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Dec 8, 2011 FIR against SM Krishna in illegal mining case: "Congress MP Dharam Singh and JDS MP HD Kumaraswamy have also been accused in the illegal mining case."
Dec 8, 2011 Foreign investors shun India as it runs scared from big bang reforms: "Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s government took “one step forward, two steps back”"
Dec 8, 2011 BBC: India parliament uproar over Chidambaram: "India's opposition MPs have called for the resignation of Home Minister P Chidambaram in connection with India's biggest corruption scandal."
Dec 8, 2011 MNS MLA abuses cops after they stop drinking session: "The police on Thursday morning booked Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) MLA Ram Kadam for abusing and assaulting officers after they allegedly disturbed his drinking session by shutting down a well-known lounge on Juhu Tara Road, which was operating beyond the 1.30am deadline."
Dec 7, 2011 Denied 1st AC berths, MPs create ruckus: "Forced to board a second class AC compartment in the capital-bound Patna Rajdhani after the railways could not arrange for an additional first AC rake, 18 MPs from Bihar created a ruckus"
Dec 7, 2011 Forget economy, who will reform politics?: "Multiple corruption scandals, high inflation and sagging economic growth have virtually put the brakes on the Manmohan Singh government’s functioning."
Dec 7, 2011 Kapil Sibal's web censorship: Indian govt wanted 358 items removed, says Google
Dec 7, 2011 Bailout queue at govt’s door is lengthening: Next, BSNL: "In the year to March 2011, India’s public sector telecom torch-bearers were in need of pall-bearers, with losses of Rs 6,384 crore and Rs 2,826 crore, respectively.", "One number tells the whole story: with 3,57,000 employees, BSNL produces Rs 27,044 crore in annual revenues. Bharti Airtel, with just 5 percent of BSNL’s employee strength, had a turnover that was more than twice its size at Rs 59,467 crore. Vodafone, with more than 12 times its revenue globally, has all of 84,000 employees."
Dec 7, 2011 Sibal's Internet Gag: From Sonia to Religious Blasphemy: "The controversy had arisen over a New York Times blog which reported that Mr Sibal had summoned legal representatives of prominent internet players (Google, Facebook, Yahoo and Microsoft), showed them "a Facebook page that maligned the Congress Party’s president, Sonia Gandhi" and told them, “This is unacceptable,”"
Dec 7, 2011 Sidhu beats up guard at toll gate, triggers row
Dec 7, 2011 Five reasons why India can't censor the Internet: "Five of the top 10 Twitter trends in India right now are: #IdiotKapilsibal, #KapilSibal, #Censorship, #FreeSpeech and #FreedomOfSpeech."", "India doesn't want to be -- China, Pakistan, Myanmar or Saudi Arabia"
Dec 7, 2011 Geelani slams Farooq for favouring cinema halls, liquor shops
Dec 7, 2011 Councillors' action an eye-opener for us: MCD: "All 8 corrupt councillors caught on camera demanding bribes in an IBN-Cobrapost investigation have been suspended."
Dec 7, 2011 Delhi building scam: Corrupt councillors suspended: "All 8 corrupt councillors were caught on camera demanding bribes in an IBN-Cobrapost investigation.", "this is just the tip of the iceberg"
Dec 7, 2011 Govt not sincere in fighting corruption: Anna: "Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare also demanded that the Group C %26 D employees should be brought under Lokpal's ambit."
Dec 6, 2011 Is corruption the bane of local civic bodies?: "An IBN-Cobrapost expose showed how Delhi's municipal councillors act as middlemen to protect illegal constructions."
Dec 6, 2011 BJP councillors taking bribe on camera suspended: "An IBN-Cobrapost exposé had shown them taking bribe from builders for illegal construction."
Dec 6, 2011 MP Navjot Sidhu creates scene at toll plaza: "An enraged Sidhu came back to the plaza, overpowered Ramaiah and another guard and bundled them into his vehicle!"
Dec 6, 2011 Code of conduct for social media: Indian politicians way too touchy about online image?: "Between Jan and June 2011, Indian law enforcement agencies asked Orkut to remove 236 communities and 19 blogs for containing criticism of the government."
Dec 6, 2011 India going the China way on online content?: "Kapil Sibal met the representatives of Facebook, Google and others seeking to device a screening mechanism."
Dec 6, 2011 Building nexus a shame for the MCD: Chandolia
Dec 6, 2011 Hazare blames Pawar; justifies ‘Just One Slap’ remark
Dec 6, 2011 Big Brother Doesn't Just Want To Watch: "At the meeting, Mr. Sibal showed attendees a Facebook page that maligned the Congress Party’s president, Sonia Gandhi. “This is unacceptable,”", "#idiotKapilSibal and variations thereof becoming a trending topic on Twitter ("Kapil Sibal is an idiot. RT while still legal"),.", "This latest move is not being seen as mere sycophancy but seems to be in keeping with the paranoia the government seems to exhibit when it comes to the digital world in general""
Dec 6, 2011 BBC: India vows crackdown on offensive internet content: "the government would introduce guidelines to ensure "blasphemous material" did not appear on internet."
