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Oct 11, 2011 Karuna backs Marans; Jaya dubs CBI action an 'eyewash': ""The CBI raids against Maran brothers, their offices and associates appear to be a mere eyewash to hoodwink public. We do hope something would come off these raids but it seems to be an exercise in cheating public," Jayalalithaa said. She said the raids happened more than four years since the issue came to light "...It is very difficult to imagine that in this interval of four years the Maran brothers would still be keeping incriminating documents in their residences or office premises,'"
Oct 11, 2011 Goa: Politicians-mining lobby nexus exposed: "Annual reports of Sesa Goa Ltd, allegedly one of the biggest mining violators in Goa, show that the company paid Rs 28 lakh each to the BJP and the Congress as donations in 2007-08, Rs five lakh each to NCP, MGP and the Save Goa Front and Rs one lakh to Shiv Sena. In 2009-10, it paid Rs 85 lakh to BJP, Rs 30 lakh to Congress and Rs 2 and Rs 1 lakh respectively to MGP and Shiv Sena."
Oct 11, 2011 Personality disorder: "Manmohan Singh, finance minister, never really graduated to become a reformist prime minister. This handicap is stalling India's growth.", "Singh would have known better than the NAC bleeding hearts that farmers entitled to borrow from banks are seldom driven to suicide. Those who walk across the precipice are not banks' customers; they are generally victims of a moneylender-politician-police nexus. Expectedly, the loan waiver bonanza had no impact on farmer suicides."
Oct 10, 2011 High drama at Marans’ house: "In an early morning swoop the houses of Sunita Reddy of the Apollo group and residences of promoters of Value Labs, Arjun Rao (CEO), Kondal Rao and Harini Rao in Road Number 62 of Jubilee Hills are also being raided."
Oct 10, 2011 Aircel scam: CBI books, raids Maran brothers: "The Central Bureau of Investigation booked former telecom minister and DMK leader Dayanidhi Maran and his brother and media baron Kalanithi Maran in the Aircel sellout scam on Monday, and raided their houses and offices."
Oct 10, 2011 A Second Indian Communications Minister Is Charged in Telecom Scam
Oct 10, 2011 BBC: Indian ex-minister Dayanidhi Maran's homes raided over graft: "His party colleague, former telecoms minister Andimuthu Raja, is already in jail on corruption charges."
Oct 10, 2011 Kiran Bedi joins anti-Congress campaign in Hisar: "Carrying on the "Defeat Congress" rant"
Oct 10, 2011 UP on Team Anna radar: "Having rejected all overtures from the Congress to call off its anti-Congress campaign in poll bound states, Team Anna readies for campaigning in Uttar Pradesh"
Oct 10, 2011 Corruption week: A tough 7 days for the UPA: "Team Anna has come back to hog headlines and haunt the government via a parliamentary by-election in Haryana which in more normal circumstances would have hardly attracted any media attention. Last time, the Congress had finished third in the Hisar constituency"
Oct 10, 2011 Govt nurses protest Maharashtra CM’s private duty: "Nurses from Cama and Albless Hospital in Mumbai have been protesting against the deputation of three nurses from the hospital, to Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan’s official residence, to take care of his ailing mother-in-law.", "it is not appropriate to send nurses to the homes of politicians or influential people.”"
Oct 10, 2011 Excl: Complete Lokpal tapes: "excerpts of audio tapes of all 9 Lokpal meetings between Team Anna and Government"
Oct 10, 2011 Killed 11 on order of ex-MP: Shooter: "the accused has claimed in interrogation that he had killed at least 11 people at the instance of RJD leader Mohammad Shahabuddin. “The accused is wanted in more than 20 cases of murder, attempt to murder, robbery and kidnapping and has not been arrested since 1998."
Oct 10, 2011 Nurses protest working at Maharashtra CM's home: "Three nurses from Cama hospital are being deputed every day at the CM's residence since October 6."
Oct 10, 2011 2G: Marans charged with criminal conspiracy: "The CBI names Dayanidhi Maran and his brother Kalanidhi as the prime accused in the Aircel-Maxis deal."
Oct 10, 2011 The 2G probe will lead to Karunanidhi: Ramaswamy: "Political commentator and Thuglak Editor Cho Ramaswamy says the CBI may mess up the 2G scam probe."
Oct 10, 2011 Lokpal tapes: what happened behind closed doors
Oct 10, 2011 CBI not to oppose Kanimozhi's bail plea: "freedom to 43-year-old Kanimozhi, who has been in jail since May 20, may not be opposed on gender grounds"
Oct 10, 2011 Team Anna set to teach Congress a lesson in Hisar bypoll: ""A strong anti-Congress wave is sweeping the country. The egoistic and arrogant leaders seem to have pushed the party on the suicidal path,""
Oct 10, 2011 SC reserves order on Chidambaram in 2G case: "The Supreme Court on Monday reserved its order on the plea for a probe into the alleged role of home minister P Chidambaram in the 2G scam"
Oct 10, 2011 Cash-for-vote scam: Court asks Delhi Police to file report on complaint against Amar Singh: "complaint of a key prosecution witness in the 2008 cash-for-vote scam case that Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh and others had threatened and kidnapped him ahead of his deposition before a parliamentary committee."
Oct 10, 2011 Party, family desert Dayanidhi Maran as CBI conducts raids: "As CBI sleuths continue raiding the residence of former Union minister Dayanidhi Maran and six other places including Sun TV's office in Chennai, the Maran brothers stand deserted by the DMK and the Karunanidhi family. The raids started at 7am on Monday after the CBI registered a first information report (FIR) against Dayanidhi and his brother and Sun Network managing director Kalanithi Maran in the Aircel-Maxis deal."
Oct 9, 2011 Team Anna raises poll pitch in Hisar: give Cong historic defeat: "if you Congresswallahs do not pass the (Jan) Lokpal Bill, we will destroy the very foundation of the Congress in this country.”"
Oct 9, 2011 A rape, murder and 2 missing BSP MLAs cops can’t find: "At a time when the BSP has suspended several of its MLAs for ‘criminal activities and corruption’, the UP police can’t find two ruling party legislators against whom non-bailable warrants are pending in rape and murder cases."
Oct 9, 2011 CBI raids Dayanidhi Maran's residence in Chennai: "CBI on Monday raided former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran's residence and office in Chennai after an FIR was registered against him in the Aircel-Maxis deal."
Oct 9, 2011 The Corruption And Scams-Dominated Commonwealth Games Venues In Ruins: "With most of the key organisers of the Commonwealth Games (CWG) – now suspended officials of the organising committee (OC) – languishing in jail for various scams related to the preparation for the Games, the state of various venues meant to organise different events tell the tale of real stories behind their creation."
