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Apr 19, 2013 Why does nothing change?: "Even as a 5-year-old child battles for her life after being brutally raped, the incident has brought back the memories of Nirbhaya gangrape in the capital which shook the entire nation. But four months after that cops are still insensitive. A woman protester, who was protesting against the brutal rape of a five-year-old girl, was slapped by an assistant commissioner of police."
Apr 19, 2013 Police official slaps girl protestor: "An assistant commissioner of police today slapped a young girl inside a hospital where she and others were protesting against the brutal rape of a five-year-old girl and was immediately suspended. Delhi Health Minister A K Walia was also heckled inside the Swami Dayanand Hospital when he arrived there to meet the victim."
Apr 19, 2013 5-yr-old brutalised, medical report 'scary': "A five-year-old girl raped allegedly by a neighbour after holding her captive for four days is battling for life after she contracted infection from foreign objects inserted into her body."
Apr 19, 2013 Police offered bribe, advised me to thank god: Rape victim's father: "The father of the five-year-old girl who was held captive and raped by her neighbour said Friday that the police had offered him Rs.2,000 to keep quiet, and advised him to "thank god that his daughter was alive"."
Apr 19, 2013 Delhi ashamed: Leaders, activists slam Delhi ACP for slapping girl, demand removal of Police Commissioner: "slammed the Delhi Police ACP B S Ahlawat for slapping a girl protesting against the brutal sexual assault of a five-year-old girl outside a hospital."
Apr 19, 2013 India ashamed: why women are not safe: "She is a kid, not yet aware of the life, she is just five years old and has come across such an inhuman act."
Apr 18, 2013 Goons & guns: India's new norm?: "A 26-year-old BCA student was shot dead by an unidentified man when he resisted the latter's bid to eve tease his woman companion, police said on Thursday (April 18)."
Apr 17, 2013 NCP leader's minor son arrested after his SUV mows down 2-year-old girl: "Aurangabad: Senior NCP leader Abdul Qadeer Maulana's 17-year-old son was arrested on Wednesday after the SUV car he was driving hit two minor girls and their uncle, killing the youngest girl on the spot. Three others, including a five-year-old girl have been seriously injured."
Apr 17, 2013 BBC: India's deadly unsafe abortions: "an alarmingly large number of women die in India because of unsafe abortions."
Apr 16, 2013 Gang rape victim beaten up by police in Bijnor: "Barely a week after a minor rape victim was detained in a lock-up in Uttar Pradesh, a 16-year-old gang rape victim today claimed she was beaten up by police when she went with her parents to file a complaint."
Apr 16, 2013 Jaipur accident shame: Experts suggest ways to reform society: "A 26-year-old woman and her infant daughter were killed on the spot when the motorcycle they were riding on was run over by a truck. The cries of help by the woman's husband were ignored by the passersby."
Apr 16, 2013 Cops wear loyalties on chest - Policemen pin protest badges on uniform, stun veterans: "The open display of loyalties in Asansol not only raised questions of propriety, impartiality and discipline but also unwittingly brought into sharp focus the unfulfilled vow of Mamata Banerjee to depoliticise the police force in Bengal."
Apr 15, 2013 Watch: Motorists, passersby ignore man's cries for help after accident: "A 26-year-old woman and her 8-month-old daughter were killed when the motorcycle they were riding on was run over by a speeding truck in Jaipur on Sunday. While the woman's husband and son escaped with minor injuries, their cries for help were ignored by the passersby and motorists and car drivers."
Apr 15, 2013 India TV exposes nationwide uterus removal racket under National Health Insurance Scheme: "exposed a nationwide racket in hysterectomies in which more than 20,000 women have lost their uteruses. All this for the sake of earning quick money through the National Health Insurance Scheme meant for women living below poverty line."
Apr 15, 2013 Bystander apathy touches new lows: "In a shocking case of public apathy, a man clutching on to his son lay on the road crying for help inside a tunnel next to the bodies of his wife and infant daughter with nobody stopping by for around 40 minutes after a speeding truck hit his motorcycle."
Apr 14, 2013 36 Mumbai cops caught taking bribes: "After 36 policemen were suspended for allegedly accepting bribes to turn a blind eye to an illegal structure, Mumbai police commissioner Satyapal Singh spoke exclusively to TIMES NOW about the issue. Satyapal Singh has called it as a shameful act and promised a probe in the case. 36 Mumbai cops have been caught on tape accepting bribes for illegal construction. The police personnel, right from the rank of constables to assistant sub-inspectors, were seen on camera accepting money. The camera footage showed that the policemen collected a total of Rs 45,000 over 10 days."
Apr 14, 2013 Watch: Mumbai policemen take bribes to allow illegal construction: "A sting operation by a social activist in Mumbai has revealed the nexus between police and illegal construction mafia. The sting, shot at a refugee camp in Kurla, showed around 15 policemen taking bribes to allow illegal construction to flourish in the area."
Apr 14, 2013 Massive land scam in Odisha: "This is Odisha, a state where politicians, bureaucrats, lawmakers, law enforcers all have land under the discretionary quota. But those who actually deserve it; distressed families of martyrs and/or handicapped people have been left in the lurch. 108 families in the last decade and more are waiting for their piece of land. The government says DQ is abolished but all those who acquired land illegally continue to hold on to their ill gotten plots and no action has been taken against them. These crooks stand exposed and we ask, why Land only for the connected? And why is it that Martyrs lose while the Connected win?"
Apr 14, 2013 1976: How US mocked large-scale corruption in India: ""Corruption in India is a cultural/political/economic fact of life and that it was not a Western import but historically a local phenomenon,""
Apr 14, 2013 Woman fails to pay bribe, delivers at Tamil Nadu bus stop: "after she experienced labour pain on Sunday morning, but some nursing staff allegedly demanded Rs. 1,000 for her delivery,"
Apr 13, 2013 Mumbai's illegal buildings: Is the entire system corrupt from top to bottom?: "Maharashtra government has suspended 37 police constables after a sting operation showed them demanding and accepting a bribe to allow illegal construction in the city."
Apr 13, 2013 West Bengal politics spills over to its college campuses: "A day after the attack on Presidency University by alleged Trinamool Congress supporters, students and the faculty marched in protest in Kolkata."
Apr 13, 2013 Karnataka polls: The real estate lobby and the richest candidates: "The real estate lobby entered the Karnataka state politics in the late 90s. CNN-IBN takes a look at some of the richest candidates in the fray for this year's Assembly polls, many of them from the real estate business."
Apr 13, 2013 MP: Special Olympics medalist Sita Sahu forced to sell street food to earn a living: "Special Olympics medal winner Sita Sahu has been forced to work at a roadside eatery and sell gol gappas (a ball of flour filled with spicy water) in Rewa, Madhya Pradesh. Sita had won two bronze medals in 2011 Athens Special Olympics but due to financial problems, she has now been forced to work at a shop. Madhya Pradesh Social Justice Minister Gopal Bhargava had announced that Rs 50,000 would be given to every bronze medal winner and so Sita should have got Rs 1 lakh, but the reward is yet to materialise."
Apr 13, 2013 Unhygienic food on-board trains: Is Indian Railways playing with human lives?: "An inspection report by the Indian Railways has said the food served in trains is cooked in dirty, smelly and waterlogged pantry cars."
Apr 13, 2013 Rajasthan CM makes sportsmen sign 'no links with RSS' affidavit: "If one is a sportsperson in Rajasthan who has had anything to do with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) or the Jamaat-e-Islami, they will now not qualify for the state government's awards. Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has taken his fight with the RSS to bizarre levels making top sportspersons sign affidavits saying they have nothing to do with the RSS, before giving them awards."
