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Feb 29, 2012 Environmental Agency Uncovers Shocking Alleged Corruption Scam at India's National Solar Mission: "this company was awarded nine of the projects, and a quarter of the MW allocation to be derived from solar radiation by floating front companies to evade government regulations."
Feb 29, 2012 Special CBI court convicts Telgi in another fake stamp-paper case: "The court, however, sentenced Telgi to life imprisonment"
Feb 29, 2012 CBI sleuths conduct raid on 28 locations, BCCL officials: "raids on about 28 locations mostly belonging to the officials of Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) in Jharkhand and West Bengal. The CBI recovered investment papers worth crores during the raid"
Feb 29, 2012 Great Toll Loot: "In Kamal Nath time, the faujis were booted out and toll plazas fell into the hands of party loyalists. A Gujarat MP has sent a series of complaints to MoRTH, documenting, via covert filming, sordid collections on a toll plaza."
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 Porngate twist: Why target media?: "The Karnataka Legislative Assembly Committee probing the porngate episode involving three former BJP ministers today"
Feb 29, 2012 2G verdict fallout: Return my Rs 1700 crore, S Tel boss Sivasankaran writes to Manmohan Singh: "Indian firm Loop has also written to the Prime Minister seeking refund of its 2G licence fee, along with interest."
Feb 29, 2012 Mega land scam unearthed in Hyderabad: "65 acres of government land having a market value of Rs 2,030 crore was transferred to private individuals and institutions."
Feb 28, 2012 Major scams in coal distribution unearthed
Feb 28, 2012 Adarsh housing scam: Bombay HC slams ED, CBI, warns of forming SIT: ""It is unfortunate that ED has remained a mute spectator. There is a serious lapse on the agency's part for not probing into money laundering offence. ED has not moved an inch. It reflects a sorry state of affairs,""
Feb 28, 2012 Woman architect arrested for RTI activist Shehla Masood's murder: "the RTI activist was targetted for raising questions about a five-star hotel project."
Feb 28, 2012 'Prisoner on Transit' warrant against Janardhana Reddy: "A Karnataka court has issued 'Prisoner on Transit' warrant against mining baron G Janardhan Reddy, an accused in the Obulapuram Mining Company mining scam, to produce him before a special CBI court by March 2, in connection with another "illegal" mining case registered against him in that state"
Feb 28, 2012 Pulses scam: Babus unable to explain Rs 1,200cr loss: "Instead of the government distributing low-cost imported pulses, private firms were given the imported consignments through questionable tenders."
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 Indian link to Mansoor Ijaz?: "A link that he himself mentioned in a letter to a bank that was helping a top Indian politician invest in real estate in Las Vegas. Ijaz reportedly raised over $1.5 million by claiming to have the backing of a politically-influential Indian business family."
Feb 27, 2012 Reuters: Finmeccanica shares down on report of India probe: "the Indian defence ministry had opened a probe into suspect bribery in a 2010 tender for the supply of 12 Agusta Westland 101 helicopters."
Feb 27, 2012 Arvind Kejriwal at Matdada Jagrookta sammelan at Greater Noida : "Arvind Kejriwal at Matdada Jagrookta sammelan at Greater Noida."
Feb 27, 2012 Prosecute Mayawati for land scam: Nishank: "the Chief Minister should be prosecuted for her alleged role in land scams and financial irregularities during the last five years."
Feb 27, 2012 Status of defence land reviewed in wake of scams
Feb 26, 2012 Investors Turn Shy on India
Feb 26, 2012 India's Global Image: Overseas investors tired of the unbridled corruption: "you'd think that all businesses - including that elusive foreign investor - are abandoning the economy."
Feb 26, 2012 Don't vote for corrupt Congress: AIMF: "Kamat was responsible for the illegal mining of gold and uranium ore from the state to China and that he ought to be imprisoned for the same."
Feb 26, 2012 BREAKINGVIEWS - India's 2G ruling may stir hornets' nest: "India's judiciary is making its presence felt in the fight against corruption and crony capitalism."
