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Jul 11, 2011 BJP asks PM to drop Sibal, Chidambaram from cabinet: "it demanded that Kapil Sibal and P Chidambaram facing "serious charges" be dropped from the Council of Ministers.", ""The whole cabinet seems to be moving towards Tihar jail. While some are already in Tihar others are on their way,""
Jul 10, 2011 Kalka mishap raises questions on railways safety: "Over 90 accidents in the last 12 months is not a record the world's largest rail network can be proud of."
Jul 10, 2011 CAG indictment adds to Kapil Sibal troubles - India - DNA
Jul 10, 2011 Ministers abandoning cabinet like rats out of sinking ship: CPI
Jul 10, 2011 Uttar Pradesh farmers call Rahul Gandhi's bluff
Jul 10, 2011 7 criminals moving in MLA's car held: "Patna police on Sunday claimed to have made a breakthrough in several cases of loot, murder and extortion following the arrest of seven criminals in Khagaul on Saturday evening. They were moving in the town in the vehicle of Danapur BJP MLA Asha Sinha."
Jul 10, 2011 2G: CBI questions role of NDA telecom ministers: "Pramod Mahajan's decision caused revenue loss of Rs 565 crores to Department of Telecom (DoT)."
Jul 10, 2011 Govt indifferent to safety of people: BJP: "the Railway Ministry is "surviving on God's mercy"."
Jul 9, 2011 Chidambaram as Much Involved in 2G as Raja: BJP: ""Chidambaram is as much responsible and culpable for this scam as Raja. His place is not where he is today (in the union cabinet) but where Raja is today,""
Jul 9, 2011 The Gov’t Is Combatose General paralysis, endless scams, political crises leave the Congress-UPA rudderless: "Network Failure Dayanidhi Maran, who resigned after CBI’s findings in the Aircel deal"
Jul 9, 2011 Now, The Oil Stain - By exposing its lesser arm, is the petromin hiding bigger sins?: "“If the CBI does file an FIR indicating DGH links with RIL, then the conglomerate could become a co-accused.”`, `The private sector nexus with the ministry is so strong that many former officials have joined petro companies over the years, some as reward for special ‘favours’. The rot is not restricted to the ministry as the CBI found, with as many as seven officials in the DGH—from a geologist and geophysicist to financial officers—working against the country’s interests. Considering that DGH officials are on deputation from various PSUs, this is indicative of the spreading cancer of corruption."
Jul 9, 2011 Sibal expresses ignorance over Maran’s 323 phone lines: "Kapil Sibal, who became Telecom Minister eight months ago, on Friday said he was not in position to answer whether former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran had installed an illegal telephone exchange with 323 telephone lines or not."
Jul 9, 2011 Ex-aide: PM lacks political authority: "Sanjaya Baru, ex-media advisor to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, has touched off a controversy by saying that his former boss lacks the political authority that he needs to be effective."
Jul 8, 2011 Courting disharmony: "Does the Supreme Court of India want to be the Government of India? Or do the judges of the apex court want to assert their right to be considered as ordinary citizens?", "The scams that have been unearthed in the last few years are of such staggering proportions that all earlier cases appear to deal in small change. The government’s obvious inability and, worse, seeming unwillingness to deal with these cases has taken us, the members of civil society, beyond a point of no return, so that we are no longer willing to be passive bystanders."
Jul 8, 2011 The ruling clique versus democracy: "Suddenly many politicians are accusing public-spirited citizens of being a threat to democracy—like a thief who, chased by the victim, cries for help. In fact, these citizens are a threat to these reckless political leaders who have trampled all democratic norms under their feet"
Jul 8, 2011 UPA govt is 'handmaiden' for process encouraging scams: CPI(M): "government of acting as the "handmaiden and facilitator" of the process that was encouraging major financial scams and alleged that the prime minister and Union cabinet are in the "heart" of it."