Oct 9, 2011 Hisar locals in tune with Kejriwal, accuse Congress of being corrupt: "Residents of Hisar appear to be supporting Anna Hazare's aide Arvind Kejriwal's appeal not to vote for the Congress Party in the Hisar by-poll, as they see the ruling party steeped in corruption."
Oct 9, 2011 Santosh Hegde fears Lokpal audio clips may be 'edited'
Oct 9, 2011 Hisar battle: Anna plays CD, Congress faces music: "The ruling Congress suddenly seem to reel under the might of the mass under Anna Hazare besides regular political opponents in battlefield Hisar as it struggles to strategize a formula to tackle the multi-pronged threat."
Oct 9, 2011 Govt releases recordings of Lokpal: "Reversing its position, Government has agreed to make public the audio recordings of proceedings of the Joint Drafting Committee constituted to draft the Lokpal Bill. The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) had earlier refused to bring out the deliberations of the Committee in public domain"
Oct 9, 2011 LK Advani slams Govt over black money issue: "Senior BJP leader L K Advani on Sunday (October 9) said the issue of bringing back Indian black money illegally stashed away abroad would figure prominently during his anti-corruption 'Jan Chetna Yatra' across the country. "Though I will raise the issue of rampant corruption, price rise and extreme poverty that exists in the country during my Jan Chetna Yatra, issue of black money stashed away abroad will figure most prominently,""
Oct 9, 2011 'Don't insult the voters of Hissar': "Team Anna in a clear message to the Congress on Sunday (October 9) states that they are treating Hissar as a referendum on Lokpal. Speaking to reporters today team Anna's Arvind Kejriwal says some people from government approached Anna yesterday but there can be no compromise on this."
Oct 9, 2011 Babus and the 2G scam fallout: "it is not difficult to understand the import of these few lines in the note since it is the non-auction of the ‘start-up spectrum’ that the CAG has estimated could have cost the exchequer more than Rs 1,75,000 crores. And any guesses who the then FM was? Well, if you still can’t understand the lingo of the bureaucrats, let me tell you: he is the present Home Minister."
Oct 9, 2011 Ex-MP Shahabuddin's aide arrested: "An aide of Bihar's jailed ex-MP Mohammad Shahabuddin was arrested here, police said Sunday, adding he had been on the run since 1998.", "In 1998-99, he became a close aide of Shahabuddin, at whose instance he committed the murders of Shahabuddin's rivals. In one such instance, Alam shot dead 11 people who were opposed to Shahabuddin in a land dispute in Mujahida village in Siwan."
Oct 9, 2011 Palace, Prince and the Puppet: "Speculation rife in Delhi Durbar: Is Regent on his way out? Is Palace preparing to install Prince?"
Oct 9, 2011 'Anna, every citizen, is above Parliament': "the call to voters to turn against the Congress in the Hisar bypolls"
Oct 9, 2011 Officials probe allegation against TN education minister: "The TN education officials are probing allegations that the Puducherry minister allegedly used an impersonator to write the class 10 supplementary exam."
Oct 8, 2011 Badal Govt Most Corrupt In Punjab’s History: Capt: "“What the Deputy Chief Minister has chosen to hide are his vast stakes in the sand mining, transport and liquor businesses,”"
Oct 8, 2011 2G taint: UPA crisis not over: "What transpires in the Supreme Court during the week starting October 10 is critical for a battered UPA government and a beleaguered Congress party in general, and under-stress Home Minister P Chidambaram in particular."
Oct 8, 2011 Well-connected Maran has 323 lines: "he sold 74% of his stake in Aircel to Maxis group in May 2006. Within six months, Aircel got 14 licences. It has been alleged before the Supreme Court that the Malaysia-based group invested Rs 599 crore in Maran’s family business (Sun Direct) in return for 14 spectrum licences given to Aircel during his tenure in 2006. “Maran's family-owned business (Sun Direct) received substantial investment from Maxis group which took 20% equity in Sun Direct. Maxis group invested a total of Rs 599.01 crore in Sun Direct between December 2007 and December 2009,” the petition, quoting Tehelka magazine, said in SC. It alleged that there was a clear quid pro quo through these deals."
Oct 8, 2011 Case against Puducherry education minister for exam fraud: "The district crime branch filed a criminal case against Kalyanasundaram, exam hall supervisor P Adavan and office assistant M Rajini Kanth, who allegedly helped the minister to carry out the impersonation plan. A school dropout, Kalyanasundaram is a first-time legislator in Puducherry and became education minister and holds the IT and transport portfolios as well."
Oct 8, 2011 Ministries go secy-less, Navratna PSUs headless: "Over half-a-dozen ministries and departments do not have full-time secretaries for months, while there is a growing list of blue chip public sector companies that have remained headless for several months."
Oct 8, 2011 Hisar bypoll: Team Anna begins anti-Congress campaign: "Team Anna today launched a blistering attack on the Congress ahead of the October 13 Lok Sabha bypoll here, asking voters to inflict a “historic” defeat on the party for not bringing the Jan Lokpal Bill."
Oct 8, 2011 Why the Congress is running scared of ‘Anna’s politics’: "In a CD named ‘The Government of the Corrupt’, Anna appealed to the people to defeat the Congress"
Oct 8, 2011 Anna's threat leaves government nervous?: "Anna Hazare threatened the government with another agitation if the Jan Lokpal bill was not passed by the Winter session of the parliament, a threat that has clearly left the govt nervous."
Oct 8, 2011 Politcos nervours about Anna's foray?
Oct 8, 2011 Team Anna launches its campaign: "Team Anna today (Hisar) launched a blistering attack on the Congress ahead of the October 13 Lok Sabha bypoll in Hisar, asking voters to inflict a "historic" defeat on the party for not bringing the Jan Lokpal Bill."
Oct 8, 2011 Find Me Some Destitutes Does UPA-II really want to count the poor?: "India continues to be home to 46 per cent of the malnourished children of the world; 36 per cent of the population lives on less than Rs 20 a day; one out of every second person in rural India is poor."
Oct 8, 2011 Design behind ‘counting’ the poor: "The Planning Commission's Rs 32 absurdity was not a simple academic exercise, but smacked of Soviet-era hoodwinking. By keeping hundreds of millions out of the ‘poverty zone’, UPA-II hoped to reduce subsidies for the purpose of presenting a more ‘balanced' Budget"
Oct 8, 2011 Congress fears many ministers will go to jail: Kejriwal: "“The Congress is afraid that if the Jan Lokpal bill comes, half of its ministers will go to jail (for corruption)."
