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Sep 8, 2011 Amar Singh to be lodged in Tihar's jail number 3: "He is the sixth MP to be lodged inside Tihar Prisons after Rajya Sabha MP Kanimozhi, former telecom minister A Raja, sacked CWG OC chairman Suresh Kalmadi, former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda and former Madhepura MP Pappu Yadav."
Sep 8, 2011 Cash-for-votes: Amar Singh, 2 others sent to jail: "Rajya Sabha MP and former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh has been sent to 13-day judicial custody in the cash-for-votes scam."
Sep 8, 2011 Tycoon tamed: Reddy cools his heels in cell: "Mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy, one of India's richest politicians, spent his first night at the Chanchalguda Central Jail like an ordinary prisoner, sleeping on the floor with other undertrials, an official said Tuesday. The high-profile former Karnataka minister, who is said to fly in his helicopter from Bellary to Bangalore only to have breakfast, had to make do with rice, dal and vegetarian curry for dinner. Breakfast was khichdi for both Janardhana Reddy and his brother-in-law Srinivasa Reddy, who were arrested Monday for alleged illegal mining. Accustomed to a luxurious life in his palatial bungalows, Janardhana Reddy is now sharing crammed accommodation and getting ordinary jail food. Like other undertrials, Janardhana Reddy will have to stand in queue for food, wash his own plate, clothes and sweep the surroundings. He was allotted number 697 while his brother-in-law Srinivasa Reddy is prisoner number 696."
Sep 8, 2011 Top 10 Amar Singh controversies: "The politician and Anil Ambani, chairperson of Reliance ADAG, are friends but critics allege their relationship goes deeper. In a tape leaked by newspapers and magazines, the businessman is allegedly hear offering "Rs 20-25 crore" to fix a deal."
Sep 8, 2011 If Maya apologises will get her footwear: Assange
Sep 8, 2011 CWG: Over Rs 340 cr spent on installing security system
Sep 8, 2011 Cash-for-vote scam: Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh jailed: "In a dramatic turn of events in the sensational 2008 cash-for-vote scam, Rajya Sabha member Amar Singh was today arrested when he made a surprise appearance in a local court after first claiming he was too ill to attend proceedings."
Sep 8, 2011 DAY IN PICS - VVIPs lodged at Tihar: "Former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh is the latest VIP to land in Tihar Jail after a Delhi court rejected his bail plea in the cash-for-vote scam."
Sep 8, 2011 With Amar Singh, list of Tihar's who's who grows longer: "Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh was Tuesday headed to Tihar Jail on charges of corruption, the latest in a long line of high profile politicians and corporate honchos to be housed in the sprawling prison complex in west Delhi."
Sep 8, 2011 Cash-for-votes scam: Amar Singh arrested
Sep 8, 2011 Send your private jet to collect me: Assange to Maya
Sep 8, 2011 Exclusive visuals of AI plane's damaged tyres: "6th close shave this week"
Sep 8, 2011 Janardhana Reddy supporters force bandh in Bellary
Sep 8, 2011 Sharad Pawar forgot few zeroes while declaring assets: BJP: "Ridiculing the disclosure of assets by union cabinet ministers, the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Goa said agriculture minister Sharad Pawar must have "forgotten to add a few zeroes". Pawar disclosed his assets to be worth Rs 12 crore."
Sep 8, 2011 Assange hits back at Mayawati: Send your private jet to collect me: ""Should she fail to do so, she is welcome to send her private jet to England to collect me, where I have been detained against my will, under house arrest, for the last 272 days. I would be happy to accept asylum, political asylum, in India--a nation I love. In return, I will bring Mayawati a range of the finest British footwear.""
Sep 8, 2011 Amar Singh arrested in cash-for-votes scam: "Former Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh was on Tuesday arrested for his alleged involvement in the cash-for-vote scam."
Sep 8, 2011 Rahul Gandhi heckled by victims' relatives at RML hospital: "'Rahul Gandhi Sharam karo, Rahul Gandhi vapas jao'"
Sep 8, 2011 Congress submits charge sheet against Naveen govt to President: "Starting from two-year old mining scam to recently surfaced cases such as irregularities in rural job guarantee and mid-day meal cases, the opposition party said, “the rule of law has become the greatest casualty”."
Sep 8, 2011 India moves to clean up mining: "Indian authorities this week arrested Janardhana Reddy, a former government minister and a billionaire mining magnate from the southern state of Karnataka, on charges of illegal iron-ore mining. Investigators say they recovered "incriminating documents" - along with US$1 million (Dh3.67m) of cash, 30 kg of gold, a Rolls-Royce Phantom and a helicopter - after raiding his properties in Bellary, a district endowed with rich deposits of iron ore exported around the world."
Sep 8, 2011 The heart of the problem Jagdish Bhagwati: "Corruption in India, whose absence was among the hallmarks of Indian political virtue in the 1950s, has broken out like the devastating bubonic plague of the mid-14th century. But if it is to be attacked effectively, we need to distinguish between two forms of corruption. First, corruption is rampant at the level of politicians selling licences and top bureaucrats using their discretion to get perks in kind."
Sep 8, 2011 Corruption cuts across party lines in Kashmir, reveals WikiLeaks: "SRINAGAR Politics in Kashmir is “as filthy as Dal lake” and corruption cuts across party lines, according to leaked US diplomatic cables from India released by Wikileaks."
Sep 8, 2011 CITU demands amendment of J&K Accountability Act: "The Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) on Tuesday demanded amendment of the Jammu and Kashmir Accountability Commission Act and Rules to give more teeth to the anti-graft State Accountability Commission (SAC) for weeding out corruption in the state."
Sep 8, 2011 Indian mining tycoons arrested in corruption crackdown: "Police escort mining baron and former Karnataka state minister Janardhana Reddy to jail in Hyderabad"
Sep 8, 2011 Indian police arrest MP in 'cash-for-votes' scam
Sep 7, 2011 Clear air on scams: BJP to Mayawati: "The BJP on Tuesday dared Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati to either lodge a case against it for "exposing 1,000 scams" of her government or clear the air by replying to it point-wise."
Sep 7, 2011 The Locked-Up Politicians
Sep 7, 2011 List of Politicians who are cooling their heels in jail: "the scam tainted politicians who seem to be walking to jail every other day"
Sep 6, 2011 Jagan denies link as case gets 100-cr Luxembourg twist: "they have evidence that a sum of Rs 100 crore allegedly belonging to Kadapa MP Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy moved through a bank in Luxembourg."