Dec 6, 2011 NHR Direct: Will 'slapping Sarpanch' get away?: "A leader of Punjab's ruling Shiromani Akali Dal has repeatedly slapped a lady teacher, who was demanding a permanent job"
Dec 6, 2011 Will police arrest Akali Dal sarpanch?: "Is it a banana republic? the question that India is asking after visuals surfaced of a Sarpanch from the Akali Dal thrashing a woman teacher with at least 100 cops as mute spectators. Under extreme pressure Punjab government ordered the filing of a FIR against sarpanch Baljinder Singh -- the Sarpanch though still remains at large."
Dec 6, 2011 'Slapping' sarpanch denies it all: "100 cops mute spectator", "After an FIR was registered against him for slapping a woman teacher who demanded a permanent job, Shiromani Akali Dal sarpanch Baljinder Singh on Tuesday (December 6) remained defiant and claimed that he never slapped the woman at a function held in Muktsar district."
Dec 6, 2011 After Karnataka, mining scam in MP?: "NDA convener and JD-U chief Sharad Yadav on Monday (December 5) alleged a "Bellary like mining scam" in BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh and demanded action against those involved in it."
Dec 6, 2011 Anna Hazare writes blog, justifies attack on Sharad Pawar: ""Many politicians felt very bad about the slapping incident. But it is important to discuss as to why did that youth slap,"", "this minister gave 'supari'(contract) of Rs 30 lakh to someone to kill me," Hazare said."
Dec 6, 2011 Is Kapil Sibal an IDIOT?: "This came in the backdrop of a barrage of ‘uncivilised’ criticism that has been going on the internet about all leaders in general and particularly the Gandhi family."
Dec 6, 2011 Govt weaves a web of censorship: "Sibal revealed that in September he met with executives from Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Yahoo over last few weeks after offensive material against Congress leader Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was put on the net."
Dec 5, 2011 Retail fiasco, wholesale embarrassment: Congress lost in blunderland
Dec 5, 2011 You got CM's post by falling on Sonia's feet: Naidu to Reddy: ""You are a nominated chief minister. You got the post by falling on Sonia's feet. You are a 'sealed cover' CM and yours is a spineless leadership," Naidu charged."
Dec 5, 2011 How was Bhanwari eliminated?: "To win Bhanwari's trust, a kidnap plan is staged in which Shahabuddin alias Raju Bhai saves her on August 15 from people attempting to abduct her in Jodhpur."
Dec 5, 2011 Uma Bharati vs Mayawati: "BJP leader Uma Bharti has taken on Mayawati, accusing the UP chief minister of shielding her brother from corruption charges."
Dec 5, 2011 Bhanwari case: CBI resumes grilling Maderna: "The CBI had shifted Mahipal Maderna to Delhi on Sunday after it received a threat call."
Dec 5, 2011 Bhushans target Govt after lab says CD doctored: "The CD had Shanti Bhushan telling Amar Singh and Mulayam Singh Yadav that a judge could be fixed for Rs 4 crore"
Dec 5, 2011 Bhanwari Devi case: Maderna 'uncooperative', says CBI
Dec 5, 2011 Akali Dal sarpanch slaps woman in MP's function: "Police just stood by watching"
Dec 5, 2011 BJP accuses Mayawati, her brother of running 26 corrupt companies: "released a list of 26 companies at a press conference alleging that they were being run by Kumar. He also alleged that the money invested in the companies had been earned through corrupt means."
Dec 5, 2011 How much did the Madhu Koda scam really cost?: "biggest loot of the public fund"
Dec 4, 2011 Stalin challenges TN govt, says ready to face defamation charge: "DMK leader has levelled land grabbing charges against chief minister Jayalalithaa."
Dec 4, 2011 Raj Bhavan home truths: Annual expense Rs 1 cr, occupancy 30 days: "A residence spread over 40 acres, employing around 20 personnel, having an annual upkeep expense of over a crore rupees and occupied for only about a month a year."
Dec 4, 2011 Farmer drinks poison in front of CM: "A distressed farmer drank poison in front of the chief minister and thousands of agriculturists at a public meeting in Amravati district"
Dec 4, 2011 Now, watch Karnataka CM live on YouTube: "but there is a catch here, there is no audio"
Dec 4, 2011 Ex-Union minister Swami Chinmayanand accusedof rape, murder attempt: "The Shahjahanpur police in Uttar Pradesh lodged a case of assault, rape, forced abortion and attempt to murder against former Union minister of state for home, Swami Chinmayanand"
Dec 4, 2011 Raja, Behura & Chandolia ‘core sector’ of 2G scam, says CBI: "Former Telecom Minister A Raja and two former bureaucrats RK Chandolia and Siddharth Behura were the “core sector” of conspiracy"
Dec 4, 2011 Propaganda at our cost: "It has released a massive sum of Rs 50 crore as the first instalment for a two-hour long audio-visual documentary glorifying the reign of Congress Prime Ministers.", "Over the years the voters of the State have been fed the canard by sycophantic Congress leaders that the nation can prosper only under the aegis of a member of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty. And over the years people have stopped believing that fiction."
Dec 4, 2011 Mail and email: Two MPs want PMO to explain the difference: "The two MPs also sought to know if there is a restriction on general public to send their grievances to senior officials and ministers through email and whether most of the emails received by government establishments remain "unanswered and deleted without replies.""
