2011 BBC: India telecoms trial bail blocked for RK Chandolia: "Fourteen people are on trial for the alleged mis-selling of telecoms licences which auditors say cost the country about $40bn (£24.5bn)."
Dec 2, 2011 Tainted IAS officer Srilakshmi out on conditional bail: "conditional bail to senior IAS officer Yerra Srilakshmi who was arrested on the charge of favouring mining firms owned by former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhana Reddy."
Dec 2, 2011 IAS topper arrives in jail: "Srilakshmi was put up in an anteroom in one of the suites after she requested not to be sent to a police station lock-up. She was allowed food from her home — a 12-room bungalow with a garden and a tennis court — a courtesy extended because she is an IAS officer and the wife of an IPS officer"
Dec 2, 2011 IAS officer gets bail in illegal mining case in Karnataka: "A local court today granted bail to senior IAS officer Yerra Srilakshmi who was arrested on charges of abusing her official position and granting favours to a mining company owned by former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhan Reddy."
Dec 1, 2011 IAS officer Srilakshmi suspended: "The Andhra Pradesh government on Thursday suspended Y Srilakshmi, a 1988-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer arrested recently in connection with the illegal mining case."
Dec 1, 2011 Lower bureaucracy major source of corruption: Bhushan: "Team Anna member Prashant Bhushan on Thursday said that Lokpal Bill should cover all the government employees."
Nov 29, 2011 Lokayukta gets teeth: "the rules were blatantly misused to protect corrupt officials. There were instances wherein corrupt officials facing serious charges were reinstated to the same post within two months after suspension. In some cases, the suspended have been promoted and posted to more lucrative positions."
Nov 29, 2011 Behind biggest I-T seizure, a case of multiplying crores: "Having dropped out after matriculation, Lal Babu’s rise to riches, officials say, began with his association with two BCCL general managers, D C Jha and S P Singh, as well as BJP Jharia MLA Kunti Singh. The latter is the widow of the late coal mafia don Surya Dev Singh."
Nov 27, 2011 Fraud in Purchase of Book in SKM University Coming to Light: "The Lokayukta Court has issued notices to the former and the present Vice Chancellor. The allegations of fraud are to the tune of 1.3 crore on Victor Tigga and 50 lacs on Bashir Ahmed."
Nov 26, 2011 CBI raids properties of S M Krishna's ex-secretary: "The CBI on Friday searched the four premises belonging to a woman IAS officer, Dhanalakshmi Gowda, in Delhi and Bangalore in a disproportionate assets case."
Nov 26, 2011 CBI searches Karnataka IAS officer's house in graft case: "She allegedly acquired assets to the tune of Rs.3.15 crore in her name as well as in her mother's name,"
Nov 25, 2011 BBMP engineer held in fake bill scam: "works worth at least Rs 600 crore were shown as executed in Gandhinagar, although in fact only very few of them were actually implemented. But money was paid in full to the contractors on the basis of fake bills."
Nov 24, 2011 Bangalore bureaucracy drives IT companies to Bengal
Nov 24, 2011 Mayawati govt misusing state funds: Rahul Gandhi: "The Congress General Secretary claims that the MNREGA funds go to middlemen, ministers and officials."
Nov 24, 2011 Mayawati govt misusing state funds: Rahul Gandhi: "The Congress General Secretary claims that the MNREGA funds go to middlemen, ministers and officials."
Nov 23, 2011 CBI probing Srinagar land scam, says Antony: "The ministry’s internal probe pointed to collusion among officials of the defence estates department and state government and land sharks who got together to sell more than 200 acres of land"
Nov 23, 2011 Fake bill scam could be bigger: "The Rs 1,539-crore fake bill scam that has hit the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) could be much bigger than what has come to light so far, according to Dr Rajvir Pratap Sharma, Inspector General of Police"
Nov 18, 2011 RTI activist alleges foul play in selection of Indian Rupee symbol: "the 3,331 designs were analyzed in only three meetings of the committee. According to him, the jury took approximately 18 seconds to decide on a design in an analysis period of three days.", "Interestingly, the winner D Udaya Kumar is the son of former DMK MLA, N Dharmalingam.", "Singh adds that according to the rules, a participant could send only two entries whereas Udaya Kumar sent four. He alleges that a few members of the jury were absent at the time of selection of the design"
Nov 18, 2011 BBC: India minister says rural jobs funds spent on toys: "Funds meant to provide work to India's rural poor have been diverted by corrupt officials", "It is also home to a large number of poor with 56 million people earning less than $1 a day and 300,000 not even managing to get one square meal a day."
Nov 18, 2011 SAI scam: CBI team raids SAI’s Sonepat centre: "Alleged cost of property of SAI officers 1. BK Sinha former Secreatary SAI, New Delhi : Rs 50 crores 2. Shiv Sharma, former deputy director SAI, New Delhi : Rs 50 crores 3. PC Kashyap, executive direcotor SAI at New Delhi : Rs 25.85 crores 4. Satish Sarhadi, deputy director SAI at Kurukshetra : Rs 5.08 crores 5. AK Sharma, former director SAI, Sonepat : Rs 2 crores 6. PK Mattu, assistant director SAI at Patiala : Rs 1.55 crores"
Nov 18, 2011 अवैध खनन:आईएएस अधिकारी से फिर पूछताछ: "वो कच्चे लोहे के अवैध खनन के उस मामले में अभियुक्त हैं जिस में कर्नाटक के पूर्व मंत्री गाली जनार्धन रेड्डी को गिरफ़्तार किया जा चुका है."