Apr 13, 2013 Blame the rotten system for railways' filthy catering: Dinesh Trivedi: "Former Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi has said the whole system including Parliament is to be blamed for filthy catering services in the Indian Railways. 'If you ask me you have to hold the entire Parliament guilty. This is absolutely pathetic. I must compliment Marya Shakil and CNN-IBN to have highlighted these points. This is in modern times highly unacceptable. But having said that let me tell you, you will not even be able to sack the particular caterer, you will not be able to do anything, you will not be able to hold any officer accountable because the whole system is rotten,' Trivedi said."
Apr 13, 2013 Pune man turns CJ to expose corruption at Regional Transport Office: "CJ Tinu Thomas exposes corruption at the Pune RTO. You too can send your stories to @ibncj."
Apr 13, 2013 Presidency Univ gatekeeper targeted: "This is the picture of Trinamool Congress (TMC) Councillor Partha Basu and two TMC student leaders entering the Presidency University on the day it was ransacked. But instead of acting against its own men the Mamata Government is targeting everyone else. Today it was the University gatekeeper who was called for questioning by the police. After three hour, the harried gatekeeper was allowed to leave."
Apr 13, 2013 BBC: Illegal building woes in urban India: "Illegal projects such as this are a widespread problem in Indian cities"
Apr 13, 2013 Calcutta Corner: "Irrational incidents of violence and counter-violence have reduced Bengal to a banana republic."
Apr 11, 2013 Engineering colleges up 'for sale' in Tamil Nadu: " as many as 100 colleges, both engineering and others, were up for sale in the state. "This is because they just don't have enough students. When there are no students, where is the revenue,""
Apr 10, 2013 UP: Uproar as minor rape survivor is put behind bars: "A ten-year-old rape survivor was put behind bars by the Bulandshahr police in Uttar Pradesh when she approached them for help. The child and her mother had gone to a women's police station to file the complaint of the rape."
Apr 10, 2013 Graft lands Mumbai IPS officer in jail for 5 years: "Jain conducted an inquiry and issued a show-cause notice to Kokil. According to investigators, he simultaneously sent a friend, chartered accountant Prasanna Lodha, to Kokil to demand a bribe of Rs 5 lakh if he wanted to avoid suspension."
Apr 10, 2013 मुंबई: स्टिंग ऑपरेशन में रिश्वत लेते पकड़े गए 35 पुलिसकर्मी: "चेंबूर के ठक्करबापा कॉलोनी में जब कमरे की मरम्मत शुरू हुई तो रिश्वत मांगने के लिए पुलिस वालों की लाइन लग गई. एक नहीं पूरे 35 पुलिसवालों ने रिश्वत वसूली."
Apr 10, 2013 चंडीगढ़ः रिश्वत लेते रंगे हाथों पकड़ा गया IPS अधिकारी: "पुलिस अधीक्षक (शहर) देशराज ने एसएचओ अनोख सिंह से 25 लाख रुपये की रिश्वत मांगी थी और उसी में से आरंभिक राशि एक लाख रुपये लेते समय उसे गिरफ्तार किया गया."
Apr 10, 2013 Man cries in pain as he's beaten by cops during violent demo: "THREE baton-wielding police officers rain blows on a protester during a violent march in northern India."
Apr 10, 2013 Corruption in India a ‘fact of life’, say U.S. diplomats: "“‘Speed money’, a small payment required to move papers, secure admission to a hospital, obtain a train ticket, etc. This is illegal but not considered corrupt since it is supposed to balance the niggardly income normally given to recipients of such payments. Similarly, nepotism, whether it benefits one’s family, caste or language or regional group is considered acceptable.”"
Apr 10, 2013 Bulandshahr: Rape survivor alleges she was slapped by women constables: "In a yet another case of police brutality, a 10-year-old rape survivor was locked up in the jail when she reached a police station to file a complaint. 'Mujhe thappad mara (I was slapped),' alleged the girl, who spent more than 15 hours in the jail with her mother."
Apr 10, 2013 Maha: 'Water from dam being diverted to mills owned by NCP leaders': "Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar may have admitted to making the biggest blunder of his political career over his 'urine' remark, however, residents of Patkul village in Solapur are incensed by his Marie Antoinette-like remark. 'He wants us to drink urine? Is that what he is saying?' a resident asks."
Apr 9, 2013 WB: Mob beats up, shaves heads of children accused of theft: "In a shocking case of mob justice in Asansol in West Bengal, five children were allegedly tied to bamboo poles and kept in a hut overnight for alleged theft. The children were aged between 10 and 12 years."
Apr 8, 2013 Delhi gangrape: 4 months on, bus drivers still get fake licences: "Nothing has changed on the ground four months after the Delhi gangrape triggered mass outrage and a series of promises by authorities. CNN-IBN's sister channel IBN7 has conducted a special investigation showing that fake licences based on fake addresses are still being issued to bus drivers."
Apr 8, 2013 Have to bribe touts to get license: Delhi bus drivers: "Four months after the Delhi gangrape triggered mass outrage and a series of promises by authorities, the dismal reality is that nothing has changed on the ground. Bus drivers still have to bribe touts to get a license."
Apr 8, 2013 Now, chorus against corrupt officials: "74 innocent people lost their lives in the Thane building collapse, but the Maharashtra Police is hesitating to charge the nine accused for murder. Now, the chorus for greater accountability and action against corrupt officials is growing louder."
Apr 7, 2013 Traffic warden who took on Narayan Rane's son ousted: "Anita Lobo, who has been regulating traffic in Bandra-Khar voluntarily for two decades, said the traffic police’s notice states that her services are being discontinued due to complaints from politicians over her alleged misbehaviour."
Apr 7, 2013 Maharashtra's population is increasing due to shortage of electricity: Ajit Pawar: "“I have come to know that the population is increasing in the state since there is a shortage of electricity in Maharashtra. What other work people have when the lights are off,”"
Apr 7, 2013 MP: Students clear class X, class XII exams without appearing for them: "Balatant violation of norms of the National Institute of Open School (NIOS) Learning have come up. CNN-IBN has accessed a report by an NIOS flying squad. During spot checks at government schools in Bhind last year it found that at an exam centre in Gohad, 82 students registered for secondary science exam were absent. So were 16 students registered for the senior secondary exam."
Apr 6, 2013 Politicians looted the country more than Britishers: Hazare: ""In 150 years, the Britishers did not plunder the country as much as the leaders of this nation have looted."
Apr 5, 2013 Not just another building collapse: "These deaths can't be reduced to a statistic on a government chart. Survivors recount the horror. Can India afford to look away from the tragedy caused by corruption?"
Apr 5, 2013 Death penalty for 3, life term for 5 in Gonda fake encounter case: "Death sentence was awarded to three policemen and life term was doled out to five others by a special CBI court in the 31-year-old fake encounter case in Gonda district, which led to the death of 13 persons, including the Deputy Superintendent of Police. Special CBI judge Rajendra Singh awarded death sentence to the then SHO, Kaudia RB Saroj, head constable Ram Nayak and constable Ram Kara,n holding them responsible for hatching the conspiracy of murder."
Apr 5, 2013 Dawood stashing cash in tax haven to finance jihadists: "Twenty years ago, his smuggling operations paid for the bombs which killed 257 people in Mumbai. Now, a CNN-IBN and FirstPost investigation has found that ganglord Dawood Ibrahim's cash is washing up in the offshore banking haven of Nassau in The Bahamas - a beach paradise also known for its zero-taxes and high-secrecy banking - in an Indian bank. It is the tip of what one expert has called 'the Goldman Sachs of the underworld'"
Apr 5, 2013 The Last Word: How significant is SC's order on red beacon lights?: "How significant is the Supreme Court's order the red beacon lights' usage must be sharply curtailed? And will this end the culture of perks and privileges that is showered on important people?"
