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Oct 3, 2012 BBC: India's finance minister Chidambaram on fianancial reform: "he denied that corruption was rife in his government."
Sep 30, 2012 TWTW: Cyrus Broacha's take on corruption: "In this special episode, Cyrus Broacha talks about corruption in different walks of life in India."
Sep 30, 2012 The Economist has fired a salvo at MMS and wants Sonia and Rahul out: "The Economist – titled In search of a dream on India was that “These people”, meaning Manmohan Singh, Sonia Gandhi, and Rahul Gandhi “are hindering India’s progress", "the economy had worsened and Pranab Mukherjee, the earlier finance minister was “booted upstairs to become President."
Sep 30, 2012 Two bank heists in 2 days: Delhi's rising crime graph: "a Rs 5.25 crore robbery in broad daylight left a security guard in the upmarket Defence Colony area of Delhi, bruised with gunshot injuries. The following day, came the news of a failed robbery attempt at a bank in Inderlok, and finally in the evening, as if to cap it all, another ATM cash van was looted by its own driver, who after drugging the two security guards accompanying him, ran off with Rs 51 lakh."
Sep 30, 2012 ‘पार्टी फंड की दाल में काला ही काला': "सबसे बड़ी पांच पार्टियों ने 2004 से 2011 के बीच चंदे और आर्थिक सहयोग से लगभग 39 अरब रुपए की कमाई की."
Sep 29, 2012 पैसा फेंक, ग़रीबी देख: "झुग्गी टूरिज़्म में शामिल होने वाले विदेशी प्रयटकों की संख्या बढती जा रही है"
Sep 28, 2012 India's Oscar entry Barfi! has at least 10 scenes lifted from Hollywood films: "too many scenes in Anurag Basu's Barfi!, India's official entry for the Oscars, which have been copied frame by frame from international classics, notably Charlie Chaplin's films."
Sep 28, 2012 Contractor-politician nexus across India: Whistleblower: "Chief Engineer Water Resources Vijay Pandhare, who blew the lid off the Maharashtra irrigation scam, has said that the nexus between contractors and politicians exists in all states."
Sep 28, 2012 Mother of all scams, order inquiry: INLD: "Terming the change of land use in the Gurgaon Manesar Urban Complex master plan as the mother of all scams, the INLD on Monday demanded an inquiry by a sitting judge into the issue."
Sep 28, 2012 Want to escape a scam? Create another one
Sep 28, 2012 India's Kleptocracy loots masses of humanity: "A 'kleptocracy' refers to "rule by thieves". A kleptocracy is a capitalist-oriented society where the government exists to increase the personal wealth and political power of its officials and the ruling class. In such a society, like India, politicians operate at the expense of the wider population as a basic "way of doing business" without pretence of honest service. This type of government corruption is often achieved by the embezzlement of state funds. In India, constitutional democracy exists in "name only"."
Sep 28, 2012 IAS officers misused their position: Cops tell HC: "the two IAS Officers, who were booked for alleged corruption in the illegal granite quarrying case, had grossly abused their position with a malafide intention to favour PRP Exports."
Sep 28, 2012 Coal scandal: India's tough fight against corruption: "His business rivals never fully understood how Manoj Jayaswal got so rich so fast, except that he often seemed joined at the hip with powerful politicians. He hosted them at lavish parties, entertained them at his daughter's opulent Thai wedding and stood among them at India's presidential palace"
Sep 28, 2012 Is Ajit Pawar the only Maharashtra politician involved in the irrigation scam?: "India Against Corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal has alleged that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nitin Gadkari had refused to speak out on the irrigation scam in Maharashtra."
Sep 28, 2012 Delhi: ATM van carrying Rs 5 crore cash looted: "New Delhi: An ATM van carrying Rs 5 crore cash was looted by robbers in broad daylight on Friday in Delhi's Defence Colony."
Sep 28, 2012 Indian Dairy Uses Satire to Stick It to Politicians in Butter Ads: "ads for Amul brand butter have stuck the knife into Indian politicians for all manner of blunders, scams and gaffes."
Sep 28, 2012 Everyone corrupt in state: IAC: "not just the party in power, but even the Opposition in Maharashtra is corrupt"
Sep 27, 2012 The corrupt ‘Don’ Sonia Gandhi is world’s 4th richest politician: "Manmohan Singh was involved in a $32 Billion 3G scandal which involved almost all major players of his cabinet."
Sep 27, 2012 Maha irrigation scam: Kejriwal questions Gadkari: "Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday attacked Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nitin Gadkari over claims by his fellow activists that the Opposition leader and a party MP, Ajay Sancheti, were involved in the Maharashtra irrigation scam that involves key Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leaders like Ajit Pawar, the nephew of Sharad Pawar, a Congress ally."
Sep 27, 2012 After Ajit Pawar, BJP linked to Maha irrigation scam: "Two days after the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar resigned as Maharashtra's Deputy Chief Minister over allegations of corruption, it now emerges that the Bharatiya Janata Party may have benefitted from the scam."
Sep 27, 2012 Rotting grain has deprived food to 80 million people: "An estimated 36,000 tonnes of grain has gone bad at the various storage facilities of the state-run Food Corp of India (FCI) since 2008, enough to feed 80 million people at a per capita consumption of 440 grams"
Sep 27, 2012 The man who uncovered the irrigation scam: "the chief engineer who blew the lid of the 72,000 cr rupee scam has broken his silence. Top bureaucrat Vijay Pandhre speaks to TIMES NOW on how the unearthed the details that opened a can of worms."
Sep 27, 2012 Sahara - massive, splashy...and mysterious: "The company did not respond to several attempts by Reuters to get answers to written questions."
Sep 27, 2012 'Rs 20,000 cr misused in Maharashtra irrigation projects': "Mumbai: Whistleblower in the Maharashtra irrigation scam Vijay Pandhare has claimed unnecessary expenses worth Rs 20,000 crore in state irrigation projects."
Sep 27, 2012 Coalgate is 94 percent Congress scam, 6 percent others: "the total geological reserves of the coal blocks given away for free between 1993 and 2011 stands at 44,802.9 million tonnes."
