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Feb 5, 2012 Two more Jarawas 'abuse' videos surface: "What's even more disturbing is that men in uniform are clearly seen in the video, ordering the tribals to perform."
Feb 5, 2012 Sinha report severely indicts Nair: "Just ten days ago as former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chief Madhavan Nair and his other colleagues were barred by the Government -- for their alleged involvement in the Antrix-Devas scam."
Feb 5, 2012 Probe Devas operations since inception, says HLT: "The Pratyush Sinha-chaired High Level Team (HLT) has not just indicted former ISRO chief G Madhavan Nair and three other space scientists, but has recommended investigation into the functioning and operations of Devas since its inception."
Feb 5, 2012 ISRO scientist enjoyed Devas hospitality in US: HLT: "Former Scientific Secretary at ISRO, A Bhaskaranarayana enjoyed the hospitality of Devas during one of his trips to the US, according to the five-member high level team chaired by Pratyush Sinha, which examined the controversial Antrix-Devas deal and identified acts of omission and commission by government officials."
Feb 5, 2012 Ponty Chadha is a study how power, politics and profit work when mixed with alcohol commerce: "How much space does it take to stack up currency worth Rs 100 crore? Or was it Rs 125 crore? How were I-T officials, who raided businessman Gurdeep Singh Chadha's premises in Noida and elsewhere last week"
Feb 5, 2012 Corruption, policy uncertainties pose credit risk in India: S&P
Feb 5, 2012 The Globe and Mail: Canadian accused of bribing cabinet minister in India is a test case for Canada’s foreign anti-corruption law: "Authorities allege that Mr. Karigar described to others how he funnelled a $250,000 bribe to Praful Patel, India’s Minister of Heavy Industries and a former minister of aviation."
Feb 5, 2012 Massive scandal threatens to disrupt India’s cellphone market
Feb 4, 2012 The Vancouver Sun: Video: Indians Incensed at Rampant Corruption: "The Indian government is in the throes of the biggest corruption scandal India has ever witnessed, a multi-billion dollar telecommunications scam."
Feb 4, 2012 The Globe and Mail: Indian cabinet minister in bribery scandal asks his PM for help: "he has been unfairly implicated in a foreign bribery case in Ottawa has called on his Prime Minister to intervene with Canada to ensure that he and the Indian government aren’t caused more “embarrassment.”"
Feb 4, 2012 India's low-cost tablet hits headwinds: "Datawind CEO Suneet Singh Tuli said accusations against the company are driven by envy, sour grapes and corruption in the Indian media."
Feb 4, 2012 BBC: Top India state official held over real estate 'scam': "Home Secretary BP Acharya was held by federal investigators for alleged irregularities in allotting land to a real estate developer to build villas."
Feb 4, 2012 BSY, sons summoned in land case: "The Special Lokayukta Court on Saturday issued summons to former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, his sons B Y Vijayendra and B Y Raghavendra, son-in-law R N Sohan Kumar and former minister S N Krishnaiah Setty for their alleged role in an illegal denotification of land case."
Feb 4, 2012 NICL scam: CBI files charges against Reliance Industries Limited, 4 retired insurance firm employees: "NICL issued two Special Contingency Policies (SCPs) from its Kalyan office. CVC said officials of NICL's regional office in Mumbai and Kalyan branch committed "serious illegalities in connivance with officials of telecom provider which resulted into a wrongful loss of Rs 273.12 crore.""
Feb 2, 2012 Indian-Canadian claims he bribed Praful Patel: "Nazir Karigar claims the bribe was paid to help Canadian firm Crypto Metric strike a $100-million deal with Air India."
Feb 2, 2012 Fireman guides plane to land in absence of ATC at Tirupati airport: ""Good morning ATC. This is flight 9W 2761... flight level 200," radioed a pilot of the Hyderabad-Tirupati Jet Airways flight with 60 passengers on board as it approached the Tirupati airport at 7.30am on January 9. At the other end, inside the air traffic control tower of the airport, it was a fireman who replied."
Feb 2, 2012 The Globe and Mail: Canadian accused of bribing cabinet minister in India: "Authorities allege that Mr. Karigar described to others how he funnelled a $250,000 bribe to Praful Patel, India’s Minister of Heavy Industries and a former minister of aviation. The case against Mr. Karigar has ensnared another household name in India – Hasan Gafoor, a former Mumbai police commissioner who oversaw the force during the terrorist attacks on his city in 2008. Mr. Gafoor conspired with Mr. Karigar to rig a contract worth $100-million (U.S.), the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said."
Feb 2, 2012 2G scam: Supreme Court details how Raja ignored all to help cronies: "The SC order said quite clearly that then telecom minister A Raja "wanted to favour some companies at the cost of the public exchequer" and lists seven steps he took to ensure this happened."
Feb 2, 2012 2G verdict: Future tense for users, telcos, govt, India image: "Two back-to-back SC judgments - one favoring a corporate (Vodafone) and this one hitting the corporate sector (121 licenses cancelled) - reflect low governance. In both cases, the government has been shown up as acting arbitrarily and outside the law."
Feb 1, 2012 2G: Sonia will be targeted next, says Swamy: "Subramanian Swamy alleged that Sonia Gandhi took 60 per cent of the total money in the 2G scam."
Jan 31, 2012 Trail of Goa kickbacks could lead to Dubai: "Over Rs 26.5 crore channelised through Suryanarayana were kickbacks paid to Congress Minister Atanasio Monserrate"
Jan 31, 2012 CBI charges former Army Vice Chief: "Former Vice Chief of Indian Army Lt Gen Nobel Thamburaj and two others were today (January 31) booked by the CBI on charges of criminal conspiracy, cheating and misconduct in an out of court land dispute settlement to benefit a private builder to the tune of Rs 46 crore."