Sep 6, 2011 With Amar, glamour quotient at a high in Tihar Jail: "Glamour quotient is at a high in Tihar Jail as it has never seen so many VIPs together and it now houses 2G accused A Raja, Sanjay Chandra, DMK MP Kanimozhi along with CWG accused Suresh Kalmadi and now cash-for-votes scam accused Amar Singh. Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh is the sixth MP and the latest VIP entrant in Asia's largest prison, the Tihar Jail."
Sep 5, 2011 Links with Jagan out in the open: "The multi-crore labyrinthian financial network that the Reddy brothers had established with the late Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, former AP chief minister, and his son Jaganmohan Reddy across the border has been unearthed by CBI sleuths."
Sep 5, 2011 Reddys in CBI net, lodged in Hyderabad jail: "The agency on Monday arrested former Karnataka tourism minister and BJP MLA Janardhan Reddy and his brother-in-law Srinivasa Reddy."
Sep 5, 2011 Is Jaganmohan Reddy next in line to be arrested?: "YSR Congress president and Kadapa MP Jaganmohan Reddy could be next in the CBI net after suspected links to arrested Karnataka BJP leader and mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy,"
Sep 5, 2011 Jayalalithaa may have to appear in court in corruption case Read more at: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/jayalalithaa-may-have-to-appear-in-court-in-corruption-case-131389&cp: "She is accused of collecting assets disproportionate to her income during 1991 to 1996, during an earlier term as Chief Minister."
Sep 5, 2011 Corruption has grown under BSP rule: BJP
Sep 5, 2011 'हैंगर में टँगे सूट की तरह हैं राहुल': "राहुल गाँधी को चार साल पहले जब एक प्रमुख राजनीतिक पद दिया गया था तो उस समय वह 'हैंगर में टँगे हुए सूट की तरह थे'. राजनीतिक संदर्भ में ये मुहावरा ऐसे नेता के लिए इस्तेमाल किया जाता है जिसका कोई ख़ास प्रभाव न हो.", ""ऐसा करने के लिए उन्हें प्रतिबद्धता, गहरी समझ और व्यावहारिक ज्ञान दिखाना होगा. उन्हें उस मैले और बेदर्द काम में अपने हाथ गंदे करने होंगे जिसे भारतीय राजनीति कहा जाता है.""
Sep 5, 2011 'रिपब्लिक ऑफ़ बेल्लारी' से जेल तक: "अवैध रूप से लौह अयस्क के खनन और स्मगलिंग जैसे कई आरोपों में कर्नाटक के 43-वर्षीय पूर्व मंत्री जनार्दन रेड्डी की गिरफ़्तारी के साथ ही कर्नाटक के बेल्लारी और आंध्र प्रदेश के अनंतपुर ज़िलों में खनन में हुए महाघोटाले पर अब सबका ध्यान केंद्रित हो गया है."
Sep 5, 2011 Reddy arrest: Cong targets BJP; Jagan in trouble: "The arrests came at a time the CBI seems to be closing in on Jagan Reddy the Congress's biggest rival in Andhra."
Sep 5, 2011 'मायावती अव्वल दर्जे की अति अहंकारी': "भारत में अमरीकी दूतावास ने उत्तर प्रदेश की मुख्यमंत्री मायावती को 'अव्वल दर्जे की अति अहंकारी' बताया है जिन पर प्रधानमंत्री बनने की धुन सवार है."
Sep 5, 2011 BBC: Wikileaks: India's Mayawati 'sent jet to collect shoes' : "The chief minister of India's Uttar Pradesh state sent an empty private jet to get a pair of sandals from Mumbai,", "In the last few years, huge concrete parks have been built in the state capital, Lucknow, and Noida, a Delhi suburb, with scores of massive stone statues of Ms Mayawati dotting the landscape. Statues of political leaders are generally put up posthumously, but Ms Mayawati says that belief is outdated."
Sep 5, 2011 Politics in Kashmir as ''filthy'' as Dal lake: US cable: "Politics in Kashmir is ''as filthy as Dal lake'' and corruption cuts across party lines, according to leaked US diplomatic cables from India released by Wikileaks."
Sep 5, 2011 BJP came to power in Karnataka through slush money: Congress: "Congress in Karnataka today alleged that the BJP hoisted its first government in the south only with the help of money gained through illegal mining and demanded that investigation into the multi-crore scam be handed over to CBI."
Sep 5, 2011 Tehelka scam: Bangaru's aide spills beans: "Former BJP president Bangaru Laxman's private secretary at the time of the Tehelka sting operation on him in 2000-2001, T Satyamurthy, recently told a special CBI court that his former boss had "confirmed" having received Rs 1 lakh from a Tehelka reporter. Not only this, Satyamurthy said Laxman also told him to follow up payment of the balance (Rs 4 lakh) in exchange for his help in a fake defence deal when the NDA was in power at the Centre."
Sep 5, 2011 Is the Reddy arrest tip of a mega mining scam?: "Rajdeep sardesai asks if the Reddy arrest is the tip of a mega mining scam."
Sep 5, 2011 Mining czar Reddy held in early morning swoop: "Janardhan faces various criminal charges related to the Andhra Pradesh branch of the two state multi billion dollar mining empire he runs with family and two brothers, popularly called the Bellary brothers. In the morning, CBI officials drove Janardhan, an OMC director, to Hyderabad — more than 500 km northeast of Bangalore — in his own Toyota Innova, an Indian flag on its hood carefully wrapped up. The CBI seized Janardhan’s private helicopter, named “Rukmini”, some cars, froze bank accounts, and took away a laptop, a diary and other documents from his home in Bangalore."
Sep 5, 2011 Janardhana Reddy: Mining baron lived life kingsize: "From 7-star luxury to Chanchalguda prison in Hyderabad. From owning helicopters, lying in his indoor swimming pool and watching movies on an expansive 70mm screen close by, former minister and MLC G Janardhana Reddy lived like a king."
Sep 5, 2011 Mining czar Janardhana Reddy, kin get 14-day judicial custody: "Mining czar and former Karnataka Minister G Janardhana Reddy and Managing Director of Obalapuram Mining Company B V Srinivas Reddy were today arrested by CBI after searches at their premises allegedly led to seizure of over 30 kg of gold and more than Rs 4.5 crore in cash."