Sep 27, 2012 Why did it take so long to resign, Ajit Pawar?: "On 29 May 2007, the Times of India reported on Bhosale under the headline ‘How Bhosale milked the MKVDC’ (Maharashtra Krishna Valley Development Corporation)"
Sep 27, 2012 Union Minister Alagiri son's anticipatory bail plea rejected: "The Madras High Court today rejected the anticipatory bail plea of Union Minister M K Alagiri's son, Durai Dayanidhi, in the multi-crore illegal granite quarrying case."
Sep 27, 2012 Maha Deputy CM Ajit Pawar quits: "resigned following allegations of an irrigation scam when he was state's water resource minister and said he was prepared for a CBI probe."
Sep 27, 2012 TN: Power shortage hits hospitality industry: "From a 2,000 mega watt crunch a year ago, the state now suffers a deficit of almost 4,000 mega watt."
Sep 27, 2012 Anticipatory bail plea of MK Alagiri's son rejected: "Durai Dayanidhi is among the 60 people named in the FIR related to the illegal granite mining case."
Sep 27, 2012 UP: HC questions 24-hour power supply to VIP districts: "The districts include Amethi, Raebareli, Etawah, Kannauj, Mainpuri and Ramnagar."
Sep 25, 2012 Can political parties put good economics over bad politics?: "The Congress and the BJP debate if good economics can be put over bad politics by the political parties."
Sep 25, 2012 Coalgate: CBI may arrest former UPA minister Santosh Bagrodia: "The Coal Scam is set to cause further embarrassment for the Congress and the UPA Government. Sources telling 'The Sunday Guardian' that the CBI is set to arrest former Minister of State for Coal, Santosh Bagrodia. Remember, it was NewsX which had exposed how Bagrodia knew about false declarations made by the Abhijeet Group in their bid to corner coal blocks in 2008. Despite this knowledge, Bagrodia had chosen not to act against the Abhijeet Group, which was subsequently allocated a coal block."
Sep 25, 2012 Three reasons why Barfi! is an Oscar dud: "One, there’s little that is original about Barfi!. Blatant plagiarism aside, there’s nothing wrong with making a Bollywood movie “inspired” by Western genres or plot lines."
Sep 25, 2012 India is like a boat without a sailor: Modi: "“The PM doesn’t speak… or he cannot speak… or he doesn’t have anything to speak… Imagine, friends, the country is like a boat without sailor,”"
Sep 25, 2012 Coalgate: CBI to probe coal block allocations since 1993: "You can even start from 1976 when Indira Gandhi nationalised coal mining or from the 17th century when coal mining started. This is just a delaying tactic,""
Sep 23, 2012 Scams in Air India: SC notice to Centre on plea for CBI, SIT probe: "probe into alleged irregularities, including purchase of aircraft for the national carrier and giving up of profit making routes to private airlines, when Praful Patel was Civil Aviation Minister."
Sep 23, 2012 AP land sold to firm at Re 1 per acre: "The Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC) allegedly sold 100 acres of land at Mambattu village in Potti Sri Ramulu Nellore district, at the rate of Re 1 per acre to Apache Footwear India Pvt Ltd, a Singapore-based footwear company in March 2010, when K Rosaiah was Andhra Pradesh chief minister."
Sep 23, 2012 Who’s running Birsa Vihar? - JTDC boss unaware outsourced firm already on board: "Situated on the Main Road, bang opposite Ranchi Club, it was shut down in 2007 after a costly makeover, mismanagement and allegations of funds bungling."
Sep 23, 2012 ‘For 15-20 years now, we have been attending the elongated funeral rites of the parliamentary system’: "former telecom minister Arun Shourie says it’s important for Parliament to function and that he is worried about the state of the economy"
Sep 23, 2012 Maharashtra Sadan scam: ACB to probe Bhujbal: "PWD Minister Chhagan Bhujbal has been accused of awarding the contracts for the building to his relatives."
Sep 23, 2012 The Rs 16,653 cr lie at heart of govt’s diesel price justification: "If we were to apportion the subsidies paid in proportion to their private shareholdings, you will find that non-government private institutions and retail investors bailed out the government to the tune of Rs 16,653 crore."
Sep 23, 2012 TN: Over 50 arrested in Rs 16,000-cr granite scam: "Search is on for Union minister MK Alagiri's son Durai Dayanidhi, who is also one of the accused in the scam."
Sep 23, 2012 Ajit Singh orders suspension of 6 top AAI officials: "Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh has ordered immediate suspension and initiation of major penalty proceedings against AAI Executive Director(Commercial) L L Krishnan, DGM Finance R L Saran, Additional GM (Commercial) S Basu, DGM (Operations) Arun Mehan, DGM (Operations) P K Chadha and GM Ravi Verma, a Ministry statement said. A CBI inquiry had found them allegedly involved in committing irregularities and favouring a particular company in awarding ground handling services contracts at Chennai and Kolkata airports."
Sep 15, 2012 Iron ore export scam: CBI registers five cases, searches: "Spelling more trouble for BJP MLA G Janardhan Reddy, the CBI has registered five new cases in illegal iron ore exports worth Rs 2,500 crore and carried out searches at 17 locations including on the premises of associates of the jailed mining baron today."
Sep 15, 2012 Two IAS officers charged with corruption: "a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered against IAS officers N Mathivanan and C Kamaraj and other state government officials."
Sep 15, 2012 MoD's directive to Army officers: "After Tatra scam, the Defence Ministry is now mulling over restricting Army officers from joining as consultants with arms traders. In the recent years, a large number of Defence personnel have joined these kinds of firms."
Sep 14, 2012 Scams spread, scamsters get bolder: "People feel corruption is not only deep-rooted but institutionalised as well"
Sep 14, 2012 Large cash market main driver of corruption: RBI
Sep 14, 2012 Deputy collector, aide held for taking bribe: "The state anti-corruption bureau (ACB), Pune, on Wednesday night arrested a deputy collector and his assistant for taking a Rs 2 lakh bribe to clear a file regarding a land deal"
Sep 14, 2012 ‘Diesel price hike a fallout of scams’: "it a deliberate punishment to the citizens of the country for raising their voice against the Congress party for looting the exchequer through multi-crore scams."