Dec 4, 2011 UP: scam in Mayawati's home-for-poor project: "CNN-IBN has learnt that the flats are being handed to millionaires instead of being given free of cost to the poor.", "The great dalit housing scam"
Dec 4, 2011 Forget lower officials under Lokpal, find a Lokayukta for Karnataka first
Dec 4, 2011 Kanimozhi makes a silent exit from Tihar: "The Delhi High Court had granted bail on Monday to DMK MP Kanimozhi and four others in 2G case..", "Kani back home after 6 months"
Dec 4, 2011 2G scam: DMK MP Kanimozhi released from Tihar jail: "She was taken out of jail from a gate to avoid the media."
Dec 4, 2011 Day 6: Parliament deadlock costs Rs 24 crore: "Parliament was adjourned for the sixth straight day on Tuesday as no business was conducted in either Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha."
Dec 4, 2011 Petrol in India costlier than in US: "the Rs 66.42 per litre price of petrol in Delhi includes Rs 26.59 a litre because of taxes (both central excise and local sales tax or VAT)."
Dec 4, 2011 Will her father reward Kanimozhi for ‘sacrifice’?: "Kanimozhi is likely to rewarded with a party post for "enduring" 190 days in Tihar jail. This is the buzz in the DMK as party chief M Karunanidhi's daughter prepares to fly down home to a grand reception in Chennai."
Dec 4, 2011 Govt mulls Rs 30,000 crore bailout package for Air India: "government is considering writing off Rs 4,500 crore cash loss of Air India, infusing additional equity of Rs 6,750 crore and Rs 17,000-18,000 crore for its fleet acquisition programme."
Dec 4, 2011 Mamata Banerjee’s foreign nemesis: a Rs 4.5 cr lawsuit: "For the Railways’ babus, the ‘penalty’ amount is not exceptionally big. But the fear that the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) will attribute this sheer wastage of money to Mamata Banerjee has made them extremely anxious."
Dec 4, 2011 Scandal in politics: "higher standards are expected from politicians."
Dec 4, 2011 Kani, 4 others to spend one more night in Tihar: "Former telecom secretary Siddharth Behura has not been granted bail as his application was opposed by the CBI."
Dec 4, 2011 BSY, others granted anticipatory bail in corruption case: "to former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, the Karnataka High Court today granted anticipatory bail to him and his family members in a corruption case."
Dec 4, 2011 1996 telecom scam: Ex-minister Sukhram gets bail: "Sukhram has been granted bail on a surety of of Rs 10 lakh and on the condition that he cannot leave the country."
Dec 4, 2011 Delhi MLAs salaries spike from Rs 42K to Rs 82K: "while the monthly emolument of a minister will go up to rupees one lakh from the current Rs 55,000 a month."
Dec 4, 2011 Sukh Ram gets bail, sentence suspended: "In a relief for former telecom minister Sukh Ram, the Delhi high court on Monday suspended the five year sentence awarded to him in a graft case and granted him bail."
Dec 4, 2011 Another BSP minister indicted by Lokayukta for corruption: "recommended chief minister Mayawati to remove minister of Ambedkar Gram Sabha development Ratan Lal Aheerwar after finding him prima facie guilty if land grabbing and misuse of office. Aheerwal is the fifth UP minister to be indicted by the Lokayukta"
Dec 4, 2011 Biggest corruption in political system: Rahul Gandhi: "the biggest corruption is within the political system."
Dec 4, 2011 Half baked laws creates opportunity for scams: ""most of the Bills prepared by the ministries do not even have drafting committees and some of them are drafted by any outside person or agency close to the government or a particular ministry."
Dec 4, 2011 Diluted Bill sets stage for Govt-Team Anna showdown
Dec 4, 2011 PCC chief takes on ‘corrupt’ BJP, says cash liquor, won’t get votes
Dec 4, 2011 India’s Political Amnesia and The Nehru – Gandhi Clan’s Incompetence: "Chacha Nehru my foot! Chacha Blunder is more befitting"
Dec 4, 2011 Govt using courts to bully activists: Team Anna
Dec 4, 2011 Lokpal draft report a disappointment: Kiran Bedi
Dec 4, 2011 Kapil Sibal, the computer salesman who plays with other people's money: "India’s government-run schools are among the worst in the world, and for the most part, lack teachers and even infrastructure. The only lesson that India’s schools have to offer to the world is that schooling must not be confused with education, a fact demonstrated by the success of Indians around the world despite wasting several years in India’s dysfunctional education system."
Dec 4, 2011 Kapil Sibal, the computer salesman who plays with other people's money: "India’s government-run schools are among the worst in the world, and for the most part, lack teachers and even infrastructure. The only lesson that India’s schools have to offer to the world is that schooling must not be confused with education, a fact demonstrated by the success of Indians around the world despite wasting several years in India’s dysfunctional education system."
Dec 4, 2011 Response to the Ministry of Truth and Propaganda: "The government's claims cannot be taken seriously as it comes from the Press Information Bureau of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. This bureau is really the division of disinformation and has a sordid past. As for the Ministry itself, Orwellian ministries should have Orwellian names and it ought to be called the Ministry of Truth and Propaganda."
Dec 4, 2011 Krishna lands in illegal mining dock: "during his tenure (1999 to 2004) as chief minister, Krishna had not only sanctioned mining lease on old rates but also de-reserved forest land, despite severe opposition from the department of forest and environment."
Dec 3, 2011 Anna may be right to suspect Rahul hand in Lokpal U-turn: "Anna Hazare’s “guess”, that it was Rahul Gandhi’s hidden hand that changed the parliamentary standing committee’s views on bringing Class C government employees under the proposed Lokpal, is probably right."
