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Nov 6, 2011 The nature of corruption in India is going through great change: "There is the big-ticket kind of corruption, associated with the electoral and political system and abuse of discretion in allocation of natural resources."
Nov 6, 2011 BBC: India: Politician Madhu Koda 'assaulted' in prison: "A former chief minister of the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand has been assaulted in a prison where he has been held in connection with a corruption investigation."
Nov 6, 2011 Some Congress leaders among 700 A/C-holders in tax havens: BJP
Nov 6, 2011 Roots of Corruption in India: "the British government acknowledged that, given the vast discretionary powers of the administrators, there could be the temptation to skim from the booty. So, they put in place a system that ensured that British officials posted to India would be very well paid -- and punished for dishonesty -- in order to mitigate the urge to dip into the coffers. When India gained Independence in 1947, Prime Minister Nehru retained the extensive powers of the British colonial administration -- including laws that gave officials the right to intervene in almost any aspect of daily life. However, at the same time, he also dramatically reduced salaries in the public sector."
Nov 6, 2011 BJP blames Sonia for corruption: "We want to ask her if her party also received money in the 2G spectrum allocation scam, Commonwealth Games scam. What was the share of Congress Party in the Rs 1.76 lakh crore 2G scam?”"
Nov 6, 2011 BBC: India court denies bail to MP Kanimozhi: "Former telecoms minister A Raja is also in jail in connection with the scandal"
Nov 6, 2011 BJP accuses Manmohan Singh of covering corruption, defending tainted minister
Nov 6, 2011 Congress, BJP institutionalise corruption: Prakash Karat
Nov 6, 2011 Corruption main reason for PM's failure to curb inflation: LK Advani
Nov 6, 2011 Corruption: The change we need: "The total spending for the 2009 Lok Sabha elections is reportedly pegged at Rs 10,000 crore."
Nov 6, 2011 PM has no control over decisions: Advani: ""Our Prime Minister does not have the last word. It lies with the others at 10 Janpath (residence of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi),""
Nov 6, 2011 Graft at unprecedented levels, buck no longer stops at PMO: Advani
Nov 6, 2011 Corruption-hit Karnataka to end graft at lower levels: "Steeply falling from grace, from being the first Indian state to set up the Lokayukta (ombudsman) to one where corruption has spread like cancer, Karnataka is taking baby steps to end graft at lower rungs."
Nov 6, 2011 Advani demands answers from Sonia on black money: "why Congress President Sonia Gandhi is "totally silent" on the issues of black money, corruption and inflation."
Nov 6, 2011 Do you believe that Nagaland is the ‘corruption capital’ of India?: "look at politician in nagaland n a buracrate they r millionar nw. If u ve 30lakhs u can b a gazt ofcr qualification n capability doesn’t matter at all. Its not a capital of corpt. Bt heaven of corruption."
Nov 6, 2011 Naveen Patnaik protecting the corrupt: Anti-graft group: "Corruption watchdog Transparency International India Thursday accused Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik of protecting the corrupt and not acting against tainted officials despite a public outcry. The statement by the group comes a day after the state government opened a dispensary in the confiscated house of a tainted former Indian Administrative Service Officer (IAS) in state capital Bhubaneswar."
Nov 6, 2011 Cong trying to divert attention from culprits in scams
Nov 6, 2011 Bribery case: Youth confesses to mimicking Farooq's voice: "National Conference worker, Muhammad Yusuf Bhat, belonging to north Kashmir's Ganderbal district, had complained to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah that Yousuf had taken Rs.85 lakh from him for getting him a ministerial berth."
Nov 6, 2011 Inspite of Sikh PM no justice for '84 victims: Ramdev: "Yoga Guru Ramdev on Sunday said it was unfortunate that despite being a Sikh, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had not been able to provide justice to the victims of 1984 riots and asked the people to teach a lesson to the Congress in next year's Punjab assembly polls."
Nov 6, 2011 Scams during UPA rule have brought 'shame' to nation: Advani
Nov 6, 2011 Gujarat: Advani targets Sonia on corruption
Nov 5, 2011 Up For Grabs With corruption eating into Mayawati’s chances, rival parties see electoral hope
Nov 5, 2011 UP whistleblower cop vs Mayawati: "A senior police officer was on Friday (November 4) night allegedly manhandled and forcibly dumped to a mental asylum after he took on Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati by alleging massive corruption in the state."
Nov 5, 2011 UP cop takes on Maya, dumped in mental hospital: "The IPS officer had threatened to make public files containing evidence of the massive embezzlement of funds in the state."
Nov 5, 2011 UP has a government of criminals: Cong
Nov 5, 2011 Illegal mining: Janardhana Reddy's wife under scanner: "Two months after the arrest of mining baron and former Karnataka minister G Janardhana Reddy on charges of illegal mining, a formal probe into the role of his wife Aruna Lakshmi in the scandal began on Saturday."
Nov 5, 2011 Govt tapping phones of Team Anna members, says Kejriwal: "Pointing that under law, the phones of only those who pose a threat to national security can be tapped, Kejriwal asked: “Is Anna and his team a threat to national security? Corrupt people are the real threat. Interestingly, they are the ones with the power to give permission to tap phones.”"
Nov 5, 2011 With Manmohan as PM, our system approximates communist one: Advani: "He asks why Sonia Gandhi is silent over black money, corruption and inflation."
Nov 4, 2011 How the govt lost its way, and its face: "It is now almost an article of faith within the media that a) this is a very corrupt government and that b) its leaders lack the will or the inclination to fight corruption."
