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Jan 5, 2014 PAs stay put in departments, breed corruption: "The arrest of Mayank Shrotiya, personal assistant of public relations minister Rajendra Shukla, by the Lokayukta police for accepting a bribe of Rs 2,000, on a day when chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan declared 'zero tolerance' towards corruption, has taken government brass by surprise."
Jan 5, 2014 An open and shut case of bribery against Virbhadra Singh: BJP: "BJP leader Anurag Thakur said it was an open and shut case of bribery against Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh. 'Virbhadra Singh is changing statements everyday,' Thakur added. However, Singh has made it clear that he will not resign in the wake of the corruption allegations leveled against him by the BJP."
Jan 5, 2014 Akhilesh's men shield rapists?: "Gangraped and threatened and now forced to fight for justice-- that is the story of a 22 year old from Ferozabad, who has been waiting for the last two months to see her rapists behind bars. Even as her fight continues, the victims alleges that a top SP leader is shielding the accused."
Jan 5, 2014 Arvind Kejriwal opts for a humble house, will other CMs follow suit?: "Facing criticism from opposition parties and keeping the 'aam aadmi' image in mind, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal refused the 5-bedroom duplex house that was allotted to him. In line with his promises of shunning the VIP culture in Delhi, the search is on for a smaller house for the one-week-old 'aam aadmi' chief minister."
Jan 5, 2014 Ramdev hits out at Congress, calls Nehru 'maut ka maha saudagar': "Yoga guru Ramdev on Sunday hit out at the Congress for targeting BJP prime ministerial candidate and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and calling him 'maut ka saudagar'. Ramdev said if Modi is branded 'maut ka saudagar', then Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was a bigger mass murderer."
Jan 4, 2014 Cops guarding Ajay Katara offered Rs 50 lakh for not defending him: "Three UP police constables, deputed for security of Ajay Katra-- prime witness in Nitish Katara murder case, filed a complaint today alleging their colleague offered them Rs 50 lakh each for "not defending" Ajay during an attack planned "at the behest of politician D P Yadav"."
Jan 4, 2014 UP riots: No action against leaders?: "Uttar Pradesh Government is not mulling to withdraw cases against Muslim leaders involved in the violence in Muzaffarnagar and instead of acting against those who incited violence, is the Samajwadi Party Government using different yardstick for Muslim leaders."
Jan 4, 2014 After paid vacation & now plagiarism: "Despite criticism their foreign junkets have continued at the taxpayer's expense year after year. The Karnataka MLAs have justified their vacation as study tours. But now that excuse rings hollow as the report submitted by these MLAs who went on global tours has allegedly been copied from internet."
Jan 4, 2014 SP workers assault attendant in U.P.: "Ruling Samajwadi Party leaders and their supporters allegedly assaulted staff at two toll plazas and brandished their weapons when they were asked to buy tokens, just days after SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav warned his partymen that hooliganism won't be tolerated. Ajitmal Block Pramukh Devendra Yadav and his gunner allegedly beat up the employees of Mohari toll plaza in Auraiya last night when they were asked to pay the tax, sources said. They also did not spare the officials who rushed to mediate and beat them up, they said."
Jan 4, 2014 Is Manmohan Singh a lame-duck Prime Minister?: "After Prime Minister Manmohan Singh virtually announcing his retirement from politics and ruling himself out of the 2014 prime minister's race, he came under severe attack from the opposition parties for not accepting the loopholes during his tenure in which many scams, price rise issue had surfaced."
Jan 4, 2014 I-T finds irregularities in Virbhadra's agricultural income: Report: "Income Tax authorities in Himachal Pradesh have found irregularities in the agricultural income filed by Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh. According to reports, IT authorities have allegedly stumbled upon revelations that tonnes of apples from Virbhadra Singh's orchards were transported in oil tankers and on two wheelers."
Jan 4, 2014 Karnataka MLAs plagiarise reports on global study tours: "The global study tours conducted by Karnataka MLAs has led to a fresh controversy. While the controversy over their foreign junkets year after year at the taxpayer's expense is still afresh, reports accessed by CNN-IBN has shown how brazenly they had been copying text from the internet to file reports on their so-called study tours."
Jan 3, 2014 TDP charges PM with 'protecting' corruption: "his press conference as an attempt to cover up his government's failures."
Jan 3, 2014 Has Manmohan Singh overstayed as the Prime Minister?: "The Prime Minister is set to hold his first press conference in 3 years. Many are speculating that his interaction is possibly his last as the head of the country. From high inflation rates, to rise in terror attacks, to several multi-crore scams, Singh-led government has been in the line of fire through the years."
Jan 3, 2014 Watch: PM answers questions after his 'farewell' speech: "Prime Minister Manmohan Singh addressed the media at the newly built National Media Centre on Raisina Marg. This was his third press meet after he took charge as the Prime Minister in May 2004."
Jan 2, 2014 Bribegate expose Part 2: "TIMES NOW exposes a series of financial transactions between businessman Vakamullah Chandrashekhar, the CM and his wife Pratibha. Documents with TIMES NOW prove Rs 60 lakh was transferred to the CM's wife just one month before the extension of the contract to a power firm."
Jan 2, 2014 Cong refuses to probe former CMs indicted in Adarsh Commission report: "The Maharashtra government reviewed its stand on the Adarsh commission report on Thursday after criticism by Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi. But the exercise has turned out to be an eyewash as there will be no investigation against the former chief ministers indicted by the commission."
Jan 2, 2014 Talking Point: Is the Maharashtra govt’s action on Adarsh report a total eyewash?: "Although the Maharashtra Cabinet has reviewed its stand on the Adarsh Commission report, the Congress government has refused to probe the former chief ministers indicted by the panel. The politicians mentioned in the report include Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde "
Jan 2, 2014 Maharashtra accepts Adarsh report, rules out action against politicians: "Pushed to the wall, the Maharashtra cabinet on Thursday went through the motions of accepting parts of the Adarsh inquiry commission's report, but showed little or no interest in initiating action against the politicians named by it."
Jan 1, 2014 BJP demands HP CM's resignation: "TIMES NOW was the first to bring you the story of a questionable transaction between Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh and a private power firm."
Jan 1, 2014 Congress may not act against Virbhadra: "BJP leader Arun Jaitley had accused Singh and his wife Pratibha of receiving money from a private power company to grant an extension to its project."
Dec 31, 2013 CVC recommends action against Kalmadi; probes multi-crore scams: "At least 37 government departments have spent over Rs 13,000 crore in 9,000 publicly funded CWG-related projects. The CVC has detected tax evasion of about Rs 1,000 crore in execution of these projects"
Dec 31, 2013 CBI examining Jaitley’s letter against Virbhadra Singh: "The BJP leader alleged that Vakamulla Chandrashekhar, promoter of the company, gave an unsecured loan of Rs. 1.5 crore and Rs. 2.40 crore to Ms. Pratibha Singh and Mr. Singh respectively. "
Dec 30, 2013 FIR against Churchill, PWD engineer, others for corruption: "The crime branch has filed a first information report (FIR) against former Congress PWD minister Churchill Alemao, PWD executive engineer P T Parkar, and other government servants and contractors for alleged corruption with regard to 258 tenders for road works and misappropriation of government funds to the tune of 300crore."