Nov 18, 2011 Probe MNREGA in UP: Jairam to Maya: "Intensifying his attack on Mayawati, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has written a fresh letter accusing her of protecting those involved in alleged irregularities in implementation of MNREGA in some districts while providing names of corrupt officials."
Nov 17, 2011 Four sentenced to life in CBSE question paper leak case: "Rasheed and Vijayan had travelled to Car Nicobar on February 14 and met Raju, who was the principal of the government senior secondary school in Lapathy, to get the question papers photocopied for their children. A Car Nicobar police officer, who aided them in the crime, was later suspended."
Nov 16, 2011 CVC penalises over 200 officials for corruption: "Out of the total of 201 government employees, the highest number of 46 were from Central Board of Excise and Customs, 29 from Syndicate Bank, 20 from State Bank of India and 13 each from Delhi Development Authority and Ministry of Railways among others, a CVC report said. Besides them, 11 officials each from Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, Allahabad Bank and Punjab National Bank, five each from United India Insurance Company Limited and Ministry of Urban Development have also been penalised."
Nov 16, 2011 Wall Street Journal: Mining Probe Threatens Top Indian Party: "Goa state accounts for nearly half of India's 100 million tons of exports of iron ore last year, most of which went to China.", "a culture of "bribing" of state and federal government officials."
Nov 15, 2011 High court orders CBI probe into NRHM scam: "Two ministers -- family welfare minister Babu Singh Kushwaha and health minister Anant Kumar Mishra -- were sacked by chief minister Mayawati after their names figured in the scam. Recently, the CBI also raided several eye hospitals and found that most of the names of people, who were shown to be operated for cataract, were false"
Nov 13, 2011 Kingdom of Sloth Jittery over RTI, babus slip into deep freeze
Nov 13, 2011 OMC mining case: CBI arrests ex-MD of AP mining body: "CBI today arrested V D Rajagopal, the former vice-chairman and MD of Andhra Pradesh Mineral Development Corporation.", "With the arrest of Rajagopal, the focus now shifts to senior IAS officer Y Srilakshmi, who too has been named as an accused in the OMC case."
Nov 12, 2011 The Star: How India’s health care woes gave birth to private medicine: "Recent surveys conducted by the World Bank and others suggest doctors and nurses in India are absent from their posts at least 40 per cent of the time.", "India’s public health budget is among the lowest in the world. The country spends $32.71 per person per year on health. Canada, by contrast, spent $5,452 per person in 2009. What money is committed to health care often disappears. The Indian magazine Tehelka recently reported that much of the $18 billion in federal health transfer payments to Uttar Pradesh, India’s largest state, are unaccounted for. Several medical officers in Uttar Pradesh who publicly complained about corruption have been murdered. Corruption often starts from birth, literally. Fathers are forced to pay bribes to see their newborns. Others are extorted to get their child’s birth certificate", "In a recent Massachusetts Institute of Technology survey in India, 79 per cent said they opted for private doctors or traditional healers rather than government-run hospitals."
Nov 12, 2011 Congress demands CBI probe into BBMP works: "Congress today asked the Karnataka government to order a CBI probe into the alleged Rs 15,000 crore scam in civic works undertaken by Bruhut Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) in the last three years."
Nov 11, 2011 Passport after 2 yrs: HC orders relief for applicant: "The passport authorities have been asked to pay Rs 15,000 as compensation to a 21-year-old law student who had to wait two years to get his passport.", "“The petitioner has been harassed for no fault of his and needs to be compensated,”"
Nov 10, 2011 'Jail rules stringent again after BSY exit': "the rules were bent to suit the former CM and his stream of visitors."
Nov 10, 2011 CBI grills industrialist Radhakrishnan: "The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday interrogated industrialist V M Radhakrishnan alias Chakku Radhakrishnan in connection with a case in which the CBI arrested Indian Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) officials for according star ratings to certain hotels after accepting bribes."
Nov 9, 2011 CBI set to book officials of mahajan era: "The CBI is set to book former and serving officials of the Department of Telec-ommunications (DoT) in connection with its probe into alleged irregularities in awarding spectrum licences when the late Pramod Mahajan was communications minister."
Nov 8, 2011 CBI to file FIR in Airbus-Indian Airlines deal: "CBI is likely to file case against Airbus, erstwhile Indian Airlines and senior civil aviation officials for alleged irregularities in over Rs 8,000-crore deal for supplying 43 aircraft to erstwhile Indian Airlines in 2005.", "clauses which governed setting up of an MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) unit, training centre and a warehouse, worth USD 17.5 crore by Airbus, were allegedly diluted by some officials."
Nov 8, 2011 Tigers poached in connivance with staff at Panna: Government report: "forest staff on occasions were involved in destroying evidence of poaching. In one case, forest officers, the field director said, took a bribe to suppress evidence of poaching."
Nov 6, 2011 Oops, corrupt IAS officer gets a hoarding in Bhopal: "Tinu Joshi, whose house produced three crores in cash when raided last year, made it into a list of women whose photos are part of a government campaign for the girl child."
Nov 6, 2011 Roots of Corruption in India: "the British government acknowledged that, given the vast discretionary powers of the administrators, there could be the temptation to skim from the booty. So, they put in place a system that ensured that British officials posted to India would be very well paid -- and punished for dishonesty -- in order to mitigate the urge to dip into the coffers. When India gained Independence in 1947, Prime Minister Nehru retained the extensive powers of the British colonial administration -- including laws that gave officials the right to intervene in almost any aspect of daily life. However, at the same time, he also dramatically reduced salaries in the public sector."