Apr 5, 2013 Mumbai building collapse: Is the politician real-estate mafia nexus responsible?: "In one of Maharashtra's worst building collapses in a decade, 58 people have died and 61 have been injured after a seven-storeyed building in Laxmi Compound in Mumbra, a suburb of Thane, crashed down like a pack of cards into a heap of rubble on Thursday evening. However, even after a day, authorities are struggling with rescue operations."
Apr 5, 2013 31 yrs on, IAS officer sees her father’s killers get death: ""The evidence... always indicated conspiracy at a high level and CBI kept their eyes closed," the judgment said. "...After shooting of their officer, at least a gang of police personnel helped the village pradhan, and with his help killed 12 persons... in a barbaric manner.""
Apr 5, 2013 Quit if you can't abide by constitution, Katju to Jayalalithaa: "Press Council of India (PCI) chairman Markanday Katju Friday asked Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa to suspend 30 policemen involved in the illegal arrest of an editor of a daily nearly three years ago or resign."
Apr 5, 2013 3 UP cops get death for fake encounter: "Justice was delayed but not denied for families of victims of the infamous Gonda fake encounter case that took place over 30 years ago in which a senior police officer and 12 villagers were killed by cops."
Apr 4, 2013 Khemka transferred for 44th time, shunted to department of archives: "Senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka, who made waves by cancelling the mutation of land deal between Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra and realty giant DLF in October last year, was on Thursday transferred for the 44th time in less than 20 years of his bureaucratic career."
Apr 4, 2013 Mamata vs left: Is West Bengal caught in a cycle of endless political violence?: "There have been massive protests over the death of 23-year-old Students Federation of India activist Sudipto Gupta in Kolkata. Not just in Kolkata, protests are also being staged in Chennai by SFI activists. The Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal has also come under attack from the protesters as well as the Left Front."
Apr 4, 2013 Pvt medical colleges sell seats; Govt must act now, say doctors: "India's top doctors have demanded that the government steps in and acts immediately to check the shocking contempt of law displayed by administrators of private medical and dental colleges. This came after a CNN-IBN sting operation exposed how PG medical college seats are on sale with some being sold for as much as Rs 3 crore, even before the results for the All India Common Entrance Test are declared."
Apr 4, 2013 Mumbai: Medical college students say admissions need monitoring: "Students of the Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College in Sion, Mumbai say that the sale of seats has been a longstanding scam."
Apr 4, 2013 SFI activist death: An accident or a case of police brutality?: "SFI activist Sudipto Gupta was killed in alleged police crackdown on a protest by the students organisation in Kolkata on Tuesday."
Apr 4, 2013 End of red beacon culture?: "The obsession of politicians and bureaucrats with red beacons on their car tops has become a regular traffic nuisance. But the Supreme Court on Wednesday (April 3) suggested to the government to end the 'Lal Batti' culture. The Supreme Court said it would decide whether a person other than high functionaries is entitled to use of beacons and sirens on their vehicles in view of their being misused and flaunted by people as status symbol. Following the hearing, a huge debate has begun but the question is will the government respond to remove the red beacons which are used to flaunt status and intimidate the common man?"
Apr 4, 2013 IAS officer Ashok Khemka shunted out: "Senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka, who had kicked up a political storm alleging irregularities in land deals involving businessman Robert Vadra and DLF, was today again transferred by Haryana government for the second time in nearly six months. While no reasons were cited in the statement, sources said that the whistleblower bureaucrat had raised hackles over his decisions on postings and disciplinary action against employees of the Corporation. During his 21-year-long career, 47-year-old Khemka has been transferred over 40 times."
Apr 4, 2013 Is medical education still on sale in India?: "In clear violation of the Supreme Court of India's orders and audacious contempt of law, five reputed colleges have been caught in the middle of the rot in the country's medical education system. A CNN-IBN sting operation covering three states has exposed how private medical and dental colleges are illegally selling post graduate seats to the highest bidders."
Apr 4, 2013 IAS officer Ashok Khemka transferred again: "Senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka, who had kicked up a political storm alleging irregularities in land deals involving businessman Robert Vadra and DLF, was again transferred on Thursday by Haryana government for the second time in nearly six months."
Apr 4, 2013 Average assets of Karnataka ministers zoom 665% to Rs 6.96 crore: Report: "Priya Krishna of the Congress with asset of Rs 767.61 crore was excluded as his assets were clearly an outlier"
Apr 3, 2013 Kolkata: 'Dead SFI activist was hit hard on his head by policeman': "The death of a 23-year-old Student Federation of India activist, Sudipto Gupta, has sparked a row in Kolkata. Sudipto was fatally injured allegedly by the police during a crackdown in the city on Tuesday."
Apr 3, 2013 BSP leader murder: 'Self-styled godman ordered the killing': "The police may have identified the mastermind of the fatal shooting of Bahujan Samaj Party leader and real estate tycoon Deepak Bhardwaj in his Delhi farmhouse. Sources have told CNN-IBN that the interrogation of the suspects has led to the name of a self-styled godman or Swami."
Apr 3, 2013 Private medical colleges selling seats for crores: "In clear violation of the Supreme Court of India's orders and audacious contempt of law, five reputed colleges have been caught in the middle of the rot in the country's medical education system. A CNN-IBN sting operation covering three states has exposed how private medical and dental colleges are illegally selling post graduate seats to the highest bidders."
Apr 3, 2013 Govt has a 1000 hands, can send anyone to jail: Mulayam Singh Yadav: "government can send those who oppose it to jail."
Apr 3, 2013 SC's red card to red beacon lights: "The Supreme Court on Wednesday (April 3) said it would decide whether a person other than high functionaries is entitled to use of beacons and sirens on their vehicles in view of their being misused and flaunted by people as status symbol."
Apr 2, 2013 FTN: Justice for Shailaja:Are hospitals getting away with life threatening medical negligence?: "Shailaja, a mother of two was left in a near vegetative state three years ago after her doctors botched up her surgery and then refused to take responsibility for it. Shailaja's husband had turned citizen journalist to get help for his wife."
Apr 2, 2013 Odisha MLA listed as BPL beneficiary, drives an SUV: "nevertheless has his wife and two kids as well listed under BPL."
Apr 2, 2013 Married woman gangraped, sold for Rs 40,000 in MP: "then sold off for Rs 40,000 to three brothers, who also gangraped her"
Apr 2, 2013 Superstition forces Akhilesh Yadav from visiting Noida, launches projects sitting in Lucknow: "The superstition is: any chief minister visiting Noida loses his or her seat of power soon, irrespective of caste, colour and creed."
Apr 2, 2013 BSP leader's killers were hired for Rs.1 crore: "A week after the murder of BSP leader and business tycoon Deepak Bhardwaj, Delhi Police said Tuesday that the killers were paid Rs.1 crore to eliminate him."
Apr 1, 2013 Bullying cops: India's new norm?: "But these power drunk brutes like Parvez Ahmad in Allahabad believe that they are above the law and can say and do anything. How else would they have the gumption to threaten and abuse an on duty police officer, for doing his job. From Mumbai to Dhule to Allahabad our law enforcers are being assaulted, abused and attacked, repeatedly across the country. Shouldn't our politicians be given the Danda for crossing line and misbehaving with the nations police?"