Sep 14, 2012 Coalgate: Action against small players in a big scam?: "Government on Thursday accepted the Inter-Ministerial Group's recommendations to cancel allocations to 4 companies for 8 coal blocks."
Sep 14, 2012 Jaiswal, Sahai to be sacked?: "After the Coal Minister admissed his links to mining baron Manoj Jayaswal, the government is now preparing tself for a Cabinet reshuffle. Sources tell TIMES NOW that Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal and Tourism Minister Subodh Kant Sahai will not be retained post the reshuffle."
Sep 14, 2012 Direct: Sri Prakash Jaiswal: "Union Coal Minister Sri Prakash Jaiswal, speaks exclusively to TIMES NOW's Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami on the Newshour Direct and takes direct questions on his relationship with mining baron Manoj Jayswal whose companies were found to be among those named in the CBI's FIR on Coalgate."
Sep 14, 2012 Coalgate: The Jaiswal-Jayaswal link: "TIMES NOW has accessed fresh documents which prove the link between Coal Minister Sri Prakash Jaiswal and mining baron Manoj Jayswal. Initially, the Coal Minister had distanced himself from Manoj, but evidence with the TIMES NOW forced him to admit that he has been named as an arbitrator by Manoj. But the defiant minister says that the explosive documents are utter trash."
Sep 14, 2012 Narendra Modi calls Congress 'coal thief': "The Gujarat Chief Minister said the AICC means All India Coal Congress."
Sep 14, 2012 Kalmadi cannot contest IOA chief election: HC: "The court has ordered the IOA polls to be held on the basis of the sports code that doesn't allow more than three terms for the IOA chief."
Sep 14, 2012 The Last Word: Is UPA's populist caution damaging India's future?: "More than 2 months have passed since Pranab Mukherjee resigned as Finance Minister but has the great hope that things will change been even partly realised or is it unfulfilled and now looking illusory?"
Sep 14, 2012 MP: Evicting protestors in Harda an unfair treatment?: "The government, which conceded to demands of protestors in the first case of jal stayagraha at Khandwa, acted tough in Harda."
Sep 14, 2012 Is the state intolerant towards public protests?: "Dramatic scenes in Madhya Pradesh as the state used force to evict a group of villagers protesting in neck deep water."
Sep 12, 2012 Wikipedia: Indian Coal Allocation Scam
Sep 12, 2012 देखिए कोयला घोटाले का सबसे बड़ा सच...: "आजतक के हाथ लगी है सीबीआई की एफआईआर. इस एफआईआर के मुताबिक, कोल ब्लॉक के आवंटन में दर्डा और उनकी कंपनियों ने झूठ और फर्जी दस्तावेजों का सहारा लिया. सबसे चौंकानेवाली बात तो यह है कि तत्कालीन कोयला राज्यमंत्री संतोष बागरोड़िया को इन सबके बारे में पता था, फिर भी उन्होंने कोयला खदान का आवंटन इन्हें होने दिया."
Sep 12, 2012 Coalgate: Another Jindal company under scanner: "Congress MP Naveen Jindal has claimed that he has nothing to do with the company that was served a notice."
Sep 12, 2012 Coal controller says de-allocate Jindal's block: "The coal controller report recommends the IMG to de-allocate coal blocks to Jindal Steel and Bhushan Steel."
Sep 12, 2012 Coalgate: Criminal proceedings underway, probe gathers pace: "The coal controller report recommended the Inter Ministerial Group (IMG) to de-allocate coal blocks to Jindal Steel and Bhushan Steel."
Sep 12, 2012 FTN: Are benami transactions bedrock of electoral politics?: "An exhaustive survey done by association for democratic reforms which shows how political parties are consistently increasing their wealth."
Sep 11, 2012 India: turning gloomy
Sep 11, 2012 Survey: Indians disappointed with economy, gov’t
Sep 10, 2012 Ex-coal minister Bagrodia’s brother got hefty mining contract: "PSU power giant National Thermal Power Corporation awarded a coal mine contract worth over Rs 23,000 crore to a joint venture company in which 10% shares are held by the family of former coal minister Santosh Bagrodia."
Sep 10, 2012 10 ways how doctors in India loot patients: "I recently had a chat with some doctors, surgeons and owners of nursing homes about the tricks of their trade. Here is what they said 1) 40-60% kickbacks for lab tests."
Sep 10, 2012 Pressure on Naveen Jindal grows: "The government auditor CAG in its recent report statedthat undue benefits to the tune of Rs 1.86 lakh crore were extended to private firms on account of allocation of 57 mines to them without auction."
Sep 9, 2012 A Raja is still telecom minister, says DoT website: "A Raja, the disgraced DMK member of Parliament, may have been divested of the communications portfolio as far back as November 2010 and spent more than a year -- from February 2011 to May 2012 -- in jail for his role in the infamous 2G spectrum scam. He may have been out on bail since May 2012. His trusted aide and personal assistant, RK Chandolia, too may have spent time in jail at the same time for having been hand in glove with him. By any yardstick, the duo should be persona non grata in anything to do with the government, but not with the department that they brought infamy to."
Sep 9, 2012 Textbook case of crony capitalism: "Mail Today has been at the forefront of cracking the code on the Manoj Jayaswal-Darda extended family working in cahoots to grab coal blocks"
Sep 9, 2012 HC notice to govt on alleged corruption in Vidarbha irrigation works: "alleging massive corruption in the execution of irrigation projects in Vidarbha region."
Sep 9, 2012 Hyde And Seek Dabbu-dabbu-dabbu. That’s Hyderabad talk for how the city’s become the scam capital.: "going by the number of VIPs currently lodged in Chanchalguda jail in Hyderabad, the joke is the police will soon be placing orders for gilded plates of biriyani. There are at least 10 “special” prisoners, all accused in various scams—Jaganmohan Reddy, of course, remains the star visitor, followed closely by industrialists, bureaucrats, a former minister and now judges as well."