Nov 6, 2011 Naveen Patnaik protecting the corrupt: Anti-graft group: "Corruption watchdog Transparency International India Thursday accused Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik of protecting the corrupt and not acting against tainted officials despite a public outcry. The statement by the group comes a day after the state government opened a dispensary in the confiscated house of a tainted former Indian Administrative Service Officer (IAS) in state capital Bhubaneswar."
Nov 6, 2011 HC slams DDA’s Rohini housing scheme: Source of fertile litigation: "nearly 120,000 applicants found themselves registered under the scheme, as per which DDA became obliged to allot a plot of land to each applicant as per priority position assigned to each applicant"
Nov 4, 2011 7 tainted IAS, IFS officers: "The committee constituted by the State government to study the Lokayukta mining report has recommended that disciplinary action be initiated against seven All India Service officers, who were identified in the ombudsman’s report."
Nov 4, 2011 Govt to tell SC why Sinha made Sebi chief: ""There are clear indications that there is a nexus between the ministry of finance and major corporate players and that free and fair functioning of Sebi is no longer possible."", "the finance minister had nominated B L Meena, brother of minister of state for finance Namo Narain Meena, and Shashi Kant Sharma as his nominees in the search-cum-selection committee."
Nov 3, 2011 Lavasa: Bureaucrats likely to face legal action: "Sources say that criminal proceedings against the promoters will begin from Thursday."
Nov 3, 2011 ED to attach Rs 350-crore assets of IAS couple: "The Enforcement Directorate will attach properties of suspended IAS couple in Madhya Pradesh, Arvind and Tinu Joshi, who have allegedly amassed illegal assets worth Rs 350 crore."
Nov 3, 2011 The lackadaisical Bengali babu: Will he ever change?: "West Bengal’s big industrialists are busy conducting a mahayagna to change the state’s business climate. Nine days. 100 yagna kunds. 500 pundits. 1.25 lakh ahutis.", "turning the tide in West Bengal might prove to be the ultimate challenge for God, man and godman. West Bengal is just not used to going to work."
Nov 2, 2011 Orissa: IAS, IPS officers get 'quota' flats: "Apart from judges, IAS and IPS officers have also benefited from the ministers discretionary powers in Orissa."
Nov 2, 2011 Time to stop discretionary land allotments by govts?: "Former and sitting judges of Orissa, police officers and bureaucrats have received flats under ministers' quota."
Nov 2, 2011 Note row prompts PMO to deny RTI pleas on 2G scam: "The fallout of the political storm over the finance ministry's March 25th "2G background" note has become apparent, with the PMO invoking possible breach of privilege of Parliament and rules of Lok Sabha to deny further RTI requests."
Nov 2, 2011 Govt unveils draft bill to fight bureaucratic graft: "The draft bill makes it compulsory for every ministry and department of the Central government and each wing of the respective state governments to act within 15 days on complaints from the public, failing which an appeal could be filed with a higher authority that would have to dispose of the appeal within 30 days."
Oct 31, 2011 Wall Street Journal: Bribes, Bureaucracy Hobble India's New Entrepreneurs: "but India presents special obstacles—byzantine bureaucracy, moldering roads and power grids, cultural pressures that penalize risk-taking, and corruption"
Oct 31, 2011 JPC grills FinMin officials; CAG, R P Singh next in line: "Secretary, Finance R S Gujral and Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, R Gopalan appeared before the JPC to explain why the Finance Ministry did not submit the note -- which indicated that had then Finance Minister P Chidambaram insisted, the 2G spectrum could have been auctioned-- to the panel."
Oct 28, 2011 Govt to act against mining-tainted officials: "The Cabinet on Friday accepted the report of a high-level committee headed by Additional Chief Secretary K Jairaj that has recommended disciplinary action against 447 officials including three IAS officers and four from the IFS cadre for allegedly abetting illegal mining in the State."
Oct 27, 2011 Over 600 Karnataka officials may face action on illegal mining
Oct 27, 2011 Record 600 officials face action over illegal mining in Karnataka: "Among those facing suspension and other disciplinary actions are three officers of the highly-prized Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and four from the Indian Forest Service (IFS),"
Oct 26, 2011 Latimes: India's new Grand Prix track collides with tradition: "ranging in price from $55 to sit on the grass (equivalent to a factory worker's monthly pay) to $22,000 for a top corporate box (several lifetimes' wages for most Indians).", "Yet even as India boasts 55 billionaires, up from 49 in 2010, about 450 million of its people still lack access to a toilet. "
Oct 25, 2011 Karnataka PG medical entrance test scam kingpin arrested: "Seven doctors and 10 students were arrested last week for their alleged involvement in the scam. Prasanna had been allegedly indulging in the fraud for the past three years with the connivance of the staff of the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences"
Oct 25, 2011 CBI registers corruption cases against top NCL execs: "The accused, including the chairman-cum-managing director, allegedly resorted to corrupt practices in awarding tenders for the mining equipment and other accessories. They did not take any action against those supplying substandard quality mining equipments to the company."
Oct 25, 2011 CBI registers corruption cases against top NCL execs: "The accused, including the chairman-cum-managing director, allegedly resorted to corrupt practices in awarding tenders for the mining equipment and other accessories. They did not take any action against those supplying substandard quality mining equipments to the company."
Oct 23, 2011 Babus over netas?: "In theory, our democratic Constitution makes politicians accountable. In practice, the allegiance to dynasties, the cohesion to caste and religious denomination, the buying and selling of votes and mafioso domination make a mockery of such accountability. The prevailing national movement against corruption is one corrective."