Jan 31, 2012 Ex-judge gets Rs 5L relief for missed flight: "The state consumer forum also asked the airline to refund his airfare of Rs 4,682."
Jan 30, 2012 Goa minister Monserrate got Rs 26.5 crore payoffs for land conversion: "Investigations into tax evasion by a former government official has unravelled that a minister in the Cabinet of Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat received huge payoffs from a complex nexus of land sharks who set up a web of fictitious transactions to give their kickbacks."
Jan 29, 2012 Govt to hear punished scientists: "points of view of four scientists, including former ISRO chief Madhavan Nair, who have been barred from occupying any government posts in connection with the controversial Antrix-Devas deal."
Jan 29, 2012 Illegal mining: CBI officials to visit Mauritius in February: "Janardhana and Srinivasa entered into a criminal conspiracy with Rajagopal and late R Linga Reddy, the then Assistant Director (Mines and Geology in Anantapur district), Y Srilakshmi and others and got mining leases allotted to OMC Limited and indulged in illegal mining activities amounting to lakhs of tonnes iron ore."
Jan 29, 2012 Corrupt are becoming role-models for youth in India: Murthy: ""Our youngsters don't have role-models to look up to and therefore and sadly because of corruption, some of the people who are doing exactly the opposite, dishonest, deceit, 'chalta hai' and all of that...they are becoming more and more powerful, they are becoming wealthier""
Jan 29, 2012 Corrupt are becoming role-models for youth in India: Murthy: ""Our youngsters don't have role-models to look up to and therefore and sadly because of corruption, some of the people who are doing exactly the opposite, dishonest, deceit, 'chalta hai' and all of that...they are becoming more and more powerful, they are becoming wealthier""
Jan 29, 2012 UPA govt most corrupt: Karat: "This UPA government was giving licences to the corporates for corruption: Karat"
Jan 28, 2012 Ekka assets worth Rs 16cr: "Among Ekka’s assets traced by the CBI were a dairy farm valued at Rs 1.21 crore at Irba under Ormanjhi police station in Ranchi, a house valued at Rs 1.80 crore near Birsa Munda Airport under Doranda police station and three tea gardens valued at Rs 1.74 crore in Jalpaiguri (Bengal) and a company, Motorist Inn Pvt Ltd worth Rs 1.63 crore, also in Jalpaiguri in the name of his wife Menon Ekka."
Jan 27, 2012 Workers lynch factory boss after union leader's death: "enraged workers of a private firm, Regency Ceramics, lynched its president K C Chandrashekhar after their union leader died following a lathicharge by police."
Jan 24, 2012 Tour operators offer titillating 'human safaris' in Orissa: "Tour operators have been offering titillating "human safaris" in Orissa that provide a close look at the Bonda tribe"
Jan 24, 2012 Ex-ISRO chief G Madhavan Nair barred from govt jobs: "Taking action in the controversial Antrix-Devas deal, government has barred former ISRO chief G Madhavan Nair and three other eminent space scientists from holding any government jobs."
Jan 24, 2012 Rs.200 crore invested by Koda in Sweden traced, court told: "A Rs.200 crore investment of jailed former chief minister Madhu Koda and his associates in Sweden has been located, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) told the Jharkhand High Court Tuesday."
Jan 22, 2012 Doing deals in India 'tough': PwC
Jan 22, 2012 ED tracking Unitech '$51 million trail' to Mauritius: "This money (amounting to Rs 240 crore) was used for purchase of derivative which later had zero value."
Jan 21, 2012 Billionaire Nicolas Berggruen laments red-tapism in India
Jan 21, 2012 Press TV: India: Country of corrupts: "the world's 8th largest corrupt nation in terms of politics, bureaucrats, corporate and also the individual corruption is a major concern. "
Jan 21, 2012 ‘Red tape is rampant’: "It is to be noted that 95% of the tax revenues come from compliant citizens who pay their taxes on a voluntary basis and the entire income tax department is responsible only for collecting 5% of the tax collected."
Jan 21, 2012 Google tells India that it can't protect its politicians: "The Indian government is planning to drag the key internet players into court on a charge of failing to protect its corrupt politicians from being slagged off online."
Jan 21, 2012 Corruption top threat to jobs: World Bank : "Corruption is the most severe constraint in job creation in India, a World Bank report on More and Better Jobs in South Asia has said."
Jan 21, 2012 Time: Is India’s Government Killing its Economic Miracle?
Jan 21, 2012 Reuters: Unravelling India, Part 2: Corruption: "Corruption finds its way into pretty much every nook and cranny of public life. There’s high-level corruption, such as the telecoms scam that cost the government an estimated $39 billion in revenue when mobile licences were awarded to companies too cheaply"
Jan 21, 2012 Top 10 facts about Kalmadi's Commonwealth Games scandal: "The Games spawned a maze of corrupt deals, most of them involving inflated contracts."
Jan 21, 2012 BREAKINGVIEWS - Unravelling India: Part 1: ""I" in BRIC, the club of rapidly developing economies, should now be Indonesia rather than India."
Jan 21, 2012 AM Films owner to reveal all?: "CBI will soon file a charge sheet in the Queen's Baton relay case related to the Commonwealth Games scam as a key London-based suspect has recorded his statement before the British authorities."
Jan 21, 2012 Kalmadi inflated CWG contracts: AM Films owner: "Ashish Patel's statement is crucial for the CBI to prove its case in the Queen's Baton Relay scam."