Sep 9, 2012 जेल में हैं तो क्या हुआ, हम वीआईपी हैं...: "वकीलों ने उन्हें अदालत से विशेष कैदी का दर्जा दिलवाया है जिसके चलते वो अलग कमरों में मनपसंद खाना बनवाने की सुविधा सहित रहते हैं, मानो अपने घर में हों."
Sep 9, 2012 CBI probe points to criminal conspiracy by Coal Ministry officials: "a criminal conspiracy hatched by Coal Ministry officials along with certain functionaries of the Power Ministry and State governments in accepting and pursuing forged documents from tainted companies, including that of Congress MP Vijay Darda-linked JLD Yavatmal Energy Limited, for fraudulent allocation of coal blocks."
Sep 7, 2012 Ministers’ kin landing coal blocks adds to UPA woes: "Documents show that besides the kin of Union tourism minister Subodh Kant Sahai and Congress MP Vijay Darda, relatives of Union minister of state Jagatrakshakan (of the DMK) and RJD's Prem Gupta, corporate affairs minister in UPA-1, were also allotted coal blocks"
Sep 7, 2012 PSU promised TN mantri’s firm coal at Rs 25 per tonne: "The state-owned Puducherry Industrial Promotion Development Corporation (PIPDIC) entered into a memorandum of understanding with J R Power Gen Private Limited, owned by Union minister S Jagathrakshakan's family, to sell coal at a throwaway price of Rs 25 per tonne even before it was allotted a coal block"
Sep 7, 2012 Explained: All you wanted to know about the coal scam: "Between 1993 and 2011, the government of India gave away 206 coal blocks for free to government and private companies."
Sep 7, 2012 Plugging the Leaks: "How to shield your investments from insider-trading scams"
Sep 7, 2012 BJP CMs involved in coal scam: Hariprasad: "alleged that the Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh were involved in the coal block allocation scams."
Sep 7, 2012 Orchestrated scam in merchant power projects, captive coal blocks and PSU bank loans?: "There seemed to be an orchestrated move towards benefitting a few influential private companies backed by individuals to exploit land and coal resources with the help of the public moneys raised by PSU banks, alleged EAS Sarma, the former secretary with the GoI"
Sep 7, 2012 MCD official put on trial on corruption, cheating charges: "A Delhi court Wednesday ordered trial of an MCD official for allegedly misusing his official position in favouring a five star hotel and not demolishing its unauthorised construction in lieu of monetary benefits."
Sep 7, 2012 Coalgate: Whole world is discussing your corrupt practices, BJP tells PM Manmohan Singh: ""Tere Bhrashtachar ke charche har zubaan par, sabko maalum hai, aur sabko khabar ho gayi"."
Sep 7, 2012 PM's involvement proved: Jaitley: "Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Arun Jaitley, on Friday (September 7) spoke exclusively to TIMES NOW, and said the Prime Minister's direct involvement in the decision making has been proved and the new revelations will take the scandal to the next level."
Sep 7, 2012 One month, 5 explosive disclosures: "We began with exposing the delay in the tabling the CAG report in Parliament, and then went to the root on Coalgate, bringing you the screening commitee papers. The more we investigated, the deeper the links of nepotism and impropreity ran. And today, TIMES NOW brings you the biggest expose on Coalgate- the PMO internal note."
Sep 6, 2012 Gadkari aide was alloted a coal block: Jairam Ramesh: "Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has now dragged BJP president Nitin Gadkari into the coal block allocation scam."
Sep 6, 2012 Question over DMK's Jagathrakshakan: "Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting & DMK leader, S Jagathrakshkan, is in the dock over Coalgate. TIMES NOW exposes the central minister's link to coal block allocations. The minister is alleged to have helped his company get coal block allocations in Odisha."
Sep 6, 2012 बिहार में घात और घपले का सियाह कारनामा: "सरकारी बीमा योजना मुफ़्त में इलाज जैसी राहत देने के बजाय आफ़त बनकर आई."
Sep 6, 2012 Coalgate: Norm violated by govt to favour Jindal: "Documents show how Congress MP Naveen Jindal was given a coal block while the government Navratna Coal India Ltd was refused."
Sep 6, 2012 In neck-deep water for days, villagers demand land: "The villagers in Madhya Pradesh have been protesting in neck-deep water for almost two weeks now"
Sep 6, 2012 CAG nails power mess, loss up to Rs 14,000 crore: "According to the CAG, due to the inefficiency of the NHPC, only two of 16 planned projects have been completed."
Sep 6, 2012 The Washington Post: India’s ‘silent’ prime minister becomes a tragic figure: "Attendees at meetings and conferences were jokingly urged to put their phones into “Manmohan Singh mode,” while one joke cited a dentist urging the seated prime minister, “At least in my clinic, please open your mouth.”"
Sep 5, 2012 धरती पर अबतक नहीं उतरा ‘आकाश’: नरेंद्र मोदी
Sep 5, 2012 Ministry delaying action on coal de-allocation: "According to documents accessed by CNN-IBN, the Coal Ministry found reasons for not acting on it for eight months."
Sep 5, 2012 US paper calls Manmohan Singh a 'tragic figure': "Taking a potshot at the PM, the Opposition said that Manmohan Singh's image has demolished badly."
Sep 5, 2012 Cong MP named in coal FIR, denies charges: "In its FIR on JLD Yavatmal Energy Limited, CBI has named Darda along with his son Devendra."
Sep 5, 2012 नाकाम प्रधानमंत्री कहलाए जाएँगे मनमोहन?: "ये छवि है एक ऐसे प्रभावहीन नौकरशाह की जो भ्रष्टाचार से डूबी सरकार का नेतृत्व कर रहा है."
Sep 5, 2012 Washington Post calls Manmohan as a 'tragic figure': "Even as the Time magazine termed him as an ‘underachiever’, the Washington Post targeted Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday quoting his dramatic fall from grace in his second term in the office following the slow but steady tarnishing of his reputation. The magazine further quoted “the image of the scrupulously honorable, humble and intellectual technocrat has slowly given way to a completely different one: a dithering, ineffectual bureaucrat presiding over a deeply corrupt government.”"