Oct 23, 2011 Judge Saini raps govt, corporates and delivers 2G bombshell: "the CBI court charged former Telecom minister A Raja, Kanimozhi and former telecom officials with criminal breach of trust that could amount to life imprisonment."
Oct 22, 2011 Highway Robbery: "There is corruption beyond the 2G scam. India’s highways and road construction projects are mired in multi-million financial scandals. Ashish Khetan exposes the builder-official nexus that plagues our roads"
Oct 22, 2011 2G scam: What are the exact charges under section 409?: "Section 409, which is criminal conspiracy and means conviction of life sentence, has been upheld by the Special Court for 14 of the 17 accused."
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Dec 16, 2011 Bengal Hooch tragedy: Toll 171, excise officer suspended: "with the toll touching 171 amidst fears of more casualties as authorities suspended the excise officer-in-charge for dereliction of duty."
Dec 16, 2011 Indians pay $700M as bribe for land: study: "A whopping $700 million (about Rs 3,700 crore) is paid annually as bribe in India for land administration services,", "Land administration services include land legislation, registration, valuation/taxation, land-use planning, land allocation and information."
Dec 14, 2011 IRS officer dismissed from service: "A senior Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer has been dismissed from service after his plea against his conviction for amassing wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income was rejected by the Supreme Court."
Dec 14, 2011 Why shouldn’t MCD engineers pay demolition cost, asks HC: "The Delhi High Court has sought replies from nine MCD engineers why they should not be made to pay the cost of demolition of an unauthorised construction that came up under their watch."
Dec 14, 2011 Babus in Rs 3 lakh cr Odisha mining scam: Report: "We did not find any direct evidence against the politicians and their role need further probe, MB Shah said."
Dec 14, 2011 To battle graft, hit where it hurts: job security in govt: "The attractions of a government job, particularly at the lower and middle rungs, are job security, low workload, high number of holidays, the general comfort of low accountability, time-bound promotions and all other benefits that come with it. Once one is in, there is hardly a chance of getting thrown out.", "Corruption in the government offices is a low risk-high returns affair."
Dec 14, 2011 Jailed ministers invite court ire: "former ministers “fell sick” to avoid court appearances. He added the tainted leaders enjoyed a cosy relationship with RIMS authorities. “The RIMS medical board gives us certificates stating they are ill."
Dec 14, 2011 'CBI Registered Over 500 Corruption Cases in 2011': "The CVC has imposed penalty against 39,123 officers between 2008-10 for their alleged involvement in corrupt practices."
Dec 14, 2011 Quake scams can go deeper than Sharma’s role: "Bhuj Suspended IAS officer Pradip Sharma, who spent nearly 18 months in jail before being granted bail by the Supreme Court on Tuesday, is among the government officers who were hailed as rehabilitation heroes post 2001 Bhuj earthquake and now stand accused of power abuse to facilitate land scams."
Dec 14, 2011 Corruption has ‘taken over India’ but can be eliminated: "While "lower level bureaucracy and police thrive on bribes and baksheesh, higher level (depend) on grease money and scams... "The state withers away and in many parts of India what is left of the state, it appears, is only held together due to corruption and a sophisticated system of sharing the spoils.""
Dec 12, 2011 ACP names 14 top babus in FIR: "tremendous pressure was mounted on the complainant, who was working in the same jurisdiction and it was raided illegally. Higher officers forced him to write a false report that apart from the money, fake currency was found and seized."
Dec 11, 2011 Now, garbage scam raises stink in the Palike: "the Palike already has a garbage contract in place but the corporators continued to pressure the head office to give ‘second shift contract’ to the persons of their choice,”", "the Palike has paid roughly between Rs 45 crore to 50 crore in the last 18 months."
Dec 11, 2011 How much do the corrupt earn?: "Public officials in India may be cornering as much as Rs.92,122 crore ($18.42 billion), or 1.26 per cent of the GDP, through corruption", "Real estate and related business services involving registration of property and stamp duties account for Rs.12,534 crore ($2.5 billion) in corruption"
Dec 11, 2011 Biggest fire hazard is indulgent NOC babu: "Most water sprinklers and fire alarms in the basement as well as inside the hospital were dysfunctional"
Dec 11, 2011 Flying freebies: "The human resources committee of the carrier has found the temerity to propose to the Air India board that its CMD and numerous directors and general managers, along with their spouses, parents, siblings and children, be given free air tickets.", "And when officers pass away, the favours will be passed on a generation like heirlooms."
Dec 10, 2011 Bad data? Why $9.4 bn export reporting ‘mistake’ is a scandal: "Where did the rest of the $28-and-odd billion come from? From itsy-bitsy small engineering companies that are not in the BSE 500? Or was so much of illegal ore mined and sent by the Reddy brothers and their ilk in Goa, Odisha, Karnataka, and Jharkhand?"
Dec 10, 2011 CJs in Rural Bihar Expose Corruption: "CJs in Rural Bihar Expose Corruption CNN-IBN | Dec 10, 2011 at 08:21pm CJ Jaganath exposes corruption in NREGA scheme while CJ Dhanrajia Devi uncovers corruption in the PDS mechanism."
Dec 10, 2011 CJ Follow Up: Justice for Kapali Patne: "Kapali Patne's alleged medical negligence case remains caught in red-tapeism at the MCI. CJ Parikshit battles on."
Dec 9, 2011 Probe jail warden for corruption, robbery: Court: "allegation that the officer had first taken a Rs 5 lakh-bribe from a person to get his family members a job in the prison."