Jan 20, 2012 Pilots fail test for small planes, but get big ones to fly: "Imagine a person found misfit to drive a small car being allowed to get behind the wheels of a big truck. If that sounds scary, then read on."
Jan 20, 2012 Illegal mining: Court allows probe of Krishna, Kumaraswamy's role: "In a jolt to External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna and a major embarrassment to the Congress, the Karnataka High Court Friday allowed probe into charges that he had illegally de-reserved large forest areas for mining when he was chief minister"
Jan 18, 2012 Sorry state of affairs in PSUs exposed: "CNN-IBN has accessed a copy of a note that shows that a contender for the post of NMDC chairman is being probed in a corruption case."
Jan 16, 2012 BCCI: Billionaires Control Cricket in India: "The BCCI today stands for Billionaires Control Cricket in India."
Jan 16, 2012 CNN: Red tape chokes India’s economic rise: "India is hamstrung by its bureaucracy."
Jan 16, 2012 India ranks poor in nuclear material security, Australia may stop uranium sale
Jan 16, 2012 ‘India needs long-term strategy to fight graft’: "the visiting Mayor of Germany's Stuttgart city, Wolfgang Schuster, said here on Monday."
Jan 16, 2012 ISRO declines to disclose probe report on Antrix-Devas deal: "into the alleged irregularities in the S-Band spectrum deal between Devas Multimedia and ISRO’s commercial arm Antrix Corporation."
Jan 16, 2012 SC declines interim bail to senior woman IAS officer: "The Supreme Court today declined to grant interim bail to Andhra Pradesh IAS officer Y Srilakshmi, one of the accused in the Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) case involving Karnataka's Reddy brothers"
Jan 16, 2012 India cannot supress fundamental rights: Google India to HC: ""The issue relates to a constitutional issue of freedom of speech and expression and suppressing it was not possible as the right to freedom of speech in democratic India separates us from a totalitarian regime like China,""
Jan 15, 2012 Scams scare companies into carrying out ‘sanity’ checks: "Enactment of a UK bribery law and stricter enforcement of a US law have made multinational firms re-examine legal liabilities"
Jan 15, 2012 Power scam CWG ke naam: "power stations that never supplied a single MW of power to the CWG? Why was the Union power minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, so keen to get power from places 1,500 km away from Delhi?"
Jan 15, 2012 ‘Madhu Koda Loot Raj’ Book to be Released
Jan 14, 2012 Telegraph - UK: 'Corruption colours the Indian corporate sector'
Jan 14, 2012 India placed at bottom of nuclear safety index compiled by US thinktank: "In the first-ever index of security of nuclear materials, India almost brings out the rear - just above Iran, Pakistan and North Korea."
Jan 14, 2012 'चाय बागान के पांच मज़दूरों की भूख से मौत': "पश्चिम बंगाल के उत्तरी ज़िले जलपाईगुड़ी के देखलापारा चाय बागान में पिछले एक महीने में पांच मज़दूरों की मौत हो गई है."
Jan 14, 2012 India isn’t China: "it is deeply worrying how our free courts and democratic government have invoked China as worthy of emulation."
Jan 14, 2012 CBI to probe sale of Army plot to private builder in Mumbai: "The CBI has registered a preliminary enquiry (PE) into Maharashtra government's decision to sell a plot of just over an acre, occupied by the Army in suburban Kandivli, to a private company."
Jan 13, 2012 Air India pilots report sick, operations disrupted: "Protesting non-payment of their salary and allowances, a section of Air India pilots had yesterday decided to go on "no-pay-no-work" agitation"
Jan 13, 2012 The NR EYE: For NRI cash, govt must deal with red tape, corruption: "In 2011 India was ranked 95th out of 178 countries in Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index. As for bureaucratic hurdles, India occupies the 132nd spot among 183 countries in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Index for 2012."
Jan 13, 2012 Wall Street Journal: India’s Bureaucracy a ‘Nightmare’: "The report, which was based on over 2,000 surveys of employed residents and expatriates across Asia, blamed India’s poor infrastructure, widespread corruption and “fickle” regulations for making business a “frustrating and expensive” affair."
Jan 13, 2012 CBI registers graft case against 2 AI officials: "for alleged financial irregularities in purchase of portable entertainment appliances."
Jan 13, 2012 Half of Goa’s iron ore exports in 2011 were illegal: "More than 43 per cent of the record 54 million tonnes of iron ore shipped out of Goa last year came from unauthorised mining operations. In 2009-2010, over a third of the ore exported — most of which is going to build China — was also illegal."
Jan 13, 2012 Sharks grab 2,800 acres of B’lore land: "An internal drive by the Revenue Department to check the authenticity of land grant instances in and around Bangalore has revealed that land sharks have grabbed 2,804 acres of government prime land worth more than Rs 5,000 crore in the real estate market, by creating fake documents."
Jan 13, 2012 60 Air India pilots may keep off flying duty: "The airline which has piled up losses of Rs 21,000 crore till March 2011, sent an SOS this week to the ministry asking for an immediate release of Rs 250 crore from the Contingency Fund of India."
Jan 13, 2012 CBI arrests Central Excise Commissioner in Delhi: "Srivastava was arrested by the agency soon after the private hospital, where he had got himself addmitted for treatment, discharged him.", "named as an accused for allegedly receiving a bribe of Rs 40 lakh from two businessmen."
Jan 13, 2012 Vinay Rai vs Facebook: Govt uses courts to censor the Internet: "The government is back to curbing online portals and social networking sites; this time, via the judiciary."