Apr 1, 2013 Muslim Institute Training Girls for Jihad: Mumbai Police: " its circular which says the women's wing of an Islamic organisation is "brainwashing and training girls for Jihad"."
Apr 1, 2013 Gangrape survivor 'hidden' from the family: "December 13, 2012 was when a 16-year-old girl was gangraped by 17 men in Meghalaya. For 100 days, she has faced innumerable atrocities, discarded by a society that gave her nothing but insensitivity. Now, she has been snatched away from her family in the name of protection."
Apr 1, 2013 No room for treatment at KEM Hospital: "Salmaan Ahmed and his wife lost their 8-month-old child last year. The infant had a hole in his heart and was taken to Mumbai's KEM hospital, which is the only state run hospital in Mumbai with the expertise to conduct open heart surgeries. "Doctors just kept on giving new dates. We had admitted my child for 16 days and doctors kept on telling us that they will do the operation tomorrow or in two days," Salmaan said."
Apr 1, 2013 Richest civic body lets infants die: "These children have paid the price for being poor. These infants died waiting for a heart surgery at this hospital in Mumbai. Reason, criminal red tape in acquiring the equipment required to perform the open heart surgery. King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital, the only state run hospital in Mumbai with the expertise to conduct open heart surgeries on children has been waiting for three critical heart lung machines for the last four years."
Mar 31, 2013 1971 war crimes: In Kolkata, Islamists rally for genocide: "Sayeedi’s Razakar militia, witnesses told Bangladesh’s ongoing 1971 war-crimes tribunal, kidnapped Gourango Saha’s sisters, Mohomaya, Anno and Komol, and handed them over to Pakistan army troops who raped them over three days. They burned down the Hindu-owned homes in the village of Umedpur, looting homes—and shooting dead"
Mar 30, 2013 Now, sacrifice a goat or a hen to clear board exams: "they are making a beeline for Ranapur, 45 km from Jhabua, where the idol of Baba Dongar, a tribal god, is believed to make all wishes come true."
Mar 30, 2013 बच्चों से अप्राकृतिक यौनाचार: निदेशक, वार्डन गिरफ्तार: "छत्तीसगढ़ के दुर्ग जिले में पुलिस नें एक बाल गृह के निदेशक और वार्डन को 6 बच्चों के साथ अप्राकृतिक यौनाचार के आरोप में गिरफ्तार कर लिया है. इस बाल गृह में कुल मिलाकर 47 बच्चे रहते थे जिनमें 17 लड़कियां भी शामिल हैं."
Mar 30, 2013 Pardon cry smacks of law for privileged: "His offence is grave because he used his privileged position to arrange a safe venue for a cache of arms and explosives that had been received from Pakistan by the underworld to organise the serial blasts in March 1993 that killed 257 innocent people and seriously injured another 713. What Sanjay did was not merely brandish an AK-56 assault rifle and a 9mm revolver before a mirror and pretend he was Rambo. He directly facilitated a massacre of monumental proportions, an offence that was no less serious than the massacre by Pakistan-trained terrorists on November 26, 2008."
Mar 30, 2013 Maharashtra MLAs who beat up policeman to go scot-free?: "The MLAs accused of beating up a policeman inside the Maharashtra Assembly are likely to go scot-free despite footage available from 28 CCTV cameras. Crime branch sources claim the footage is unclear. There was a mobile video of an injured Sachin Suryavanshi, 28 CCTV cameras inside the Vidhan Bhavan and yet no conclusive proof against the MLAs who allegedly beat him up in the legislative assembly."
Mar 30, 2013 Dowry case: Ex-Odisha law minister Mohanty, wife arrested: "Former Odisha Law Minister Raghunath Mohanty and his wife have been arrested from Kolkata in connection with a dowry case. The ex-minister and his wife are accused by his daughter-in-law of dowry and harassment."
Mar 30, 2013 They demanded a Scorpio, Rs 25 lakhs: Ex-Odisha Minister's daughter-in-law: "Former Odisha Minister Raghunath Mohanty's daughter-in-law said that her husband's family subjected her to dowry torture, demanded a Scorpio car and Rs 25 lakhs in cash."
Mar 30, 2013 Gang rape hits India image, 25% fall in foreign tourists: "since the Delhi gang rape, resulting in foreign tourist arrivals falling 25% and an even bigger drop, 35%, in women tourists."
Mar 29, 2013 First defiance, now apology: "Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), touted as world's richest civic body, boasts of surplus healthcare budget allocation but has totally ignored the health of the state's poor infants."
Mar 29, 2013 Infant deaths: Blamegame begins after expose: "48 hours back, TIMES NOW got you the shocking story of apathy and red tape in the world's richest civic body - the BMC. We told you how deep rooted corruption claimed the lives of over 150 infants since 2009. Even today, hundreds of children are awaiting critical cardiac care, but an exposed BMC has chosen to pass the buck."
Mar 29, 2013 Maha Home Min protecting MLAs?: "Crime Branch's probe into the assault on a police officer inside the Maharashtra Assembly premises by MLAs has hit a roadblock after the Government said the CCTV footage of the incident was inconclusive and those involved in the attack have not been clearly identified."
Mar 29, 2013 After expose, authorities forced to act: "Infants from 15 days to 2 years have been dying just because of red tapism in King Edward Memorial (KEM) hospital, Mumbai."
Mar 29, 2013 Are government-run hostels used to sexually abuse girls?: "An IBN7 investigation exposed how young tribal girls are being sexually abused in government-run homes and schools in Chhattisgarh."
Mar 29, 2013 Sanjay Dutt's appeal: Should emotions influence the law?: "Amidst the clamour to seek a pardom for him, actor Sanjay Dutt broke his silence on Thursday. An emotional Dutt broke down while speaking to the media and said he will surrender in the case and not seek a pardon."
Mar 29, 2013 Punjab: No lessons learnt as grains left to rot due to poor storage: "Punjab has yet again reaped a bumper crop, but the big question is where will it be stored? Starting April 1, 150 lakh tonnes of wheat are set to arrive in Punjab's procurement centres, but only 60 lakh tonnes can be stored safely. Worse, only 15 crore of the 50 crore gunny bags that are needed for storage are available."
Mar 29, 2013 Chhattisgarh tribal girls' assault: NCPCR sends notice to state govt: "The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has sent a notice to the Chhattisgarh government. NCPCR official Vinod Ticu said it is a failure of the monitoring system."
Mar 29, 2013 Chattisgarh tribal prostitution: Centre to send fact-finding team, says KC Deo: "tribal women were forced into prostitution at a government run hostel in Chattisgarh by the hostel warden. After 7 years of suffering the horror, two girls finally mustered up the courage to speak out. Union Tribal Affairs Minister KC Deo has commented on the issue, saying that the Centre will send a fact-finding team to Chattisgarh to probe the matter."
Mar 26, 2013 Who'll fight for Zaibunnisa Kazi?: "At a time when there is a well-oiled mercy campaign for Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt who has been convicted in the 1993 blasts for hoarding illegal weapons, there is yet another accused who is convicted of the same crime. Zaibusnissa Kazi has suffered for 20 years too, spending 8 months in jail; but when the verdict came out, the only person who perhaps was batting for her was her daughter. There is an entire brigade of politicians and actors who are appealing for mercy for Sanjay Dutt on humanitarian grounds, but there is not a single word of support for this 70-year-old woman who perhaps is paying the price of not being a celebrity."
Mar 26, 2013 Open gun culture: India's new norm?: "The capital is yet again under the cloud of crime with two incidents of day light shooting, putting questions on the law and order situation in the city. But in a country where almost 40 million people have access to arms, is open gun culture becoming a new norm in India?"
