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Mar 3, 2012 India fails to check human rights violations: Human Rights Watch
Mar 3, 2012  ‘Bangalore is the corruption capital’
Mar 3, 2012 Money rules Indian elections?: "The TIMES NOW investigation reveals several crores have been circulated. Candidates confess money, liquor, even gold has been distributed in the course of campaigning. In Punjab, not just money and liquor, even drugs have reportedly been distributed to buy votes."
Mar 3, 2012 4 lawyers held for attack on journos; media rejects probe: "police today arrested four advocates in connection with attack on media personnel by a section of lawyers during the mayhem that rocked the city civil court."
Mar 3, 2012 BSP Councillor, Dy Commissioner trade blows after a final photo-shoot: "a Councillor and Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Narela zone was admitted to a local hospital after both of them allegedly got into a fisticuff. DC Kuldeep Singh Yadav was admitted with several injuries to his hands, legs and back"
Mar 2, 2012 Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya fake degree scam’s foreign connection exposed, kingpin held: "the accused were allegedly procuring certificates from the university in connivance of the university staff."
Mar 2, 2012 Teachers brand 5-yr-old boy for bed-wetting: "In an extreme case of corporal punishment, two teachers of a boarding school in Ranip - NK Ashram Shala - have been accused of branding and beating up a five-year-old student, Vishal, for bed-wetting and vomiting."
Mar 1, 2012 Shocking: Govt school principal kicks girl students
Mar 1, 2012 Unmarried youth sterilised; MP govt says consent taken : "an unmarried youth who was subjected to vasectomy during a public camp held in Rewa district had given his "prior approval" for the procedure."
Mar 1, 2012 Defender turns tormentor for 66-yr-old man: "the elderly man Anil Kumar, who was returning home with his 32 year-old son, died.", "Ugly face of Delhi police"
Mar 1, 2012 Accused doctor arrested in Bankura rape case: "The accused, Dr Ramkrishna Sarkar, will be produced before a district court on Thursday."
Mar 1, 2012 Police atrocity: He was pushed, he fainted, says victim's son: "Anil Arora, 66, died of a heart attack after being pushed and kicked by two constables at the Dhaula Kuan police booth."
Mar 1, 2012 Delhi: Man dies of stroke after police atrocity: "The 66-year-old man was allegedly kicked while he was trying to to save his son from being beaten up by the policemen."
Mar 1, 2012 Police vs police: 12 officers injured in major violence in Bengal: "At least 12 police officers and members of the state commando force sustained serious injuries when they ran for their lives after being chased by a mob of locals and armed Eastern Frontier Rifles (EFR) soldiers", "a girl who lives in the EFR HQ filed a molestation complaint against a CIF jawan"
Feb 29, 2012 The Wall Street Journal: Economics Journal: The Unexpected Results of Voting in an Alleged Criminal: "“In this Parliament, 163 members have cases of heinous offenses against them…. rapists are sitting, murderers and looters are sitting… How can you expect that you can get reprieve from poverty and corruption,”"
Feb 29, 2012 Corruption-free India remains a pipedream
Feb 29, 2012 Principal booked for sexual misconduct: "The 15-year-old class X student accused the principal of raping her. An abortion was conducted on the minor girl at a clinic close to hostel."
Feb 29, 2012 Rape in Mamata's state, again?: "A teenage patient was allegedly raped by a junior doctor at a government hospital in West Bengal's Bankura district"
Feb 29, 2012 Goa Polls: Of dinner table politics, elite clubs: "The Goa Assembly is set to resemble an oligarchy of half a dozen families with the Ranes, the Alemaos and others.", "Dynasties rule in Goa"
Feb 29, 2012 WB: Political violence takes a toll on lives: "CNN-IBN's Priyanka Gupta travelled to Burdwan to find out how the politics of violence affects people.", "cycle of political violence that began 40 years ago with the Congress controlled Bengal"
Feb 29, 2012 Hearing impaired raped in West Bengal hospital: "claims the accused doctor had approached the victim on the pretext of conducting a medical examination."
Feb 29, 2012 A Cong leader's journey from rags to riches: "The former Mumbai Congress chief, who was a vegetable seller in 1973, now has a wealth of over Rs 300 crore."