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Oct 3, 2012 BBC: India's finance minister Chidambaram on fianancial reform: "he denied that corruption was rife in his government."
Sep 30, 2012 TWTW: Cyrus Broacha's take on corruption: "In this special episode, Cyrus Broacha talks about corruption in different walks of life in India."
Sep 30, 2012 The Economist has fired a salvo at MMS and wants Sonia and Rahul out: "The Economist – titled In search of a dream on India was that “These people”, meaning Manmohan Singh, Sonia Gandhi, and Rahul Gandhi “are hindering India’s progress", "the economy had worsened and Pranab Mukherjee, the earlier finance minister was “booted upstairs to become President."
Sep 30, 2012 Two bank heists in 2 days: Delhi's rising crime graph: "a Rs 5.25 crore robbery in broad daylight left a security guard in the upmarket Defence Colony area of Delhi, bruised with gunshot injuries. The following day, came the news of a failed robbery attempt at a bank in Inderlok, and finally in the evening, as if to cap it all, another ATM cash van was looted by its own driver, who after drugging the two security guards accompanying him, ran off with Rs 51 lakh."
Sep 30, 2012 ‘पार्टी फंड की दाल में काला ही काला': "सबसे बड़ी पांच पार्टियों ने 2004 से 2011 के बीच चंदे और आर्थिक सहयोग से लगभग 39 अरब रुपए की कमाई की."
Sep 29, 2012 पैसा फेंक, ग़रीबी देख: "झुग्गी टूरिज़्म में शामिल होने वाले विदेशी प्रयटकों की संख्या बढती जा रही है"
Sep 28, 2012 India's Oscar entry Barfi! has at least 10 scenes lifted from Hollywood films: "too many scenes in Anurag Basu's Barfi!, India's official entry for the Oscars, which have been copied frame by frame from international classics, notably Charlie Chaplin's films."
Sep 28, 2012 Contractor-politician nexus across India: Whistleblower: "Chief Engineer Water Resources Vijay Pandhare, who blew the lid off the Maharashtra irrigation scam, has said that the nexus between contractors and politicians exists in all states."
Sep 28, 2012 Mother of all scams, order inquiry: INLD: "Terming the change of land use in the Gurgaon Manesar Urban Complex master plan as the mother of all scams, the INLD on Monday demanded an inquiry by a sitting judge into the issue."
Sep 28, 2012 Want to escape a scam? Create another one
Sep 28, 2012 India's Kleptocracy loots masses of humanity: "A 'kleptocracy' refers to "rule by thieves". A kleptocracy is a capitalist-oriented society where the government exists to increase the personal wealth and political power of its officials and the ruling class. In such a society, like India, politicians operate at the expense of the wider population as a basic "way of doing business" without pretence of honest service. This type of government corruption is often achieved by the embezzlement of state funds. In India, constitutional democracy exists in "name only"."
Sep 28, 2012 IAS officers misused their position: Cops tell HC: "the two IAS Officers, who were booked for alleged corruption in the illegal granite quarrying case, had grossly abused their position with a malafide intention to favour PRP Exports."
Sep 28, 2012 Coal scandal: India's tough fight against corruption: "His business rivals never fully understood how Manoj Jayaswal got so rich so fast, except that he often seemed joined at the hip with powerful politicians. He hosted them at lavish parties, entertained them at his daughter's opulent Thai wedding and stood among them at India's presidential palace"
Sep 28, 2012 Is Ajit Pawar the only Maharashtra politician involved in the irrigation scam?: "India Against Corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal has alleged that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nitin Gadkari had refused to speak out on the irrigation scam in Maharashtra."
Sep 28, 2012 Delhi: ATM van carrying Rs 5 crore cash looted: "New Delhi: An ATM van carrying Rs 5 crore cash was looted by robbers in broad daylight on Friday in Delhi's Defence Colony."
Sep 28, 2012 Indian Dairy Uses Satire to Stick It to Politicians in Butter Ads: "ads for Amul brand butter have stuck the knife into Indian politicians for all manner of blunders, scams and gaffes."
Sep 28, 2012 Everyone corrupt in state: IAC: "not just the party in power, but even the Opposition in Maharashtra is corrupt"
Sep 27, 2012 The corrupt ‘Don’ Sonia Gandhi is world’s 4th richest politician: "Manmohan Singh was involved in a $32 Billion 3G scandal which involved almost all major players of his cabinet."
Sep 27, 2012 Maha irrigation scam: Kejriwal questions Gadkari: "Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday attacked Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nitin Gadkari over claims by his fellow activists that the Opposition leader and a party MP, Ajay Sancheti, were involved in the Maharashtra irrigation scam that involves key Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leaders like Ajit Pawar, the nephew of Sharad Pawar, a Congress ally."
Sep 27, 2012 After Ajit Pawar, BJP linked to Maha irrigation scam: "Two days after the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar resigned as Maharashtra's Deputy Chief Minister over allegations of corruption, it now emerges that the Bharatiya Janata Party may have benefitted from the scam."
Sep 27, 2012 Rotting grain has deprived food to 80 million people: "An estimated 36,000 tonnes of grain has gone bad at the various storage facilities of the state-run Food Corp of India (FCI) since 2008, enough to feed 80 million people at a per capita consumption of 440 grams"
Sep 27, 2012 The man who uncovered the irrigation scam: "the chief engineer who blew the lid of the 72,000 cr rupee scam has broken his silence. Top bureaucrat Vijay Pandhre speaks to TIMES NOW on how the unearthed the details that opened a can of worms."
Sep 27, 2012 Sahara - massive, splashy...and mysterious: "The company did not respond to several attempts by Reuters to get answers to written questions."
Sep 27, 2012 'Rs 20,000 cr misused in Maharashtra irrigation projects': "Mumbai: Whistleblower in the Maharashtra irrigation scam Vijay Pandhare has claimed unnecessary expenses worth Rs 20,000 crore in state irrigation projects."
Sep 27, 2012 Coalgate is 94 percent Congress scam, 6 percent others: "the total geological reserves of the coal blocks given away for free between 1993 and 2011 stands at 44,802.9 million tonnes."
