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Sep 10, 2012 Bizarre Sedition Charge Against Anti-Corruption Cartoonist: "Trivedi has for the moment refused to hire a lawyer and does not intend to apply for bail: "I want to first see how a British-era law like sedition is going to be applied against a cartoonist in free India.""
Sep 10, 2012 Pressure on Naveen Jindal grows: "The government auditor CAG in its recent report statedthat undue benefits to the tune of Rs 1.86 lakh crore were extended to private firms on account of allocation of 57 mines to them without auction."
Sep 10, 2012 Cartoonist's arrest: 'Politicians are creating climate of fear': "Famous cartoonist Hemant Morparia has come out in support of Aseem Trivedi saying that his arrest is a proof of the increasing high-handedness of the state."
Sep 10, 2012 Watch: Aseem Trivedi's arrest sparks nationwide outrage: "While the Press Council has called the charges against the cartoonist ridiculous, Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil has said that police custody was not needed."
Sep 10, 2012 Arrest cops, politicians behind cartoonist Trivedi's ordeal, Justice Katju says: ""Because under Section 342 of the PIC, wrongful arrest and confinement are serious criminal offences ... If you are arresting a person who has not committed a crime, then you are committing a crime. So, these politicians and these police officers should be arrested and made to face trial,""
Sep 10, 2012 Political parties log Rs 4,662 cr income: "of Rs 2,008 crore followed by BJP at Rs 994 crore"
Sep 9, 2012 A Raja is still telecom minister, says DoT website: "A Raja, the disgraced DMK member of Parliament, may have been divested of the communications portfolio as far back as November 2010 and spent more than a year -- from February 2011 to May 2012 -- in jail for his role in the infamous 2G spectrum scam. He may have been out on bail since May 2012. His trusted aide and personal assistant, RK Chandolia, too may have spent time in jail at the same time for having been hand in glove with him. By any yardstick, the duo should be persona non grata in anything to do with the government, but not with the department that they brought infamy to."
Sep 9, 2012 Textbook case of crony capitalism: "Mail Today has been at the forefront of cracking the code on the Manoj Jayaswal-Darda extended family working in cahoots to grab coal blocks"
Sep 9, 2012 Cartoonist targets corruption, sent to police custody
Sep 9, 2012 Manmohan regime sinking due to corruption: Buddhadeb
Sep 9, 2012 SINGH A TRAGIC KING! Manmohan Singh A Sitting Duck PM Who Presides Over Corrupt Government, Says Washington Post: "The story came close on the heels of Manmohan Singh being dubbed an “underachiever” by Time magazine"
Sep 9, 2012 Tytler let his police escorts get beaten up: DCP: "Three policemen were allegedly attacked by Congressmen when they were escorting Jagdish Tytler inside Congress Bhawan."
Sep 9, 2012 Odisha violence fallout: "Three days after violence outside the Orissa assembly the police have booked Congress leader Jagdish Tytler for criminal conspiracy."
Sep 9, 2012 Inexcusable blunder by WB Govt: "In a shocking case of disrespect to the Indian flag West Bengal government has handed out class 2 textbooks with the Tricolour printed upside down. But what is even more shocking is that the teachers in Mamata Banerjee's West Bengal continue to swear by it refusing to correct this inexcusable blunder by the state Govt."
Sep 9, 2012 Hyde And Seek Dabbu-dabbu-dabbu. That’s Hyderabad talk for how the city’s become the scam capital.: "going by the number of VIPs currently lodged in Chanchalguda jail in Hyderabad, the joke is the police will soon be placing orders for gilded plates of biriyani. There are at least 10 “special” prisoners, all accused in various scams—Jaganmohan Reddy, of course, remains the star visitor, followed closely by industrialists, bureaucrats, a former minister and now judges as well."
Sep 9, 2012 गर्भाशय कांड: जवाब ढूंढती सरकार..: "हालांकि कुछ प्रभावित ग्रामीण इलाक़ों में घूमते हुए ज़्यादातर लोगों से मैंने यही सुना कि योजनाओं को लूट से बचाने वाला नहीं, लूट मचाने वाला ज़्यादा ताक़तवर हो गया है."
Sep 9, 2012 जेल में हैं तो क्या हुआ, हम वीआईपी हैं...: "वकीलों ने उन्हें अदालत से विशेष कैदी का दर्जा दिलवाया है जिसके चलते वो अलग कमरों में मनपसंद खाना बनवाने की सुविधा सहित रहते हैं, मानो अपने घर में हों."
Sep 9, 2012 Mumbai: Cartoonist arrested for 'mocking Parliament': "Aseem Trivedi, who depicted Parliament as a commode and showed the national emblem with wolves, has been charged with sedition."
Sep 9, 2012 CBI probe points to criminal conspiracy by Coal Ministry officials: "a criminal conspiracy hatched by Coal Ministry officials along with certain functionaries of the Power Ministry and State governments in accepting and pursuing forged documents from tainted companies, including that of Congress MP Vijay Darda-linked JLD Yavatmal Energy Limited, for fraudulent allocation of coal blocks."
Sep 9, 2012 Mumbai: IAC activist Aseem Trivedi arrested on charges of sedition: "Trivedi has been sent to a week of police custody for allegedly posting 'ugly and obscene' content on his web portal."
Sep 7, 2012 Ministers’ kin landing coal blocks adds to UPA woes: "Documents show that besides the kin of Union tourism minister Subodh Kant Sahai and Congress MP Vijay Darda, relatives of Union minister of state Jagatrakshakan (of the DMK) and RJD's Prem Gupta, corporate affairs minister in UPA-1, were also allotted coal blocks"
Sep 7, 2012 PSU promised TN mantri’s firm coal at Rs 25 per tonne: "The state-owned Puducherry Industrial Promotion Development Corporation (PIPDIC) entered into a memorandum of understanding with J R Power Gen Private Limited, owned by Union minister S Jagathrakshakan's family, to sell coal at a throwaway price of Rs 25 per tonne even before it was allotted a coal block"
Sep 7, 2012 CD case: Virbhadra, Pratibha appear in court: "Having failed to get quashed a case registered under Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act, former Union minister Virbhadra Singh and his wife Pratibha Singh appeared before a court here on Friday and pleaded for a speedy trial."