Dec 3, 2011 Bhanwari case: Complaint filed for threatening CBI: "The CBI on December 3 lodged a complaint with the police saying a person, identifying himself as Congress MLA Malkhan Singh, brother of Paras Ram Bishnoi, who was arrested in the Bhanwari Devi missing case, has threatened its officers."
Dec 3, 2011 After FDI fiasco, Manmohan’s lame-duck govt just got lamer: "the Manmohan Singh government had been paralysed into inaction."
Dec 3, 2011 S M Krishna, two ex-chief ministers face probe in mining scam: "Besides Krishna, two other former CMs Dharam Singh and Kumaraswamy, both are MPs now, and 11 senior officials have been accused of conspiracy and corruption. The complainant stated that Singh ordered issuance of temporary transport permits for the movement of iron and manganese ore from agricultural patta lands, resulting in a loss of Rs 23.22 crore to the government. He stated that Kumaraswamy had illegally approved a mining lease in 550 acres of land in favour of Shree Sai Venkateshwara Minerals and committed illegalities with Jantkal Mining Company."
Dec 2, 2011 Uttar Pradesh MPs in the dock for taking parliament allowance: ""It was against an RTI query that we were told about suspension of all parliament proceedings for as many as 22 days between Nov 10 and Dec 13 (2010). However, on further inquiry we learnt that barring 143 MPs, all others had taken the special allowance for those days at the rate of Rs.2,000 per day.""
Dec 2, 2011 Bhanwari case: Conspiracy hatched at the behest of Maderna, alleges CBI: "Maderna roped in Sahiram to settle the matter, the agency said. Sahiram held a meeting with Sohan Lal and Shahabuddin and planned to obtain the CD from her for Rs 50 Lakh."
Dec 2, 2011 UP is back to playing the communal card again: "As elections to the crucial Uttar Pradesh assembly get closer, all parties are rushing back to the old and overused success formula: wooing the minorities."
Dec 2, 2011 FIR against Stalin, son and four others: "An FIR was registered against DMK leader M K Stalin, his son Udhayanidhi and four others for allegedly threatening a person to sell his property at a prime locality at a lesser price."
Dec 2, 2011 Bhanwari case: CBI arrests ex-minister Maderna: "Parasram Bishnoi, brother of Congress MLA Malkhan Singh, was also arrested by the investigating agency."
Dec 2, 2011 Bhanwari Devi case: CBI arrests former Rajasthan minister Mahipal Maderna: "The CBI on Friday arrested former Rajasthan minister Mahipal Maderna in the Bhanwari Devi disappearance case"
Dec 2, 2011 Kanimozhi was one of the most obedient inmates, say Tihar Jail authorities: "She has been one of the most obedient high-profile inmates"
Dec 2, 2011 Anna Hazre blames Rahul Gandhi, says FDI row a ploy to block Lokpal Bill
Dec 1, 2011 Lokpal: Cong does U-turn on babus' inclusion: "Congress members demanded removal of Group C bureaucrats from Lokpal. BJP, CPM, BSP, SP are against such a move."
Nov 30, 2011 Not working, yet MPs demand lal batti, more privileges
Nov 30, 2011 Put MPs on par with CJs: House panel: "The Parliamentary Committee on Privileges has suggested that the status of Members of Parliament should be on par with Chief Justices of the High Courts in the Warrant of Precedence."
Nov 30, 2011 Corporators humiliate whistleblower: "Ironically enough, the MLAs and corporators expressed their sympathy for Gandhi Nagar division executive engineer Idaya Vendon, who was arrested in connection with the scam, and demanded his release and revocation of his suspension."
Nov 29, 2011 Behind biggest I-T seizure, a case of multiplying crores: "Having dropped out after matriculation, Lal Babu’s rise to riches, officials say, began with his association with two BCCL general managers, D C Jha and S P Singh, as well as BJP Jharia MLA Kunti Singh. The latter is the widow of the late coal mafia don Surya Dev Singh."
Nov 27, 2011 At a crossroads once again: "It was in 1980 that the former Maharashtra Chief Minister A.R. Antulay realised to his misfortune that it was not alright for his Government to allot cement to those who desperately needed it, just days after they made a donation to one of the innumerable trusts floated by him."
Nov 27, 2011 Madhya Pradesh Congress demands CBI enquiry into mining leases given in state: "alleged that the scam in allotment of mining leases in the State was bigger than that of Bellary."
Nov 26, 2011 FIR against Somanna, Yeddyurappa: "The Lokayukta police on Saturday filed an FIR in the case against former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa and Housing Minister V Somanna, alleging illegal denotification of land."
Nov 26, 2011 The Last Word: Anger against politicians: "A man slapped NCP chief Sharad Pawar at the NDMC Centre while shouting slogans against price rise, corruption cases."
Nov 26, 2011 FDI decision taken to help Rahul's foreign friends: Mayawati: ""Rahul Gandhi has always stayed abroad and earlier he used to get his foreign friends to stay in the houses of poor people in Uttar Pradesh, make fun of poverty and now they are getting foreign companies into India,""
Nov 25, 2011 ‘Bhanwari was killed on Sept 1, body was handed over to another gang’
Nov 25, 2011 Has the Govt forgotten the horror of 26/11?: "Many critical coastal security measures are languishing in government files as mere proposals."