Oct 8, 2011 It is for CM to act on allegations against Yogeshwar: Governor: "Karnataka Governor H R Bhardwaj today said that it was the prerogative of Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda to act on the allegations faced by his ministerial colleague C P Yogeshwar in connection with the Mega City Housing Project."
Oct 8, 2011 Another DMK leader Suresh Rajan's house raided: "The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti Corruption on Saturday conducted searches at the residence of DMK leader and former minister Suresh Rajan in Tirunelveli and Kanyakumari districts on charges of possessing disproportionate assets."
Oct 8, 2011 Hisar by-polls: Team Anna campaigns against Cong: "Anna Hazare has issued a video appeal to the people of Hisar to not vote for the Congress."
Oct 8, 2011 Manohar Parrikkar removed as Goa PAC chief: " In a new twist in the illegal mining scam, BJP's Vijay Khot has been made the new PAC Chairman"
Oct 8, 2011 It's criminal neglect: CSR Director on encephalitis: "The Centre for Social Research Director says the disease could have been prevented had there been a political will."
Oct 7, 2011 Arvind Speech at Jantar Mantar_Protest against Govt. Lokpal Bill
Oct 7, 2011 Chautala land value up 17 times in 15 days: affidavit: ""The Chautalas bought 15.3 acres in village Lambi in Dabwali for Rs 8.78 lakh on September 11, 2011. The affidavit puts the land’s current value at Rs 150 lakh. Chautala filed his nomination on September 26. ""
Oct 7, 2011 Hisar witnesses political colours of Dussehra: "supporters of Anna Hazare and members of India Against Corruption, Congress workers and INLD activists reached the venue of Ravana Dahan at old college ground to spread their respective messages."
Oct 7, 2011 Corruption in India: More Government Is Not the Solution: "Adding yet another agency to the bloated Indian government is not the way to reduce corruption. In fact, it is the size and scope of the Indian state that is the major cause of corruption."
Oct 7, 2011 Anna video targets Congress as 'govt of the corrupt': "In a ten-minute CD titled "The Government of the Corrupt", the Gandhian says the Congress must be defeated."
Oct 7, 2011 Hissar Election: "Anna Hazare's message for Hissar people for Loksabha By Election."
Oct 7, 2011 J&K: Mystery over NC worker's death continues
Oct 7, 2011 Kapil’s project PIOUS, a waste of Rs 43 lakh!: "The Comptroller of Auditor General (CAG), in its recent report, has accused Kapil Sibal of wasting over Rs 43 lakh in a database project launched in 2006, when he was the Minister of Science and Technology."
Oct 7, 2011 Now J&K Govt in phone tapping row?: "There seems to be no respite for Omar Abdullah's government as reports of Phone tapping emerge following the alleged custodial death of NC worker Mohd Yusuf. TIMES NOW learnt from sources in the J&K govt called a meeting to order tapping of phones."
Oct 7, 2011 Never said Yusuf tortured at CM's house: J&K IGP: "Police restored to lathicharge on Friday to disperse the PDP protestors in Jammu."
Oct 7, 2011 Duplicitous Congress: "While estimating the loss to the public exchequer through illegal mining in the State to be close to Rs 4,000 crore, the PAC has blamed senior Ministers and Government officials for the loot. The PAC’s chairman, Mr Manohar Parrikar, has categorically stated that the involvement of Goa’s Chief Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat, in the loot can be safely inferred."
Oct 7, 2011 Whose failure? Encephalitis kills 50,000 in 30 yrs: "Successive state governments have failed to vaccinate children in Uttar Pradesh."
Oct 7, 2011 How poor India battles encephalitis: "Almost 500 children die of encephalitis in Eastern UP in two months because of poor sanitation and dirty water.", "India's Dying Children"
Oct 7, 2011 BJP puts Goa mining scam at Rs 25,000 crore: "the profits of the scam were being routed through companies in tax haven countries like Mauritius and Cayman Islands.", "senior members of the government were involved in the scam."
Oct 7, 2011 Whose failure? Encephalitis kills 50,000 in 30 years: "Public health experts and activists say that the epidemic has been badly mismanaged for the last 33 years and the story should make 21st century India hang its head in shame.", ""We had named him Harsh thinking he'll bring joy to our lives. But if god didn't want it what can we do," says Harsh's grandfather Ram Preet. Harsh's doctors have no time to grieve for him a there are 600 children in the encephalitis ward waiting to be saved."
Oct 7, 2011 Anonymous letter says Bhanwari Devi still alive, kept hostage: "Bhanwari Devi, a midwife and nurse missing for almost a month, is being kept hostage by a politician in Haryana.", "Her husband Amarchand has alleged that she was abducted at the behest of water resources minister Mahipal Maderna and his associates."
Oct 7, 2011 Don't vote for Cong: Anna says loud and clear: ""We have appealed to people in this polls. Congress should be defeated as it has failed to bring Jan lokpal Bill," he said in the ten-minute CD named 'The Government of the Corrupt'."
Oct 7, 2011 Give your TVs for our inmates: Tihar to OC: "The Tihar Jail has offered to take some load off the hands of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee — only the material load.", "Ironically, Tihar Jail, which houses “approximately 12,500 inmates”, is also the present address of sacked Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi and other senior Organising Committee officials, jailed on charges of corruption in Games management."
Oct 7, 2011 US Sikh group seeks Kamal Nath's prosecution in Belgium: "A US based Sikh human rights group has sought criminal prosecution of Indian Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath during his upcoming visit to Belgium for his alleged role in the November 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi.", "Belgian law provides for "extra territorial jurisdiction" to criminally prosecute individuals for crimes against humanity and genocide committed outside Belgium, he said. It also does not provide immunity to any heads of states or other dignitaries. Under this law, criminal prosecution was initiated against former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon, for his role in the 1982 Sabra-Shatila massacre in Lebanon"
Oct 7, 2011 Court to consider 2nd chargesheet agains BJP MP in cash scam: "Expressing dissatisfaction over the lack of a ''proper'' sanction order for prosecution, a Delhi court today decided to consider on October 14 the supplementary charge sheet against BJP MP Ashok Argal in the cash-for-vote scam."
Oct 7, 2011 Don't vote for Cong: Hazare issues video appeal: ""We have appealed to people in this polls. Congress should be defeated as it has failed to bring Jan lokpal Bill," he said in the ten-minute CD named 'The Government of the Corrupt'."
Oct 7, 2011 Angry Omar avoids the media: "Facing heat over the custodial death of a political worker, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today rejected the Opposition PDP demand that he resign as he may influence the judicial probe."
