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Feb 18, 2012 Is New Delhi the Mullahs’ best friend? Asks WSJ: "the Right-wing Wall Street Journal, in an editorial titled “Iran’s Indian Enablers” has said that “Delhi is turning out to be the mullahs’ last best friend.”"
Feb 18, 2012 Laloo, Mishra appear in CBI court: "Two former Bihar Chief ministers Laloo Prasad Yadav and Jagannath Mishra along with a former Animal Husbandry Ministry, an MLA and two fodder suppliers appeared before a special CBI Court of PK Singh on Tuesday and their statements were recorded in the fodder scam case"
Feb 18, 2012 पैसा देसी, बैंक विदेशी - होगा कुछ?: "मेरे देश को लूट लिया ..............."
Feb 18, 2012 Firm refusal: "The three top financial institutions — the Life Insurance Corporation, General Insurance Corporation and UTI Mutual Fund — have been without a chairperson for almost a year. Also headless are key infrastructure sector firms like Coal India, National Mineral Development Corporation, NHPC Limited and National Highways Authority of India."
Feb 18, 2012 Amethi: Cong's 'lucky mascot' was the 1st to vote: "The Raja, the rani and the dhobi", "Royal tradition on voting day"
Feb 18, 2012 BJP hits out at PM's 'deafening silence': "another manifestation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's ''deafening silence'' on issues."
Feb 17, 2012 Karnataka CM Sadananda Gowda's 287 aides cost exchequer Rs 70L every month: "This excludes security personnel who guard chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda round the clock."
Feb 16, 2012 Lokayukta raids on residences of Karnataka Congress MLA Krishnappa: "The Lokayukta court had on January 16 ordered probe into the private complaint against Krishnappa, who represents Vijaynagar constituency in the city, for amassing wealth to the tune of about Rs 700 crore disproportionate to his known sources of income."
Feb 16, 2012 Amethi: Royal tradition on voting day: "In Amethi, that went to vote on Wednesday, a peculiar custom played out at a polling booth - the Raja, the Rani and the Dhobi."
Feb 16, 2012 Tiwari paternity row: B P Sharma not Rohit's father, says Lab: "Tiwari, a former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, who had also held key ministerial portfolios at the Centre, was forced to resign as Andhra Pradesh governor in 2009 amid allegations of sexual misconduct against him following the airing of a sting operation in news channels purportedly with some women."
Feb 14, 2012 Garbage war after porngate: "an independent Municipal Councillor threw a pail of garbage at one of his colleagues in the opposition to drive home his point on unsanitary conditions in his area and was roundly thrashed by the other lawmakers in return."
Feb 14, 2012 क्या गांधी परिवार की इज्जत बचेगी...: "सोचा नहीं था, कि 70 के जमाने के बाद, राजस्थान या बिहार से बाहर, ऐसा देखने को मिलेगा. कानों मे हीरे के कुंडल, बुर्राक सफेद कुर्ता-पजामा, सफेद स्पोर्टस जूता– सामंतवाद के 21वीं सदी के आधुनिक प्रतीक लग रहे थें, ‘राजा’ संजय सिंह. गांधी परिवार के गुणगान और कांग्रेस की महिमा गिनाते संयज सिंह ने कहा– “मायावती और मुलायम सिंह की सरकारों ने अमेठी के विकास पर जो चोट पहुंचाई है उसे कांग्रेस ही ठीक कर सकती है.", "लिहाजा राहुल के भाषण के बाद राहुल की ‘जय-जयकार’ के साथ 'मनोज मट्टू की जय’ भी महिलाओं ने कर दी. मौके पर राहुल गांधी ने कुछ नहीं कहा. लेकिन चेहरा तन गया. गाड़ी में पहुंचे तो पीछे बैठते मनोज मट्टू से कहा– “चुनाव हमने जीता, लेकिन बड़े नेता तो आप हैं. हमारी गाड़ी में क्या बैंठेंगे, अपनी गाड़ी में आईये”. वो दिन है और आज का दिन, मनोज मट्टू अपनी जगह ही तलाश रहे हैं."
Feb 14, 2012 Laloo Yadav to appear in Fodder scam case: "Two former chief ministers and accused in the Rs 950 crore fodder scam case"
Feb 14, 2012 UP being misgoverned, funds siphoned off: Sonia
Feb 14, 2012 Lalu and Mishra appear in CBI court on fodder scam case: "Two former Bihar chief ministers Lalu Prasad and Jagannath Mishra appeared in a CBI court in Ranchi Tuesday to record their statements in a case related to the multi-million rupee fodder scam in which funds meant for buying cattle feed were embezzled in undivided Bihar."
Feb 14, 2012 Fodder scam: Lalu pleads not guilty, calls it political conspiracy: "Former chief minister of Bihar Lalu Prasad Yadav on Tuesday claimed that all the allegations leveled against him in the Rs 900-crore fodder scam were biased and the CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) had acted against him under political pressure to ruin his career.", "The other main accused in the case are Lok Sabha MP from Jahanbad in Bihar, Jagdish Sharma, former IAS officers Julius Beck, Mahendra Prasad and Phul Chandra Singh and animal husbandry (AHD) officers KM Prasad and SN Sharma."
Feb 14, 2012 BJP plans morality lessons for Karnataka lawmakers: "will be on the need for morality and discipline in the party in the wake of scandals ranging from rape, porn viewing in the assembly, corruption and illegal land deals."
Feb 14, 2012 BJP plans morality lessons for Karnataka lawmakers: "will be on the need for morality and discipline in the party in the wake of scandals ranging from rape, porn viewing in the assembly, corruption and illegal land deals."