Sep 5, 2011 Black money: Jethmalani lashes out at govt
Sep 5, 2011 Digvijay should be admitted to mental hospital: Anna Hazare: ""I have said this earlier also that people like Singh should be put in 'Yeravada', (a well known place in Pune housing a government mental hospital),""
Sep 5, 2011 Janardhana Reddy sent to jail; Rs 3cr cash, 30 kg gold seized: "Former Karnataka minister and mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy and managing director of Obulapuram Mining Company Srinivasa Reddy have been sent to jail. The court forwarded the two to 14-day judicial custody.", "Several IAS, IFS officers also will be questioned in connection with illegal mining at Obulapuram and some of them are expected to be arrested today."
Sep 5, 2011 Janardhana Reddy sent to jail; Rs 3cr cash, 30 kg gold seized: "Former Karnataka minister and mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy and managing director of Obulapuram Mining Company Srinivasa Reddy have been sent to jail. The court forwarded the two to 14-day judicial custody."
Sep 5, 2011 Mayawati sent empty jet to Mumbai for sandals: WikiLeaks: "Maya, a paranoid dictator", "corruption institutionalized under her", "Rival mafia gangs shooting eact other in the streets while vying for dominance characterized the SP's rule."
Sep 4, 2011 Karnataka's mining kingpin Janardhana Reddy arrested: "The CBI today arrested mining baron and former minister G Janardhan Reddy and Managing Director of Obalapuram Mining Company B V Srinivas Reddy"
Sep 4, 2011 Karnataka: CBI arrests Bellary Reddys: "The Reddy brothers have been indicted in the Lokayukta report on illegal mining."
Sep 4, 2011 CBI arrests mining czar Janardhana Reddy: "The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday arrested mining baron and former minister G Janardhan Reddy and Managing Director of Obalapuram Mining Company (OMC) B V Srinivas Reddy after conducting raids at their premises."
Sep 4, 2011 Illegal mining case: CBI arrests former Karnataka minister Janardhana Reddy: "CBI arrested former Karnataka tourism minister and mining czar G Janardhana Reddy in connection with the illegal mining case"
Sep 4, 2011 BBC: India mining scam: Former Karnataka minister arrested: "G Janardhana Reddy, who is also a mining businessman, had been named in an anti-corruption report that alleged the scam cost the exchequer more than $3bn (£1.8bn) between 2006 and 2010.", "An ombudsman report on mining in Karnataka has found that the promoters of privately owned mining companies in the Bellary region - where most of the mines are located - paid off politicians, and then joined politics themselves, rising to positions of power in the state government."
Sep 4, 2011 A $31 Billion Loss Creates the Biggest Tea Party: William Pesek: "While that’s a big figure anywhere, it’s appalling in a nation in which 76 percent of its 1.2 billion people live on less than $2 a day."
Sep 4, 2011 LA Times: India's Anna Hazare, from village activist to national campaigner: "Anna Hazare started out as a grass-roots activist in Ralegan Siddhi, but now he is an anti-corruption crusader tackling the Indian political establishment."
Sep 4, 2011 Boot on other foot: Maken’s ministry lacks transparency - BCCI is unaware how a Rs 50 crore grant has been utilised
Sep 4, 2011 MLA pay hike amid silent protests: "Jharkhand’s MLAs will soon take home twice their current earnings as the Assembly today passed five bills seeking amendments to this effect to the legislation concerning their salaries."
Sep 3, 2011 AP infant deaths: Govt admits flaws in hospital: "10 babie die in 48 hours", "incubators are shared", "The government earlier gave a clean chit to the hospital, but has now taken a U-turn."
Sep 3, 2011 Polscape: "he’s also hit out at YSR Congress chief Jaganmohan Reddy’s incredible leap in fortunes in the last few years. Naidu pointed out that after 32 years in politics, he had one rundown house in his constituency Kuppam and a three-bedroom house in Jubilee Hills, Secunderabad. “Compare this to Jagan’s palace near Lotus Pond with 64 rooms, 12 lifts, a cinema theatre, not to talk of his huge properties in Bangalore and Pulivendula,” Naidu informed the crowds. Certainly, no comparison this. About allegations that he himself owns a hotel in Singapore"
Sep 3, 2011 Lizard found in mid-day meal, kids affected: "Forty-four students from Sarvodaya Vidyalaya for Girls in Mohan Garden, west Delhi, were taken to DDU Hospital when they complained of nausea, abdominal pain and dizziness after a lizard was found in their mid-day meal."
Sep 3, 2011 'India was never serious about Headley extradition': "national security adviser M K Narayanan had told then US ambassador to India Timothy Roemer that New Delhi's demand for extraditing Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headley was mere posturing to mislead the Indian public, and the government was not seeking his extradition"
Sep 3, 2011 Putting scam money to good use: "The biggest scam that unfortunately doesn't get classified as one is that food enough to feed 100 million people rots in government warehouses."
Sep 3, 2011 Chidambaram not telling truth about my arrest: Anna: "Anna Hazare lashed out at the UPA government for arresting him before his fast and asked people not to allow the torch of the second "battle of independence" to be extinguished as more "repeated shocks" can only ensure a corruption-free India."
Sep 3, 2011 India graft campaigner urges more 'shocks' for govt
Sep 3, 2011 Support for India's scandal-hit govt collapses: poll: "The popularity of India's embattled Congress-led government, buffeted by corruption, high inflation and slowing economic growth, has fallen sharply among voters"
Sep 3, 2011 Wall Street Journal: India Says No to $80 Toilet Paper : "A year ago, no one in India could have imagined that cabinet ministers, powerful politicians, senior officials and CEOs would be in jail now, awaiting trial for corruption."
Sep 3, 2011 Bhushan, Kejriwal dare govt on ‘smear campaign’: "Justice Santosh Hegde said that the IT notice on Kejriwal was an instance of ‘harassment’ by the government. Speaking to media, shortly after news of the notice became public, Justice Hegde said that the timing seemed ‘vindictive’."
Sep 3, 2011 Lokpal not enough to check corruption: Karat: "the UPA government of being the “most corrupt” in Independent India with “a scam being unearthed every single day”"
Sep 3, 2011 'My Alleged Dues To The Government': "The RTI and Lokpal activist says he resigned his job in 2006 and had not heard anything from the government since 2007 till he suddenly received a notice dated 5 August 2011 for Rs 9,29,787/"
Sep 3, 2011 Gogoi, minister faceoff over scam allegation: "Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi here on Friday said that he is going to call an explanation from senior Cabinet minister Ardhendu Dey for accusing him of delaying a file of `270 crores scam in the irrigation department of Assam."