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Dec 8, 2011 FIR against SM Krishna in illegal mining case: "Congress MP Dharam Singh and JDS MP HD Kumaraswamy have also been accused in the illegal mining case."
Dec 8, 2011 Foreign investors shun India as it runs scared from big bang reforms: "Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s government took “one step forward, two steps back”"
Dec 8, 2011 BBC: India parliament uproar over Chidambaram: "India's opposition MPs have called for the resignation of Home Minister P Chidambaram in connection with India's biggest corruption scandal."
Dec 8, 2011 MNS MLA abuses cops after they stop drinking session: "The police on Thursday morning booked Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) MLA Ram Kadam for abusing and assaulting officers after they allegedly disturbed his drinking session by shutting down a well-known lounge on Juhu Tara Road, which was operating beyond the 1.30am deadline."
Dec 7, 2011 Denied 1st AC berths, MPs create ruckus: "Forced to board a second class AC compartment in the capital-bound Patna Rajdhani after the railways could not arrange for an additional first AC rake, 18 MPs from Bihar created a ruckus"
Dec 7, 2011 Forget economy, who will reform politics?: "Multiple corruption scandals, high inflation and sagging economic growth have virtually put the brakes on the Manmohan Singh government’s functioning."
Dec 7, 2011 Kapil Sibal's web censorship: Indian govt wanted 358 items removed, says Google
Dec 7, 2011 Bailout queue at govt’s door is lengthening: Next, BSNL: "In the year to March 2011, India’s public sector telecom torch-bearers were in need of pall-bearers, with losses of Rs 6,384 crore and Rs 2,826 crore, respectively.", "One number tells the whole story: with 3,57,000 employees, BSNL produces Rs 27,044 crore in annual revenues. Bharti Airtel, with just 5 percent of BSNL’s employee strength, had a turnover that was more than twice its size at Rs 59,467 crore. Vodafone, with more than 12 times its revenue globally, has all of 84,000 employees."
Dec 7, 2011 Sibal's Internet Gag: From Sonia to Religious Blasphemy: "The controversy had arisen over a New York Times blog which reported that Mr Sibal had summoned legal representatives of prominent internet players (Google, Facebook, Yahoo and Microsoft), showed them "a Facebook page that maligned the Congress Party’s president, Sonia Gandhi" and told them, “This is unacceptable,”"
Dec 7, 2011 Sidhu beats up guard at toll gate, triggers row
Dec 7, 2011 Five reasons why India can't censor the Internet: "Five of the top 10 Twitter trends in India right now are: #IdiotKapilsibal, #KapilSibal, #Censorship, #FreeSpeech and #FreedomOfSpeech."", "India doesn't want to be -- China, Pakistan, Myanmar or Saudi Arabia"
Dec 7, 2011 Geelani slams Farooq for favouring cinema halls, liquor shops
Dec 7, 2011 Councillors' action an eye-opener for us: MCD: "All 8 corrupt councillors caught on camera demanding bribes in an IBN-Cobrapost investigation have been suspended."
Dec 7, 2011 Delhi building scam: Corrupt councillors suspended: "All 8 corrupt councillors were caught on camera demanding bribes in an IBN-Cobrapost investigation.", "this is just the tip of the iceberg"
Dec 7, 2011 Govt not sincere in fighting corruption: Anna: "Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare also demanded that the Group C %26 D employees should be brought under Lokpal's ambit."
Dec 6, 2011 Is corruption the bane of local civic bodies?: "An IBN-Cobrapost expose showed how Delhi's municipal councillors act as middlemen to protect illegal constructions."
Dec 6, 2011 BJP councillors taking bribe on camera suspended: "An IBN-Cobrapost exposé had shown them taking bribe from builders for illegal construction."
Dec 6, 2011 MP Navjot Sidhu creates scene at toll plaza: "An enraged Sidhu came back to the plaza, overpowered Ramaiah and another guard and bundled them into his vehicle!"
Dec 6, 2011 Code of conduct for social media: Indian politicians way too touchy about online image?: "Between Jan and June 2011, Indian law enforcement agencies asked Orkut to remove 236 communities and 19 blogs for containing criticism of the government."
Dec 6, 2011 India going the China way on online content?: "Kapil Sibal met the representatives of Facebook, Google and others seeking to device a screening mechanism."
Dec 6, 2011 Building nexus a shame for the MCD: Chandolia
Dec 6, 2011 Hazare blames Pawar; justifies ‘Just One Slap’ remark
Dec 6, 2011 Big Brother Doesn't Just Want To Watch: "At the meeting, Mr. Sibal showed attendees a Facebook page that maligned the Congress Party’s president, Sonia Gandhi. “This is unacceptable,”", "#idiotKapilSibal and variations thereof becoming a trending topic on Twitter ("Kapil Sibal is an idiot. RT while still legal"),.", "This latest move is not being seen as mere sycophancy but seems to be in keeping with the paranoia the government seems to exhibit when it comes to the digital world in general""
Dec 6, 2011 BBC: India vows crackdown on offensive internet content: "the government would introduce guidelines to ensure "blasphemous material" did not appear on internet."