Dec 9, 2011 Why didn't help reach on time?: "One of the fire stations was not evern three minutes away from the hospital. The other one was about 1.5 km away. This should not have taken long since the incident happened in the morning. But, the fire tenders actually reached 90 minutes after the first call was made."
Dec 8, 2011 15000 salary, 13 crore assets: "the Lokayukta team found over Rupees 12 crore stashed in the house of a clerk working with Ujjain Municipal Corporation during a surprise raid at his residence."
Dec 8, 2011 भंवरी के पति पर भी गहराया सीबीआई का शक: "एक खबर ने राजस्थान के कम से कम डेढ़ सौ नेताओं, अफसरों और पुलिस अफसरों की नींद उड़ा दी है. खबर है ही कुछ ऐसी...सीबीआई को अजमेर के एक बैंक लॉकर से भंवरी देवी की डेढ़ सौ सीडी मिली हैं. इनमें कुछ सीडी में तो ब़ड़े-बड़े दिग्गज नेता न सिर्फ भंवरी के साथ डांस कर रहे हैं, बल्कि भंवरी की डांस पर नोट भी लुटा रहे हैं."
Dec 7, 2011 चपरासी के पास निकली 10 करोड़ की संपत्ति: "चपरासी के पद से नौकरी की शुरुआत करने वाले व्यक्ति के पास बड़ी-बड़ी चमचमाती गाड़ियां."
Dec 6, 2011 Is corruption the bane of local civic bodies?: "An IBN-Cobrapost expose showed how Delhi's municipal councillors act as middlemen to protect illegal constructions."
Dec 5, 2011 International Business Times: Deadly Snakes Unleashed in Government Office in India [VIDEO]: "Corruption in India is a serious national problem. Despite a new anti-corruption bill, the country has gotten worse over the past year, according to Transparency International's annual index. India scored the second worse of all the developing BRIC economies, just behind Russia. India was 95th place (of 183) on the list, a whole 20 places worse than China and just one spot better than Pakistan."
Dec 5, 2011 Bhushan blames PMO for withholding CD forensic report: "Prashant Bhushan today dragged the Prime Minister's Office into the controversial CD issue involving his father Shanti Bhushan alleging that it was behind withholding a forensic report which said it was doctored."
Dec 5, 2011 Panel wants review of immunity to babus: "constitutional protection provided to the bureaucracy was turning out to be a “major obstacle” in taking departmental action against corrupt officials."
Dec 4, 2011 RTI query busts major PDS scam in Maharashtra: "The RTI data reveal that more than 42 lakh bogus ration cards were issued in the state between 1995 and 2009."
Dec 4, 2011 Man dumps snakes in Tehsil office
Dec 4, 2011 IAS officer Srilakshmi sent to jail in OMC case: "Senior IAS officer Y Srilakshmi, arrested in the illegal mining case involving Gali Janardhan Reddy-owned Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC), was today sent to judicial custody till December 12"
Dec 4, 2011 Mining scam: Srilakshmi to be produced in court: "IAS bodies are worried that officers are becoming scapegoats while politicians are roaming scott-free."
Dec 4, 2011 Raja, Behura & Chandolia ‘core sector’ of 2G scam, says CBI: "Former Telecom Minister A Raja and two former bureaucrats RK Chandolia and Siddharth Behura were the “core sector” of conspiracy"
Dec 4, 2011 Govt orders COD probe into BBMP scam: "Karnataka Government today decided to order Corps of Detectives (COD) probe into the multi-crore financial scam in the Bruhut Banglore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP)."
Dec 4, 2011 IAS officer arrested in OMC mining scam: "The CBI today arrested IAS officer Y Srilakshmi in connection with the scam involving Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC), owned by former Karnataka Minister Gali Janardhan Reddy."
Dec 4, 2011 CBI nabs Andhra official in illegal mining case: "The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Monday arrested Andhra Pradesh bureaucrat Y. Srilakshmi in the illegal mining case involving Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) of former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhana Reddy."
Dec 3, 2011 Punished by snakes: "Two farmers in northern India come up with an unusual way to protest corruption."
Dec 3, 2011 Scam with a top ‘billing’: "the fake bills scam, the size of which could hit stratospheric levels at Rs 20,000 crore and beyond! Shell-shocked by the scale, by the astounding audacity of the racket, you seethe in rage, demand answers, and scream for the heads to start rolling. Surely, the Palike’s chest now has more scams than funds. But the sheer size of the latest scam could rival even the infamous Commonwealth Games (CWG) embezzlement"
Dec 3, 2011 S M Krishna, two ex-chief ministers face probe in mining scam: "Besides Krishna, two other former CMs Dharam Singh and Kumaraswamy, both are MPs now, and 11 senior officials have been accused of conspiracy and corruption. The complainant stated that Singh ordered issuance of temporary transport permits for the movement of iron and manganese ore from agricultural patta lands, resulting in a loss of Rs 23.22 crore to the government. He stated that Kumaraswamy had illegally approved a mining lease in 550 acres of land in favour of Shree Sai Venkateshwara Minerals and committed illegalities with Jantkal Mining Company."
Dec 2, 2011 BBC: India telecoms trial bail blocked for RK Chandolia: "Fourteen people are on trial for the alleged mis-selling of telecoms licences which auditors say cost the country about $40bn (£24.5bn)."
Dec 2, 2011 Tainted IAS officer Srilakshmi out on conditional bail: "conditional bail to senior IAS officer Yerra Srilakshmi who was arrested on the charge of favouring mining firms owned by former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhana Reddy."