Nov 4, 2011 Ex-CJ denied RTI info on dumper scam: "Former chief justice of Gauhati high court Justice R S Garg was denied access to official documents under RTI Act at the office of special police establishment of Madhya Pradesh Lokayukta when he went there to get details about " dumper scam" allegedly involving CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan and his wife - accused of misusing his official position by renting out dumper trucks in 2006, registered in his wife's name, to an industrial group as a quid pro quo for allotting out-of-turn mining leases."
Nov 4, 2011 Black money: I-T department to probe 2,000 Indian accounts in Denmark, Finland: "Denmark and Finland have passed information about another 2,000 bank accounts to India", "one MP is learnt to have deposits worth Rs 200 crore in the Geneva account.", "a top industrialist in Mumbai had admitted to having family accounts in the Geneva, with deposits worth more than Rs 800 crore."
Nov 4, 2011 Ramdev calls Digvijaya 'bewakoof, badtameez': "Calling Digvijay a 'rakshashputra', Ramdev took a swipe at him saying, "Woh bewakoof hai, badtameez hai" (He is stupid and ill-mannered)."
Nov 4, 2011 Ex-minister duped me, accuses NRI
Nov 4, 2011 Govt to tell SC why Sinha made Sebi chief: ""There are clear indications that there is a nexus between the ministry of finance and major corporate players and that free and fair functioning of Sebi is no longer possible."", "the finance minister had nominated B L Meena, brother of minister of state for finance Namo Narain Meena, and Shashi Kant Sharma as his nominees in the search-cum-selection committee."
Nov 3, 2011 Karnataka land scam: partial relief for BSY: "The court granted Yeddyurappa bail in one of the two land denotification cases against him."
Nov 3, 2011 2G: No bail for Kanimozhi, others; to face trial: "Justice Saini made it clear that the CBI's non opposition made no difference to its stance."
Nov 3, 2011 Kanimozhi breaks down, asks journalists to leave her alone: "Tears welled in her eyes and she hugged her mother but soon the normally-composed DMK MP Kanimozhi lost her cool and asked journalists to leave her alone in the court which rejected her bail application."
Nov 3, 2011 'Ready to face probe in Orissa land controversy': "According to IBN Network report, successive Urban Development Ministers in Orissa govt have misused the discretionary housing quota."
Nov 3, 2011 Lokayukta, MHA in war over mantri: "The Union home ministry and Delhi Lokayukta are virtually on the warpath with the Lokayukta insisting to know the ministry’s “thought process and analysis’’ as well as the reasons leading to President Pratibha Patil rejecting the recommendation for removal of PWD minister Raj Kumar Chauhan for his alleged involvement in a tax-evasion case."
Nov 3, 2011 2G case: No bail to Kanimozhi & other accused: "Judge OP Saini said that the crime committed was a deliberate offence, an economic offence and very serious in nature."
Nov 3, 2011 Yeddyurappa stays in jail as graft case adjourned: "Karnataka’s scam-hit former chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa will remain in central jail as the fourth graft case related to land scams was adjourned Thursday to Friday because arguments were incomplete in the state high court."
Nov 3, 2011 SC stays election panel probe into Ashok Chavan's poll account: "The EC had begun proceedings against Chavan on April 2 on the complaints, which alleged he had shown to the Commission a poll expenditure of merely Rs 11,000 despite paying money to various newspapers for favourable coverage of his election campaign."
Nov 3, 2011 Two generations later, the scars remain: "“My mother tells me stories; we have grown up listening to them. The truth is that the killers of my father are still roaming free.", "She watched helplessly as her husband, younger brother, a brother-in-law and an uncle were doused with petrol and set on fire. Her elder brother Teerath, she said, was standing on the terrace of the house when a policeman shot at him. “A bullet hit him in the temple and he died on the spot. I can identify the policeman even today."
Nov 3, 2011 2G spectrum scam: DMK MP Kanimozhi, 7 others denied bail: "The bail pleas of eight other accused -- Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Usman Balwa, former Telecom Minister A Raja's ex-private secretary R K Chandolia, Kalaignar TV MD Sharad Kumar, Directors of Kusegaon Fruits & Vegetables Asif Balwa and Rajiv Agarwal, Bollywood producer Karim Morani and former Telecom secretary Siddharth Behura -- were also dismissed."
Nov 3, 2011 WB: Mamata blames CPI (M) for infant's death: "An infant was declared dead because carbolic acid was used instead of dettol during delivery."
Nov 3, 2011 Black money back to haunt the UPA again: "The Income Tax department has started probing accounts of 782 Indians in a Swiss bank."
Nov 3, 2011 Illegal mining: CBI summons Jagan Mohan Reddy: "CBI has called Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, son of former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, for questioning on November 4 in connection with the alleged multi-crore iron ore mining scam."
Nov 3, 2011 Democracy and dynastic succession cannot co-exist: Advani: ""Just as good governance and corruption cannot co-exist, similarly democracy and dynastic succession cannot co-exist,"", "due to the "corrupt" Congress-led government at the Centre, the image of India is getting tarnished and its dignity lowered among the nations of the world."
Nov 3, 2011 'Manmohan heading most corrupt govt since Independence'
Nov 3, 2011 Did Raja's rush leave PMO no time?: "In yet another series of revelations in the 2G case, TIMES NOW gets access to internal PMO correspondence that reveals alternate proposal was prepared by PMO officials 5 days before Raja moved ahead with license dispersal."