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Apr 19, 2013 Why does nothing change?: "Even as a 5-year-old child battles for her life after being brutally raped, the incident has brought back the memories of Nirbhaya gangrape in the capital which shook the entire nation. But four months after that cops are still insensitive. A woman protester, who was protesting against the brutal rape of a five-year-old girl, was slapped by an assistant commissioner of police."
Apr 19, 2013 Police official slaps girl protestor: "An assistant commissioner of police today slapped a young girl inside a hospital where she and others were protesting against the brutal rape of a five-year-old girl and was immediately suspended. Delhi Health Minister A K Walia was also heckled inside the Swami Dayanand Hospital when he arrived there to meet the victim."
Apr 19, 2013 5-yr-old brutalised, medical report 'scary': "A five-year-old girl raped allegedly by a neighbour after holding her captive for four days is battling for life after she contracted infection from foreign objects inserted into her body."
Apr 19, 2013 Police offered bribe, advised me to thank god: Rape victim's father: "The father of the five-year-old girl who was held captive and raped by her neighbour said Friday that the police had offered him Rs.2,000 to keep quiet, and advised him to "thank god that his daughter was alive"."
Apr 19, 2013 Delhi ashamed: Leaders, activists slam Delhi ACP for slapping girl, demand removal of Police Commissioner: "slammed the Delhi Police ACP B S Ahlawat for slapping a girl protesting against the brutal sexual assault of a five-year-old girl outside a hospital."
Apr 19, 2013 India ashamed: why women are not safe: "She is a kid, not yet aware of the life, she is just five years old and has come across such an inhuman act."
Apr 18, 2013 Goons & guns: India's new norm?: "A 26-year-old BCA student was shot dead by an unidentified man when he resisted the latter's bid to eve tease his woman companion, police said on Thursday (April 18)."
Apr 17, 2013 NCP leader's minor son arrested after his SUV mows down 2-year-old girl: "Aurangabad: Senior NCP leader Abdul Qadeer Maulana's 17-year-old son was arrested on Wednesday after the SUV car he was driving hit two minor girls and their uncle, killing the youngest girl on the spot. Three others, including a five-year-old girl have been seriously injured."
Apr 17, 2013 BBC: India's deadly unsafe abortions: "an alarmingly large number of women die in India because of unsafe abortions."
Apr 16, 2013 Gang rape victim beaten up by police in Bijnor: "Barely a week after a minor rape victim was detained in a lock-up in Uttar Pradesh, a 16-year-old gang rape victim today claimed she was beaten up by police when she went with her parents to file a complaint."
Apr 16, 2013 Jaipur accident shame: Experts suggest ways to reform society: "A 26-year-old woman and her infant daughter were killed on the spot when the motorcycle they were riding on was run over by a truck. The cries of help by the woman's husband were ignored by the passersby."
Apr 16, 2013 Cops wear loyalties on chest - Policemen pin protest badges on uniform, stun veterans: "The open display of loyalties in Asansol not only raised questions of propriety, impartiality and discipline but also unwittingly brought into sharp focus the unfulfilled vow of Mamata Banerjee to depoliticise the police force in Bengal."
Apr 15, 2013 Watch: Motorists, passersby ignore man's cries for help after accident: "A 26-year-old woman and her 8-month-old daughter were killed when the motorcycle they were riding on was run over by a speeding truck in Jaipur on Sunday. While the woman's husband and son escaped with minor injuries, their cries for help were ignored by the passersby and motorists and car drivers."
Apr 15, 2013 India TV exposes nationwide uterus removal racket under National Health Insurance Scheme: "exposed a nationwide racket in hysterectomies in which more than 20,000 women have lost their uteruses. All this for the sake of earning quick money through the National Health Insurance Scheme meant for women living below poverty line."
Apr 15, 2013 Bystander apathy touches new lows: "In a shocking case of public apathy, a man clutching on to his son lay on the road crying for help inside a tunnel next to the bodies of his wife and infant daughter with nobody stopping by for around 40 minutes after a speeding truck hit his motorcycle."
Apr 14, 2013 36 Mumbai cops caught taking bribes: "After 36 policemen were suspended for allegedly accepting bribes to turn a blind eye to an illegal structure, Mumbai police commissioner Satyapal Singh spoke exclusively to TIMES NOW about the issue. Satyapal Singh has called it as a shameful act and promised a probe in the case. 36 Mumbai cops have been caught on tape accepting bribes for illegal construction. The police personnel, right from the rank of constables to assistant sub-inspectors, were seen on camera accepting money. The camera footage showed that the policemen collected a total of Rs 45,000 over 10 days."
Apr 14, 2013 Watch: Mumbai policemen take bribes to allow illegal construction: "A sting operation by a social activist in Mumbai has revealed the nexus between police and illegal construction mafia. The sting, shot at a refugee camp in Kurla, showed around 15 policemen taking bribes to allow illegal construction to flourish in the area."
Apr 14, 2013 Massive land scam in Odisha: "This is Odisha, a state where politicians, bureaucrats, lawmakers, law enforcers all have land under the discretionary quota. But those who actually deserve it; distressed families of martyrs and/or handicapped people have been left in the lurch. 108 families in the last decade and more are waiting for their piece of land. The government says DQ is abolished but all those who acquired land illegally continue to hold on to their ill gotten plots and no action has been taken against them. These crooks stand exposed and we ask, why Land only for the connected? And why is it that Martyrs lose while the Connected win?"
Apr 14, 2013 1976: How US mocked large-scale corruption in India: ""Corruption in India is a cultural/political/economic fact of life and that it was not a Western import but historically a local phenomenon,""
Apr 14, 2013 Woman fails to pay bribe, delivers at Tamil Nadu bus stop: "after she experienced labour pain on Sunday morning, but some nursing staff allegedly demanded Rs. 1,000 for her delivery,"
Apr 13, 2013 Mumbai's illegal buildings: Is the entire system corrupt from top to bottom?: "Maharashtra government has suspended 37 police constables after a sting operation showed them demanding and accepting a bribe to allow illegal construction in the city."
Apr 13, 2013 West Bengal politics spills over to its college campuses: "A day after the attack on Presidency University by alleged Trinamool Congress supporters, students and the faculty marched in protest in Kolkata."
Apr 13, 2013 Karnataka polls: The real estate lobby and the richest candidates: "The real estate lobby entered the Karnataka state politics in the late 90s. CNN-IBN takes a look at some of the richest candidates in the fray for this year's Assembly polls, many of them from the real estate business."
Apr 13, 2013 MP: Special Olympics medalist Sita Sahu forced to sell street food to earn a living: "Special Olympics medal winner Sita Sahu has been forced to work at a roadside eatery and sell gol gappas (a ball of flour filled with spicy water) in Rewa, Madhya Pradesh. Sita had won two bronze medals in 2011 Athens Special Olympics but due to financial problems, she has now been forced to work at a shop. Madhya Pradesh Social Justice Minister Gopal Bhargava had announced that Rs 50,000 would be given to every bronze medal winner and so Sita should have got Rs 1 lakh, but the reward is yet to materialise."
Apr 13, 2013 Unhygienic food on-board trains: Is Indian Railways playing with human lives?: "An inspection report by the Indian Railways has said the food served in trains is cooked in dirty, smelly and waterlogged pantry cars."
Apr 13, 2013 Rajasthan CM makes sportsmen sign 'no links with RSS' affidavit: "If one is a sportsperson in Rajasthan who has had anything to do with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) or the Jamaat-e-Islami, they will now not qualify for the state government's awards. Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has taken his fight with the RSS to bizarre levels making top sportspersons sign affidavits saying they have nothing to do with the RSS, before giving them awards."
