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Aug 31, 2011 Now, a coal scam unearthed in Chhattisgarh, MP: "CNN-IBN unravels a Bellary-like coal scam in Chattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, where Prakash Industries, a heavyweight in the mining and steel sector, forged documents to get coal mines allocated in both the states and diverted nearly 50 per cent of coal to the black market.", "The central excise and customs department had even recommended criminal action against the company and their political connection ensures that no action is taken, either by UPA at the Centre or state governments in Chattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh"
Aug 31, 2011 Kadapa MP booked for money laundering, After CBI, ED trains its guns on Jagan: "The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday filed an FIR against Y S Jaganmohan Reddy and 74 others under Money Laundering Prevention Act (PMLA) and the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA)."
Aug 31, 2011 HDK asked to appear in trial court Sep 5: "The Lokayukta court here Tuesday ordered former Karnataka chief minister H.D. Kumaraswamy and his wife and lawmaker H.D.Anita to appear before it Sep 5 in a case related to renewal of mining lease and allotment of residential site by a housing society.", "The report named Kumaraswamy for granting lease to two mining firms in violation of norms. The complaint also claimed that Kumaraswamy had given officials just two hours to grant the lease to the mining firm. The ex-chief minister is alleged to have allotted 70 acres to Vishwabharathi Housing Cooperative Society in Bangalore. The society in return favoured his wife Anita with a 100ft x 150ft residential plot."
Aug 31, 2011 What Puri, Bedi are guilty of: Parl privilege FAQs: "According to the Constitution, the powers, privileges and immunities of Parliament and MP's are to be defined by Parliament. No law has so far been enacted in this respect. In the absence of any such law, it continues to be governed by British Parliamentary conventions."
Aug 31, 2011 Lalu, Mishra to be charged in fodder scam: "A Bihar Court on Monday fixed September 21 as the date for framing charges against former CMs Lalu Prasad Yadav and Jagannath Mishra,"
Aug 31, 2011 Irom Sharmila, on a hunger strike for the past 11 years,
Aug 31, 2011 CBI issues 30 fresh notices to Jagan Mohan Reddy: "The CBI which has been investigating two cases relating to investments by various firms into the businesses of Kadapa MP Jaganmohan Reddy, son of late Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Rajasekhar Reddy, and alleged irregularities in the APIIC-Emaar properties land deal has also questioned different persons so far. "
Aug 30, 2011 Now, a coal scam unearthed in Chhattisgarh, MP: "In a Bellary-like scam, Prakash Industries emptied out the entire Chotia coal block in Chhattisgarh.", "Black Gold Robbery"
Aug 30, 2011 No fresh air: HC dismisses Suresh Kalmadi's plea to attend Parliament: "“In view of the gravity of the offence and the allegations of huge magnitude, it would be totally inappropriate to grant him permission solely on the ground of freedom of speech inside the Parliament House, on the foundation that he has to meet Constitutional obligations."
Aug 29, 2011 To end corruption in India, go after the source: "The manner in which the ministers in the government defended the corrupt practices indulged in the 2G spectrum allocation, stating that there was zero loss of revenue for the government, confirmed the fears of many that this government, steeped in corruption, cannot take any meaningful action."
Aug 29, 2011 Ramlila remarks: Kiran Bedi, Om Puri could face 15 days in jail: "Puri had hit out at MPs for being "anpadh (illiterate)" and said "sab neta chor hain (all leaders are thieves)" while Bedi had parodied politicians for "wearing masks", pulling a scarf over her head.", "Prashant Bhushan could also be summoned for saying that bills are passed for a monetary consideration"
Aug 29, 2011 BSY in trouble, gets 3 adverse court orders: "Former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa received three judicial blows on Monday. First, the Karnataka high court dismissed his anticipatory bail plea in a case concerning alleged irregularities in land denotification. Second, a lokayukta court ordered the filing of a chargesheet against him on the same matter. Third, another HC bench “dismissed as withdrawn” a petition by Yeddyurappa, seeking the quashing of parts of the lokayukta report on illegal mining that indicted him."
Aug 29, 2011 HC dismisses BSY's bail plea, appears before court: "Spelling more trouble for former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, the Karnataka High Court today dismissed his anticipatory bail plea while a Lokayukta court ordered filing a charge sheet against him in connection with alleged irregularities in land denotification."
