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Jul 21, 2011 Delhi Police gives Congress, SP clean chit in cash-for-vote scam: "Suhail Hindustani had alleged that PM Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi were part of the scam.", "advocate Anand, appearing for Hindustani, accused the Delhi Police of giving a clean chit to Congress party despite the fact that the probe in the case is still on. "How can you (police) give a clean chit to Congress party at this stage of the probe? They are catching the whistle blower (Hindustani) and saving the government,""
Jul 21, 2011 Govt sleeps over CCTVs, Mumbai still unsafe: "Not even a fraction of the number of CCTVs proposed post 26/11 were purchased."
Jul 21, 2011 Arunachal minister involved in govt job scam: "A senior Congress minister in Arunachal Pradesh is in the dock after his son and daughter submitted fake degrees and documents to secure plush government jobs."
Jul 21, 2011 Drama at AP Bhavan: TRS MLA beats up official
Jul 21, 2011 BSY son's trust got Rs 10 crore from mining firm: Hegde
Jul 21, 2011 Cash-For-Votes: Police to Grill Amar Singh on Jul 22
Jul 21, 2011 Court allows IT dept to quiz Raja and five others: "A Delhi court today allowed the Income Tax department to interrogate six accused, including former Telecom Minister A Raja, arrested for their alleged involvement in the 2G scam"
Jul 21, 2011 ND Tiwari refuses to give blood sample for paternity test
Jul 21, 2011 Raja approved 2G licence for his favourites: CBI to court: "Telecom Minister A Raja had approved the grant of dual technology 2G spectrum licences to his favourite telecom firms like ADAG's Reliance Communication and others a day before inviting applications for it."
Jul 21, 2011 Yeddyurappa can be questioned in corruption cases: Court: "In a major setback to Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, the Karnataka High Court Thursday allowed police to question him and his kin on corruption charges and illegal land deal cases.", "with the Lokayukta also naming him as amongst those involved in illegal mining in the state."
Jul 21, 2011 'Substantive' evidence against Karnataka CM: Lokayukta Hegde: "In a strong indictment of Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, state Lokayukta justice Santosh N Hegde today said he has given "substantive" and "voluminous" evidence against him in the illegal mining scam which has cost the state exchequer Rs 1800 crore in a period of 14 months.", ""As a matter of fact, the Chief Minister is responsible for what's happening in (mineral rich district of) Bellary because the Minister in Charge (of the district G Janardhana Reddy) is owner of a mining company (Obalapuram Mining) and a mafia-like situation is created with every official being involved."
Jul 21, 2011 K'taka HC lifts stay on probe against Yeddyurappa: "The Lokayukta report had earlier recommended an enquiry against Yeddyurappa for receiving kickbacks from mining barons in the state. It says that the committee has documents on dubious transactions between a mining company and the Chief Minister's son and son-in-law.", "the scam amounts to more than Rs 1,800 crores over the last 14 months."
Jul 21, 2011 26/11: no lessons learnt, govt lax about security
Jul 21, 2011 TRS MLA assaults Andhra Bhawan official after row over Telangana youth's body: "a TRS MLA allegedly beating up a senior official of Andhra Pradesh Bhawan here after authorities refused to allow inside their premises the body of a 23-year-old who committed suicide on Wednesday upset over the delay in the formation of a separate state."
Jul 20, 2011 BSY, HDK named in Lokayukta report: "The Lokayukta has named Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, four ministers, former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy, Congress Rajya Sabha member Anil Lad and BJP legislator Anand Singh, among others, beneficiaries of the illegal mining scam in Karnataka."
Jul 20, 2011 Lokayukta report 'indicts' BSY: "The report of Karnataka lokayukta Santosh Hegde on illegal mining in Karnataka, expected in a few days from now, is reported to have indicted state chief minister BS Yeddyurappa and four other Karnataka ministers"
Jul 20, 2011 Cops zero in on Amar Singh in cash-for-vote probe: "the Supreme Court rebuked police for their shoddy probe into allegations that the Manmohan Singh government bought votes to tide over the trust vote."
Jul 20, 2011 Part of judiciary in question vis-à-vis corruption: CPI (M): "Claiming that the corruption is a nexus between politicians, bureaucrats and influential businessmen, the Communist Party of India (M) on Wednesday demanded establishment of judicial commission to probe the corruption in the judiciary, besides the empowerment of state accountability and information commissions."
Jul 20, 2011 No politician should be there in Lokpal panel: Aamir
Jul 20, 2011 Why Not Televise Parliamentary Committee Proceedings?
Jul 20, 2011 Political will is missing: "The time for lighting candles is over. People must demand security. And, national security must be insulated from vote-bank politics."
