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February 21, 2012 ‘Corruption will lead to collapse of democratic systems': "Expressing concern at the rising levels of corruption, former Lokayukta of Karnataka and Judge of the Supreme Court of India, N. Santosh Hegde on Thursday said any further corruption would lead to collapse of democratic systems."
February 21, 2012 Combating corrupt practices in Defence: "The regulatory challenges arising out of anti-bribery laws need to be addressed."
February 21, 2012 Black money holders may get red carpet in Budget 2012: "India has never been good at catching wrong-doers,"
February 21, 2012 Anna’s movement now in UK varsity’s curriculum
February 21, 2012 Corrupt corporation ‘worries’ Pawar, CM
February 21, 2012 Need to root out corruption from welfare schemes: Jairam Ramesh
February 21, 2012 Full text of the CBI Director's speech on black money
February 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?"
February 21, 2012 Secret note blows cover of govt move to shackle Election Commission: "The note (see facsimile of extract alongside), marked, ‘Secret,’ says that the secretary, legislative department, has been asked to report to the GoM the “progress” made in the matter of giving “statutory shape” to the “executive instructions of the Election Commission of India”."
February 21, 2012 Babus seek probe into irregularities in IAS promotions: "'If the allegation that some officers had paid money to be conferred the IAS status is true, it must be investigated by an independent body like the CBI. The IAS is an all India service into which ineligible and corrupt officers should not be allowed to enter by paying bribes,""
February 21, 2012 Corruption Perception Holding India Back, Bank of Singapore Says: "A perception of increased corruption in India has hurt investment and contributed to a 15 percent slide in its stock market since early 2008, according to a report from the Bank of Singapore Ltd."
February 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."
February 21, 2012 Cong vs EC: How many enemies can one party create?: "The Congress loves to shoot itself in the foot.", "Blame it on good old arrogance or plain inability to comprehend the world around it or the rotting think-tank of the party."
February 21, 2012 Former Aviation Minister in trouble?: "Government owned Air India deployed a larger aircraft to accommodate Patel's daughter & family in April 2010."
February 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."
February 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."
February 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."
February 21, 2012 Govt moves to make EC toothless?: "model code to be out of EC purview?", "It's a party of serial offender of the model code of conduct"
February 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"
February 20, 2012 Kerala fishermen's killing: Italian Naval guards eat pizza, enjoy scenic beauty: "Police said they have been enjoying the scenic beauty of Kochi from the CISF guest house, where they were lodged, after police arrested them"
February 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."
February 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."
February 20, 2012 Scribe, family murdered in MP: "A journalist, his wife and two children were found allegedly murdered in their house on Saturday evening (February 18) in Umaria, Madhya Pradesh"
February 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."
February 20, 2012 Govt moves to take conduct code out of EC purview: "it is a highly misconceived move, aimed at curbing the powers of the EC", "Once courts get the power to adjudicate whether a politician has committed breach of the MCC, the matter will go on for years while the culprit will enjoy the fruits of power."
February 20, 2012 'FIR filed against Rahul for violating election code': ""The district administration had allocated time till noon and fixed a 20-km route for Rahul Gandhi's road show. This was done as today is Shivratri and there could be a traffic problem,"", ""But this roadshow completely violated the election code of conduct as it started at 10.30am continued till 3pm. It did not stick to the prescribed route and instead covered a stretch of 38 kms."
February 20, 2012 C N R Rao apologises to science journal: "India's top scientist and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's advisor C N R Rao had to apologise to a leading scientific journal for reproducing text of other scientists in his research paper."
February 20, 2012 Air India deployed bigger aircraft for Praful Patel's family?: "flying from Bangalore to Male, Air India switched to bigger aircraft A320, with 20 business class seats, to accommodate seven members of Deshpande family -- in-laws of Patel's daughter Avni."
February 19, 2012 Ramjas admission scam: Principal named in chargesheet: "Ramjas admission scam mastermind Naresh Tau has told the police that he gave Rs 80,000 and a bottle of scotch to college principal Rajendra Prasad."
February 19, 2012 AI staff caught smuggling currency: "A city-based businessman and an airport employee were arrested in Chennai today for allegedly trying to smuggle out USD 35,000 to Singapore after the suspected hawala money was seized from the checked-in baggage."
February 19, 2012 Air India staffer held for helping currency smuggler
February 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."
February 18, 2012 Making Quite A Bomb: "A Defence Lab Breached? The High Energy Materials Research Lab (HEMRL), Pune, has outsourced the production of TATB, an explosive, to a private firm, Viswaat, with which an ex-director of HEMRL is associated The firm does not have a licence to manufacture explosives"
February 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""
February 18, 2012 BSY shows soft corner for Porngate MLAs, says everyone watches it: "Everybody watches it. Don't you watch them?''"
February 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."
February 18, 2012 Kolkata blues: "A near-bankrupt government somehow has money to waste — and time — on more of the ridiculous"
February 18, 2012 Laloo, Mishra appear in CBI court: "Two former Bihar Chief ministers Laloo Prasad Yadav and Jagannath Mishra along with a former Animal Husbandry Ministry, an MLA and two fodder suppliers appeared before a special CBI Court of PK Singh on Tuesday and their statements were recorded in the fodder scam case"
February 18, 2012 पैसा देसी, बैंक विदेशी - होगा कुछ?: "मेरे देश को लूट लिया ..............."
February 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."
February 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"
February 18, 2012 Finmin asks PSU banks not to overstate profit: "FinMin took the step after realising records were being fudged for years."
February 18, 2012 5th death in NRHM scam?: "The NRHM scam in Uttar Pradesh has turned murkier with another health official found murdered at his home, the fifth victim in the last one year after the alleged bungling of over Rs.10,000 crore of central funds surfaced."
February 18, 2012 Firm refusal: "The three top financial institutions — the Life Insurance Corporation, General Insurance Corporation and UTI Mutual Fund — have been without a chairperson for almost a year. Also headless are key infrastructure sector firms like Coal India, National Mineral Development Corporation, NHPC Limited and National Highways Authority of India."
February 18, 2012 Amethi: Cong's 'lucky mascot' was the 1st to vote: "The Raja, the rani and the dhobi", "Royal tradition on voting day"
February 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."
February 17, 2012 Karnataka CM Sadananda Gowda's 287 aides cost exchequer Rs 70L every month: "This excludes security personnel who guard chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda round the clock."
February 16, 2012 CBDT to probe who leaked Ponty Chadha raids info: "Sources said that the DG Investigations in Delhi has come under the scanner and that that he is likely to be transferred.", "Ponty Chadha had in fact been alerted before he was raided"
February 16, 2012 Lokayukta raids on residences of Karnataka Congress MLA Krishnappa: "The Lokayukta court had on January 16 ordered probe into the private complaint against Krishnappa, who represents Vijaynagar constituency in the city, for amassing wealth to the tune of about Rs 700 crore disproportionate to his known sources of income."
February 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."

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