Oct 7, 2011 PDP: Omar's credibility lost: "PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti slamed Farooq Abdullah and said National Conference's credibility is lost and Omar Abdullah must step down if he wants it restored. She has also said that the NC worker's death has exposed the corruption within the Jammu & Kashmir government as well as the Abdullah family."
Oct 7, 2011 Badals in transport scam?: "The Punjab Government is under the scanner for allegedly tweaking policies to favour private transport companies. The Opposition has sharpened its attack, saying the Chief Minister is monopolising state transport. The state government has however refuted all charges. The Lokayukta Police, meanwhile has launched a probe into the alleged transport scam in the state making it difficult for the Badal govt to distance it self from the charges."
Oct 7, 2011 Second witness now underground?: "It's been six days since National conference worker Mohammad Yusuf died under mysterious circumstances in police custody. After six days, a crucial eyewitness NC Worker Salam Abdul Reshi who was present at the Chief Minister's residence at the time Yusuf was summoned- has come out & given his side of the story. One witness revealed all -- but the second man who reportedly knows the whole truth is evading TIMES NOW's cameras. Mohd Yousuf Bhatt - the second eyewitness in this murky case - has refused to speak on the issue, refused to even open the door to his house when TIMES NOW tried to track him down."
Oct 7, 2011 MLAs confined, allege wives: "The wives of the Arunachal Pradesh Congress Legislature Party has lodged a formal complaints to governor Gen. J.J. Singh (Retd) that their husbands are kept under confinements and not allowed to visit their respective homes as political crisis continue to rock the state."
Oct 7, 2011 BJP demands Omar's resignation: "BJP today demanded Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's resignation in the wake of the alleged custodial death of a NC worker in the state, saying an impartial probe into the case is not possible as long as he is in office."
Oct 7, 2011 Illegal mining:Google imagery brings Cong leader under scanner : "The Manohar Parrikar-led Public Accounts Committee (PAC), which employed latest technologies including the Google Earth Satellite Imagery to track down illegal mining in Goa, has pointed out to certain illegalities by state Congress leader Dinar Tarcar."
Oct 7, 2011 Rot in National Conference exposed: PDP: "PDP leader Nayeem Akhtar alleged that posts were being sold in the National Conference.", "There is no rule of law"
Oct 7, 2011 J&K custodial death: BJP demands CBI probe
Oct 7, 2011 Custodial death: NC has nothing to hide, says Farooq: "Reshi, who said he was present during the interaction between Omar and Yousuf, claimed the deceased was fine when he entered the room but was visibly unwell after he came out of the CM's residence."
Oct 7, 2011 NC worker death: Under attack, Omar says will face probe: "Omar said, threatening a defamation suit against those accusing him of murder."
Oct 7, 2011 NC worker's death J-K's cash-for-vote scam: BJP: "He was handed over to the Crime Branch of the police but reportedly died in custody."
Oct 7, 2011 Omar hands over ‘fixer’ to cops, he dies in custody: "A 61-year-old retired teacher and National Conference (NC) “sympathiser” who allegedly took money from two party leaders on the promise of getting them a ministership and a legislative council seat through union minister Farooq Abdullah, died in custody after he was handed over to the Crime Branch by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. The family of the man, Haji Syed Mohammad Yousuf, has alleged he was killed by the police because he knew “too many secrets”.", "“He did not die, he was killed in custody.”", "his constituency representative in Ganderbal had attempted to buy a ministership from an alleged middleman for Rs 71 lakh. “It is shocking for me. That fellow (Ganderbal’s Mohammad Yousuf) told me that he had taken a loan and given it to the party fund. But now I know that he had taken Rs 51 lakh from a toll barrier guy (the contractor runs the toll collection station) in Tangmarg, and Rs 5 lakh from his own PSO.”""
Oct 6, 2011 Where is the Prime Minister?: "Much as it will sound like a cliché, India’s Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, is playing puppet while his country is sinking into a quagmire of squabbles and scams."
Oct 6, 2011 ‘PDS kerosene scam’ rocks Assembly: "“Eight lakh quintals of wheat is coming every month to Punjab under PDS but is not going to the poor. It is being cornered by flour mills in connivance with government officials. We demand a CBI inquiry into the whole PDS scam,”", "The Indian Express, in a three-part investigative series carried out in August 2009, had revealed how PDS kerosene in Punjab was not reaching the poor but and being diverted by the oil mafia."
Oct 5, 2011 Haji Yousuf tortured at Omar's residence: Witness: "An eyewitness Abdul Salam Reshi recounts his version on what transpired at the J%26K Chief Minister's residence."
Oct 5, 2011 India launches $37 tablet with Montreal firm: "Suneet Tuli is CEO of Montreal-based Datawind, which makes the tablets."
Oct 5, 2011 Is India Very Corrupt?: "Recent corruption scandal involving ministers, high officials, and parliamentarians have badly shaken the confidence of general public in the government"
Oct 5, 2011 Unholy coalitions and bad governance: India faces a cruel double whammy: "Corruption has taken time to grow in India. It has graduated from a slow pace, covert and cautious activity in the Nehru era to a fast, audacious and daring occupation of politicians and bureaucrats today, as can be seen from the size and frequency of scams. Party funds of all political parties started swallowing cash 'donations' from public and corporate houses which encouraged generation of black money and patronised the affluent donors."
Oct 5, 2011 The Australian: Corruption sucking the life out of India : "It has the world's largest pool of poor, sick, starving and illiterate. Access to safe water and sanitation remains a pipedream for most, disease is endemic and life is nasty, brutish and short for far too many Indians. A 300 million-strong middle class leaves 750 million poor. On present trends, in 2020 India will still have half a billion poor people. Worldwide, India ranks 134 on ease of doing business indicators, 119 on human development, 122 on gender equality and 87 on corruption.", "Last year, India's road death toll was about 150,000, three times as many as the US or, on a per vehicle basis, almost twenty times the US."
Oct 5, 2011 Corruption warning to Congress party in India
Oct 5, 2011 Pranab, Sebi chief accused of batting for Sahara, RIL, MCX: "One by one, skeletons are tumbling out of the UPA’s cupboard. This time it’s big, really big. The scams so far have targeted ministers and politicians at the periphery of the power pyramid: an A Raja here or a Suresh Kalmadi there."