Sep 27, 2012 Why did it take so long to resign, Ajit Pawar?: "On 29 May 2007, the Times of India reported on Bhosale under the headline ‘How Bhosale milked the MKVDC’ (Maharashtra Krishna Valley Development Corporation)"
Sep 27, 2012 Union Minister Alagiri son's anticipatory bail plea rejected: "The Madras High Court today rejected the anticipatory bail plea of Union Minister M K Alagiri's son, Durai Dayanidhi, in the multi-crore illegal granite quarrying case."
Sep 27, 2012 Maha Deputy CM Ajit Pawar quits: "resigned following allegations of an irrigation scam when he was state's water resource minister and said he was prepared for a CBI probe."
Sep 27, 2012 TN: Power shortage hits hospitality industry: "From a 2,000 mega watt crunch a year ago, the state now suffers a deficit of almost 4,000 mega watt."
Sep 27, 2012 Anticipatory bail plea of MK Alagiri's son rejected: "Durai Dayanidhi is among the 60 people named in the FIR related to the illegal granite mining case."
Sep 27, 2012 UP: HC questions 24-hour power supply to VIP districts: "The districts include Amethi, Raebareli, Etawah, Kannauj, Mainpuri and Ramnagar."
Sep 25, 2012 Can political parties put good economics over bad politics?: "The Congress and the BJP debate if good economics can be put over bad politics by the political parties."
Sep 25, 2012 Coalgate: CBI may arrest former UPA minister Santosh Bagrodia: "The Coal Scam is set to cause further embarrassment for the Congress and the UPA Government. Sources telling 'The Sunday Guardian' that the CBI is set to arrest former Minister of State for Coal, Santosh Bagrodia. Remember, it was NewsX which had exposed how Bagrodia knew about false declarations made by the Abhijeet Group in their bid to corner coal blocks in 2008. Despite this knowledge, Bagrodia had chosen not to act against the Abhijeet Group, which was subsequently allocated a coal block."
Sep 25, 2012 Three reasons why Barfi! is an Oscar dud: "One, there’s little that is original about Barfi!. Blatant plagiarism aside, there’s nothing wrong with making a Bollywood movie “inspired” by Western genres or plot lines."
Sep 25, 2012 India is like a boat without a sailor: Modi: "“The PM doesn’t speak… or he cannot speak… or he doesn’t have anything to speak… Imagine, friends, the country is like a boat without sailor,”"
Sep 25, 2012 Coalgate: CBI to probe coal block allocations since 1993: "You can even start from 1976 when Indira Gandhi nationalised coal mining or from the 17th century when coal mining started. This is just a delaying tactic,""
Sep 23, 2012 Scams in Air India: SC notice to Centre on plea for CBI, SIT probe: "probe into alleged irregularities, including purchase of aircraft for the national carrier and giving up of profit making routes to private airlines, when Praful Patel was Civil Aviation Minister."
Sep 23, 2012 AP land sold to firm at Re 1 per acre: "The Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC) allegedly sold 100 acres of land at Mambattu village in Potti Sri Ramulu Nellore district, at the rate of Re 1 per acre to Apache Footwear India Pvt Ltd, a Singapore-based footwear company in March 2010, when K Rosaiah was Andhra Pradesh chief minister."
Sep 23, 2012 Who’s running Birsa Vihar? - JTDC boss unaware outsourced firm already on board: "Situated on the Main Road, bang opposite Ranchi Club, it was shut down in 2007 after a costly makeover, mismanagement and allegations of funds bungling."
Sep 23, 2012 ‘For 15-20 years now, we have been attending the elongated funeral rites of the parliamentary system’: "former telecom minister Arun Shourie says it’s important for Parliament to function and that he is worried about the state of the economy"
Sep 23, 2012 Maharashtra Sadan scam: ACB to probe Bhujbal: "PWD Minister Chhagan Bhujbal has been accused of awarding the contracts for the building to his relatives."
Sep 23, 2012 The Rs 16,653 cr lie at heart of govt’s diesel price justification: "If we were to apportion the subsidies paid in proportion to their private shareholdings, you will find that non-government private institutions and retail investors bailed out the government to the tune of Rs 16,653 crore."
Sep 23, 2012 TN: Over 50 arrested in Rs 16,000-cr granite scam: "Search is on for Union minister MK Alagiri's son Durai Dayanidhi, who is also one of the accused in the scam."
Sep 23, 2012 Ajit Singh orders suspension of 6 top AAI officials: "Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh has ordered immediate suspension and initiation of major penalty proceedings against AAI Executive Director(Commercial) L L Krishnan, DGM Finance R L Saran, Additional GM (Commercial) S Basu, DGM (Operations) Arun Mehan, DGM (Operations) P K Chadha and GM Ravi Verma, a Ministry statement said. A CBI inquiry had found them allegedly involved in committing irregularities and favouring a particular company in awarding ground handling services contracts at Chennai and Kolkata airports."
Sep 15, 2012 Iron ore export scam: CBI registers five cases, searches: "Spelling more trouble for BJP MLA G Janardhan Reddy, the CBI has registered five new cases in illegal iron ore exports worth Rs 2,500 crore and carried out searches at 17 locations including on the premises of associates of the jailed mining baron today."
Sep 15, 2012 Two IAS officers charged with corruption: "a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered against IAS officers N Mathivanan and C Kamaraj and other state government officials."
Sep 15, 2012 MoD's directive to Army officers: "After Tatra scam, the Defence Ministry is now mulling over restricting Army officers from joining as consultants with arms traders. In the recent years, a large number of Defence personnel have joined these kinds of firms."
Sep 14, 2012 Scams spread, scamsters get bolder: "People feel corruption is not only deep-rooted but institutionalised as well"
Sep 14, 2012 Large cash market main driver of corruption: RBI
Sep 14, 2012 Deputy collector, aide held for taking bribe: "The state anti-corruption bureau (ACB), Pune, on Wednesday night arrested a deputy collector and his assistant for taking a Rs 2 lakh bribe to clear a file regarding a land deal"
Sep 14, 2012 ‘Diesel price hike a fallout of scams’: "it a deliberate punishment to the citizens of the country for raising their voice against the Congress party for looting the exchequer through multi-crore scams."