Dec 30, 2013 Fresh documents expose K'taka MLAs again: "TIMES NOW has now accessed another itinerary which again reveals how these shameless MLAs splurge on the taxpayer's money. In October, nine MLAs went on an 18-day study tour to Singapore, China and Japan that also included trips to deer parks and tropical rain forests."
Dec 30, 2013 Caught on backfoot, Maha Govt firefights: "TIMES NOW was the first to question Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi's silence over Adarsh report. And when the Congress Vice President finally took a forced stand on the issue, the opposition in the state is now mounting pressure and demanding that the report be discussed in the Maharashtra Assembly."
Dec 30, 2013 Akhilesh hosts 14-day carnival even as 34 die in riots relief camps: "Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav is facing the ire yet again for hosting a 14-day celebration at his native village Saifai even as Muzaffarnagar riots victims continue to suffer at the relief camps."
Dec 30, 2013 UP Minister pushes a boy during blanket distribution: "In an yet another incident highlighting callousness of the Samajwadi Party government in Uttar Pradesh against the homeless, Public Works and Irrigation Minister Surendra Patel on Monday manhandled a boy during a blanket distribution programme in Varanasi. The boy was waiting to get a blanket when the minister pushed him."
Dec 30, 2013 BJP accuses Virbhadra Singh of corruption: "Just days after Parliament passed the Lokpal Bill to tackle corruption, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Arun Jaitley on Monday took a dig at Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Vice President Rahul Gandhi saying that they should come clear on their stand on corruption. Jaitley said that on Sunday he had written a letter to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh accusing Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh of being involved in corruption."
Dec 30, 2013 Jayanthi ministry okayed projects, then sat on them: "Two days after her sudden resignation as Environment & Forests Minister, Jayanthi Natarajan sent back about 280 files, of which nearly 70 relating to private sector projects had been approved by her between November 14 and December 6 but kept at her residence."
Dec 29, 2013 Kejriwal, Modi are nothing in front of Rahul Gandhi: Lalu Prasad Yadav: "Lalu is considered a popular leader among the minority community and his party RJD had been in power in Bihar for 15 years largely on the basis of MY (Muslim-Yadav) combination."
Dec 29, 2013 Live reporting: Congress has become a liability for the country, says Modi at Ranchi rally: "Targeting Rahul Gandhi, Modi said that while nothing is being done to check price rise and corruption, the Congress leader has been only coming out with “akashwani” (celestial voices)."
Dec 27, 2013 DMK MLA's sick logic: "DMK MLA casts aspersions on the character of a 20 year old who was gangraped twice, says it could be prostitution."
Dec 27, 2013 B'day celebrations for jailed MLA Kanda: "He has been accused of forcing former airhostess Geetika Sharma to commit suicide and even as he is serving his jail term, hoardings have been put out honouring Haryana MLA Gopal Goyal Kanda to celebrate his birthday. This raises the question - can the Haryana government keep on turning a blind eye to the shameless act?"
Dec 27, 2013 Foreign trip for 30 Karnataka MLAs even as state battles drought: "30 MLAs from Karnataka are planning to go on a trip to the Amazon rain forests and waterfalls and they are calling it a study tour. The trip is costing Rs 7 lakh per head and is scheduled even as the state is battling acute drought."
Dec 26, 2013 I am the first CM who wants honest officials, all others look for corrupt people: Kejriwal: "said there would be no VIPs at the ceremony and "everyone is invited"."
Dec 25, 2013 Bankrupt Karnataka funds junket for MLAs: "A contingent of MLAs from Karnataka is planning to embark on a 10 to 12-day tour of Brazil, Argentina and Peru next month, sparking a controversy over the proposed jaunt when parts of the state are hit by drought."
Dec 25, 2013 Karnataka MLAs plan junket to South American countries: "A contingent of MLAs from Karnataka is planning to embark on a 10 to 12-day tour of Brazil, Argentina and Peru next month, sparking a controversy over the proposed jaunt when parts of the state are hit by drought. The "study tour" of the Estimates Committee of the Legislature, comprising MLAs from all parties will cover holiday destinations such as Rio de Janerio, Manaus, Iguassu, Lima, Cusco, and Buenos Aires, besides Dubai, according to the itinerary."
Dec 25, 2013 PIL against Virbhadra Singh on corruption charges: ""In 2012, in order to explain the unaccounted money, Virbhadra Singh filed revised IT returns for assessment year 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12 showing revised agricultural income, showing an increase of 18 to 30 fold of income in the three years. "The total increase in agricultural income amounted to Rs 6.10 crore,""
Dec 25, 2013 Corruption alleged in Kerala iron mine deal: "the entire deal was done on the basis of a bribe of Rs50 million"
Dec 25, 2013 Broom-Waving Voters Aim to Sweep Away India’s Elite
Dec 24, 2013 Former MLC accuses Centre of indulging in corruption
Dec 24, 2013 Chandy leads in corruption too: Pinarayi
Dec 24, 2013 Chandy leads in corruption too: Pinarayi
Dec 24, 2013 Vadra deals: BJP seeks probe: "Deputy leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha Ravi Shankar Prasad along with two other BJP MPs have written a letter to the Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje demanding that a commission be set up to probe the land deals of Congress President Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra. Mounting its attack on Vadra, BJP has claimed Vadra flouted rules in his land deals."
Dec 23, 2013 Kejriwal set to form government in Delhi with Congress support today: "It is a big day ahead for the Aam Aadmi Party as it is all set to stake claim to form the next government in Delhi on Monday. The Political Affairs Committee meeting of the party has begun."
Dec 23, 2013 We knew Adarsh report will be rejected, says Justice Patil: "Retired High Court judge JA Patil, who headed the two-member commission probing the alleged Adarsh Housing Society scam, said that he was aware that the report will not be accepted by the Maharashtra government as it had indicted several former chief ministers of the state. Seven people including former chief ministers Ashok Chavan, Sushil Kumar Shinde and the late Vilasrao Deshmukh have been indicted in the report. Shinde is currently the Home Minister of India."
Dec 23, 2013 BJP slams Maharashtra governor over decision on Adarsh report: "The Bharatiya Janata Party has demanded Maharashtra Governor be recalled for his decision not to prosecute former chief minister Ashok Chavan in the Adarsh housing society scam. Governor K Sankaranarayanan had exercised his report not to prosecute Chavan even after Adarsh commission report indicted the former chief minister along with 22 others in the housing scam."
Dec 23, 2013 Is Congress protecting the guilty in the adarsh scam?: "Retired High Court judge JA Patil, who headed the two-member commission probing the alleged Adarsh Housing Society scam, said that he was aware that the report will not be accepted by the Maharashtra government as it had indicted several former chief ministers of the state. Seven people including former chief ministers Ashok Chavan, Sushil Kumar Shinde and the late Vilasrao Deshmukh have been indicted in the report. Shinde is currently the Home Minister of India."
