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Oct 5, 2011 Fan hurled at Speaker in J&K Assembly: "The PDP claims Omar “eliminated” Yousuf at his residence. It wants Omar and father Farooq Abdullah, a Union minister, to resign for the sake of a fair probe. The police said Yousuf died on Friday morning in the police hospital, after being arrested the previous evening. He was accused of accepting Rs 1.18 crore from two other NC activists, promising them berths in the legislative council with Farooq’s support." Oct 5, 2011 Illegal mining: CBI continues raids for second day: "CBI conducted searches at Kudligi BJP MLA V Nagendra's mining company in Hospet and Bellary in connection with alleged illegal mining. The agency also raided the regional transport office," Oct 5, 2011 DVAC searches former DMK minister's residence, institutions: "The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti Corruption (DVAC) today carried out searches at the residences of former DMK minister M R K Pannerselvam and educational institutions run by him at several places in connection with charges of disproportionate assets against him." Oct 5, 2011 Another UP minister indicted by Lokayukta for corruption: "The Lokayukta in his report sent to chief minister Mayawati has stated that the charges of grabbing Gram Sabha land for personal use apart from the misuse of minister's office had been found to be prima facie true.", "Other ministers against whom inquiries are pending at present with the Lokayukta, on account of corruption charges are: Narayana Singh, Badshah Singh and Saurabh Pandey." Oct 5, 2011 Another UP minister indicted by Lokayukta for corruption: "The Lokayukta in his report sent to chief minister Mayawati has stated that the charges of grabbing Gram Sabha land for personal use apart from the misuse of minister's office had been found to be prima facie true.", "Other ministers against whom inquiries are pending at present with the Lokayukta, on account of corruption charges are: Narayana Singh, Badshah Singh and Saurabh Pandey." Oct 5, 2011 EC questions Punjab ex-DGP: "Punjab's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) has sought a report on former top cop P S Gill's appointment as Adviser to the state Home Department after his retirement on September 30." Oct 5, 2011 First 'murder', now deliberate delay?: "Days after Omar Abdullah ordered a judicial probe into his party man Mohammad Yusuf's custodial death, former Chief Justice of Orissa High Court said that an enquiry like this may take months to get completed." Oct 5, 2011 Will Omar Abdullah answer now?: "A critical eye-witness in the National Conference (NC) worker's death controversy has spoken to TIMES NOW. Throwing new light on the mystery on what might have happened in the Chief Minister's residence on the 29th of last month that led to the mysterious death of Mohammad Yousuf exposing what could be a trail of murky payoffs in Jammu and Kashmir politics." Oct 5, 2011 Criminal raj in Rajasthan: "The Gehlot regime’s ineptitude does not end there. On September 18, Nawab Ali, a city Youth Congress president from Hanumangarh, was shot dead while going for a morning walk in Pilibanga. The same day, another local party leader, Gehrilal Patidar, was killed. The two back-to-back incidents provide testimony to the reigning lawlessness in Rajasthan under Congress rule." Oct 5, 2011 BBC: India launches Aakash tablet computer priced at $35: "Critics also point out that an earlier cheap laptop plan by the same ministry came to nothing. In 2009, it announced plans for a laptop priced as low as $10, raising eyebrows and triggering worldwide media interest. But there was disappointment after the "Sakshat" turned out to be a prototype of a hand-held device, with an unspecified price tag, that never materialised." Oct 5, 2011 Mumbai auto drivers targeted after Raj's rant Oct 5, 2011 UP: Mayawati sacks two more tainted ministers: "Chief Minister also ordered a vigilance inquiry against them." Oct 5, 2011 6-month jail for ex-Goa minister in assault case Oct 5, 2011 Punjab cabinet: A crorepati club: "Adesh Pratap Singh Kairon, the son-in-law of Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal, with assets worth Rs 20.81 crore. In reality, it is Kairon's brother-in-law and deputy CM Sukhbir Badal, who leads the list with nearly Rs 64.05 crore worth of assets, which he declared during the Jalalabad by-election in 2009. ADR's data is based on affidavits filed during the assembly elections in 2007. CM Badal follows his son Sukhbir Badal and son-in-law Kairon with assets worth Rs 9.20 crore." Oct 4, 2011 Anna asks voters to reject Cong: "Oct 13 by-election in Hisar in Harayan where he would campaign against the Congress. He also hit out at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for being ''remote controlled''." Oct 4, 2011 Influential