Feb 29, 2012 Rape horror haunts Mamata's 'decent' Bengal: "A hearing impaired patient was allegedly raped by an attending doctor at a government-run hospital late Monday evening."
Feb 29, 2012 Is West Bengal becoming lawless under Mamata?: "Six rape cases have been reported so far in 2012 in West Bengal."
Feb 29, 2012 70-year-old ‘rapes’ mentally ill neighbour at Neelasandra: "A septuagenarian widower and father and grandfather many times over, was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly raping his 22-year-old mentally unsound neighbour"
Feb 29, 2012 22% of mothers under 18: Unicef report: "Modern India continues to be plagued by social and health ills like child marriage, early motherhood and domestic violence."
Feb 29, 2012 Khaki terror: Elderly dies trying to save son from Delhi cops: "A senior citizen died after he was allegedly pushed and kicked by two constables at the Dhaula Kuan police post in south Delhi"
Feb 28, 2012 Man who slapped Pawar under attack: "Ever since he publicly slapped former telecom minister Sukhram and Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar in November last year, Harvinder Singh has been fair game for goons who threaten, abduct and thrash him at will for his "social work" ."
Feb 28, 2012 Teenage patient 'raped' in government hospital: "A teenage patient was allegedly raped by a junior doctor at a government hospital in West Bengal's Bankura district"
Feb 27, 2012 इंडिया 360: NCR बना नेशनल कैपिटल ऑफ रेप: "पुलिस पर पांचवे आरोपी को जल्द से जल्द पकड़ने का दवाब था... जिसे पुलिस ने गिरफ्तार कर लिया."
Feb 27, 2012 Noida Police fails to protect rape victim's identity: "The Noida SP later defended himself saying that he didn't reveal the victim's identity and blamed a lower rank officer for the mistake", "Who'll rein in cops?"
Feb 27, 2012 Indigo refuses to fly visually impaired person: "It is the third incident of discrimination by airlines in less than a week. After Spice jet and Jet airways, Indigo denied ticket to Tony Kurian, a 22-year-old visually impaired student unless he had an escort or a dog."
Feb 27, 2012 2 six-yr-olds raped, one has burn marks: "“She had a deep wound near her right eyebrow and was bleeding. She had cigarette burn marks all over her body,”"
Feb 26, 2012 Not wrong about MPs: Kejriwal: ""All types of elements have entered Parliament, including robbers, murderers and rapists. Parliament has become the biggest problem of the country.""
Feb 26, 2012 Not wrong about MPs: Kejriwal: ""All types of elements have entered Parliament, including robbers, murderers and rapists. Parliament has become the biggest problem of the country.""
Feb 26, 2012 Teenager gangraped in a moving car in Noida: "And if the sexual assault wasn't enough, comes the direct attack on her character by men whose duty is to protect her.", "Outrageous response by NOIDA police"
Feb 26, 2012 Glare on Garhwa fluorosis - NHRC notice gives state six weeks to reply: "state’s failure in providing piped water supply and medicines."
Feb 26, 2012 40% immunisation data sent by states wrong: Azad: ""earlier too while states claimed 80% to 90% vaccination, they actually did 40% vaccination""
Feb 26, 2012 Noida: 17-year-old gangraped, 4 arrested
Feb 26, 2012 CVC seeks govt nod to prosecute 113 officers for corruption: "The government’s sanction is required to prosecute any employee right from the level of the peon to the prime minister while officials of the joint secretary rank and above enjoy immunity from even registration of any case against them without government’s sanction."
Feb 26, 2012 I think our Parliament has become a problem: Kejriwal: "RTI activist and team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal said there are criminals, rapists and murderers running our Parliament."
Feb 26, 2012 RTI activist shot dead in Maharashtra: "he had been receiving threats for uncovering construction scams in Maharashtra."
Feb 26, 2012 Teenager gang-raped in a moving car in Noida: "A 17-year-old girl was allegedly gangraped by five men in a moving car after they dragged her into the vehicle as she was standing near a bus stand in Sector 12 here on the outskirts of Delhi."