Feb 12, 2012 BBC journalist's 'typically Indian' beating: "They set upon me, raining blows in a prolonged assault. I received injuries to my face, chest and legs. But by Indian standards, I suppose I got off lightly.", The police response can only be described as lethargic. It not only took more than 12 days to send an officer to the scene of the crime, but they also turned a blind eye to what I believe is a blatant intimidation campaign against me and potential witnesses"
Feb 12, 2012 CBI claims Emaar MGF created 10 companies to usurp prime land: "Reality firm Emaar-MGF (EMLL) had allegedly created 10 companies in the name of its employees on directions of its MD to usurp prime land being developed near Hyderabad, causing loss to a state-run firm"
Feb 11, 2012 The ‘power’ aphrodisiac: "The Karnataka Assembly sleaze blot is the latest among high-profile sex scandals ."
Feb 11, 2012 Pontius Undistilled: "Often called “Mayawati’s financier”, the 57-year-old Ponty has been making large (if silent) waves for the political patronage he enjoys in Uttar Pradesh. Any bottle of liquor sold in India’s most populous state goes through his company, Blue Water Harvesting. He’s got all the rules changed to make him the sole contractor"
Feb 11, 2012 The Eyes Have It, The Eyes Have It: "After land and mining scams, the BJP’s gateway to the south chews on Porngate"
Feb 11, 2012 The Cost Of Democracy: "The EC strikes out at paid news, but what it has seen is just the tip of the iceberg"
Feb 11, 2012 Slammer Dunk To A Poll Safari: "Vijay Kumar Mishra: a textbook case of how a man can subvert prison for electioneering"
Feb 11, 2012 Muslim quota: Khurshid dares Election Commission, poll panel writes to President: "The EC said the defiance by a union minister of the Constitutional body was "unprecedented" and his "improper and unlawful action" has put a strain on the delicate balance of functions between Constitutional authorities."
Feb 10, 2012 Fingers at 15% political commission: "“Arabul-bhai charges 15 per cent on every consignment of construction materials that the syndicates dump at construction sites within the Bhangar block,”"
Feb 10, 2012 Omar defends 'Examgate' minister?: "Pressure was mounting on Education Minister Peerzada Mohammed Sayeed to resign from the Jammu and Kashmir Cabinet in the wake of the exam scandal involving his foster son"
Feb 10, 2012 Porngate trio find support within BJP: "It seems that the three Karnataka ministers involved in the recent porngate scandal have been finding support within the BJP."
Feb 10, 2012 Vigilance officials raid former DMK ministers' houses: "in connection with disproportionate assets cases against them."
Feb 10, 2012 Examgate: J&K Education Minister resigns: "Sayeed accused of using unfair means to help his son pass matriculation examination"
Feb 10, 2012 Emaar-MGF chargesheet spells trouble for Jagan?: "The chargesheet accessed by CNN-IBN says Emaar-MGF had misappropriated funds in excess of Rs 100 crore in the deal."
Feb 10, 2012 Goa polls: Politicians conspiring with land sharks?: "An income tax investigation has exposed how politicians are conspiring with real estate and land sharks."
Feb 9, 2012 The rise and fall of the mighty Marans: "yet he appeared to be lost in thoughts. Perhaps the foreshadow of the Rs 550 crore ED slap and a possible CBI-chargesheet preoccupied him."
Feb 9, 2012 2G, CWG: Bail hasn’t made life easier for Kalmadi, Kanimozhi: "Life in fast-track courts is no bed of roses for our alleged scamsters"
Feb 9, 2012 Debate: Porngate-What next?-3: "A day after being caught on camera watching a porn clip in the Karnataka Assembly, three BJP ministers resigned today (Feb 8) after an embarrassed party leadership cracked the whip. A red-faced BJP swiftly went into a damage control mode asking Cooperation Minister Laxman Savadi and Women and Child Development Minister C C Patil to quit while Minister for Ports, Science and Technology Krishna Palemar was axed for allegedly providing the blue film to them."
Feb 9, 2012 Debate: Porngate-What next?-2: "Savadi and Patil were caught on camera yesterday while they were viewing the porn video footage inside the state assembly during the proceedings,"
Feb 9, 2012 Debate: Porngate-What next?-1
Feb 9, 2012 Political fight over porngate in K'taka: "Yeddy backing porngate trio"
Feb 9, 2012 Maya snubs woman fighting for justice: "Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has appeared to have crossed all limits of insensitivity when the CM called a woman an opposition pet dog. The woman named Sumitra Devi was trying to talk to the CM about her dead son, during Maya's rally. Sumitra Devi's son was murdered and police officers have refused to file an FIR in his case."
Feb 9, 2012 Cong calls BJP 'supermarket of corruption and pornography'
Feb 9, 2012 Blow for Vilasrao, Ghai land allotment scrapped: "The HC asks Ghai to pay Rs 5.3 crore annually from 2000, when Mukta Arts entered into a JV with state government."
Feb 9, 2012 HC asks Subhash Ghai to return land to govt, raps minister Deshmukh: "making a scathing indictment of Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh for "misusing his official position" as chief minister in showing "undue favours.""
Feb 9, 2012 Mumbai civil polls: potholes and promises: "A RTI filed by CNN-IBN reveals Rs 60 crore meant to fix the Mumbai's potholes has gone down the drain."
Feb 9, 2012 Karnataka ministers should be jailed: Anna: "The three ministers have been barred from attending the Assembly till the probe into the matter is over."
Feb 9, 2012 HC orders surrender of Subhash Ghai's Whistling Woods land to Maharashtra govt: "alleging "gross abuse of power" by former chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh in allotting the land piece."
Feb 8, 2012 Porngate: BJP MLA blacks out news from voters: "Laxman Savadi, who resigned as Karnataka cooperation minister on Wednesday, gave orders to cut off electricity to his constituency Athani on Tuesday, so that the people of the town could not see the news of his viewing pornographic clips in the assembly.", "no newspapers of any language could reach Athani as most bundles were booked and purchased en route."