Aug 29, 2011 HC to examine jailed MPs right to attend House: ""an attempt to get fresh air outside the prison"."
Aug 29, 2011 Punjab Lokpal orders inquiry against CM: "'illegal occupation' of prime government land in Kapurthala district by former SGPC chief Jagir Kaur at the alleged behest of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal."
Aug 29, 2011 Shoe fight in Raj Assembly as tempers flare up: "n opposition BJP MLA hurled a sandal towards Congress members and a ruling party lawmaker retaliated by brandishing his shoe following a heated exchange between two legislators."
Aug 29, 2011 Pandya murder: all freed, who killed him?: "It was a blow for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday when the Gujarat high court acquitted the 12 accused in the 2002 assassination of former Home Minister Haren Pandya."
Aug 29, 2011 Railways losing over Rs 14,000 crores a year: NFIR: "Fares and freight charges had not been hiked for the last six years because of the "political agenda of the government""
Aug 28, 2011 Priyanka to get dream cottage soon: "earlier constructed two-storey cottage had to be razed because of design flaws as well as the material used.", "Since the area is considered a high-security zone, it was only after permission from the President that Priyanka Vadra was allowed to construct a cottage."
Aug 28, 2011 FIR against Ashok Chavan, Maharashtra minister, 14 others in land scam: "City police on Sunday lodged an FIR against 16 people, including former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan, state education minister Rajendra Darda, and MP Vijay Darda, besides other government officials, in connection with an alleged land scam."
Aug 28, 2011 How the Anna storm hit the government: "The government's bungling on Anna Hazare helped him grow in stature each day."
Aug 28, 2011 We need 'right to reject': Anna: "right to recall would be for those elected and right to reject will be a column in a ballot paper which would ensure that the voter has a right to say that he does not like any of the listed candidates."
Aug 28, 2011 Fight graft, but spare donkeys, activists write to Anna: ""Several TV channels have telecast visuals of supporters of the India Against Corruption campaign using donkeys to symbolise corrupt officials during their rallies," said Sharma. "The donkeys had placards around their necks, their faces had been blackened and they were being punched, slapped and beaten, to symbolise the anti-corruption crusader putting corruption down.""
Aug 28, 2011 Lokayukta pleads for probe team: "Jharkhand Lokayukta got its website today, but the all-empowering moment of celebration turned sour when its head highlighted the lack of an independent probe team and inadequate office space"
Aug 28, 2011 CBI forms SIT to look into CAG report on CWG: "due to "active involvement of the Delhi chief minister", exchequer suffered a loss of nearly Rs 31 crore. It also claimed to have found irregularities in the award of contract to Emaar MGF for construction of the CWG residential complex. The renovation and restoration project of Connaught Place witnessed a nine-fold increase in cost from the estimated Rs 76 crore to Rs 671 crore. Streetscaping and beautification works were awarded and executed in an arbitrary manner with wasteful expenditure of Rs 101 crore"
Aug 28, 2011 Kiran defends her outburst against politicians: ""You remove one mask, then you find another one, and then another. They change words according to time and place. Never trust them,""
Aug 28, 2011 Anna says poll reforms next on agenda: "electoral reforms will be on top of his agenda next so that corruption can come down."
Aug 27, 2011 A cancer at the heart of Indian democracy: "Our electoral system is fueled by black money rather than white funds. The institutions that report to politicians know this, and make their own arrangements. The CBI can get ferocious when it wants about its preferred seasonal targets, but it has no interest in stopping fellow policemen from taking 150 rupees a month from each shanty in each Delhi slum in order to ensure that the water supply is not cut off.", "The political class has gathered to check the corruption of businessmen, judges, bureaucrats (down to the district level) and anyone else you can think of. But when it comes to introspection, the assembled elite begins to dissemble. It would rather not discuss a Lok Pal empowered to delve into the cash flow of politics."
Aug 27, 2011 Anna Hazare's anticorruption fast forces legitimacy crisis for India's government
Aug 27, 2011 Telecom scandal shakes India’s most beloved industry: "Before, it would be absurd for any Indian to suggest that billionaire tycoons be prosecuted. But this ongoing trial, over the sale of wireless licences in 2008, has triggered a bout of soul-searching in India, where shifting demographics and a growing middle class are changing how citizens view corrupt politicians and bribes."