Jan 13, 2012 Why print rupee notes here when Pakistan is doing it for free?: "Pakistan has been trying to damage us economically by pushing in counterfeit notes smuggled through our porous borders with Nepal, Bangladesh"
Jan 13, 2012 Indian fake notes printed in Pak press: "Delhi Police confirmed the massive haul of fake currency worth 6 crore printed in a Pakistan government press, smuggled into India by ISI."
Jan 13, 2012 Govt sanctions prosecution of Google, Facebook over objectionable material
Jan 12, 2012 Odisha: SC rules bypassed in land allotment: "Supreme Court guidelines were bypassed to allot land to judges from the ministers' discretionary quota."
Jan 12, 2012 Mining scam: Reddy to remain in jail as court extends remand: "court today extended till January 25 the judicial custody of former Karnataka Minister Gali Janardhan Reddy and three others accused in the mining case involving Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC)."
Jan 12, 2012 BBC: India's bureaucracy is 'worst in Asia': "Hong Kong-based Political and Economic Risk Consultancy ranks bureaucracies across Asia on a scale from one to 10, with 10 being the worst possible score. India scored 9.21"
Jan 12, 2012 Orissa: Fellow ministers too given quota flats: "It is not just the judges and their children who benefited from the ministers discretionary quota in Orissa."
Jan 12, 2012 Odisha Oppn for cancellation of land allotments: "Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has promised action against those misusing discretionary powers"
Jan 12, 2012 Delhi: Fake currency worth Rs 6 crore seized: "According to the police, this is the biggest fake currency haul to have happened in Delhi."
Jan 11, 2012 Andaman’s Jarawa women forced to dance for food, probe ordered: "In what is a glaring evidence of what tourism has reduced the indigenous Jarawa tribe in the Andaman Islands to, a recent video released by the UK-based daily, The Guardian, has been the centre of outrage. It shows females of the tribe — some bare chested, and one naked, trying to cover herself with a polythene bag containing grain— being asked to dance by an off-camera policemen."
Jan 11, 2012 5 killed, 9 injured in Brahmaputra Mail accident: "a collision between the Delhi-bound Brahmaputra Mail and a stationary goods train"
Jan 11, 2012 Probe ordered into alleged exploitation of Jarawa tribals: "a video footage showing semi-naked Jarawa tribal women allegedly being ordered to dance before tourists in return for food."
Jan 11, 2012 Multinationals Brace for India Ruling on Vodafone: "mercurial regulation, stifling bureaucracy and slower economic growth have shaken foreign companies' confidence about making big investments here."
Jan 10, 2012 Kidney racket makes peon millionaire: "Mehboob Ali, who was arrested on Monday in the kidney transplant racket allegedly owned huge plots of land in Lucknow, Balrampur and Siddharthnagar districts. Apart from owning several palatial buildings in the state capital, he also owned a number of high-end cars, and a hefty bank balance"
Jan 10, 2012 Andaman tribes lured to dance for tourists: "A video released, shows the tribals being forced to dance, allegedly after a bribe was paid to a policeman."
Jan 10, 2012 MoD orders probe into land `scam’ in Jodhpur: "Already grappling with scams like Adarsh, Sukna, Malad and Srinagar, the defence ministry has now ordered an inquiry into another land scandal in Jodhpur, which revolves around the transfer of 4.84 acres of defence land worth almost Rs 16 crore to a private trust."
Jan 10, 2012 Food Ministry plans overhaul of corrupt FCI: "The food ministry is trying to tame its own "white elephant" - the Food Corporation of India (FCI)."
Jan 10, 2012 Report exposes safety violations: "Directorate General of Civil Aviation's (DGCA) audit report, slamming all major airlines for compromising on safety"
Jan 10, 2012 NIA busts major counterfeit currency: "busted a gang which circulated Pakistan-made fake Indian currency notes (FICN) worth crores of rupees, with the arrest of 11 persons."
Jan 10, 2012 2G scam: ED to attach properties worth Rs 223 crore: "the Enforcement Directorate will attach immovable property worth Rs.223 crore of five companies in connection with the alleged bribe of Rs 200 crore paid to Kalaignar TV after an anti-money laundering court today gave its nod."
Jan 9, 2012 Firm fixed income tax tribunal to secure over 60 favourable orders for its clients: CBI: "the CBI is said to have identified at least 69 judgments where the firm, S K Tulsiyan & Co., not only had prior knowledge of these orders but in many cases is suspected to have written them as well. The most glaring case is that of the tribunal’s Kolkata bench — as many as 12 of its orders were recovered from Tulsiyan’s hard discs before these were delivered"
Jan 9, 2012 Not paid for 5 months, 89 AI cabin crew refuse to fly: "If the airline does not make peace, the coming days are likely to see flight cancellations and delays."
Jan 9, 2012 Will CCTV footage nail Noida police?: "With less than three weeks to go for the elections, another controversy has hit Uttar Pradesh. This time a petrol pump owner has accused the Noida Police of raiding his office and seizing cash, all on the pretext of enforcing the Election Commission's directive.", "UP cops rob in name of polls?"
Jan 9, 2012 Air India or Patel Aviation? Why Praful Patel needs to be axed: "Should Air India, which was financially ruined during the seven-year overlordship of Praful Patel, still be trying to shield Patel’s family from scrutiny for alleged misuse of his clout when he was civil aviation minister?"
Jan 9, 2012 DGCA says all airlines violating safety norms: "JetLite does not possess the software to monitor the Blackbox; IndiGo, apparently, carried out engine modification"
Jan 9, 2012 The market regulator takes a good first step in the IPO scam: "The people behind the IPO scam, interestingly, seemed to have no fear of being caught by the regulator"
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Feb 5, 2012 Two more Jarawas 'abuse' videos surface: "What's even more disturbing is that men in uniform are clearly seen in the video, ordering the tribals to perform."
