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Oct 16, 2013 Govt mulls renaming of PDS after Indira Gandhi: "Food Minister K.V. Thomas told PTI. “There are many suggestions like Indiramma Anna Yojana and Annapurna Scheme. We are considering Indiramma Anna Yojana"
Oct 16, 2013 PM was the final decision maker, count him as a conspirator: Ex-coal secy: "former coal secretary P C Parakh on Wednesday asserted that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was the final decision maker and must be counted as a "conspirator""
Oct 15, 2013 Coal scam: If CBI smells a rat, PM should be accused No. 1, former coal secretary PC Parakh says: "If CBI has come to conclusion that allocation of Talabira (coal blocks) to Hindalco was a conspiracy, then they should have made the Prime Minister, who approved the allocation, as accused No. 1," said Parakh."
Oct 15, 2013 Is Gandhi dynasty Congress' real calling card?: "The Allahabad Congress on Tuesday passed a resolution demanding that Priyanka Gandhi should contest polls from Phoolpur, which was once the constituency of former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. The Allahabad Congress has forwarded the resolution to the party President Sonia Gandhi."
Oct 15, 2013 Centre orders huge treasure hunt, after sadhu dreams of 1,000 tonnes gold: "the sadhu Shobhan Sarkar saw in his "dreams" that 1,000 tonnes of gold was buried in the remains of the fort of Raja Rao Ram Bux."
Oct 15, 2013 Guards of Mulayam's brother-in-law accused of thrashing neighbour: "Another instance of a Samajwadi Party leader's relative behaving in a high handed manner has come to the fore. This time around party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's brother-in-law Ajayant Yadav has been accused of thrashing his neighbour."
Oct 15, 2013 Sadhu dreams of hidden gold, ASI to excavate fort in UP: "Mahant, minister of state for agriculture and food processing industries, had visited Sarkar's ashram here on September 22 and October 7 and assured him of needful action."
Oct 14, 2013 अलोकतांत्रित तरीके से देश को चला रही है एक महिला: बाबा रामदेव: "रामदेव ने अपने अभियान को धर्मयुद्ध की संज्ञा देते हुए कहा की एक परिवार पूरे देश को लूट रहा है और दुनिया के सामने देश शर्मसार हो रहा है."
Oct 14, 2013 Maharashtra: NCP corporator booked for attempt to murder: " Case has been registered against NCP corporator Sunil Pote for attempting to murder a suspended police officer. Apart from Pote, five others have also been booked in the case."
Oct 14, 2013 In India's politics, jail time is a badge of honour: "In the tribal region that Baitha represents, the vast majority of elected officials face criminal charges, most related to corruption, but many for violent crimes. Voters typically dismiss such charges as trumped-up, one more attempt by elites to crush the champions of the poor."
Oct 13, 2013 The Drilling Sergeant: " Moily was named in a CBI chargesheet in the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) bribery case. The P.V. Narasimha Rao government was facing a no-confidence motion and, according to veteran journalists, Moily was reportedly asked by the Congress high command to arrange finances to help buy support of the JMM MPs. The money, which was supplied by a liquor baron, was sent to Delhi with two ministers. To their horror, the suitcase broke open at the Delhi airport when it was flung on the conveyor belt. The ministers, though, had the gumption to quickly take out lungis from their baggage and tie up the money in it."
Oct 13, 2013 SANITATION: The Throneless...: "64% of Indians defecate in the open; 60% of all open defecations in the world are in India"
Oct 13, 2013 Sonia and Rahul did not spend single penny in 2009 Lok Sabha poll: "The party received total donations of Rs 313.74 crore ahead of the 2009 general elections, with a majority of it, Rs 237.36 crore, in the form of cash from the date of announcement to the completion of the elections."
Oct 12, 2013 Rahul an 'innocent child' who reads whatever given to him: Azam: "Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi is an 'innocent child' who reads from the dais whatever is given to him in writing."
Oct 10, 2013 Led By Raj Babbar, MPs abandon top-level defence briefing to 'catch flights': "Officials confirmed that the MPs would get their free business class flight tickets and per diem for attending the meeting. Even if meant that the Army briefing was yet to be completed, or Navy and Air Force couldn't make their presentations. Even if it meant that the LoC is now in the throes of infiltration and violence that has not been witnessed in recent memory."
Oct 9, 2013 CBI seeks I-T probe into Mulayam's wife, son properties: "The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday wrote to the Income Tax department seeking a probe into tax inconsistencies relating to properties owned by Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's wife and son Prateek."
Oct 9, 2013 CM betrayed me: Former DGP: "Former Andhra Pradesh DGP Dinesh Reddy has done a Vanzara! Following his retirement from the police force a week ago, Dinesh Reddy has slammed the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, accusing him of trying to force the DGP to lie in order to serve his political ends."
Oct 9, 2013 CBI seeks I-T probe into Mulayam's wife, son properties: "tax inconsistencies relating to properties owned by Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's wife and son Prateek."
Oct 8, 2013 Alliance politics via CBI?: "In a span of less than three weeks, Disporportionate assets case against both Mulayam Singh and Mayawati have been closed by the CBI. The BJP has not minced its words. While accusing the Congress of misusing the CBI in a game of alliance politics, the move to shut the cases has triggered speculation about pre-poll and post-poll alliances."
Oct 8, 2013 CBI likely to close DA case against Mayawati: Sources: "CBI is set to close the disproportionate assets case against BSP chief Mayawati, said sources. Earlier, a similar case against Mulayam Singh Yadav was closed by the CBI."
Oct 8, 2013 Kiran Kumar Reddy wanted to use me to stall Telangana plan: Former Andhra Pradesh DGP V Dinesh Reddy: "The former DGP charged that CM's brother Santosh Kumar Reddy meddled in the administration and alleged that the latter had approached him on several occasions to intervene in land deals and settle them in his (Santosh's) favour. "But I refused to entertain his request." Dinesh Reddy was once Kiran's favorite police officer and the CM had appointed him as the top cop by superseding many others."
Oct 7, 2013 'Politics is the biggest jackpot': "Congress MP Chaudhary Birender Singh, who had earlier kicked up a row with his 'Rs 100 crore for a Rajya Sabha seat remark', said on Sunday (October 6) that there are many people who have made billions through politics."
Oct 7, 2013 President's son visits Lalu in jail: "Congress MP Abhijit Mukherjee, son of President Pranab Mukherjee, has called on RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav in jail. The Jangipur MP met Prasad at the Birsa Munda Central Jail in Ranchi on Sunday (October 6)."
Oct 7, 2013 Politicians plead for votes, bleed the exchequer for money: Kiran Bedi: "Reacting to Congress leader Birendra Singh's statement that one could earn crores of money in politics, even if they have failed in other spheres of life, former IPS officer Kiran Bedi said that the politician is actually the BPL, he bleeds the exchequer for money, pleads for votes and then he wants to lead to the nation, sitting as MLA or MP."
Oct 7, 2013 Digvijaya Singh should answer how Jagan got bail: Chandrababu Naidu: "Accusing the Congress and Centre of being only interested in votes and not the welfare of the people, TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu accused the Congress of playing dirty politics by bifurcating Andhra Pradesh. 'The Congress is playing dirty politics, they are taking support of both TRS and YSR Congress. Digvijaya Singh should answer how YSR Congress chief Jaganmohan Reddy got bail in the DA case,' he said."