Aug 27, 2011 Seize The Moment: "Let people’s participation be a continuous process"
Aug 27, 2011 Information Martyr: "Shehla Masood had to die because the state couldn’t protect her"
Aug 27, 2011 Why is this man walking free?: "If Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee is allowed to walk away into the sunset, then the very idea of India is in trouble. The former West Bengal chief minister must stand on the dock, held responsible for three decades of murder and corruption"
Aug 27, 2011 The shame of Indian democracy exposed: "Should Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee escape censure for the crimes of the CPI(M)?"
Aug 27, 2011 Yeddyurappa must appear in court: Judge: "Scam-hit former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Saturday failed to get exemption from personal appearance in court over corruption cases and has been told to be present on Monday."
Aug 27, 2011 Hazare asks people not to elect useless lawmakers: "As Parliament initiated a discussion on his three demands on Lokpal Bill, Anna Hazare today trained his guns at MPs saying that around 150 of them were facing criminal charges and people should not elect ''useless'' lawmakers"
Aug 26, 2011 Indians protest government corruption
Aug 26, 2011 India, governed only in cities and towns
Aug 26, 2011 Centre has underestimated people's mood, says Brinda
Aug 26, 2011 Kiran Bedi lashes out at MPs
Aug 26, 2011 Yeddyurapa's graft trial to continue: Court: "The Karnataka High Court on Thursday rejected former chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa's plea to stay his prosecution on corruption charges, dashing his hopes of avoiding appearing in a trial court Saturday."
Aug 26, 2011 Hindustani took 2 BJP MPs to Amar Singh - Police
Aug 26, 2011 HC rejects BSY's plea to quash FIR by Lokayukta police: "The Karnataka High Court today rejected former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa's petition, seeking quashing of FIR by Lokayukta police on a private complaint alleging financial irregularities in Upper Bhadra irrigation project."
Aug 26, 2011 Raja may be booked in BSNL's WiMax deal: "In a move that could portend fresh trouble for former Telecom Minister A Raja, the CBI has registered a Prelimnary Enquiry (PE) to probe the alleged bunglings in the allocation of franchisees of WiMax services by state-run operator BSNL."
Aug 26, 2011 43 years, eight Lokpal bills, zero consensus: "India's effort to have an anti-graft ombudsman in the form of a Lokpal institution may have caught national attention only now. But parliament has made eight attempts since 1968 to pass a Lokpal bill, a different version each time, all in vain."
Aug 26, 2011 Half of our MPs anpadh, ganwaar: some gems from very civil society: "Om Puri said: “Yeh anpadh hain, inka kya background hai? Aadhe se zyaada MP ganwaar hain... hum dekhte hain TV pe, yeh kaise ladte hain House mein (They are illiterate, what is their background? More than half are rustic. On TV, we see them fighting in the House.”)"
Aug 25, 2011 The big Bengal bluff: data demolish reason cited by govt for changing state’s name
Aug 25, 2011 Former DMK Minister arrested in land grabbing case: "Former Transport Minister and senior DMK leader K N Nehru was arrested here today in connection with a land grabbing case."
Aug 25, 2011 Government buying time: Santosh Hegde
Aug 24, 2011 '542 VIPs are making a fool of 120 crore people’
Aug 24, 2011 Comprehensive, systemic reform needed: CPI(M)
Aug 24, 2011 “पहले चोरी और फिर सीना ज़ोरी”
Aug 24, 2011 Congress reluctance on citizens charter reflects its lack of will in fighting corruption:SAD
Aug 24, 2011 Will CBI’s next FIR target Delhi’s Lt Governor Khanna?: "The Shunglu Committee, which investigated the expenditures connected with the CWG, has already indicted Tejinder Khanna, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, and officials of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), the New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) for causing heavy losses to the exchequer. Subsequently, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) also made some serious accusations against Sheila Dikshit."
Aug 24, 2011 People are losing faith in govt: BJP
Aug 24, 2011 UPA government born out of corruption: Murli Manohar Joshi
Aug 24, 2011 ‘Charges against Kattas too grave for bail’
Aug 24, 2011 CBI may refer Jagan money laundering allegations to ED
Aug 24, 2011 SC rejects Jaganmohan Reddy's plea against HC order for CBI probe: "The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a plea of former Congress leader Y S Jaganmohan Reddy against the Andhra Pradesh High Court's order asking the CBI to conduct a probe into his alleged disproportionate assets."