Jul 8, 2011 Punishing corrupt ministers and other high state officials
Jul 8, 2011 UPA Govt. should take step to curb corruption: Yechury
Jul 8, 2011 A besieged PM
Jul 8, 2011 Govt version of Lokpal Bill doesn't cover corrupt first-contact officials: "Ironically, while there is nothing for common man's grievances in the government draft Bill, his activism has been covered. All non-profit organisations, registered or not, funded or not, but receiving donation, howsoever small, shall come within the purview of the Lokpal."
Jul 8, 2011 Koda challenges EC notice in high court: "Election Commission show-cause notice threatening him with disqualification for allegedly not filing detailed accounts during about his poll expenses during the 2009 general election."
Jul 8, 2011 2G case: CBI probe sought against Sibal: "The application filed by Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) alleged that Sibal reduced the penalty to Rs five crore from Rs 650 crore against Anil Ambani-headed RCOM for violations in the UASL agreement."
Jul 8, 2011 Judiciary flogs the executive again: "Given the lackadaisical approach of the Government towards the issue of black money, the Supreme Court had to step in and order the formation of a SIT. The judicial intervention became necessary for corruption and black money now pose a threat to national security"
Jul 8, 2011 Who’s in charge of Government?: "For a Government to deliver governance, the Prime Minister has to be in command and control of the Council of Ministers and the system of administration. Sadly, Manmohan Singh is neither in command nor in control."
Jul 8, 2011 NHRC sends fresh notice to home ministry, Delhi govt on police action against Ramdev
Jul 8, 2011 Rahul a casteist, didn't eat food offered by Dalits: BSP
Jul 8, 2011 Kapil Sibal defends waiver of RCom penalty: "a petition filed in the Supreme Court accusing him of waiving off a huge penalty on Reliance Communications.", "He, however, was evasive when asked on what basis Rs 50 crore was decided as penalty."
Jul 8, 2011 India faltering on poverty alleviation: "a person today is not poor if he can spend Rs 24 in a village and Rs 30 in a city. These figures are as absurd as they can get. In Delhi, people pay Rs 15 for a one-way bus ticket. So a man who makes Rs 30 a day in Delhi may travel to work and back, buy and eat nothing but he still not will be considered poor. "
Jul 7, 2011 Another one bites the dust: "The rewards for forcing Aircel to sell out came in the form, it is alleged, of massive investment from the Malaysian firm for Sun TV owned by Kalanidhi Maran, his brother."
Jul 7, 2011 Indian PM faces calls to sack minister over graft
Jul 7, 2011 Anonymous website takes no prisoners on 2G scam: "Power of having big “Surname” in India like Tata, Birla and Ambani — says the recent scams in India not only talk about the free loot of scarce resources, but also show the power of belonging to a wealthy family. “It seems that India has been taken over by corrupt politicians in alliance with corrupt bureaucrats and businessmen,” it says. “A number of PSUs (Balco, VSNL, Modern Food, Hindustan Teleprinters, etc) have been divested at throwaway prices. Since liberalisation, a few industrial houses managed by people having big surnames have grown exceptionally by exploiting India’s scarce resources, be it mines, oil, land, ports or spectrum, in alliance with the political masters.”"
Jul 7, 2011 Bokaro Steel shames VVIP squatters: "Bokaro Steel today published a notice in newspapers, asking as many as 14 high-profile individuals, including senior politicians like deputy chief minister Hemant Soren, to vacate within two days PSU quarters they have been occupying illegally for years. Apart from Hemant, among the others named in the notice were his brother Basant, Bokaro MLA Samresh Singh, Chandankyari MLA Umakant Rajak and Vishrampur MLA Chandrashekhar Dubey."
Jul 7, 2011 BBC: Indian minister Dayanidhi Maran 'quits over scandal': "Indian Textile Minister Dayanidhi Maran has resigned following allegations of involvement in the country's biggest corruption scandal"
Jul 7, 2011 Is the DMK an embarrassment for the UPA?
Jul 7, 2011 MPLADS fund hiked from Rs 2 cr to Rs 5 cr: "A massive hike of Rs 3 crore in the annual allocation for a scheme that enables every MP to recommend development works in their constituencies"
Jul 7, 2011 HC wants to know why Tiwari is evading DNA test: "The octogenarian Congress leader, who held the post of undivided Uttar Pradesh chief minister twice and later of Uttarakhand, had allegedly been adopting evasive tactics to defy court's order."