Sep 7, 2012 One Bofors got Rajiv. But will UPA’s bag of scams hurt Cong?
Sep 7, 2012 BJP CMs involved in coal scam: Hariprasad: "alleged that the Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh were involved in the coal block allocation scams."
Sep 7, 2012 Orchestrated scam in merchant power projects, captive coal blocks and PSU bank loans?: "There seemed to be an orchestrated move towards benefitting a few influential private companies backed by individuals to exploit land and coal resources with the help of the public moneys raised by PSU banks, alleged EAS Sarma, the former secretary with the GoI"
Sep 7, 2012 Coalgate: Whole world is discussing your corrupt practices, BJP tells PM Manmohan Singh: ""Tere Bhrashtachar ke charche har zubaan par, sabko maalum hai, aur sabko khabar ho gayi"."
Sep 7, 2012 Cash-for-bail scam: Second chargesheet filed by Anti-Corruption Bureau: "The Andhra Pradesh Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) today filed a second chargesheet in the cash-for-bail scam case against seven persons including former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhan Reddy, two Karnataka MLAs and two suspended judges."
Sep 7, 2012 No bail for corrupt politicians if we win elections: Kejriwal
Sep 7, 2012 PM's involvement proved: Jaitley: "Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Arun Jaitley, on Friday (September 7) spoke exclusively to TIMES NOW, and said the Prime Minister's direct involvement in the decision making has been proved and the new revelations will take the scandal to the next level."
Sep 7, 2012 One month, 5 explosive disclosures: "We began with exposing the delay in the tabling the CAG report in Parliament, and then went to the root on Coalgate, bringing you the screening commitee papers. The more we investigated, the deeper the links of nepotism and impropreity ran. And today, TIMES NOW brings you the biggest expose on Coalgate- the PMO internal note."
Sep 7, 2012 Congress Mob Brutalises Woman Cop in Odisha: "Congress workers chase away a policewoman during a protest over coal blocks allocation in Bhubaneswar."
Sep 6, 2012 Are political rallies being reduced to goondaism?: "Protests over coal blocks allocation turned violent in Odisha when several thousand Congress workers clashed with police."
Sep 6, 2012 After inaction, an outrageous defence: ""Just because the whole country says trip must be cancelled. It cannot be cancelled." If the inaction wasn't infuriating enough, there now comes this outrageous justification for the Karnataka Government's refusal to act."
Sep 6, 2012 Gadkari aide was alloted a coal block: Jairam Ramesh: "Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has now dragged BJP president Nitin Gadkari into the coal block allocation scam."
Sep 6, 2012 Question over DMK's Jagathrakshakan: "Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting & DMK leader, S Jagathrakshkan, is in the dock over Coalgate. TIMES NOW exposes the central minister's link to coal block allocations. The minister is alleged to have helped his company get coal block allocations in Odisha."
Sep 6, 2012 Coalgate: Norm violated by govt to favour Jindal: "Documents show how Congress MP Naveen Jindal was given a coal block while the government Navratna Coal India Ltd was refused."
Sep 6, 2012 Have our MPs brought disrepute to Parliament?: "Members of Parliament from the BSP and the SP come to blows in the Rajya Sabha over the bill for promotion quota for SCs and STs."
Sep 6, 2012 Cong workers, police clash near Odisha Assembly: "Over 100 Congress workers and 60 Odisha Police personnel including a lady constable have been injured in the violence in Bhubaneshwar."
Sep 6, 2012 Animals clean 5 lakh toilets, Supreme Court told: "With the government introducing a bill to prohibit employment of manual scavengers in Parliament on Monday, it would be left to animals - pigs and dogs - to clean dry toilets in the rural areas.", "of a total 24.6 crore households in India, over 26 lakh toilets were termed insanitary as they discharged excreta directly into open drains (13.14 lakh toilets) or were cleaned manually or serviced by animals (12.91). The census figures showed Delhi had 583 toilets cleaned by manual scavengers and 633 'serviced by animals'"
Sep 6, 2012 CAG nails power mess, loss up to Rs 14,000 crore: "According to the CAG, due to the inefficiency of the NHPC, only two of 16 planned projects have been completed."
Sep 6, 2012 The Washington Post: India’s ‘silent’ prime minister becomes a tragic figure: "Attendees at meetings and conferences were jokingly urged to put their phones into “Manmohan Singh mode,” while one joke cited a dentist urging the seated prime minister, “At least in my clinic, please open your mouth.”"
Sep 5, 2012 NRI businessman offers Rs 1 cr prize for garland of shoes for Raj Thackeray: "London based NRI Anshuman Mishra has offered Rs 1 crore prize money to anyone who puts a garland of shoes on MNS chief Raj Thackrey."
Sep 5, 2012 धरती पर अबतक नहीं उतरा ‘आकाश’: नरेंद्र मोदी
Sep 5, 2012 Ministry delaying action on coal de-allocation: "According to documents accessed by CNN-IBN, the Coal Ministry found reasons for not acting on it for eight months."
Sep 5, 2012 SP, BSP MPs scuffle in Rajya Sabha over quota: "Samajwadi Party MP Naresh Aggarwal and Bahujan Samaj Party MP Avtar Singh Karimpuri pushed each other in the Rajya Sabha."
Sep 5, 2012 Watch: MPs fight, push each other in Rajya Sabha over quota: "SP MP Naresh Aggarwal and BSP MP Avtar Singh Karampuri pushed each other in the Rajya Sabha while fighting over the SC/ST Quota Bill."
Sep 5, 2012 US paper calls Manmohan Singh a 'tragic figure': "Taking a potshot at the PM, the Opposition said that Manmohan Singh's image has demolished badly."
Sep 5, 2012 Shettar pulls up MLAs holidaying abroad: "Jagadish Shettar has asked a dozen legislators who were holidaying abroad to return home immediately."