Feb 26, 2012 Bahrain's Batelco sells India venture after telecom scandal: "Bahrain Telecommunications Co BTEL.BH is selling its 43 percent stake in Indian affiliate S Tel for $175 million, the first exit by a foreign operator since an Indian court cancelled 122 telecoms licences last week amid a corruption probe."
Feb 25, 2012 CBI conducts raids on former top BSNL officials: "The CBI on Saturday raided the premises of former BSNL chairman, three top officials and a private firm, considered close to former Telecom Minister A Raja, in connection with the Rs 535 crore scam in the awarding of contracts to WiMax services."
Feb 25, 2012 BJP demands probe into Rs 100-crore MSSIDC coal scam: "The Corporation controlled by the Industries department, is entitled to a coal quota of 80,000 tonnes per month for supply to small units like brick kilns, dal mills and small steel units. But there have been complaints of the quota being misused and coal being lifted in names of non-existent and bogus units to be sold at a premium in the market"
Feb 25, 2012 Bangalore mock drill: negligence by the officials?: "Twenty-five-year-old Nalina died on the spot after she fell while trying to come down from the third floor using a rope."
Feb 25, 2012 NRHM scam: CBI conducts fresh raids in UP: "Earlier, four fresh cases were registered by the CBI on Friday in NRHM scam."
Feb 25, 2012 Senior BRO officials booked for embezzlement: "the BRO officials were involved in criminal conspiracy with the supplier firms and, in violation of the various provisions of general financial rules (GFR), procured several variable messaging systems at exorbitant rates through limited tender, single tenders and thereby caused wrongful loss to the tune of Rs.1.49 crore to the government."
Feb 25, 2012 CBI raids in Tamil Nadu over BSNL-WiMax deal: "former telecom minister A Raja has not been named an accused in the new FIR."
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 Markandey Katju sticks to his stand: "Justice Katju, said, If any journalist writes against the (Bihar) Government or against any minister or official, that journalist is either dismissed from his job or is transferred. Newspaper proprietors are pressured to act against such journalists. Or Government advertisements are stopped. So nobody dares to write against the (Bihar) Government."
Feb 25, 2012 FIR filed against Yeddyurappa over land allotment scam: "The Lokayukta police today filed an FIR against former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa in connection with an alleged case of cheating in a land allotment scam."
Feb 24, 2012 AP liquor scam: Ministers hand-in-gloves with mafia: "Nearly 23 FIRs have been registered and 10 excise officials suspended till now in connection with the case."
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 Jet accused of mistreating disabled woman, inquiry ordered
Feb 24, 2012 NRHM scam: CBI registers four new cases, carries out searches: "The enquiry carried out so far has indicated that the drugs/equipments supplied by these firms were at exorbitant rates and even of sub-standard quality"
Feb 24, 2012 Antony orders probe into reports of corruption in chopper deal: "India in February 2010 had inked a Rs 3,546.17 crore deal to acquire the 12 three-engine AW-101 helicopters from AgustaWestland, a unit of Italian major Finmeccanica"
Feb 24, 2012 2 Foreign Telecom Companies Close Shop in India: "the Supreme Court revoked the licenses, citing alleged fraud and irregularities in awarding them. It has been billed as India’s biggest corruption scandal, costing the government $39 billion."
Feb 24, 2012 Indian helicopter deal sparks corruption row in Italy: "slush funds were generated after a “sudden” escalation of price by 10 million euros in 2010."
Feb 23, 2012 Insurance company surveyor held for taking Rs 8,000 bribe: "The CBI's Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday arrested the surveyor of New India Assurance Company Limited while accepting Rs 8,000 as bribe for settling insurance claim of Rs 4.5 lakh."
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 UAE's Etisalat sues Indian JV partners for fraud: "alleging fraud in an attempt to recover some of the losses arising from its scandal-hit investment in the country."
Feb 23, 2012 Kripashankar, the man linked to every major scandal in India: "he is believed to be close to Ahmed Patel, AICC president Sonia Gandhi’s eyes and ears, a connection he never hesitated to flaunt aggressively."
Feb 23, 2012 Smart card scam puts Omar's Govt on the backfoot: "The J-K State Accountability Commission (SAC) on Wednesday (February 22) directed state Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather to appear before the anti-graft body on March 6 in connection with alleged irregularities in grant of contract for preparation of smart cards"
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 2G: Essar, Loop promoters skip court again: "IP Khaitan, Kiran Khaitan, Anshuman Ruia, Ravi Ruia were granted exemption from personal appearance by a Delhi court."