Jul 7, 2011 Maran brothers threatened to kill me: Sivasankaran: "Former Aircel Chief C Sivasankaran has told the CBI that the then telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran and his brother Kalanidhi had allegedly issued life threats forcing him to sell his firm to a Malayasia-based tycoon"
Jul 7, 2011 CBI knocks on Maran door
Jul 7, 2011 Why does PM dither so much on the indefensible: Opposition
Jul 7, 2011 2G scam: Union textile minister Dayanidhi Maran resigns from cabinet
Jul 7, 2011 'Divided' people of Uttar Pradesh are run by dalals, says Rahul Gandhi
Jul 7, 2011 Game over for Maran: will he be asked to quit?
Jul 6, 2011 2G scam | Setback to govt as CBI targets Maran
Jul 6, 2011 CIC says pulling out CBI from scope of RTI Act is a violation of the law itself: "CIC questions the nature of the CBI which is purely a "police establishment" and does not come under "intelligence'' and "security" as categorised by the central government."
Jul 6, 2011 Slimming without gymming - Tihar’s celeb inmates lose weight, Kani leads chart with 5kg drop : "Guaranteed weight loss: 4-5kg in roughly one-and-a-half months. Free of cost. Asia’s biggest prison is turning out to be the country’s newest slimming centre. Nearly all the high-profile inmates who have made the jail their home, courtesy a couple of scams, have lost weight since they moved in. Leading the pack is DMK MP Kanimozhi, who has shed 5kg in a month and a half. Shahid Usman Balwa, one of India’s richest and a fellow accused in the 2G scam, has lost 4.5kg", "Disgraced sports czar Suresh Kalmadi, locked up since his arrest in the Commonwealth Games scandal, has slimmed down too. The Pune MP has grown thinner by 4kg, despite the occasional tea and biscuits at the office of the now transferred jail superintendent."
Jul 6, 2011 Congress version of Lokpal Bill unacceptable to the BJP: Rajnath Singh
Jul 6, 2011 Reuters: Indian police probing another minister in telecoms case: "a fresh embarrassment for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government already mired in a series of scandals."
Jul 6, 2011 Guv gives sanction to Lokayukta to prosecute former Minister: "Karnataka Governor H R Bhardwaj has given sanction to Lokayukta police to prosecute former Minister Katta Subramanya Naidu in connection with the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board scam."
Jul 6, 2011 SC stick hurts govts across political divide: "The SC rap is not just limited to the confines of Uttar Pradesh. It resonates in nearly every nook and corner of the country where the Land Acquisition Act of 1894 is invoked to dispossess people of their private land in the name of building SEZs, industries, shopping complexes and gated dwelling units curiously called societies. Despite repeated pleas by jurists, activists and even after the Singur-Nandigram-Jaitapur-POSCO experience, the political class has not felt the need to amend, repeal or replace a draconian law enacted by colonists to usurp 'native' properties."
Jul 6, 2011 Sack Maran from the Cabinet: Jayalalithaa: "With Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran coming under the CBI scanner in 2G scam, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Wednesday demanded that he should be dropped from the Union Cabinet immediately."
Jul 6, 2011 CBI: Textile Minister Dayanidhi Maran under 2G scanner
Jul 6, 2011 Neck deep in corruption charges, DMK wants PM under Lokpal
Jul 6, 2011 Gurgaon councillor held for murder: "Virender Singh alias Binder Gujjar hired UP gang to avenge April attack on him"
Jul 6, 2011 Bigotry alert: "If anyone needs sex education, it’s the health minister", "Azad has just uttered the words that reveal him as unfit to run the health ministry. He is an ocean of strange notions — in the past, he has also suggested that getting more people to watch TV would be an effective form of contraception."
Jul 6, 2011 Govt draft worse than 'jokepal', says Jaitley: ""It is better not to have a Lokpal than have a jokepal as envisaged under the Lokpal bill drafted by the government nominees,"", ""Take for example the JMM MPs bribery case or the incidents relating to nuclear liability issue. Can the PM, against whom direct charges of corruption were made, be left out from the purview of it."