Dec 23, 2013 No ‘maryada’ for women in MP govt’s sanitation drive: "the guideline itself is an insult to rural women, who struggle under the lack of basic amenities. “Imagine how women would feel if they are whistled at or photographed in such a situation. It is simply foolish,”"
Dec 23, 2013 Attempted cover-up of the Adarsh scam will only go against the Congress: "The report indicted four former Congress chief ministers, including Union home minister Sushilkumar Shinde, Ashok Chavan and two Nationalist Congress Party ministers for extending political patronage to those who were responsible for the controversial building"
Dec 23, 2013 Adarsh report slams two senior Cong leaders for ‘haste’: "The two-member judicial commission, which probed the Adarsh scam, has come down heavily on Union home minister Sushilkumar Shinde and another Congress leader for showing “undue haste” in allotting the Cuffe Parade plot to the society."
Dec 23, 2013 SP has lessons to learn from AAP: "Corruption was at its extreme and UP became an address of dishonesty, bribery and fraud. Nearly a dozen ministers of the Mayawati government had been jailed and half a dozen others faced various inquiries on heinous charges of rape and murder."
Dec 23, 2013 PM protecting the corrupt, Rajnath Singh says: ""The common people are suffering because of runaway high food prices... On the contrary, the NDA government of (Atal Bihari) Vajpayee controlled prices for (the) six years (it was in power),""
Dec 22, 2013 BJP MPs seek probe into Robert Vadra's land deals in Rajasthan: "the state government would acquire over 1,000 acres of land purchased by Vadra in western Rajasthan and return them to farmers."
Dec 22, 2013 BDS scam: ABVP leader under STF lens: "The Special Task Force (STF) of MP Police is tightening its noose around influential members of the saffron bridge in connection with the multifaceted scams related to medical examinations and other recruitment tests conducted by the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board (MPPEB)."
Dec 22, 2013 Air India to sell 7 Dreamliners to raise $840 million: "The carrier has already taken the delivery of 11 Dreamliners and three more are expected to join the fleet by March of next year."
Dec 22, 2013 Where was Rahul Gandhi when Maharashtra govt rejected report on Adarsh scam? asks BJP: "Prasad also said that Rahul Gandhi keeps quiet whether it is 2G, coalgate, Adarsh scam but he keeps talking about the laws passed by his government."
Dec 21, 2013 Cong shying away from discussion on corruption: Dhumal
Dec 21, 2013 Silence of Rahul, Sonia, Manmohan reason for all scams: BJP: "The Adarsh Society was originally meant to be a six-storey housing facility for Kargil war heroes and war widows. It was, however, converted into a 100-metre-tall building and apartments in it were allocated to serving bureaucrats, senior army commanders and relatives of senior politicians."
Dec 20, 2013 Devyani Khobragade, Ashok Chavan illegal beneficiaries of Adarsh society, report says: "Chavan's mother-in-law Bhagvati Sharma, sister-in-law Seema Sharma and father-in-law's brother Madanlal Sharma have flats in the society."
Dec 19, 2013 Maharashtra civil supplies minister’s bodyguard in ACB trap: "arrested constables Bhalchandra Kunte and Prakash Koli for demanding and accepting a bribe from a leading businessman from Thane."
Dec 19, 2013 UPA govt most corrupt after Independence: Karat
Dec 19, 2013 NC Slams PDP Over Corruption
Dec 19, 2013 Mulberry trees cut to please Omar?: "In an instance that testifies to the sheer sycophancy of authorities towards their superiors, officials in Jammu and Kashmir have blatantly flouted state laws. They have clinically felled protected mulberry trees to clear the area for the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's chopper. The move has been slammed by the Opposition parties of the state."
Dec 19, 2013 Adarsh scam: Governor declines sanction to prosecute Ashok Chavan: "In a set back to the Central Bureau of Investigation in the Adarsh Housing Society scam, the Governor exercised his discretion to decline sanction to prosecute former chief minister Ashok Chavan in the case. Chavan one of the 13 to be chargesheeted by the CBI will now effectively not stand trial for the adarsh society scam. The CBI believed that Chavan played a key role by entering into a criminal conspiracy to grant illegal permissions for quid pro quo. Chavan specifically was accused of approving additional FSI to Adarsh society in exchange for two flats for his relatives."
Nov 20, 2013 Kejriwal gets EC notice for seeking Muslim votes on grounds of religion: ""The Commission has prima facie observed that by distributing the pamphlet (seeking Muslim votes), you have violated the provisions of the Model Code of Conduct. You are hereby called upon to explain by 11 AM On November 25 as to why action should not be initiated against you for the said violation," the notice states."
Nov 20, 2013 Derecognize Cong as national party: BJP to EC: "Congress and its leader are flouting the Model Code with impunity time and again...Therefore, it is high time that strict action is initiated against Rahul Gandhi and Congress for repeatedly violating Model Code of Conduct...undermining the Election Commission,""
Nov 19, 2013 India world champion in corruption because of Congress: Narendra Modi
Nov 19, 2013 India set to cancel helicopter deal with AgustaWestland: report: "India has decided to cancel a scandal-tainted helicopter deal with Anglo-Italian firm AgustaWestland"
Nov 19, 2013 खानदान, विरासत और सियासत
Nov 19, 2013 छत्तीसगढ़: 'किसका बेटा रिकॉर्ड मतों से जीतेगा': "पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री अजित जोगी के बेटे अमित जोगी या नक्सली हमले में मारे गए कांग्रेस के प्रदेश अध्यक्ष नंद कुमार पटेल के बेटे उमेश पटेल."
Nov 19, 2013 राजस्थान कांग्रेस: मुफ़्त गेहूं, तीर्थयात्रा और शादी पर लाखों: "इस दायरे में प्रदेश के किसान, बड़े खेतिहर किसानों सहित वे सभी प्रमुख वर्ग आते हैं, जो आयकर के दायरे में नहीं हैं, लेकिन संपन्न माने जाते हैं."
Nov 17, 2013 Debate: It's now Sonia vs Modi - 1: "In the first place, he should know that the system was made by his father (Rajiv Gandhi), his grand-mother (Indira Gandhi) and great grand-father (Jawaharlal Nehru) for 60 years during their rule. "It is they who made the system. It is they who distorted it and misused it for their personal gains. When they know that it is the time to go, they are talking about systems,"Modi said"
Nov 17, 2013 Debate: It's now Sonia vs Modi - 2: ""Madam, please come here after doing your homework. If you do not have information, please sit with Raman Singhji and then come. Please do not give such statements,"
Nov 17, 2013 Crime and corruption Haryana needs operation cleanup: "HARYANA Sports Minister Sukhbir Kataria is set to be booked, at the instance of a Gurgaon court, for allegedly getting voter cards made on the basis of forged documents."
Nov 17, 2013 Arvind Kejriwal gets it right; asks to screen all political parties: "Add the amounts political parties do not declare, and we will have a humungous amount of money. Reforming such political funding is the larger goal. Targeting only a small, new political party is petty vendetta."
Nov 17, 2013 Congress a burden for India, Nehru would have been saddened: Modi: "Citing the multi-crore 2G and coal scams, Modi said Congress has done "PhD in corruption" and said not just the coal files but the whole government is missing in Delhi."