Oct 5, 2011 Paralysed Government: "India lurches from crisis to crisis"
Oct 5, 2011 PM can’t disown responsibility: "The Telecom scandal was not an overnight affair that happened without anybody getting a whiff of it. A Raja plotted and executed the 2G Spectrum scam over a period of time during which there was elaborate correspondence between him and other Ministers. At every stage, A Raja made it a point to keep Manmohan Singh in the loop. The Prime Minister can’t deny that"
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Oct 11, 2011 Karuna backs Marans; Jaya dubs CBI action an 'eyewash': ""The CBI raids against Maran brothers, their offices and associates appear to be a mere eyewash to hoodwink public. We do hope something would come off these raids but it seems to be an exercise in cheating public," Jayalalithaa said. She said the raids happened more than four years since the issue came to light "...It is very difficult to imagine that in this interval of four years the Maran brothers would still be keeping incriminating documents in their residences or office premises,'"
Oct 11, 2011 Goa: Politicians-mining lobby nexus exposed: "Annual reports of Sesa Goa Ltd, allegedly one of the biggest mining violators in Goa, show that the company paid Rs 28 lakh each to the BJP and the Congress as donations in 2007-08, Rs five lakh each to NCP, MGP and the Save Goa Front and Rs one lakh to Shiv Sena. In 2009-10, it paid Rs 85 lakh to BJP, Rs 30 lakh to Congress and Rs 2 and Rs 1 lakh respectively to MGP and Shiv Sena."
Oct 11, 2011 Personality disorder: "Manmohan Singh, finance minister, never really graduated to become a reformist prime minister. This handicap is stalling India's growth.", "Singh would have known better than the NAC bleeding hearts that farmers entitled to borrow from banks are seldom driven to suicide. Those who walk across the precipice are not banks' customers; they are generally victims of a moneylender-politician-police nexus. Expectedly, the loan waiver bonanza had no impact on farmer suicides."
Oct 10, 2011 High drama at Marans’ house: "In an early morning swoop the houses of Sunita Reddy of the Apollo group and residences of promoters of Value Labs, Arjun Rao (CEO), Kondal Rao and Harini Rao in Road Number 62 of Jubilee Hills are also being raided."
Oct 10, 2011 Aircel scam: CBI books, raids Maran brothers: "The Central Bureau of Investigation booked former telecom minister and DMK leader Dayanidhi Maran and his brother and media baron Kalanithi Maran in the Aircel sellout scam on Monday, and raided their houses and offices."
Oct 10, 2011 A Second Indian Communications Minister Is Charged in Telecom Scam
Oct 10, 2011 BBC: Indian ex-minister Dayanidhi Maran's homes raided over graft: "His party colleague, former telecoms minister Andimuthu Raja, is already in jail on corruption charges."
Oct 10, 2011 Kiran Bedi joins anti-Congress campaign in Hisar: "Carrying on the "Defeat Congress" rant"
Oct 10, 2011 UP on Team Anna radar: "Having rejected all overtures from the Congress to call off its anti-Congress campaign in poll bound states, Team Anna readies for campaigning in Uttar Pradesh"
Oct 10, 2011 Corruption week: A tough 7 days for the UPA: "Team Anna has come back to hog headlines and haunt the government via a parliamentary by-election in Haryana which in more normal circumstances would have hardly attracted any media attention. Last time, the Congress had finished third in the Hisar constituency"
Oct 10, 2011 Govt nurses protest Maharashtra CM’s private duty: "Nurses from Cama and Albless Hospital in Mumbai have been protesting against the deputation of three nurses from the hospital, to Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan’s official residence, to take care of his ailing mother-in-law.", "it is not appropriate to send nurses to the homes of politicians or influential people.”"
Oct 10, 2011 Excl: Complete Lokpal tapes: "excerpts of audio tapes of all 9 Lokpal meetings between Team Anna and Government"
Oct 10, 2011 Killed 11 on order of ex-MP: Shooter: "the accused has claimed in interrogation that he had killed at least 11 people at the instance of RJD leader Mohammad Shahabuddin. “The accused is wanted in more than 20 cases of murder, attempt to murder, robbery and kidnapping and has not been arrested since 1998."
Oct 10, 2011 Nurses protest working at Maharashtra CM's home: "Three nurses from Cama hospital are being deputed every day at the CM's residence since October 6."
Oct 10, 2011 2G: Marans charged with criminal conspiracy: "The CBI names Dayanidhi Maran and his brother Kalanidhi as the prime accused in the Aircel-Maxis deal."
Oct 10, 2011 The 2G probe will lead to Karunanidhi: Ramaswamy: "Political commentator and Thuglak Editor Cho Ramaswamy says the CBI may mess up the 2G scam probe."
Oct 10, 2011 Lokpal tapes: what happened behind closed doors
Oct 10, 2011 CBI not to oppose Kanimozhi's bail plea: "freedom to 43-year-old Kanimozhi, who has been in jail since May 20, may not be opposed on gender grounds"
Oct 10, 2011 Team Anna set to teach Congress a lesson in Hisar bypoll: ""A strong anti-Congress wave is sweeping the country. The egoistic and arrogant leaders seem to have pushed the party on the suicidal path,""
Oct 10, 2011 SC reserves order on Chidambaram in 2G case: "The Supreme Court on Monday reserved its order on the plea for a probe into the alleged role of home minister P Chidambaram in the 2G scam"
Oct 10, 2011 Cash-for-vote scam: Court asks Delhi Police to file report on complaint against Amar Singh: "complaint of a key prosecution witness in the 2008 cash-for-vote scam case that Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh and others had threatened and kidnapped him ahead of his deposition before a parliamentary committee."
Oct 10, 2011 Party, family desert Dayanidhi Maran as CBI conducts raids: "As CBI sleuths continue raiding the residence of former Union minister Dayanidhi Maran and six other places including Sun TV's office in Chennai, the Maran brothers stand deserted by the DMK and the Karunanidhi family. The raids started at 7am on Monday after the CBI registered a first information report (FIR) against Dayanidhi and his brother and Sun Network managing director Kalanithi Maran in the Aircel-Maxis deal."
Oct 9, 2011 Team Anna raises poll pitch in Hisar: give Cong historic defeat: "if you Congresswallahs do not pass the (Jan) Lokpal Bill, we will destroy the very foundation of the Congress in this country.”"
Oct 9, 2011 A rape, murder and 2 missing BSP MLAs cops can’t find: "At a time when the BSP has suspended several of its MLAs for ‘criminal activities and corruption’, the UP police can’t find two ruling party legislators against whom non-bailable warrants are pending in rape and murder cases."
Oct 9, 2011 CBI raids Dayanidhi Maran's residence in Chennai: "CBI on Monday raided former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran's residence and office in Chennai after an FIR was registered against him in the Aircel-Maxis deal."
Oct 9, 2011 The Corruption And Scams-Dominated Commonwealth Games Venues In Ruins: "With most of the key organisers of the Commonwealth Games (CWG) – now suspended officials of the organising committee (OC) – languishing in jail for various scams related to the preparation for the Games, the state of various venues meant to organise different events tell the tale of real stories behind their creation."