Dec 6, 2011 NHR Direct: Will 'slapping Sarpanch' get away?: "A leader of Punjab's ruling Shiromani Akali Dal has repeatedly slapped a lady teacher, who was demanding a permanent job"
Dec 6, 2011 Will police arrest Akali Dal sarpanch?: "Is it a banana republic? the question that India is asking after visuals surfaced of a Sarpanch from the Akali Dal thrashing a woman teacher with at least 100 cops as mute spectators. Under extreme pressure Punjab government ordered the filing of a FIR against sarpanch Baljinder Singh -- the Sarpanch though still remains at large."
Dec 6, 2011 'Slapping' sarpanch denies it all: "100 cops mute spectator", "After an FIR was registered against him for slapping a woman teacher who demanded a permanent job, Shiromani Akali Dal sarpanch Baljinder Singh on Tuesday (December 6) remained defiant and claimed that he never slapped the woman at a function held in Muktsar district."
Dec 6, 2011 After Karnataka, mining scam in MP?: "NDA convener and JD-U chief Sharad Yadav on Monday (December 5) alleged a "Bellary like mining scam" in BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh and demanded action against those involved in it."
Dec 6, 2011 Anna Hazare writes blog, justifies attack on Sharad Pawar: ""Many politicians felt very bad about the slapping incident. But it is important to discuss as to why did that youth slap,"", "this minister gave 'supari'(contract) of Rs 30 lakh to someone to kill me," Hazare said."
Dec 6, 2011 Is Kapil Sibal an IDIOT?: "This came in the backdrop of a barrage of ‘uncivilised’ criticism that has been going on the internet about all leaders in general and particularly the Gandhi family."
Dec 6, 2011 Govt weaves a web of censorship: "Sibal revealed that in September he met with executives from Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Yahoo over last few weeks after offensive material against Congress leader Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was put on the net."
Dec 5, 2011 Retail fiasco, wholesale embarrassment: Congress lost in blunderland
Dec 5, 2011 You got CM's post by falling on Sonia's feet: Naidu to Reddy: ""You are a nominated chief minister. You got the post by falling on Sonia's feet. You are a 'sealed cover' CM and yours is a spineless leadership," Naidu charged."
Dec 5, 2011 How was Bhanwari eliminated?: "To win Bhanwari's trust, a kidnap plan is staged in which Shahabuddin alias Raju Bhai saves her on August 15 from people attempting to abduct her in Jodhpur."
Dec 5, 2011 Uma Bharati vs Mayawati: "BJP leader Uma Bharti has taken on Mayawati, accusing the UP chief minister of shielding her brother from corruption charges."
Dec 5, 2011 Bhanwari case: CBI resumes grilling Maderna: "The CBI had shifted Mahipal Maderna to Delhi on Sunday after it received a threat call."
Dec 5, 2011 Bhushans target Govt after lab says CD doctored: "The CD had Shanti Bhushan telling Amar Singh and Mulayam Singh Yadav that a judge could be fixed for Rs 4 crore"
Dec 5, 2011 Bhanwari Devi case: Maderna 'uncooperative', says CBI
Dec 5, 2011 Akali Dal sarpanch slaps woman in MP's function: "Police just stood by watching"
Dec 5, 2011 BJP accuses Mayawati, her brother of running 26 corrupt companies: "released a list of 26 companies at a press conference alleging that they were being run by Kumar. He also alleged that the money invested in the companies had been earned through corrupt means."
Dec 5, 2011 How much did the Madhu Koda scam really cost?: "biggest loot of the public fund"
Dec 4, 2011 Stalin challenges TN govt, says ready to face defamation charge: "DMK leader has levelled land grabbing charges against chief minister Jayalalithaa."
Dec 4, 2011 Raj Bhavan home truths: Annual expense Rs 1 cr, occupancy 30 days: "A residence spread over 40 acres, employing around 20 personnel, having an annual upkeep expense of over a crore rupees and occupied for only about a month a year."
Dec 4, 2011 Farmer drinks poison in front of CM: "A distressed farmer drank poison in front of the chief minister and thousands of agriculturists at a public meeting in Amravati district"
Dec 4, 2011 Now, watch Karnataka CM live on YouTube: "but there is a catch here, there is no audio"
Dec 4, 2011 Ex-Union minister Swami Chinmayanand accusedof rape, murder attempt: "The Shahjahanpur police in Uttar Pradesh lodged a case of assault, rape, forced abortion and attempt to murder against former Union minister of state for home, Swami Chinmayanand"
Dec 4, 2011 Raja, Behura & Chandolia ‘core sector’ of 2G scam, says CBI: "Former Telecom Minister A Raja and two former bureaucrats RK Chandolia and Siddharth Behura were the “core sector” of conspiracy"
Dec 4, 2011 Propaganda at our cost: "It has released a massive sum of Rs 50 crore as the first instalment for a two-hour long audio-visual documentary glorifying the reign of Congress Prime Ministers.", "Over the years the voters of the State have been fed the canard by sycophantic Congress leaders that the nation can prosper only under the aegis of a member of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty. And over the years people have stopped believing that fiction."
Dec 4, 2011 Mail and email: Two MPs want PMO to explain the difference: "The two MPs also sought to know if there is a restriction on general public to send their grievances to senior officials and ministers through email and whether most of the emails received by government establishments remain "unanswered and deleted without replies.""