Sep 5, 2012 Cong MP named in coal FIR, denies charges: "In its FIR on JLD Yavatmal Energy Limited, CBI has named Darda along with his son Devendra."
Sep 5, 2012 नाकाम प्रधानमंत्री कहलाए जाएँगे मनमोहन?: "ये छवि है एक ऐसे प्रभावहीन नौकरशाह की जो भ्रष्टाचार से डूबी सरकार का नेतृत्व कर रहा है."
Sep 5, 2012 Washington Post calls Manmohan as a 'tragic figure': "Even as the Time magazine termed him as an ‘underachiever’, the Washington Post targeted Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday quoting his dramatic fall from grace in his second term in the office following the slow but steady tarnishing of his reputation. The magazine further quoted “the image of the scrupulously honorable, humble and intellectual technocrat has slowly given way to a completely different one: a dithering, ineffectual bureaucrat presiding over a deeply corrupt government.”"
Sep 5, 2012 Government to seek apology from Washington Post for calling Manmohan a 'tragic figure': "US daily that published an article calling Prime Minister Manmohan Singh a "tragic figure".", "He has been described as "a dithering, ineffectual bureaucrat presiding over a deeply corrupt government"."
Sep 5, 2012 Watch: How politicians have shamed India: "Let us take a look at some of the worst performances by our legislators and parliamentarians."
Sep 5, 2012 CVC examining ex-IA chief's letter alleging scam in civil aviation ministry: "the former chairman-and-managing director of Indian Airlines, to the then cabinet secretary alleging that the national carrier was arm-twisted into taking several decisions that led to the financial crisis in the company."
Sep 4, 2012 CM comes clean on 'corrupt' colleagues: "Seven out of 15 politicians, who served as ministers and were chargesheeted for corruption, have been acquitted during the past 12 years"
Sep 4, 2012 CBI raids Cong, BJP-linked firms, files 5 coal FIRs: "The CBI conducted raids at 30 locations in 11 cities, including Nagpur, Kolkata, Bhilai, Ranchi, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Delhi-NCR"
Sep 4, 2012 TN: Court to hear bail plea of Alagiri's son: "The police had issued a look out notice against him and several others for their alleged roles in the multi-crore granite mining scam."
Sep 4, 2012 Now Cong MP linked to Coalgate: "The CBI today carried out raids in 30 locations across the country after filing cases against five companies for alleged criminal conspiracy to get coal blocks by fudging their net worth figures and misrepresentation of facts and named Congress MP Vijay Darda in one of the FIRs."
Sep 4, 2012 Mining baron's cos named in CBI FIR: "There are shockwaves after mining baron Manoj Jaiswal's companies were found to be among those named in the CBI FIR on Coalgate today (September 4). However, the Coal Minister Shriprakash Jaiswal distanced himself from Manoj Jaiswal after CBI filed the FIR."
Sep 4, 2012 Karnataka CM cancels MLAs' study tour: "Facing public outcry over legislators undertaking a foreign trip when the state is hit by drought, Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar today ordered the cancellation of an overseas "study" tour by a legislature committee and asked them to return."
Sep 4, 2012 Coalgate CBI raids: The big questions: "CBI raids were on at 31 locations in 10 cities including Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Hyderabad."
Sep 4, 2012 Coalgate: Mining firms with Cong, BJP links raided: "CBI raids were on at 30 locations in ten cities including Kolkata, Patna, Hyderabad, Dhanbad, Nagpur and Mumbai."
Sep 4, 2012 Coalgate: CBI files FIR against five companies: "CBI raids were on at 30 locations in ten cities including Kolkata, Patna, Hyderabad, Dhanbad, Nagpur, Mumbai and Delhi."
Sep 4, 2012 Coalgate: Who was the real beneficiary?: "In the battle between the UPA and the BJP, the role of the private companies who misused their coal allotments has been lost."
Sep 4, 2012 BBC: 'Coalgate' row: India police raid coal firms: "Government officials and company employees are also under investigation. State auditors say India lost $33bn (£20bn) allotting coalfields at below market rates in the years up to 2009."
Sep 4, 2012 EC to candidates: Do you own jets, yachts?: "You could call it a sign of the growing prosperity of India's political class."
Sep 4, 2012 Akhilesh govt transfers over 400 engineers on party leaders’ orders: "In a move considered unprecedented even by the political benchmarks of Uttar Pradesh, more than 400 junior engineers in the state’s Public Works Department were transferred last month in violation of the Akhilesh Yadav government’s new transfer policy, a majority of them on the recommendation of Samajwadi Party politicians."
Sep 4, 2012 CBI names Cong MP Vijay Darda in coal FIRs: "The Central Bureau of Investigation Tuesday filed its first set of cases in the coal blocks allotment scandal, accusing Congress MP Vijay Darda and his brother Rajendra Darda, who is a minister in Maharashtra, among others, of criminal conspiracy, cheating and misrepresentation of facts."
Sep 3, 2012 Why was the delay for 5 years?: "TIMES NOW unearths former MoS Coal Dasari Naryana Rao's reply in the Lok Sabha in 2007, revealing how the government had rejected the state government's objections against the allocation procedure in 2007. It has raised fresh questions on the Coal Ministry's role and the reasons for the delay."
Sep 3, 2012 Two ex-ministers convicted in corruption cases in Odisha: CM: "Two former ministers have been convicted in disproportionate assets and corruption cases during last 12 years in Odisha even as the anti-corruption vigilance wing filed chargesheets against 13 ex-ministers and incumbent panchayati raj minister."
Sep 3, 2012 Tango dances vs drought hit citizens: "After TIMES NOW exposed that the Karnataka MLAs' 'study trip' to South America is nothing but an all expense-paid holiday funded by the tax payers' money, the chorus has grown to call back the MLAs from their trip."