Feb 22, 2012 $5m swindled by phoney callers from India, says US trade body
Feb 22, 2012 What’s troubling Indian govt’s $35 tablet: "complaints of poor performance and hiccups rolling out a pilot model."
Feb 21, 2012 Combating corrupt practices in Defence: "The regulatory challenges arising out of anti-bribery laws need to be addressed."
Feb 21, 2012 Where Did India Go Wrong?: "India has been hurt by a perfect storm of bad events: a frozen government, corruption scandals and Europe's debt crisis."
Feb 21, 2012 India's big hang-up: "Foreign investors rethink risk after top court scraps corruption-plagued telecom deals worthbillions of dollars."
Feb 21, 2012 Spooked by scams, DAE revamps procurement norms: "with the aim of clamping down on corruption."
Feb 21, 2012 India attempts to clean up long-running telecoms scandal: "the $40-billion scandal that engulfed the sector four years ago."
Feb 21, 2012 India least resilient BRIC nation to global risks: Survey
Feb 21, 2012 The cost of exuberance: Complacency on talent and innovation: "Indian CEOs are more concerned about bribery and corruption (not a concern globally), followed by uncertain and volatile economic growth and over-regulation."
Feb 21, 2012 A Tale Of Two Indian Airlines (That's Like The Best Hindi Soap Operas): "He’s celbrated as an exemplar of rising India, but also reviled for the hints of the corruption that have become such anathema since Anna Hazare’s Anti-Corruption Movement became such a political force in 2011."
Feb 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."
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 Former Aviation Minister in trouble?: "Government owned Air India deployed a larger aircraft to accommodate Patel's daughter & family in April 2010."
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 AP liquor racket: Cong ministers being probed: "Excise Minister M Venkata Ramana, four MLAs and several excise officials have already been named in the case."
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 AI deployed bigger aircraft to accommodate Praful Patel's family: "Praful Patel allegedly misused his office to accommodate his relatives on an AIr India plane back in 2010."
Feb 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"
Feb 20, 2012 Differently abled asked to deplane SpiceJet flight: "the pilot mistook the passenger for a mentally challenged patient."
Feb 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."
Feb 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."
Feb 19, 2012 Air India staffer held for helping currency smuggler
Feb 18, 2012 More trouble for Jayalalithaa's former aide: "The husband of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa's estranged aide Sasikala was arrested on Saturday (February 18) in a land grabbing case"
Feb 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"
Feb 18, 2012 IAS officers face probe in land deal: "Lokayukta police to investigate a private complaint naming IAS officers Subir Hari Singh, Bharat Lal Meena and Siddaiah, among others, claiming that they had wilfully ignored agreements by the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA)."
Feb 18, 2012 Finmin asks PSU banks not to overstate profit: "FinMin took the step after realising records were being fudged for years."
Feb 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."
Feb 18, 2012 'Jodi Breakers' faces copyright infringement law suit: "'Jodi Breakers' is in controversy after the producers of a French film filed a law suit for copyright infringement."
Feb 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"
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 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 Trainee pilot lands Jet Airways in trouble: "The DGCA sources said that the trainee pilot who landed the flight had only 50 hours of training on Boeing 737."
Feb 16, 2012 2G scam: Anil Ambani attended Reliance meeting for investing in Swan: Witness: "in which the board had "noted" that investment of Rs 992 crore in Swan Telecom Pvt Ltd was a "long-term strategic investment""
Feb 15, 2012 How serious is the starvation problem in tea gardens?: "Tea garden workers get lower than minimum wage, inedible rations and don't even get proper medical facilities."
Feb 14, 2012 Worst ever flight safety violation?: "Captain Mohd Shaikh was flying from Mumbai to Chennai with his first officer, but as their descent into Chennai began the captain allegedly asked his first officer to vacate the cockpit, strangely to make way for a trainee pilot."
Feb 14, 2012 Freedom to fly: "Air India’s monopoly on international routes must go, and the field levelled for eager private carriers - Limitless largesse and chronic financial irresponsibility from government was never going to do Air India any good."