Feb 7, 2012 Sex video and a lie...: "After sometime, she removes her saree, the blouse and all the inner wear."
Feb 7, 2012 K'taka ministers caught watching obscene video
Feb 7, 2012 30 UP criminals set to contest polls from jail: "At least 30 hardcore criminals and mafia dons are contesting this year's assembly elections from jails, which is high even by Uttar Pradesh's standards."
Feb 7, 2012 Direct jet fuel imports: a new way to screw the oil sector?: "Aviation fuel is the only petroleum product used as fuel that currently earns a profit for state-run oil marketing companies"
Feb 7, 2012 Indian government battles with military: "On the surface it's a dispute over the true age of the army chief and whether he should retire this year or next. But it's also a battle for control of the military, with a defence ministry mired in red tape and accusations of corruption."
Feb 7, 2012 The Wall Street Journal: Chidambaram: Poor Conditions ‘Dehumanize’ Police: "corruption has become systematized in hiring so that applicants for the position of constable are routinely asked to pay bribes in order to get the jobs. That money goes to state politicians, who not only influence hiring, but also the discipline, transfers and postings of officers on the entire police force"
Feb 7, 2012 Al Jazeera: The politics of elections in India's most unstable state: "The former is led by Mayawati, a powerful and brassy woman - and a Dalit icon - while the latter is the fief of an ageing former wrestler and a veteran practitioner of caste-based politics, Mulayum Singh Yadav."
Feb 7, 2012 Uddhav says corrupt Congress welcomed Kalmadi back to Pune: ""They want to make the BMC corruption-free by keeping any eye on its money."
Feb 7, 2012 बौखलाहट में बड़बड़ा रहे हैं राहुलः रामदेव: "'अगर उन्हें काले झंडे दिखाए जा रहे हैं तो ये उनके कर्मों का फल है.'"
Feb 7, 2012 'बलात्कार को हथियार के तौर पर इस्तेमाल करते हैं': "''माओवादियों के ख़िलाफ़ मुहिम में लगे सरकार समर्थित तत्त्व महिलाओं के साथ बलात्कार करते हैं और इसे माओवादियों के ख़िलाफ़ हथियार के तौर पर इस्तेमाल करते हैं.''"
Feb 7, 2012 Poll observer who stopped Vadra rally transferred: "The Election Commission has, however, put the transfer on hold till February 19, when voting is over in Amethi."
Feb 7, 2012 UP polls: 121 candidates in 3rd phase have criminal cases: "Brijesh Singh alias Arun Kumar Singh of Pragatisheel Manav Samaj Party (contesting from Saiyadraja seat) faces 39 criminal cases and charged with 57 serious IPC sections."
Feb 7, 2012 Two Karnataka ministers caught watching porn film in assembly: "Two BJP ministers - Lakshman Savdi and CC Patil - in Karnataka were caught allegedly watching porn film clips on the former's cell phone on the floor the legislative assembly on Tuesday. While Savdi holds cooperation portfolio, Patil is woman and child development minister."
Feb 7, 2012 Karnataka minister caught watching 'porn' in assembly
Feb 5, 2012 'This party' has no business talking about ending corruption: Ramdev: "They robbed India for 55 years, now see what they would do to UP in five years"
Feb 5, 2012 Rajnath Singh slams UPA government over rampant corruption: ""Everyone is aware of the corrupt activities of ruling Congress Party."
Feb 5, 2012 Reuters: Analysis - Scandal blow puts Indian government in danger: "There is no clamour for an early general election in India, but the latest blow dealt to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over a massive corruption scandal raises the risk that his wounded government could fall well before its mandate runs out in 2014."
Feb 5, 2012 Pune: Suresh Kalmadi given a hero's welcome: "The Congress has officially stated that the sacked CWG chief will not campaign for the Pune Municipal Polls."
Feb 5, 2012 The adharma of corruption: "The pernicious nexus between crooked politicians and dishonest bureaucrats is to blame for the mess in which we find ourselves."
Feb 5, 2012 Ramdev calls for 'political ostracism' of Congress: "the Congress-led UPA government is the "most corrupt" dispensation in the world"
Feb 5, 2012 Ponty Chadha is a study how power, politics and profit work when mixed with alcohol commerce: "How much space does it take to stack up currency worth Rs 100 crore? Or was it Rs 125 crore? How were I-T officials, who raided businessman Gurdeep Singh Chadha's premises in Noida and elsewhere last week"
Feb 5, 2012 India's low-caste queen launches re-election bid: "is also accused of letting the state slide further into corruption and dysfunction."
Feb 5, 2012 The Globe and Mail: Canadian accused of bribing cabinet minister in India is a test case for Canada’s foreign anti-corruption law: "Authorities allege that Mr. Karigar described to others how he funnelled a $250,000 bribe to Praful Patel, India’s Minister of Heavy Industries and a former minister of aviation."
Feb 4, 2012 The Vancouver Sun: Video: Indians Incensed at Rampant Corruption: "The Indian government is in the throes of the biggest corruption scandal India has ever witnessed, a multi-billion dollar telecommunications scam."
Feb 4, 2012 The Globe and Mail: Indian cabinet minister in bribery scandal asks his PM for help: "he has been unfairly implicated in a foreign bribery case in Ottawa has called on his Prime Minister to intervene with Canada to ensure that he and the Indian government aren’t caused more “embarrassment.”"
Feb 4, 2012 UPA has no moral authority to stay in power: Ramdev
Feb 4, 2012 Graft bothers Mahatma's personal secretary: "V. Kalyanam blames Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru for not nipping corruption in the bud"
Feb 4, 2012 BBC: India court in key ruling on corruption prosecutions: "India's government must decide within a set time frame whether a public official can be prosecuted for corruption, the Supreme Court says."