Apr 13, 2013 Blame the rotten system for railways' filthy catering: Dinesh Trivedi: "Former Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi has said the whole system including Parliament is to be blamed for filthy catering services in the Indian Railways. 'If you ask me you have to hold the entire Parliament guilty. This is absolutely pathetic. I must compliment Marya Shakil and CNN-IBN to have highlighted these points. This is in modern times highly unacceptable. But having said that let me tell you, you will not even be able to sack the particular caterer, you will not be able to do anything, you will not be able to hold any officer accountable because the whole system is rotten,' Trivedi said."
Apr 13, 2013 Pune man turns CJ to expose corruption at Regional Transport Office: "CJ Tinu Thomas exposes corruption at the Pune RTO. You too can send your stories to @ibncj."
Apr 13, 2013 Presidency Univ gatekeeper targeted: "This is the picture of Trinamool Congress (TMC) Councillor Partha Basu and two TMC student leaders entering the Presidency University on the day it was ransacked. But instead of acting against its own men the Mamata Government is targeting everyone else. Today it was the University gatekeeper who was called for questioning by the police. After three hour, the harried gatekeeper was allowed to leave."
Apr 13, 2013 BBC: Illegal building woes in urban India: "Illegal projects such as this are a widespread problem in Indian cities"
Apr 13, 2013 Calcutta Corner: "Irrational incidents of violence and counter-violence have reduced Bengal to a banana republic."
Apr 11, 2013 Engineering colleges up 'for sale' in Tamil Nadu: " as many as 100 colleges, both engineering and others, were up for sale in the state. "This is because they just don't have enough students. When there are no students, where is the revenue,""
Apr 10, 2013 UP: Uproar as minor rape survivor is put behind bars: "A ten-year-old rape survivor was put behind bars by the Bulandshahr police in Uttar Pradesh when she approached them for help. The child and her mother had gone to a women's police station to file the complaint of the rape."
Apr 10, 2013 Graft lands Mumbai IPS officer in jail for 5 years: "Jain conducted an inquiry and issued a show-cause notice to Kokil. According to investigators, he simultaneously sent a friend, chartered accountant Prasanna Lodha, to Kokil to demand a bribe of Rs 5 lakh if he wanted to avoid suspension."
Apr 10, 2013 मुंबई: स्टिंग ऑपरेशन में रिश्वत लेते पकड़े गए 35 पुलिसकर्मी: "चेंबूर के ठक्करबापा कॉलोनी में जब कमरे की मरम्मत शुरू हुई तो रिश्वत मांगने के लिए पुलिस वालों की लाइन लग गई. एक नहीं पूरे 35 पुलिसवालों ने रिश्वत वसूली."
Apr 10, 2013 चंडीगढ़ः रिश्वत लेते रंगे हाथों पकड़ा गया IPS अधिकारी: "पुलिस अधीक्षक (शहर) देशराज ने एसएचओ अनोख सिंह से 25 लाख रुपये की रिश्वत मांगी थी और उसी में से आरंभिक राशि एक लाख रुपये लेते समय उसे गिरफ्तार किया गया."
Apr 10, 2013 Man cries in pain as he's beaten by cops during violent demo: "THREE baton-wielding police officers rain blows on a protester during a violent march in northern India."
Apr 10, 2013 Corruption in India a ‘fact of life’, say U.S. diplomats: "“‘Speed money’, a small payment required to move papers, secure admission to a hospital, obtain a train ticket, etc. This is illegal but not considered corrupt since it is supposed to balance the niggardly income normally given to recipients of such payments. Similarly, nepotism, whether it benefits one’s family, caste or language or regional group is considered acceptable.”"
Apr 10, 2013 Bulandshahr: Rape survivor alleges she was slapped by women constables: "In a yet another case of police brutality, a 10-year-old rape survivor was locked up in the jail when she reached a police station to file a complaint. 'Mujhe thappad mara (I was slapped),' alleged the girl, who spent more than 15 hours in the jail with her mother."
Apr 10, 2013 Maha: 'Water from dam being diverted to mills owned by NCP leaders': "Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar may have admitted to making the biggest blunder of his political career over his 'urine' remark, however, residents of Patkul village in Solapur are incensed by his Marie Antoinette-like remark. 'He wants us to drink urine? Is that what he is saying?' a resident asks."
Apr 9, 2013 WB: Mob beats up, shaves heads of children accused of theft: "In a shocking case of mob justice in Asansol in West Bengal, five children were allegedly tied to bamboo poles and kept in a hut overnight for alleged theft. The children were aged between 10 and 12 years."
Apr 8, 2013 Delhi gangrape: 4 months on, bus drivers still get fake licences: "Nothing has changed on the ground four months after the Delhi gangrape triggered mass outrage and a series of promises by authorities. CNN-IBN's sister channel IBN7 has conducted a special investigation showing that fake licences based on fake addresses are still being issued to bus drivers."
Apr 8, 2013 Have to bribe touts to get license: Delhi bus drivers: "Four months after the Delhi gangrape triggered mass outrage and a series of promises by authorities, the dismal reality is that nothing has changed on the ground. Bus drivers still have to bribe touts to get a license."
Apr 8, 2013 Now, chorus against corrupt officials: "74 innocent people lost their lives in the Thane building collapse, but the Maharashtra Police is hesitating to charge the nine accused for murder. Now, the chorus for greater accountability and action against corrupt officials is growing louder."
Apr 7, 2013 Traffic warden who took on Narayan Rane's son ousted: "Anita Lobo, who has been regulating traffic in Bandra-Khar voluntarily for two decades, said the traffic police’s notice states that her services are being discontinued due to complaints from politicians over her alleged misbehaviour."
Apr 7, 2013 Maharashtra's population is increasing due to shortage of electricity: Ajit Pawar: "“I have come to know that the population is increasing in the state since there is a shortage of electricity in Maharashtra. What other work people have when the lights are off,”"
Apr 7, 2013 MP: Students clear class X, class XII exams without appearing for them: "Balatant violation of norms of the National Institute of Open School (NIOS) Learning have come up. CNN-IBN has accessed a report by an NIOS flying squad. During spot checks at government schools in Bhind last year it found that at an exam centre in Gohad, 82 students registered for secondary science exam were absent. So were 16 students registered for the senior secondary exam."
Apr 6, 2013 Politicians looted the country more than Britishers: Hazare: ""In 150 years, the Britishers did not plunder the country as much as the leaders of this nation have looted."
Apr 5, 2013 Not just another building collapse: "These deaths can't be reduced to a statistic on a government chart. Survivors recount the horror. Can India afford to look away from the tragedy caused by corruption?"
Apr 5, 2013 Death penalty for 3, life term for 5 in Gonda fake encounter case: "Death sentence was awarded to three policemen and life term was doled out to five others by a special CBI court in the 31-year-old fake encounter case in Gonda district, which led to the death of 13 persons, including the Deputy Superintendent of Police. Special CBI judge Rajendra Singh awarded death sentence to the then SHO, Kaudia RB Saroj, head constable Ram Nayak and constable Ram Kara,n holding them responsible for hatching the conspiracy of murder."
Apr 5, 2013 Dawood stashing cash in tax haven to finance jihadists: "Twenty years ago, his smuggling operations paid for the bombs which killed 257 people in Mumbai. Now, a CNN-IBN and FirstPost investigation has found that ganglord Dawood Ibrahim's cash is washing up in the offshore banking haven of Nassau in The Bahamas - a beach paradise also known for its zero-taxes and high-secrecy banking - in an Indian bank. It is the tip of what one expert has called 'the Goldman Sachs of the underworld'"
Apr 5, 2013 The Last Word: How significant is SC's order on red beacon lights?: "How significant is the Supreme Court's order the red beacon lights' usage must be sharply curtailed? And will this end the culture of perks and privileges that is showered on important people?"