Jul 20, 2011 Another DMK scandal: "Land-grab adds to list of corruption charges"
Jul 20, 2011 Amar Singh to be questioned on cash-for-votes: "Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh is likely to be interrogated over the 2008 cash-for-votes controversy in parliament after the upper house chairman Wednesday gave Delhi Police the permission to do so,"
Jul 20, 2011 UP expressway scam: builders get land cheap: "the expressways are a win-win for the developers and the politicians in power in Uttar Pradesh. Figures and pattern show an alarming trend."
Jul 20, 2011 Omar draws flak for inaction on corruption: "Chief minister Omar Abdullah is drawing flak for being "non-serious" on corruption with even small political parties with little traction in the Valley organising protests against the government."
Jul 20, 2011 Ruckus in Bihar assembly over 'BIADA land scam': "alleged irregularities in allotment of land by Bihar Industrial Area Development Authority (BIADA) to wards and relatives of some cabinet ministers, MPs, legislators and bureaucrats."
Jul 20, 2011 Arunachal minister gets jobs for his kin by fraud, Congress begins probe
Jul 20, 2011 Senior Cong leader escapes unhurt as Naxals blow up bridge in Chhattisgarh
Jul 20, 2011 Cash-for-vote: Hindustani arrested; drags PM, Sonia into scam: ""I received calls from Amar Singh and Ahmed Patel (political secretary to Congress president Sonia Gandhi). Those close to Prime Minister (Manmohan Singh) called me and even from 10-Janpath (Gandhi's residence),""
Jul 20, 2011 Cash-for-vote scam: Suhail Hindustani drags PM, Sonia
Jul 19, 2011 Policy paralysis not over yet: "the pile of pending decisions has built up over the past few years due to the government’s inaction and various disruptions, including corruption charges and a political overhang from an unyielding opposition."
Jul 19, 2011 An Indian PM, a home minister were also convicted
Jul 19, 2011 Lack of confidence in Delhi's ability to tackle corruption
Jul 19, 2011 Indian Regime Most Corrupt in Nation's History
Jul 19, 2011 Congress blames Hegde for corruption: "related to the soon-to-be released Lokayukta report on illegal mining in Karnataka"
Jul 19, 2011 Barrage of barbs from Pawar’s young Turks: "Inflation, rural neglect, Naxalism, corruption, unemployment…. But the government acts just like an “onlooker”."
Jul 19, 2011 New law minister Salman Khurshid wants Supreme Court to reform, be consistent: "an oblique suggestion that the high-profile individuals arrested in the 2G spectrum scandal and other corruption cases deserve to get bail."
Jul 19, 2011 Cash-for-vote: Saxena claims Amar link, police ‘trace’ key money trail: "The first person to be arrested in the cash-for-vote scam, Sanjeev Saxena, was introduced to the three BJP MPs — who said they had been offered money to abstain from voting in a trust motion in Parliament — as the secretary of former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh."
Jul 19, 2011 Warn Dikshit against making promises she can’t keep: Lokayukta to President: "The ruling came on a complaint that Dikshit had sold the dream of 60,000 flats to the urban poor ahead of the elections in 2008, when the government was in no position to deliver.", "Dikshit misused Rs 3.5 crore received from the Centre under the Jawahar Lal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission for Rajiv Awas Yojana for personal advertisements."
Jul 19, 2011 Jaya's land grab cells open Pandora's box: "The newly-elected Tamil Nadu Government’s move to set up Land Grabbing Cells in the State seems to have opened Pandora’s box. As complaints pour in against the DMK functionaries, their support groups and real estate agents, an alarming picture of land frauds during the previous Karunanidhi Government is coming to light."
Jul 19, 2011 Police seeks Home Ministry's permission to question Amar Singh: "Delhi Police has approached the Home Ministry seeking permission to question MP Amar Singh in the 2008 cash-for-vote scam."
Jul 19, 2011 Bihar CM Nitish Kumar in the dock over land allotment: "Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is under fire for allotting prime real estate in Bihar to relatives of government officials and ministers. IBN7 first exposed the scam unfolding in the Bihar Industrial Development Authority (BIDA)."
Jul 19, 2011 MNS corporator among seven arrested for dacoity
Jul 17, 2011 UPA Govt Beset with Corruption, Scams: Karat
Jul 17, 2011 Why India can't feed her people: "At the Azadpur Mandi in New Delhi, a woman looks through a garbage pile for spoiled fruits and vegetables to eat."
Jul 17, 2011 Jharkhand ex-minister’s judicial custody extended: "Rai was arrested in 2009 by vigilance sleuths on the orders of the special vigilance court in Ranchi."
Jul 17, 2011 AI faces Rs 67,000 crore worth losses and debt: "What is worse is that the ailing national carrier would have to repay a whopping Rs 20,415 crore worth of loans before the end of this fiscal year."