Nov 3, 2011 Jailed ex-minister Pillai released in Kerala: "Kerala Congress (B) leader and former minister R Balakrishna Pillai, sentenced to jail for a year in a corruption case, was today freed under the remission granted by the state government on the occasion of state-formation day."
Nov 3, 2011 Blood-for-blood politics: From Indira Gandhi to Narendra Modi: "For those four days, mobs literally ruled the city, setting fire to entire residential colonies in Trilokpuri and selectively burning Sikh-owned residences and shops in other areas. Travelling by bus, we would be accosted by stick-wielding mobs looking for Sikhs to lynch in full public glare. “Koi sardar hai?”"
Nov 3, 2011 Manmohan ‘Machiavelli’ Singh shows his true colours: "Bit by bit, Manmohan Singh’s Machiavellian nature is being unmasked."
Nov 3, 2011 Right to reject: Candidates can’t hide behind parties
Nov 3, 2011 Foot-in-mouth disease: "Digvijay Singh should try maun vrat as cure - Congress’s loose cannon Digvijay Singh has done it again."
Nov 3, 2011 On formation day, Karnataka longs for corruption-free times: "Corruption-scarred Karnataka Tuesday entered the 56th year of its formation, hoping that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party will not further muddy its own and the state's image with more scandals."
Nov 3, 2011 'No state has been as troublesome as Karnataka': "Advani made the gathering numbering above 10,000 to take oath against corruption."
Nov 2, 2011 Time to stop discretionary land allotments by govts?: "Former and sitting judges of Orissa, police officers and bureaucrats have received flats under ministers' quota."
Nov 2, 2011 Do judges need minister's quota for housing?: "Judges in Orissa have got 'minister quota' flats out of turn and at cheaper rates."
Nov 2, 2011 Note row prompts PMO to deny RTI pleas on 2G scam: "The fallout of the political storm over the finance ministry's March 25th "2G background" note has become apparent, with the PMO invoking possible breach of privilege of Parliament and rules of Lok Sabha to deny further RTI requests."
Nov 2, 2011 Somanna son got out-of-turn site: "Naveen was allotted a site measuring 2,400 sq ft (number 144) by Bapuji House Building Co-operative Society (BHBCS) on June 14, 1999, four days after he had paid Rs 3,70,000 as site deposit and barely three months of him joining as a member on March 3, 1999. However, his allotment was out of turn as there were over 100 society members who had joined and paid the site deposit as early as 1973 but not allotted plots."
Oct 31, 2011 I-T crackdown on undisclosed Swiss account holders: "the income tax department has launched an offensive against politicians and industrials who had parked money in HSBC Bank, Geneva."
Oct 31, 2011 PIL in SC claims 2.5 bn Francs lying in Rajiv Gandhi's Swiss account
Oct 31, 2011 Reddys seek special class status in prison: "Mining baron and former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhan Reddy and Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) Managing Director B V Srinivas Reddy arrested in connection with the alleged illegal mining case today moved the special court seeking 'special class prisoner status'."
Oct 31, 2011 HC wants details on ‘pampering’ of BSY: "The Karnataka High Court on Monday directed a petitioner to provide more evidence in support of his case alleging that the chief minister and officials of the Central Prisons at Parappana Agrahara had extended preferential treatment to VIP prisoners."
Oct 31, 2011 Who beat up Madhu Koda? Jail staff or inmates: "“Koda is not an ordinary person, but a former chief minister of the state and the assault on him is tantamount to an attack on the democratic set up,” JMM leader Sudhir Mahto said. Koda was arrested on 30 November 2009 in connection with the multi-crore scam during his tenure."
Oct 31, 2011 Mamata's eyewash: New unit, no doctors: "Even as innocent infants continue to lose their lives in government hospitals in West Bengal, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare and Trinamool Congress MP Sudip Bandopadhayay on Monday (October 31) inaugurated an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the BC Roy Children Hospital."
Oct 31, 2011 Former Jharkhand CM Madhu Koda 'assaulted': "Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda was today injured after he was assaulted allegedly by inmates of a high-security Ranchi jail, where he is in judicial custody in connection with a muti-crore scam, but the MP claimed that he was beaten up by the prison guards."
Oct 31, 2011 Corporates too are accountable: "Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid has blundered in advocating the cause of business houses mired in various scams. People want them punished."
Oct 31, 2011 मधु कोड़ा पिटाई के बाद अस्पताल में भर्ती
Oct 31, 2011 Janardhana Reddy's judicial custody extended till Nov 14: "A special court Monday extended the judicial custody of former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhana Reddy and his brother-in-law B.V. Srinivasa Reddy till Nov 14 in an illegal mining case."
Oct 31, 2011 I-T Dept seeks documents regarding Jagan probe from CBI: "The Income Tax department today approached a local court seeking copies of the documents seized by CBI during the probe of corruption allegations against Kadapa MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy and the alleged irregularities in the Emaar Properties land deal."
Oct 31, 2011 Policemen broke my hand for seeking good food: Koda: "Jailed former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda Monday alleged his hand was broken by policemen when he sought good food for the prisoners."
Oct 31, 2011 Blamed for 'authoritarian rule', Arunachal chief minister resigns
Oct 31, 2011 Former Jharkhand CM Madhu Koda beaten up by jail security staff: ""We were protesting peacefully when jail security personnel attacked us deliberately by lathis,""
Oct 30, 2011 Cleanup Indian Politics of Criminal MPs
Oct 30, 2011 UPA scams are not just ally issues: Advani: "charged the Congress-led Central Government with efforts to make UPA partners scapegoats in the issue of corruption for which “the Government as a whole is responsible”."