Nov 17, 2013 Rao lashes out at politicians, says they have done little for research: "Venting out the dissatisfaction in the scientific community over 'inadequate' funding, Bharat Ratna awardee and eminent scientist CNR Rao on Sunday had an angry outburst as he called politicians 'idiots' for giving them 'so little'."
Nov 17, 2013 Rahul Gandhi must apologise to Muslims for ISI remark: Jairam Ramesh: "Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Saturday said Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi should apologise to the Muslim community for his remarks that Muslim youth were in touch with Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence."
Nov 17, 2013 Jairam Ramesh blames media for twisting his statement on Rahul: "Senior Congress leader and Rural Development minister Jairam Ramesh on Sunday clarified that he did in no way ask Rahul Gandhi to apologise to the minority community for associating them with Pakistan's secret intelligence service, saying that his comments were twisted by the media."
Nov 17, 2013 'भारत रत्न' चुने गए सीएनआर राव को आया गुस्सा, नेताओं को बताया 'मूर्ख': "विज्ञान के क्षेत्र में कम आर्थिक सहायता पर वैज्ञानिक समुदाय के भीतर के असंतोष को जाहिर करते हुए भारत रत्न के लिए चयनित जानेमाने वैज्ञानिक सी एन आर राव ने रविवार को तल्ख लहजे में नेताओं को 'मूर्ख' करार देते हुए कहा कि उन्होंने इस क्षेत्र में ज्यादा कुछ नहीं दिया."
Nov 17, 2013 PM, Chidambaram wrong on CBI: Policy is not free from corruption
Nov 17, 2013 Rahul Gandhi Delhi rally: People leave venue, Rahul winds up speech in 6 minutes: " Rahul's rally was held near Virat Cinema ground in Dakshinpuri, Ambedkar Nagar, a Dalit constituency of Delhi."
Nov 17, 2013 Crumbling police force, callous political class: "the sorry state of affairs in which law enforcement, security and intelligence agencies function, not just in Bihar but also across the country"
Nov 17, 2013 Present day politicians have little respect for the voters: "there was SP leader Naresh Agarwal commenting on Mr Modi’s past, saying that a tea-seller cannot become the PM."
Nov 17, 2013 In angry outburst scientist CNR Rao calls politicians 'idiots': ""... Why the hell these idiots these politicians have given so little for us. Inspite of that we scientists have done something," Rao said, losing his cool. "Our investments are marginal, comes late ... for that money we have got, we have performed. For the money we have been getting it is not bad at all, after all this kind of money is nothing.""
Nov 16, 2013 Delhi polls: Son of 1984 riots accused Sajjan Kumar gets Congress ticket: "Asked about the 1984 riots cases against Sajjan Kumar and the message giving a ticket to his son sends out, Sharma said, “The law will take its course.”"
Nov 16, 2013 ‘Nehru-Gandhis misused system for personal gain’: "“The shehzada (Rahul Gandhi) came here and talked about changing the system... he should know that the system was created by his father (Rajiv), his grandmother (Indira) and his great grandfather (Jaw-aharlal Nehru) for 60 years during their rule... they made the system... distorted it... misused it,”"
Nov 15, 2013 'Can those who sell nation be rulers?': "The tea boy storm continues to rage with BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi renewing attack on Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Naresh Agarwal. Questioning his mentality, Modi has asked if it is a crime to be poor in the same breath he also lashed out at the Congress, claiming that it would be better to have a tea seller as the Prime Minister than have people at the top post who don't hesitate to betray the nation."
Nov 15, 2013 Sinha blames corruption for Jharkhand's backwardness: "Hinting at the mines scam in the state involving former CM Madhu Koda, he said it were bureaucrats who swallowed more money than Koda. He questioned the CBI why they selected only the polititians for inquiry ignoring the role of such incompetent officials."
Nov 14, 2013 Debate: Delhi's dirty poll campaign - 1: "The allegations against Vardhan were levelled in July, 1996 that a maid was raped at his official residence."
Nov 14, 2013 Debate: Delhi's dirty poll campaign - 2: "When the issue was raised in Delhi Assembly, Vardhan had strongly denied the allegations and offered to undergo DNA test."
Nov 14, 2013 Chhattisgarh polls: Amit Jogi embarrasses Congress: "when the junior Jogi applied for registration as a citizen of india he mentioned that he was born on 7 August 1977 in Dallas, Texas, USA. A year later in August 2002, Amit applied for a Chhattisgarh domicile certificate where he claimed he was born on 7 August 1978 at Pendra village in Bilaspur. Soon after he applied for the certificate, the Raipur collector issued a certificate saying that his place of birth is Chhattisgarh."
Nov 14, 2013 West Bengal's protective potato politics: "It's a political move which has once again hit the common man's pocket. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's move to clamp down on potato export to Odisha and Jharkhand has left the aam aadmi in a lurch. Potato prices have skyrocketed in Odisha and Jharkhand and the Chief Ministers of the two states have appealed to Mamata to not impose the restriction. Meanwhile outraged trader associations and citizens in Odisha are now threatening to ban export of fish and block the highway which is used to transport food products from Andhra Pradesh to West Bengal."
Nov 14, 2013 Haryana: Cong versus Ashok Khemka: "IAS officer Ashok Khemka came in the spotlight when he challenged the Robert Vadra- DLF land deal in Haryana last year. But perhaps he is still paying the price for raising his voice against the powerful. Khemka has been transferred for the 46th time, replaced by the Haryana Government, this time under the pretext of sending him on election duty. While Khemka has challenged this order, his transfer has triggered a massive political fight between the Congress and the BJP."
Nov 14, 2013 SP leader's personal swipe at Guj CM: "In what can only be called as a downright insult to merit -- controversial Samajwadi Party leader Naresh Agrawal took a jibe at BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi -- claiming that a tea vendor can never be the Prime Minister. In doing so Agrawal has not only revealed himself, but has also mocked the many leaders who have risen to great heights in politics only on merit. The comment has triggered a political fight and the demand for an immediate apology is escalating."
Nov 14, 2013 FTP: Should Bharat Ratna awardees be kept out of political debates?: "After singer Lata Mangeshkar backed BJP prime ministerial candidate and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for prime minister's post, Mumbai's Congress chief Janardhan Chandurkar by demanded that the country's highest civilian honours bestowed on those who praise communal forces should be withdrawn. Another Congress leader Nitesh Rane reminded the singer should thank Maharashtra for her legacy. Rane said Mangeshkar should reconsider her support for Modi."
Nov 14, 2013 Is Sachin's last Test a social occasion for VIPs?: "On the day when batting genius Sachin Tendulkar is playing his farewell Test match at his home turf, Wankhede stadium in Mumbai, CNN-IBN found out that several touts were selling complimentary club tickets at exhorbitant rates in black. The touts were caught on camera saying that the price could go as high as Rs 10,000- Rs 15,000 once India bats."