Oct 7, 2013 Powerful North Indian Politician Is Convicted of Siphoning Funds: "Mr. Prasad, 65, was India’s railway minister from 2004 to 2009 and chief minister of Bihar from 1990 to 1997, presiding over a state so mired in corruption and poverty that it became known as the Jungle Raj."
Oct 7, 2013 Lalu: Corruption-tainted Indian ex-minister jailed: " a larger scam that saw Rs 9.5 billion being used to pay fictitious bills for medicines and fodder for cattle in Bihar."
Oct 7, 2013 Himachal BJP MP under land deal lens: "was allotted to one landless Premu on compassionate grounds in 1992. "The land couldn't be transferred further for 20 years. But it was sold and even transferred in the name of Anurag in 2008 even before the lock-in period expired," said an official. Anurag is the son of former state chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal."
Oct 7, 2013 India's former railway minister gets 5-year jail term for corruption: "The scam involved siphoning off from the state exchequer some 9. 5 billion rupees ($150 million) meant for buying fodder for cattle in the 1990s. The case first came to light in 1996 and took more than 17 years for conviction."
Oct 7, 2013 BBC: India corruption: Laloo Prasad Yadav jailed for five years: "In the 543-seat lower house of parliament alone, more than 150 MPs are said to be facing criminal charges."
Oct 7, 2013 21 percent lawmakers in poll-bound states face criminal cases: "128 out of the 607 legislators from these five states have self-declared pending criminal cases."
Oct 7, 2013 पितृत्व केस: 'कल कोर्ट में पेश हों एनडी तिवारी': "'बिल्कुल फिट हैं तिवारी' बीते 24 सितंबर को जारी तिवारी के चिकित्सा प्रमाणपत्र और उसी दिन की खबरों का जिक्र करते हुए वर्मा ने कहा कि कांग्रेस के वरिष्ठ नेता को उसी दिन एक सार्वजनिक समारोह में एक युवती के साथ थिरकते देखा गया था. "
Oct 7, 2013 PM told Rahul on Oct 2: I appreciate your taking active interest, you should lead the next govt: "the Prime Minister briefed Rahul Gandhi on why the Cabinet had decided to push the ordinance, based on a note prepared by law minister Kapil Sibal."
Oct 7, 2013 President Pranab's son Abhijeet Mukherjee visits Lalu Prasad in jail: "President Pranab Mukherjee's son and Congress MP Abhijeet met convicted former Bihar chief minister and RJD chief Lalu Prasad in the Birsa Munda jail in Ranchi on Sunday. The meeting has heated up politics with the Opposition asking for answers."
Oct 6, 2013 It's alright for minorities to cheat by not repaying loans: Parameshwara: "In the race to appease the minorities ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha election, KPCC President G Parameshwara has suggested it was alright for them to cheat by not repaying the loans taken from government agencies. Calling it a part of the development process, Parameshwara recommended that sanctioning of huge amounts to the minorities."
Oct 6, 2013 जेल में भी लालू के ठाठ कम नहीं, पर होठों से काफूर हुई हंसी: "मजे की बात यह है कि जेल प्रबंधन उन्हें अब तक उनका कैदी नंबर बताने की हिम्मत नहीं जुटा पाया है. शाम के वक्त जब नंबर बोलकर हाजिरी लगाने की बारी आती है, तो गिनती करने वाला पदाधिकारी लालू की हाजिरी बिना उनका नंबर पुकारे ही बना लेता है."
Oct 6, 2013 'नीतीश और शिवानंद ने भी खाया चारा': ".शिवानंद तिवारी नरम नहीं पड़े. फिर वे चले गए. बाद में उसी दिन, एसबी सिन्हा के कहने पर विजय मलिक के भाई ने चार लाख रुपये शिवानंद तिवारी को देने के लिए मरीन होटल में मुझे सौंपे, मैं पटना लौटा और शिवानंद तिवारी के घर में जाकर उसे पैसे सौंप दिए.'"
Oct 6, 2013 The fall of Icarus: "These gangsters needed lawlessness to thrive, and people needed these very unruly elements to endure this lawlessness."
Oct 6, 2013 Maligned and ridiculed agency has last laugh: "as many as 45 accused in the fodder scam were convicted, including former Bihar Chief Ministers Lalu Prasad and Jagannath Mishra. This is a unique example of two Chief Ministers, belonging to rival political parties, being convicted in one case. Apart from Lalu Prasad and Mishra, Janata Dal (United) leader and Jahanabad MP Jagdish Sharma as well as three formers IAS officers have been convicted."
Oct 6, 2013 Fodder Scam: Rabri will guide us in Lalu's absence as she did in the past, says RJD: "The decision to anoint 54-year-old Rabri was taken at a crucial meeting of RJD MPs, MLAs, MLCs and senior party functionaries at her residence here."
Oct 6, 2013 'It's okay if minorities don't repay loans': "All established norm for legitimate business can be thrown out of the window that seems to be the message from Karnataka Congress Chief G Parameshwara. The KPCC Chief in a blatant attempt to appease minorities suggested that it is alright if minorities don't repay Government loans. In the same breath, he was also urging Government agencies to liberally give out loans to minorities."
Oct 6, 2013 Can make a fortune in politics: RS MP: "Rajya Sabha MP from Haryana, Birender Singh has made another controversial statement. Singh said in Ambala that politics is a good business and if one gets it right, he can make not crores but hundreds of crores. Birender Singh had embarrassed his party a couple of months ago when he had made a startling disclosure about Rajya Sabha seats being available for Rs 100 crore in July."
Oct 6, 2013 Kamal Nath warns bureaucrats in MP
Oct 5, 2013 Political fight over New York sham talks: "They posed for the photographers on Sunday (September 29) but India's handshake diplomacy with Pakistan once again falling to curb the cross borber terrorism. When on one hand the army continued combing operations in Keran for the 11th day to flush out the terrorists, the Home Minister went soft on Pakistan."
Oct 5, 2013 FTP: Ordinance rolled back, Lalu goes to jail: Has middle class power come of age?: "With the Cabinet rolling back the ordinance shielding convicted legislators, Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad was sentenced to jail for five years in the fodder scam. CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose discusses with a panel of experts with ordinance being rolled back, has middle class power come of age."
Oct 5, 2013 Fodder scam: Lalu to stay in Birsa Munda Jail as qaidi number 1528: "Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad has been sent to jail for five years in the fodder scam, though the party will appeal the sentence. The order means Lalu will not only be disqualified as an MP, he may also not be able to contest the next Lok Sabha election unless his conviction is overturned by a higher court."
Oct 5, 2013 What work will be allotted to Lalu in Birsa Munda Jail?: "the jail superintendent allots work depending upon the skills of a convict"
Oct 5, 2013 Karnataka salesman ends life, names Prime Minister in suicide note: "committed suicide, citing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's alleged "bad administration" and failure to repel attacks by Pakistan as the cause."
Oct 3, 2013 Fodder scam: 5-year jail term for Lalu: "RJD leader Lalu Prasad on Thursday (September 3) sentenced to five years imprisonment in a 17-year-old fodder scam case by a special CBI court after he was convicted on corruption and other charges four days back."
Oct 3, 2013 Whether Lalu is outside or inside jail, he is still our leader: Rajniti: "Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Rajniti Singh said the party chief Lalu Prasad is still the leader and the party will appeal the decision in the high court. 'Whether Lalu Yadav is outside or inside jail, he is till our leader. We will appeal this decision in the High Court. Nothing much has changed politically for the RJD.' Lalu has been sentenced to 5 years in the fodder scam."