Sep 3, 2011 Govt will not implement Lokayukta mining report: Hegde : "Former Karnataka Lokayukta N Santosh Hegde today said he does not believe the Government would implement his report on illegal mining as "many skeletons will fall off (its) cupboard"."
Sep 3, 2011 Andhra Pradesh: 10 infants dead in 48 hours: " The families allege the hospital failed to repair dysfunctional ventilators inspite of repeated complaints."
Sep 3, 2011 Government trying to defame me, says Ramdev: "The ED on Thursday registered a foreign exchange violation case against Ramdev and his trust."
Sep 3, 2011 Manmohan's crorepati Cabinet declares assets: "While Kamal Nath is the richest with assets worth Rs 263 crore, AK Antony is the poorest."
Sep 3, 2011 Manmohan Singh's crorepati Cabinet declares assets: "Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath and his family are worth a whopping Rs 263 crore."
Sep 2, 2011 Prashant Bhushan gets breach of privilege notice: "Prashant Bhushan has been slapped with the breach of privilege notice for alleging that MPs take bribes to pass laws."
Sep 2, 2011 Anna Hazare spits fire at govt, dubs it cunning: ""He is not speaking the truth. He is the real 'khodsal' (mischief-maker) behind my arrest even before I could start my fast. The DIG told me that they (cops) got orders from the top," Hazare said. "This government consists of a mob of "labaad" (cunning) people,""
Sep 2, 2011 Team Anna accuses Govt of targetting its members: "back to the dirty tricks"
Sep 2, 2011 Govt systematically targetting Team Anna: Bedi: "Kiran Bedi told CNN-IBN that she's prepared to go to jail, but won't apologise for her MPs act at Ramlila Maidan."
Sep 2, 2011 Hegde moots auditing to assess performance of lawmakers: "Taking on a section of political class which questioned the need for civil society to contribute in law-making, Team Anna member N Santosh Hegde today sought annual auditing of Parliamentarians to assess their performance."
Sep 2, 2011 Chidambaram is a liar, says Anna Hazare: ""Home Minister is a liar, he does not speak the truth,""
Sep 2, 2011 Yeddyurappa, son appear in Lokayukta court, bail hearing Sept 7: "former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa and his son appeared in the Lokayukta Special Court today in connection with alleged irregularities in the denotification of land."
Sep 2, 2011 Govt back to dirty tricks, is coming after us: Team Anna: "the government was back to its “dirty tricks department” and that officials were pressurised by “political bosses” to act against them."
Sep 2, 2011 P Chidambaram is a mischief maker, says Anna Hazare: "asked people not to allow the torch of the second "battle of independence" to be extinguished as more "repeated shocks" can only ensure a corruption-free India. "This government consists of a mob of 'labaad' (cunning) people."
Sep 1, 2011 Netas with corruption charges unmasked: "Three Shiv Sena corporators — Prabhakar Shinde, Mohan Lokegaonkar and Shubhada Gudekar — face corruption charges. Information sought under the Right to Information Act from the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has revealed that 10 elected people’s representatives — two MLAs and eight corporators — are facing inquiries over corruption charges. Of the eight corporators, three are from the Shiv Sena, two belong to the Congress (Alijan Suleman Sheikh, Khan Rahebar Raja) and one each from the NCP (Sharad Shivkumar Pawar), BJP (Vishwanath Maske) and MNS (Parameshwar Kadam)."
Sep 1, 2011 Treat me like Anna Hazare: Irom Sharmila to PM: "Manipur's iron lady Irom Sharmila is on fast for the past 11 years to demand the repeal of the AFPSA."
Sep 1, 2011 NDA violated norms in alloting 2G, says CBI: "CBI today told the Supreme Court that probe in the 2G spectrum allocation scam has shown ''violation'' of norms during NDA regime when late Pramod Mahajan and Arun Shourie were the telecom ministers and said the then Finance Minister Jaswant Singh would be examined."
Aug 31, 2011 Govt drags feet on joining US-led initiative to empower people India, chooses supremacy of Parliament over open govt: "New Delhi has been dragging its feet on taking part in a US-backed multilateral initiative to promote transparency, citizens’ empowerment and fighting corruption."
Aug 31, 2011 Domestic advice for global treaties: "Delhi had rushed to ratify the UN Convention against Corruption — one of the last UN member states to do so — in May this year. The government’s hurried ratification was aimed at deflecting criticism from Anna Hazare and his associates."
Aug 31, 2011 Attend to this fast: "The AFSPA gives the armed forces the power to shoot-at-sight or arrest without warrant. It provides legal immunity to the armed forces operating in the northeast. It is this draconian law that Sharmila wants repealed."
Aug 31, 2011 Teaching a hard lesson: "Shehla Masood was killed in Bhopal recently, yet another RTI activist who lost her life in the battle against corruption. The Lokayukta report has brought down the chief minister in Karnataka. A high court judge is being impeached in Parliament. The Comptroller and Auditor General and the Supreme Court are in hot pursuit of mega scams. The CBI has charge-sheeted and locked up top executive honchos, MPs, even a cabinet minister. India is at war against corruption."
Aug 31, 2011 New York Times: The Politics of Scorning Politicians: "when a tired old man ended his hunger strike by consuming coconut water laced with honey, the humiliation of the Indian government was complete. It was a dramatic but predictable end to a festive anti-corruption campaign that most of the Indian news media considered a revolution."
Aug 31, 2011 Clean up your house first: Thakre to Gadkari
Aug 31, 2011 Statement of Leader of the house on the setting up a Lok Pal: Smt. Sushma Swaraj: 27.08.2011
Aug 31, 2011 BSY, HDK unite to weaken cases?: "Did former chief ministers and arch-rivals B.S. Yeddyurappa and H.D. Kumaraswamy attempt a hush-hush deal to weaken cases against each other in the Lokayukta court?"
Aug 31, 2011 Land grab charge: Former DMK minister Ponmudi arrested: "The land allotted for children's park and community hall was tendered out without proper authorisation and the Siga Educational Trust, belonging to Ponmudi, took over the land.", "Ponmudi is the fourth DMK minister to be arrested in land grab charges after AIADMK came to power in May."
Aug 31, 2011 1 lakh bribe in cheque for Kapil Sibal: "HRD Minister Kapil Sibal has received a cheque of Rs 1 lakh as bribe for appointing a person as registrar of a central university in Jharkhand."