Oct 9, 2011 Hisar locals in tune with Kejriwal, accuse Congress of being corrupt: "Residents of Hisar appear to be supporting Anna Hazare's aide Arvind Kejriwal's appeal not to vote for the Congress Party in the Hisar by-poll, as they see the ruling party steeped in corruption."
Oct 9, 2011 Santosh Hegde fears Lokpal audio clips may be 'edited'
Oct 9, 2011 Hisar battle: Anna plays CD, Congress faces music: "The ruling Congress suddenly seem to reel under the might of the mass under Anna Hazare besides regular political opponents in battlefield Hisar as it struggles to strategize a formula to tackle the multi-pronged threat."
Oct 9, 2011 Govt releases recordings of Lokpal: "Reversing its position, Government has agreed to make public the audio recordings of proceedings of the Joint Drafting Committee constituted to draft the Lokpal Bill. The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) had earlier refused to bring out the deliberations of the Committee in public domain"
Oct 9, 2011 LK Advani slams Govt over black money issue: "Senior BJP leader L K Advani on Sunday (October 9) said the issue of bringing back Indian black money illegally stashed away abroad would figure prominently during his anti-corruption 'Jan Chetna Yatra' across the country. "Though I will raise the issue of rampant corruption, price rise and extreme poverty that exists in the country during my Jan Chetna Yatra, issue of black money stashed away abroad will figure most prominently,""
Oct 9, 2011 'Don't insult the voters of Hissar': "Team Anna in a clear message to the Congress on Sunday (October 9) states that they are treating Hissar as a referendum on Lokpal. Speaking to reporters today team Anna's Arvind Kejriwal says some people from government approached Anna yesterday but there can be no compromise on this."
Oct 9, 2011 Babus and the 2G scam fallout: "it is not difficult to understand the import of these few lines in the note since it is the non-auction of the ‘start-up spectrum’ that the CAG has estimated could have cost the exchequer more than Rs 1,75,000 crores. And any guesses who the then FM was? Well, if you still can’t understand the lingo of the bureaucrats, let me tell you: he is the present Home Minister."
Oct 9, 2011 Ex-MP Shahabuddin's aide arrested: "An aide of Bihar's jailed ex-MP Mohammad Shahabuddin was arrested here, police said Sunday, adding he had been on the run since 1998.", "In 1998-99, he became a close aide of Shahabuddin, at whose instance he committed the murders of Shahabuddin's rivals. In one such instance, Alam shot dead 11 people who were opposed to Shahabuddin in a land dispute in Mujahida village in Siwan."
Oct 9, 2011 Palace, Prince and the Puppet: "Speculation rife in Delhi Durbar: Is Regent on his way out? Is Palace preparing to install Prince?"
Oct 9, 2011 'Anna, every citizen, is above Parliament': "the call to voters to turn against the Congress in the Hisar bypolls"
Oct 9, 2011 Officials probe allegation against TN education minister: "The TN education officials are probing allegations that the Puducherry minister allegedly used an impersonator to write the class 10 supplementary exam."
Oct 8, 2011 Badal Govt Most Corrupt In Punjab’s History: Capt: "“What the Deputy Chief Minister has chosen to hide are his vast stakes in the sand mining, transport and liquor businesses,”"
Oct 8, 2011 2G taint: UPA crisis not over: "What transpires in the Supreme Court during the week starting October 10 is critical for a battered UPA government and a beleaguered Congress party in general, and under-stress Home Minister P Chidambaram in particular."
Oct 8, 2011 Well-connected Maran has 323 lines: "he sold 74% of his stake in Aircel to Maxis group in May 2006. Within six months, Aircel got 14 licences. It has been alleged before the Supreme Court that the Malaysia-based group invested Rs 599 crore in Maran’s family business (Sun Direct) in return for 14 spectrum licences given to Aircel during his tenure in 2006. “Maran's family-owned business (Sun Direct) received substantial investment from Maxis group which took 20% equity in Sun Direct. Maxis group invested a total of Rs 599.01 crore in Sun Direct between December 2007 and December 2009,” the petition, quoting Tehelka magazine, said in SC. It alleged that there was a clear quid pro quo through these deals."
Oct 8, 2011 Case against Puducherry education minister for exam fraud: "The district crime branch filed a criminal case against Kalyanasundaram, exam hall supervisor P Adavan and office assistant M Rajini Kanth, who allegedly helped the minister to carry out the impersonation plan. A school dropout, Kalyanasundaram is a first-time legislator in Puducherry and became education minister and holds the IT and transport portfolios as well."
Oct 8, 2011 Ministries go secy-less, Navratna PSUs headless: "Over half-a-dozen ministries and departments do not have full-time secretaries for months, while there is a growing list of blue chip public sector companies that have remained headless for several months."
Oct 8, 2011 Hisar bypoll: Team Anna begins anti-Congress campaign: "Team Anna today launched a blistering attack on the Congress ahead of the October 13 Lok Sabha bypoll here, asking voters to inflict a “historic” defeat on the party for not bringing the Jan Lokpal Bill."
Oct 8, 2011 Why the Congress is running scared of ‘Anna’s politics’: "In a CD named ‘The Government of the Corrupt’, Anna appealed to the people to defeat the Congress"
Oct 8, 2011 Anna's threat leaves government nervous?: "Anna Hazare threatened the government with another agitation if the Jan Lokpal bill was not passed by the Winter session of the parliament, a threat that has clearly left the govt nervous."
Oct 8, 2011 Politcos nervours about Anna's foray?
Oct 8, 2011 Team Anna launches its campaign: "Team Anna today (Hisar) launched a blistering attack on the Congress ahead of the October 13 Lok Sabha bypoll in Hisar, asking voters to inflict a "historic" defeat on the party for not bringing the Jan Lokpal Bill."
Oct 8, 2011 Find Me Some Destitutes Does UPA-II really want to count the poor?: "India continues to be home to 46 per cent of the malnourished children of the world; 36 per cent of the population lives on less than Rs 20 a day; one out of every second person in rural India is poor."
Oct 8, 2011 Design behind ‘counting’ the poor: "The Planning Commission's Rs 32 absurdity was not a simple academic exercise, but smacked of Soviet-era hoodwinking. By keeping hundreds of millions out of the ‘poverty zone’, UPA-II hoped to reduce subsidies for the purpose of presenting a more ‘balanced' Budget"
Oct 8, 2011 Congress fears many ministers will go to jail: Kejriwal: "“The Congress is afraid that if the Jan Lokpal bill comes, half of its ministers will go to jail (for corruption)."