Oct 3, 2013 5 years jail term: Is it end of the road for Lalu Prasad?: "RJD chief and former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad has been sentenced to five years in jail and fined Rs 25 lakh in a fodder case - RC 20 A/96 - by a special CBI court on Thursday in Ranchi. With the sentencing Lalu has also been disqualified from Parliament and has lost his Lok Sabha seat."
Oct 3, 2013 The PM and the Cabinet have meekly submitted to the dynasty: BJP: "The Union Cabinet on Wednesday decided to withdraw the controversial ordinance as well as Bill that sought to give protection to convicted lawmakers. The decision comes after Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi publicly expressed his displeasure over the ordinance by calling it a 'nonsense'."
Oct 3, 2013 Fodder scam: After 17 years, Bihar strongman Lalu gets 5 year jail term: "65-year-old Prasad and other convicts are currently lodged in the Birsa Munda Central Jail here."
Oct 3, 2013 Income Tax officials raid diamond traders in Mumbai, Surat: "Last week Mumbai diamond traders had felicitated Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi and had weighed him in silver."
Oct 3, 2013 Mummy! But I am young - Rahul says Sonia told him his words were wrong: "On Thursday, Rahul revealed how the young politician’s education under his mother is still continuing"
Oct 3, 2013 Lalu's ex-secretary dodging CBI for 17 years: "His secretary Mukul Kishore Kapoor disappeared after the scam was unearthed. "Mukul knew more than anyone as he was considered the eyes and ears of Lalu Prasad. But he disappeared soon after fodder scam surfaced. It was Mukul who reportedly kept all accounts of huge amount of the fodder scam (money),""
Oct 3, 2013 CBI arrests MLA Nagendra: "Eagle Traders and Logistics, a company owned by G Nagendra, is accused of illegally exporting 6.05 lakh tonnes of ore from the Belekeri port alone. Sources said CBI is also investigating allegations of the legislator collecting ‘hafta’ from other mine owners on behalf of the then district in-charge minister G Janardhana Reddy."
Oct 3, 2013 No respite for Lalu as five more fodder scam cases set to come up in quick succession: "In another case involving fraudulent withdrawal of Rs. 33.13 crore from Chaibasa treasury, 19 prosecution witnesses including two investigating officers are to be examined."
Oct 3, 2013 Lalu pleads with folded hands, but sent to jail for 5 yrs in fodder scam: "The Chaibasa treasury case is just one of the many in the Rs. 950 crore animal husbandry department scam — commonly known as the fodder scam"
Oct 3, 2013 In lawless UP it's rule of the gun: "In a state where private individuals possess more weapons than the police, the men in khaki are opting to knock at the doors of illegal arms agents. Alarmingly, the state’s netas are amongst the biggest buyers of arms from underground dealers."
Oct 3, 2013 Fodder scam: only hidden agenda was to loot public money says Judge: "High level politicians, bureaucrats and businessmen had connived together in the Rs. 900 crore fodder scam with only one "hidden agenda" to loot public money"
Oct 3, 2013 Endgame of India’s unclean politics?: "In Rajasthan, about 15% of the MLAs face criminal cases of various nature. Of those, the ruling Congress has the highest number of them, followed by the opposition BJP."
Oct 3, 2013 Watch: Special coverage of rollback of ordinance, Bill on convicted leaders: "The controversial Bill and ordinance on convicted leaders that had been cleared by the Cabinet on September 24 has been withdrawn after Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi's remark calling it a 'nonsense'. Has the Cabinet bowed down to the diktat of Rahul Gandhi?"
Oct 3, 2013 Fodder scam: Lalu Prasad jailed for 5 years, loses LS seat: "RJD chief and former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad has been sentenced to five years in jail and fined Rs 25 lakh in a fodder case - RC 20 A/96 - by a special CBI court on Thursday in Ranchi. With the sentencing Lalu has also been disqualified from Parliament and has lost his Lok Sabha seat."
Oct 3, 2013 Govt bends to Rahul's diktat, Ordinance, bill on convicted leaders withdrawn: "The UPA government has bowed down to the demands of Congress Vice Prfesident Rahul Gandhi with both the ordinance and the Bill protecting convicted politicians being withdrawn. A consensus decision was taken at a brief cabinet meeting on Wednesday evening."
Oct 3, 2013 PM bows to Rahul's diktat, ordinance on convicted MPs withdrawn: "Within 24 hours of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh landing in New Delhi the government has withdrawn the ordinance and the Bill to protect the convicted MPs and MLAs on Wednesday. Congress President Rahul Gandhi had on Friday called the ordinance 'nonsense'. He said, 'it should be torn and thrown away.'"
Oct 3, 2013 Rahul has the final say as Cabinet junks Bill, ordinance on convicted leaders: "Forced into a corner by Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi's condemnation of the ordinance to protect convicted lawmakers, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called a meeting of the Union Cabinet on Wednesday where it was decided to withdraw the controversial legislation as well as Bill regarding the same. The Cabinet decision comes following massive public disapproval and Rahul's displeasure calling the ordinance, which had been passed to negate a Supreme Court order that disqualified convicted legislators from the memberships of Parliament/ Assemblies, a 'complete nonsense'."
Oct 3, 2013 Rahul prevails, PM concedes: "Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi has asserted his position on Ordinance on convicted lawmakers, and made his entire party, including the Prime Minister of India, follow his lead. But not just him, the government was forced to listen to a billion voices. The Government was forced to kill the bill."
Oct 3, 2013 Ordinance & Bill on convicted lawmakers withdrawn: "Reversing its earlier step, Cabinet today decided to withdraw the Ordinance as well as Bill that sought to give protection to convicted lawmakers in the wake of public outburst against it by Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi."
Oct 3, 2013 Victim questions Nagar's medical tests: "After a TIMES NOW expose forced the Congress to suspend the rape accused MLA Babu Lal nagar, now CB-CID has summoned the Congress Councillor CM Sharma and Nagar's close aide Shyam Lal for interrogation. Meanwhile Victim has questioned the medical test on former Rajasthan minister alleging that doctors have been manipulated."
Oct 3, 2013 3-weeks after rape complaint, suspended Cong leader Babulal Nagar yet to be arrested: "Three weeks after Rajasthan's former minister Babulal Nagar allegedly raped a 35-year-old woman at his official residence and two weeks after he was booked, Nagar is still a free man. He is yet to face arrest despite the fact that the victim has alleged that she has been threatened constantly. On Monday, a video clip allegedly showed his close associate trying to bribe and threaten the complainant and her family into taking back the case."
Oct 3, 2013 Ordinance, Bill on convicted leaders withdrawn: Here is how the day unfolded: "Manish Tewari said that the decision does not undermine the authority of the PM or the Cabinet. 'Earlier all parties wanted this ordinance to be passed but in a democracy we have to look into the views of the people."
Oct 2, 2013 In Birsa Munda jail, a tiled toilet, TV and khaini for qaidi No. 3312 Lalu Prasad: ""From tile-fitted attached bathroom to TV with cable connection, he has it all in the jail," he claimed. Jail officials and staff are bending over backwards paying obeisance to him. "Kabhi to woh log bhi Bihar mein rahen honge"
Oct 2, 2013 Rahul Gandhi shows who is the real boss, PM looks even more pathetic than what we think: "Manmohan Singh has always been a bureaucrat. Public admonishment by their political masters is a common thing in Indian bureaucracy. No bureaucrat takes it seriously, let alone resigning. It is stupid to expect a heroic act by a bureaucrat-turned-politician."