Aug 24, 2011 Cash-for-vote scam: Amar Singh, 6 others to be chargesheeted: "Delhi Police are set to chargesheet seven persons, including MPs Amar Singh and Ashok Argal, for their alleged involvment in the cash-for-vote scam.", "The investigations into the three-year-old gathered pace last month after Supreme Court rebuked Delhi Police for shoddy investigations into the case in which three BJP MPs were sought to be bribed for voting in favour of UPA during trust vote in 2008. Following Supreme Court scolding, police arrested Hindustani and Saxena besides questioning Singh, Argal and Rewati Raman Singh, a SP leader."
Aug 24, 2011 Govt blames police for non-execution of Reddy warrants: "Blaming police for non-execution of warrants issued by a court in Sandur against former minister and mining magnate G Janardhana Reddy, Karnataka Government today assured the high court that action would be taken against them within a week."
Aug 24, 2011 Tense BSY engages noted lawyers to fight his cases
Aug 23, 2011 PM has lost the ability to govern: Jethmalani
Aug 23, 2011 Kanimozhi wants PM as witness: "After former telecom minister A Raja, it was DMK MP Kanimozhi's turn to drag Prime Minister Manmohan Singh into the 2G spectrum scam. She has made the PM a defence witness in the scam trial."
Aug 23, 2011 Anger against plutocracy legitimate, says Karat
Aug 23, 2011 Kanimozhi to drag PM if put to trial in 2G scam
Aug 23, 2011 Dr Singh and Mr Hyde: "It is astounding that a Prime Minister who presides over limitless corruption in the Government he heads should be referred to as a man of integrity!"
Aug 23, 2011 Kumaraswamy, wife file anticipatory bail pleas: "Former Karnataka chief minister H D Kumaraswamy and his wife today filed anticipatory bail applications before a Lokayukta court in connection with a complaint against them for grant of illegal mining licence and land to a private housing society."
Aug 23, 2011 2G scam: ED will soon attach properties worth Rs 230 crore: "The Enforcement Directorate will soon attach more than Rs 230 crore worth of properties in connection with the alleged bribe money which the CBI has said was paid illegally to Kalaignar TV in the 2G spectrum scam."
Aug 23, 2011 HC rejects bail pleas of Katta, son: "The Karnataka High Court today rejected bail applications of former Minister Katta Subramanya Naidu and his corporator son Jagadish in connection with the KIADB land scam"
Aug 23, 2011 BSY, 9 others including family members issued fresh summons: "A Lokayukta court today issued summons to former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa and nine others on a private complaint against him in connection with alleged irregularities in land denotification."
Aug 23, 2011 ED may file money laundering case against Jagan
Aug 23, 2011 2G scam: PM, Chidambaram decided against selling licences, says Kanimozhi: "Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and then finance minister P Chidambaram were fully in the loop on the 2G spectrum licence allocation and had decided along with then telecom minister A Raja not to auction them, jailed DMK MP Kanimozhi told a Delhi court"
Aug 23, 2011 10 years and still fasting: Manipur 'iron lady' Irom Sharmila expresses solidarity with Anna: "Sharmila, who has been on a fast, for over ten years, demanding the revocation of the controversial Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, wrote a letter to Anna extending her support.", "the military act that gives unbridled powers to the armed forces and even to shoot people on mere suspicion.", "Sharmila said that corruption was wide spread in Manipur and it was the root cause of all the problems."
Aug 23, 2011 CBI awaits nod to act against 279 over graft: "At a time when the country is witnessing an outcry against corruption, 279 CBI applications seeking sanction to prosecute senior government officials in corruption cases are pending with different Central and state government departments, in some cases for years."
Aug 23, 2011 Don’t pay: CM to business: "Bid to curb extortion blamed on party ranks"
Aug 23, 2011 Anna supporters protest outside Sibal's home
Aug 23, 2011 CBI intensifies probe into Jagan's assets: "The petitioners alleged that Jagan amassed huge wealth by misusing his position when his father Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy was chief minister from 2004 to 2009."