Feb 4, 2012 BSY, sons summoned in land case: "The Special Lokayukta Court on Saturday issued summons to former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, his sons B Y Vijayendra and B Y Raghavendra, son-in-law R N Sohan Kumar and former minister S N Krishnaiah Setty for their alleged role in an illegal denotification of land case."
Feb 4, 2012 National Interest: One Raja in jail, all of UPA in handcuffs: "The 2G scandal has seen the UPA government in blundering retreat from one indefensible position to another, much in the fashion of our army against the Chinese in 1962."
Feb 4, 2012 We will not ally with thieves and goons in UP: Rahul Gandhi: "Rahul said at a public meeting in Varanasi, referring to Mayawati's and Mulayam's rule in the state."
Feb 2, 2012 Indian-Canadian claims he bribed Praful Patel: "Nazir Karigar claims the bribe was paid to help Canadian firm Crypto Metric strike a $100-million deal with Air India."
Feb 2, 2012 Mumbai: Parties give tickets to dons for BMC polls: "Aiding the underworld in its quest for proxy power are the mainstream political parties fielding the family of dons."
Feb 2, 2012 The Globe and Mail: Canadian accused of bribing cabinet minister in India: "Authorities allege that Mr. Karigar described to others how he funnelled a $250,000 bribe to Praful Patel, India’s Minister of Heavy Industries and a former minister of aviation. The case against Mr. Karigar has ensnared another household name in India – Hasan Gafoor, a former Mumbai police commissioner who oversaw the force during the terrorist attacks on his city in 2008. Mr. Gafoor conspired with Mr. Karigar to rig a contract worth $100-million (U.S.), the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said."
Feb 2, 2012 2G scam: Supreme Court details how Raja ignored all to help cronies: "The SC order said quite clearly that then telecom minister A Raja "wanted to favour some companies at the cost of the public exchequer" and lists seven steps he took to ensure this happened."
Feb 2, 2012 2G verdict: Future tense for users, telcos, govt, India image: "Two back-to-back SC judgments - one favoring a corporate (Vodafone) and this one hitting the corporate sector (121 licenses cancelled) - reflect low governance. In both cases, the government has been shown up as acting arbitrarily and outside the law."
Feb 1, 2012 Raja’s jail anniversary: After year in Tihar, ‘cool’ facade withers: "He continues to smile and pretend everything’s normal"
Feb 1, 2012 CJ Award nominee exposes a corrupt minister: "Payi Gyadi exposed how Arunachal Pradesh Health Minister Atum Welly's children secured government jobs on fake degrees."
Feb 1, 2012 2G: Sonia will be targeted next, says Swamy: "Subramanian Swamy alleged that Sonia Gandhi took 60 per cent of the total money in the 2G scam."
Jan 31, 2012 Trail of Goa kickbacks could lead to Dubai: "Over Rs 26.5 crore channelised through Suryanarayana were kickbacks paid to Congress Minister Atanasio Monserrate"
Jan 30, 2012 Goa minister Monserrate got Rs 26.5 crore payoffs for land conversion: "Investigations into tax evasion by a former government official has unravelled that a minister in the Cabinet of Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat received huge payoffs from a complex nexus of land sharks who set up a web of fictitious transactions to give their kickbacks."
Jan 29, 2012 Is Mamata's Govt in complete denial?: "Another hospital on Saturday (January 28) joined the list of health facilities where infants are dying in West Bengal"
Jan 29, 2012 Illegal mining: CBI officials to visit Mauritius in February: "Janardhana and Srinivasa entered into a criminal conspiracy with Rajagopal and late R Linga Reddy, the then Assistant Director (Mines and Geology in Anantapur district), Y Srilakshmi and others and got mining leases allotted to OMC Limited and indulged in illegal mining activities amounting to lakhs of tonnes iron ore."
Jan 29, 2012 UP polls: 109 candidates face criminal charges: "Out of these 109 candidates, 46 of them are accused in serious crimes such as murder, rape, extortion and rioting."
Jan 29, 2012 Bihar minister threatens to cut off doctors hands: "Bihar Health Minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey threatened to chop off the hands of doctors planning to go on a strike."
Jan 29, 2012 UPA govt most corrupt: Karat: "This UPA government was giving licences to the corporates for corruption: Karat"
Jan 28, 2012 E-Books Are Easier To Ban Than Books: "let's take a look at how Indian law promotes arbitrary removal and blocking of websites, website content, and online services"
Jan 28, 2012 Election snippets: Liquor and politics go hand in hand: "As elections draw closer, political parties seem to be enticing voters with booze!"
Jan 28, 2012 5 killed in Manipur poll violence: "militant violence that claimed seven lives"
Jan 28, 2012 Ekka assets worth Rs 16cr: "Among Ekka’s assets traced by the CBI were a dairy farm valued at Rs 1.21 crore at Irba under Ormanjhi police station in Ranchi, a house valued at Rs 1.80 crore near Birsa Munda Airport under Doranda police station and three tea gardens valued at Rs 1.74 crore in Jalpaiguri (Bengal) and a company, Motorist Inn Pvt Ltd worth Rs 1.63 crore, also in Jalpaiguri in the name of his wife Menon Ekka."
Jan 28, 2012 Elections as usual: Criminals vie for votes in UP 1st phase: "Uttar Pradesh Election Watch (UPEW), which analysed affidavits of 284 contestants, found that 109 of them have criminal cases, including that of murder, abduction, robbery and extortion"
Jan 28, 2012 Corrupt politicians should be jailed, says Rajesh Khanna: "Rajesh Khanna, who is leading the Congress charge in his birth place Amritsar, today said those found guilty of corruption should be barred from politics for life."
Jan 26, 2012 Poor labourers pledged Rs 100, get Re 1 for day's work under govt's employment guarantee scheme: "many desperate, poor labourers across the country are being cheated of their hard earned money and the much publicized guaranteed daily wage of Rs 100 on many occasions remains a mere illusion."