Jul 6, 2011 2G scam: CBI submits report, Dayanidhi Maran under scanner: "The CBI has accused Maran, a former telecom minister, of forcing the promoter of Chennai-based telecom company Aircel to sell his firm to Malaysian firm Maxis in 2006."
Jul 6, 2011 Court notice to government on CBI exemption from RTI
Jul 6, 2011 States in sinister campaign to grab farmers' land, says SC: "the apex court on Tuesday assailed states for taking advantage of the “colonial legislation” on land acquisition to “grab” poor farmers’ land in the name of related stories development.", "“This is a sinister campaign initiated by several state governments against the people. It is forcing them (land owners) to become slum dwellers or take to crime,” the bench said. Taking a dig at the Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh, the bench observed: “When people protest against acquisition of their land, men are arrested and women raped.”", "“You invoke the emergency clause when you want to acquire, but take years to compensate the poor farmer,” the bench said.""
Jul 6, 2011 Arming Tribals Against Naxals Unconstitutional: SC
Jul 6, 2011 Rahul's padyatra a political drama: BJP
Jul 6, 2011 SC pulls up Mayawati govt over UP's land policy: "The court says UP's land acquisition policy is anti-people and a sinister campaign."
Jul 6, 2011 Anna Hazare more trusted than govt: IBN-HT poll: "the public prefers Anna Hazare over the government to tackle corruption. "
Jul 6, 2011 Allotted only 4 sites, not 10, says CM: "Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Monday admitted he had allotted residential sites in Mysore to some of his relatives under the discretionary quota and defended himself saying that there was nothing illegal about it."
Jul 5, 2011 Yeddyurappa accused of sheltering land grabbers: "“This is the mother of all scams. About 11,800 such files (of land grants), covering 25,000 acres of land worth about Rs 25,000 crores, have been found,”"
Jul 4, 2011 Govt wants veto on toothless Lokpal
Jul 4, 2011 Kiran Bedi: Lokpal Bill drafted by the government is like the Lokayukta; it is powerless
Jul 4, 2011 Alloted sites to relatives on compassionate grounds: Yeddy: "Facing fresh charges of nepotism, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa today admitted he had allotted residential sites in Mysore to six of his relatives"
Jul 4, 2011 Chidambaram didn't act to stop CWG scam: Aiyar: ""My letters of complaint were neither acknowledged nor acted upon by Mr Chidambaram who was the finance minister till 2007,""
Jul 4, 2011 Krishna spent Govt money to watch Wimbledon SF: "he overstayed in England at taxpayer expense for three days after an official visit and also watched tennis matches at Wimbledon"
Jul 4, 2011 No trust in govt, SC sets up SIT to probe black money
Jul 4, 2011 Disproportionate assets: SC go-ahead for criminal prosecution of Chautala sons: "The Supreme Court today gave its nod for the criminal prosecution of Indian National Lok Dal leaders and the sons of former chief minister Om Prakash Chautala's sons Ajay and Abhay Chautala in a disproportionate assets case."
Jul 3, 2011 96% residents want PM under Lokpal ambit, says poll
Jul 3, 2011 All parties pledge to back 'strong' Lokpal: "Faced with a deep crisis of credibility, the political class on Sunday came together to pledge a "strong and effective" Lokpal bill in the monsoon session"
Jul 3, 2011 Not one of Maya’s 129 letters to PM answered
Jul 3, 2011 Barring criminals from elections: "we do not want law breakers to become law makers for us, our children and grandchildren. "
Jul 3, 2011 Women’s wing of BJP organizes against corruption
Jul 3, 2011 Chidambaram should be sacked for scams and goof-ups: MM Joshi
Jul 2, 2011 2G: Sinha demands CBI probe on Chidambaram: "Former Union minister Yashwant Sinha on Saturday demanded a CBI probe into the alleged role of Union Home Minister P Chidambaram in the 2G spectrum scam, accusing him of playing a part no less than those who are already in jail in connection with the case."
