FIR to be filed against officials as Andhra suffers loss in JV: "FIR against six persons including two IAS officers and an IPS officer for allegedly causing Rs 660-crore loss to Andhra Pradesh government by hatching a conspiracy to favour a company."
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Shinde alleged bribe in bid to fix Sonawane: "Shinde complained to the Anti-Corruption Bureau five months ago that Sonawane was seeking a bribe from him."
Oil mafia Popat Shinde's son says his father was forced to commit suicide: "Sonawane, his PA Rajendra Kale and driver Kailash Gawli had been torturing my father for paying Rs two lakhs.", "Frustated with the demand of money by a senior official, my father poured kerosene on himself and set on fire. Sonawane tried to douse the fire but was also caught in the fire,""
Former JPSC Chairman sent to jail
The Minister versus the civil servant: "Overzealous and greedy civil servants have contributed equally to the dilution of standards. Many of them have looked the other way when Ministers were found indulging in malpractices. Worse is the case of those who have themselves functioned as conduits for money passing to Ministers. A third category comprises those who are themselves guilty of corruption and cannot blame their Ministers of unethical behaviour. How else do you explain an IAS-officer couple in Madhya Pradesh having been allegedly found to have assets worth more than Rs.300 crore?", "The growing feeling among major investors from the developed world that they cannot do business in India without paying bribes is a matter of shame."
CWG scam: panel indicts ex-Prasar Bharati CEO: "The panel has laid the blame squarely at door of Prasar Bharati CEO BS Lalli for causing loss worth Rs 135 crore to the exchequer."
Bureaucracy: Corruption In Black & Black: "Still counting? Currency seized at the Bhopal residence of the Joshis", "I-T raids reveal IAS officer couple Tinu and Arvind Joshi have amassed some Rs 360 crore", "They had invested in stocks, hotels, resorts and the liquor trade", "The new buzzword at Mantralaya in Bhopal is ‘Joshied the money’, meaning, stashed away huge amounts of currency under beds and carpets, inside sofas and in other such places."
Sonawane killing: Accused had 'complained' of corrupt officials: "The accused reportedly told the police that PA Raju Kale and driver Kailash Gawli were each being paid Rs 2,000 every month. The duo would come to collect their hafta regularly."
50 DoT officials under CVC scanner for alleged graft: "The Central Vigilance Commission has imposed major penalty on 226 officials of different government organisations for their alleged involvement in corrupt practices. Out of the total 226, a highest of 50 are from Department of Communications, 36 from Central Board of Excise & Customs, 23 from Ministry of Railways and 13 from State Bank of India."
Declare assets or face jail, Jharkhand tells employees: "Earlier, only IAS and IPS officials had to declare their assets every year but their declaration of assets was not monitored. More than 80 percent of IAS and IPS officials did not declare their assets for two to three years."
Bihar’s anti-corruption drive: Declare assets or go without salary, says Nitish: "the government asked IAS officials to make the disclosure by January 31, but the majority failed to do so."
Corrupt babus making life miserable for SMUs: Survey
Corruption, nepotism cloud Haryana Civil Services merit list: "allegations ranging from nepotism to the fixing of interviews.", "how the interview marks swung the result is that of Vikas, nephew of HPSC member PP Pandit, Vikas scored only 359 out of 600 in the mains (among the lowest for those called for interview), but his 66 out of 75 in the interview was among the highest. His rank, 288 after the mains, went up to 57, a jump of 231. He has now been selected as Assistant Excise and Taxation Officer (AETO). ", "Failed candidate: they asked me why Muslims are generally terrorists"
IAS couple: I-T wing to initiate attachment proceedings soon: "Tainted Madhya Pradesh IAS couple Arvind and Tinu Joshi, whose ill-gotten wealth has been valued at a whopping Rs 360-crore, can face penalty, prosecution or attachment proceedings soon"
Adarsh scam: Ramanand Tiwari suspended: "Another retired IAS officer Subhash Lalla resigned as member of the State Human Rights Commission earlier this month against the backdrop of his alleged involvement in the scam."
India: Disgraced bureaucrat couple had $80M wealth
Another illegal jailbird PCO found at Sabarmati: "they ran a veritable public telephone service for other inmates using a mobile phone that they had smuggled inside. "They charged Rs 50 per call,"", "Several mobiles have been seized from inside the jail."
I-T report to tainted IAS couple's rescue?