Nov 14, 2013 Unnao gold hunt: ASI 'learns lifetime lesson', calls off digging: ""There is no shortcut to professional archaeology. ASI will never carry out excavation to fulfil someone's dream,""
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Jan 5, 2014 PAs stay put in departments, breed corruption: "The arrest of Mayank Shrotiya, personal assistant of public relations minister Rajendra Shukla, by the Lokayukta police for accepting a bribe of Rs 2,000, on a day when chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan declared 'zero tolerance' towards corruption, has taken government brass by surprise."
Jan 5, 2014 An open and shut case of bribery against Virbhadra Singh: BJP: "BJP leader Anurag Thakur said it was an open and shut case of bribery against Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh. 'Virbhadra Singh is changing statements everyday,' Thakur added. However, Singh has made it clear that he will not resign in the wake of the corruption allegations leveled against him by the BJP."
Jan 5, 2014 Akhilesh's men shield rapists?: "Gangraped and threatened and now forced to fight for justice-- that is the story of a 22 year old from Ferozabad, who has been waiting for the last two months to see her rapists behind bars. Even as her fight continues, the victims alleges that a top SP leader is shielding the accused."
Jan 5, 2014 Arvind Kejriwal opts for a humble house, will other CMs follow suit?: "Facing criticism from opposition parties and keeping the 'aam aadmi' image in mind, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal refused the 5-bedroom duplex house that was allotted to him. In line with his promises of shunning the VIP culture in Delhi, the search is on for a smaller house for the one-week-old 'aam aadmi' chief minister."
Jan 5, 2014 Ramdev hits out at Congress, calls Nehru 'maut ka maha saudagar': "Yoga guru Ramdev on Sunday hit out at the Congress for targeting BJP prime ministerial candidate and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and calling him 'maut ka saudagar'. Ramdev said if Modi is branded 'maut ka saudagar', then Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was a bigger mass murderer."
Jan 4, 2014 Cops guarding Ajay Katara offered Rs 50 lakh for not defending him: "Three UP police constables, deputed for security of Ajay Katra-- prime witness in Nitish Katara murder case, filed a complaint today alleging their colleague offered them Rs 50 lakh each for "not defending" Ajay during an attack planned "at the behest of politician D P Yadav"."
Jan 4, 2014 UP riots: No action against leaders?: "Uttar Pradesh Government is not mulling to withdraw cases against Muslim leaders involved in the violence in Muzaffarnagar and instead of acting against those who incited violence, is the Samajwadi Party Government using different yardstick for Muslim leaders."
Jan 4, 2014 After paid vacation & now plagiarism: "Despite criticism their foreign junkets have continued at the taxpayer's expense year after year. The Karnataka MLAs have justified their vacation as study tours. But now that excuse rings hollow as the report submitted by these MLAs who went on global tours has allegedly been copied from internet."
Jan 4, 2014 SP workers assault attendant in U.P.: "Ruling Samajwadi Party leaders and their supporters allegedly assaulted staff at two toll plazas and brandished their weapons when they were asked to buy tokens, just days after SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav warned his partymen that hooliganism won't be tolerated. Ajitmal Block Pramukh Devendra Yadav and his gunner allegedly beat up the employees of Mohari toll plaza in Auraiya last night when they were asked to pay the tax, sources said. They also did not spare the officials who rushed to mediate and beat them up, they said."
Jan 4, 2014 Is Manmohan Singh a lame-duck Prime Minister?: "After Prime Minister Manmohan Singh virtually announcing his retirement from politics and ruling himself out of the 2014 prime minister's race, he came under severe attack from the opposition parties for not accepting the loopholes during his tenure in which many scams, price rise issue had surfaced."
Jan 4, 2014 I-T finds irregularities in Virbhadra's agricultural income: Report: "Income Tax authorities in Himachal Pradesh have found irregularities in the agricultural income filed by Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh. According to reports, IT authorities have allegedly stumbled upon revelations that tonnes of apples from Virbhadra Singh's orchards were transported in oil tankers and on two wheelers."
Jan 4, 2014 Karnataka MLAs plagiarise reports on global study tours: "The global study tours conducted by Karnataka MLAs has led to a fresh controversy. While the controversy over their foreign junkets year after year at the taxpayer's expense is still afresh, reports accessed by CNN-IBN has shown how brazenly they had been copying text from the internet to file reports on their so-called study tours."
Jan 3, 2014 TDP charges PM with 'protecting' corruption: "his press conference as an attempt to cover up his government's failures."
Jan 3, 2014 Has Manmohan Singh overstayed as the Prime Minister?: "The Prime Minister is set to hold his first press conference in 3 years. Many are speculating that his interaction is possibly his last as the head of the country. From high inflation rates, to rise in terror attacks, to several multi-crore scams, Singh-led government has been in the line of fire through the years."
Jan 3, 2014 Watch: PM answers questions after his 'farewell' speech: "Prime Minister Manmohan Singh addressed the media at the newly built National Media Centre on Raisina Marg. This was his third press meet after he took charge as the Prime Minister in May 2004."
Jan 2, 2014 Bribegate expose Part 2: "TIMES NOW exposes a series of financial transactions between businessman Vakamullah Chandrashekhar, the CM and his wife Pratibha. Documents with TIMES NOW prove Rs 60 lakh was transferred to the CM's wife just one month before the extension of the contract to a power firm."
Jan 2, 2014 Cong refuses to probe former CMs indicted in Adarsh Commission report: "The Maharashtra government reviewed its stand on the Adarsh commission report on Thursday after criticism by Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi. But the exercise has turned out to be an eyewash as there will be no investigation against the former chief ministers indicted by the commission."
Jan 2, 2014 Talking Point: Is the Maharashtra govt’s action on Adarsh report a total eyewash?: "Although the Maharashtra Cabinet has reviewed its stand on the Adarsh Commission report, the Congress government has refused to probe the former chief ministers indicted by the panel. The politicians mentioned in the report include Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde "
Jan 2, 2014 Maharashtra accepts Adarsh report, rules out action against politicians: "Pushed to the wall, the Maharashtra cabinet on Thursday went through the motions of accepting parts of the Adarsh inquiry commission's report, but showed little or no interest in initiating action against the politicians named by it."
Jan 1, 2014 BJP demands HP CM's resignation: "TIMES NOW was the first to bring you the story of a questionable transaction between Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh and a private power firm."
Jan 1, 2014 Congress may not act against Virbhadra: "BJP leader Arun Jaitley had accused Singh and his wife Pratibha of receiving money from a private power company to grant an extension to its project."
Dec 31, 2013 CVC recommends action against Kalmadi; probes multi-crore scams: "At least 37 government departments have spent over Rs 13,000 crore in 9,000 publicly funded CWG-related projects. The CVC has detected tax evasion of about Rs 1,000 crore in execution of these projects"
Dec 31, 2013 CBI examining Jaitley’s letter against Virbhadra Singh: "The BJP leader alleged that Vakamulla Chandrashekhar, promoter of the company, gave an unsecured loan of Rs. 1.5 crore and Rs. 2.40 crore to Ms. Pratibha Singh and Mr. Singh respectively. "
Dec 30, 2013 FIR against Churchill, PWD engineer, others for corruption: "The crime branch has filed a first information report (FIR) against former Congress PWD minister Churchill Alemao, PWD executive engineer P T Parkar, and other government servants and contractors for alleged corruption with regard to 258 tenders for road works and misappropriation of government funds to the tune of 300crore."