Jul 17, 2011 No returns filed by 300 political parties, finds I-T probe
Jul 17, 2011 No lessons learnt from 26/11: Ram Pradhan: "Former bureaucrat Ram Pradhan said there is a need for an overhaul in the security apparatus."
Jul 17, 2011 Hazare to move Supreme Court against govt crackdown: ""Government said we will suppress the agitation of Anna Hazare as had been done in the case of Ramdev. Is this democracy or autocracy?"
Jul 17, 2011 Cash-for-vote scam: Police make first arrest, to quiz Amar Singh: "Slammed by Supreme Court for a shoddy probe in the cash-for-vote scam, Delhi Police made its first arrest in the case picking up Sanjeev Saxena, believed to be an aide of Amar Singh, for allegedly trying to bribe BJP MPs ahead of UPA government's trust vote in 2008."
Jul 16, 2011 Companies linked to Jagan under CBI scanner: "The complaints allege that Jagan acquired assets worth hundreds of crores from various companies and individuals as a quid pro quo for the land allotted and licences granted to them at cheap prices for various activities when his father was the chief minister between 2004 and 2009."
Jul 16, 2011 Mumbai blasts: After terror trauma, victims face compensation troubles: "Five years later, he is still running from pillar to post with bills, awaiting reimbursement."
Jul 16, 2011 Indian government a bunch of softies, say NRIs
Jul 16, 2011 Wall Street Journal: The Holes in India's Antiterror Armor : "Local police forces suffer from corruption, inadequate training and an unprofessional work ethic. This is aggravated by the fact that India's intelligence model is 60 years old: The data gathering processes at the district and state level are archaic"
Jul 16, 2011 India's leadership is missing in action: "Corruption, bureaucracy and government paralysis are bringing down the economy."
Jul 16, 2011 Mumbai police need to build rapport with public: "Today a policeman is not interested in building contacts—all he's interested in is making money. From recruitments to transfers to promotions to stopping action against a guilty policeman, money changes hands every time. The wellspring of this rot is the rapid politicization of the force."
Jul 16, 2011 Control inflation, restore investor confidence: India Inc
Jul 16, 2011 Must Manmohan Singh remain in office?: "India’s Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, is a good man. He is an honest man. But he is weak and ineffective, so much so that his own Congress Party leaders seldom hesitate to challenge him."
Jul 16, 2011 The reshuffle is change India can’t believe in: "It was clear that a once-great economist-turned-politician-turned-prime minister, beaten down by scams, has decided to follow the beaten path."
Jul 16, 2011 Maharashtra politico's daughter under lens for dodging duty: "The daughter of a senior UPA minister from Maharashtra may be quizzed by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) for possessing three foreign cars imported on fake invoices to evade customs duty. She would be the first among several high-profile politicians who are likely to face investigation in the case."
Jul 16, 2011 Politics: Short-cut to riches
Jul 16, 2011 Govt's intentions over Lokpal Bill not good: Anna Hazare
Jul 16, 2011 Leaders must go back to the people: "Members in both parliament and state legislatures in India must understand that the earth under their feet is slipping slowly and steadily"
Jul 16, 2011 Jailed Suresh Kalmadi to undergo brain scan
Jul 16, 2011 Centre's weak-kneed approach encouraging terrorists : Narendra Modi
Jul 16, 2011 Rs 600 cr tax evasion in Jammu and Kashmir: "Maulvi Iftikar Ansari, Senior PDP leader who runs Ansari Motors owes Rs 18 Crores.", "most of it involving VIPs."
Jul 16, 2011 Mumbai not equipped to tackle terror, says Prithviraj Chavan
Jul 16, 2011 Sahay's presence at fashion show during Mumbai attacks triggers row: "the timing of the fashion show, late night in a New Delhi five-star hotel, did not bail him out. What made it more controversial was the presence of a galaxy of BJP leaders with the event itself being organized by the daughter of BJP's former Union minister Ashok Pradhan."
Jul 16, 2011 Explain Cabinet Secy's appointment: SC to Maya: "Singh quit following accusations of his involvement in the multi-crore kidney racket,", "Mayawati will now have to answer several important questions including how can she keep the post of Cabinet Secretary simply to oblige her most trusted official?"
Jul 15, 2011 Raj Thackeray blames migrants for terror strikes, BSP calls him 'terrorist'
Jul 15, 2011 Mumbai blasts: politicos indulge in blame game
Jul 15, 2011 Soft target: Hapless citizens blast netas & cops: "'Mumbai should be called BOMBbay'", "'City attacked every 3 years since 2003'"
Jul 15, 2011 Radia mingled with politicians, corporates for Raja: CBI docs
Jul 15, 2011 Netas attend gala bash despite Mumbai blasts: "several politicians and celebrities were having a gala time at a Delhi party with models wearing sequinned dresses and gowns."