Oct 8, 2011 It is for CM to act on allegations against Yogeshwar: Governor: "Karnataka Governor H R Bhardwaj today said that it was the prerogative of Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda to act on the allegations faced by his ministerial colleague C P Yogeshwar in connection with the Mega City Housing Project."
Oct 8, 2011 Another DMK leader Suresh Rajan's house raided: "The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti Corruption on Saturday conducted searches at the residence of DMK leader and former minister Suresh Rajan in Tirunelveli and Kanyakumari districts on charges of possessing disproportionate assets."
Oct 8, 2011 Hisar by-polls: Team Anna campaigns against Cong: "Anna Hazare has issued a video appeal to the people of Hisar to not vote for the Congress."
Oct 8, 2011 Manohar Parrikkar removed as Goa PAC chief: " In a new twist in the illegal mining scam, BJP's Vijay Khot has been made the new PAC Chairman"
Oct 8, 2011 It's criminal neglect: CSR Director on encephalitis: "The Centre for Social Research Director says the disease could have been prevented had there been a political will."
Oct 7, 2011 Arvind Speech at Jantar Mantar_Protest against Govt. Lokpal Bill
Oct 7, 2011 Chautala land value up 17 times in 15 days: affidavit: ""The Chautalas bought 15.3 acres in village Lambi in Dabwali for Rs 8.78 lakh on September 11, 2011. The affidavit puts the land’s current value at Rs 150 lakh. Chautala filed his nomination on September 26. ""
Oct 7, 2011 Hisar witnesses political colours of Dussehra: "supporters of Anna Hazare and members of India Against Corruption, Congress workers and INLD activists reached the venue of Ravana Dahan at old college ground to spread their respective messages."
Oct 7, 2011 Corruption in India: More Government Is Not the Solution: "Adding yet another agency to the bloated Indian government is not the way to reduce corruption. In fact, it is the size and scope of the Indian state that is the major cause of corruption."
Oct 7, 2011 Anna video targets Congress as 'govt of the corrupt': "In a ten-minute CD titled "The Government of the Corrupt", the Gandhian says the Congress must be defeated."
Oct 7, 2011 Hissar Election: "Anna Hazare's message for Hissar people for Loksabha By Election."
Oct 7, 2011 J&K: Mystery over NC worker's death continues
Oct 7, 2011 Kapil’s project PIOUS, a waste of Rs 43 lakh!: "The Comptroller of Auditor General (CAG), in its recent report, has accused Kapil Sibal of wasting over Rs 43 lakh in a database project launched in 2006, when he was the Minister of Science and Technology."
Oct 7, 2011 Now J&K Govt in phone tapping row?: "There seems to be no respite for Omar Abdullah's government as reports of Phone tapping emerge following the alleged custodial death of NC worker Mohd Yusuf. TIMES NOW learnt from sources in the J&K govt called a meeting to order tapping of phones."
Oct 7, 2011 Never said Yusuf tortured at CM's house: J&K IGP: "Police restored to lathicharge on Friday to disperse the PDP protestors in Jammu."
Oct 7, 2011 Duplicitous Congress: "While estimating the loss to the public exchequer through illegal mining in the State to be close to Rs 4,000 crore, the PAC has blamed senior Ministers and Government officials for the loot. The PAC’s chairman, Mr Manohar Parrikar, has categorically stated that the involvement of Goa’s Chief Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat, in the loot can be safely inferred."
Oct 7, 2011 Whose failure? Encephalitis kills 50,000 in 30 yrs: "Successive state governments have failed to vaccinate children in Uttar Pradesh."
Oct 7, 2011 How poor India battles encephalitis: "Almost 500 children die of encephalitis in Eastern UP in two months because of poor sanitation and dirty water.", "India's Dying Children"
Oct 7, 2011 BJP puts Goa mining scam at Rs 25,000 crore: "the profits of the scam were being routed through companies in tax haven countries like Mauritius and Cayman Islands.", "senior members of the government were involved in the scam."
Oct 7, 2011 Whose failure? Encephalitis kills 50,000 in 30 years: "Public health experts and activists say that the epidemic has been badly mismanaged for the last 33 years and the story should make 21st century India hang its head in shame.", ""We had named him Harsh thinking he'll bring joy to our lives. But if god didn't want it what can we do," says Harsh's grandfather Ram Preet. Harsh's doctors have no time to grieve for him a there are 600 children in the encephalitis ward waiting to be saved."
Oct 7, 2011 Anonymous letter says Bhanwari Devi still alive, kept hostage: "Bhanwari Devi, a midwife and nurse missing for almost a month, is being kept hostage by a politician in Haryana.", "Her husband Amarchand has alleged that she was abducted at the behest of water resources minister Mahipal Maderna and his associates."
Oct 7, 2011 Don't vote for Cong: Anna says loud and clear: ""We have appealed to people in this polls. Congress should be defeated as it has failed to bring Jan lokpal Bill," he said in the ten-minute CD named 'The Government of the Corrupt'."
Oct 7, 2011 Give your TVs for our inmates: Tihar to OC: "The Tihar Jail has offered to take some load off the hands of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee — only the material load.", "Ironically, Tihar Jail, which houses “approximately 12,500 inmates”, is also the present address of sacked Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi and other senior Organising Committee officials, jailed on charges of corruption in Games management."
Oct 7, 2011 US Sikh group seeks Kamal Nath's prosecution in Belgium: "A US based Sikh human rights group has sought criminal prosecution of Indian Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath during his upcoming visit to Belgium for his alleged role in the November 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi.", "Belgian law provides for "extra territorial jurisdiction" to criminally prosecute individuals for crimes against humanity and genocide committed outside Belgium, he said. It also does not provide immunity to any heads of states or other dignitaries. Under this law, criminal prosecution was initiated against former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon, for his role in the 1982 Sabra-Shatila massacre in Lebanon"
Oct 7, 2011 Court to consider 2nd chargesheet agains BJP MP in cash scam: "Expressing dissatisfaction over the lack of a ''proper'' sanction order for prosecution, a Delhi court today decided to consider on October 14 the supplementary charge sheet against BJP MP Ashok Argal in the cash-for-vote scam."
Oct 7, 2011 Don't vote for Cong: Hazare issues video appeal: ""We have appealed to people in this polls. Congress should be defeated as it has failed to bring Jan lokpal Bill," he said in the ten-minute CD named 'The Government of the Corrupt'."
Oct 7, 2011 Angry Omar avoids the media: "Facing heat over the custodial death of a political worker, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today rejected the Opposition PDP demand that he resign as he may influence the judicial probe."