Feb 14, 2012 Rosy Blue payment to ex-CJI kin under I-T lens: "in 2006-2007, the company made a one-time payment of Rs 60 lakh to Sreenijan.", "Sources said the four family members had purchased over 60 acres of land in Dindigul in Tamil Nadu and in Idukki district during 2005-2010"
Feb 12, 2012 CBI claims Emaar MGF created 10 companies to usurp prime land: "Reality firm Emaar-MGF (EMLL) had allegedly created 10 companies in the name of its employees on directions of its MD to usurp prime land being developed near Hyderabad, causing loss to a state-run firm"
Feb 11, 2012 Pontius Undistilled: "Often called “Mayawati’s financier”, the 57-year-old Ponty has been making large (if silent) waves for the political patronage he enjoys in Uttar Pradesh. Any bottle of liquor sold in India’s most populous state goes through his company, Blue Water Harvesting. He’s got all the rules changed to make him the sole contractor"
Feb 10, 2012 Fingers at 15% political commission: "“Arabul-bhai charges 15 per cent on every consignment of construction materials that the syndicates dump at construction sites within the Bhangar block,”"
Feb 10, 2012 Emaar-MGF chargesheet spells trouble for Jagan?: "The chargesheet accessed by CNN-IBN says Emaar-MGF had misappropriated funds in excess of Rs 100 crore in the deal."
Feb 10, 2012 Goa polls: Politicians conspiring with land sharks?: "An income tax investigation has exposed how politicians are conspiring with real estate and land sharks."
Feb 9, 2012 The rise and fall of the mighty Marans: "yet he appeared to be lost in thoughts. Perhaps the foreshadow of the Rs 550 crore ED slap and a possible CBI-chargesheet preoccupied him."
Feb 9, 2012 MINING NEXUS - Face-saver axe on 2 police officers amid well-entrenched coal smuggling racket in Bokaro: "A well-established nexus between coal smugglers, Maoists and a section of police has ensured illegal mining is a thriving trade in the coal belt"
Feb 9, 2012 Rs 5 lakh for wrong shot: "even though her blood tested negative for malaria, a nurse administered her quinine injection on the night of March 31, 2006. She passed away within a few minutes."
Feb 9, 2012 AI asked to pay over Rs. 1 lakh in compensation to passenger: "National carrier Air India has been asked to cough up over Rs. 1 lakh by a consumer forum as compensation with punitive damages to make its 'rude' staff 'learn a lesson' for their 'callous' service towards a flier."
Feb 9, 2012 Blow for Vilasrao, Ghai land allotment scrapped: "The HC asks Ghai to pay Rs 5.3 crore annually from 2000, when Mukta Arts entered into a JV with state government."
Feb 9, 2012 HC asks Subhash Ghai to return land to govt, raps minister Deshmukh: "making a scathing indictment of Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh for "misusing his official position" as chief minister in showing "undue favours.""
Feb 9, 2012 HC orders surrender of Subhash Ghai's Whistling Woods land to Maharashtra govt: "alleging "gross abuse of power" by former chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh in allotting the land piece."
Feb 8, 2012 Porngate: BJP MLA blacks out news from voters: "Laxman Savadi, who resigned as Karnataka cooperation minister on Wednesday, gave orders to cut off electricity to his constituency Athani on Tuesday, so that the people of the town could not see the news of his viewing pornographic clips in the assembly.", "no newspapers of any language could reach Athani as most bundles were booked and purchased en route."
Feb 7, 2012 Direct jet fuel imports: a new way to screw the oil sector?: "Aviation fuel is the only petroleum product used as fuel that currently earns a profit for state-run oil marketing companies"
Feb 6, 2012 Express exclusive: I had to virtually gatecrash to meet panel head, says Nair: "Former ISRO chairman G Madhavan Nair today said he had had to “virtually gatecrash” to meet the head of one of the committees that was looking into the controversial ISRO-Devas deal"
Feb 5, 2012 Nair, 3 scientists behind S-band deal: ISRO report: "The probe report said that choosing Devas for the deal 'seems to be lacking in transparency and due diligence'."