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Feb 18, 2012 Is New Delhi the Mullahs’ best friend? Asks WSJ: "the Right-wing Wall Street Journal, in an editorial titled “Iran’s Indian Enablers” has said that “Delhi is turning out to be the mullahs’ last best friend.”"
Feb 18, 2012 Laloo, Mishra appear in CBI court: "Two former Bihar Chief ministers Laloo Prasad Yadav and Jagannath Mishra along with a former Animal Husbandry Ministry, an MLA and two fodder suppliers appeared before a special CBI Court of PK Singh on Tuesday and their statements were recorded in the fodder scam case"
Feb 18, 2012 पैसा देसी, बैंक विदेशी - होगा कुछ?: "मेरे देश को लूट लिया ..............."
Feb 18, 2012 Firm refusal: "The three top financial institutions — the Life Insurance Corporation, General Insurance Corporation and UTI Mutual Fund — have been without a chairperson for almost a year. Also headless are key infrastructure sector firms like Coal India, National Mineral Development Corporation, NHPC Limited and National Highways Authority of India."
Feb 18, 2012 Amethi: Cong's 'lucky mascot' was the 1st to vote: "The Raja, the rani and the dhobi", "Royal tradition on voting day"
Feb 18, 2012 BJP hits out at PM's 'deafening silence': "another manifestation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's ''deafening silence'' on issues."
Feb 17, 2012 Karnataka CM Sadananda Gowda's 287 aides cost exchequer Rs 70L every month: "This excludes security personnel who guard chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda round the clock."
Feb 16, 2012 Lokayukta raids on residences of Karnataka Congress MLA Krishnappa: "The Lokayukta court had on January 16 ordered probe into the private complaint against Krishnappa, who represents Vijaynagar constituency in the city, for amassing wealth to the tune of about Rs 700 crore disproportionate to his known sources of income."
Feb 16, 2012 Amethi: Royal tradition on voting day: "In Amethi, that went to vote on Wednesday, a peculiar custom played out at a polling booth - the Raja, the Rani and the Dhobi."
Feb 16, 2012 Tiwari paternity row: B P Sharma not Rohit's father, says Lab: "Tiwari, a former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, who had also held key ministerial portfolios at the Centre, was forced to resign as Andhra Pradesh governor in 2009 amid allegations of sexual misconduct against him following the airing of a sting operation in news channels purportedly with some women."
Feb 14, 2012 Garbage war after porngate: "an independent Municipal Councillor threw a pail of garbage at one of his colleagues in the opposition to drive home his point on unsanitary conditions in his area and was roundly thrashed by the other lawmakers in return."
Feb 14, 2012 क्या गांधी परिवार की इज्जत बचेगी...: "सोचा नहीं था, कि 70 के जमाने के बाद, राजस्थान या बिहार से बाहर, ऐसा देखने को मिलेगा. कानों मे हीरे के कुंडल, बुर्राक सफेद कुर्ता-पजामा, सफेद स्पोर्टस जूता– सामंतवाद के 21वीं सदी के आधुनिक प्रतीक लग रहे थें, ‘राजा’ संजय सिंह. गांधी परिवार के गुणगान और कांग्रेस की महिमा गिनाते संयज सिंह ने कहा– “मायावती और मुलायम सिंह की सरकारों ने अमेठी के विकास पर जो चोट पहुंचाई है उसे कांग्रेस ही ठीक कर सकती है.", "लिहाजा राहुल के भाषण के बाद राहुल की ‘जय-जयकार’ के साथ 'मनोज मट्टू की जय’ भी महिलाओं ने कर दी. मौके पर राहुल गांधी ने कुछ नहीं कहा. लेकिन चेहरा तन गया. गाड़ी में पहुंचे तो पीछे बैठते मनोज मट्टू से कहा– “चुनाव हमने जीता, लेकिन बड़े नेता तो आप हैं. हमारी गाड़ी में क्या बैंठेंगे, अपनी गाड़ी में आईये”. वो दिन है और आज का दिन, मनोज मट्टू अपनी जगह ही तलाश रहे हैं."
Feb 14, 2012 Laloo Yadav to appear in Fodder scam case: "Two former chief ministers and accused in the Rs 950 crore fodder scam case"
Feb 14, 2012 UP being misgoverned, funds siphoned off: Sonia
Feb 14, 2012 Lalu and Mishra appear in CBI court on fodder scam case: "Two former Bihar chief ministers Lalu Prasad and Jagannath Mishra appeared in a CBI court in Ranchi Tuesday to record their statements in a case related to the multi-million rupee fodder scam in which funds meant for buying cattle feed were embezzled in undivided Bihar."
Feb 14, 2012 Fodder scam: Lalu pleads not guilty, calls it political conspiracy: "Former chief minister of Bihar Lalu Prasad Yadav on Tuesday claimed that all the allegations leveled against him in the Rs 900-crore fodder scam were biased and the CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) had acted against him under political pressure to ruin his career.", "The other main accused in the case are Lok Sabha MP from Jahanbad in Bihar, Jagdish Sharma, former IAS officers Julius Beck, Mahendra Prasad and Phul Chandra Singh and animal husbandry (AHD) officers KM Prasad and SN Sharma."
Feb 14, 2012 BJP plans morality lessons for Karnataka lawmakers: "will be on the need for morality and discipline in the party in the wake of scandals ranging from rape, porn viewing in the assembly, corruption and illegal land deals."
Feb 14, 2012 BJP plans morality lessons for Karnataka lawmakers: "will be on the need for morality and discipline in the party in the wake of scandals ranging from rape, porn viewing in the assembly, corruption and illegal land deals."