Oct 2, 2013 Jootey bhi khaye, pyaz bhi khaye - Narendra Modi’s answer to PM’s ‘onslaught’: ""Jootey bhi khaye, pyaz bhi khaye" (suffered beating by shoes and also forced to eat onions), he said the government was destined to suffer double jeopardy."
Oct 2, 2013 Barring all criminals, may not leave anybody to vote for
Oct 2, 2013 If I was in PM's place, I would have resigned: Parkash Singh Badal: "if he was faced with a situation in which any of his party office bearers had belittled him on a decision taken by his cabinet, he would have preferred stepping down, than face humiliation."
Oct 2, 2013 Lawmakers no more a protected species as Cabinet decides to take back ordinance, bill: "Facing rising public anger and bowing to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's wishes, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday took barely 20 minutes to junk the contentious ordinance protecting convicted lawmakers from immediate disqualification."
Oct 2, 2013 BSNL man loses pension for exposing Dayanidhi Maran's illegal telephone exchange: "The whistleblower, who exposed the secret telephone exchange set up by former Union telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran at his Boat Club residence in Chennai, was a BSNL subdivisional engineer, whose pension has now been stopped on disciplinary grounds."
Oct 1, 2013 BBC: Indian media: Laloo Yadav conviction welcomed: "Media are describing former federal minister Laloo Prasad Yadav's conviction in a long-running corruption case as a victory in India's fight against corruption."
Oct 1, 2013 BBC: India MP Rasheed Masood jailed for corruption: "across the country there are 1,460 serving lawmakers facing criminal charges."
Oct 1, 2013 दंगे के आरोपी मौलाना बने यूपी सरकार के मेहमान, BJP भड़की: "गौरतलब है कि मुजफ्फरनगर के जानसठ में मदरसा चलाने वाले मौलाना नजीर शनिवार को दूसरे मौलानाओं के साथ सरकारी बुलावे पर लखनऊ आये थे और मुलायम सिंह और अखिलेश यादव से मुलाकात की थी, जबकि दंगो में ये भी नामजद आरोपी हैं."
Oct 1, 2013 Leaked chat of Congress meeting after Rahul Gandhi’s outburst against Ordinance: "Sonia Gandhi: Thank you all for joining. I am so happy today; my son seems to have grown up."
Oct 1, 2013 A page from the jail diary of Lalu Yadav: "aala sab loot raha hai hai aur pakda gaya hoon sirf hum!"
Oct 1, 2013 PM’s hint to Rahul: Sonia wanted ‘nonsense’ ordinance too: "It was a decision that was taken and approved by the core group that she heads. It was only when she took the political decision, that the ordinance could be drafted by the law ministry and placed before the Cabinet to follow the due constitutional process. He also gently asked Rahul Gandhi where he was when the ordinance was approved by the Cabinet not once but twice, once as a bill and on the second occasion as an ordinance."
Oct 1, 2013 Lalu, prisoner No.3312, enjoys VIP treatment in Birsa Munda jail: "Longer visiting hours in comparison with regular inmates, an upper division cell with a TV and two cooks, a generous supply of rice, fresh vegetables, mutton/chicken or fish, ghee, and seasonal fruits and the option of getting food from outside, are just some of the entitlements."
Oct 1, 2013 Lalu lobbies for jail freebies - Fridge, cook-masseur on wish list of celeb Birsa inmate: "The room measuring 10ft by 10ft has a bed, a table and chairs, a television that beams government-owned channels and an attached bath. New curtains were put up yesterday in his honour."
Oct 1, 2013 CBI files FIR against Kalanithi Maran: "Sources have told TIMES NOW that the CBI has filed a FIR against Sun TV networks' executive chairman Kalanithi Maran and BSNL officers in the scam involving over 300 BSNL phone line connections. Dayanidhi Maran is also under the scanner in this scam."
Oct 1, 2013 Despite Rahul's outburst, Cabinet to back ordinance on convicted leaders: "The Union Cabinet has decided to back the ordinance despite all-round public criticism and Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi's statement calling it a 'complete nonsense.' Sources on Tuesday said that a cabinet note has been circulated to the ministers before the scheduled cabinet meeting on Wednesday which states that it still stands by its decision to go ahead with the ordinance."
Oct 1, 2013 Jaitley alleges misuse of investigative agencies: "In a scathing letter to the Prime Minister, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley has accused the UPA government of misusing investigative agencies, alleging that the CBI and the NIA have colluded with the politics of the Congress in Gujarat encounter case to target BJP leaders."
Oct 1, 2013 'Rs 5 a meal' MP jailed in MBBS seat scam: "Rajya Sabha member and Congress leader, Rasheed Masood, was today sentenced to four years in jail by a Delhi court in a corruption case, becoming the first MP to lose his seat after a recent Supreme Court judgement had removed the immunity for convicted lawmakers."
Oct 1, 2013 What will PM do now?: "Even as top ministers rally behind Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Ordinance on convicted netas, it is the allies who are posing a hurdle to the immediate withdrawal of the Ordinance. Both NCP chief Sharad Pawar and SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav are said to be against the rollback. This again puts the UPA Government in a catch 22 situation. And, considering the allies have made their dissent apparent, what will the Prime Minister do?"
Oct 1, 2013 जेल की 'शोभा बढ़ाने वाले' नेता: "भ्रष्टाचार, दंगों और हत्या के मामलों में भारत में नेता जेल जाते हैं. कई पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री और मंत्री जेल जा चुके हैं."
Sep 30, 2013 Rabri, her sons to run RJD after Lalu Prasad's conviction in fodder scam: "Rabri said that she will run the party along with her son just like the Congress is run by UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi."
Sep 30, 2013 Lalu's next battle against bugs, mosquitoes
Sep 30, 2013 Fodder scam: Will Lalu's conviction be a deterrent to other netas?: "Lalu Prasad, the maverick Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo and former Bihar chief minister, and 44 others was convicted by a special Central Bureau of India (CBI) court in Ranchi in one of the cases - RC 20 A/96 - of the multi-crore fodder scam on Monday. Lalu has been convicted of corruption, criminal conspiracy and cheating and the sentencing will take place on October 3."
Sep 30, 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots: Allahabad high court issues notice to Azam Khan on petition by jat policemen: "they were transferred out of Muzaffarnagar after the recent communal clashes in that district upon his "orders""
Sep 30, 2013 The Last Word: Was Manmohan-Nawaz summit a success or a waste of time?: "Several issues were discussed between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif at a meeting on the sidelines of the UNGA session. The meeting though failed to have a breakthrough. Tension along the Line of Control (LoC) dominated the talks and both leaders agreed that the ceasefire must be restored."
Sep 30, 2013 Lalu Prasad guilty in fodder scam, to lose LS seat: "In a landmark verdict that will change Bihar's political landscape and also have a major impact on the national scene, a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on Monday convicted Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad in the 17-year-old multi-crore fodder scam case. Lalu who faces a minimum three years in jail and will be the first Member of Parliament to be disqualified after a Supreme Court order was taken into custody after the verdict and has been lodged in Birsa Munda Central Jail in Ranchi."
Sep 30, 2013 Former Rajasthan minister Babulal Nagar's aide caught on camera offering bribe to rape victim: "Former Rajasthan Minister Babulal Nagar who is charged with rape is in for more trouble as a video has emerged allegedly showing his close associate trying to bribe and threaten the complainant and her family into taking back the case."