Jul 13, 2011 Time to change national leadership: Anna Hazare: "time has come to change the entire leadership of the country instead of replacing a few ministers."
Jul 13, 2011 A Rudderless India: "Manmohan Singh continues to offer no direction on reforms."
Jul 13, 2011 New India cabinet unlikely to restore government image: "this country is witness to such compulsions in the shape of the worst form of compromises on corruption."
Jul 13, 2011 Antrix-Devas Row: Governmemt to review S-band charges: "triggering allegations of a Rs. 2,00,000-crore scam that was bigger than the 2G spectrum scandal."
Jul 13, 2011 Mayawati govt in fresh land scam: "Days after the Allahabad High Court and the Supreme Court whiplashed the Mayawati government for invoking the urgency clause to acquire fertile land and then selling it to private builders at exorbitant rates, the lid has been blown off another land fraud running into thousands of crores of rupees."
Jul 13, 2011 Who will watch the watchmen?: "The audited balance sheets of the six largest political parties in India are hard to get and harder to decipher: they hide more than they reveal but are nonetheless worth close examination. Between them, the Congress, BJP, BSP, SP, NCP and CPM reported total income of Rs 1,046.76 crore for the year ending March 31, 2009. That was the year in which most of the funds for the 2009 Lok Sabha election were collected and deployed."
Jul 13, 2011 BJP MP Kirti Jha Azad arrested in Bihar: "in a case of ransacking and torching the office of the general manager of the Bihar State Electricity Board by a mob in 2001. Azad was allegedly involved in the violence."
Jul 13, 2011 New Rail Mininster Trivedi swears by Mamata: "Dinesh Trivedi made not one but 14 references to his party chief Mamata Banerjee while addressing the media."
Jul 13, 2011 Political roulette: "The only signal that the Congress party gives these days is that it does not know what signal to give."
Jul 13, 2011 Reshuffle, collapse: "Congress party has again shown its inability to prioritise issues of governance and of accountability. UPA 2 has faltered, and it has faltered on issues of governance."
Jul 12, 2011 UPA has lost its moral authority of governing the nation: BJP: "“I think for the first time ever in the history of independent India, the Supreme Court of India has come so strongly on the government as on the current Congress led-UPA."
Jul 12, 2011 LATIMES: Indian prime minister reshuffles Cabinet: "India's ruling coalition names new leaders at 13 ministries in a bid by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of the Congress Party to revive his flagging government amid persistent corruption scandals."
Jul 12, 2011 Father out, son shines in Cabinet reshuffle
Jul 12, 2011 UPA’s crumbling credibility: "The government should know that the 2G spectrum affair, the CWC scam, the controversy surrounding the oil contracts and the more recent revelations about the indiscriminate allotment of coal blocks to private parties represent only the tip of the iceberg of corruption in the country. If UPA is really serious about the need to fight corruption, it should be the first to get investigated"
Jul 12, 2011 Karuna TV set to lose tainted realty: "`200 crore alleged bribe paid by DB group promoter Shahid Balwa to Kalaignar TV"
Jul 12, 2011 Snooping on Ministers: "Congress has a tradition of bugging the offices of Ministers and even keeping a tab on the President. Pranab Mukherjee’s complaint doesn’t come as a surprise."
Jul 12, 2011 Case by case: "Never before have law officers in this country been drawn into so much controversy, or the government looked so adrift in the court."
Jul 12, 2011 'Public money used in 'Gandhi' name': "the government's move is unfair and it was trying to replace democratic rule with dynastic rule. "
Jul 12, 2011 Manmohan the honest king of a corrupt regime: Navjot Singh Sidhu: "inflation wasn't this high even during wartime. "
Jul 12, 2011 Politics makes Delhi-Howrah route corridor of death
Jul 11, 2011 Sulking minister cares two hoots for train accident victims: "With ministers like Mukul Roy, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh does not need an aggressive opposition party to discredit his government in the collective public conscience."
Jul 11, 2011 Indian Railways, an engine without a driver: "Of the total 90,000 vacancy of safety staff, railway needs 20,000 locomotive pilots and 50,000 Trackmen. There is a shortage of 10,000 personnel of Railway Protection Force. Railway finances are also shrinking with working expenses going up. Basically Indian Railways is increasingly becoming an inefficient transporter."
Jul 11, 2011 Sonia Gandhi: India's remote control?
Jul 11, 2011 It’s not tough to fight graft: "If we look beyond the ongoing debate over the Lok Pal Bill, we will find fighting corruption is easy: Government should just do it!"
Jul 11, 2011 BBC - India: Train crash in Uttar Pradesh kills dozens: "Accidents are common on the state-owned Indian railway"

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