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Sep 8, 2011 Amar Singh to be lodged in Tihar's jail number 3: "He is the sixth MP to be lodged inside Tihar Prisons after Rajya Sabha MP Kanimozhi, former telecom minister A Raja, sacked CWG OC chairman Suresh Kalmadi, former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda and former Madhepura MP Pappu Yadav."
Sep 8, 2011 Cash-for-votes: Amar Singh, 2 others sent to jail: "Rajya Sabha MP and former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh has been sent to 13-day judicial custody in the cash-for-votes scam."
Sep 8, 2011 Tycoon tamed: Reddy cools his heels in cell: "Mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy, one of India's richest politicians, spent his first night at the Chanchalguda Central Jail like an ordinary prisoner, sleeping on the floor with other undertrials, an official said Tuesday. The high-profile former Karnataka minister, who is said to fly in his helicopter from Bellary to Bangalore only to have breakfast, had to make do with rice, dal and vegetarian curry for dinner. Breakfast was khichdi for both Janardhana Reddy and his brother-in-law Srinivasa Reddy, who were arrested Monday for alleged illegal mining. Accustomed to a luxurious life in his palatial bungalows, Janardhana Reddy is now sharing crammed accommodation and getting ordinary jail food. Like other undertrials, Janardhana Reddy will have to stand in queue for food, wash his own plate, clothes and sweep the surroundings. He was allotted number 697 while his brother-in-law Srinivasa Reddy is prisoner number 696."
Sep 8, 2011 Top 10 Amar Singh controversies: "The politician and Anil Ambani, chairperson of Reliance ADAG, are friends but critics allege their relationship goes deeper. In a tape leaked by newspapers and magazines, the businessman is allegedly hear offering "Rs 20-25 crore" to fix a deal."
Sep 8, 2011 If Maya apologises will get her footwear: Assange
Sep 8, 2011 CWG: Over Rs 340 cr spent on installing security system
Sep 8, 2011 Cash-for-vote scam: Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh jailed: "In a dramatic turn of events in the sensational 2008 cash-for-vote scam, Rajya Sabha member Amar Singh was today arrested when he made a surprise appearance in a local court after first claiming he was too ill to attend proceedings."
Sep 8, 2011 DAY IN PICS - VVIPs lodged at Tihar: "Former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh is the latest VIP to land in Tihar Jail after a Delhi court rejected his bail plea in the cash-for-vote scam."
Sep 8, 2011 With Amar Singh, list of Tihar's who's who grows longer: "Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh was Tuesday headed to Tihar Jail on charges of corruption, the latest in a long line of high profile politicians and corporate honchos to be housed in the sprawling prison complex in west Delhi."
Sep 8, 2011 Cash-for-votes scam: Amar Singh arrested
Sep 8, 2011 Send your private jet to collect me: Assange to Maya
Sep 8, 2011 Exclusive visuals of AI plane's damaged tyres: "6th close shave this week"
Sep 8, 2011 Janardhana Reddy supporters force bandh in Bellary
Sep 8, 2011 Sharad Pawar forgot few zeroes while declaring assets: BJP: "Ridiculing the disclosure of assets by union cabinet ministers, the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Goa said agriculture minister Sharad Pawar must have "forgotten to add a few zeroes". Pawar disclosed his assets to be worth Rs 12 crore."
Sep 8, 2011 Assange hits back at Mayawati: Send your private jet to collect me: ""Should she fail to do so, she is welcome to send her private jet to England to collect me, where I have been detained against my will, under house arrest, for the last 272 days. I would be happy to accept asylum, political asylum, in India--a nation I love. In return, I will bring Mayawati a range of the finest British footwear.""
Sep 8, 2011 Amar Singh arrested in cash-for-votes scam: "Former Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh was on Tuesday arrested for his alleged involvement in the cash-for-vote scam."
Sep 8, 2011 Rahul Gandhi heckled by victims' relatives at RML hospital: "'Rahul Gandhi Sharam karo, Rahul Gandhi vapas jao'"
Sep 8, 2011 Congress submits charge sheet against Naveen govt to President: "Starting from two-year old mining scam to recently surfaced cases such as irregularities in rural job guarantee and mid-day meal cases, the opposition party said, “the rule of law has become the greatest casualty”."
Sep 8, 2011 India moves to clean up mining: "Indian authorities this week arrested Janardhana Reddy, a former government minister and a billionaire mining magnate from the southern state of Karnataka, on charges of illegal iron-ore mining. Investigators say they recovered "incriminating documents" - along with US$1 million (Dh3.67m) of cash, 30 kg of gold, a Rolls-Royce Phantom and a helicopter - after raiding his properties in Bellary, a district endowed with rich deposits of iron ore exported around the world."
Sep 8, 2011 The heart of the problem Jagdish Bhagwati: "Corruption in India, whose absence was among the hallmarks of Indian political virtue in the 1950s, has broken out like the devastating bubonic plague of the mid-14th century. But if it is to be attacked effectively, we need to distinguish between two forms of corruption. First, corruption is rampant at the level of politicians selling licences and top bureaucrats using their discretion to get perks in kind."
Sep 8, 2011 Corruption cuts across party lines in Kashmir, reveals WikiLeaks: "SRINAGAR Politics in Kashmir is “as filthy as Dal lake” and corruption cuts across party lines, according to leaked US diplomatic cables from India released by Wikileaks."
Sep 8, 2011 CITU demands amendment of J&K Accountability Act: "The Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) on Tuesday demanded amendment of the Jammu and Kashmir Accountability Commission Act and Rules to give more teeth to the anti-graft State Accountability Commission (SAC) for weeding out corruption in the state."
Sep 8, 2011 Indian mining tycoons arrested in corruption crackdown: "Police escort mining baron and former Karnataka state minister Janardhana Reddy to jail in Hyderabad"
Sep 8, 2011 Indian police arrest MP in 'cash-for-votes' scam
Sep 7, 2011 Clear air on scams: BJP to Mayawati: "The BJP on Tuesday dared Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati to either lodge a case against it for "exposing 1,000 scams" of her government or clear the air by replying to it point-wise."
Sep 7, 2011 The Locked-Up Politicians
Sep 7, 2011 List of Politicians who are cooling their heels in jail: "the scam tainted politicians who seem to be walking to jail every other day"
Sep 6, 2011 Jagan denies link as case gets 100-cr Luxembourg twist: "they have evidence that a sum of Rs 100 crore allegedly belonging to Kadapa MP Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy moved through a bank in Luxembourg."