Feb 5, 2012 Sinha report severely indicts Nair: "Just ten days ago as former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chief Madhavan Nair and his other colleagues were barred by the Government -- for their alleged involvement in the Antrix-Devas scam."
Feb 5, 2012 Probe Devas operations since inception, says HLT: "The Pratyush Sinha-chaired High Level Team (HLT) has not just indicted former ISRO chief G Madhavan Nair and three other space scientists, but has recommended investigation into the functioning and operations of Devas since its inception."
Feb 5, 2012 ISRO scientist enjoyed Devas hospitality in US: HLT: "Former Scientific Secretary at ISRO, A Bhaskaranarayana enjoyed the hospitality of Devas during one of his trips to the US, according to the five-member high level team chaired by Pratyush Sinha, which examined the controversial Antrix-Devas deal and identified acts of omission and commission by government officials."
Feb 5, 2012 Ponty Chadha is a study how power, politics and profit work when mixed with alcohol commerce: "How much space does it take to stack up currency worth Rs 100 crore? Or was it Rs 125 crore? How were I-T officials, who raided businessman Gurdeep Singh Chadha's premises in Noida and elsewhere last week"
Feb 5, 2012 Corruption, policy uncertainties pose credit risk in India: S&P
Feb 5, 2012 The Globe and Mail: Canadian accused of bribing cabinet minister in India is a test case for Canada’s foreign anti-corruption law: "Authorities allege that Mr. Karigar described to others how he funnelled a $250,000 bribe to Praful Patel, India’s Minister of Heavy Industries and a former minister of aviation."
Feb 5, 2012 Massive scandal threatens to disrupt India’s cellphone market
Feb 4, 2012 The Vancouver Sun: Video: Indians Incensed at Rampant Corruption: "The Indian government is in the throes of the biggest corruption scandal India has ever witnessed, a multi-billion dollar telecommunications scam."
Feb 4, 2012 The Globe and Mail: Indian cabinet minister in bribery scandal asks his PM for help: "he has been unfairly implicated in a foreign bribery case in Ottawa has called on his Prime Minister to intervene with Canada to ensure that he and the Indian government aren’t caused more “embarrassment.”"
Feb 4, 2012 India's low-cost tablet hits headwinds: "Datawind CEO Suneet Singh Tuli said accusations against the company are driven by envy, sour grapes and corruption in the Indian media."
Feb 4, 2012 BBC: Top India state official held over real estate 'scam': "Home Secretary BP Acharya was held by federal investigators for alleged irregularities in allotting land to a real estate developer to build villas."
Feb 4, 2012 BSY, sons summoned in land case: "The Special Lokayukta Court on Saturday issued summons to former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, his sons B Y Vijayendra and B Y Raghavendra, son-in-law R N Sohan Kumar and former minister S N Krishnaiah Setty for their alleged role in an illegal denotification of land case."
Feb 4, 2012 NICL scam: CBI files charges against Reliance Industries Limited, 4 retired insurance firm employees: "NICL issued two Special Contingency Policies (SCPs) from its Kalyan office. CVC said officials of NICL's regional office in Mumbai and Kalyan branch committed "serious illegalities in connivance with officials of telecom provider which resulted into a wrongful loss of Rs 273.12 crore.""
Feb 2, 2012 Indian-Canadian claims he bribed Praful Patel: "Nazir Karigar claims the bribe was paid to help Canadian firm Crypto Metric strike a $100-million deal with Air India."
Feb 2, 2012 Fireman guides plane to land in absence of ATC at Tirupati airport: ""Good morning ATC. This is flight 9W 2761... flight level 200," radioed a pilot of the Hyderabad-Tirupati Jet Airways flight with 60 passengers on board as it approached the Tirupati airport at 7.30am on January 9. At the other end, inside the air traffic control tower of the airport, it was a fireman who replied."
Feb 2, 2012 The Globe and Mail: Canadian accused of bribing cabinet minister in India: "Authorities allege that Mr. Karigar described to others how he funnelled a $250,000 bribe to Praful Patel, India’s Minister of Heavy Industries and a former minister of aviation. The case against Mr. Karigar has ensnared another household name in India – Hasan Gafoor, a former Mumbai police commissioner who oversaw the force during the terrorist attacks on his city in 2008. Mr. Gafoor conspired with Mr. Karigar to rig a contract worth $100-million (U.S.), the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said."
Feb 2, 2012 2G scam: Supreme Court details how Raja ignored all to help cronies: "The SC order said quite clearly that then telecom minister A Raja "wanted to favour some companies at the cost of the public exchequer" and lists seven steps he took to ensure this happened."
Feb 2, 2012 2G verdict: Future tense for users, telcos, govt, India image: "Two back-to-back SC judgments - one favoring a corporate (Vodafone) and this one hitting the corporate sector (121 licenses cancelled) - reflect low governance. In both cases, the government has been shown up as acting arbitrarily and outside the law."
Feb 1, 2012 2G: Sonia will be targeted next, says Swamy: "Subramanian Swamy alleged that Sonia Gandhi took 60 per cent of the total money in the 2G scam."
Jan 31, 2012 Trail of Goa kickbacks could lead to Dubai: "Over Rs 26.5 crore channelised through Suryanarayana were kickbacks paid to Congress Minister Atanasio Monserrate"
Jan 31, 2012 CBI charges former Army Vice Chief: "Former Vice Chief of Indian Army Lt Gen Nobel Thamburaj and two others were today (January 31) booked by the CBI on charges of criminal conspiracy, cheating and misconduct in an out of court land dispute settlement to benefit a private builder to the tune of Rs 46 crore."