Sep 14, 2012 Coalgate: Action against small players in a big scam?: "Government on Thursday accepted the Inter-Ministerial Group's recommendations to cancel allocations to 4 companies for 8 coal blocks."
Sep 14, 2012 Jaiswal, Sahai to be sacked?: "After the Coal Minister admissed his links to mining baron Manoj Jayaswal, the government is now preparing tself for a Cabinet reshuffle. Sources tell TIMES NOW that Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal and Tourism Minister Subodh Kant Sahai will not be retained post the reshuffle."
Sep 14, 2012 Direct: Sri Prakash Jaiswal: "Union Coal Minister Sri Prakash Jaiswal, speaks exclusively to TIMES NOW's Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami on the Newshour Direct and takes direct questions on his relationship with mining baron Manoj Jayswal whose companies were found to be among those named in the CBI's FIR on Coalgate."
Sep 14, 2012 Coalgate: The Jaiswal-Jayaswal link: "TIMES NOW has accessed fresh documents which prove the link between Coal Minister Sri Prakash Jaiswal and mining baron Manoj Jayswal. Initially, the Coal Minister had distanced himself from Manoj, but evidence with the TIMES NOW forced him to admit that he has been named as an arbitrator by Manoj. But the defiant minister says that the explosive documents are utter trash."
Sep 14, 2012 Narendra Modi calls Congress 'coal thief': "The Gujarat Chief Minister said the AICC means All India Coal Congress."
Sep 14, 2012 Kalmadi cannot contest IOA chief election: HC: "The court has ordered the IOA polls to be held on the basis of the sports code that doesn't allow more than three terms for the IOA chief."
Sep 14, 2012 The Last Word: Is UPA's populist caution damaging India's future?: "More than 2 months have passed since Pranab Mukherjee resigned as Finance Minister but has the great hope that things will change been even partly realised or is it unfulfilled and now looking illusory?"
Sep 14, 2012 MP: Evicting protestors in Harda an unfair treatment?: "The government, which conceded to demands of protestors in the first case of jal stayagraha at Khandwa, acted tough in Harda."
Sep 14, 2012 Is the state intolerant towards public protests?: "Dramatic scenes in Madhya Pradesh as the state used force to evict a group of villagers protesting in neck deep water."
Sep 12, 2012 Wikipedia: Indian Coal Allocation Scam
Sep 12, 2012 देखिए कोयला घोटाले का सबसे बड़ा सच...: "आजतक के हाथ लगी है सीबीआई की एफआईआर. इस एफआईआर के मुताबिक, कोल ब्लॉक के आवंटन में दर्डा और उनकी कंपनियों ने झूठ और फर्जी दस्तावेजों का सहारा लिया. सबसे चौंकानेवाली बात तो यह है कि तत्कालीन कोयला राज्यमंत्री संतोष बागरोड़िया को इन सबके बारे में पता था, फिर भी उन्होंने कोयला खदान का आवंटन इन्हें होने दिया."
Sep 12, 2012 Coalgate: Another Jindal company under scanner: "Congress MP Naveen Jindal has claimed that he has nothing to do with the company that was served a notice."
Sep 12, 2012 Coal controller says de-allocate Jindal's block: "The coal controller report recommends the IMG to de-allocate coal blocks to Jindal Steel and Bhushan Steel."
Sep 12, 2012 Coalgate: Criminal proceedings underway, probe gathers pace: "The coal controller report recommended the Inter Ministerial Group (IMG) to de-allocate coal blocks to Jindal Steel and Bhushan Steel."
Sep 12, 2012 FTN: Are benami transactions bedrock of electoral politics?: "An exhaustive survey done by association for democratic reforms which shows how political parties are consistently increasing their wealth."
Sep 11, 2012 India: turning gloomy
Sep 11, 2012 Survey: Indians disappointed with economy, gov’t
Sep 10, 2012 Ex-coal minister Bagrodia’s brother got hefty mining contract: "PSU power giant National Thermal Power Corporation awarded a coal mine contract worth over Rs 23,000 crore to a joint venture company in which 10% shares are held by the family of former coal minister Santosh Bagrodia."
Sep 10, 2012 10 ways how doctors in India loot patients: "I recently had a chat with some doctors, surgeons and owners of nursing homes about the tricks of their trade. Here is what they said 1) 40-60% kickbacks for lab tests."
Sep 10, 2012 Pressure on Naveen Jindal grows: "The government auditor CAG in its recent report statedthat undue benefits to the tune of Rs 1.86 lakh crore were extended to private firms on account of allocation of 57 mines to them without auction."
Sep 9, 2012 A Raja is still telecom minister, says DoT website: "A Raja, the disgraced DMK member of Parliament, may have been divested of the communications portfolio as far back as November 2010 and spent more than a year -- from February 2011 to May 2012 -- in jail for his role in the infamous 2G spectrum scam. He may have been out on bail since May 2012. His trusted aide and personal assistant, RK Chandolia, too may have spent time in jail at the same time for having been hand in glove with him. By any yardstick, the duo should be persona non grata in anything to do with the government, but not with the department that they brought infamy to."
Sep 9, 2012 Textbook case of crony capitalism: "Mail Today has been at the forefront of cracking the code on the Manoj Jayaswal-Darda extended family working in cahoots to grab coal blocks"
Sep 9, 2012 HC notice to govt on alleged corruption in Vidarbha irrigation works: "alleging massive corruption in the execution of irrigation projects in Vidarbha region."
Sep 9, 2012 Hyde And Seek Dabbu-dabbu-dabbu. That’s Hyderabad talk for how the city’s become the scam capital.: "going by the number of VIPs currently lodged in Chanchalguda jail in Hyderabad, the joke is the police will soon be placing orders for gilded plates of biriyani. There are at least 10 “special” prisoners, all accused in various scams—Jaganmohan Reddy, of course, remains the star visitor, followed closely by industrialists, bureaucrats, a former minister and now judges as well."