Sep 6, 2011 With Amar, glamour quotient at a high in Tihar Jail: "Glamour quotient is at a high in Tihar Jail as it has never seen so many VIPs together and it now houses 2G accused A Raja, Sanjay Chandra, DMK MP Kanimozhi along with CWG accused Suresh Kalmadi and now cash-for-votes scam accused Amar Singh. Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh is the sixth MP and the latest VIP entrant in Asia's largest prison, the Tihar Jail."
Sep 5, 2011 Links with Jagan out in the open: "The multi-crore labyrinthian financial network that the Reddy brothers had established with the late Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, former AP chief minister, and his son Jaganmohan Reddy across the border has been unearthed by CBI sleuths."
Sep 5, 2011 Reddys in CBI net, lodged in Hyderabad jail: "The agency on Monday arrested former Karnataka tourism minister and BJP MLA Janardhan Reddy and his brother-in-law Srinivasa Reddy."
Sep 5, 2011 Is Jaganmohan Reddy next in line to be arrested?: "YSR Congress president and Kadapa MP Jaganmohan Reddy could be next in the CBI net after suspected links to arrested Karnataka BJP leader and mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy,"
Sep 5, 2011 Jayalalithaa may have to appear in court in corruption case Read more at: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/jayalalithaa-may-have-to-appear-in-court-in-corruption-case-131389&cp: "She is accused of collecting assets disproportionate to her income during 1991 to 1996, during an earlier term as Chief Minister."
Sep 5, 2011 Corruption has grown under BSP rule: BJP
Sep 5, 2011 'हैंगर में टँगे सूट की तरह हैं राहुल': "राहुल गाँधी को चार साल पहले जब एक प्रमुख राजनीतिक पद दिया गया था तो उस समय वह 'हैंगर में टँगे हुए सूट की तरह थे'. राजनीतिक संदर्भ में ये मुहावरा ऐसे नेता के लिए इस्तेमाल किया जाता है जिसका कोई ख़ास प्रभाव न हो.", ""ऐसा करने के लिए उन्हें प्रतिबद्धता, गहरी समझ और व्यावहारिक ज्ञान दिखाना होगा. उन्हें उस मैले और बेदर्द काम में अपने हाथ गंदे करने होंगे जिसे भारतीय राजनीति कहा जाता है.""
Sep 5, 2011 'रिपब्लिक ऑफ़ बेल्लारी' से जेल तक: "अवैध रूप से लौह अयस्क के खनन और स्मगलिंग जैसे कई आरोपों में कर्नाटक के 43-वर्षीय पूर्व मंत्री जनार्दन रेड्डी की गिरफ़्तारी के साथ ही कर्नाटक के बेल्लारी और आंध्र प्रदेश के अनंतपुर ज़िलों में खनन में हुए महाघोटाले पर अब सबका ध्यान केंद्रित हो गया है."
Sep 5, 2011 Reddy arrest: Cong targets BJP; Jagan in trouble: "The arrests came at a time the CBI seems to be closing in on Jagan Reddy the Congress's biggest rival in Andhra."
Sep 5, 2011 'मायावती अव्वल दर्जे की अति अहंकारी': "भारत में अमरीकी दूतावास ने उत्तर प्रदेश की मुख्यमंत्री मायावती को 'अव्वल दर्जे की अति अहंकारी' बताया है जिन पर प्रधानमंत्री बनने की धुन सवार है."
Sep 5, 2011 BBC: Wikileaks: India's Mayawati 'sent jet to collect shoes' : "The chief minister of India's Uttar Pradesh state sent an empty private jet to get a pair of sandals from Mumbai,", "In the last few years, huge concrete parks have been built in the state capital, Lucknow, and Noida, a Delhi suburb, with scores of massive stone statues of Ms Mayawati dotting the landscape. Statues of political leaders are generally put up posthumously, but Ms Mayawati says that belief is outdated."
Sep 5, 2011 Politics in Kashmir as ''filthy'' as Dal lake: US cable: "Politics in Kashmir is ''as filthy as Dal lake'' and corruption cuts across party lines, according to leaked US diplomatic cables from India released by Wikileaks."
Sep 5, 2011 BJP came to power in Karnataka through slush money: Congress: "Congress in Karnataka today alleged that the BJP hoisted its first government in the south only with the help of money gained through illegal mining and demanded that investigation into the multi-crore scam be handed over to CBI."
Sep 5, 2011 Tehelka scam: Bangaru's aide spills beans: "Former BJP president Bangaru Laxman's private secretary at the time of the Tehelka sting operation on him in 2000-2001, T Satyamurthy, recently told a special CBI court that his former boss had "confirmed" having received Rs 1 lakh from a Tehelka reporter. Not only this, Satyamurthy said Laxman also told him to follow up payment of the balance (Rs 4 lakh) in exchange for his help in a fake defence deal when the NDA was in power at the Centre."
Sep 5, 2011 Is the Reddy arrest tip of a mega mining scam?: "Rajdeep sardesai asks if the Reddy arrest is the tip of a mega mining scam."
Sep 5, 2011 Mining czar Reddy held in early morning swoop: "Janardhan faces various criminal charges related to the Andhra Pradesh branch of the two state multi billion dollar mining empire he runs with family and two brothers, popularly called the Bellary brothers. In the morning, CBI officials drove Janardhan, an OMC director, to Hyderabad — more than 500 km northeast of Bangalore — in his own Toyota Innova, an Indian flag on its hood carefully wrapped up. The CBI seized Janardhan’s private helicopter, named “Rukmini”, some cars, froze bank accounts, and took away a laptop, a diary and other documents from his home in Bangalore."
Sep 5, 2011 Janardhana Reddy: Mining baron lived life kingsize: "From 7-star luxury to Chanchalguda prison in Hyderabad. From owning helicopters, lying in his indoor swimming pool and watching movies on an expansive 70mm screen close by, former minister and MLC G Janardhana Reddy lived like a king."
Sep 5, 2011 Mining czar Janardhana Reddy, kin get 14-day judicial custody: "Mining czar and former Karnataka Minister G Janardhana Reddy and Managing Director of Obalapuram Mining Company B V Srinivas Reddy were today arrested by CBI after searches at their premises allegedly led to seizure of over 30 kg of gold and more than Rs 4.5 crore in cash."