Sep 3, 2012 TIMES NOW accesses original coal note: "Eight years back, a 6-page note written by the Coal Secretary to the Minister had called for competitive bidding, warning the government of windfall gains to private companies, lack of transperancy and objectivity in the allocation process. It also mentioned that the process could lead to different kinds of pressure in allocation of the blocks."
Sep 3, 2012 The Last Word: How do India's top business leaders view the govt?: "It seems clear that Parliament will not function and the hope of reforms to revive the economy could remain unfulfilled."
Sep 3, 2012 Kolkata faces dengue outbreak, govt apathetic: "Two patients have succumbed in the past fortnight and government and private hospitals are flooded with dengue patients."
Sep 3, 2012 WB: Book criticises Mamata, publisher raided: "Dr Nazrul Islam, in his book 'Musalmander ki Karaniya', has indirectly criticised Mamata's minority politics."
Sep 2, 2012 Corruption allegations plague Thane road project: "officially known as Barrister Nath Pai road, is tarred with allegations of inflated project costs, corruption and collusion between Thane civic officials, contractors and politicians."
Sep 2, 2012 Coal scam: UPA govt is a national security risk, says Yashwant Sinha
Sep 2, 2012 BJP calls Congress multinational company of scams: ""The history-sheeter party of corruption, is now converted into a multi national company of Scams" whose chairperson is Sonia Gandhi and the CEO is Manmohan Singh."
Sep 2, 2012 UP under Akhilesh: One state, many chief ministers: "There are just too many rival power centres. Many senior ministers function virtually independent of the chief minister."
Sep 2, 2012 Former internal security czar Arun Nehru faces graft charge: "Today Arun Nehru, who has been in political exile for nearly two decades, faces a 24-year-old Rs.25 lakh graft charge for wrongfully permitting the import of 9mm pistols for police forces."
Sep 2, 2012 Bangalore Mayor, wife 'landless labourers': "The duo were implicated in a land scam after they filed false affidavits to get 8 acres of govt land meant for landless workers."
Sep 2, 2012 Subodh Kant Sahai remains defiant: "Tourism minister Subodh Kant Sahai has been exposed repeatedly by TIMES NOW over the 'coalgate' scam, but he remains defiant"
Sep 2, 2012 Documents nail Alagiri's son: "how son of Union Minister MK Alagiri, Durai Dhayanidhi Alagiri, is involved in a 16,000 Cr illegal quarrying scam."
Sep 2, 2012 Clash outside Jaiswal's residence: "At least a dozen activists of BJP and Congress were on Sunday (September 2) injured in a clash which broke out during the main opposition party's protest outside Union Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal's residence here over the coal block allocation issue."
Sep 2, 2012 ‘Neither BJP nor Congress wants a discussion (on coal allocation). Because many skeletons from many cupboards are going to tumble out’
Sep 2, 2012 Outrage over Karnataka MLAs trip: "Outrage grows over Karnataka MLAs paid holiday abroad which was sanctioned at a time when Karnataka was in a state of drought."
Sep 2, 2012 Manmohan first PM who is 'proud of his silence': Swaraj: "The BJP leader demanded that Singh should clarify why some of the 'biggest scams since Independence' like the financial irregularities in Commonwealth Games projects, 2G spectrum allocation, land scam in the airport privatisation and the alleged irregularities in coal block allocation have happened with "alarming regularity" during his Prime Ministership."
Sep 2, 2012 MLAs study tour excuse exposed: "Seen here are Karnataka MLAs enjoying the splendors of the Argentinean Presidential Palace and posing outside the gigantic may pyramid along with family members like any tourist would. The bus load of 14 MLAs of drought stricken Karnataka along with their family members are spending their first day in Buenos Aries visiting all the prominent tourist destinations in the City."
Sep 1, 2012 Coalgate: BJP plans Bofors-like campaign
Sep 1, 2012 PM Directly Responsible for Coal Scam: Jaitley
Sep 1, 2012 NAM and nonsense: The mindlessness of Indian diplomacy: "There was a time when Indian diplomats at the United Nations took toilet breaks to avoid voting on key resolutions because their governments didn’t want to take a stand on critical issues."
Sep 1, 2012 Public-Private Perplexity: "Touted as a panacea for all ills in infrastructure projects, many PPPs are now being questioned for scam potential"
Sep 1, 2012 Drought in Karnataka, MLAs party: "Showing a complete indifference to the drought back in Karnataka, MLAs from the state have packed their bags and left for a junket to South America."
Sep 1, 2012 Excl: 58 coal blocks under scanner: "the Government is adamant on defending the allocation of 142 coal blocks, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) says led to a presumptive loss of Rs 1.86 lakh crore even boasting of the policy adopted."
Aug 31, 2012 Cong Alleges Scam in Coal Mine Allocation in Chhattisgarh
Aug 31, 2012 India to USA: 'Coal-Gate' is Everywhere: "A $33 billion 'Coal-Gate' scandal is rocking the Indian government. This 'mother of all scams' created a windfall for private developers who secured public resources at rock bottom prices."
Aug 31, 2012 28 years in jail for Modi's former min: "According to the sentence pronounced by the special court Mayabens life term will begin after the first ten of her 28 years in prison. Another accused in the post-Godhra Naroda Patiya case was sentenced to life until his natural death."
Aug 31, 2012 State faces drought, MLAs on tour abroad: "Despite criticism, more MLAs are expecting to take up study tours to Russia, South American and Scandinavian countries after the Public Undertaking Committee has gone on a 17-day tour to Argentina, Brazil, Peru and Chile. The Chief Minister of Karnataka, Jagadish Shettar, cleared a jaunt of over 150 MLAs after they refused to give up their holiday at the state exchequer's cost."
Aug 31, 2012 Trouble for Alagiri's son: "A lookout notice has been issued against Union Minister MK Alagiri's son, Durai Dhayanidhi Alagiri, for his alleged involvement in a multi-crore granite mining scam. TIMES NOW has accessed the initial probe report into what is estimated to be a Rs. 16000 crore scam, clearly showing that one such company that was allegedly drawing benefits from the illegal mining was headed by Alagiri's son till 2010."