In MP, babus sleep on bed of cash: "An IAS couple here owns 25 flats and 400 acres of land.", "the I-T department opened two lockers belonging to the wife of a PWD executive engineer Ashok Kumar Jain and found 7.8 kg of gold mostly in bars and Rs 1.6 crore in cash."
Tainted IAS officer couple worth Rs 360 crore: "The report also claimed that Arvind Joshi had allegedly indulged in speculative trading in shares, futures and options to the tune of Rs 270 crore in the last three years."
Bureaucrats baffled by IAS couple's Rs.300 crore empire: "The illegal assets of over Rs.300 crore amassed by an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers husband-wife duo in Madhya Pradesh was ''mind-blowing''"
Britain says 'wife-beater' Verma, family need to leave
Another Indian diplomat recalled, this time for misbehaving on flight
GoM to debate lifting protection to bureaucrats in corruption cases
The Evil of Corruption in India: "surprise raids would reveal unaccounted-for assets in the homes of nearly every politician and senior official. As someone who has the dubious distinction of having covered Indian politics for more than thirty years, I believe I am in an excellent position to tell you the changes I have seen in the lifestyle of our elected representatives and it could only have changed with the complicity of our civil servants. In the seventies and eighties when I covered Parliament, the MPs I met dressed so humbly that more than ninety per cent of them would not have spent more on their attire than your average aam aadmi. The women wore cheap cotton saris, slippers bought for a few rupees on Janpath and almost no jewellery. Their watches were Indian as were their handbags. The men dressed in even humbler fashion usually buying their entire outfit from Khadi Gramodyog in Connaught Place. Now things have changed so dramatically that if you keep your eyes open when the next session of Parliament begins you will yourself be able to see the changes. Look first at the handbags that our lady MPs carry and you will notice that nearly every one of them is made by some international designer. The more modest MPs carry Louis Vuitton handbags and those who are not ashamed to flaunt their wealth carry handbags by more exclusive brands like Chanel, Bottega Veneta and Hermes. Check the prices of these handbags and you will see that they start at Rs 1,00,000 and can go up to Rs 10 lakh per bag. The shoes these ladies wear start at around Rs 40,000.  I cannot remember the last time I saw a lady MP who was not wearing an extremely expensive foreign watch. This is true of our male MPs as well and usually out of their humble khadi pockets peep very expensive Mont Blanc pens. Now start doing the math. Anyone who can spend so much money on trifles must have a great deal more to spend on more important things like homes and cars and they do. When I wander about the homes of political leaders these days I find myself dazzled by the crystal and china, the fine carpets and the silverware. So if an income tax raid were to be sprung upon almost any of our elected representatives, they would have a lot of explaining to do. It goes without saying that a measure like this will never be implemented because when it comes to looting public money there is an all-party consensus. Not even our communist friends would suggest random income tax raids on public servants as a means of controlling corruption. Then there is the problem that the income tax inspectors are not exactly paragons of virtue. But I have brought up the matter this week in the hope that you understand what can be done and why it is that every political party now believes in constituencies being passed down in hereditary fashion.Hereditary democracy is so widespread that according to last week’s Outlook magazine, every MP under the age of 30 has inherited his seat from some indulgent parent or relative.", "two-thirds of Lok Sabha MPs under 40 are hereditary. This is because there is no easier way to make money in India today than through a career in politics. This is why everyone from criminals and mafia dons to movie stars and big industrialists willingly give up their private lives to become public servants. Unfortunately, this is very bad for India."
UK asks India to waive diplomatic immunity to 'wife beater' envoy
Govt boots out 'wife-beater' diplomat
Wife-beating charges: Indian diplomat recalled from UK: ""Throughout their time over here, Anil would boast about his diplomatic immunity and he would tell Paromita that no one could touch him because of it. He would goad her and say, 'Call the police as many times as you want. I've got diplomatic immunity'."
Custom of corruption: "The CBI catching customs and central excise department senior officer, KB Mahadik, red-handed accepting a bribe of Rs1.9 crores shows the level of corruption in India", "This loot of public money is only the tip of the iceberg."
CBI nabs customs officer accepting Rs1.9 crore bribe: "A subsequent search operation at his residence led to seizure of Rs6.37 crore in cash, USD800, 250gm of gold, 15kg of silver vessels and a deer skin. This was besides 80 files containing documents of flats and land purchased by Mahadik",  "CBI had received reliable information on Friday at 8.30am that a Jalna-based businessman running a steel rolling business was coming to Pune to hand over a substantial bribe to Mahadik to evade excise duty. “When Mahadik arrived at Kohinoor Estate, Wakadewadi at around 9pm, he was arrested while taking a white bag containing about Rs1.9 crore. The bribe-giver fled but was nabbed and arrested later,”"
Vigilance Bureau raids JPSC office: "related to irregularities in appointment of officers through civil service examinations."