Oct 7, 2011 PDP: Omar's credibility lost: "PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti slamed Farooq Abdullah and said National Conference's credibility is lost and Omar Abdullah must step down if he wants it restored. She has also said that the NC worker's death has exposed the corruption within the Jammu & Kashmir government as well as the Abdullah family."
Oct 7, 2011 Badals in transport scam?: "The Punjab Government is under the scanner for allegedly tweaking policies to favour private transport companies. The Opposition has sharpened its attack, saying the Chief Minister is monopolising state transport. The state government has however refuted all charges. The Lokayukta Police, meanwhile has launched a probe into the alleged transport scam in the state making it difficult for the Badal govt to distance it self from the charges."
Oct 7, 2011 Second witness now underground?: "It's been six days since National conference worker Mohammad Yusuf died under mysterious circumstances in police custody. After six days, a crucial eyewitness NC Worker Salam Abdul Reshi who was present at the Chief Minister's residence at the time Yusuf was summoned- has come out & given his side of the story. One witness revealed all -- but the second man who reportedly knows the whole truth is evading TIMES NOW's cameras. Mohd Yousuf Bhatt - the second eyewitness in this murky case - has refused to speak on the issue, refused to even open the door to his house when TIMES NOW tried to track him down."
Oct 7, 2011 MLAs confined, allege wives: "The wives of the Arunachal Pradesh Congress Legislature Party has lodged a formal complaints to governor Gen. J.J. Singh (Retd) that their husbands are kept under confinements and not allowed to visit their respective homes as political crisis continue to rock the state."
Oct 7, 2011 BJP demands Omar's resignation: "BJP today demanded Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's resignation in the wake of the alleged custodial death of a NC worker in the state, saying an impartial probe into the case is not possible as long as he is in office."
Oct 7, 2011 Illegal mining:Google imagery brings Cong leader under scanner : "The Manohar Parrikar-led Public Accounts Committee (PAC), which employed latest technologies including the Google Earth Satellite Imagery to track down illegal mining in Goa, has pointed out to certain illegalities by state Congress leader Dinar Tarcar."
Oct 7, 2011 Rot in National Conference exposed: PDP: "PDP leader Nayeem Akhtar alleged that posts were being sold in the National Conference.", "There is no rule of law"
Oct 7, 2011 J&K custodial death: BJP demands CBI probe
Oct 7, 2011 Custodial death: NC has nothing to hide, says Farooq: "Reshi, who said he was present during the interaction between Omar and Yousuf, claimed the deceased was fine when he entered the room but was visibly unwell after he came out of the CM's residence."
Oct 7, 2011 NC worker death: Under attack, Omar says will face probe: "Omar said, threatening a defamation suit against those accusing him of murder."
Oct 7, 2011 NC worker's death J-K's cash-for-vote scam: BJP: "He was handed over to the Crime Branch of the police but reportedly died in custody."
Oct 7, 2011 Omar hands over ‘fixer’ to cops, he dies in custody: "A 61-year-old retired teacher and National Conference (NC) “sympathiser” who allegedly took money from two party leaders on the promise of getting them a ministership and a legislative council seat through union minister Farooq Abdullah, died in custody after he was handed over to the Crime Branch by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. The family of the man, Haji Syed Mohammad Yousuf, has alleged he was killed by the police because he knew “too many secrets”.", "“He did not die, he was killed in custody.”", "his constituency representative in Ganderbal had attempted to buy a ministership from an alleged middleman for Rs 71 lakh. “It is shocking for me. That fellow (Ganderbal’s Mohammad Yousuf) told me that he had taken a loan and given it to the party fund. But now I know that he had taken Rs 51 lakh from a toll barrier guy (the contractor runs the toll collection station) in Tangmarg, and Rs 5 lakh from his own PSO.”""
Oct 6, 2011 Where is the Prime Minister?: "Much as it will sound like a cliché, India’s Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, is playing puppet while his country is sinking into a quagmire of squabbles and scams."
Oct 6, 2011 ‘PDS kerosene scam’ rocks Assembly: "“Eight lakh quintals of wheat is coming every month to Punjab under PDS but is not going to the poor. It is being cornered by flour mills in connivance with government officials. We demand a CBI inquiry into the whole PDS scam,”", "The Indian Express, in a three-part investigative series carried out in August 2009, had revealed how PDS kerosene in Punjab was not reaching the poor but and being diverted by the oil mafia."
Oct 5, 2011 Haji Yousuf tortured at Omar's residence: Witness: "An eyewitness Abdul Salam Reshi recounts his version on what transpired at the J%26K Chief Minister's residence."
Oct 5, 2011 India launches $37 tablet with Montreal firm: "Suneet Tuli is CEO of Montreal-based Datawind, which makes the tablets."
Oct 5, 2011 Is India Very Corrupt?: "Recent corruption scandal involving ministers, high officials, and parliamentarians have badly shaken the confidence of general public in the government"
Oct 5, 2011 Unholy coalitions and bad governance: India faces a cruel double whammy: "Corruption has taken time to grow in India. It has graduated from a slow pace, covert and cautious activity in the Nehru era to a fast, audacious and daring occupation of politicians and bureaucrats today, as can be seen from the size and frequency of scams. Party funds of all political parties started swallowing cash 'donations' from public and corporate houses which encouraged generation of black money and patronised the affluent donors."
Oct 5, 2011 The Australian: Corruption sucking the life out of India : "It has the world's largest pool of poor, sick, starving and illiterate. Access to safe water and sanitation remains a pipedream for most, disease is endemic and life is nasty, brutish and short for far too many Indians. A 300 million-strong middle class leaves 750 million poor. On present trends, in 2020 India will still have half a billion poor people. Worldwide, India ranks 134 on ease of doing business indicators, 119 on human development, 122 on gender equality and 87 on corruption.", "Last year, India's road death toll was about 150,000, three times as many as the US or, on a per vehicle basis, almost twenty times the US."
Oct 5, 2011 Corruption warning to Congress party in India
Oct 5, 2011 Pranab, Sebi chief accused of batting for Sahara, RIL, MCX: "One by one, skeletons are tumbling out of the UPA’s cupboard. This time it’s big, really big. The scams so far have targeted ministers and politicians at the periphery of the power pyramid: an A Raja here or a Suresh Kalmadi there."
Oct 5, 2011 Paralysed Government: "India lurches from crisis to crisis"
Oct 5, 2011 PM can’t disown responsibility: "The Telecom scandal was not an overnight affair that happened without anybody getting a whiff of it. A Raja plotted and executed the 2G Spectrum scam over a period of time during which there was elaborate correspondence between him and other Ministers. At every stage, A Raja made it a point to keep Manmohan Singh in the loop. The Prime Minister can’t deny that"
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