Aug 23, 2011 Yeddyurappa, family members booked by Lokayukta: "The case relates to alleged donation of Rs 10 crore paid by South West Mining Company to a trust run by Yeddyurappa's family and also a transaction of Rs 20 crore in the sale of land to a mining firm by them."
Aug 22, 2011 Indian-Americans urge PM to table Anna's Jan Lokpal Bill in Parliament: ""Since decades we have seen scandals after scandals, but no politician was ever punished or held accountable,""
Aug 22, 2011 Lokpal: Union ministers, Delhi CM face ire of aam aadmi
Aug 21, 2011 Aditya Sinha: Time for Manmohan Singh to go on a 'counter-fast': "What else can the poor PM do? His boss is hospitalised on the other side of the planet, probably relieved she doesn’t have to deal with the anti-corruption cacophony. His party is of little help, resorting to calling Anna corrupt or an agent of the foreign hand (to think, all that the party’s finest minds could do was come up with a strategy of maligning a simple-living 74-year-old). And the PM’s government is of little use, as we saw with the Tihar jail drama last week."
Aug 21, 2011 Hong Kong based Indians to call up MPs, MLAs asking them to take stand on Anna movement: "Expatriate Indians in Hong Kong have decided to mount pressure of members of Parliament and legislative assemblies representing their home town and villages back home as a means to garner political support for the Anna Hazare movement."
Aug 21, 2011 Anti-Corruption Protests Reach PM, Sibal's Residences
Aug 21, 2011 A Cruel Joke: "A Lokpal as envisaged in the government's bill will not be able to tackle any significant case of corruption -- CWG, Bellary mining or Adarsh Society will be ruled out, and 2G spectrum investigation would have to be incomplete"
Aug 21, 2011 The Ad And The Jan Lokpal Response: "The Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice came out with an advertisement in leading newspapers today."
Aug 20, 2011 Forest department 'loses' a damning report: "In a not-so-smart attempt to shield a conservator of forests, who is facing charges of allowing the plundering of forest wealth, the state government has claimed it has ''lost'' a Lokayukta report which indicted and recommended action against him."
Aug 20, 2011 Lokayukta orders probe against BSY
Aug 20, 2011 It's a tangled web that the mining mafia weaves: "Three years ago, someone persuaded a worker in a hardware shop in Hospet to register a mining ore trading company, opened three bank accounts in his name and transacted Rs 113.45 crore in a matter of six months spread over 2009 and 2010."
Aug 20, 2011 MPs to be elevated in protocol list: "the members are also likely to get permission to use red beacon with flasher on top of their vehicles across the country, considered a status symbol in many places."
Aug 20, 2011 Candlelight demonstration against govt’s Lokpal bill
Aug 20, 2011 Working Against Better Sense: "The IB is learnt to have told the Centre to do exactly the opposite of what it did"
Aug 20, 2011 CM admits corruption: "Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi today came out in support of movements against corruption"
Aug 20, 2011 Are Indian Corporates doing enough to combat corruption?: "The corrupt high-handedness of India's insular bureaucracy can be traced directly to the symbiotic relationship between the politician and the civil servant in looting the exchequer, selling patronage and extorting money from the public. If the politician had a transparent source of funding, and only if he is thus liberated from dependence on the civil servant for procurement of vital funding through corruption, he can discharge his duty of making the administrative system work as it is supposed to."
Aug 20, 2011 Jagan case: CBI continues searches on third day: "Documents seized during the searches in cases pertaining to Kadapa MP Jaganmohan Reddy and to the APIIC-Emaar land deal were being scrutinised"
Aug 20, 2011 Lokayukta to probe graft charges against Yeddyurappa: "Patil, who took over on Aug 3, has deputed Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Jeevan Kumar Gaonkar to investigate the charge that Rs.30 crore had been paid to Yeddyurappa’s kin by firms allegedly involved in illegal mining,"
Aug 20, 2011 India is yet to get complete Independence: Anna: "Slamming the UPA government, Anna Hazare said that nothing has changed post Independence."
Aug 20, 2011 Govt raps Team Anna for calling MPs 'thieves': "calling MPs "thieves" is equal to casting aspersion on Parliament itself."
Aug 20, 2011 Govt trying to stop Lokpal from becoming a reality: Team Anna: ""They (government) have linked us to the US and now they will link our agitation to Pakistan.""
Aug 19, 2011 Govt to relocate corrupt people after Annas Quit India call

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