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Oct 16, 2013 Govt mulls renaming of PDS after Indira Gandhi: "Food Minister K.V. Thomas told PTI. “There are many suggestions like Indiramma Anna Yojana and Annapurna Scheme. We are considering Indiramma Anna Yojana"
Oct 16, 2013 PM was the final decision maker, count him as a conspirator: Ex-coal secy: "former coal secretary P C Parakh on Wednesday asserted that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was the final decision maker and must be counted as a "conspirator""
Oct 15, 2013 Coal scam: If CBI smells a rat, PM should be accused No. 1, former coal secretary PC Parakh says: "If CBI has come to conclusion that allocation of Talabira (coal blocks) to Hindalco was a conspiracy, then they should have made the Prime Minister, who approved the allocation, as accused No. 1," said Parakh."
Oct 15, 2013 Is Gandhi dynasty Congress' real calling card?: "The Allahabad Congress on Tuesday passed a resolution demanding that Priyanka Gandhi should contest polls from Phoolpur, which was once the constituency of former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. The Allahabad Congress has forwarded the resolution to the party President Sonia Gandhi."
Oct 15, 2013 Centre orders huge treasure hunt, after sadhu dreams of 1,000 tonnes gold: "the sadhu Shobhan Sarkar saw in his "dreams" that 1,000 tonnes of gold was buried in the remains of the fort of Raja Rao Ram Bux."
Oct 15, 2013 Guards of Mulayam's brother-in-law accused of thrashing neighbour: "Another instance of a Samajwadi Party leader's relative behaving in a high handed manner has come to the fore. This time around party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's brother-in-law Ajayant Yadav has been accused of thrashing his neighbour."
Oct 15, 2013 Sadhu dreams of hidden gold, ASI to excavate fort in UP: "Mahant, minister of state for agriculture and food processing industries, had visited Sarkar's ashram here on September 22 and October 7 and assured him of needful action."
Oct 14, 2013 अलोकतांत्रित तरीके से देश को चला रही है एक महिला: बाबा रामदेव: "रामदेव ने अपने अभियान को धर्मयुद्ध की संज्ञा देते हुए कहा की एक परिवार पूरे देश को लूट रहा है और दुनिया के सामने देश शर्मसार हो रहा है."
Oct 14, 2013 Maharashtra: NCP corporator booked for attempt to murder: " Case has been registered against NCP corporator Sunil Pote for attempting to murder a suspended police officer. Apart from Pote, five others have also been booked in the case."
Oct 14, 2013 In India's politics, jail time is a badge of honour: "In the tribal region that Baitha represents, the vast majority of elected officials face criminal charges, most related to corruption, but many for violent crimes. Voters typically dismiss such charges as trumped-up, one more attempt by elites to crush the champions of the poor."
Oct 13, 2013 The Drilling Sergeant: " Moily was named in a CBI chargesheet in the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) bribery case. The P.V. Narasimha Rao government was facing a no-confidence motion and, according to veteran journalists, Moily was reportedly asked by the Congress high command to arrange finances to help buy support of the JMM MPs. The money, which was supplied by a liquor baron, was sent to Delhi with two ministers. To their horror, the suitcase broke open at the Delhi airport when it was flung on the conveyor belt. The ministers, though, had the gumption to quickly take out lungis from their baggage and tie up the money in it."
Oct 13, 2013 SANITATION: The Throneless...: "64% of Indians defecate in the open; 60% of all open defecations in the world are in India"
Oct 13, 2013 Sonia and Rahul did not spend single penny in 2009 Lok Sabha poll: "The party received total donations of Rs 313.74 crore ahead of the 2009 general elections, with a majority of it, Rs 237.36 crore, in the form of cash from the date of announcement to the completion of the elections."
Oct 12, 2013 Rahul an 'innocent child' who reads whatever given to him: Azam: "Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi is an 'innocent child' who reads from the dais whatever is given to him in writing."
Oct 10, 2013 Led By Raj Babbar, MPs abandon top-level defence briefing to 'catch flights': "Officials confirmed that the MPs would get their free business class flight tickets and per diem for attending the meeting. Even if meant that the Army briefing was yet to be completed, or Navy and Air Force couldn't make their presentations. Even if it meant that the LoC is now in the throes of infiltration and violence that has not been witnessed in recent memory."
Oct 9, 2013 CBI seeks I-T probe into Mulayam's wife, son properties: "The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday wrote to the Income Tax department seeking a probe into tax inconsistencies relating to properties owned by Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's wife and son Prateek."
Oct 9, 2013 CM betrayed me: Former DGP: "Former Andhra Pradesh DGP Dinesh Reddy has done a Vanzara! Following his retirement from the police force a week ago, Dinesh Reddy has slammed the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, accusing him of trying to force the DGP to lie in order to serve his political ends."
Oct 9, 2013 CBI seeks I-T probe into Mulayam's wife, son properties: "tax inconsistencies relating to properties owned by Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's wife and son Prateek."
Oct 8, 2013 Alliance politics via CBI?: "In a span of less than three weeks, Disporportionate assets case against both Mulayam Singh and Mayawati have been closed by the CBI. The BJP has not minced its words. While accusing the Congress of misusing the CBI in a game of alliance politics, the move to shut the cases has triggered speculation about pre-poll and post-poll alliances."
Oct 8, 2013 CBI likely to close DA case against Mayawati: Sources: "CBI is set to close the disproportionate assets case against BSP chief Mayawati, said sources. Earlier, a similar case against Mulayam Singh Yadav was closed by the CBI."
Oct 8, 2013 Kiran Kumar Reddy wanted to use me to stall Telangana plan: Former Andhra Pradesh DGP V Dinesh Reddy: "The former DGP charged that CM's brother Santosh Kumar Reddy meddled in the administration and alleged that the latter had approached him on several occasions to intervene in land deals and settle them in his (Santosh's) favour. "But I refused to entertain his request." Dinesh Reddy was once Kiran's favorite police officer and the CM had appointed him as the top cop by superseding many others."
Oct 7, 2013 'Politics is the biggest jackpot': "Congress MP Chaudhary Birender Singh, who had earlier kicked up a row with his 'Rs 100 crore for a Rajya Sabha seat remark', said on Sunday (October 6) that there are many people who have made billions through politics."
Oct 7, 2013 President's son visits Lalu in jail: "Congress MP Abhijit Mukherjee, son of President Pranab Mukherjee, has called on RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav in jail. The Jangipur MP met Prasad at the Birsa Munda Central Jail in Ranchi on Sunday (October 6)."
Oct 7, 2013 Politicians plead for votes, bleed the exchequer for money: Kiran Bedi: "Reacting to Congress leader Birendra Singh's statement that one could earn crores of money in politics, even if they have failed in other spheres of life, former IPS officer Kiran Bedi said that the politician is actually the BPL, he bleeds the exchequer for money, pleads for votes and then he wants to lead to the nation, sitting as MLA or MP."
Oct 7, 2013 Digvijaya Singh should answer how Jagan got bail: Chandrababu Naidu: "Accusing the Congress and Centre of being only interested in votes and not the welfare of the people, TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu accused the Congress of playing dirty politics by bifurcating Andhra Pradesh. 'The Congress is playing dirty politics, they are taking support of both TRS and YSR Congress. Digvijaya Singh should answer how YSR Congress chief Jaganmohan Reddy got bail in the DA case,' he said."