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Sep 10, 2012 Bizarre Sedition Charge Against Anti-Corruption Cartoonist: "Trivedi has for the moment refused to hire a lawyer and does not intend to apply for bail: "I want to first see how a British-era law like sedition is going to be applied against a cartoonist in free India.""
Sep 10, 2012 Pressure on Naveen Jindal grows: "The government auditor CAG in its recent report statedthat undue benefits to the tune of Rs 1.86 lakh crore were extended to private firms on account of allocation of 57 mines to them without auction."
Sep 10, 2012 Cartoonist's arrest: 'Politicians are creating climate of fear': "Famous cartoonist Hemant Morparia has come out in support of Aseem Trivedi saying that his arrest is a proof of the increasing high-handedness of the state."
Sep 10, 2012 Watch: Aseem Trivedi's arrest sparks nationwide outrage: "While the Press Council has called the charges against the cartoonist ridiculous, Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil has said that police custody was not needed."
Sep 10, 2012 Arrest cops, politicians behind cartoonist Trivedi's ordeal, Justice Katju says: ""Because under Section 342 of the PIC, wrongful arrest and confinement are serious criminal offences ... If you are arresting a person who has not committed a crime, then you are committing a crime. So, these politicians and these police officers should be arrested and made to face trial,""
Sep 10, 2012 Political parties log Rs 4,662 cr income: "of Rs 2,008 crore followed by BJP at Rs 994 crore"
Sep 9, 2012 A Raja is still telecom minister, says DoT website: "A Raja, the disgraced DMK member of Parliament, may have been divested of the communications portfolio as far back as November 2010 and spent more than a year -- from February 2011 to May 2012 -- in jail for his role in the infamous 2G spectrum scam. He may have been out on bail since May 2012. His trusted aide and personal assistant, RK Chandolia, too may have spent time in jail at the same time for having been hand in glove with him. By any yardstick, the duo should be persona non grata in anything to do with the government, but not with the department that they brought infamy to."
Sep 9, 2012 Textbook case of crony capitalism: "Mail Today has been at the forefront of cracking the code on the Manoj Jayaswal-Darda extended family working in cahoots to grab coal blocks"
Sep 9, 2012 Cartoonist targets corruption, sent to police custody
Sep 9, 2012 Manmohan regime sinking due to corruption: Buddhadeb
Sep 9, 2012 SINGH A TRAGIC KING! Manmohan Singh A Sitting Duck PM Who Presides Over Corrupt Government, Says Washington Post: "The story came close on the heels of Manmohan Singh being dubbed an “underachiever” by Time magazine"
Sep 9, 2012 Tytler let his police escorts get beaten up: DCP: "Three policemen were allegedly attacked by Congressmen when they were escorting Jagdish Tytler inside Congress Bhawan."
Sep 9, 2012 Odisha violence fallout: "Three days after violence outside the Orissa assembly the police have booked Congress leader Jagdish Tytler for criminal conspiracy."
Sep 9, 2012 Inexcusable blunder by WB Govt: "In a shocking case of disrespect to the Indian flag West Bengal government has handed out class 2 textbooks with the Tricolour printed upside down. But what is even more shocking is that the teachers in Mamata Banerjee's West Bengal continue to swear by it refusing to correct this inexcusable blunder by the state Govt."
Sep 9, 2012 Hyde And Seek Dabbu-dabbu-dabbu. That’s Hyderabad talk for how the city’s become the scam capital.: "going by the number of VIPs currently lodged in Chanchalguda jail in Hyderabad, the joke is the police will soon be placing orders for gilded plates of biriyani. There are at least 10 “special” prisoners, all accused in various scams—Jaganmohan Reddy, of course, remains the star visitor, followed closely by industrialists, bureaucrats, a former minister and now judges as well."
Sep 9, 2012 गर्भाशय कांड: जवाब ढूंढती सरकार..: "हालांकि कुछ प्रभावित ग्रामीण इलाक़ों में घूमते हुए ज़्यादातर लोगों से मैंने यही सुना कि योजनाओं को लूट से बचाने वाला नहीं, लूट मचाने वाला ज़्यादा ताक़तवर हो गया है."
Sep 9, 2012 जेल में हैं तो क्या हुआ, हम वीआईपी हैं...: "वकीलों ने उन्हें अदालत से विशेष कैदी का दर्जा दिलवाया है जिसके चलते वो अलग कमरों में मनपसंद खाना बनवाने की सुविधा सहित रहते हैं, मानो अपने घर में हों."
Sep 9, 2012 Mumbai: Cartoonist arrested for 'mocking Parliament': "Aseem Trivedi, who depicted Parliament as a commode and showed the national emblem with wolves, has been charged with sedition."
Sep 9, 2012 CBI probe points to criminal conspiracy by Coal Ministry officials: "a criminal conspiracy hatched by Coal Ministry officials along with certain functionaries of the Power Ministry and State governments in accepting and pursuing forged documents from tainted companies, including that of Congress MP Vijay Darda-linked JLD Yavatmal Energy Limited, for fraudulent allocation of coal blocks."
Sep 9, 2012 Mumbai: IAC activist Aseem Trivedi arrested on charges of sedition: "Trivedi has been sent to a week of police custody for allegedly posting 'ugly and obscene' content on his web portal."
Sep 7, 2012 Ministers’ kin landing coal blocks adds to UPA woes: "Documents show that besides the kin of Union tourism minister Subodh Kant Sahai and Congress MP Vijay Darda, relatives of Union minister of state Jagatrakshakan (of the DMK) and RJD's Prem Gupta, corporate affairs minister in UPA-1, were also allotted coal blocks"
Sep 7, 2012 PSU promised TN mantri’s firm coal at Rs 25 per tonne: "The state-owned Puducherry Industrial Promotion Development Corporation (PIPDIC) entered into a memorandum of understanding with J R Power Gen Private Limited, owned by Union minister S Jagathrakshakan's family, to sell coal at a throwaway price of Rs 25 per tonne even before it was allotted a coal block"
Sep 7, 2012 CD case: Virbhadra, Pratibha appear in court: "Having failed to get quashed a case registered under Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act, former Union minister Virbhadra Singh and his wife Pratibha Singh appeared before a court here on Friday and pleaded for a speedy trial."