Oct 30, 2011 Desperately shameless: "Congress still insists there was no 2G scam The Congress has shown its true colours by resorting to abusive bazaar language in its desperate attempt to discredit the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India simply because the country’s premier auditor has spoken the truth about the Great 2G Spectrum Robbery."
Oct 29, 2011 13 repo rate revisions in 19 months, yet no results: "Already fighting a near-losing battle against the scores of scams that has beset the UPA coalition, economist Manmohan Singh-led government may be taking all possible measures to rein in price rise but they have failed to make much impact on the runaway inflation."
Oct 29, 2011 Ensure the Corrupt in Your Party Resign: IAC to Advani
Oct 29, 2011 Cong warns to take action against DAN: "corruption in Nagaland has reached its zenith"
Oct 29, 2011 MK gave ex-CJI prime plots: PIL: "lawyer alleged that Balakrishnan was allotted two prime plots of land in Chennai under a benami transaction by then Chief Minister M Karunanidhi and also of amassing illegal assets in Kerala"
Oct 29, 2011 Team Anna closes ranks, warns personal attacks will ‘backfire’ on government: "they slammed the government for misusing its “machinery” to attack them personally."
Oct 29, 2011 India's Congress Party and Corruption: "Manmohan Singh, a weak prime minister out-maneuvered by powerful political warlords, signals administrative dysfunction to voters. There is no one in the driver's seat. This is a lame-duck government that will in all likelihood be turfed out at the next general election.", "About 25 percent of sitting parliamentarians are convicted of crimes or pending charges."
Oct 29, 2011 Why is WB CM Mamata Banerjee silent?: "30 infants have died in 72 hours but that has still not prompted West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to come out and clarify on what her government is doing to stop babies from dying in government hospitals. Thirteen newborns died in the Burdwan Medical College and four more at Kolkata's B C Roy Children's Hospital, which has witnessed a series of crib deaths, taking the toll in the two government hospitals in West Bengal to 30 on Friday."
Oct 29, 2011 Lokayukta Police registers FIR against Murugesh Nirani: "accused Nirani of denotifying 20 acres near Devanahalli and 100 acres near Dabaspet near Tumkur"
Oct 29, 2011 Kalmadi adopting delaying tactics: CBI tells Court: "proceedings against Swiss firm, Swiss Timing Ltd, can be held separately for expeditious trial of other accused in the case."
Oct 28, 2011 Role of Cong leaders in scams should be probed: ""One cannot say who else is going to join company with them (in jail).""
Oct 28, 2011 Probe Congress leaders involved in scams: Advani: ""While so many ministers belonging to allies have been punished, the ruling party has very carefully and scrupulously protected itself. There are demands that the role of some members, senior leaders of Congress party (and) their contribution to these scams should be probed."
Oct 28, 2011 KGB case: TN, Kerala may be made parties: "The Supreme Court has brought back focus on a petition levelling corruption charges against former Chief Justice of India and NHRC chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and his kin by issuing notice to the Union government on a plea to make Tamil Nadu and Kerala governments parties in the pending case."
Oct 28, 2011 Can Chidambaram's alleged role in 2G scam be taken forward?
Oct 28, 2011 ‘Pranab pressured Sebi to go easy on RIL, save Rs 1,500 cr’: "A month-and-a-half before he demitted office, former Sebi member KM Abraham wrote an anguished letter to the Prime Minister alleging pressure from Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and his advisor Omita Paul to “manage” cases against powerful corporate groups which were being investigated by Sebi."
Oct 28, 2011 No action plan yet: K'taka CM on malnutrition deaths: "Sadananda Gowda, however, promised to bring to book those responsible for malnutrition deaths in Raichur."
Oct 28, 2011 Supreme Court seeks response from Tamil Nadu, Kerala on ex-CJI's assets: "The Supreme Court has sought the Tamil Nadu government's response over allegations that former Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan was allotted two prime plots of land in Chennai under a benami transaction by then Chief Minister M Karunanidhi."
Oct 28, 2011 You scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours: "Some media barons are working hand in glove with politicians to promote illegal mining in Goa."
Oct 28, 2011 Government's 2G lies exposed by CBI court
Oct 28, 2011 Court cancels bail, sends BJP MLA Sampangi to Jail: "The Lokayukta police caught Sampangi Jan 29, 2009, while accepting a bribe of Rs.5 lakh from the complainant, businessman Hussein Mueen Farooq", "The house panel, however, dismissed the bribery charges against the lawmaker and recommended action against the complainant businessman for “tarnishing” his image by making false allegations"
Oct 27, 2011 Kerala CM Chandy faces corruption charge: "The Opposition has raked up allegations of corruption against Oommen Chandy over the anti-pollution plant that he cleared during his earlier stint as CM in 2006."
Oct 27, 2011 Custody of Katta Jagadish, Itasca MD extended: "The Lokayukta police which investigated the case had unearthed irregularities by the KIADB during land acquisition for Itasca. They had claimed that S V Srinivas and Basavapoornaiah had paid Rs 87 crore to Naidu and his son."
Oct 27, 2011 Rumours of public distribution of 'black money' in Andhra: ""I heard that money seized in the Gali Janardhana Reddy (mining baron and former Karnataka minister) and Jagan (YSR Congress party chief Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy) cases and the money belonging to the Sathya Sai trust will be deposited in the accounts in the post offices,""
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Nov 6, 2011 The nature of corruption in India is going through great change: "There is the big-ticket kind of corruption, associated with the electoral and political system and abuse of discretion in allocation of natural resources."