Oct 7, 2013 Powerful North Indian Politician Is Convicted of Siphoning Funds: "Mr. Prasad, 65, was India’s railway minister from 2004 to 2009 and chief minister of Bihar from 1990 to 1997, presiding over a state so mired in corruption and poverty that it became known as the Jungle Raj."
Oct 7, 2013 Lalu: Corruption-tainted Indian ex-minister jailed: " a larger scam that saw Rs 9.5 billion being used to pay fictitious bills for medicines and fodder for cattle in Bihar."
Oct 7, 2013 Himachal BJP MP under land deal lens: "was allotted to one landless Premu on compassionate grounds in 1992. "The land couldn't be transferred further for 20 years. But it was sold and even transferred in the name of Anurag in 2008 even before the lock-in period expired," said an official. Anurag is the son of former state chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal."
Oct 7, 2013 India's former railway minister gets 5-year jail term for corruption: "The scam involved siphoning off from the state exchequer some 9. 5 billion rupees ($150 million) meant for buying fodder for cattle in the 1990s. The case first came to light in 1996 and took more than 17 years for conviction."
Oct 7, 2013 BBC: India corruption: Laloo Prasad Yadav jailed for five years: "In the 543-seat lower house of parliament alone, more than 150 MPs are said to be facing criminal charges."
Oct 7, 2013 21 percent lawmakers in poll-bound states face criminal cases: "128 out of the 607 legislators from these five states have self-declared pending criminal cases."
Oct 7, 2013 पितृत्व केस: 'कल कोर्ट में पेश हों एनडी तिवारी': "'बिल्कुल फिट हैं तिवारी' बीते 24 सितंबर को जारी तिवारी के चिकित्सा प्रमाणपत्र और उसी दिन की खबरों का जिक्र करते हुए वर्मा ने कहा कि कांग्रेस के वरिष्ठ नेता को उसी दिन एक सार्वजनिक समारोह में एक युवती के साथ थिरकते देखा गया था. "
Oct 7, 2013 PM told Rahul on Oct 2: I appreciate your taking active interest, you should lead the next govt: "the Prime Minister briefed Rahul Gandhi on why the Cabinet had decided to push the ordinance, based on a note prepared by law minister Kapil Sibal."
Oct 7, 2013 President Pranab's son Abhijeet Mukherjee visits Lalu Prasad in jail: "President Pranab Mukherjee's son and Congress MP Abhijeet met convicted former Bihar chief minister and RJD chief Lalu Prasad in the Birsa Munda jail in Ranchi on Sunday. The meeting has heated up politics with the Opposition asking for answers."
Oct 6, 2013 It's alright for minorities to cheat by not repaying loans: Parameshwara: "In the race to appease the minorities ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha election, KPCC President G Parameshwara has suggested it was alright for them to cheat by not repaying the loans taken from government agencies. Calling it a part of the development process, Parameshwara recommended that sanctioning of huge amounts to the minorities."
Oct 6, 2013 जेल में भी लालू के ठाठ कम नहीं, पर होठों से काफूर हुई हंसी: "मजे की बात यह है कि जेल प्रबंधन उन्हें अब तक उनका कैदी नंबर बताने की हिम्मत नहीं जुटा पाया है. शाम के वक्त जब नंबर बोलकर हाजिरी लगाने की बारी आती है, तो गिनती करने वाला पदाधिकारी लालू की हाजिरी बिना उनका नंबर पुकारे ही बना लेता है."
Oct 6, 2013 'नीतीश और शिवानंद ने भी खाया चारा': ".शिवानंद तिवारी नरम नहीं पड़े. फिर वे चले गए. बाद में उसी दिन, एसबी सिन्हा के कहने पर विजय मलिक के भाई ने चार लाख रुपये शिवानंद तिवारी को देने के लिए मरीन होटल में मुझे सौंपे, मैं पटना लौटा और शिवानंद तिवारी के घर में जाकर उसे पैसे सौंप दिए.'"
Oct 6, 2013 The fall of Icarus: "These gangsters needed lawlessness to thrive, and people needed these very unruly elements to endure this lawlessness."
Oct 6, 2013 Maligned and ridiculed agency has last laugh: "as many as 45 accused in the fodder scam were convicted, including former Bihar Chief Ministers Lalu Prasad and Jagannath Mishra. This is a unique example of two Chief Ministers, belonging to rival political parties, being convicted in one case. Apart from Lalu Prasad and Mishra, Janata Dal (United) leader and Jahanabad MP Jagdish Sharma as well as three formers IAS officers have been convicted."
Oct 6, 2013 Fodder Scam: Rabri will guide us in Lalu's absence as she did in the past, says RJD: "The decision to anoint 54-year-old Rabri was taken at a crucial meeting of RJD MPs, MLAs, MLCs and senior party functionaries at her residence here."
Oct 6, 2013 'It's okay if minorities don't repay loans': "All established norm for legitimate business can be thrown out of the window that seems to be the message from Karnataka Congress Chief G Parameshwara. The KPCC Chief in a blatant attempt to appease minorities suggested that it is alright if minorities don't repay Government loans. In the same breath, he was also urging Government agencies to liberally give out loans to minorities."
Oct 6, 2013 Can make a fortune in politics: RS MP: "Rajya Sabha MP from Haryana, Birender Singh has made another controversial statement. Singh said in Ambala that politics is a good business and if one gets it right, he can make not crores but hundreds of crores. Birender Singh had embarrassed his party a couple of months ago when he had made a startling disclosure about Rajya Sabha seats being available for Rs 100 crore in July."
Oct 6, 2013 Kamal Nath warns bureaucrats in MP
Oct 5, 2013 Political fight over New York sham talks: "They posed for the photographers on Sunday (September 29) but India's handshake diplomacy with Pakistan once again falling to curb the cross borber terrorism. When on one hand the army continued combing operations in Keran for the 11th day to flush out the terrorists, the Home Minister went soft on Pakistan."
Oct 5, 2013 FTP: Ordinance rolled back, Lalu goes to jail: Has middle class power come of age?: "With the Cabinet rolling back the ordinance shielding convicted legislators, Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad was sentenced to jail for five years in the fodder scam. CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose discusses with a panel of experts with ordinance being rolled back, has middle class power come of age."
Oct 5, 2013 Fodder scam: Lalu to stay in Birsa Munda Jail as qaidi number 1528: "Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad has been sent to jail for five years in the fodder scam, though the party will appeal the sentence. The order means Lalu will not only be disqualified as an MP, he may also not be able to contest the next Lok Sabha election unless his conviction is overturned by a higher court."
Oct 5, 2013 What work will be allotted to Lalu in Birsa Munda Jail?: "the jail superintendent allots work depending upon the skills of a convict"
Oct 5, 2013 Karnataka salesman ends life, names Prime Minister in suicide note: "committed suicide, citing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's alleged "bad administration" and failure to repel attacks by Pakistan as the cause."
Oct 3, 2013 Fodder scam: 5-year jail term for Lalu: "RJD leader Lalu Prasad on Thursday (September 3) sentenced to five years imprisonment in a 17-year-old fodder scam case by a special CBI court after he was convicted on corruption and other charges four days back."
Oct 3, 2013 Whether Lalu is outside or inside jail, he is still our leader: Rajniti: "Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Rajniti Singh said the party chief Lalu Prasad is still the leader and the party will appeal the decision in the high court. 'Whether Lalu Yadav is outside or inside jail, he is till our leader. We will appeal this decision in the High Court. Nothing much has changed politically for the RJD.' Lalu has been sentenced to 5 years in the fodder scam."