Dec 2, 2011 IAS topper arrives in jail: "Srilakshmi was put up in an anteroom in one of the suites after she requested not to be sent to a police station lock-up. She was allowed food from her home — a 12-room bungalow with a garden and a tennis court — a courtesy extended because she is an IAS officer and the wife of an IPS officer"
Dec 2, 2011 IAS officer gets bail in illegal mining case in Karnataka: "A local court today granted bail to senior IAS officer Yerra Srilakshmi who was arrested on charges of abusing her official position and granting favours to a mining company owned by former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhan Reddy."
Dec 1, 2011 IAS officer Srilakshmi suspended: "The Andhra Pradesh government on Thursday suspended Y Srilakshmi, a 1988-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer arrested recently in connection with the illegal mining case."
Dec 1, 2011 Lower bureaucracy major source of corruption: Bhushan: "Team Anna member Prashant Bhushan on Thursday said that Lokpal Bill should cover all the government employees."
Nov 29, 2011 Lokayukta gets teeth: "the rules were blatantly misused to protect corrupt officials. There were instances wherein corrupt officials facing serious charges were reinstated to the same post within two months after suspension. In some cases, the suspended have been promoted and posted to more lucrative positions."
Nov 29, 2011 Behind biggest I-T seizure, a case of multiplying crores: "Having dropped out after matriculation, Lal Babu’s rise to riches, officials say, began with his association with two BCCL general managers, D C Jha and S P Singh, as well as BJP Jharia MLA Kunti Singh. The latter is the widow of the late coal mafia don Surya Dev Singh."
Nov 27, 2011 Fraud in Purchase of Book in SKM University Coming to Light: "The Lokayukta Court has issued notices to the former and the present Vice Chancellor. The allegations of fraud are to the tune of 1.3 crore on Victor Tigga and 50 lacs on Bashir Ahmed."
Nov 26, 2011 CBI raids properties of S M Krishna's ex-secretary: "The CBI on Friday searched the four premises belonging to a woman IAS officer, Dhanalakshmi Gowda, in Delhi and Bangalore in a disproportionate assets case."
Nov 26, 2011 CBI searches Karnataka IAS officer's house in graft case: "She allegedly acquired assets to the tune of Rs.3.15 crore in her name as well as in her mother's name,"
Nov 25, 2011 BBMP engineer held in fake bill scam: "works worth at least Rs 600 crore were shown as executed in Gandhinagar, although in fact only very few of them were actually implemented. But money was paid in full to the contractors on the basis of fake bills."
Nov 24, 2011 Bangalore bureaucracy drives IT companies to Bengal
Nov 24, 2011 Mayawati govt misusing state funds: Rahul Gandhi: "The Congress General Secretary claims that the MNREGA funds go to middlemen, ministers and officials."
Nov 24, 2011 Mayawati govt misusing state funds: Rahul Gandhi: "The Congress General Secretary claims that the MNREGA funds go to middlemen, ministers and officials."
Nov 23, 2011 CBI probing Srinagar land scam, says Antony: "The ministry’s internal probe pointed to collusion among officials of the defence estates department and state government and land sharks who got together to sell more than 200 acres of land"
Nov 23, 2011 Fake bill scam could be bigger: "The Rs 1,539-crore fake bill scam that has hit the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) could be much bigger than what has come to light so far, according to Dr Rajvir Pratap Sharma, Inspector General of Police"
Nov 18, 2011 RTI activist alleges foul play in selection of Indian Rupee symbol: "the 3,331 designs were analyzed in only three meetings of the committee. According to him, the jury took approximately 18 seconds to decide on a design in an analysis period of three days.", "Interestingly, the winner D Udaya Kumar is the son of former DMK MLA, N Dharmalingam.", "Singh adds that according to the rules, a participant could send only two entries whereas Udaya Kumar sent four. He alleges that a few members of the jury were absent at the time of selection of the design"
Nov 18, 2011 BBC: India minister says rural jobs funds spent on toys: "Funds meant to provide work to India's rural poor have been diverted by corrupt officials", "It is also home to a large number of poor with 56 million people earning less than $1 a day and 300,000 not even managing to get one square meal a day."
Nov 18, 2011 SAI scam: CBI team raids SAI’s Sonepat centre: "Alleged cost of property of SAI officers 1. BK Sinha former Secreatary SAI, New Delhi : Rs 50 crores 2. Shiv Sharma, former deputy director SAI, New Delhi : Rs 50 crores 3. PC Kashyap, executive direcotor SAI at New Delhi : Rs 25.85 crores 4. Satish Sarhadi, deputy director SAI at Kurukshetra : Rs 5.08 crores 5. AK Sharma, former director SAI, Sonepat : Rs 2 crores 6. PK Mattu, assistant director SAI at Patiala : Rs 1.55 crores"
Nov 18, 2011 अवैध खनन:आईएएस अधिकारी से फिर पूछताछ: "वो कच्चे लोहे के अवैध खनन के उस मामले में अभियुक्त हैं जिस में कर्नाटक के पूर्व मंत्री गाली जनार्धन रेड्डी को गिरफ़्तार किया जा चुका है."
Nov 18, 2011 Probe MNREGA in UP: Jairam to Maya: "Intensifying his attack on Mayawati, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has written a fresh letter accusing her of protecting those involved in alleged irregularities in implementation of MNREGA in some districts while providing names of corrupt officials."
Nov 17, 2011 Four sentenced to life in CBSE question paper leak case: "Rasheed and Vijayan had travelled to Car Nicobar on February 14 and met Raju, who was the principal of the government senior secondary school in Lapathy, to get the question papers photocopied for their children. A Car Nicobar police officer, who aided them in the crime, was later suspended."