Feb 12, 2012 BBC journalist's 'typically Indian' beating: "They set upon me, raining blows in a prolonged assault. I received injuries to my face, chest and legs. But by Indian standards, I suppose I got off lightly.", The police response can only be described as lethargic. It not only took more than 12 days to send an officer to the scene of the crime, but they also turned a blind eye to what I believe is a blatant intimidation campaign against me and potential witnesses"
Feb 12, 2012 CBI claims Emaar MGF created 10 companies to usurp prime land: "Reality firm Emaar-MGF (EMLL) had allegedly created 10 companies in the name of its employees on directions of its MD to usurp prime land being developed near Hyderabad, causing loss to a state-run firm"
Feb 11, 2012 The ‘power’ aphrodisiac: "The Karnataka Assembly sleaze blot is the latest among high-profile sex scandals ."
Feb 11, 2012 Pontius Undistilled: "Often called “Mayawati’s financier”, the 57-year-old Ponty has been making large (if silent) waves for the political patronage he enjoys in Uttar Pradesh. Any bottle of liquor sold in India’s most populous state goes through his company, Blue Water Harvesting. He’s got all the rules changed to make him the sole contractor"
Feb 11, 2012 The Eyes Have It, The Eyes Have It: "After land and mining scams, the BJP’s gateway to the south chews on Porngate"
Feb 11, 2012 The Cost Of Democracy: "The EC strikes out at paid news, but what it has seen is just the tip of the iceberg"
Feb 11, 2012 Slammer Dunk To A Poll Safari: "Vijay Kumar Mishra: a textbook case of how a man can subvert prison for electioneering"
Feb 11, 2012 Muslim quota: Khurshid dares Election Commission, poll panel writes to President: "The EC said the defiance by a union minister of the Constitutional body was "unprecedented" and his "improper and unlawful action" has put a strain on the delicate balance of functions between Constitutional authorities."
Feb 10, 2012 Fingers at 15% political commission: "“Arabul-bhai charges 15 per cent on every consignment of construction materials that the syndicates dump at construction sites within the Bhangar block,”"
Feb 10, 2012 Omar defends 'Examgate' minister?: "Pressure was mounting on Education Minister Peerzada Mohammed Sayeed to resign from the Jammu and Kashmir Cabinet in the wake of the exam scandal involving his foster son"
Feb 10, 2012 Porngate trio find support within BJP: "It seems that the three Karnataka ministers involved in the recent porngate scandal have been finding support within the BJP."
Feb 10, 2012 Vigilance officials raid former DMK ministers' houses: "in connection with disproportionate assets cases against them."
Feb 10, 2012 Examgate: J&K Education Minister resigns: "Sayeed accused of using unfair means to help his son pass matriculation examination"
Feb 10, 2012 Emaar-MGF chargesheet spells trouble for Jagan?: "The chargesheet accessed by CNN-IBN says Emaar-MGF had misappropriated funds in excess of Rs 100 crore in the deal."
Feb 10, 2012 Goa polls: Politicians conspiring with land sharks?: "An income tax investigation has exposed how politicians are conspiring with real estate and land sharks."
Feb 9, 2012 The rise and fall of the mighty Marans: "yet he appeared to be lost in thoughts. Perhaps the foreshadow of the Rs 550 crore ED slap and a possible CBI-chargesheet preoccupied him."
Feb 9, 2012 2G, CWG: Bail hasn’t made life easier for Kalmadi, Kanimozhi: "Life in fast-track courts is no bed of roses for our alleged scamsters"
Feb 9, 2012 Debate: Porngate-What next?-3: "A day after being caught on camera watching a porn clip in the Karnataka Assembly, three BJP ministers resigned today (Feb 8) after an embarrassed party leadership cracked the whip. A red-faced BJP swiftly went into a damage control mode asking Cooperation Minister Laxman Savadi and Women and Child Development Minister C C Patil to quit while Minister for Ports, Science and Technology Krishna Palemar was axed for allegedly providing the blue film to them."
Feb 9, 2012 Debate: Porngate-What next?-2: "Savadi and Patil were caught on camera yesterday while they were viewing the porn video footage inside the state assembly during the proceedings,"
Feb 9, 2012 Debate: Porngate-What next?-1
Feb 9, 2012 Political fight over porngate in K'taka: "Yeddy backing porngate trio"
Feb 9, 2012 Maya snubs woman fighting for justice: "Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has appeared to have crossed all limits of insensitivity when the CM called a woman an opposition pet dog. The woman named Sumitra Devi was trying to talk to the CM about her dead son, during Maya's rally. Sumitra Devi's son was murdered and police officers have refused to file an FIR in his case."
Feb 9, 2012 Cong calls BJP 'supermarket of corruption and pornography'
Feb 9, 2012 Blow for Vilasrao, Ghai land allotment scrapped: "The HC asks Ghai to pay Rs 5.3 crore annually from 2000, when Mukta Arts entered into a JV with state government."
Feb 9, 2012 HC asks Subhash Ghai to return land to govt, raps minister Deshmukh: "making a scathing indictment of Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh for "misusing his official position" as chief minister in showing "undue favours.""
Feb 9, 2012 Mumbai civil polls: potholes and promises: "A RTI filed by CNN-IBN reveals Rs 60 crore meant to fix the Mumbai's potholes has gone down the drain."
Feb 9, 2012 Karnataka ministers should be jailed: Anna: "The three ministers have been barred from attending the Assembly till the probe into the matter is over."
Feb 9, 2012 HC orders surrender of Subhash Ghai's Whistling Woods land to Maharashtra govt: "alleging "gross abuse of power" by former chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh in allotting the land piece."
Feb 8, 2012 Porngate: BJP MLA blacks out news from voters: "Laxman Savadi, who resigned as Karnataka cooperation minister on Wednesday, gave orders to cut off electricity to his constituency Athani on Tuesday, so that the people of the town could not see the news of his viewing pornographic clips in the assembly.", "no newspapers of any language could reach Athani as most bundles were booked and purchased en route."