Oct 3, 2013 5 years jail term: Is it end of the road for Lalu Prasad?: "RJD chief and former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad has been sentenced to five years in jail and fined Rs 25 lakh in a fodder case - RC 20 A/96 - by a special CBI court on Thursday in Ranchi. With the sentencing Lalu has also been disqualified from Parliament and has lost his Lok Sabha seat."
Oct 3, 2013 The PM and the Cabinet have meekly submitted to the dynasty: BJP: "The Union Cabinet on Wednesday decided to withdraw the controversial ordinance as well as Bill that sought to give protection to convicted lawmakers. The decision comes after Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi publicly expressed his displeasure over the ordinance by calling it a 'nonsense'."
Oct 3, 2013 Fodder scam: After 17 years, Bihar strongman Lalu gets 5 year jail term: "65-year-old Prasad and other convicts are currently lodged in the Birsa Munda Central Jail here."
Oct 3, 2013 Income Tax officials raid diamond traders in Mumbai, Surat: "Last week Mumbai diamond traders had felicitated Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi and had weighed him in silver."
Oct 3, 2013 Mummy! But I am young - Rahul says Sonia told him his words were wrong: "On Thursday, Rahul revealed how the young politician’s education under his mother is still continuing"
Oct 3, 2013 Lalu's ex-secretary dodging CBI for 17 years: "His secretary Mukul Kishore Kapoor disappeared after the scam was unearthed. "Mukul knew more than anyone as he was considered the eyes and ears of Lalu Prasad. But he disappeared soon after fodder scam surfaced. It was Mukul who reportedly kept all accounts of huge amount of the fodder scam (money),""
Oct 3, 2013 CBI arrests MLA Nagendra: "Eagle Traders and Logistics, a company owned by G Nagendra, is accused of illegally exporting 6.05 lakh tonnes of ore from the Belekeri port alone. Sources said CBI is also investigating allegations of the legislator collecting ‘hafta’ from other mine owners on behalf of the then district in-charge minister G Janardhana Reddy."
Oct 3, 2013 No respite for Lalu as five more fodder scam cases set to come up in quick succession: "In another case involving fraudulent withdrawal of Rs. 33.13 crore from Chaibasa treasury, 19 prosecution witnesses including two investigating officers are to be examined."
Oct 3, 2013 Lalu pleads with folded hands, but sent to jail for 5 yrs in fodder scam: "The Chaibasa treasury case is just one of the many in the Rs. 950 crore animal husbandry department scam — commonly known as the fodder scam"
Oct 3, 2013 In lawless UP it's rule of the gun: "In a state where private individuals possess more weapons than the police, the men in khaki are opting to knock at the doors of illegal arms agents. Alarmingly, the state’s netas are amongst the biggest buyers of arms from underground dealers."
Oct 3, 2013 Fodder scam: only hidden agenda was to loot public money says Judge: "High level politicians, bureaucrats and businessmen had connived together in the Rs. 900 crore fodder scam with only one "hidden agenda" to loot public money"
Oct 3, 2013 Endgame of India’s unclean politics?: "In Rajasthan, about 15% of the MLAs face criminal cases of various nature. Of those, the ruling Congress has the highest number of them, followed by the opposition BJP."
Oct 3, 2013 Watch: Special coverage of rollback of ordinance, Bill on convicted leaders: "The controversial Bill and ordinance on convicted leaders that had been cleared by the Cabinet on September 24 has been withdrawn after Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi's remark calling it a 'nonsense'. Has the Cabinet bowed down to the diktat of Rahul Gandhi?"
Oct 3, 2013 Fodder scam: Lalu Prasad jailed for 5 years, loses LS seat: "RJD chief and former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad has been sentenced to five years in jail and fined Rs 25 lakh in a fodder case - RC 20 A/96 - by a special CBI court on Thursday in Ranchi. With the sentencing Lalu has also been disqualified from Parliament and has lost his Lok Sabha seat."
Oct 3, 2013 Govt bends to Rahul's diktat, Ordinance, bill on convicted leaders withdrawn: "The UPA government has bowed down to the demands of Congress Vice Prfesident Rahul Gandhi with both the ordinance and the Bill protecting convicted politicians being withdrawn. A consensus decision was taken at a brief cabinet meeting on Wednesday evening."
Oct 3, 2013 PM bows to Rahul's diktat, ordinance on convicted MPs withdrawn: "Within 24 hours of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh landing in New Delhi the government has withdrawn the ordinance and the Bill to protect the convicted MPs and MLAs on Wednesday. Congress President Rahul Gandhi had on Friday called the ordinance 'nonsense'. He said, 'it should be torn and thrown away.'"
Oct 3, 2013 Rahul has the final say as Cabinet junks Bill, ordinance on convicted leaders: "Forced into a corner by Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi's condemnation of the ordinance to protect convicted lawmakers, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called a meeting of the Union Cabinet on Wednesday where it was decided to withdraw the controversial legislation as well as Bill regarding the same. The Cabinet decision comes following massive public disapproval and Rahul's displeasure calling the ordinance, which had been passed to negate a Supreme Court order that disqualified convicted legislators from the memberships of Parliament/ Assemblies, a 'complete nonsense'."
Oct 3, 2013 Rahul prevails, PM concedes: "Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi has asserted his position on Ordinance on convicted lawmakers, and made his entire party, including the Prime Minister of India, follow his lead. But not just him, the government was forced to listen to a billion voices. The Government was forced to kill the bill."
Oct 3, 2013 Ordinance & Bill on convicted lawmakers withdrawn: "Reversing its earlier step, Cabinet today decided to withdraw the Ordinance as well as Bill that sought to give protection to convicted lawmakers in the wake of public outburst against it by Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi."
Oct 3, 2013 Victim questions Nagar's medical tests: "After a TIMES NOW expose forced the Congress to suspend the rape accused MLA Babu Lal nagar, now CB-CID has summoned the Congress Councillor CM Sharma and Nagar's close aide Shyam Lal for interrogation. Meanwhile Victim has questioned the medical test on former Rajasthan minister alleging that doctors have been manipulated."
Oct 3, 2013 3-weeks after rape complaint, suspended Cong leader Babulal Nagar yet to be arrested: "Three weeks after Rajasthan's former minister Babulal Nagar allegedly raped a 35-year-old woman at his official residence and two weeks after he was booked, Nagar is still a free man. He is yet to face arrest despite the fact that the victim has alleged that she has been threatened constantly. On Monday, a video clip allegedly showed his close associate trying to bribe and threaten the complainant and her family into taking back the case."
Oct 3, 2013 Ordinance, Bill on convicted leaders withdrawn: Here is how the day unfolded: "Manish Tewari said that the decision does not undermine the authority of the PM or the Cabinet. 'Earlier all parties wanted this ordinance to be passed but in a democracy we have to look into the views of the people."
Oct 2, 2013 In Birsa Munda jail, a tiled toilet, TV and khaini for qaidi No. 3312 Lalu Prasad: ""From tile-fitted attached bathroom to TV with cable connection, he has it all in the jail," he claimed. Jail officials and staff are bending over backwards paying obeisance to him. "Kabhi to woh log bhi Bihar mein rahen honge"
Oct 2, 2013 Rahul Gandhi shows who is the real boss, PM looks even more pathetic than what we think: "Manmohan Singh has always been a bureaucrat. Public admonishment by their political masters is a common thing in Indian bureaucracy. No bureaucrat takes it seriously, let alone resigning. It is stupid to expect a heroic act by a bureaucrat-turned-politician."