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Feb 29, 2012 Environmental Agency Uncovers Shocking Alleged Corruption Scam at India's National Solar Mission: "this company was awarded nine of the projects, and a quarter of the MW allocation to be derived from solar radiation by floating front companies to evade government regulations."
Feb 29, 2012 Special CBI court convicts Telgi in another fake stamp-paper case: "The court, however, sentenced Telgi to life imprisonment"
Feb 29, 2012 CBI sleuths conduct raid on 28 locations, BCCL officials: "raids on about 28 locations mostly belonging to the officials of Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) in Jharkhand and West Bengal. The CBI recovered investment papers worth crores during the raid"
Feb 29, 2012 Great Toll Loot: "In Kamal Nath time, the faujis were booted out and toll plazas fell into the hands of party loyalists. A Gujarat MP has sent a series of complaints to MoRTH, documenting, via covert filming, sordid collections on a toll plaza."
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 Porngate twist: Why target media?: "The Karnataka Legislative Assembly Committee probing the porngate episode involving three former BJP ministers today"
Feb 29, 2012 2G verdict fallout: Return my Rs 1700 crore, S Tel boss Sivasankaran writes to Manmohan Singh: "Indian firm Loop has also written to the Prime Minister seeking refund of its 2G licence fee, along with interest."
Feb 29, 2012 Mega land scam unearthed in Hyderabad: "65 acres of government land having a market value of Rs 2,030 crore was transferred to private individuals and institutions."
Feb 28, 2012 Major scams in coal distribution unearthed
Feb 28, 2012 Adarsh housing scam: Bombay HC slams ED, CBI, warns of forming SIT: ""It is unfortunate that ED has remained a mute spectator. There is a serious lapse on the agency's part for not probing into money laundering offence. ED has not moved an inch. It reflects a sorry state of affairs,""
Feb 28, 2012 Woman architect arrested for RTI activist Shehla Masood's murder: "the RTI activist was targetted for raising questions about a five-star hotel project."
Feb 28, 2012 'Prisoner on Transit' warrant against Janardhana Reddy: "A Karnataka court has issued 'Prisoner on Transit' warrant against mining baron G Janardhan Reddy, an accused in the Obulapuram Mining Company mining scam, to produce him before a special CBI court by March 2, in connection with another "illegal" mining case registered against him in that state"
Feb 28, 2012 Pulses scam: Babus unable to explain Rs 1,200cr loss: "Instead of the government distributing low-cost imported pulses, private firms were given the imported consignments through questionable tenders."
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 Indian link to Mansoor Ijaz?: "A link that he himself mentioned in a letter to a bank that was helping a top Indian politician invest in real estate in Las Vegas. Ijaz reportedly raised over $1.5 million by claiming to have the backing of a politically-influential Indian business family."
Feb 27, 2012 Reuters: Finmeccanica shares down on report of India probe: "the Indian defence ministry had opened a probe into suspect bribery in a 2010 tender for the supply of 12 Agusta Westland 101 helicopters."
Feb 27, 2012 Arvind Kejriwal at Matdada Jagrookta sammelan at Greater Noida : "Arvind Kejriwal at Matdada Jagrookta sammelan at Greater Noida."
Feb 27, 2012 Prosecute Mayawati for land scam: Nishank: "the Chief Minister should be prosecuted for her alleged role in land scams and financial irregularities during the last five years."
Feb 27, 2012 Status of defence land reviewed in wake of scams
Feb 26, 2012 Investors Turn Shy on India
Feb 26, 2012 India's Global Image: Overseas investors tired of the unbridled corruption: "you'd think that all businesses - including that elusive foreign investor - are abandoning the economy."
Feb 26, 2012 Don't vote for corrupt Congress: AIMF: "Kamat was responsible for the illegal mining of gold and uranium ore from the state to China and that he ought to be imprisoned for the same."
Feb 26, 2012 BREAKINGVIEWS - India's 2G ruling may stir hornets' nest: "India's judiciary is making its presence felt in the fight against corruption and crony capitalism."