Apr 5, 2013 Mumbai building collapse: Is the politician real-estate mafia nexus responsible?: "In one of Maharashtra's worst building collapses in a decade, 58 people have died and 61 have been injured after a seven-storeyed building in Laxmi Compound in Mumbra, a suburb of Thane, crashed down like a pack of cards into a heap of rubble on Thursday evening. However, even after a day, authorities are struggling with rescue operations."
Apr 5, 2013 31 yrs on, IAS officer sees her father’s killers get death: ""The evidence... always indicated conspiracy at a high level and CBI kept their eyes closed," the judgment said. "...After shooting of their officer, at least a gang of police personnel helped the village pradhan, and with his help killed 12 persons... in a barbaric manner.""
Apr 5, 2013 Quit if you can't abide by constitution, Katju to Jayalalithaa: "Press Council of India (PCI) chairman Markanday Katju Friday asked Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa to suspend 30 policemen involved in the illegal arrest of an editor of a daily nearly three years ago or resign."
Apr 5, 2013 3 UP cops get death for fake encounter: "Justice was delayed but not denied for families of victims of the infamous Gonda fake encounter case that took place over 30 years ago in which a senior police officer and 12 villagers were killed by cops."
Apr 4, 2013 Khemka transferred for 44th time, shunted to department of archives: "Senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka, who made waves by cancelling the mutation of land deal between Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra and realty giant DLF in October last year, was on Thursday transferred for the 44th time in less than 20 years of his bureaucratic career."
Apr 4, 2013 Mamata vs left: Is West Bengal caught in a cycle of endless political violence?: "There have been massive protests over the death of 23-year-old Students Federation of India activist Sudipto Gupta in Kolkata. Not just in Kolkata, protests are also being staged in Chennai by SFI activists. The Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal has also come under attack from the protesters as well as the Left Front."
Apr 4, 2013 Pvt medical colleges sell seats; Govt must act now, say doctors: "India's top doctors have demanded that the government steps in and acts immediately to check the shocking contempt of law displayed by administrators of private medical and dental colleges. This came after a CNN-IBN sting operation exposed how PG medical college seats are on sale with some being sold for as much as Rs 3 crore, even before the results for the All India Common Entrance Test are declared."
Apr 4, 2013 Mumbai: Medical college students say admissions need monitoring: "Students of the Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College in Sion, Mumbai say that the sale of seats has been a longstanding scam."
Apr 4, 2013 SFI activist death: An accident or a case of police brutality?: "SFI activist Sudipto Gupta was killed in alleged police crackdown on a protest by the students organisation in Kolkata on Tuesday."
Apr 4, 2013 End of red beacon culture?: "The obsession of politicians and bureaucrats with red beacons on their car tops has become a regular traffic nuisance. But the Supreme Court on Wednesday (April 3) suggested to the government to end the 'Lal Batti' culture. The Supreme Court said it would decide whether a person other than high functionaries is entitled to use of beacons and sirens on their vehicles in view of their being misused and flaunted by people as status symbol. Following the hearing, a huge debate has begun but the question is will the government respond to remove the red beacons which are used to flaunt status and intimidate the common man?"
Apr 4, 2013 IAS officer Ashok Khemka shunted out: "Senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka, who had kicked up a political storm alleging irregularities in land deals involving businessman Robert Vadra and DLF, was today again transferred by Haryana government for the second time in nearly six months. While no reasons were cited in the statement, sources said that the whistleblower bureaucrat had raised hackles over his decisions on postings and disciplinary action against employees of the Corporation. During his 21-year-long career, 47-year-old Khemka has been transferred over 40 times."
Apr 4, 2013 Is medical education still on sale in India?: "In clear violation of the Supreme Court of India's orders and audacious contempt of law, five reputed colleges have been caught in the middle of the rot in the country's medical education system. A CNN-IBN sting operation covering three states has exposed how private medical and dental colleges are illegally selling post graduate seats to the highest bidders."
Apr 4, 2013 IAS officer Ashok Khemka transferred again: "Senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka, who had kicked up a political storm alleging irregularities in land deals involving businessman Robert Vadra and DLF, was again transferred on Thursday by Haryana government for the second time in nearly six months."
Apr 4, 2013 Average assets of Karnataka ministers zoom 665% to Rs 6.96 crore: Report: "Priya Krishna of the Congress with asset of Rs 767.61 crore was excluded as his assets were clearly an outlier"
Apr 3, 2013 Kolkata: 'Dead SFI activist was hit hard on his head by policeman': "The death of a 23-year-old Student Federation of India activist, Sudipto Gupta, has sparked a row in Kolkata. Sudipto was fatally injured allegedly by the police during a crackdown in the city on Tuesday."
Apr 3, 2013 BSP leader murder: 'Self-styled godman ordered the killing': "The police may have identified the mastermind of the fatal shooting of Bahujan Samaj Party leader and real estate tycoon Deepak Bhardwaj in his Delhi farmhouse. Sources have told CNN-IBN that the interrogation of the suspects has led to the name of a self-styled godman or Swami."
Apr 3, 2013 Private medical colleges selling seats for crores: "In clear violation of the Supreme Court of India's orders and audacious contempt of law, five reputed colleges have been caught in the middle of the rot in the country's medical education system. A CNN-IBN sting operation covering three states has exposed how private medical and dental colleges are illegally selling post graduate seats to the highest bidders."
Apr 3, 2013 Govt has a 1000 hands, can send anyone to jail: Mulayam Singh Yadav: "government can send those who oppose it to jail."
Apr 3, 2013 SC's red card to red beacon lights: "The Supreme Court on Wednesday (April 3) said it would decide whether a person other than high functionaries is entitled to use of beacons and sirens on their vehicles in view of their being misused and flaunted by people as status symbol."
Apr 2, 2013 FTN: Justice for Shailaja:Are hospitals getting away with life threatening medical negligence?: "Shailaja, a mother of two was left in a near vegetative state three years ago after her doctors botched up her surgery and then refused to take responsibility for it. Shailaja's husband had turned citizen journalist to get help for his wife."
Apr 2, 2013 Odisha MLA listed as BPL beneficiary, drives an SUV: "nevertheless has his wife and two kids as well listed under BPL."
Apr 2, 2013 Married woman gangraped, sold for Rs 40,000 in MP: "then sold off for Rs 40,000 to three brothers, who also gangraped her"
Apr 2, 2013 Superstition forces Akhilesh Yadav from visiting Noida, launches projects sitting in Lucknow: "The superstition is: any chief minister visiting Noida loses his or her seat of power soon, irrespective of caste, colour and creed."
Apr 2, 2013 BSP leader's killers were hired for Rs.1 crore: "A week after the murder of BSP leader and business tycoon Deepak Bhardwaj, Delhi Police said Tuesday that the killers were paid Rs.1 crore to eliminate him."
Apr 1, 2013 Bullying cops: India's new norm?: "But these power drunk brutes like Parvez Ahmad in Allahabad believe that they are above the law and can say and do anything. How else would they have the gumption to threaten and abuse an on duty police officer, for doing his job. From Mumbai to Dhule to Allahabad our law enforcers are being assaulted, abused and attacked, repeatedly across the country. Shouldn't our politicians be given the Danda for crossing line and misbehaving with the nations police?"