Sep 9, 2012 जेल में हैं तो क्या हुआ, हम वीआईपी हैं...: "वकीलों ने उन्हें अदालत से विशेष कैदी का दर्जा दिलवाया है जिसके चलते वो अलग कमरों में मनपसंद खाना बनवाने की सुविधा सहित रहते हैं, मानो अपने घर में हों."
Sep 9, 2012 CBI probe points to criminal conspiracy by Coal Ministry officials: "a criminal conspiracy hatched by Coal Ministry officials along with certain functionaries of the Power Ministry and State governments in accepting and pursuing forged documents from tainted companies, including that of Congress MP Vijay Darda-linked JLD Yavatmal Energy Limited, for fraudulent allocation of coal blocks."
Sep 7, 2012 Ministers’ kin landing coal blocks adds to UPA woes: "Documents show that besides the kin of Union tourism minister Subodh Kant Sahai and Congress MP Vijay Darda, relatives of Union minister of state Jagatrakshakan (of the DMK) and RJD's Prem Gupta, corporate affairs minister in UPA-1, were also allotted coal blocks"
Sep 7, 2012 PSU promised TN mantri’s firm coal at Rs 25 per tonne: "The state-owned Puducherry Industrial Promotion Development Corporation (PIPDIC) entered into a memorandum of understanding with J R Power Gen Private Limited, owned by Union minister S Jagathrakshakan's family, to sell coal at a throwaway price of Rs 25 per tonne even before it was allotted a coal block"
Sep 7, 2012 Explained: All you wanted to know about the coal scam: "Between 1993 and 2011, the government of India gave away 206 coal blocks for free to government and private companies."
Sep 7, 2012 Plugging the Leaks: "How to shield your investments from insider-trading scams"
Sep 7, 2012 BJP CMs involved in coal scam: Hariprasad: "alleged that the Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh were involved in the coal block allocation scams."
Sep 7, 2012 Orchestrated scam in merchant power projects, captive coal blocks and PSU bank loans?: "There seemed to be an orchestrated move towards benefitting a few influential private companies backed by individuals to exploit land and coal resources with the help of the public moneys raised by PSU banks, alleged EAS Sarma, the former secretary with the GoI"
Sep 7, 2012 MCD official put on trial on corruption, cheating charges: "A Delhi court Wednesday ordered trial of an MCD official for allegedly misusing his official position in favouring a five star hotel and not demolishing its unauthorised construction in lieu of monetary benefits."
Sep 7, 2012 Coalgate: Whole world is discussing your corrupt practices, BJP tells PM Manmohan Singh: ""Tere Bhrashtachar ke charche har zubaan par, sabko maalum hai, aur sabko khabar ho gayi"."
Sep 7, 2012 PM's involvement proved: Jaitley: "Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Arun Jaitley, on Friday (September 7) spoke exclusively to TIMES NOW, and said the Prime Minister's direct involvement in the decision making has been proved and the new revelations will take the scandal to the next level."
Sep 7, 2012 One month, 5 explosive disclosures: "We began with exposing the delay in the tabling the CAG report in Parliament, and then went to the root on Coalgate, bringing you the screening commitee papers. The more we investigated, the deeper the links of nepotism and impropreity ran. And today, TIMES NOW brings you the biggest expose on Coalgate- the PMO internal note."
Sep 6, 2012 Gadkari aide was alloted a coal block: Jairam Ramesh: "Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has now dragged BJP president Nitin Gadkari into the coal block allocation scam."
Sep 6, 2012 Question over DMK's Jagathrakshakan: "Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting & DMK leader, S Jagathrakshkan, is in the dock over Coalgate. TIMES NOW exposes the central minister's link to coal block allocations. The minister is alleged to have helped his company get coal block allocations in Odisha."
Sep 6, 2012 बिहार में घात और घपले का सियाह कारनामा: "सरकारी बीमा योजना मुफ़्त में इलाज जैसी राहत देने के बजाय आफ़त बनकर आई."
Sep 6, 2012 Coalgate: Norm violated by govt to favour Jindal: "Documents show how Congress MP Naveen Jindal was given a coal block while the government Navratna Coal India Ltd was refused."
Sep 6, 2012 In neck-deep water for days, villagers demand land: "The villagers in Madhya Pradesh have been protesting in neck-deep water for almost two weeks now"
Sep 6, 2012 CAG nails power mess, loss up to Rs 14,000 crore: "According to the CAG, due to the inefficiency of the NHPC, only two of 16 planned projects have been completed."
Sep 6, 2012 The Washington Post: India’s ‘silent’ prime minister becomes a tragic figure: "Attendees at meetings and conferences were jokingly urged to put their phones into “Manmohan Singh mode,” while one joke cited a dentist urging the seated prime minister, “At least in my clinic, please open your mouth.”"
Sep 5, 2012 धरती पर अबतक नहीं उतरा ‘आकाश’: नरेंद्र मोदी
Sep 5, 2012 Ministry delaying action on coal de-allocation: "According to documents accessed by CNN-IBN, the Coal Ministry found reasons for not acting on it for eight months."
Sep 5, 2012 US paper calls Manmohan Singh a 'tragic figure': "Taking a potshot at the PM, the Opposition said that Manmohan Singh's image has demolished badly."
Sep 5, 2012 Cong MP named in coal FIR, denies charges: "In its FIR on JLD Yavatmal Energy Limited, CBI has named Darda along with his son Devendra."
Sep 5, 2012 नाकाम प्रधानमंत्री कहलाए जाएँगे मनमोहन?: "ये छवि है एक ऐसे प्रभावहीन नौकरशाह की जो भ्रष्टाचार से डूबी सरकार का नेतृत्व कर रहा है."
Sep 5, 2012 Washington Post calls Manmohan as a 'tragic figure': "Even as the Time magazine termed him as an ‘underachiever’, the Washington Post targeted Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday quoting his dramatic fall from grace in his second term in the office following the slow but steady tarnishing of his reputation. The magazine further quoted “the image of the scrupulously honorable, humble and intellectual technocrat has slowly given way to a completely different one: a dithering, ineffectual bureaucrat presiding over a deeply corrupt government.”"
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