politicians, ministers involved in mining scam:PAC: "Indicting the Goa government for the mining scam, the state assembly’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is understood to have said there is reasonable doubt prevails that influential politicians, including ministers, and those close to the power are deeply involved in it." Oct 4, 2011 With 75 districts UP remains backward: "Nine districts created by her in early 2000 were scrapped by her bete noire Mulayam Singh Yadav. She had recreated them in 2007." Oct 2, 2011 Bangalore corporator killing was a supari job: Cops: "the gruesome murder of 46-year-old Congress corporator from Gandhinagar S Nataraj on Saturday was a supari (contract) killing involving professional hitmen." Oct 2, 2011 Chidambaram should resign, says CPI(M) Oct 2, 2011 India’s wounded state: "the consequences are disturbing: Indian society, the core of Indian nationhood, is now questioning the very legitimacy of the Indian state." Oct 2, 2011 To put the Republic back on the rails: "In recent years, exponentially growing corruption has assumed unacceptable levels." Oct 2, 2011 The Rs. 81,500 crore lie: "In a season of scams, the biggest one has gone undetected, that of black money spent in every election. Politicians typically shrug it off, saying that historically they have always entered Parliament with a 'lie on our lips'. Except that, now, the lie has gotten bigger. It is, by one estimate, the Rs. 81,500 crore lie. Many say electoral reforms can tackle this. But we expose how political parties have sabotaged every attempt to clean up a political system rife with corruption, criminality and lack of internal democracy." Oct 2, 2011 Both government and Congress party orphaned Oct 2, 2011 Nationwide referendum on Jan Lokpal from today: "The survey will kickstart from the constituencies of major political leaders in Uttar Pradesh, including those of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, BJP leaders Rajnath Singh and Murli Manohar Joshi, and Samajwadi Party boss Mulayam Singh Yadav." Oct 2, 2011 CWG 2010: Scoring high on glory and ignominy (Year after CWG): "No easy answers even one year after the Commonwealth Games with the grand opening ceremony and rich medals haul almost fading in memory as the men behind the multimillion rupee event continue to be behind bars on charges of corruption and many of the lavish stadiums lie in disuse." Oct 2, 2011 PDP demands Omar & Farooq's resignation: ""They must resign. So long as they remain in power, they will manufacture evidence. They will attempt to coerce, cajole or bribe witnesses,", "Syed Mohammad Yousuf, an NC worker from south Kashmir's Anantnag district, died allegedly in police custody after two fellow party workers had accused him of taking Rs 1.18 crore from them for getting them berths in the Legislative Council." Oct 2, 2011 978 pregnant women marooned in flood hit Orissa district: "Rinarani Ojha has named her daughter 'Vanya' (flood) after the child was born safely on the rooftop of a building surrounded by floodwaters in Kendrapara district where 978 marooned women are in advanced stage of pregnancy." Oct 2, 2011 Will expose Robert Vadra next: Subramanian Swamy: "Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy on Saturday said he was gathering proof of corruption against Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra." Oct 2, 2011 Trim the fat, get technocrats into PM's cabinet: "One of the reasons the UPA government is falling apart at the seams is that the Union Cabinet is top-heavy with 77 ministers and ministers of state. Several are ineffective, rarely attend cabinet meetings and don't speak up when they do. Most are in the cabinet as a result of coalition dharma.", "During the past seven years, agricultural growth has stagnated at an average of 2% a year. Besides a conflict of interest between his political and business interests, Pawar continues to preside over a broken public distribution system and chronic food inflation." Oct 1, 2011 Dead Men Talking: "The Indian state can silence the living, not the voice of the silent ", "Here stands, India’s ‘gravest’ threat Paramilitary forces have laid siege to the forest. All resistance, armed or unarmed, has been branded ‘Maoist’. Entire villages are being burned." Oct 1, 2011 His Barony, Undermined: "How did mining baron and former Karnataka tourism minister, Gali Janardhana Reddy, go from pauper, to prince, to prisoner in a little under a decade?", "his net worth was reduced to the negative as of March 31, 2003, and prior to 1998, he was not even an I-T assessee. But, for the financial year 2003-04, he declared a total income of Rs 12 lakh and a taxable income of Rs 9 lakh. For 2004-05, there is a stupendous jump in total income to Rs 8.38 crore. In 2005-06, this doubled to Rs 17.8 crore. In the same period, there was a simultaneous increase