Oct 2, 2013 Jootey bhi khaye, pyaz bhi khaye - Narendra Modi’s answer to PM’s ‘onslaught’: ""Jootey bhi khaye, pyaz bhi khaye" (suffered beating by shoes and also forced to eat onions), he said the government was destined to suffer double jeopardy."
Oct 2, 2013 Barring all criminals, may not leave anybody to vote for
Oct 2, 2013 If I was in PM's place, I would have resigned: Parkash Singh Badal: "if he was faced with a situation in which any of his party office bearers had belittled him on a decision taken by his cabinet, he would have preferred stepping down, than face humiliation."
Oct 2, 2013 Lawmakers no more a protected species as Cabinet decides to take back ordinance, bill: "Facing rising public anger and bowing to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's wishes, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday took barely 20 minutes to junk the contentious ordinance protecting convicted lawmakers from immediate disqualification."
Oct 2, 2013 BSNL man loses pension for exposing Dayanidhi Maran's illegal telephone exchange: "The whistleblower, who exposed the secret telephone exchange set up by former Union telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran at his Boat Club residence in Chennai, was a BSNL subdivisional engineer, whose pension has now been stopped on disciplinary grounds."
Oct 1, 2013 BBC: Indian media: Laloo Yadav conviction welcomed: "Media are describing former federal minister Laloo Prasad Yadav's conviction in a long-running corruption case as a victory in India's fight against corruption."
Oct 1, 2013 BBC: India MP Rasheed Masood jailed for corruption: "across the country there are 1,460 serving lawmakers facing criminal charges."
Oct 1, 2013 दंगे के आरोपी मौलाना बने यूपी सरकार के मेहमान, BJP भड़की: "गौरतलब है कि मुजफ्फरनगर के जानसठ में मदरसा चलाने वाले मौलाना नजीर शनिवार को दूसरे मौलानाओं के साथ सरकारी बुलावे पर लखनऊ आये थे और मुलायम सिंह और अखिलेश यादव से मुलाकात की थी, जबकि दंगो में ये भी नामजद आरोपी हैं."
Oct 1, 2013 Leaked chat of Congress meeting after Rahul Gandhi’s outburst against Ordinance: "Sonia Gandhi: Thank you all for joining. I am so happy today; my son seems to have grown up."
Oct 1, 2013 A page from the jail diary of Lalu Yadav: "aala sab loot raha hai hai aur pakda gaya hoon sirf hum!"
Oct 1, 2013 PM’s hint to Rahul: Sonia wanted ‘nonsense’ ordinance too: "It was a decision that was taken and approved by the core group that she heads. It was only when she took the political decision, that the ordinance could be drafted by the law ministry and placed before the Cabinet to follow the due constitutional process. He also gently asked Rahul Gandhi where he was when the ordinance was approved by the Cabinet not once but twice, once as a bill and on the second occasion as an ordinance."
Oct 1, 2013 Lalu, prisoner No.3312, enjoys VIP treatment in Birsa Munda jail: "Longer visiting hours in comparison with regular inmates, an upper division cell with a TV and two cooks, a generous supply of rice, fresh vegetables, mutton/chicken or fish, ghee, and seasonal fruits and the option of getting food from outside, are just some of the entitlements."
Oct 1, 2013 Lalu lobbies for jail freebies - Fridge, cook-masseur on wish list of celeb Birsa inmate: "The room measuring 10ft by 10ft has a bed, a table and chairs, a television that beams government-owned channels and an attached bath. New curtains were put up yesterday in his honour."
Oct 1, 2013 CBI files FIR against Kalanithi Maran: "Sources have told TIMES NOW that the CBI has filed a FIR against Sun TV networks' executive chairman Kalanithi Maran and BSNL officers in the scam involving over 300 BSNL phone line connections. Dayanidhi Maran is also under the scanner in this scam."
Oct 1, 2013 Despite Rahul's outburst, Cabinet to back ordinance on convicted leaders: "The Union Cabinet has decided to back the ordinance despite all-round public criticism and Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi's statement calling it a 'complete nonsense.' Sources on Tuesday said that a cabinet note has been circulated to the ministers before the scheduled cabinet meeting on Wednesday which states that it still stands by its decision to go ahead with the ordinance."
Oct 1, 2013 Jaitley alleges misuse of investigative agencies: "In a scathing letter to the Prime Minister, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley has accused the UPA government of misusing investigative agencies, alleging that the CBI and the NIA have colluded with the politics of the Congress in Gujarat encounter case to target BJP leaders."
Oct 1, 2013 'Rs 5 a meal' MP jailed in MBBS seat scam: "Rajya Sabha member and Congress leader, Rasheed Masood, was today sentenced to four years in jail by a Delhi court in a corruption case, becoming the first MP to lose his seat after a recent Supreme Court judgement had removed the immunity for convicted lawmakers."
Oct 1, 2013 What will PM do now?: "Even as top ministers rally behind Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Ordinance on convicted netas, it is the allies who are posing a hurdle to the immediate withdrawal of the Ordinance. Both NCP chief Sharad Pawar and SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav are said to be against the rollback. This again puts the UPA Government in a catch 22 situation. And, considering the allies have made their dissent apparent, what will the Prime Minister do?"
Oct 1, 2013 जेल की 'शोभा बढ़ाने वाले' नेता: "भ्रष्टाचार, दंगों और हत्या के मामलों में भारत में नेता जेल जाते हैं. कई पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री और मंत्री जेल जा चुके हैं."
Sep 30, 2013 Rabri, her sons to run RJD after Lalu Prasad's conviction in fodder scam: "Rabri said that she will run the party along with her son just like the Congress is run by UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi."
Sep 30, 2013 Lalu's next battle against bugs, mosquitoes
Sep 30, 2013 Fodder scam: Will Lalu's conviction be a deterrent to other netas?: "Lalu Prasad, the maverick Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo and former Bihar chief minister, and 44 others was convicted by a special Central Bureau of India (CBI) court in Ranchi in one of the cases - RC 20 A/96 - of the multi-crore fodder scam on Monday. Lalu has been convicted of corruption, criminal conspiracy and cheating and the sentencing will take place on October 3."
Sep 30, 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots: Allahabad high court issues notice to Azam Khan on petition by jat policemen: "they were transferred out of Muzaffarnagar after the recent communal clashes in that district upon his "orders""
Sep 30, 2013 The Last Word: Was Manmohan-Nawaz summit a success or a waste of time?: "Several issues were discussed between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif at a meeting on the sidelines of the UNGA session. The meeting though failed to have a breakthrough. Tension along the Line of Control (LoC) dominated the talks and both leaders agreed that the ceasefire must be restored."
Sep 30, 2013 Lalu Prasad guilty in fodder scam, to lose LS seat: "In a landmark verdict that will change Bihar's political landscape and also have a major impact on the national scene, a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on Monday convicted Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad in the 17-year-old multi-crore fodder scam case. Lalu who faces a minimum three years in jail and will be the first Member of Parliament to be disqualified after a Supreme Court order was taken into custody after the verdict and has been lodged in Birsa Munda Central Jail in Ranchi."
Sep 30, 2013 Former Rajasthan minister Babulal Nagar's aide caught on camera offering bribe to rape victim: "Former Rajasthan Minister Babulal Nagar who is charged with rape is in for more trouble as a video has emerged allegedly showing his close associate trying to bribe and threaten the complainant and her family into taking back the case."
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