Feb 26, 2012 Widow ‘gang-raped’ by train robbers in Bengal: "raped by a gang of robbers after she tried to confront them during a robbery attempt in a suburban train"
Feb 26, 2012 Murderers, rapists and looters sitting in Parliament: Arvind Kejriwal: ""In this Parliament, 163 members have cases of heinious offences against them. In this Parliament, rapists are sitting, murderers and looters are sitting. How can you expect Jan Lokpal Bill to be passed by Parliament?"
Feb 25, 2012 Patna SP slaps woman protester; she hits back: "A senior lady officer of Patna was caught on camera beating a woman protester in public while the locals were protesting electrocution of two youth in the city's Kankarbagh area on Monday evening."
Feb 25, 2012 Patna SP slaps women,NCW asks for a report : "A brutal incident took place in Bihar's capital Patna where a lady IPS officer beats another lady, not only beat her but abused badly in her house. Accusing the city SP of many charges,sloshed IPS Kim misbehaves with the lady and other family members.After watching all this national commission for women has asked for a report."
Feb 25, 2012 Woman 'raped' at gunpoint by constable: "Despite repeated appeals, the police reportedly took no action against the accused.", "The woman has been running from pillar to post for over three months hoping that some day she would get justice."
Feb 25, 2012 Cops under fire for ignoring child rights: "the police sat idle and deaf to frantic pleas of people whose minor children went missing. The members of the commission rebuked the state police for being lax."
Feb 25, 2012 Plagiarism replay: "the Prime Minister’s top science adviser, C.N.R. Rao, is a co-author of three research papers with plagiarised text have stirred a debate about seniors accepting authorship while being oblivious to the papers’ contents."
Feb 25, 2012 Nature calls, but nowhere to go: "Only 504 public toilets for a City spread over 800 sq km is a dismal figure. Even these have become stinking enclosures. Bursting bladders have no other option but to relieve themselves on the roadside."
Feb 25, 2012 B'lore: Fire Dept admits lapses in mock drill: "DG Fire Services AR Infant said we do admit there could have been procedural lapses."
Feb 25, 2012 Major power cuts announced across Tamil Nadu: "Chennai will experience two-hour power cut from Monday and people outside it will go without power for four hours."
Feb 25, 2012 Incompetent fire dept shrugs off blame: "a top official today (February 25) admitted there were no standard operating procedures in place while conducting such an exercise"
Feb 25, 2012 Delhi's gun culture, nation's shame: "Eight youths were arrested in connection with the assault on a 27-year-old chief security officer of a five star hotel in New Delhi 12 days ago,"
Feb 25, 2012 Policing Patna Style, Female SP City Slaps Woman, Woman Slaps In Return, Police Beat Up Her Son : "when two youths were electrocuted on Monday evening near the old byepass, after an open underground power cable chaged water supply in the area."
Feb 25, 2012 Netizens berate Patna SP Kim's 'conduct': "The woman IPS officer slapped a woman protester double her age and then dragged her by her hair", ""Why does general public get treated like animals?"
Feb 24, 2012 And The Footprints Lead To...: "Singh, who started life in Mumabi as a vegetable vendor and pharma company factory-hand, had amassed property and wealth worth nearly Rs 300 crore.", "Singh's cosy relationships with a handful of high-profile builders in the city (Outlook had referred to but not identified the builders) to an extent where one of them had even arranged for his son's wedding reception at the prestigious Turf Club lawns"
Feb 24, 2012 Woman gangraped near Indore: "Eight persons, including suspected policemen, allegedly gangraped a thirty-year-old woman, who was accompanying her husband"
Feb 24, 2012 Jet accused of mistreating disabled woman, inquiry ordered
Feb 24, 2012 Son-producing clinics in Gujarat, 15 doctors penalized: "Mehsana town is infamous with its ratio at just 760 girls per 1,000 boys - the lowest in the country."
Feb 24, 2012 Gujarat education dept probes GU V-C corruption case: "Just a day after getting bail in the atrocity case and resuming work, Trivedi faced another inquiry in the corruption charges against him."
Feb 23, 2012 Ms Jayanthi Natarajan, is this the way to protect whistleblowers?: "The whistleblower is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the Haryana cadre, Sanjiv Chaturvedi. He has allegedly been harassed for blowing the lid off several scams in Haryana."