in his moveable and immovable assets. The total value of these assets rose from Rs 32.45 lakh in 2003-04 to Rs 43.52 crore in 2005-06. A similarly mercurial growth can be observed in the total assets of his wife Lakshmi Aruna." Oct 1, 2011 CM offers don’t-pay helpline - Promise of identity cover and prompt police action: "Mamata Banerjee today renewed her advice to industrialists not to pay extortion money to “anybody”, offering to keep complainants' identity confidential and promising prompt police action" Oct 1, 2011 Will expose Robert Vadra next: Subramanian Swamy: "Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy Saturday said he was gathering proof of corruption against Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra." Oct 1, 2011 Corporator killed in brazen attack in Bangalore: "A Congress corporator was hacked to death by a four-member gang in broad daylight on Saturday, the second member of Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to be murdered in a year." Oct 1, 2011 Kashmir villager sends Rs26 to Manmohan, Montek: "asked them to show how to spend a day on that amount." Oct 1, 2011 BJP activist beats Karnataka minister with slipper: "A senior Karnataka BJP minister was today beaten with a slipper by his own party worker in full public gaze in the well guarded state secretariat, apparently venting his anger on him for not helping him become head of a state owned board or corporation." Sep 30, 2011 Can Chidambaram's CBI in all fairness probe him?: "“CBI is not an independent body, as it gets direction from Central Vigilance Commission and its administrative control is with ministry of personal and training. In that case, we can not accept CBI to function fearlessly.”" Sep 30, 2011 Prakash Karat slams BJP and Congress on corruption Sep 30, 2011 Democracy of some, by some, for some: Santosh Hegde Sep 30, 2011 Special court denies bail to Reddy: "Tainted mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy and his brother-in-law B V Srinivas Reddy will stay put in the Chanchalguda Central Prison for some more time — but beyond the reach of the investigation agency — as the CBI special court on Friday denied them bail." Sep 30, 2011 Cloud over 3 Rajasthan ministers, CM in trouble: "Home Minister Shanti Dhariwal be asked to go, Mahipal Maderna, the Water Resources Minister, faces a possible CBI probe for the kidnapping, rape and murder of Bhanwari Devi, a nurse and starlet from Jodhpur. Already one of the key accused Baldev Ram was arrested on Friday, and Forest Minister Ramlal Jat, who's alleged to have avoided a post mortem on the body of his relative's wife," Sep 30, 2011 Live on Rs 32 a day: Aruna Roy to Montek: "60 million tonnes of grain are piling in FCI godowns implying that the government itself is hoarding grain to increase food prices.", "Even as we write to you, over the next twenty four hours, close to 3,000 Indian children will die of malnutrition related illness."" Sep 30, 2011 Cash-for-votes scam: LS Speaker allows BJP MP Ashok Argal's prosecution: "Delhi Police had, in its first chargesheet, accused Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh and LK Advani's former aide Sudheendra Kulkarni of "conspiring" and "masterminding" the cast-for-votes scam to bribe some MPs ahead of a confidence vote in Lok Sabha in 2008." Sep 30, 2011 MPs are 'very lazy', Parl should be made to work hard: Roy: "NAC member Aruna Roy today said Parliamentarians in the country are "very lazy" and pitched for making Parliament "more transparent, accountable and hard working"." Sep 30, 2011 Puducherry education minister sits for Class X examination: "A Class X dropout from a government school in Puducherry, 34-year-old Kalyanasundaram had quit studies in 1991 after failing in science and social sciences, and began helping his elder brother with his sand mining business." Sep 29, 2011 2G Scam: Chidambaram on the Dock: "he is heading the most corrupt Government ever, where scams worth thousands of core appear to be mere chicken feed. That is the real tragedy of this country." Sep 29, 2011 Governance, corruption worry UK investors in India: survey: "a majority said they are frustrated by the time taken to get approvals and clearances, particularly from state and local government departments" Sep 29, 2011 A nation of flashers: "“Public servants,” justices GS Singhvi and SJ Mukhopadhaya remarked, “are actually servants of the public.” It is a timely reminder. The roving cars with their flashing lights are against all this country was meant to be — a democratic republic where public servants, such as MLAs, MPs and bureaucrats, are meant to serve, not rule us as the British once did.", "the Delhi Police started a crackdown on the illegal use of emergency lights. Nearly 300 government officials — including paramilitary officers, the daughter of an MP, a roadways official, a sales