Dec 4, 2011 UP: scam in Mayawati's home-for-poor project: "CNN-IBN has learnt that the flats are being handed to millionaires instead of being given free of cost to the poor.", "The great dalit housing scam"
Dec 4, 2011 Forget lower officials under Lokpal, find a Lokayukta for Karnataka first
Dec 4, 2011 Kanimozhi makes a silent exit from Tihar: "The Delhi High Court had granted bail on Monday to DMK MP Kanimozhi and four others in 2G case..", "Kani back home after 6 months"
Dec 4, 2011 2G scam: DMK MP Kanimozhi released from Tihar jail: "She was taken out of jail from a gate to avoid the media."
Dec 4, 2011 Day 6: Parliament deadlock costs Rs 24 crore: "Parliament was adjourned for the sixth straight day on Tuesday as no business was conducted in either Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha."
Dec 4, 2011 Petrol in India costlier than in US: "the Rs 66.42 per litre price of petrol in Delhi includes Rs 26.59 a litre because of taxes (both central excise and local sales tax or VAT)."
Dec 4, 2011 Will her father reward Kanimozhi for ‘sacrifice’?: "Kanimozhi is likely to rewarded with a party post for "enduring" 190 days in Tihar jail. This is the buzz in the DMK as party chief M Karunanidhi's daughter prepares to fly down home to a grand reception in Chennai."
Dec 4, 2011 Govt mulls Rs 30,000 crore bailout package for Air India: "government is considering writing off Rs 4,500 crore cash loss of Air India, infusing additional equity of Rs 6,750 crore and Rs 17,000-18,000 crore for its fleet acquisition programme."
Dec 4, 2011 Mamata Banerjee’s foreign nemesis: a Rs 4.5 cr lawsuit: "For the Railways’ babus, the ‘penalty’ amount is not exceptionally big. But the fear that the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) will attribute this sheer wastage of money to Mamata Banerjee has made them extremely anxious."
Dec 4, 2011 Scandal in politics: "higher standards are expected from politicians."
Dec 4, 2011 Kani, 4 others to spend one more night in Tihar: "Former telecom secretary Siddharth Behura has not been granted bail as his application was opposed by the CBI."
Dec 4, 2011 BSY, others granted anticipatory bail in corruption case: "to former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, the Karnataka High Court today granted anticipatory bail to him and his family members in a corruption case."
Dec 4, 2011 1996 telecom scam: Ex-minister Sukhram gets bail: "Sukhram has been granted bail on a surety of of Rs 10 lakh and on the condition that he cannot leave the country."
Dec 4, 2011 Delhi MLAs salaries spike from Rs 42K to Rs 82K: "while the monthly emolument of a minister will go up to rupees one lakh from the current Rs 55,000 a month."
Dec 4, 2011 Sukh Ram gets bail, sentence suspended: "In a relief for former telecom minister Sukh Ram, the Delhi high court on Monday suspended the five year sentence awarded to him in a graft case and granted him bail."
Dec 4, 2011 Another BSP minister indicted by Lokayukta for corruption: "recommended chief minister Mayawati to remove minister of Ambedkar Gram Sabha development Ratan Lal Aheerwar after finding him prima facie guilty if land grabbing and misuse of office. Aheerwal is the fifth UP minister to be indicted by the Lokayukta"
Dec 4, 2011 Biggest corruption in political system: Rahul Gandhi: "the biggest corruption is within the political system."
Dec 4, 2011 Half baked laws creates opportunity for scams: ""most of the Bills prepared by the ministries do not even have drafting committees and some of them are drafted by any outside person or agency close to the government or a particular ministry."
Dec 4, 2011 Diluted Bill sets stage for Govt-Team Anna showdown
Dec 4, 2011 PCC chief takes on ‘corrupt’ BJP, says cash liquor, won’t get votes
Dec 4, 2011 India’s Political Amnesia and The Nehru – Gandhi Clan’s Incompetence: "Chacha Nehru my foot! Chacha Blunder is more befitting"
Dec 4, 2011 Govt using courts to bully activists: Team Anna
Dec 4, 2011 Lokpal draft report a disappointment: Kiran Bedi
Dec 4, 2011 Kapil Sibal, the computer salesman who plays with other people's money: "India’s government-run schools are among the worst in the world, and for the most part, lack teachers and even infrastructure. The only lesson that India’s schools have to offer to the world is that schooling must not be confused with education, a fact demonstrated by the success of Indians around the world despite wasting several years in India’s dysfunctional education system."
Dec 4, 2011 Kapil Sibal, the computer salesman who plays with other people's money: "India’s government-run schools are among the worst in the world, and for the most part, lack teachers and even infrastructure. The only lesson that India’s schools have to offer to the world is that schooling must not be confused with education, a fact demonstrated by the success of Indians around the world despite wasting several years in India’s dysfunctional education system."
Dec 4, 2011 Response to the Ministry of Truth and Propaganda: "The government's claims cannot be taken seriously as it comes from the Press Information Bureau of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. This bureau is really the division of disinformation and has a sordid past. As for the Ministry itself, Orwellian ministries should have Orwellian names and it ought to be called the Ministry of Truth and Propaganda."
Dec 4, 2011 Krishna lands in illegal mining dock: "during his tenure (1999 to 2004) as chief minister, Krishna had not only sanctioned mining lease on old rates but also de-reserved forest land, despite severe opposition from the department of forest and environment."
Dec 3, 2011 Anna may be right to suspect Rahul hand in Lokpal U-turn: "Anna Hazare’s “guess”, that it was Rahul Gandhi’s hidden hand that changed the parliamentary standing committee’s views on bringing Class C government employees under the proposed Lokpal, is probably right."