Nov 6, 2011 BBC: India: Politician Madhu Koda 'assaulted' in prison: "A former chief minister of the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand has been assaulted in a prison where he has been held in connection with a corruption investigation."
Nov 6, 2011 Some Congress leaders among 700 A/C-holders in tax havens: BJP
Nov 6, 2011 Roots of Corruption in India: "the British government acknowledged that, given the vast discretionary powers of the administrators, there could be the temptation to skim from the booty. So, they put in place a system that ensured that British officials posted to India would be very well paid -- and punished for dishonesty -- in order to mitigate the urge to dip into the coffers. When India gained Independence in 1947, Prime Minister Nehru retained the extensive powers of the British colonial administration -- including laws that gave officials the right to intervene in almost any aspect of daily life. However, at the same time, he also dramatically reduced salaries in the public sector."
Nov 6, 2011 BJP blames Sonia for corruption: "We want to ask her if her party also received money in the 2G spectrum allocation scam, Commonwealth Games scam. What was the share of Congress Party in the Rs 1.76 lakh crore 2G scam?”"
Nov 6, 2011 BBC: India court denies bail to MP Kanimozhi: "Former telecoms minister A Raja is also in jail in connection with the scandal"
Nov 6, 2011 BJP accuses Manmohan Singh of covering corruption, defending tainted minister
Nov 6, 2011 Congress, BJP institutionalise corruption: Prakash Karat
Nov 6, 2011 Corruption main reason for PM's failure to curb inflation: LK Advani
Nov 6, 2011 Corruption: The change we need: "The total spending for the 2009 Lok Sabha elections is reportedly pegged at Rs 10,000 crore."
Nov 6, 2011 PM has no control over decisions: Advani: ""Our Prime Minister does not have the last word. It lies with the others at 10 Janpath (residence of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi),""
Nov 6, 2011 Graft at unprecedented levels, buck no longer stops at PMO: Advani
Nov 6, 2011 Corruption-hit Karnataka to end graft at lower levels: "Steeply falling from grace, from being the first Indian state to set up the Lokayukta (ombudsman) to one where corruption has spread like cancer, Karnataka is taking baby steps to end graft at lower rungs."
Nov 6, 2011 Advani demands answers from Sonia on black money: "why Congress President Sonia Gandhi is "totally silent" on the issues of black money, corruption and inflation."
Nov 6, 2011 Do you believe that Nagaland is the ‘corruption capital’ of India?: "look at politician in nagaland n a buracrate they r millionar nw. If u ve 30lakhs u can b a gazt ofcr qualification n capability doesn’t matter at all. Its not a capital of corpt. Bt heaven of corruption."
Nov 6, 2011 Naveen Patnaik protecting the corrupt: Anti-graft group: "Corruption watchdog Transparency International India Thursday accused Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik of protecting the corrupt and not acting against tainted officials despite a public outcry. The statement by the group comes a day after the state government opened a dispensary in the confiscated house of a tainted former Indian Administrative Service Officer (IAS) in state capital Bhubaneswar."
Nov 6, 2011 Cong trying to divert attention from culprits in scams
Nov 6, 2011 Bribery case: Youth confesses to mimicking Farooq's voice: "National Conference worker, Muhammad Yusuf Bhat, belonging to north Kashmir's Ganderbal district, had complained to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah that Yousuf had taken Rs.85 lakh from him for getting him a ministerial berth."
Nov 6, 2011 Inspite of Sikh PM no justice for '84 victims: Ramdev: "Yoga Guru Ramdev on Sunday said it was unfortunate that despite being a Sikh, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had not been able to provide justice to the victims of 1984 riots and asked the people to teach a lesson to the Congress in next year's Punjab assembly polls."
Nov 6, 2011 Scams during UPA rule have brought 'shame' to nation: Advani
Nov 6, 2011 Gujarat: Advani targets Sonia on corruption
Nov 5, 2011 Up For Grabs With corruption eating into Mayawati’s chances, rival parties see electoral hope
Nov 5, 2011 UP whistleblower cop vs Mayawati: "A senior police officer was on Friday (November 4) night allegedly manhandled and forcibly dumped to a mental asylum after he took on Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati by alleging massive corruption in the state."
Nov 5, 2011 UP cop takes on Maya, dumped in mental hospital: "The IPS officer had threatened to make public files containing evidence of the massive embezzlement of funds in the state."
Nov 5, 2011 UP has a government of criminals: Cong
Nov 5, 2011 Illegal mining: Janardhana Reddy's wife under scanner: "Two months after the arrest of mining baron and former Karnataka minister G Janardhana Reddy on charges of illegal mining, a formal probe into the role of his wife Aruna Lakshmi in the scandal began on Saturday."
Nov 5, 2011 Govt tapping phones of Team Anna members, says Kejriwal: "Pointing that under law, the phones of only those who pose a threat to national security can be tapped, Kejriwal asked: “Is Anna and his team a threat to national security? Corrupt people are the real threat. Interestingly, they are the ones with the power to give permission to tap phones.”"
Nov 5, 2011 With Manmohan as PM, our system approximates communist one: Advani: "He asks why Sonia Gandhi is silent over black money, corruption and inflation."
Nov 4, 2011 How the govt lost its way, and its face: "It is now almost an article of faith within the media that a) this is a very corrupt government and that b) its leaders lack the will or the inclination to fight corruption."