Nov 16, 2011 CVC penalises over 200 officials for corruption: "Out of the total of 201 government employees, the highest number of 46 were from Central Board of Excise and Customs, 29 from Syndicate Bank, 20 from State Bank of India and 13 each from Delhi Development Authority and Ministry of Railways among others, a CVC report said. Besides them, 11 officials each from Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, Allahabad Bank and Punjab National Bank, five each from United India Insurance Company Limited and Ministry of Urban Development have also been penalised."
Nov 16, 2011 Wall Street Journal: Mining Probe Threatens Top Indian Party: "Goa state accounts for nearly half of India's 100 million tons of exports of iron ore last year, most of which went to China.", "a culture of "bribing" of state and federal government officials."
Nov 15, 2011 High court orders CBI probe into NRHM scam: "Two ministers -- family welfare minister Babu Singh Kushwaha and health minister Anant Kumar Mishra -- were sacked by chief minister Mayawati after their names figured in the scam. Recently, the CBI also raided several eye hospitals and found that most of the names of people, who were shown to be operated for cataract, were false"
Nov 13, 2011 Kingdom of Sloth Jittery over RTI, babus slip into deep freeze
Nov 13, 2011 OMC mining case: CBI arrests ex-MD of AP mining body: "CBI today arrested V D Rajagopal, the former vice-chairman and MD of Andhra Pradesh Mineral Development Corporation.", "With the arrest of Rajagopal, the focus now shifts to senior IAS officer Y Srilakshmi, who too has been named as an accused in the OMC case."
Nov 12, 2011 The Star: How India’s health care woes gave birth to private medicine: "Recent surveys conducted by the World Bank and others suggest doctors and nurses in India are absent from their posts at least 40 per cent of the time.", "India’s public health budget is among the lowest in the world. The country spends $32.71 per person per year on health. Canada, by contrast, spent $5,452 per person in 2009. What money is committed to health care often disappears. The Indian magazine Tehelka recently reported that much of the $18 billion in federal health transfer payments to Uttar Pradesh, India’s largest state, are unaccounted for. Several medical officers in Uttar Pradesh who publicly complained about corruption have been murdered. Corruption often starts from birth, literally. Fathers are forced to pay bribes to see their newborns. Others are extorted to get their child’s birth certificate", "In a recent Massachusetts Institute of Technology survey in India, 79 per cent said they opted for private doctors or traditional healers rather than government-run hospitals."
Nov 12, 2011 Congress demands CBI probe into BBMP works: "Congress today asked the Karnataka government to order a CBI probe into the alleged Rs 15,000 crore scam in civic works undertaken by Bruhut Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) in the last three years."
Nov 11, 2011 Passport after 2 yrs: HC orders relief for applicant: "The passport authorities have been asked to pay Rs 15,000 as compensation to a 21-year-old law student who had to wait two years to get his passport.", "“The petitioner has been harassed for no fault of his and needs to be compensated,”"
Nov 10, 2011 'Jail rules stringent again after BSY exit': "the rules were bent to suit the former CM and his stream of visitors."
Nov 10, 2011 CBI grills industrialist Radhakrishnan: "The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday interrogated industrialist V M Radhakrishnan alias Chakku Radhakrishnan in connection with a case in which the CBI arrested Indian Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) officials for according star ratings to certain hotels after accepting bribes."
Nov 9, 2011 CBI set to book officials of mahajan era: "The CBI is set to book former and serving officials of the Department of Telec-ommunications (DoT) in connection with its probe into alleged irregularities in awarding spectrum licences when the late Pramod Mahajan was communications minister."
Nov 8, 2011 CBI to file FIR in Airbus-Indian Airlines deal: "CBI is likely to file case against Airbus, erstwhile Indian Airlines and senior civil aviation officials for alleged irregularities in over Rs 8,000-crore deal for supplying 43 aircraft to erstwhile Indian Airlines in 2005.", "clauses which governed setting up of an MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) unit, training centre and a warehouse, worth USD 17.5 crore by Airbus, were allegedly diluted by some officials."
Nov 8, 2011 Tigers poached in connivance with staff at Panna: Government report: "forest staff on occasions were involved in destroying evidence of poaching. In one case, forest officers, the field director said, took a bribe to suppress evidence of poaching."
Nov 6, 2011 Oops, corrupt IAS officer gets a hoarding in Bhopal: "Tinu Joshi, whose house produced three crores in cash when raided last year, made it into a list of women whose photos are part of a government campaign for the girl child."
Nov 6, 2011 Roots of Corruption in India: "the British government acknowledged that, given the vast discretionary powers of the administrators, there could be the temptation to skim from the booty. So, they put in place a system that ensured that British officials posted to India would be very well paid -- and punished for dishonesty -- in order to mitigate the urge to dip into the coffers. When India gained Independence in 1947, Prime Minister Nehru retained the extensive powers of the British colonial administration -- including laws that gave officials the right to intervene in almost any aspect of daily life. However, at the same time, he also dramatically reduced salaries in the public sector."
Nov 6, 2011 Naveen Patnaik protecting the corrupt: Anti-graft group: "Corruption watchdog Transparency International India Thursday accused Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik of protecting the corrupt and not acting against tainted officials despite a public outcry. The statement by the group comes a day after the state government opened a dispensary in the confiscated house of a tainted former Indian Administrative Service Officer (IAS) in state capital Bhubaneswar."
Nov 6, 2011 HC slams DDA’s Rohini housing scheme: Source of fertile litigation: "nearly 120,000 applicants found themselves registered under the scheme, as per which DDA became obliged to allot a plot of land to each applicant as per priority position assigned to each applicant"
Nov 4, 2011 7 tainted IAS, IFS officers: "The committee constituted by the State government to study the Lokayukta mining report has recommended that disciplinary action be initiated against seven All India Service officers, who were identified in the ombudsman’s report."