Sep 5, 2011 Black money: Jethmalani lashes out at govt
Sep 5, 2011 Digvijay should be admitted to mental hospital: Anna Hazare: ""I have said this earlier also that people like Singh should be put in 'Yeravada', (a well known place in Pune housing a government mental hospital),""
Sep 5, 2011 Janardhana Reddy sent to jail; Rs 3cr cash, 30 kg gold seized: "Former Karnataka minister and mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy and managing director of Obulapuram Mining Company Srinivasa Reddy have been sent to jail. The court forwarded the two to 14-day judicial custody.", "Several IAS, IFS officers also will be questioned in connection with illegal mining at Obulapuram and some of them are expected to be arrested today."
Sep 5, 2011 Janardhana Reddy sent to jail; Rs 3cr cash, 30 kg gold seized: "Former Karnataka minister and mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy and managing director of Obulapuram Mining Company Srinivasa Reddy have been sent to jail. The court forwarded the two to 14-day judicial custody."
Sep 5, 2011 Mayawati sent empty jet to Mumbai for sandals: WikiLeaks: "Maya, a paranoid dictator", "corruption institutionalized under her", "Rival mafia gangs shooting eact other in the streets while vying for dominance characterized the SP's rule."
Sep 4, 2011 Karnataka's mining kingpin Janardhana Reddy arrested: "The CBI today arrested mining baron and former minister G Janardhan Reddy and Managing Director of Obalapuram Mining Company B V Srinivas Reddy"
Sep 4, 2011 Karnataka: CBI arrests Bellary Reddys: "The Reddy brothers have been indicted in the Lokayukta report on illegal mining."
Sep 4, 2011 CBI arrests mining czar Janardhana Reddy: "The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday arrested mining baron and former minister G Janardhan Reddy and Managing Director of Obalapuram Mining Company (OMC) B V Srinivas Reddy after conducting raids at their premises."
Sep 4, 2011 Illegal mining case: CBI arrests former Karnataka minister Janardhana Reddy: "CBI arrested former Karnataka tourism minister and mining czar G Janardhana Reddy in connection with the illegal mining case"
Sep 4, 2011 BBC: India mining scam: Former Karnataka minister arrested: "G Janardhana Reddy, who is also a mining businessman, had been named in an anti-corruption report that alleged the scam cost the exchequer more than $3bn (£1.8bn) between 2006 and 2010.", "An ombudsman report on mining in Karnataka has found that the promoters of privately owned mining companies in the Bellary region - where most of the mines are located - paid off politicians, and then joined politics themselves, rising to positions of power in the state government."
Sep 4, 2011 A $31 Billion Loss Creates the Biggest Tea Party: William Pesek: "While that’s a big figure anywhere, it’s appalling in a nation in which 76 percent of its 1.2 billion people live on less than $2 a day."
Sep 4, 2011 LA Times: India's Anna Hazare, from village activist to national campaigner: "Anna Hazare started out as a grass-roots activist in Ralegan Siddhi, but now he is an anti-corruption crusader tackling the Indian political establishment."
Sep 4, 2011 Boot on other foot: Maken’s ministry lacks transparency - BCCI is unaware how a Rs 50 crore grant has been utilised
Sep 4, 2011 MLA pay hike amid silent protests: "Jharkhand’s MLAs will soon take home twice their current earnings as the Assembly today passed five bills seeking amendments to this effect to the legislation concerning their salaries."
Sep 3, 2011 AP infant deaths: Govt admits flaws in hospital: "10 babie die in 48 hours", "incubators are shared", "The government earlier gave a clean chit to the hospital, but has now taken a U-turn."
Sep 3, 2011 Polscape: "he’s also hit out at YSR Congress chief Jaganmohan Reddy’s incredible leap in fortunes in the last few years. Naidu pointed out that after 32 years in politics, he had one rundown house in his constituency Kuppam and a three-bedroom house in Jubilee Hills, Secunderabad. “Compare this to Jagan’s palace near Lotus Pond with 64 rooms, 12 lifts, a cinema theatre, not to talk of his huge properties in Bangalore and Pulivendula,” Naidu informed the crowds. Certainly, no comparison this. About allegations that he himself owns a hotel in Singapore"
Sep 3, 2011 Lizard found in mid-day meal, kids affected: "Forty-four students from Sarvodaya Vidyalaya for Girls in Mohan Garden, west Delhi, were taken to DDU Hospital when they complained of nausea, abdominal pain and dizziness after a lizard was found in their mid-day meal."
Sep 3, 2011 'India was never serious about Headley extradition': "national security adviser M K Narayanan had told then US ambassador to India Timothy Roemer that New Delhi's demand for extraditing Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headley was mere posturing to mislead the Indian public, and the government was not seeking his extradition"
Sep 3, 2011 Putting scam money to good use: "The biggest scam that unfortunately doesn't get classified as one is that food enough to feed 100 million people rots in government warehouses."
Sep 3, 2011 Chidambaram not telling truth about my arrest: Anna: "Anna Hazare lashed out at the UPA government for arresting him before his fast and asked people not to allow the torch of the second "battle of independence" to be extinguished as more "repeated shocks" can only ensure a corruption-free India."
Sep 3, 2011 India graft campaigner urges more 'shocks' for govt
Sep 3, 2011 Support for India's scandal-hit govt collapses: poll: "The popularity of India's embattled Congress-led government, buffeted by corruption, high inflation and slowing economic growth, has fallen sharply among voters"
Sep 3, 2011 Wall Street Journal: India Says No to $80 Toilet Paper : "A year ago, no one in India could have imagined that cabinet ministers, powerful politicians, senior officials and CEOs would be in jail now, awaiting trial for corruption."
Sep 3, 2011 Bhushan, Kejriwal dare govt on ‘smear campaign’: "Justice Santosh Hegde said that the IT notice on Kejriwal was an instance of ‘harassment’ by the government. Speaking to media, shortly after news of the notice became public, Justice Hegde said that the timing seemed ‘vindictive’."
Sep 3, 2011 Lokpal not enough to check corruption: Karat: "the UPA government of being the “most corrupt” in Independent India with “a scam being unearthed every single day”"
Sep 3, 2011 'My Alleged Dues To The Government': "The RTI and Lokpal activist says he resigned his job in 2006 and had not heard anything from the government since 2007 till he suddenly received a notice dated 5 August 2011 for Rs 9,29,787/"
Sep 3, 2011 Gogoi, minister faceoff over scam allegation: "Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi here on Friday said that he is going to call an explanation from senior Cabinet minister Ardhendu Dey for accusing him of delaying a file of `270 crores scam in the irrigation department of Assam."