Sep 7, 2012 One Bofors got Rajiv. But will UPA’s bag of scams hurt Cong?
Sep 7, 2012 BJP CMs involved in coal scam: Hariprasad: "alleged that the Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh were involved in the coal block allocation scams."
Sep 7, 2012 Orchestrated scam in merchant power projects, captive coal blocks and PSU bank loans?: "There seemed to be an orchestrated move towards benefitting a few influential private companies backed by individuals to exploit land and coal resources with the help of the public moneys raised by PSU banks, alleged EAS Sarma, the former secretary with the GoI"
Sep 7, 2012 Coalgate: Whole world is discussing your corrupt practices, BJP tells PM Manmohan Singh: ""Tere Bhrashtachar ke charche har zubaan par, sabko maalum hai, aur sabko khabar ho gayi"."
Sep 7, 2012 Cash-for-bail scam: Second chargesheet filed by Anti-Corruption Bureau: "The Andhra Pradesh Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) today filed a second chargesheet in the cash-for-bail scam case against seven persons including former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhan Reddy, two Karnataka MLAs and two suspended judges."
Sep 7, 2012 No bail for corrupt politicians if we win elections: Kejriwal
Sep 7, 2012 PM's involvement proved: Jaitley: "Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Arun Jaitley, on Friday (September 7) spoke exclusively to TIMES NOW, and said the Prime Minister's direct involvement in the decision making has been proved and the new revelations will take the scandal to the next level."
Sep 7, 2012 One month, 5 explosive disclosures: "We began with exposing the delay in the tabling the CAG report in Parliament, and then went to the root on Coalgate, bringing you the screening commitee papers. The more we investigated, the deeper the links of nepotism and impropreity ran. And today, TIMES NOW brings you the biggest expose on Coalgate- the PMO internal note."
Sep 7, 2012 Congress Mob Brutalises Woman Cop in Odisha: "Congress workers chase away a policewoman during a protest over coal blocks allocation in Bhubaneswar."
Sep 6, 2012 Are political rallies being reduced to goondaism?: "Protests over coal blocks allocation turned violent in Odisha when several thousand Congress workers clashed with police."
Sep 6, 2012 After inaction, an outrageous defence: ""Just because the whole country says trip must be cancelled. It cannot be cancelled." If the inaction wasn't infuriating enough, there now comes this outrageous justification for the Karnataka Government's refusal to act."
Sep 6, 2012 Gadkari aide was alloted a coal block: Jairam Ramesh: "Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has now dragged BJP president Nitin Gadkari into the coal block allocation scam."
Sep 6, 2012 Question over DMK's Jagathrakshakan: "Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting & DMK leader, S Jagathrakshkan, is in the dock over Coalgate. TIMES NOW exposes the central minister's link to coal block allocations. The minister is alleged to have helped his company get coal block allocations in Odisha."
Sep 6, 2012 Coalgate: Norm violated by govt to favour Jindal: "Documents show how Congress MP Naveen Jindal was given a coal block while the government Navratna Coal India Ltd was refused."
Sep 6, 2012 Have our MPs brought disrepute to Parliament?: "Members of Parliament from the BSP and the SP come to blows in the Rajya Sabha over the bill for promotion quota for SCs and STs."
Sep 6, 2012 Cong workers, police clash near Odisha Assembly: "Over 100 Congress workers and 60 Odisha Police personnel including a lady constable have been injured in the violence in Bhubaneshwar."
Sep 6, 2012 Animals clean 5 lakh toilets, Supreme Court told: "With the government introducing a bill to prohibit employment of manual scavengers in Parliament on Monday, it would be left to animals - pigs and dogs - to clean dry toilets in the rural areas.", "of a total 24.6 crore households in India, over 26 lakh toilets were termed insanitary as they discharged excreta directly into open drains (13.14 lakh toilets) or were cleaned manually or serviced by animals (12.91). The census figures showed Delhi had 583 toilets cleaned by manual scavengers and 633 'serviced by animals'"
Sep 6, 2012 CAG nails power mess, loss up to Rs 14,000 crore: "According to the CAG, due to the inefficiency of the NHPC, only two of 16 planned projects have been completed."
Sep 6, 2012 The Washington Post: India’s ‘silent’ prime minister becomes a tragic figure: "Attendees at meetings and conferences were jokingly urged to put their phones into “Manmohan Singh mode,” while one joke cited a dentist urging the seated prime minister, “At least in my clinic, please open your mouth.”"
Sep 5, 2012 NRI businessman offers Rs 1 cr prize for garland of shoes for Raj Thackeray: "London based NRI Anshuman Mishra has offered Rs 1 crore prize money to anyone who puts a garland of shoes on MNS chief Raj Thackrey."
Sep 5, 2012 धरती पर अबतक नहीं उतरा ‘आकाश’: नरेंद्र मोदी
Sep 5, 2012 Ministry delaying action on coal de-allocation: "According to documents accessed by CNN-IBN, the Coal Ministry found reasons for not acting on it for eight months."
Sep 5, 2012 SP, BSP MPs scuffle in Rajya Sabha over quota: "Samajwadi Party MP Naresh Aggarwal and Bahujan Samaj Party MP Avtar Singh Karimpuri pushed each other in the Rajya Sabha."
Sep 5, 2012 Watch: MPs fight, push each other in Rajya Sabha over quota: "SP MP Naresh Aggarwal and BSP MP Avtar Singh Karampuri pushed each other in the Rajya Sabha while fighting over the SC/ST Quota Bill."
Sep 5, 2012 US paper calls Manmohan Singh a 'tragic figure': "Taking a potshot at the PM, the Opposition said that Manmohan Singh's image has demolished badly."
Sep 5, 2012 Shettar pulls up MLAs holidaying abroad: "Jagadish Shettar has asked a dozen legislators who were holidaying abroad to return home immediately."