Feb 7, 2012 Sex video and a lie...: "After sometime, she removes her saree, the blouse and all the inner wear."
Feb 7, 2012 K'taka ministers caught watching obscene video
Feb 7, 2012 30 UP criminals set to contest polls from jail: "At least 30 hardcore criminals and mafia dons are contesting this year's assembly elections from jails, which is high even by Uttar Pradesh's standards."
Feb 7, 2012 Direct jet fuel imports: a new way to screw the oil sector?: "Aviation fuel is the only petroleum product used as fuel that currently earns a profit for state-run oil marketing companies"
Feb 7, 2012 Indian government battles with military: "On the surface it's a dispute over the true age of the army chief and whether he should retire this year or next. But it's also a battle for control of the military, with a defence ministry mired in red tape and accusations of corruption."
Feb 7, 2012 The Wall Street Journal: Chidambaram: Poor Conditions ‘Dehumanize’ Police: "corruption has become systematized in hiring so that applicants for the position of constable are routinely asked to pay bribes in order to get the jobs. That money goes to state politicians, who not only influence hiring, but also the discipline, transfers and postings of officers on the entire police force"
Feb 7, 2012 Al Jazeera: The politics of elections in India's most unstable state: "The former is led by Mayawati, a powerful and brassy woman - and a Dalit icon - while the latter is the fief of an ageing former wrestler and a veteran practitioner of caste-based politics, Mulayum Singh Yadav."
Feb 7, 2012 Uddhav says corrupt Congress welcomed Kalmadi back to Pune: ""They want to make the BMC corruption-free by keeping any eye on its money."
Feb 7, 2012 बौखलाहट में बड़बड़ा रहे हैं राहुलः रामदेव: "'अगर उन्हें काले झंडे दिखाए जा रहे हैं तो ये उनके कर्मों का फल है.'"
Feb 7, 2012 'बलात्कार को हथियार के तौर पर इस्तेमाल करते हैं': "''माओवादियों के ख़िलाफ़ मुहिम में लगे सरकार समर्थित तत्त्व महिलाओं के साथ बलात्कार करते हैं और इसे माओवादियों के ख़िलाफ़ हथियार के तौर पर इस्तेमाल करते हैं.''"
Feb 7, 2012 Poll observer who stopped Vadra rally transferred: "The Election Commission has, however, put the transfer on hold till February 19, when voting is over in Amethi."
Feb 7, 2012 UP polls: 121 candidates in 3rd phase have criminal cases: "Brijesh Singh alias Arun Kumar Singh of Pragatisheel Manav Samaj Party (contesting from Saiyadraja seat) faces 39 criminal cases and charged with 57 serious IPC sections."
Feb 7, 2012 Two Karnataka ministers caught watching porn film in assembly: "Two BJP ministers - Lakshman Savdi and CC Patil - in Karnataka were caught allegedly watching porn film clips on the former's cell phone on the floor the legislative assembly on Tuesday. While Savdi holds cooperation portfolio, Patil is woman and child development minister."
Feb 7, 2012 Karnataka minister caught watching 'porn' in assembly
Feb 5, 2012 'This party' has no business talking about ending corruption: Ramdev: "They robbed India for 55 years, now see what they would do to UP in five years"
Feb 5, 2012 Rajnath Singh slams UPA government over rampant corruption: ""Everyone is aware of the corrupt activities of ruling Congress Party."
Feb 5, 2012 Reuters: Analysis - Scandal blow puts Indian government in danger: "There is no clamour for an early general election in India, but the latest blow dealt to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over a massive corruption scandal raises the risk that his wounded government could fall well before its mandate runs out in 2014."
Feb 5, 2012 Pune: Suresh Kalmadi given a hero's welcome: "The Congress has officially stated that the sacked CWG chief will not campaign for the Pune Municipal Polls."
Feb 5, 2012 The adharma of corruption: "The pernicious nexus between crooked politicians and dishonest bureaucrats is to blame for the mess in which we find ourselves."
Feb 5, 2012 Ramdev calls for 'political ostracism' of Congress: "the Congress-led UPA government is the "most corrupt" dispensation in the world"
Feb 5, 2012 Ponty Chadha is a study how power, politics and profit work when mixed with alcohol commerce: "How much space does it take to stack up currency worth Rs 100 crore? Or was it Rs 125 crore? How were I-T officials, who raided businessman Gurdeep Singh Chadha's premises in Noida and elsewhere last week"
Feb 5, 2012 India's low-caste queen launches re-election bid: "is also accused of letting the state slide further into corruption and dysfunction."
Feb 5, 2012 The Globe and Mail: Canadian accused of bribing cabinet minister in India is a test case for Canada’s foreign anti-corruption law: "Authorities allege that Mr. Karigar described to others how he funnelled a $250,000 bribe to Praful Patel, India’s Minister of Heavy Industries and a former minister of aviation."
Feb 4, 2012 The Vancouver Sun: Video: Indians Incensed at Rampant Corruption: "The Indian government is in the throes of the biggest corruption scandal India has ever witnessed, a multi-billion dollar telecommunications scam."
Feb 4, 2012 The Globe and Mail: Indian cabinet minister in bribery scandal asks his PM for help: "he has been unfairly implicated in a foreign bribery case in Ottawa has called on his Prime Minister to intervene with Canada to ensure that he and the Indian government aren’t caused more “embarrassment.”"
Feb 4, 2012 UPA has no moral authority to stay in power: Ramdev
Feb 4, 2012 Graft bothers Mahatma's personal secretary: "V. Kalyanam blames Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru for not nipping corruption in the bud"
Feb 4, 2012 BBC: India court in key ruling on corruption prosecutions: "India's government must decide within a set time frame whether a public official can be prosecuted for corruption, the Supreme Court says."