Sep 3, 2011 Govt will not implement Lokayukta mining report: Hegde : "Former Karnataka Lokayukta N Santosh Hegde today said he does not believe the Government would implement his report on illegal mining as "many skeletons will fall off (its) cupboard"."
Sep 3, 2011 Andhra Pradesh: 10 infants dead in 48 hours: " The families allege the hospital failed to repair dysfunctional ventilators inspite of repeated complaints."
Sep 3, 2011 Government trying to defame me, says Ramdev: "The ED on Thursday registered a foreign exchange violation case against Ramdev and his trust."
Sep 3, 2011 Manmohan's crorepati Cabinet declares assets: "While Kamal Nath is the richest with assets worth Rs 263 crore, AK Antony is the poorest."
Sep 3, 2011 Manmohan Singh's crorepati Cabinet declares assets: "Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath and his family are worth a whopping Rs 263 crore."
Sep 2, 2011 Prashant Bhushan gets breach of privilege notice: "Prashant Bhushan has been slapped with the breach of privilege notice for alleging that MPs take bribes to pass laws."
Sep 2, 2011 Anna Hazare spits fire at govt, dubs it cunning: ""He is not speaking the truth. He is the real 'khodsal' (mischief-maker) behind my arrest even before I could start my fast. The DIG told me that they (cops) got orders from the top," Hazare said. "This government consists of a mob of "labaad" (cunning) people,""
Sep 2, 2011 Team Anna accuses Govt of targetting its members: "back to the dirty tricks"
Sep 2, 2011 Govt systematically targetting Team Anna: Bedi: "Kiran Bedi told CNN-IBN that she's prepared to go to jail, but won't apologise for her MPs act at Ramlila Maidan."
Sep 2, 2011 Hegde moots auditing to assess performance of lawmakers: "Taking on a section of political class which questioned the need for civil society to contribute in law-making, Team Anna member N Santosh Hegde today sought annual auditing of Parliamentarians to assess their performance."
Sep 2, 2011 Chidambaram is a liar, says Anna Hazare: ""Home Minister is a liar, he does not speak the truth,""
Sep 2, 2011 Yeddyurappa, son appear in Lokayukta court, bail hearing Sept 7: "former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa and his son appeared in the Lokayukta Special Court today in connection with alleged irregularities in the denotification of land."
Sep 2, 2011 Govt back to dirty tricks, is coming after us: Team Anna: "the government was back to its “dirty tricks department” and that officials were pressurised by “political bosses” to act against them."
Sep 2, 2011 P Chidambaram is a mischief maker, says Anna Hazare: "asked people not to allow the torch of the second "battle of independence" to be extinguished as more "repeated shocks" can only ensure a corruption-free India. "This government consists of a mob of 'labaad' (cunning) people."
Sep 1, 2011 Netas with corruption charges unmasked: "Three Shiv Sena corporators — Prabhakar Shinde, Mohan Lokegaonkar and Shubhada Gudekar — face corruption charges. Information sought under the Right to Information Act from the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has revealed that 10 elected people’s representatives — two MLAs and eight corporators — are facing inquiries over corruption charges. Of the eight corporators, three are from the Shiv Sena, two belong to the Congress (Alijan Suleman Sheikh, Khan Rahebar Raja) and one each from the NCP (Sharad Shivkumar Pawar), BJP (Vishwanath Maske) and MNS (Parameshwar Kadam)."
Sep 1, 2011 Treat me like Anna Hazare: Irom Sharmila to PM: "Manipur's iron lady Irom Sharmila is on fast for the past 11 years to demand the repeal of the AFPSA."
Sep 1, 2011 NDA violated norms in alloting 2G, says CBI: "CBI today told the Supreme Court that probe in the 2G spectrum allocation scam has shown ''violation'' of norms during NDA regime when late Pramod Mahajan and Arun Shourie were the telecom ministers and said the then Finance Minister Jaswant Singh would be examined."
Aug 31, 2011 Govt drags feet on joining US-led initiative to empower people India, chooses supremacy of Parliament over open govt: "New Delhi has been dragging its feet on taking part in a US-backed multilateral initiative to promote transparency, citizens’ empowerment and fighting corruption."
Aug 31, 2011 Domestic advice for global treaties: "Delhi had rushed to ratify the UN Convention against Corruption — one of the last UN member states to do so — in May this year. The government’s hurried ratification was aimed at deflecting criticism from Anna Hazare and his associates."
Aug 31, 2011 Attend to this fast: "The AFSPA gives the armed forces the power to shoot-at-sight or arrest without warrant. It provides legal immunity to the armed forces operating in the northeast. It is this draconian law that Sharmila wants repealed."
Aug 31, 2011 Teaching a hard lesson: "Shehla Masood was killed in Bhopal recently, yet another RTI activist who lost her life in the battle against corruption. The Lokayukta report has brought down the chief minister in Karnataka. A high court judge is being impeached in Parliament. The Comptroller and Auditor General and the Supreme Court are in hot pursuit of mega scams. The CBI has charge-sheeted and locked up top executive honchos, MPs, even a cabinet minister. India is at war against corruption."
Aug 31, 2011 New York Times: The Politics of Scorning Politicians: "when a tired old man ended his hunger strike by consuming coconut water laced with honey, the humiliation of the Indian government was complete. It was a dramatic but predictable end to a festive anti-corruption campaign that most of the Indian news media considered a revolution."
Aug 31, 2011 Clean up your house first: Thakre to Gadkari
Aug 31, 2011 Statement of Leader of the house on the setting up a Lok Pal: Smt. Sushma Swaraj: 27.08.2011
Aug 31, 2011 BSY, HDK unite to weaken cases?: "Did former chief ministers and arch-rivals B.S. Yeddyurappa and H.D. Kumaraswamy attempt a hush-hush deal to weaken cases against each other in the Lokayukta court?"
Aug 31, 2011 Land grab charge: Former DMK minister Ponmudi arrested: "The land allotted for children's park and community hall was tendered out without proper authorisation and the Siga Educational Trust, belonging to Ponmudi, took over the land.", "Ponmudi is the fourth DMK minister to be arrested in land grab charges after AIADMK came to power in May."
Aug 31, 2011 1 lakh bribe in cheque for Kapil Sibal: "HRD Minister Kapil Sibal has received a cheque of Rs 1 lakh as bribe for appointing a person as registrar of a central university in Jharkhand."
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