Feb 26, 2012 Bahrain's Batelco sells India venture after telecom scandal: "Bahrain Telecommunications Co BTEL.BH is selling its 43 percent stake in Indian affiliate S Tel for $175 million, the first exit by a foreign operator since an Indian court cancelled 122 telecoms licences last week amid a corruption probe."
Feb 25, 2012 CBI conducts raids on former top BSNL officials: "The CBI on Saturday raided the premises of former BSNL chairman, three top officials and a private firm, considered close to former Telecom Minister A Raja, in connection with the Rs 535 crore scam in the awarding of contracts to WiMax services."
Feb 25, 2012 BJP demands probe into Rs 100-crore MSSIDC coal scam: "The Corporation controlled by the Industries department, is entitled to a coal quota of 80,000 tonnes per month for supply to small units like brick kilns, dal mills and small steel units. But there have been complaints of the quota being misused and coal being lifted in names of non-existent and bogus units to be sold at a premium in the market"
Feb 25, 2012 Bangalore mock drill: negligence by the officials?: "Twenty-five-year-old Nalina died on the spot after she fell while trying to come down from the third floor using a rope."
Feb 25, 2012 NRHM scam: CBI conducts fresh raids in UP: "Earlier, four fresh cases were registered by the CBI on Friday in NRHM scam."
Feb 25, 2012 Senior BRO officials booked for embezzlement: "the BRO officials were involved in criminal conspiracy with the supplier firms and, in violation of the various provisions of general financial rules (GFR), procured several variable messaging systems at exorbitant rates through limited tender, single tenders and thereby caused wrongful loss to the tune of Rs.1.49 crore to the government."
Feb 25, 2012 CBI raids in Tamil Nadu over BSNL-WiMax deal: "former telecom minister A Raja has not been named an accused in the new FIR."
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 Markandey Katju sticks to his stand: "Justice Katju, said, If any journalist writes against the (Bihar) Government or against any minister or official, that journalist is either dismissed from his job or is transferred. Newspaper proprietors are pressured to act against such journalists. Or Government advertisements are stopped. So nobody dares to write against the (Bihar) Government."
Feb 25, 2012 FIR filed against Yeddyurappa over land allotment scam: "The Lokayukta police today filed an FIR against former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa in connection with an alleged case of cheating in a land allotment scam."
Feb 24, 2012 AP liquor scam: Ministers hand-in-gloves with mafia: "Nearly 23 FIRs have been registered and 10 excise officials suspended till now in connection with the case."
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 Jet accused of mistreating disabled woman, inquiry ordered
Feb 24, 2012 NRHM scam: CBI registers four new cases, carries out searches: "The enquiry carried out so far has indicated that the drugs/equipments supplied by these firms were at exorbitant rates and even of sub-standard quality"
Feb 24, 2012 Antony orders probe into reports of corruption in chopper deal: "India in February 2010 had inked a Rs 3,546.17 crore deal to acquire the 12 three-engine AW-101 helicopters from AgustaWestland, a unit of Italian major Finmeccanica"
Feb 24, 2012 2 Foreign Telecom Companies Close Shop in India: "the Supreme Court revoked the licenses, citing alleged fraud and irregularities in awarding them. It has been billed as India’s biggest corruption scandal, costing the government $39 billion."
Feb 24, 2012 Indian helicopter deal sparks corruption row in Italy: "slush funds were generated after a “sudden” escalation of price by 10 million euros in 2010."
Feb 23, 2012 Insurance company surveyor held for taking Rs 8,000 bribe: "The CBI's Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday arrested the surveyor of New India Assurance Company Limited while accepting Rs 8,000 as bribe for settling insurance claim of Rs 4.5 lakh."
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 UAE's Etisalat sues Indian JV partners for fraud: "alleging fraud in an attempt to recover some of the losses arising from its scandal-hit investment in the country."
Feb 23, 2012 Kripashankar, the man linked to every major scandal in India: "he is believed to be close to Ahmed Patel, AICC president Sonia Gandhi’s eyes and ears, a connection he never hesitated to flaunt aggressively."
Feb 23, 2012 Smart card scam puts Omar's Govt on the backfoot: "The J-K State Accountability Commission (SAC) on Wednesday (February 22) directed state Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather to appear before the anti-graft body on March 6 in connection with alleged irregularities in grant of contract for preparation of smart cards"
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 2G: Essar, Loop promoters skip court again: "IP Khaitan, Kiran Khaitan, Anshuman Ruia, Ravi Ruia were granted exemption from personal appearance by a Delhi court."