Bankrupt BBMP has money to flush down the drain: "The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) apparently faces a funds crunch. But it does not think twice about rebuilding a drain at a cost of Rs four crore, which was constructed just four years ago."
Rape victim languishes in jail while accused roams free
Maha Information Commissioner to be suspended
ndian diplomat in UK accused of assaulting wife: " Anil Verma, a senior Indian diplomat at the high commission here, has been accused of assaulting his wife but he is escaping prosecution by British Police by claiming diplomatic immunity"
Graft lens on ex-tech regulator: "The indictment of R. Natarajan comes days after the agency had nailed the now-suspended All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) chairman, R.A. Yadav, in another corruption case. Natarajan was head of the AICTE when the regulator allowed the Chennai-based JA Institute of Engineering and Technology to increase its seats against the recommendations of an expert committee."
In Punjab, DCs to get Rs 10L annual grant to host VIPs: "It's official. The "oopar ka kharcha" required by officials for "khatirdari" of VIPs will be paid by the government."
IT Dept seeks Rs 1.5 crore in tax from suspended IAS officer: "The Income Tax Department has assessed the total taxable income of suspended IAS officer Rajesh Rajora, facing corruption charges, at Rs 5.21 crore and fixed a tax liability of Rs 1.5 crore against him."
Lokayukta nabs Mangalore jailor: "for accepting a bribe of Rs 1,000 from a person to allow his ailing friend who was in judicial custoday to be medically examined."
Adarsh scam: First head rolls, babu resigns
Top MP babu's fake certificates exposed
Nitish govt cracks whip on babus to reveal all: "has asked all IAS officers in Bihar to declare their assets - as part of its campaign to weed out corruption in the state.", "About 400 employees and officials, including serving IAS and IPS officers, have been nabbed by the vigilance sleuths. ", "Prominent officials who face charges of corruption include former director general of police Narain Mishra, IAS officer S. S. Verma, former drug controller of the state Y. K. Jaiswal and former Rajbhasha director D. K. Choudhary."
CBI recovers over Rs 35 lakh from two IT officials: "including a Joint Commissioner, arrested by the agency in a bribery case. Arun Gurjar, a 1999 batch Indian Revenue Service officer"
etters: Cure for corruption: "In India, ruling political parties have been punished by the people at the ballot box. But corrupt bureaucrats remain virtually untouched owing to inherent service rules governing the Indian Administrative Services."
BDA babus engineer a scam
Corrupt bureaucrats are like sleeper cells, dangerous: "Pakistan has been ruined by the army and India by the bureaucracy”.", " 2009 Asian survey that ranked Singapore as the country with the best bureaucracy and India, the worst.", "The lobby of corrupt bureaucrats lies virtually untouched; like a computer virus deeply embedded in the system, which we know is infected but cannot be repaired."
Adarsh fallout: 2 ex-babus told to quit posts: "the axe has fallen on information commissioner Ramanand Tiwari and state human rights commission member Subhash Lalla for their alleged involvement in the Adarsh cooperative housing society scam. On Monday evening, both ex-bureaucrats were summoned to Mantralaya and, as per the directives of chief minister Prithviraj Chavan, were asked to quit"
The Telegraph - India's corrupt civil servants courted as potential grooms: "India's civil servants are being targeted as potential grooms by ambitious families who believe their income from bribes offers financial stability.", "Government offices in Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state, have reported a surge in visits from families looking for potential grooms for their daughters among new recruits to the civil service. Although most civil servants earn tiny salaries, they can still take home vast sums from corrupt dealings, depending on which department they serve. The Indian government is currently paralysed over allegations of corruption in Commonwealth Games projects and the allocation of mobile phone operator licenses.", "One civil servant told India Today magazine the state's Public Civil Service Commission had been visited by more than 5,000 families searching for grooms with lucrative bribe income potential.The state's former Director-General of Police, IC Dwivedi, told The Daily Telegraph families wanted their daughters to marry civil servants because they know they will take home high, tax-free bribe payments.", ""There is widespread acceptance of graft in the society. No parent gives a damn about monthly salary, all they are concerned about is whether he [the groom] is at a position which allows him to take bribes,""