Jul 2, 2011 MP govt land in central Mumbai sold for peanuts
Jul 2, 2011 Here’s a wiser policy option for a bold PM: "The issue is that 64 years of democracy have not only failed to pass meaningful laws against corruption but, manipulated by self-seeking politicians and bureaucrats, made effective prosecution of the guilty virtually impossible.", "In the kind of democracy and Parliament that have taken shape under decades of officially-condoned corruption, decent and law-abiding citizens of India will always remain “outsiders”."
Jul 2, 2011 Two state government decisions are reasons for worry: "The same Baijal was doing his job fearlessly and faithfully in the Anti-Corruption Bureau at Nasik but, alas, it was not appreciated and obviously not desired. The corrupt in Nasik and its adjoining districts can now breathe freely and can go on harassing the public and extorting money from them because the government is just not interested in stopping them from recouping the monies they have invested."
Jul 2, 2011 Congress attacking institutions working for people: Joshi: "the importance of this CAG press conference was its disclosure of an estimated Rs 1.76 lakh crore scam."
Jul 2, 2011 The Walls Have Ears: "The proposed Privacy Bill seems skewed towards the state rather than the citizen"
Jul 2, 2011 The Doctor Is In: "The PM, at last, locks into a media format that seems to suit him", "Today, the Congress is run by a leader who is never open to media scrutiny, and rarely speaks. Rahul Gandhi, who is seen as heir apparent, has never given an extensive interview"
Jul 2, 2011 Tihar orders inquiry into special treatment to Kalmadi
Jul 1, 2011 Advani to Dr Singh: Tell Sonia she isn't PM
Jul 1, 2011 CBI to lodge FIR against Koda: "Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) would soon register an FIR against former chief minister Madhu Koda for allegedly misusing his office to settle an over Rs 5 crore electricity bill of Lemos Cement Ltd, Khalari"
Jul 1, 2011 Method to Digvijaya's madness
Jul 1, 2011 The PM who doesn’t talk: "In no Western country would this happen."
Jun 30, 2011 Why Rahul should not be Indian prime minister: "Congress believes more in the charisma of a member of a famous clan rather than the meritorious substance of its party and cadre"
Jun 30, 2011 Mayawati government refusing to cooperate with us: NCW: "The National Commission for Women (NCW), led by panel acting chair Yasmin Abrar, Thursday accused the Uttar Pradesh government of refusing to cooperate with it on the issue of rising crimes against women in the state."
Jun 29, 2011 In UPA II of scams, 'silent' PM to concentrate more on PR
Jun 29, 2011 My govt is being termed most corrupt ever: PM
Jun 29, 2011 Martyrs' bodies in garbage van: CM says 'truck was new'
Jun 29, 2011 CBI team raids ex-minister’s residence: "in connection with the disproportionate assets case."
Jun 29, 2011 PM has failed to control prices and check corruption : BJP
Jun 29, 2011 CWG taint on BJP, CBI grills Sudhanshu Mittal: "Two business consortiums - PICO international and Deepali Designs - with Mittal as Director and his relatives as other stakeholders, had bagged contracts worth about Rs 230 crore during the Games. "
Jun 29, 2011 Not a lameduck or a puppet PM: Manmohan
Jun 29, 2011 Not a lameduck PM, says Manmohan Singh
Jun 29, 2011 Gowda family assets worth Rs 1,500 crore: BJP: "The State BJP on Tuesday alleged JD(S) leader H.D.Deve Gowda, his son H.D.Kumaraswamy and their families had illegally accumulated wealth totalling over Rs 1,500 crore during their tenure in power.", "the Gowda family with owning at least 24 companies started during the periods when they were in power.", "the Gowda family owns 105 acres in Hassan, 105 acres 33 guntas in Bidadi and 188 acres of land acquired between 2005-07 in and around Bangalore. Besides, the family owns sites totalling 92,300 sq ft in Mysore, 1.43 lakh sq ft in Bangalore, commercial complexes with built-up area of 8.19 lakh sq ft and commercial land extending to more than 20 acres.""

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