Dec 3, 2011 Bhanwari case: Complaint filed for threatening CBI: "The CBI on December 3 lodged a complaint with the police saying a person, identifying himself as Congress MLA Malkhan Singh, brother of Paras Ram Bishnoi, who was arrested in the Bhanwari Devi missing case, has threatened its officers."
Dec 3, 2011 After FDI fiasco, Manmohan’s lame-duck govt just got lamer: "the Manmohan Singh government had been paralysed into inaction."
Dec 3, 2011 S M Krishna, two ex-chief ministers face probe in mining scam: "Besides Krishna, two other former CMs Dharam Singh and Kumaraswamy, both are MPs now, and 11 senior officials have been accused of conspiracy and corruption. The complainant stated that Singh ordered issuance of temporary transport permits for the movement of iron and manganese ore from agricultural patta lands, resulting in a loss of Rs 23.22 crore to the government. He stated that Kumaraswamy had illegally approved a mining lease in 550 acres of land in favour of Shree Sai Venkateshwara Minerals and committed illegalities with Jantkal Mining Company."
Dec 2, 2011 Uttar Pradesh MPs in the dock for taking parliament allowance: ""It was against an RTI query that we were told about suspension of all parliament proceedings for as many as 22 days between Nov 10 and Dec 13 (2010). However, on further inquiry we learnt that barring 143 MPs, all others had taken the special allowance for those days at the rate of Rs.2,000 per day.""
Dec 2, 2011 Bhanwari case: Conspiracy hatched at the behest of Maderna, alleges CBI: "Maderna roped in Sahiram to settle the matter, the agency said. Sahiram held a meeting with Sohan Lal and Shahabuddin and planned to obtain the CD from her for Rs 50 Lakh."
Dec 2, 2011 UP is back to playing the communal card again: "As elections to the crucial Uttar Pradesh assembly get closer, all parties are rushing back to the old and overused success formula: wooing the minorities."
Dec 2, 2011 FIR against Stalin, son and four others: "An FIR was registered against DMK leader M K Stalin, his son Udhayanidhi and four others for allegedly threatening a person to sell his property at a prime locality at a lesser price."
Dec 2, 2011 Bhanwari case: CBI arrests ex-minister Maderna: "Parasram Bishnoi, brother of Congress MLA Malkhan Singh, was also arrested by the investigating agency."
Dec 2, 2011 Bhanwari Devi case: CBI arrests former Rajasthan minister Mahipal Maderna: "The CBI on Friday arrested former Rajasthan minister Mahipal Maderna in the Bhanwari Devi disappearance case"
Dec 2, 2011 Kanimozhi was one of the most obedient inmates, say Tihar Jail authorities: "She has been one of the most obedient high-profile inmates"
Dec 2, 2011 Anna Hazre blames Rahul Gandhi, says FDI row a ploy to block Lokpal Bill
Dec 1, 2011 Lokpal: Cong does U-turn on babus' inclusion: "Congress members demanded removal of Group C bureaucrats from Lokpal. BJP, CPM, BSP, SP are against such a move."
Nov 30, 2011 Not working, yet MPs demand lal batti, more privileges
Nov 30, 2011 Put MPs on par with CJs: House panel: "The Parliamentary Committee on Privileges has suggested that the status of Members of Parliament should be on par with Chief Justices of the High Courts in the Warrant of Precedence."
Nov 30, 2011 Corporators humiliate whistleblower: "Ironically enough, the MLAs and corporators expressed their sympathy for Gandhi Nagar division executive engineer Idaya Vendon, who was arrested in connection with the scam, and demanded his release and revocation of his suspension."
Nov 29, 2011 Behind biggest I-T seizure, a case of multiplying crores: "Having dropped out after matriculation, Lal Babu’s rise to riches, officials say, began with his association with two BCCL general managers, D C Jha and S P Singh, as well as BJP Jharia MLA Kunti Singh. The latter is the widow of the late coal mafia don Surya Dev Singh."
Nov 27, 2011 At a crossroads once again: "It was in 1980 that the former Maharashtra Chief Minister A.R. Antulay realised to his misfortune that it was not alright for his Government to allot cement to those who desperately needed it, just days after they made a donation to one of the innumerable trusts floated by him."
Nov 27, 2011 Madhya Pradesh Congress demands CBI enquiry into mining leases given in state: "alleged that the scam in allotment of mining leases in the State was bigger than that of Bellary."
Nov 26, 2011 FIR against Somanna, Yeddyurappa: "The Lokayukta police on Saturday filed an FIR in the case against former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa and Housing Minister V Somanna, alleging illegal denotification of land."
Nov 26, 2011 The Last Word: Anger against politicians: "A man slapped NCP chief Sharad Pawar at the NDMC Centre while shouting slogans against price rise, corruption cases."
Nov 26, 2011 FDI decision taken to help Rahul's foreign friends: Mayawati: ""Rahul Gandhi has always stayed abroad and earlier he used to get his foreign friends to stay in the houses of poor people in Uttar Pradesh, make fun of poverty and now they are getting foreign companies into India,""
Nov 25, 2011 ‘Bhanwari was killed on Sept 1, body was handed over to another gang’
Nov 25, 2011 Has the Govt forgotten the horror of 26/11?: "Many critical coastal security measures are languishing in government files as mere proposals."
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