Nov 4, 2011 Ex-CJ denied RTI info on dumper scam: "Former chief justice of Gauhati high court Justice R S Garg was denied access to official documents under RTI Act at the office of special police establishment of Madhya Pradesh Lokayukta when he went there to get details about " dumper scam" allegedly involving CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan and his wife - accused of misusing his official position by renting out dumper trucks in 2006, registered in his wife's name, to an industrial group as a quid pro quo for allotting out-of-turn mining leases."
Nov 4, 2011 Black money: I-T department to probe 2,000 Indian accounts in Denmark, Finland: "Denmark and Finland have passed information about another 2,000 bank accounts to India", "one MP is learnt to have deposits worth Rs 200 crore in the Geneva account.", "a top industrialist in Mumbai had admitted to having family accounts in the Geneva, with deposits worth more than Rs 800 crore."
Nov 4, 2011 Ramdev calls Digvijaya 'bewakoof, badtameez': "Calling Digvijay a 'rakshashputra', Ramdev took a swipe at him saying, "Woh bewakoof hai, badtameez hai" (He is stupid and ill-mannered)."
Nov 4, 2011 Ex-minister duped me, accuses NRI
Nov 4, 2011 Govt to tell SC why Sinha made Sebi chief: ""There are clear indications that there is a nexus between the ministry of finance and major corporate players and that free and fair functioning of Sebi is no longer possible."", "the finance minister had nominated B L Meena, brother of minister of state for finance Namo Narain Meena, and Shashi Kant Sharma as his nominees in the search-cum-selection committee."
Nov 3, 2011 Karnataka land scam: partial relief for BSY: "The court granted Yeddyurappa bail in one of the two land denotification cases against him."
Nov 3, 2011 2G: No bail for Kanimozhi, others; to face trial: "Justice Saini made it clear that the CBI's non opposition made no difference to its stance."
Nov 3, 2011 Kanimozhi breaks down, asks journalists to leave her alone: "Tears welled in her eyes and she hugged her mother but soon the normally-composed DMK MP Kanimozhi lost her cool and asked journalists to leave her alone in the court which rejected her bail application."
Nov 3, 2011 'Ready to face probe in Orissa land controversy': "According to IBN Network report, successive Urban Development Ministers in Orissa govt have misused the discretionary housing quota."
Nov 3, 2011 Lokayukta, MHA in war over mantri: "The Union home ministry and Delhi Lokayukta are virtually on the warpath with the Lokayukta insisting to know the ministry’s “thought process and analysis’’ as well as the reasons leading to President Pratibha Patil rejecting the recommendation for removal of PWD minister Raj Kumar Chauhan for his alleged involvement in a tax-evasion case."
Nov 3, 2011 2G case: No bail to Kanimozhi & other accused: "Judge OP Saini said that the crime committed was a deliberate offence, an economic offence and very serious in nature."
Nov 3, 2011 Yeddyurappa stays in jail as graft case adjourned: "Karnataka’s scam-hit former chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa will remain in central jail as the fourth graft case related to land scams was adjourned Thursday to Friday because arguments were incomplete in the state high court."
Nov 3, 2011 SC stays election panel probe into Ashok Chavan's poll account: "The EC had begun proceedings against Chavan on April 2 on the complaints, which alleged he had shown to the Commission a poll expenditure of merely Rs 11,000 despite paying money to various newspapers for favourable coverage of his election campaign."
Nov 3, 2011 Two generations later, the scars remain: "“My mother tells me stories; we have grown up listening to them. The truth is that the killers of my father are still roaming free.", "She watched helplessly as her husband, younger brother, a brother-in-law and an uncle were doused with petrol and set on fire. Her elder brother Teerath, she said, was standing on the terrace of the house when a policeman shot at him. “A bullet hit him in the temple and he died on the spot. I can identify the policeman even today."
Nov 3, 2011 2G spectrum scam: DMK MP Kanimozhi, 7 others denied bail: "The bail pleas of eight other accused -- Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Usman Balwa, former Telecom Minister A Raja's ex-private secretary R K Chandolia, Kalaignar TV MD Sharad Kumar, Directors of Kusegaon Fruits & Vegetables Asif Balwa and Rajiv Agarwal, Bollywood producer Karim Morani and former Telecom secretary Siddharth Behura -- were also dismissed."
Nov 3, 2011 WB: Mamata blames CPI (M) for infant's death: "An infant was declared dead because carbolic acid was used instead of dettol during delivery."
Nov 3, 2011 Black money back to haunt the UPA again: "The Income Tax department has started probing accounts of 782 Indians in a Swiss bank."
Nov 3, 2011 Illegal mining: CBI summons Jagan Mohan Reddy: "CBI has called Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, son of former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, for questioning on November 4 in connection with the alleged multi-crore iron ore mining scam."
Nov 3, 2011 Democracy and dynastic succession cannot co-exist: Advani: ""Just as good governance and corruption cannot co-exist, similarly democracy and dynastic succession cannot co-exist,"", "due to the "corrupt" Congress-led government at the Centre, the image of India is getting tarnished and its dignity lowered among the nations of the world."
Nov 3, 2011 'Manmohan heading most corrupt govt since Independence'
Nov 3, 2011 Did Raja's rush leave PMO no time?: "In yet another series of revelations in the 2G case, TIMES NOW gets access to internal PMO correspondence that reveals alternate proposal was prepared by PMO officials 5 days before Raja moved ahead with license dispersal."