Jan 31, 2012 Ex-judge gets Rs 5L relief for missed flight: "The state consumer forum also asked the airline to refund his airfare of Rs 4,682."
Jan 30, 2012 Goa minister Monserrate got Rs 26.5 crore payoffs for land conversion: "Investigations into tax evasion by a former government official has unravelled that a minister in the Cabinet of Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat received huge payoffs from a complex nexus of land sharks who set up a web of fictitious transactions to give their kickbacks."
Jan 29, 2012 Govt to hear punished scientists: "points of view of four scientists, including former ISRO chief Madhavan Nair, who have been barred from occupying any government posts in connection with the controversial Antrix-Devas deal."
Jan 29, 2012 Illegal mining: CBI officials to visit Mauritius in February: "Janardhana and Srinivasa entered into a criminal conspiracy with Rajagopal and late R Linga Reddy, the then Assistant Director (Mines and Geology in Anantapur district), Y Srilakshmi and others and got mining leases allotted to OMC Limited and indulged in illegal mining activities amounting to lakhs of tonnes iron ore."
Jan 29, 2012 Corrupt are becoming role-models for youth in India: Murthy: ""Our youngsters don't have role-models to look up to and therefore and sadly because of corruption, some of the people who are doing exactly the opposite, dishonest, deceit, 'chalta hai' and all of that...they are becoming more and more powerful, they are becoming wealthier""
Jan 29, 2012 Corrupt are becoming role-models for youth in India: Murthy: ""Our youngsters don't have role-models to look up to and therefore and sadly because of corruption, some of the people who are doing exactly the opposite, dishonest, deceit, 'chalta hai' and all of that...they are becoming more and more powerful, they are becoming wealthier""
Jan 29, 2012 UPA govt most corrupt: Karat: "This UPA government was giving licences to the corporates for corruption: Karat"
Jan 28, 2012 Ekka assets worth Rs 16cr: "Among Ekka’s assets traced by the CBI were a dairy farm valued at Rs 1.21 crore at Irba under Ormanjhi police station in Ranchi, a house valued at Rs 1.80 crore near Birsa Munda Airport under Doranda police station and three tea gardens valued at Rs 1.74 crore in Jalpaiguri (Bengal) and a company, Motorist Inn Pvt Ltd worth Rs 1.63 crore, also in Jalpaiguri in the name of his wife Menon Ekka."
Jan 27, 2012 Workers lynch factory boss after union leader's death: "enraged workers of a private firm, Regency Ceramics, lynched its president K C Chandrashekhar after their union leader died following a lathicharge by police."
Jan 24, 2012 Tour operators offer titillating 'human safaris' in Orissa: "Tour operators have been offering titillating "human safaris" in Orissa that provide a close look at the Bonda tribe"
Jan 24, 2012 Ex-ISRO chief G Madhavan Nair barred from govt jobs: "Taking action in the controversial Antrix-Devas deal, government has barred former ISRO chief G Madhavan Nair and three other eminent space scientists from holding any government jobs."
Jan 24, 2012 Rs.200 crore invested by Koda in Sweden traced, court told: "A Rs.200 crore investment of jailed former chief minister Madhu Koda and his associates in Sweden has been located, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) told the Jharkhand High Court Tuesday."
Jan 22, 2012 Doing deals in India 'tough': PwC
Jan 22, 2012 ED tracking Unitech '$51 million trail' to Mauritius: "This money (amounting to Rs 240 crore) was used for purchase of derivative which later had zero value."
Jan 21, 2012 Billionaire Nicolas Berggruen laments red-tapism in India
Jan 21, 2012 Press TV: India: Country of corrupts: "the world's 8th largest corrupt nation in terms of politics, bureaucrats, corporate and also the individual corruption is a major concern. "
Jan 21, 2012 ‘Red tape is rampant’: "It is to be noted that 95% of the tax revenues come from compliant citizens who pay their taxes on a voluntary basis and the entire income tax department is responsible only for collecting 5% of the tax collected."
Jan 21, 2012 Google tells India that it can't protect its politicians: "The Indian government is planning to drag the key internet players into court on a charge of failing to protect its corrupt politicians from being slagged off online."
Jan 21, 2012 Corruption top threat to jobs: World Bank : "Corruption is the most severe constraint in job creation in India, a World Bank report on More and Better Jobs in South Asia has said."
Jan 21, 2012 Time: Is India’s Government Killing its Economic Miracle?
Jan 21, 2012 Reuters: Unravelling India, Part 2: Corruption: "Corruption finds its way into pretty much every nook and cranny of public life. There’s high-level corruption, such as the telecoms scam that cost the government an estimated $39 billion in revenue when mobile licences were awarded to companies too cheaply"
Jan 21, 2012 Top 10 facts about Kalmadi's Commonwealth Games scandal: "The Games spawned a maze of corrupt deals, most of them involving inflated contracts."
Jan 21, 2012 BREAKINGVIEWS - Unravelling India: Part 1: ""I" in BRIC, the club of rapidly developing economies, should now be Indonesia rather than India."
Jan 21, 2012 AM Films owner to reveal all?: "CBI will soon file a charge sheet in the Queen's Baton relay case related to the Commonwealth Games scam as a key London-based suspect has recorded his statement before the British authorities."
Jan 21, 2012 Kalmadi inflated CWG contracts: AM Films owner: "Ashish Patel's statement is crucial for the CBI to prove its case in the Queen's Baton Relay scam."