Sep 5, 2012 Cong MP named in coal FIR, denies charges: "In its FIR on JLD Yavatmal Energy Limited, CBI has named Darda along with his son Devendra."
Sep 5, 2012 नाकाम प्रधानमंत्री कहलाए जाएँगे मनमोहन?: "ये छवि है एक ऐसे प्रभावहीन नौकरशाह की जो भ्रष्टाचार से डूबी सरकार का नेतृत्व कर रहा है."
Sep 5, 2012 Washington Post calls Manmohan as a 'tragic figure': "Even as the Time magazine termed him as an ‘underachiever’, the Washington Post targeted Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday quoting his dramatic fall from grace in his second term in the office following the slow but steady tarnishing of his reputation. The magazine further quoted “the image of the scrupulously honorable, humble and intellectual technocrat has slowly given way to a completely different one: a dithering, ineffectual bureaucrat presiding over a deeply corrupt government.”"
Sep 5, 2012 Government to seek apology from Washington Post for calling Manmohan a 'tragic figure': "US daily that published an article calling Prime Minister Manmohan Singh a "tragic figure".", "He has been described as "a dithering, ineffectual bureaucrat presiding over a deeply corrupt government"."
Sep 5, 2012 Watch: How politicians have shamed India: "Let us take a look at some of the worst performances by our legislators and parliamentarians."
Sep 5, 2012 CVC examining ex-IA chief's letter alleging scam in civil aviation ministry: "the former chairman-and-managing director of Indian Airlines, to the then cabinet secretary alleging that the national carrier was arm-twisted into taking several decisions that led to the financial crisis in the company."
Sep 4, 2012 CM comes clean on 'corrupt' colleagues: "Seven out of 15 politicians, who served as ministers and were chargesheeted for corruption, have been acquitted during the past 12 years"
Sep 4, 2012 CBI raids Cong, BJP-linked firms, files 5 coal FIRs: "The CBI conducted raids at 30 locations in 11 cities, including Nagpur, Kolkata, Bhilai, Ranchi, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Delhi-NCR"
Sep 4, 2012 TN: Court to hear bail plea of Alagiri's son: "The police had issued a look out notice against him and several others for their alleged roles in the multi-crore granite mining scam."
Sep 4, 2012 Now Cong MP linked to Coalgate: "The CBI today carried out raids in 30 locations across the country after filing cases against five companies for alleged criminal conspiracy to get coal blocks by fudging their net worth figures and misrepresentation of facts and named Congress MP Vijay Darda in one of the FIRs."
Sep 4, 2012 Mining baron's cos named in CBI FIR: "There are shockwaves after mining baron Manoj Jaiswal's companies were found to be among those named in the CBI FIR on Coalgate today (September 4). However, the Coal Minister Shriprakash Jaiswal distanced himself from Manoj Jaiswal after CBI filed the FIR."
Sep 4, 2012 Karnataka CM cancels MLAs' study tour: "Facing public outcry over legislators undertaking a foreign trip when the state is hit by drought, Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar today ordered the cancellation of an overseas "study" tour by a legislature committee and asked them to return."
Sep 4, 2012 Coalgate CBI raids: The big questions: "CBI raids were on at 31 locations in 10 cities including Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Hyderabad."
Sep 4, 2012 Coalgate: Mining firms with Cong, BJP links raided: "CBI raids were on at 30 locations in ten cities including Kolkata, Patna, Hyderabad, Dhanbad, Nagpur and Mumbai."
Sep 4, 2012 Coalgate: CBI files FIR against five companies: "CBI raids were on at 30 locations in ten cities including Kolkata, Patna, Hyderabad, Dhanbad, Nagpur, Mumbai and Delhi."
Sep 4, 2012 Coalgate: Who was the real beneficiary?: "In the battle between the UPA and the BJP, the role of the private companies who misused their coal allotments has been lost."
Sep 4, 2012 BBC: 'Coalgate' row: India police raid coal firms: "Government officials and company employees are also under investigation. State auditors say India lost $33bn (£20bn) allotting coalfields at below market rates in the years up to 2009."
Sep 4, 2012 EC to candidates: Do you own jets, yachts?: "You could call it a sign of the growing prosperity of India's political class."
Sep 4, 2012 Akhilesh govt transfers over 400 engineers on party leaders’ orders: "In a move considered unprecedented even by the political benchmarks of Uttar Pradesh, more than 400 junior engineers in the state’s Public Works Department were transferred last month in violation of the Akhilesh Yadav government’s new transfer policy, a majority of them on the recommendation of Samajwadi Party politicians."
Sep 4, 2012 CBI names Cong MP Vijay Darda in coal FIRs: "The Central Bureau of Investigation Tuesday filed its first set of cases in the coal blocks allotment scandal, accusing Congress MP Vijay Darda and his brother Rajendra Darda, who is a minister in Maharashtra, among others, of criminal conspiracy, cheating and misrepresentation of facts."
Sep 3, 2012 Why was the delay for 5 years?: "TIMES NOW unearths former MoS Coal Dasari Naryana Rao's reply in the Lok Sabha in 2007, revealing how the government had rejected the state government's objections against the allocation procedure in 2007. It has raised fresh questions on the Coal Ministry's role and the reasons for the delay."
Sep 3, 2012 Two ex-ministers convicted in corruption cases in Odisha: CM: "Two former ministers have been convicted in disproportionate assets and corruption cases during last 12 years in Odisha even as the anti-corruption vigilance wing filed chargesheets against 13 ex-ministers and incumbent panchayati raj minister."
Sep 3, 2012 Tango dances vs drought hit citizens: "After TIMES NOW exposed that the Karnataka MLAs' 'study trip' to South America is nothing but an all expense-paid holiday funded by the tax payers' money, the chorus has grown to call back the MLAs from their trip."