Feb 4, 2012 BSY, sons summoned in land case: "The Special Lokayukta Court on Saturday issued summons to former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, his sons B Y Vijayendra and B Y Raghavendra, son-in-law R N Sohan Kumar and former minister S N Krishnaiah Setty for their alleged role in an illegal denotification of land case."
Feb 4, 2012 National Interest: One Raja in jail, all of UPA in handcuffs: "The 2G scandal has seen the UPA government in blundering retreat from one indefensible position to another, much in the fashion of our army against the Chinese in 1962."
Feb 4, 2012 We will not ally with thieves and goons in UP: Rahul Gandhi: "Rahul said at a public meeting in Varanasi, referring to Mayawati's and Mulayam's rule in the state."
Feb 2, 2012 Indian-Canadian claims he bribed Praful Patel: "Nazir Karigar claims the bribe was paid to help Canadian firm Crypto Metric strike a $100-million deal with Air India."
Feb 2, 2012 Mumbai: Parties give tickets to dons for BMC polls: "Aiding the underworld in its quest for proxy power are the mainstream political parties fielding the family of dons."
Feb 2, 2012 The Globe and Mail: Canadian accused of bribing cabinet minister in India: "Authorities allege that Mr. Karigar described to others how he funnelled a $250,000 bribe to Praful Patel, India’s Minister of Heavy Industries and a former minister of aviation. The case against Mr. Karigar has ensnared another household name in India – Hasan Gafoor, a former Mumbai police commissioner who oversaw the force during the terrorist attacks on his city in 2008. Mr. Gafoor conspired with Mr. Karigar to rig a contract worth $100-million (U.S.), the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said."
Feb 2, 2012 2G scam: Supreme Court details how Raja ignored all to help cronies: "The SC order said quite clearly that then telecom minister A Raja "wanted to favour some companies at the cost of the public exchequer" and lists seven steps he took to ensure this happened."
Feb 2, 2012 2G verdict: Future tense for users, telcos, govt, India image: "Two back-to-back SC judgments - one favoring a corporate (Vodafone) and this one hitting the corporate sector (121 licenses cancelled) - reflect low governance. In both cases, the government has been shown up as acting arbitrarily and outside the law."
Feb 1, 2012 Raja’s jail anniversary: After year in Tihar, ‘cool’ facade withers: "He continues to smile and pretend everything’s normal"
Feb 1, 2012 CJ Award nominee exposes a corrupt minister: "Payi Gyadi exposed how Arunachal Pradesh Health Minister Atum Welly's children secured government jobs on fake degrees."
Feb 1, 2012 2G: Sonia will be targeted next, says Swamy: "Subramanian Swamy alleged that Sonia Gandhi took 60 per cent of the total money in the 2G scam."
Jan 31, 2012 Trail of Goa kickbacks could lead to Dubai: "Over Rs 26.5 crore channelised through Suryanarayana were kickbacks paid to Congress Minister Atanasio Monserrate"
Jan 30, 2012 Goa minister Monserrate got Rs 26.5 crore payoffs for land conversion: "Investigations into tax evasion by a former government official has unravelled that a minister in the Cabinet of Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat received huge payoffs from a complex nexus of land sharks who set up a web of fictitious transactions to give their kickbacks."
Jan 29, 2012 Is Mamata's Govt in complete denial?: "Another hospital on Saturday (January 28) joined the list of health facilities where infants are dying in West Bengal"
Jan 29, 2012 Illegal mining: CBI officials to visit Mauritius in February: "Janardhana and Srinivasa entered into a criminal conspiracy with Rajagopal and late R Linga Reddy, the then Assistant Director (Mines and Geology in Anantapur district), Y Srilakshmi and others and got mining leases allotted to OMC Limited and indulged in illegal mining activities amounting to lakhs of tonnes iron ore."
Jan 29, 2012 UP polls: 109 candidates face criminal charges: "Out of these 109 candidates, 46 of them are accused in serious crimes such as murder, rape, extortion and rioting."
Jan 29, 2012 Bihar minister threatens to cut off doctors hands: "Bihar Health Minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey threatened to chop off the hands of doctors planning to go on a strike."
Jan 29, 2012 UPA govt most corrupt: Karat: "This UPA government was giving licences to the corporates for corruption: Karat"
Jan 28, 2012 E-Books Are Easier To Ban Than Books: "let's take a look at how Indian law promotes arbitrary removal and blocking of websites, website content, and online services"
Jan 28, 2012 Election snippets: Liquor and politics go hand in hand: "As elections draw closer, political parties seem to be enticing voters with booze!"
Jan 28, 2012 5 killed in Manipur poll violence: "militant violence that claimed seven lives"
Jan 28, 2012 Ekka assets worth Rs 16cr: "Among Ekka’s assets traced by the CBI were a dairy farm valued at Rs 1.21 crore at Irba under Ormanjhi police station in Ranchi, a house valued at Rs 1.80 crore near Birsa Munda Airport under Doranda police station and three tea gardens valued at Rs 1.74 crore in Jalpaiguri (Bengal) and a company, Motorist Inn Pvt Ltd worth Rs 1.63 crore, also in Jalpaiguri in the name of his wife Menon Ekka."
Jan 28, 2012 Elections as usual: Criminals vie for votes in UP 1st phase: "Uttar Pradesh Election Watch (UPEW), which analysed affidavits of 284 contestants, found that 109 of them have criminal cases, including that of murder, abduction, robbery and extortion"
Jan 28, 2012 Corrupt politicians should be jailed, says Rajesh Khanna: "Rajesh Khanna, who is leading the Congress charge in his birth place Amritsar, today said those found guilty of corruption should be barred from politics for life."
Jan 26, 2012 Poor labourers pledged Rs 100, get Re 1 for day's work under govt's employment guarantee scheme: "many desperate, poor labourers across the country are being cheated of their hard earned money and the much publicized guaranteed daily wage of Rs 100 on many occasions remains a mere illusion."
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