Nov 3, 2011 Jailed ex-minister Pillai released in Kerala: "Kerala Congress (B) leader and former minister R Balakrishna Pillai, sentenced to jail for a year in a corruption case, was today freed under the remission granted by the state government on the occasion of state-formation day."
Nov 3, 2011 Blood-for-blood politics: From Indira Gandhi to Narendra Modi: "For those four days, mobs literally ruled the city, setting fire to entire residential colonies in Trilokpuri and selectively burning Sikh-owned residences and shops in other areas. Travelling by bus, we would be accosted by stick-wielding mobs looking for Sikhs to lynch in full public glare. “Koi sardar hai?”"
Nov 3, 2011 Manmohan ‘Machiavelli’ Singh shows his true colours: "Bit by bit, Manmohan Singh’s Machiavellian nature is being unmasked."
Nov 3, 2011 Right to reject: Candidates can’t hide behind parties
Nov 3, 2011 Foot-in-mouth disease: "Digvijay Singh should try maun vrat as cure - Congress’s loose cannon Digvijay Singh has done it again."
Nov 3, 2011 On formation day, Karnataka longs for corruption-free times: "Corruption-scarred Karnataka Tuesday entered the 56th year of its formation, hoping that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party will not further muddy its own and the state's image with more scandals."
Nov 3, 2011 'No state has been as troublesome as Karnataka': "Advani made the gathering numbering above 10,000 to take oath against corruption."
Nov 2, 2011 Time to stop discretionary land allotments by govts?: "Former and sitting judges of Orissa, police officers and bureaucrats have received flats under ministers' quota."
Nov 2, 2011 Do judges need minister's quota for housing?: "Judges in Orissa have got 'minister quota' flats out of turn and at cheaper rates."
Nov 2, 2011 Note row prompts PMO to deny RTI pleas on 2G scam: "The fallout of the political storm over the finance ministry's March 25th "2G background" note has become apparent, with the PMO invoking possible breach of privilege of Parliament and rules of Lok Sabha to deny further RTI requests."
Nov 2, 2011 Somanna son got out-of-turn site: "Naveen was allotted a site measuring 2,400 sq ft (number 144) by Bapuji House Building Co-operative Society (BHBCS) on June 14, 1999, four days after he had paid Rs 3,70,000 as site deposit and barely three months of him joining as a member on March 3, 1999. However, his allotment was out of turn as there were over 100 society members who had joined and paid the site deposit as early as 1973 but not allotted plots."
Oct 31, 2011 I-T crackdown on undisclosed Swiss account holders: "the income tax department has launched an offensive against politicians and industrials who had parked money in HSBC Bank, Geneva."
Oct 31, 2011 PIL in SC claims 2.5 bn Francs lying in Rajiv Gandhi's Swiss account
Oct 31, 2011 Reddys seek special class status in prison: "Mining baron and former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhan Reddy and Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) Managing Director B V Srinivas Reddy arrested in connection with the alleged illegal mining case today moved the special court seeking 'special class prisoner status'."
Oct 31, 2011 HC wants details on ‘pampering’ of BSY: "The Karnataka High Court on Monday directed a petitioner to provide more evidence in support of his case alleging that the chief minister and officials of the Central Prisons at Parappana Agrahara had extended preferential treatment to VIP prisoners."
Oct 31, 2011 Who beat up Madhu Koda? Jail staff or inmates: "“Koda is not an ordinary person, but a former chief minister of the state and the assault on him is tantamount to an attack on the democratic set up,” JMM leader Sudhir Mahto said. Koda was arrested on 30 November 2009 in connection with the multi-crore scam during his tenure."
Oct 31, 2011 Mamata's eyewash: New unit, no doctors: "Even as innocent infants continue to lose their lives in government hospitals in West Bengal, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare and Trinamool Congress MP Sudip Bandopadhayay on Monday (October 31) inaugurated an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the BC Roy Children Hospital."
Oct 31, 2011 Former Jharkhand CM Madhu Koda 'assaulted': "Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda was today injured after he was assaulted allegedly by inmates of a high-security Ranchi jail, where he is in judicial custody in connection with a muti-crore scam, but the MP claimed that he was beaten up by the prison guards."
Oct 31, 2011 Corporates too are accountable: "Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid has blundered in advocating the cause of business houses mired in various scams. People want them punished."
Oct 31, 2011 मधु कोड़ा पिटाई के बाद अस्पताल में भर्ती
Oct 31, 2011 Janardhana Reddy's judicial custody extended till Nov 14: "A special court Monday extended the judicial custody of former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhana Reddy and his brother-in-law B.V. Srinivasa Reddy till Nov 14 in an illegal mining case."
Oct 31, 2011 I-T Dept seeks documents regarding Jagan probe from CBI: "The Income Tax department today approached a local court seeking copies of the documents seized by CBI during the probe of corruption allegations against Kadapa MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy and the alleged irregularities in the Emaar Properties land deal."
Oct 31, 2011 Policemen broke my hand for seeking good food: Koda: "Jailed former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda Monday alleged his hand was broken by policemen when he sought good food for the prisoners."
Oct 31, 2011 Blamed for 'authoritarian rule', Arunachal chief minister resigns
Oct 31, 2011 Former Jharkhand CM Madhu Koda beaten up by jail security staff: ""We were protesting peacefully when jail security personnel attacked us deliberately by lathis,""
Oct 30, 2011 Cleanup Indian Politics of Criminal MPs
Oct 30, 2011 UPA scams are not just ally issues: Advani: "charged the Congress-led Central Government with efforts to make UPA partners scapegoats in the issue of corruption for which “the Government as a whole is responsible”."