tax official — were prosecuted for unauthorised use. Instead of backing the unprecedented crackdown, a group of 100 MPs, across parties, requested the chairman of the committee that governs their privileges to allow them emergency lights (and toll-free passage on national highways). The reasoning? Without red lights, their cars were being prosecuted for traffic offences. The use of emergency lights by is governed by The Motor Vehicles Act, which allows specific officials to use red and blue light. Some lights can revolve, others must be stationary. The rules are comical, befitting a banana republic." Sep 29, 2011 Govt, MCD, police point fingers at each other for collapse: "Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit sought to put the onus on MCD for the incident, saying illegal constructions in the area were a major concern while BJP which rules the MCD directly held the city Government responsible for the tragedy." Sep 29, 2011 India top weapon purchaser among developing nations in 2010: US report Sep 29, 2011 2G scam: Pranab's file placed before SC, some pages missing: ""Check the pages. Where are the running pages"? a bench of justices G S Singhvi and A K Ganguly said when it found that some pages were missing from the file." Sep 28, 2011 Raids at ex-DMK minister Anbarasan's properties: "vigilance and anti-corruption bureau teams on Thursday raided DMK leader TM Anbarasan's properties. Anbarasan, a former minister, is also a district secretary for the DMK." Sep 28, 2011 Charest backed into corner on corruption inquiry: "MONTREAL—In India, a 74-year-old man’s protest vow to “fast unto death” prompted lawmakers to finally act on endemic corruption. In Quebec, a hunger strike might be one of the few options left for those seeking a public inquiry on corruption, calls for which have been going on for nearly two years, and counting." Sep 28, 2011 2G: CBI saving Chidambaram, says BJP Sep 28, 2011 If Chidambaram’s role does not warrant probe, no other crime does: Jaitley: "“If the Prime Minister has confidence in Chidu, then he must stand up and explain his actions." Sep 28, 2011 Protect truth, not tainted minister: BJP to PM: "The BJP accused the govt of protecting Chidambaram and instead targeting DMK ministers." Sep 28, 2011 Now, Goa government in illegal mining trouble: "After Karnataka, is the stage set for another government to fall because of illegal mining?", "How illegal mines owned by a leading politician from the NCP"" Sep 28, 2011 We don't have numbers, govt will collapse on its own: BJP: "Home Minister P Chidambaram is as culpable as A Raja in the 2G spectrum scam and alleged that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was protecting “tainted ministers”." Sep 28, 2011 B Pravakaran, the kingpin of Orissa mining scam: "He has taken illegal control over 10 major iron ore mines in Orissa in the last eight years.", "Vigilance department was under pressure to build the weak case against him." Sep 28, 2011 2G scam: CBI to file FIR against Maran by Sept 30: "The CBI on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that an FIR against former communications minister and DMK leader Dayanidhi Maran in the 2G case would be filed by the end of this month." Sep 28, 2011 Cash-for-votes scam: Amar Singh's bail rejected, to be re-arrested: "Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh would be arrested again as Delhi court on Wednesday dismissed his regular as well as interim bail pleas in the 2008 cash-for-votes scam." Sep 28, 2011 India: fighting corruption or adapting to it? : "Mammoth corruption scams in India or rather the sudden exposure of those scams to the people over past many months has caused such a furor among the Indian public that the integrity and honesty of everyone high up in the power hierarchy has been in question, including that of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh," Sep 28, 2011 Hegde calls for boycott of the corrupt in polls: "there must be a societal boycott of people whom “you perceive to be corrupt” in elections." Sep 27, 2011 Mother of all mining scams in Odisha: Rs 30,00,00,00,00,000: "a mining scam estimated at Rs 3 lakh crore, a scale that dwarfs the Bellary mining scam in Karnataka and the Goa mining scam" Sep 27, 2011 Union ministers spent Rs 42 cr on foreign travel in 2010-11: "The government spent about Rs 42 crore on foreign travel by Union ministers in the last one year, the cabinet secretariat said in response to an RTI query." Sep 27, 2011 2G: Is the UPA crisis deepening? Sep 27, 2011 Row hits Karnataka governor over ADC's promotion: "Bhardwaj, a veteran Congressman and former central law minister, is said to be insisting on promoting the ADC K.C.V. Mane to the Indian Police Service (IPS) cadre though he is not eligible." Sep 27, 2011 Paternity case: Court holds N D Tiwari in contempt for refusing DNA test: "Veteran