Feb 22, 2012 $5m swindled by phoney callers from India, says US trade body
Feb 22, 2012 What’s troubling Indian govt’s $35 tablet: "complaints of poor performance and hiccups rolling out a pilot model."
Feb 21, 2012 Combating corrupt practices in Defence: "The regulatory challenges arising out of anti-bribery laws need to be addressed."
Feb 21, 2012 Where Did India Go Wrong?: "India has been hurt by a perfect storm of bad events: a frozen government, corruption scandals and Europe's debt crisis."
Feb 21, 2012 India's big hang-up: "Foreign investors rethink risk after top court scraps corruption-plagued telecom deals worthbillions of dollars."
Feb 21, 2012 Spooked by scams, DAE revamps procurement norms: "with the aim of clamping down on corruption."
Feb 21, 2012 India attempts to clean up long-running telecoms scandal: "the $40-billion scandal that engulfed the sector four years ago."
Feb 21, 2012 India least resilient BRIC nation to global risks: Survey
Feb 21, 2012 The cost of exuberance: Complacency on talent and innovation: "Indian CEOs are more concerned about bribery and corruption (not a concern globally), followed by uncertain and volatile economic growth and over-regulation."
Feb 21, 2012 A Tale Of Two Indian Airlines (That's Like The Best Hindi Soap Operas): "He’s celbrated as an exemplar of rising India, but also reviled for the hints of the corruption that have become such anathema since Anna Hazare’s Anti-Corruption Movement became such a political force in 2011."
Feb 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."
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 Former Aviation Minister in trouble?: "Government owned Air India deployed a larger aircraft to accommodate Patel's daughter & family in April 2010."
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 AP liquor racket: Cong ministers being probed: "Excise Minister M Venkata Ramana, four MLAs and several excise officials have already been named in the case."
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 AI deployed bigger aircraft to accommodate Praful Patel's family: "Praful Patel allegedly misused his office to accommodate his relatives on an AIr India plane back in 2010."
Feb 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"
Feb 20, 2012 Differently abled asked to deplane SpiceJet flight: "the pilot mistook the passenger for a mentally challenged patient."
Feb 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."
Feb 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."
Feb 19, 2012 Air India staffer held for helping currency smuggler
Feb 18, 2012 More trouble for Jayalalithaa's former aide: "The husband of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa's estranged aide Sasikala was arrested on Saturday (February 18) in a land grabbing case"
Feb 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"
Feb 18, 2012 IAS officers face probe in land deal: "Lokayukta police to investigate a private complaint naming IAS officers Subir Hari Singh, Bharat Lal Meena and Siddaiah, among others, claiming that they had wilfully ignored agreements by the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA)."
Feb 18, 2012 Finmin asks PSU banks not to overstate profit: "FinMin took the step after realising records were being fudged for years."
Feb 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."
Feb 18, 2012 'Jodi Breakers' faces copyright infringement law suit: "'Jodi Breakers' is in controversy after the producers of a French film filed a law suit for copyright infringement."
Feb 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"
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 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 Trainee pilot lands Jet Airways in trouble: "The DGCA sources said that the trainee pilot who landed the flight had only 50 hours of training on Boeing 737."
Feb 16, 2012 2G scam: Anil Ambani attended Reliance meeting for investing in Swan: Witness: "in which the board had "noted" that investment of Rs 992 crore in Swan Telecom Pvt Ltd was a "long-term strategic investment""
Feb 15, 2012 How serious is the starvation problem in tea gardens?: "Tea garden workers get lower than minimum wage, inedible rations and don't even get proper medical facilities."
Feb 14, 2012 Worst ever flight safety violation?: "Captain Mohd Shaikh was flying from Mumbai to Chennai with his first officer, but as their descent into Chennai began the captain allegedly asked his first officer to vacate the cockpit, strangely to make way for a trainee pilot."
Feb 14, 2012 Freedom to fly: "Air India’s monopoly on international routes must go, and the field levelled for eager private carriers - Limitless largesse and chronic financial irresponsibility from government was never going to do Air India any good."