Oct 30, 2011 Desperately shameless: "Congress still insists there was no 2G scam The Congress has shown its true colours by resorting to abusive bazaar language in its desperate attempt to discredit the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India simply because the country’s premier auditor has spoken the truth about the Great 2G Spectrum Robbery."
Oct 29, 2011 13 repo rate revisions in 19 months, yet no results: "Already fighting a near-losing battle against the scores of scams that has beset the UPA coalition, economist Manmohan Singh-led government may be taking all possible measures to rein in price rise but they have failed to make much impact on the runaway inflation."
Oct 29, 2011 Ensure the Corrupt in Your Party Resign: IAC to Advani
Oct 29, 2011 Cong warns to take action against DAN: "corruption in Nagaland has reached its zenith"
Oct 29, 2011 MK gave ex-CJI prime plots: PIL: "lawyer alleged that Balakrishnan was allotted two prime plots of land in Chennai under a benami transaction by then Chief Minister M Karunanidhi and also of amassing illegal assets in Kerala"
Oct 29, 2011 Team Anna closes ranks, warns personal attacks will ‘backfire’ on government: "they slammed the government for misusing its “machinery” to attack them personally."
Oct 29, 2011 India's Congress Party and Corruption: "Manmohan Singh, a weak prime minister out-maneuvered by powerful political warlords, signals administrative dysfunction to voters. There is no one in the driver's seat. This is a lame-duck government that will in all likelihood be turfed out at the next general election.", "About 25 percent of sitting parliamentarians are convicted of crimes or pending charges."
Oct 29, 2011 Why is WB CM Mamata Banerjee silent?: "30 infants have died in 72 hours but that has still not prompted West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to come out and clarify on what her government is doing to stop babies from dying in government hospitals. Thirteen newborns died in the Burdwan Medical College and four more at Kolkata's B C Roy Children's Hospital, which has witnessed a series of crib deaths, taking the toll in the two government hospitals in West Bengal to 30 on Friday."
Oct 29, 2011 Lokayukta Police registers FIR against Murugesh Nirani: "accused Nirani of denotifying 20 acres near Devanahalli and 100 acres near Dabaspet near Tumkur"
Oct 29, 2011 Kalmadi adopting delaying tactics: CBI tells Court: "proceedings against Swiss firm, Swiss Timing Ltd, can be held separately for expeditious trial of other accused in the case."
Oct 28, 2011 Role of Cong leaders in scams should be probed: ""One cannot say who else is going to join company with them (in jail).""
Oct 28, 2011 Probe Congress leaders involved in scams: Advani: ""While so many ministers belonging to allies have been punished, the ruling party has very carefully and scrupulously protected itself. There are demands that the role of some members, senior leaders of Congress party (and) their contribution to these scams should be probed."
Oct 28, 2011 KGB case: TN, Kerala may be made parties: "The Supreme Court has brought back focus on a petition levelling corruption charges against former Chief Justice of India and NHRC chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and his kin by issuing notice to the Union government on a plea to make Tamil Nadu and Kerala governments parties in the pending case."
Oct 28, 2011 Can Chidambaram's alleged role in 2G scam be taken forward?
Oct 28, 2011 ‘Pranab pressured Sebi to go easy on RIL, save Rs 1,500 cr’: "A month-and-a-half before he demitted office, former Sebi member KM Abraham wrote an anguished letter to the Prime Minister alleging pressure from Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and his advisor Omita Paul to “manage” cases against powerful corporate groups which were being investigated by Sebi."
Oct 28, 2011 No action plan yet: K'taka CM on malnutrition deaths: "Sadananda Gowda, however, promised to bring to book those responsible for malnutrition deaths in Raichur."
Oct 28, 2011 Supreme Court seeks response from Tamil Nadu, Kerala on ex-CJI's assets: "The Supreme Court has sought the Tamil Nadu government's response over allegations that former Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan was allotted two prime plots of land in Chennai under a benami transaction by then Chief Minister M Karunanidhi."
Oct 28, 2011 You scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours: "Some media barons are working hand in glove with politicians to promote illegal mining in Goa."
Oct 28, 2011 Government's 2G lies exposed by CBI court
Oct 28, 2011 Court cancels bail, sends BJP MLA Sampangi to Jail: "The Lokayukta police caught Sampangi Jan 29, 2009, while accepting a bribe of Rs.5 lakh from the complainant, businessman Hussein Mueen Farooq", "The house panel, however, dismissed the bribery charges against the lawmaker and recommended action against the complainant businessman for “tarnishing” his image by making false allegations"
Oct 27, 2011 Kerala CM Chandy faces corruption charge: "The Opposition has raked up allegations of corruption against Oommen Chandy over the anti-pollution plant that he cleared during his earlier stint as CM in 2006."
Oct 27, 2011 Custody of Katta Jagadish, Itasca MD extended: "The Lokayukta police which investigated the case had unearthed irregularities by the KIADB during land acquisition for Itasca. They had claimed that S V Srinivas and Basavapoornaiah had paid Rs 87 crore to Naidu and his son."
Oct 27, 2011 Rumours of public distribution of 'black money' in Andhra: ""I heard that money seized in the Gali Janardhana Reddy (mining baron and former Karnataka minister) and Jagan (YSR Congress party chief Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy) cases and the money belonging to the Sathya Sai trust will be deposited in the accounts in the post offices,""
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