Nov 4, 2011 Govt to tell SC why Sinha made Sebi chief: ""There are clear indications that there is a nexus between the ministry of finance and major corporate players and that free and fair functioning of Sebi is no longer possible."", "the finance minister had nominated B L Meena, brother of minister of state for finance Namo Narain Meena, and Shashi Kant Sharma as his nominees in the search-cum-selection committee."
Nov 3, 2011 Lavasa: Bureaucrats likely to face legal action: "Sources say that criminal proceedings against the promoters will begin from Thursday."
Nov 3, 2011 ED to attach Rs 350-crore assets of IAS couple: "The Enforcement Directorate will attach properties of suspended IAS couple in Madhya Pradesh, Arvind and Tinu Joshi, who have allegedly amassed illegal assets worth Rs 350 crore."
Nov 3, 2011 The lackadaisical Bengali babu: Will he ever change?: "West Bengal’s big industrialists are busy conducting a mahayagna to change the state’s business climate. Nine days. 100 yagna kunds. 500 pundits. 1.25 lakh ahutis.", "turning the tide in West Bengal might prove to be the ultimate challenge for God, man and godman. West Bengal is just not used to going to work."
Nov 2, 2011 Orissa: IAS, IPS officers get 'quota' flats: "Apart from judges, IAS and IPS officers have also benefited from the ministers discretionary powers in Orissa."
Nov 2, 2011 Time to stop discretionary land allotments by govts?: "Former and sitting judges of Orissa, police officers and bureaucrats have received flats under ministers' quota."
Nov 2, 2011 Note row prompts PMO to deny RTI pleas on 2G scam: "The fallout of the political storm over the finance ministry's March 25th "2G background" note has become apparent, with the PMO invoking possible breach of privilege of Parliament and rules of Lok Sabha to deny further RTI requests."
Nov 2, 2011 Govt unveils draft bill to fight bureaucratic graft: "The draft bill makes it compulsory for every ministry and department of the Central government and each wing of the respective state governments to act within 15 days on complaints from the public, failing which an appeal could be filed with a higher authority that would have to dispose of the appeal within 30 days."
Oct 31, 2011 Wall Street Journal: Bribes, Bureaucracy Hobble India's New Entrepreneurs: "but India presents special obstacles—byzantine bureaucracy, moldering roads and power grids, cultural pressures that penalize risk-taking, and corruption"
Oct 31, 2011 JPC grills FinMin officials; CAG, R P Singh next in line: "Secretary, Finance R S Gujral and Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, R Gopalan appeared before the JPC to explain why the Finance Ministry did not submit the note -- which indicated that had then Finance Minister P Chidambaram insisted, the 2G spectrum could have been auctioned-- to the panel."
Oct 28, 2011 Govt to act against mining-tainted officials: "The Cabinet on Friday accepted the report of a high-level committee headed by Additional Chief Secretary K Jairaj that has recommended disciplinary action against 447 officials including three IAS officers and four from the IFS cadre for allegedly abetting illegal mining in the State."
Oct 27, 2011 Over 600 Karnataka officials may face action on illegal mining
Oct 27, 2011 Record 600 officials face action over illegal mining in Karnataka: "Among those facing suspension and other disciplinary actions are three officers of the highly-prized Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and four from the Indian Forest Service (IFS),"
Oct 26, 2011 Latimes: India's new Grand Prix track collides with tradition: "ranging in price from $55 to sit on the grass (equivalent to a factory worker's monthly pay) to $22,000 for a top corporate box (several lifetimes' wages for most Indians).", "Yet even as India boasts 55 billionaires, up from 49 in 2010, about 450 million of its people still lack access to a toilet. "
Oct 25, 2011 Karnataka PG medical entrance test scam kingpin arrested: "Seven doctors and 10 students were arrested last week for their alleged involvement in the scam. Prasanna had been allegedly indulging in the fraud for the past three years with the connivance of the staff of the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences"
Oct 25, 2011 CBI registers corruption cases against top NCL execs: "The accused, including the chairman-cum-managing director, allegedly resorted to corrupt practices in awarding tenders for the mining equipment and other accessories. They did not take any action against those supplying substandard quality mining equipments to the company."
Oct 25, 2011 CBI registers corruption cases against top NCL execs: "The accused, including the chairman-cum-managing director, allegedly resorted to corrupt practices in awarding tenders for the mining equipment and other accessories. They did not take any action against those supplying substandard quality mining equipments to the company."
Oct 23, 2011 Babus over netas?: "In theory, our democratic Constitution makes politicians accountable. In practice, the allegiance to dynasties, the cohesion to caste and religious denomination, the buying and selling of votes and mafioso domination make a mockery of such accountability. The prevailing national movement against corruption is one corrective."
Oct 23, 2011 Judge Saini raps govt, corporates and delivers 2G bombshell: "the CBI court charged former Telecom minister A Raja, Kanimozhi and former telecom officials with criminal breach of trust that could amount to life imprisonment."
Oct 22, 2011 Highway Robbery: "There is corruption beyond the 2G scam. India’s highways and road construction projects are mired in multi-million financial scandals. Ashish Khetan exposes the builder-official nexus that plagues our roads"
Oct 22, 2011 2G scam: What are the exact charges under section 409?: "Section 409, which is criminal conspiracy and means conviction of life sentence, has been upheld by the Special Court for 14 of the 17 accused."
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