Feb 23, 2012 Bollywood finds new muse in anti-graft protests: "A hapless bank clerk who makes an enemy of a local politician and has to bribe himself out of jail seems like an unlikely theme for Bollywood, known around the world for its dance numbers and family melodramas."
Feb 23, 2012 From potatoes to the crores: a migrant’s journey to infamy: "he marshalled just enough capital to buy and lug only half a bagful of potatoes from the wholesale market and sell it to the commuters going back home.", "The Bombay High Court has now asked the Mumbai Police Commissioner to personally lead the investigation into the charges of corruption and huge amassed wealth without any source of income."
Feb 23, 2012 Newborn survives pig attack outside hospital: "a newborn girl was rescued by bystanders after she was dragged by a swine outside a government hospital"
Feb 23, 2012 Agitating farmers dubbed as Naxals in UP, rues Rahul: ""If farmers fight for their rights in Uttar Pradesh, they are branded Naxals and showered with bullets," "
Feb 23, 2012 Farmer taken into custody for honour killing: "Asha Shinde was clubbed to death by her own father for wanting to marry a man from a different caste."
Feb 23, 2012 Black money & Prez Patil: Is it time to scrap Rs 500-1,000 notes?: "Such is the ubiquitous presence of black money in India that now even India’s first woman president, Pratibha Devisingh Patil, finds herself enveloped in a controversy involving her son and Congress MLA Raosaheb Shekhawat."
Feb 22, 2012 Ex-CPM MLA among 2 killed in Bengal: "Two senior CPI (M) leaders, including former party MLA Pradip Tah, were killed in an attack by armed assailants during a procession in Burdwan district", "bloodbath in bengal"
Feb 22, 2012 Baby denied aid, corpse on bed: "A day after appalling mismanagement and hooliganism of junior doctors were exposed at Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), the government hospital — and its superior guardians in the state health department — continued with business as usual, both unashamed and unfazed."
Feb 22, 2012 Did the Cardinal overstep?: "And what's more shcoking is the reported invlovement of Archbishop and recently annoinated Cardinal George Alancherry leading talks on behalf of the Vatican."
Feb 21, 2012 Is hope a fiction for India's poor?
Feb 21, 2012 The civil disorder: " In the 2G spectrum scam or the land scam of Hyderabad, what is it that compelled officers who belong to the constitutionally secured all-India services to do what they did? Could the politicians have given away the public largesse worth billions of rupees without the connivance of the civil servants?"
Feb 21, 2012 'Largest' immigration firm on police radar: "Chandigarh: The multi-billion rupee WorldWide Immigration Consultancy Services (WWICS) is under the police scanner after it was found the firm was dealing in work permit visas without having a licence for it."
Feb 21, 2012 Two men shot dead in Ranchi: "two motorcycle borne miscreants opened fire"
Feb 21, 2012 Andhra Minister takes over college: "Andhra Pradesh Minister has been accused of shifting exam centre for son's wedding reception. Roads and Buildings Minister Dharmana Prasada Rao allegedly forced authorities to cancel examination at Government College. Rao canceled College exam to throw a party for friends and family and put students in the dock by shifting the exam venue 150 kms away."
Feb 21, 2012 'मजबूरी' में कपड़े उतारती हूं: "अभी एक दिन का सौ देते हैं पर उसके अलावा कुछ नही.. कोई मेडिकल मदद भी नहीं..महीने में 1500 कमा लेती हूं."
Feb 21, 2012 'रेलवे लाइनों पर हर दिन होती हैं 40 मौतें': "रेलवे मंत्रालय की एक रिपोर्ट में कहा गया है कि भारत में हर साल पंद्रह हजार लोग रेल की पटरियां पार करते हुए रेलगाड़ी से कटकर मर जाते हैं."
Feb 21, 2012 Haryana: Traumatised 6-year-old student dies: "Pankaj was allegedly locked up for several hours by his kindergarten teacher."