Feb 14, 2012 Rosy Blue payment to ex-CJI kin under I-T lens: "in 2006-2007, the company made a one-time payment of Rs 60 lakh to Sreenijan.", "Sources said the four family members had purchased over 60 acres of land in Dindigul in Tamil Nadu and in Idukki district during 2005-2010"
Feb 12, 2012 CBI claims Emaar MGF created 10 companies to usurp prime land: "Reality firm Emaar-MGF (EMLL) had allegedly created 10 companies in the name of its employees on directions of its MD to usurp prime land being developed near Hyderabad, causing loss to a state-run firm"
Feb 11, 2012 Pontius Undistilled: "Often called “Mayawati’s financier”, the 57-year-old Ponty has been making large (if silent) waves for the political patronage he enjoys in Uttar Pradesh. Any bottle of liquor sold in India’s most populous state goes through his company, Blue Water Harvesting. He’s got all the rules changed to make him the sole contractor"
Feb 10, 2012 Fingers at 15% political commission: "“Arabul-bhai charges 15 per cent on every consignment of construction materials that the syndicates dump at construction sites within the Bhangar block,”"
Feb 10, 2012 Emaar-MGF chargesheet spells trouble for Jagan?: "The chargesheet accessed by CNN-IBN says Emaar-MGF had misappropriated funds in excess of Rs 100 crore in the deal."
Feb 10, 2012 Goa polls: Politicians conspiring with land sharks?: "An income tax investigation has exposed how politicians are conspiring with real estate and land sharks."
Feb 9, 2012 The rise and fall of the mighty Marans: "yet he appeared to be lost in thoughts. Perhaps the foreshadow of the Rs 550 crore ED slap and a possible CBI-chargesheet preoccupied him."
Feb 9, 2012 MINING NEXUS - Face-saver axe on 2 police officers amid well-entrenched coal smuggling racket in Bokaro: "A well-established nexus between coal smugglers, Maoists and a section of police has ensured illegal mining is a thriving trade in the coal belt"
Feb 9, 2012 Rs 5 lakh for wrong shot: "even though her blood tested negative for malaria, a nurse administered her quinine injection on the night of March 31, 2006. She passed away within a few minutes."
Feb 9, 2012 AI asked to pay over Rs. 1 lakh in compensation to passenger: "National carrier Air India has been asked to cough up over Rs. 1 lakh by a consumer forum as compensation with punitive damages to make its 'rude' staff 'learn a lesson' for their 'callous' service towards a flier."
Feb 9, 2012 Blow for Vilasrao, Ghai land allotment scrapped: "The HC asks Ghai to pay Rs 5.3 crore annually from 2000, when Mukta Arts entered into a JV with state government."
Feb 9, 2012 HC asks Subhash Ghai to return land to govt, raps minister Deshmukh: "making a scathing indictment of Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh for "misusing his official position" as chief minister in showing "undue favours.""
Feb 9, 2012 HC orders surrender of Subhash Ghai's Whistling Woods land to Maharashtra govt: "alleging "gross abuse of power" by former chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh in allotting the land piece."
Feb 8, 2012 Porngate: BJP MLA blacks out news from voters: "Laxman Savadi, who resigned as Karnataka cooperation minister on Wednesday, gave orders to cut off electricity to his constituency Athani on Tuesday, so that the people of the town could not see the news of his viewing pornographic clips in the assembly.", "no newspapers of any language could reach Athani as most bundles were booked and purchased en route."
Feb 7, 2012 Direct jet fuel imports: a new way to screw the oil sector?: "Aviation fuel is the only petroleum product used as fuel that currently earns a profit for state-run oil marketing companies"
Feb 6, 2012 Express exclusive: I had to virtually gatecrash to meet panel head, says Nair: "Former ISRO chairman G Madhavan Nair today said he had had to “virtually gatecrash” to meet the head of one of the committees that was looking into the controversial ISRO-Devas deal"
Feb 5, 2012 Nair, 3 scientists behind S-band deal: ISRO report: "The probe report said that choosing Devas for the deal 'seems to be lacking in transparency and due diligence'."
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