Dec 30, 2013 Fresh documents expose K'taka MLAs again: "TIMES NOW has now accessed another itinerary which again reveals how these shameless MLAs splurge on the taxpayer's money. In October, nine MLAs went on an 18-day study tour to Singapore, China and Japan that also included trips to deer parks and tropical rain forests."
Dec 30, 2013 Caught on backfoot, Maha Govt firefights: "TIMES NOW was the first to question Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi's silence over Adarsh report. And when the Congress Vice President finally took a forced stand on the issue, the opposition in the state is now mounting pressure and demanding that the report be discussed in the Maharashtra Assembly."
Dec 30, 2013 Akhilesh hosts 14-day carnival even as 34 die in riots relief camps: "Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav is facing the ire yet again for hosting a 14-day celebration at his native village Saifai even as Muzaffarnagar riots victims continue to suffer at the relief camps."
Dec 30, 2013 UP Minister pushes a boy during blanket distribution: "In an yet another incident highlighting callousness of the Samajwadi Party government in Uttar Pradesh against the homeless, Public Works and Irrigation Minister Surendra Patel on Monday manhandled a boy during a blanket distribution programme in Varanasi. The boy was waiting to get a blanket when the minister pushed him."
Dec 30, 2013 BJP accuses Virbhadra Singh of corruption: "Just days after Parliament passed the Lokpal Bill to tackle corruption, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Arun Jaitley on Monday took a dig at Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Vice President Rahul Gandhi saying that they should come clear on their stand on corruption. Jaitley said that on Sunday he had written a letter to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh accusing Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh of being involved in corruption."
Dec 30, 2013 Jayanthi ministry okayed projects, then sat on them: "Two days after her sudden resignation as Environment & Forests Minister, Jayanthi Natarajan sent back about 280 files, of which nearly 70 relating to private sector projects had been approved by her between November 14 and December 6 but kept at her residence."
Dec 29, 2013 Kejriwal, Modi are nothing in front of Rahul Gandhi: Lalu Prasad Yadav: "Lalu is considered a popular leader among the minority community and his party RJD had been in power in Bihar for 15 years largely on the basis of MY (Muslim-Yadav) combination."
Dec 29, 2013 Live reporting: Congress has become a liability for the country, says Modi at Ranchi rally: "Targeting Rahul Gandhi, Modi said that while nothing is being done to check price rise and corruption, the Congress leader has been only coming out with “akashwani” (celestial voices)."
Dec 27, 2013 DMK MLA's sick logic: "DMK MLA casts aspersions on the character of a 20 year old who was gangraped twice, says it could be prostitution."
Dec 27, 2013 B'day celebrations for jailed MLA Kanda: "He has been accused of forcing former airhostess Geetika Sharma to commit suicide and even as he is serving his jail term, hoardings have been put out honouring Haryana MLA Gopal Goyal Kanda to celebrate his birthday. This raises the question - can the Haryana government keep on turning a blind eye to the shameless act?"
Dec 27, 2013 Foreign trip for 30 Karnataka MLAs even as state battles drought: "30 MLAs from Karnataka are planning to go on a trip to the Amazon rain forests and waterfalls and they are calling it a study tour. The trip is costing Rs 7 lakh per head and is scheduled even as the state is battling acute drought."
Dec 26, 2013 I am the first CM who wants honest officials, all others look for corrupt people: Kejriwal: "said there would be no VIPs at the ceremony and "everyone is invited"."
Dec 25, 2013 Bankrupt Karnataka funds junket for MLAs: "A contingent of MLAs from Karnataka is planning to embark on a 10 to 12-day tour of Brazil, Argentina and Peru next month, sparking a controversy over the proposed jaunt when parts of the state are hit by drought."
Dec 25, 2013 Karnataka MLAs plan junket to South American countries: "A contingent of MLAs from Karnataka is planning to embark on a 10 to 12-day tour of Brazil, Argentina and Peru next month, sparking a controversy over the proposed jaunt when parts of the state are hit by drought. The "study tour" of the Estimates Committee of the Legislature, comprising MLAs from all parties will cover holiday destinations such as Rio de Janerio, Manaus, Iguassu, Lima, Cusco, and Buenos Aires, besides Dubai, according to the itinerary."
Dec 25, 2013 PIL against Virbhadra Singh on corruption charges: ""In 2012, in order to explain the unaccounted money, Virbhadra Singh filed revised IT returns for assessment year 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12 showing revised agricultural income, showing an increase of 18 to 30 fold of income in the three years. "The total increase in agricultural income amounted to Rs 6.10 crore,""
Dec 25, 2013 Corruption alleged in Kerala iron mine deal: "the entire deal was done on the basis of a bribe of Rs50 million"
Dec 25, 2013 Broom-Waving Voters Aim to Sweep Away India’s Elite
Dec 24, 2013 Former MLC accuses Centre of indulging in corruption
Dec 24, 2013 Chandy leads in corruption too: Pinarayi
Dec 24, 2013 Chandy leads in corruption too: Pinarayi
Dec 24, 2013 Vadra deals: BJP seeks probe: "Deputy leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha Ravi Shankar Prasad along with two other BJP MPs have written a letter to the Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje demanding that a commission be set up to probe the land deals of Congress President Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra. Mounting its attack on Vadra, BJP has claimed Vadra flouted rules in his land deals."
Dec 23, 2013 Kejriwal set to form government in Delhi with Congress support today: "It is a big day ahead for the Aam Aadmi Party as it is all set to stake claim to form the next government in Delhi on Monday. The Political Affairs Committee meeting of the party has begun."
Dec 23, 2013 We knew Adarsh report will be rejected, says Justice Patil: "Retired High Court judge JA Patil, who headed the two-member commission probing the alleged Adarsh Housing Society scam, said that he was aware that the report will not be accepted by the Maharashtra government as it had indicted several former chief ministers of the state. Seven people including former chief ministers Ashok Chavan, Sushil Kumar Shinde and the late Vilasrao Deshmukh have been indicted in the report. Shinde is currently the Home Minister of India."
Dec 23, 2013 BJP slams Maharashtra governor over decision on Adarsh report: "The Bharatiya Janata Party has demanded Maharashtra Governor be recalled for his decision not to prosecute former chief minister Ashok Chavan in the Adarsh housing society scam. Governor K Sankaranarayanan had exercised his report not to prosecute Chavan even after Adarsh commission report indicted the former chief minister along with 22 others in the housing scam."
Dec 23, 2013 Is Congress protecting the guilty in the adarsh scam?: "Retired High Court judge JA Patil, who headed the two-member commission probing the alleged Adarsh Housing Society scam, said that he was aware that the report will not be accepted by the Maharashtra government as it had indicted several former chief ministers of the state. Seven people including former chief ministers Ashok Chavan, Sushil Kumar Shinde and the late Vilasrao Deshmukh have been indicted in the report. Shinde is currently the Home Minister of India."