Feb 21, 2012 Police train Bihar tribals to fight Maoists: "The Bihar Police is providing soft loans to the tribal to help them procure weapons to fight Maoists.", "The initiative may not be as per the rule book"
Feb 21, 2012 Act against teacher who traumatised 6-yr-old: NCPCR: "The National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights has expressed shock over the child's death in Haryana."
Feb 20, 2012 Aligarh Muslim University's library out of bounds for undergraduate girls: "It is shocking that a place of learning as respected and well-established as Aligarh Muslim University should discriminate against female students in prohibiting them access to the library."
Feb 20, 2012 Shocking apathy by SpiceJet: "Meet Ms Jeeja Ghosh, a teacher at the Kolkata’s Indian Institute of Cerebral Palsy, sole breadwinner for her family. The fact that she was born with cerebral palsy - has only strengthened her fighting spirit when faced with discrimination."
Feb 20, 2012 Differently abled asked to deplane SpiceJet flight: "the pilot mistook the passenger for a mentally challenged patient."
Feb 20, 2012 Girls raped by 16 men in MP, politicians kin among suspects: "The 16 even included passers-by who stopped, and instead of trying to save the girls, joined the rapists. The act was filmed and the MMS circulated in the area."
Feb 18, 2012 In school, barely literate - Status of education report ranks Jharkhand way below Bihar: "Out of 10 children in Classes I and II at the state-run schools of Jharkhand, five can’t recognise numbers and alphabets, according to Annual Status Educational Report (ASER) 2011."
Feb 18, 2012 UP assembly elections: Where feudalism still holds sway: "Caste, faith, money and mafia are as usual a part of the politics but all the factors revolve around "feudalism""
Feb 18, 2012 Indore corporator's son among 15 who allegedly raped 2 teens: "Some men working in neighbouring fields landed up at the farm on hearing the commotion. And instead of rescuing the duo, they too allegedly raped them."
Feb 18, 2012 Woman raped at gunpoint in WB: "An Anglo-Indian woman has filed a complaint with the Kolkata police that she was allegedly raped while returning from a night club on Park Street in central Kolkata and that police did not cooperate with her."
Feb 18, 2012 HC forbids use of forward rolls, sets aside notice to Kuruvilla: "Calling forward rolls “inhuman” and prohibiting its use against erring city policemen, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday set aside a contempt notice against Additional DCP Seju P Kuruvilla who allegedly punished a constable with forward rolls"
Feb 18, 2012 Amethi: Cong's 'lucky mascot' was the 1st to vote: "The Raja, the rani and the dhobi", "Royal tradition on voting day"
Feb 18, 2012 Man says he ate kids he couldn't sell: "he roasted abducted children he could not sell and at times ate their flesh too."
Feb 16, 2012 West Bengal: Ex-Dunlop employee dies of hunger: "Last year, Dunlop authorities suspended work at Sahagunj unit, leading to loss of job of over 500 workers and their families."
Feb 16, 2012 Police mocked me: Kolkata rape victim: "The Kolkata rape victim, a mother of two, tracked the accused on Facebook and went to the police with their pictures."
Feb 16, 2012 Assam: Medical help eludes starving tea garden workers: ""State average is Rs 55, we are given Rs 50. Inedible ration, no medicines…provident fund is not given," said tea garden guard Bholanath Teli."
Feb 16, 2012 Amethi: Royal tradition on voting day: "In Amethi, that went to vote on Wednesday, a peculiar custom played out at a polling booth - the Raja, the Rani and the Dhobi."
Feb 16, 2012 Hunger deaths haunt tea gardens of Assam: "Barak Human Rights Committee says there have been at least 10 hunger deaths while the Congress affiliated labour union says four."
Feb 16, 2012 What kind of punishment is this?: ""He should be severely punished," says Ankit Kumar, victim's brother. But justice seems a distant possibility as Dinesh Kumar the barbaric headmaster who blinded a 4 year old toddler continues to abscond. Sanjay Kumar, victim's uncle, said, "I don't know anything about the case. No action has been taken against him yet.""
Feb 16, 2012 BBC: In pictures: Child malnutrition in India and Bangladesh: "The survey suggests that in India, one of the world’s biggest boom economies and where half of all children are stunted, more than a quarter of parents said their children went without food sometimes or often."

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