Jan 20, 2012 Pilots fail test for small planes, but get big ones to fly: "Imagine a person found misfit to drive a small car being allowed to get behind the wheels of a big truck. If that sounds scary, then read on."
Jan 20, 2012 Illegal mining: Court allows probe of Krishna, Kumaraswamy's role: "In a jolt to External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna and a major embarrassment to the Congress, the Karnataka High Court Friday allowed probe into charges that he had illegally de-reserved large forest areas for mining when he was chief minister"
Jan 18, 2012 Sorry state of affairs in PSUs exposed: "CNN-IBN has accessed a copy of a note that shows that a contender for the post of NMDC chairman is being probed in a corruption case."
Jan 16, 2012 BCCI: Billionaires Control Cricket in India: "The BCCI today stands for Billionaires Control Cricket in India."
Jan 16, 2012 CNN: Red tape chokes India’s economic rise: "India is hamstrung by its bureaucracy."
Jan 16, 2012 India ranks poor in nuclear material security, Australia may stop uranium sale
Jan 16, 2012 ‘India needs long-term strategy to fight graft’: "the visiting Mayor of Germany's Stuttgart city, Wolfgang Schuster, said here on Monday."
Jan 16, 2012 ISRO declines to disclose probe report on Antrix-Devas deal: "into the alleged irregularities in the S-Band spectrum deal between Devas Multimedia and ISRO’s commercial arm Antrix Corporation."
Jan 16, 2012 SC declines interim bail to senior woman IAS officer: "The Supreme Court today declined to grant interim bail to Andhra Pradesh IAS officer Y Srilakshmi, one of the accused in the Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) case involving Karnataka's Reddy brothers"
Jan 16, 2012 India cannot supress fundamental rights: Google India to HC: ""The issue relates to a constitutional issue of freedom of speech and expression and suppressing it was not possible as the right to freedom of speech in democratic India separates us from a totalitarian regime like China,""
Jan 15, 2012 Scams scare companies into carrying out ‘sanity’ checks: "Enactment of a UK bribery law and stricter enforcement of a US law have made multinational firms re-examine legal liabilities"
Jan 15, 2012 Power scam CWG ke naam: "power stations that never supplied a single MW of power to the CWG? Why was the Union power minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, so keen to get power from places 1,500 km away from Delhi?"
Jan 15, 2012 ‘Madhu Koda Loot Raj’ Book to be Released
Jan 14, 2012 Telegraph - UK: 'Corruption colours the Indian corporate sector'
Jan 14, 2012 India placed at bottom of nuclear safety index compiled by US thinktank: "In the first-ever index of security of nuclear materials, India almost brings out the rear - just above Iran, Pakistan and North Korea."
Jan 14, 2012 'चाय बागान के पांच मज़दूरों की भूख से मौत': "पश्चिम बंगाल के उत्तरी ज़िले जलपाईगुड़ी के देखलापारा चाय बागान में पिछले एक महीने में पांच मज़दूरों की मौत हो गई है."
Jan 14, 2012 India isn’t China: "it is deeply worrying how our free courts and democratic government have invoked China as worthy of emulation."
Jan 14, 2012 CBI to probe sale of Army plot to private builder in Mumbai: "The CBI has registered a preliminary enquiry (PE) into Maharashtra government's decision to sell a plot of just over an acre, occupied by the Army in suburban Kandivli, to a private company."
Jan 13, 2012 Air India pilots report sick, operations disrupted: "Protesting non-payment of their salary and allowances, a section of Air India pilots had yesterday decided to go on "no-pay-no-work" agitation"
Jan 13, 2012 The NR EYE: For NRI cash, govt must deal with red tape, corruption: "In 2011 India was ranked 95th out of 178 countries in Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index. As for bureaucratic hurdles, India occupies the 132nd spot among 183 countries in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Index for 2012."
Jan 13, 2012 Wall Street Journal: India’s Bureaucracy a ‘Nightmare’: "The report, which was based on over 2,000 surveys of employed residents and expatriates across Asia, blamed India’s poor infrastructure, widespread corruption and “fickle” regulations for making business a “frustrating and expensive” affair."
Jan 13, 2012 CBI registers graft case against 2 AI officials: "for alleged financial irregularities in purchase of portable entertainment appliances."
Jan 13, 2012 Half of Goa’s iron ore exports in 2011 were illegal: "More than 43 per cent of the record 54 million tonnes of iron ore shipped out of Goa last year came from unauthorised mining operations. In 2009-2010, over a third of the ore exported — most of which is going to build China — was also illegal."
Jan 13, 2012 Sharks grab 2,800 acres of B’lore land: "An internal drive by the Revenue Department to check the authenticity of land grant instances in and around Bangalore has revealed that land sharks have grabbed 2,804 acres of government prime land worth more than Rs 5,000 crore in the real estate market, by creating fake documents."
Jan 13, 2012 60 Air India pilots may keep off flying duty: "The airline which has piled up losses of Rs 21,000 crore till March 2011, sent an SOS this week to the ministry asking for an immediate release of Rs 250 crore from the Contingency Fund of India."
Jan 13, 2012 CBI arrests Central Excise Commissioner in Delhi: "Srivastava was arrested by the agency soon after the private hospital, where he had got himself addmitted for treatment, discharged him.", "named as an accused for allegedly receiving a bribe of Rs 40 lakh from two businessmen."
Jan 13, 2012 Vinay Rai vs Facebook: Govt uses courts to censor the Internet: "The government is back to curbing online portals and social networking sites; this time, via the judiciary."