Dec 23, 2013 No ‘maryada’ for women in MP govt’s sanitation drive: "the guideline itself is an insult to rural women, who struggle under the lack of basic amenities. “Imagine how women would feel if they are whistled at or photographed in such a situation. It is simply foolish,”"
Dec 23, 2013 Attempted cover-up of the Adarsh scam will only go against the Congress: "The report indicted four former Congress chief ministers, including Union home minister Sushilkumar Shinde, Ashok Chavan and two Nationalist Congress Party ministers for extending political patronage to those who were responsible for the controversial building"
Dec 23, 2013 Adarsh report slams two senior Cong leaders for ‘haste’: "The two-member judicial commission, which probed the Adarsh scam, has come down heavily on Union home minister Sushilkumar Shinde and another Congress leader for showing “undue haste” in allotting the Cuffe Parade plot to the society."
Dec 23, 2013 SP has lessons to learn from AAP: "Corruption was at its extreme and UP became an address of dishonesty, bribery and fraud. Nearly a dozen ministers of the Mayawati government had been jailed and half a dozen others faced various inquiries on heinous charges of rape and murder."
Dec 23, 2013 PM protecting the corrupt, Rajnath Singh says: ""The common people are suffering because of runaway high food prices... On the contrary, the NDA government of (Atal Bihari) Vajpayee controlled prices for (the) six years (it was in power),""
Dec 22, 2013 BJP MPs seek probe into Robert Vadra's land deals in Rajasthan: "the state government would acquire over 1,000 acres of land purchased by Vadra in western Rajasthan and return them to farmers."
Dec 22, 2013 BDS scam: ABVP leader under STF lens: "The Special Task Force (STF) of MP Police is tightening its noose around influential members of the saffron bridge in connection with the multifaceted scams related to medical examinations and other recruitment tests conducted by the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board (MPPEB)."
Dec 22, 2013 Air India to sell 7 Dreamliners to raise $840 million: "The carrier has already taken the delivery of 11 Dreamliners and three more are expected to join the fleet by March of next year."
Dec 22, 2013 Where was Rahul Gandhi when Maharashtra govt rejected report on Adarsh scam? asks BJP: "Prasad also said that Rahul Gandhi keeps quiet whether it is 2G, coalgate, Adarsh scam but he keeps talking about the laws passed by his government."
Dec 21, 2013 Cong shying away from discussion on corruption: Dhumal
Dec 21, 2013 Silence of Rahul, Sonia, Manmohan reason for all scams: BJP: "The Adarsh Society was originally meant to be a six-storey housing facility for Kargil war heroes and war widows. It was, however, converted into a 100-metre-tall building and apartments in it were allocated to serving bureaucrats, senior army commanders and relatives of senior politicians."
Dec 20, 2013 Devyani Khobragade, Ashok Chavan illegal beneficiaries of Adarsh society, report says: "Chavan's mother-in-law Bhagvati Sharma, sister-in-law Seema Sharma and father-in-law's brother Madanlal Sharma have flats in the society."
Dec 19, 2013 Maharashtra civil supplies minister’s bodyguard in ACB trap: "arrested constables Bhalchandra Kunte and Prakash Koli for demanding and accepting a bribe from a leading businessman from Thane."
Dec 19, 2013 UPA govt most corrupt after Independence: Karat
Dec 19, 2013 NC Slams PDP Over Corruption
Dec 19, 2013 Mulberry trees cut to please Omar?: "In an instance that testifies to the sheer sycophancy of authorities towards their superiors, officials in Jammu and Kashmir have blatantly flouted state laws. They have clinically felled protected mulberry trees to clear the area for the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's chopper. The move has been slammed by the Opposition parties of the state."
Dec 19, 2013 Adarsh scam: Governor declines sanction to prosecute Ashok Chavan: "In a set back to the Central Bureau of Investigation in the Adarsh Housing Society scam, the Governor exercised his discretion to decline sanction to prosecute former chief minister Ashok Chavan in the case. Chavan one of the 13 to be chargesheeted by the CBI will now effectively not stand trial for the adarsh society scam. The CBI believed that Chavan played a key role by entering into a criminal conspiracy to grant illegal permissions for quid pro quo. Chavan specifically was accused of approving additional FSI to Adarsh society in exchange for two flats for his relatives."
Nov 20, 2013 Kejriwal gets EC notice for seeking Muslim votes on grounds of religion: ""The Commission has prima facie observed that by distributing the pamphlet (seeking Muslim votes), you have violated the provisions of the Model Code of Conduct. You are hereby called upon to explain by 11 AM On November 25 as to why action should not be initiated against you for the said violation," the notice states."
Nov 20, 2013 Derecognize Cong as national party: BJP to EC: "Congress and its leader are flouting the Model Code with impunity time and again...Therefore, it is high time that strict action is initiated against Rahul Gandhi and Congress for repeatedly violating Model Code of Conduct...undermining the Election Commission,""
Nov 19, 2013 India world champion in corruption because of Congress: Narendra Modi
Nov 19, 2013 India set to cancel helicopter deal with AgustaWestland: report: "India has decided to cancel a scandal-tainted helicopter deal with Anglo-Italian firm AgustaWestland"
Nov 19, 2013 खानदान, विरासत और सियासत
Nov 19, 2013 छत्तीसगढ़: 'किसका बेटा रिकॉर्ड मतों से जीतेगा': "पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री अजित जोगी के बेटे अमित जोगी या नक्सली हमले में मारे गए कांग्रेस के प्रदेश अध्यक्ष नंद कुमार पटेल के बेटे उमेश पटेल."
Nov 19, 2013 राजस्थान कांग्रेस: मुफ़्त गेहूं, तीर्थयात्रा और शादी पर लाखों: "इस दायरे में प्रदेश के किसान, बड़े खेतिहर किसानों सहित वे सभी प्रमुख वर्ग आते हैं, जो आयकर के दायरे में नहीं हैं, लेकिन संपन्न माने जाते हैं."
Nov 17, 2013 Debate: It's now Sonia vs Modi - 1: "In the first place, he should know that the system was made by his father (Rajiv Gandhi), his grand-mother (Indira Gandhi) and great grand-father (Jawaharlal Nehru) for 60 years during their rule. "It is they who made the system. It is they who distorted it and misused it for their personal gains. When they know that it is the time to go, they are talking about systems,"Modi said"
Nov 17, 2013 Debate: It's now Sonia vs Modi - 2: ""Madam, please come here after doing your homework. If you do not have information, please sit with Raman Singhji and then come. Please do not give such statements,"
Nov 17, 2013 Crime and corruption Haryana needs operation cleanup: "HARYANA Sports Minister Sukhbir Kataria is set to be booked, at the instance of a Gurgaon court, for allegedly getting voter cards made on the basis of forged documents."
Nov 17, 2013 Arvind Kejriwal gets it right; asks to screen all political parties: "Add the amounts political parties do not declare, and we will have a humungous amount of money. Reforming such political funding is the larger goal. Targeting only a small, new political party is petty vendetta."
Nov 17, 2013 Congress a burden for India, Nehru would have been saddened: Modi: "Citing the multi-crore 2G and coal scams, Modi said Congress has done "PhD in corruption" and said not just the coal files but the whole government is missing in Delhi."