Congress leader N D Tiwari was today asked by the Delhi High Court to explain why it should not launch contempt of court proceeding against him for his “deliberate disobedience” of its order to give his blood sample for DNA test to determine a youth's paternity." Sep 27, 2011 Is police India's most archaic govt institution?: "A truck driver was beaten to death by police in Uttar Pradesh for refusing to pay a bribe.", "People fear police as much as criminals", "Killers in khakhi?", "Police are being misused by the establishment as their militia" Sep 27, 2011 JPC summons Finance Secretary to explain why 2G note was not submitted to it: "a “breach of privilege” if the note was withheld deliberately by the Finance Ministry when it was asked by the JPC to submit to it all documents related to the 2G spectrum allocation." Sep 27, 2011 Chidambaram has lot to answer for: BJP: "Arun Jaitley also took a dig at the Congress, saying its leadership was trying to find a "patchwork" solution to the "crisis" created in the party by the March 25 note of the Finance Ministry and that its infighting "does not answer" as to who is responsible for the loss." Sep 27, 2011 2G scam: Centre opposes CBI probe in Chidambaram role: "The government today opposed in the Supreme Court any CBI probe against Home Minister P Chidambaram in connection with the 2G spectrum case." Sep 27, 2011 This Celebrity Holiday Cost Rs. 30 Crore: "A couple of celebrities from Mumbai were among the invitees for the week long sponsored vacation in New York, courtesy the Delhi-based son of a Union minister." Sep 27, 2011 Cash-for-vote scam: Sudheendra Kulkarni's bail plea rejected, sent to judicial custody till October 1: "Sudheendra Kulkarni, a former aide of senior BJP leader LK Advani, was on Tuesday sent to judicial custody till Oct 1 in connection with the 2008 cash-for-votes scandal." Sep 27, 2011 Elections have become the biggest source of corruption: SY Qureshi: "Chief Election Commissioner, Dr SY Qureshi speaks to NDTV's Sreenivasan Jain on the challenges from a corrupt electoral system and that it is ready to conduct internal party elections." Sep 26, 2011 Arrested DMK leader Ponmudi's properties raided: "This came after complaints of disproportionate assets against the DMK leader, who arrested on August 31 on charges of land grab." Sep 26, 2011 UPA to UP govt, BJP narrates tale of 100 ‘scams’: "The BJP on Monday released a booklet — ‘Kahani Ghotalon Ki’ (A Tale of Scams) — about the alleged scams during the regimes of Mayawati in UP and UPA at Centre." Sep 26, 2011 I will reveal more: Swamy: "2G petitioner and Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy upping the ante on home minister P Chidambaram on the finance ministry's 2G note to the PMO on spectrum pricing issue threatened more revelations. Swamy said if needed he will seek persmission from the court to submit new documents which no one has seen so far. He further said the CBI and the counsel for Chidambaram have not contested any of my documents, and therefore the documents are taken as confirmed. Swamy claimed that Chidambaram was in the loop on spectrum pricing." Sep 26, 2011 Amar Singh's escape route?: "Former Smajwadi party leader Amar singh's lawyers have filed an application to take him out of country for treatment. The court will decide on the issue on Tuesday (September 27). Admitted in the private ward of AIIMS, Singh, 55, was shifted from Tihar jail on the night of September 12 after his creatinine level rose and was immediately put under medical observation. He was lodged in the jail on September 6 after a Delhi court had sent him on 14-day judicial custody following his arrest in connection with the 2008 cash-for-votes scam." Sep 26, 2011 More trouble for A Raja: "CBI today filed a fresh plea in a Delhi court seeking framing of a charge for criminal breach of trust in the 2G spectrum allocation case against 14 accused including former Telecom Minister A Raja." Sep 26, 2011 CBI to probe Maran over illegal phone lines: "Nearly four years after getting complaints, the CBI will start a formal probe into allegations that over 300 telephone lines were allotted to the residence of Dayanidhi Maran in Chennai and illegally linked with a television channel owned by his brother. These 323 residential lines were in the name of BSNL General Manager connecting the Boat House residence of Maran with office of Sun TV through a dedicated underground cable during the tenure of Maran as Telecom Minister" Sep 26, 2011 2G: Raja says entire Cabinet must face trial: "Former telecom minister A Raja's lawyer, Sushil Kumar, on Monday told the court that Union Home Minister P Chidambaram was a party to all the decisions taken in connection with the 2G spectrum allocation." Sep 26, 2011 2G scam: CBI to include fresh charges against Raja, Kanimozhi: "slap the fresh charge of 'breach of