Jan 13, 2012 Why print rupee notes here when Pakistan is doing it for free?: "Pakistan has been trying to damage us economically by pushing in counterfeit notes smuggled through our porous borders with Nepal, Bangladesh"
Jan 13, 2012 Indian fake notes printed in Pak press: "Delhi Police confirmed the massive haul of fake currency worth 6 crore printed in a Pakistan government press, smuggled into India by ISI."
Jan 13, 2012 Govt sanctions prosecution of Google, Facebook over objectionable material
Jan 12, 2012 Odisha: SC rules bypassed in land allotment: "Supreme Court guidelines were bypassed to allot land to judges from the ministers' discretionary quota."
Jan 12, 2012 Mining scam: Reddy to remain in jail as court extends remand: "court today extended till January 25 the judicial custody of former Karnataka Minister Gali Janardhan Reddy and three others accused in the mining case involving Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC)."
Jan 12, 2012 BBC: India's bureaucracy is 'worst in Asia': "Hong Kong-based Political and Economic Risk Consultancy ranks bureaucracies across Asia on a scale from one to 10, with 10 being the worst possible score. India scored 9.21"
Jan 12, 2012 Orissa: Fellow ministers too given quota flats: "It is not just the judges and their children who benefited from the ministers discretionary quota in Orissa."
Jan 12, 2012 Odisha Oppn for cancellation of land allotments: "Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has promised action against those misusing discretionary powers"
Jan 12, 2012 Delhi: Fake currency worth Rs 6 crore seized: "According to the police, this is the biggest fake currency haul to have happened in Delhi."
Jan 11, 2012 Andaman’s Jarawa women forced to dance for food, probe ordered: "In what is a glaring evidence of what tourism has reduced the indigenous Jarawa tribe in the Andaman Islands to, a recent video released by the UK-based daily, The Guardian, has been the centre of outrage. It shows females of the tribe — some bare chested, and one naked, trying to cover herself with a polythene bag containing grain— being asked to dance by an off-camera policemen."
Jan 11, 2012 5 killed, 9 injured in Brahmaputra Mail accident: "a collision between the Delhi-bound Brahmaputra Mail and a stationary goods train"
Jan 11, 2012 Probe ordered into alleged exploitation of Jarawa tribals: "a video footage showing semi-naked Jarawa tribal women allegedly being ordered to dance before tourists in return for food."
Jan 11, 2012 Multinationals Brace for India Ruling on Vodafone: "mercurial regulation, stifling bureaucracy and slower economic growth have shaken foreign companies' confidence about making big investments here."
Jan 10, 2012 Kidney racket makes peon millionaire: "Mehboob Ali, who was arrested on Monday in the kidney transplant racket allegedly owned huge plots of land in Lucknow, Balrampur and Siddharthnagar districts. Apart from owning several palatial buildings in the state capital, he also owned a number of high-end cars, and a hefty bank balance"
Jan 10, 2012 Andaman tribes lured to dance for tourists: "A video released, shows the tribals being forced to dance, allegedly after a bribe was paid to a policeman."
Jan 10, 2012 MoD orders probe into land `scam’ in Jodhpur: "Already grappling with scams like Adarsh, Sukna, Malad and Srinagar, the defence ministry has now ordered an inquiry into another land scandal in Jodhpur, which revolves around the transfer of 4.84 acres of defence land worth almost Rs 16 crore to a private trust."
Jan 10, 2012 Food Ministry plans overhaul of corrupt FCI: "The food ministry is trying to tame its own "white elephant" - the Food Corporation of India (FCI)."
Jan 10, 2012 Report exposes safety violations: "Directorate General of Civil Aviation's (DGCA) audit report, slamming all major airlines for compromising on safety"
Jan 10, 2012 NIA busts major counterfeit currency: "busted a gang which circulated Pakistan-made fake Indian currency notes (FICN) worth crores of rupees, with the arrest of 11 persons."
Jan 10, 2012 2G scam: ED to attach properties worth Rs 223 crore: "the Enforcement Directorate will attach immovable property worth Rs.223 crore of five companies in connection with the alleged bribe of Rs 200 crore paid to Kalaignar TV after an anti-money laundering court today gave its nod."
Jan 9, 2012 Firm fixed income tax tribunal to secure over 60 favourable orders for its clients: CBI: "the CBI is said to have identified at least 69 judgments where the firm, S K Tulsiyan & Co., not only had prior knowledge of these orders but in many cases is suspected to have written them as well. The most glaring case is that of the tribunal’s Kolkata bench — as many as 12 of its orders were recovered from Tulsiyan’s hard discs before these were delivered"
Jan 9, 2012 Not paid for 5 months, 89 AI cabin crew refuse to fly: "If the airline does not make peace, the coming days are likely to see flight cancellations and delays."
Jan 9, 2012 Will CCTV footage nail Noida police?: "With less than three weeks to go for the elections, another controversy has hit Uttar Pradesh. This time a petrol pump owner has accused the Noida Police of raiding his office and seizing cash, all on the pretext of enforcing the Election Commission's directive.", "UP cops rob in name of polls?"
Jan 9, 2012 Air India or Patel Aviation? Why Praful Patel needs to be axed: "Should Air India, which was financially ruined during the seven-year overlordship of Praful Patel, still be trying to shield Patel’s family from scrutiny for alleged misuse of his clout when he was civil aviation minister?"
Jan 9, 2012 DGCA says all airlines violating safety norms: "JetLite does not possess the software to monitor the Blackbox; IndiGo, apparently, carried out engine modification"
Jan 9, 2012 The market regulator takes a good first step in the IPO scam: "The people behind the IPO scam, interestingly, seemed to have no fear of being caught by the regulator"
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