Nov 17, 2013 Rao lashes out at politicians, says they have done little for research: "Venting out the dissatisfaction in the scientific community over 'inadequate' funding, Bharat Ratna awardee and eminent scientist CNR Rao on Sunday had an angry outburst as he called politicians 'idiots' for giving them 'so little'."
Nov 17, 2013 Rahul Gandhi must apologise to Muslims for ISI remark: Jairam Ramesh: "Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Saturday said Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi should apologise to the Muslim community for his remarks that Muslim youth were in touch with Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence."
Nov 17, 2013 Jairam Ramesh blames media for twisting his statement on Rahul: "Senior Congress leader and Rural Development minister Jairam Ramesh on Sunday clarified that he did in no way ask Rahul Gandhi to apologise to the minority community for associating them with Pakistan's secret intelligence service, saying that his comments were twisted by the media."
Nov 17, 2013 'भारत रत्न' चुने गए सीएनआर राव को आया गुस्सा, नेताओं को बताया 'मूर्ख': "विज्ञान के क्षेत्र में कम आर्थिक सहायता पर वैज्ञानिक समुदाय के भीतर के असंतोष को जाहिर करते हुए भारत रत्न के लिए चयनित जानेमाने वैज्ञानिक सी एन आर राव ने रविवार को तल्ख लहजे में नेताओं को 'मूर्ख' करार देते हुए कहा कि उन्होंने इस क्षेत्र में ज्यादा कुछ नहीं दिया."
Nov 17, 2013 PM, Chidambaram wrong on CBI: Policy is not free from corruption
Nov 17, 2013 Rahul Gandhi Delhi rally: People leave venue, Rahul winds up speech in 6 minutes: " Rahul's rally was held near Virat Cinema ground in Dakshinpuri, Ambedkar Nagar, a Dalit constituency of Delhi."
Nov 17, 2013 Crumbling police force, callous political class: "the sorry state of affairs in which law enforcement, security and intelligence agencies function, not just in Bihar but also across the country"
Nov 17, 2013 Present day politicians have little respect for the voters: "there was SP leader Naresh Agarwal commenting on Mr Modi’s past, saying that a tea-seller cannot become the PM."
Nov 17, 2013 In angry outburst scientist CNR Rao calls politicians 'idiots': ""... Why the hell these idiots these politicians have given so little for us. Inspite of that we scientists have done something," Rao said, losing his cool. "Our investments are marginal, comes late ... for that money we have got, we have performed. For the money we have been getting it is not bad at all, after all this kind of money is nothing.""
Nov 16, 2013 Delhi polls: Son of 1984 riots accused Sajjan Kumar gets Congress ticket: "Asked about the 1984 riots cases against Sajjan Kumar and the message giving a ticket to his son sends out, Sharma said, “The law will take its course.”"
Nov 16, 2013 ‘Nehru-Gandhis misused system for personal gain’: "“The shehzada (Rahul Gandhi) came here and talked about changing the system... he should know that the system was created by his father (Rajiv), his grandmother (Indira) and his great grandfather (Jaw-aharlal Nehru) for 60 years during their rule... they made the system... distorted it... misused it,”"
Nov 15, 2013 'Can those who sell nation be rulers?': "The tea boy storm continues to rage with BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi renewing attack on Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Naresh Agarwal. Questioning his mentality, Modi has asked if it is a crime to be poor in the same breath he also lashed out at the Congress, claiming that it would be better to have a tea seller as the Prime Minister than have people at the top post who don't hesitate to betray the nation."
Nov 15, 2013 Sinha blames corruption for Jharkhand's backwardness: "Hinting at the mines scam in the state involving former CM Madhu Koda, he said it were bureaucrats who swallowed more money than Koda. He questioned the CBI why they selected only the polititians for inquiry ignoring the role of such incompetent officials."
Nov 14, 2013 Debate: Delhi's dirty poll campaign - 1: "The allegations against Vardhan were levelled in July, 1996 that a maid was raped at his official residence."
Nov 14, 2013 Debate: Delhi's dirty poll campaign - 2: "When the issue was raised in Delhi Assembly, Vardhan had strongly denied the allegations and offered to undergo DNA test."
Nov 14, 2013 Chhattisgarh polls: Amit Jogi embarrasses Congress: "when the junior Jogi applied for registration as a citizen of india he mentioned that he was born on 7 August 1977 in Dallas, Texas, USA. A year later in August 2002, Amit applied for a Chhattisgarh domicile certificate where he claimed he was born on 7 August 1978 at Pendra village in Bilaspur. Soon after he applied for the certificate, the Raipur collector issued a certificate saying that his place of birth is Chhattisgarh."
Nov 14, 2013 West Bengal's protective potato politics: "It's a political move which has once again hit the common man's pocket. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's move to clamp down on potato export to Odisha and Jharkhand has left the aam aadmi in a lurch. Potato prices have skyrocketed in Odisha and Jharkhand and the Chief Ministers of the two states have appealed to Mamata to not impose the restriction. Meanwhile outraged trader associations and citizens in Odisha are now threatening to ban export of fish and block the highway which is used to transport food products from Andhra Pradesh to West Bengal."
Nov 14, 2013 Haryana: Cong versus Ashok Khemka: "IAS officer Ashok Khemka came in the spotlight when he challenged the Robert Vadra- DLF land deal in Haryana last year. But perhaps he is still paying the price for raising his voice against the powerful. Khemka has been transferred for the 46th time, replaced by the Haryana Government, this time under the pretext of sending him on election duty. While Khemka has challenged this order, his transfer has triggered a massive political fight between the Congress and the BJP."
Nov 14, 2013 SP leader's personal swipe at Guj CM: "In what can only be called as a downright insult to merit -- controversial Samajwadi Party leader Naresh Agrawal took a jibe at BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi -- claiming that a tea vendor can never be the Prime Minister. In doing so Agrawal has not only revealed himself, but has also mocked the many leaders who have risen to great heights in politics only on merit. The comment has triggered a political fight and the demand for an immediate apology is escalating."
Nov 14, 2013 FTP: Should Bharat Ratna awardees be kept out of political debates?: "After singer Lata Mangeshkar backed BJP prime ministerial candidate and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for prime minister's post, Mumbai's Congress chief Janardhan Chandurkar by demanded that the country's highest civilian honours bestowed on those who praise communal forces should be withdrawn. Another Congress leader Nitesh Rane reminded the singer should thank Maharashtra for her legacy. Rane said Mangeshkar should reconsider her support for Modi."
Nov 14, 2013 Is Sachin's last Test a social occasion for VIPs?: "On the day when batting genius Sachin Tendulkar is playing his farewell Test match at his home turf, Wankhede stadium in Mumbai, CNN-IBN found out that several touts were selling complimentary club tickets at exhorbitant rates in black. The touts were caught on camera saying that the price could go as high as Rs 10,000- Rs 15,000 once India bats."
Nov 14, 2013 Unnao gold hunt: ASI 'learns lifetime lesson', calls off digging: ""There is no shortcut to professional archaeology. ASI will never carry out excavation to fulfil someone's dream,""
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