trust by public servants' against former Telecom Minister A Raja and two others in the 2G spectrum allocation case." Sep 26, 2011 Guj governor seeks details of expenses on Narendra Modi's fast: "Modi yesterday accused the Congress of conspiring to dislodge his government through Raj Bhavan and demanded the Governor's recall." Sep 26, 2011 Team Anna plans referendum in constituencies of Sonia, Lalu and others: "Lok Sabha MPs are likely to be under intense scrutiny from October 1 with Team Anna planning a series of "referendums" in their constituencies. Those on target include major political leaders like Congress president Sonia Gandhi, BJP veteran L K Advani, SP boss Mulayam Singh Yadav, JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav and RJD's Lalu Prasad." Sep 26, 2011 Fresh graft charge for Indian ex-minister: "He was charged by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) with "criminal breach of trust", a crime that carries a maximum punishment of life imprisonment," Sep 26, 2011 Chidambaram is a traitor: Swamy: "“He is a traitor and the most corrupt minister in the UPA government. There are proofs of his anti-national activities, which I have placed before court. He has Rs 50,000 crore in foreign banks,”" Sep 25, 2011 Guardian: Shehla Masood battled corruption in India. Was that why she was killed?: "she had information that would shake the BJP government in Madhya Pradesh to its core."" Sep 25, 2011 RPF calls on the people for a mass revolution: "While reiterating its stand on the ongoing revolution against the India government on the occasion of its 33rd Raising Day, the proscribed UG group Revolutionary Peoples' Front (RPF) called for mass revolution against the India government for a peaceful and free Manipur.", "Corruption is in its highest crime in the state where a well educated youth finds it impossible to get a government job without filling the pocket of the corrupt politicians and officers. With such irresponsible practices, many educated youths of the state have spent their lives in vain and many have drowned in the sea of drugs and intoxicants." Sep 25, 2011 2G: Note that damns Chidu may have come from whistleblower Sep 25, 2011 Bellary-like mining scam in Goa worth Rs 8K cr: "VS Dempo had permission to extract 11 lakh tonnes from its 3 mines. But it extracted over 20 lakh tonnes in 2008." Sep 25, 2011 CBI searches OMC’s office in Bellary: "A CBI team on Sunday carried out searches in the office of the Obulapuram Mining Company, owned by Reddy brothers, here, and seized files and CDs," Sep 25, 2011 Manmohan Singh 'got spoilt' in Congress company: Modi: ""Congress party has become a burden for our country. It has rotten" Sep 24, 2011 CBI’s steely gaze will be on many MLAs: "Legislators, mine owners, officials and individuals associated with former minister G Janardhana Reddy will be under the sharp scrutiny of the CBI, with the premier investigation agency set to extend to Bellary its inquiry into illegal mining" Sep 24, 2011 A cunning Plan: "Planning Commission is planning to push the poverty line down a few notches so that a lot of folks can now come out bobbing up to the surface." Sep 24, 2011 Now, third child can land you in jail in Kerala: "In a bid to redefine Draconian, the Commission on Rights and Welfare of Women and Children feels that nothing lesser than a fine of Rs 10,000 or three months simple' imprisonment deserves to be slapped on the expectant father of a third child." Sep 24, 2011 Corruption corroding competitiveness of Indian business UPA'S frighteningly non-serious approach to fighting corruption: "“The exporters in the southern region have to pay hefty bribes in the check-posts spread across the country. According to the exporters, in some cases they end up paying around INR 1000 to INR 2000.”" Sep 24, 2011 BJP: Chidambaram should be in Tihar: "Upping the ante against Home Minister P Chidambaram in 2-G spectrum scam, BJP today (September 24) said his place was in the same cell in Tihar jail in which former Telecom Minister A Raja has been lodged and demanded a probe into the alleged role of the Prime Minister in the case. "There is so much evidence that has come out against P Chidambaram in the 2-G spectrum case that for CBI to say in court now that he is not guilty would be laughable. Chidambaram's place is in the same cell in Tihar jail in which A Raja has been lodged,"" Sep 24, 2011 Rajasthan Minister booked in Bhanwari Devi case: "Jodhpur police on Saturday (September 24) registered a case of rape, murder and criminal conspiracy against state Water Resources Minister Mahipal Maderna" Sep 24, 2011 Less And Lesser - The state’s BPL criteria is befuddling: "Now if members of Parliament get subsidised food in the Parliament canteen, is it unreasonable to seek a similar subsidy for the poor?"
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