Apr 1, 2013 Muslim Institute Training Girls for Jihad: Mumbai Police: " its circular which says the women's wing of an Islamic organisation is "brainwashing and training girls for Jihad"."
Apr 1, 2013 Gangrape survivor 'hidden' from the family: "December 13, 2012 was when a 16-year-old girl was gangraped by 17 men in Meghalaya. For 100 days, she has faced innumerable atrocities, discarded by a society that gave her nothing but insensitivity. Now, she has been snatched away from her family in the name of protection."
Apr 1, 2013 No room for treatment at KEM Hospital: "Salmaan Ahmed and his wife lost their 8-month-old child last year. The infant had a hole in his heart and was taken to Mumbai's KEM hospital, which is the only state run hospital in Mumbai with the expertise to conduct open heart surgeries. "Doctors just kept on giving new dates. We had admitted my child for 16 days and doctors kept on telling us that they will do the operation tomorrow or in two days," Salmaan said."
Apr 1, 2013 Richest civic body lets infants die: "These children have paid the price for being poor. These infants died waiting for a heart surgery at this hospital in Mumbai. Reason, criminal red tape in acquiring the equipment required to perform the open heart surgery. King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital, the only state run hospital in Mumbai with the expertise to conduct open heart surgeries on children has been waiting for three critical heart lung machines for the last four years."
Mar 31, 2013 1971 war crimes: In Kolkata, Islamists rally for genocide: "Sayeedi’s Razakar militia, witnesses told Bangladesh’s ongoing 1971 war-crimes tribunal, kidnapped Gourango Saha’s sisters, Mohomaya, Anno and Komol, and handed them over to Pakistan army troops who raped them over three days. They burned down the Hindu-owned homes in the village of Umedpur, looting homes—and shooting dead"
Mar 30, 2013 Now, sacrifice a goat or a hen to clear board exams: "they are making a beeline for Ranapur, 45 km from Jhabua, where the idol of Baba Dongar, a tribal god, is believed to make all wishes come true."
Mar 30, 2013 बच्चों से अप्राकृतिक यौनाचार: निदेशक, वार्डन गिरफ्तार: "छत्तीसगढ़ के दुर्ग जिले में पुलिस नें एक बाल गृह के निदेशक और वार्डन को 6 बच्चों के साथ अप्राकृतिक यौनाचार के आरोप में गिरफ्तार कर लिया है. इस बाल गृह में कुल मिलाकर 47 बच्चे रहते थे जिनमें 17 लड़कियां भी शामिल हैं."
Mar 30, 2013 Pardon cry smacks of law for privileged: "His offence is grave because he used his privileged position to arrange a safe venue for a cache of arms and explosives that had been received from Pakistan by the underworld to organise the serial blasts in March 1993 that killed 257 innocent people and seriously injured another 713. What Sanjay did was not merely brandish an AK-56 assault rifle and a 9mm revolver before a mirror and pretend he was Rambo. He directly facilitated a massacre of monumental proportions, an offence that was no less serious than the massacre by Pakistan-trained terrorists on November 26, 2008."
Mar 30, 2013 Maharashtra MLAs who beat up policeman to go scot-free?: "The MLAs accused of beating up a policeman inside the Maharashtra Assembly are likely to go scot-free despite footage available from 28 CCTV cameras. Crime branch sources claim the footage is unclear. There was a mobile video of an injured Sachin Suryavanshi, 28 CCTV cameras inside the Vidhan Bhavan and yet no conclusive proof against the MLAs who allegedly beat him up in the legislative assembly."
Mar 30, 2013 Dowry case: Ex-Odisha law minister Mohanty, wife arrested: "Former Odisha Law Minister Raghunath Mohanty and his wife have been arrested from Kolkata in connection with a dowry case. The ex-minister and his wife are accused by his daughter-in-law of dowry and harassment."
Mar 30, 2013 They demanded a Scorpio, Rs 25 lakhs: Ex-Odisha Minister's daughter-in-law: "Former Odisha Minister Raghunath Mohanty's daughter-in-law said that her husband's family subjected her to dowry torture, demanded a Scorpio car and Rs 25 lakhs in cash."
Mar 30, 2013 Gang rape hits India image, 25% fall in foreign tourists: "since the Delhi gang rape, resulting in foreign tourist arrivals falling 25% and an even bigger drop, 35%, in women tourists."
Mar 29, 2013 First defiance, now apology: "Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), touted as world's richest civic body, boasts of surplus healthcare budget allocation but has totally ignored the health of the state's poor infants."
Mar 29, 2013 Infant deaths: Blamegame begins after expose: "48 hours back, TIMES NOW got you the shocking story of apathy and red tape in the world's richest civic body - the BMC. We told you how deep rooted corruption claimed the lives of over 150 infants since 2009. Even today, hundreds of children are awaiting critical cardiac care, but an exposed BMC has chosen to pass the buck."
Mar 29, 2013 Maha Home Min protecting MLAs?: "Crime Branch's probe into the assault on a police officer inside the Maharashtra Assembly premises by MLAs has hit a roadblock after the Government said the CCTV footage of the incident was inconclusive and those involved in the attack have not been clearly identified."
Mar 29, 2013 After expose, authorities forced to act: "Infants from 15 days to 2 years have been dying just because of red tapism in King Edward Memorial (KEM) hospital, Mumbai."
Mar 29, 2013 Are government-run hostels used to sexually abuse girls?: "An IBN7 investigation exposed how young tribal girls are being sexually abused in government-run homes and schools in Chhattisgarh."
Mar 29, 2013 Sanjay Dutt's appeal: Should emotions influence the law?: "Amidst the clamour to seek a pardom for him, actor Sanjay Dutt broke his silence on Thursday. An emotional Dutt broke down while speaking to the media and said he will surrender in the case and not seek a pardon."
Mar 29, 2013 Punjab: No lessons learnt as grains left to rot due to poor storage: "Punjab has yet again reaped a bumper crop, but the big question is where will it be stored? Starting April 1, 150 lakh tonnes of wheat are set to arrive in Punjab's procurement centres, but only 60 lakh tonnes can be stored safely. Worse, only 15 crore of the 50 crore gunny bags that are needed for storage are available."
Mar 29, 2013 Chhattisgarh tribal girls' assault: NCPCR sends notice to state govt: "The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has sent a notice to the Chhattisgarh government. NCPCR official Vinod Ticu said it is a failure of the monitoring system."
Mar 29, 2013 Chattisgarh tribal prostitution: Centre to send fact-finding team, says KC Deo: "tribal women were forced into prostitution at a government run hostel in Chattisgarh by the hostel warden. After 7 years of suffering the horror, two girls finally mustered up the courage to speak out. Union Tribal Affairs Minister KC Deo has commented on the issue, saying that the Centre will send a fact-finding team to Chattisgarh to probe the matter."
Mar 26, 2013 Who'll fight for Zaibunnisa Kazi?: "At a time when there is a well-oiled mercy campaign for Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt who has been convicted in the 1993 blasts for hoarding illegal weapons, there is yet another accused who is convicted of the same crime. Zaibusnissa Kazi has suffered for 20 years too, spending 8 months in jail; but when the verdict came out, the only person who perhaps was batting for her was her daughter. There is an entire brigade of politicians and actors who are appealing for mercy for Sanjay Dutt on humanitarian grounds, but there is not a single word of support for this 70-year-old woman who perhaps is paying the price of not being a celebrity."
Mar 26, 2013 Open gun culture: India's new norm?: "The capital is yet again under the cloud of crime with two incidents of day light shooting, putting questions on the law and order situation in the city. But in a country where almost 40 million people have access to arms, is open gun culture becoming a new norm in India?"
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