Sep 3, 2012 TIMES NOW accesses original coal note: "Eight years back, a 6-page note written by the Coal Secretary to the Minister had called for competitive bidding, warning the government of windfall gains to private companies, lack of transperancy and objectivity in the allocation process. It also mentioned that the process could lead to different kinds of pressure in allocation of the blocks."
Sep 3, 2012 The Last Word: How do India's top business leaders view the govt?: "It seems clear that Parliament will not function and the hope of reforms to revive the economy could remain unfulfilled."
Sep 3, 2012 Kolkata faces dengue outbreak, govt apathetic: "Two patients have succumbed in the past fortnight and government and private hospitals are flooded with dengue patients."
Sep 3, 2012 WB: Book criticises Mamata, publisher raided: "Dr Nazrul Islam, in his book 'Musalmander ki Karaniya', has indirectly criticised Mamata's minority politics."
Sep 2, 2012 Corruption allegations plague Thane road project: "officially known as Barrister Nath Pai road, is tarred with allegations of inflated project costs, corruption and collusion between Thane civic officials, contractors and politicians."
Sep 2, 2012 Coal scam: UPA govt is a national security risk, says Yashwant Sinha
Sep 2, 2012 BJP calls Congress multinational company of scams: ""The history-sheeter party of corruption, is now converted into a multi national company of Scams" whose chairperson is Sonia Gandhi and the CEO is Manmohan Singh."
Sep 2, 2012 UP under Akhilesh: One state, many chief ministers: "There are just too many rival power centres. Many senior ministers function virtually independent of the chief minister."
Sep 2, 2012 Former internal security czar Arun Nehru faces graft charge: "Today Arun Nehru, who has been in political exile for nearly two decades, faces a 24-year-old Rs.25 lakh graft charge for wrongfully permitting the import of 9mm pistols for police forces."
Sep 2, 2012 Bangalore Mayor, wife 'landless labourers': "The duo were implicated in a land scam after they filed false affidavits to get 8 acres of govt land meant for landless workers."
Sep 2, 2012 Subodh Kant Sahai remains defiant: "Tourism minister Subodh Kant Sahai has been exposed repeatedly by TIMES NOW over the 'coalgate' scam, but he remains defiant"
Sep 2, 2012 Documents nail Alagiri's son: "how son of Union Minister MK Alagiri, Durai Dhayanidhi Alagiri, is involved in a 16,000 Cr illegal quarrying scam."
Sep 2, 2012 Clash outside Jaiswal's residence: "At least a dozen activists of BJP and Congress were on Sunday (September 2) injured in a clash which broke out during the main opposition party's protest outside Union Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal's residence here over the coal block allocation issue."
Sep 2, 2012 ‘Neither BJP nor Congress wants a discussion (on coal allocation). Because many skeletons from many cupboards are going to tumble out’
Sep 2, 2012 Outrage over Karnataka MLAs trip: "Outrage grows over Karnataka MLAs paid holiday abroad which was sanctioned at a time when Karnataka was in a state of drought."
Sep 2, 2012 Manmohan first PM who is 'proud of his silence': Swaraj: "The BJP leader demanded that Singh should clarify why some of the 'biggest scams since Independence' like the financial irregularities in Commonwealth Games projects, 2G spectrum allocation, land scam in the airport privatisation and the alleged irregularities in coal block allocation have happened with "alarming regularity" during his Prime Ministership."
Sep 2, 2012 MLAs study tour excuse exposed: "Seen here are Karnataka MLAs enjoying the splendors of the Argentinean Presidential Palace and posing outside the gigantic may pyramid along with family members like any tourist would. The bus load of 14 MLAs of drought stricken Karnataka along with their family members are spending their first day in Buenos Aries visiting all the prominent tourist destinations in the City."
Sep 1, 2012 Coalgate: BJP plans Bofors-like campaign
Sep 1, 2012 PM Directly Responsible for Coal Scam: Jaitley
Sep 1, 2012 NAM and nonsense: The mindlessness of Indian diplomacy: "There was a time when Indian diplomats at the United Nations took toilet breaks to avoid voting on key resolutions because their governments didn’t want to take a stand on critical issues."
Sep 1, 2012 Public-Private Perplexity: "Touted as a panacea for all ills in infrastructure projects, many PPPs are now being questioned for scam potential"
Sep 1, 2012 Drought in Karnataka, MLAs party: "Showing a complete indifference to the drought back in Karnataka, MLAs from the state have packed their bags and left for a junket to South America."
Sep 1, 2012 Excl: 58 coal blocks under scanner: "the Government is adamant on defending the allocation of 142 coal blocks, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) says led to a presumptive loss of Rs 1.86 lakh crore even boasting of the policy adopted."
Aug 31, 2012 Cong Alleges Scam in Coal Mine Allocation in Chhattisgarh
Aug 31, 2012 India to USA: 'Coal-Gate' is Everywhere: "A $33 billion 'Coal-Gate' scandal is rocking the Indian government. This 'mother of all scams' created a windfall for private developers who secured public resources at rock bottom prices."
Aug 31, 2012 28 years in jail for Modi's former min: "According to the sentence pronounced by the special court Mayabens life term will begin after the first ten of her 28 years in prison. Another accused in the post-Godhra Naroda Patiya case was sentenced to life until his natural death."
Aug 31, 2012 State faces drought, MLAs on tour abroad: "Despite criticism, more MLAs are expecting to take up study tours to Russia, South American and Scandinavian countries after the Public Undertaking Committee has gone on a 17-day tour to Argentina, Brazil, Peru and Chile. The Chief Minister of Karnataka, Jagadish Shettar, cleared a jaunt of over 150 MLAs after they refused to give up their holiday at the state exchequer's cost."
Aug 31, 2012 Trouble for Alagiri's son: "A lookout notice has been issued against Union Minister MK Alagiri's son, Durai Dhayanidhi Alagiri, for his alleged involvement in a multi-crore granite mining scam. TIMES NOW has accessed the initial probe report into what is estimated to be a Rs. 16000 crore scam, clearly showing that one such company that was allegedly drawing benefits from the illegal mining was headed by Alagiri's son till 2010."
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