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Aug 30, 2012 Congress-BJP war on coal paralyses Parl: "Both the Houses were adjourned till Thursday as the Opposition MPs continued to demand the Prime Minister's resignation."
Aug 30, 2012 Govt says it didn't leak Radia tapes, pulled up by SC: "The court expressed displeasure and told the government that the probe report on Radia tapes leakage was hardly satisfactory."
Aug 30, 2012 Congress got 'mota maal' from Reddy brothers too: Sushma Swaraj: "She said the Reddy brothers, one of who is in jail, got all the mining rights "on recommendation from Congress chief ministers and it was given by the Congress government"."
Aug 30, 2012 Coalgate: PM vs CAG and PM vs BJP: "While Prime Minister Manmohan Singh blamed the Opposition-ruled states for the coal blocks allocations, the BJP dismissed the allegations and demanded a SIT probe."
Aug 30, 2012 Reddy brothers paid 'mota' money to BJP leaders: Lalu: "“Everybody knows the Reddy brothers paid huge money, 'mota (huge)' money to BJP leaders. I demand that a Parliamentary Committee be formed to probe the issue,”"
Aug 29, 2012 2G scam or coalgate: India's tale of failures
Aug 28, 2012 Bloomberg: Poor in India Starve as Politicians Steal $14.5 Billion of Food: "This scam, like many others involving politicians in India, remains unpunished. A state police force beholden to corrupt lawmakers, an underfunded federal anti-graft agency and a sluggish court system have resulted in five overlapping investigations over seven years -- and zero convictions."
Aug 28, 2012 Reddy brothers paid 'mota' money to BJP leaders: Lalu: "“Everybody knows the Reddy brothers paid huge money, 'mota (huge)' money to BJP leaders. I demand that a Parliamentary Committee be formed to probe the issue,”"
Aug 27, 2012 Karnataka Cooperative Milk-Producers’ Federation’s cattle feed deal reeks of scam: "The Karnataka Cooperative Milk-Producers ' Federation (KMF) recently approved a deal for the purchase of an unprecedented quantity of cottonseed cake at inflated prices, indicating a possible multi-crore scam and a Rs 10-crore kickback."
Aug 27, 2012 Backdoor Entry to Pvt Companies Leads to Scams: Karat
Aug 27, 2012 Scam-a-day India or more accountable India
Aug 27, 2012 Cong benefited from coal, not the country: BJP: "Arun Jaitley said that the Prime Minister's Office first sabotaged the policy of competitive bidding in 2004."
Aug 27, 2012 Coal allocations made for hefty bribes, says BJP: ""Mota maal mila hai Congress ko" (Congress got big bucks)," Swaraj said"
Aug 27, 2012 My silence is better than a thousand answers: Manmohan Singh: "this has been his "general attitude"."
Aug 26, 2012 BBC: India coal scandal: Hundreds protest against PM Singh: "Police in the Indian capital Delhi have baton-charged hundreds of anti-corruption protesters angered by the government's sale of coalfields without open bidding. An auditors' report last week said the mis-selling cost India $33bn (£20bn)."
Aug 26, 2012 Cash for coal blocks: BJP hints at payoffs for Congress: "the allocations were tied to political payoffs for the Congress"
Aug 26, 2012 Cong using Parliament to legitimise corruption: BJP
Aug 26, 2012 Coalgate: PM has a criminal liability, says Sinha: "Reiterating his party's demand, BJP leader Yashwant Sinha says Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should resign on moral grounds."
Aug 26, 2012 Adarsh scam scares Kerala govt: "The state revenue department has turned down a proposal by the Air Force Naval Housing Board (AFNHB), requesting land for coming up with a housing project for serving and retired Air Force and Navy personnel, citing that "it may lead to Adarsh-like scams"."
Aug 26, 2012 Scams, labour unrest create uncertainty for investors: Godrej
Aug 26, 2012 Mitra probes 'housing scam': "there were accusations of government flats being handed over to CPM leaders at a rate much lower than the market price."
Aug 26, 2012 CII calls for transparency in governance to return to high GDP rates of growth
Aug 26, 2012 Scams will impact foreign investments: CII
Aug 26, 2012 India Against Corruption activists gherao Naveen Patnaik's residence: "They also hit out at the BJD government in Odisha alleging large scale corruption in mining activities and allotment of coal blocks."
Aug 26, 2012 Mining group Vedanta paid Rs 28 crore donation to political parties in last 3 years: "Its subsidiaries include Sterlite Industries, Sesa Goa, Cairn India and Hindustan Zinc."
Aug 26, 2012 Hazare targets Congress and BJP, says both have corruption-blackened hands: "he alleged that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was "misleading" the country on the Lokpal Bill issue."
Aug 26, 2012 Voice of America: Indian PM Asked to Resign Over Corruption Charge: "The auditor estimated that private companies made profits of more than $34 billion, money that could have been "accrued to the national exchequer.""
Aug 24, 2012 Chimpanzee Ai knows what zero means, but does Chidambaram?: "Even chimpanzees do. But one individual who does not seem to understand the concept of zero is Finance Minister P Chidambaram."
Aug 24, 2012 BJP punches holes in Govt's argument: "even in cases where no mining was done, the allotee gained as his worth in the market went up due to the blocks he owned."
Aug 24, 2012 The Last Word: What is happening to India?: "Parliament paralysed, reforms postponed, grid failures and scams, mass killing and an exodus - What's happening to India?"
Aug 24, 2012 Manmohan no less than Raja: BJP on coalgate: "The BJP hasn't allowed the Parliament to function for the last three days demanding the Prime Minister's resignation over the coal report."
Aug 23, 2012 Coal Scam: Activists to Gherao Residence of PM: ""Congress and BJP have got together to loot Rs 1.86 lakh crore in coal scam. (There will be) gherao of Prime Minister's and Nitin Gadkari's residences."
Aug 23, 2012 Cong, BJP colluded in coal-gate: Kejriwal: "the Communist Party of India-Marxist and Biju Janata Dal also played a major role in the plunder of coal."
Aug 23, 2012 No one leaked Niira Radia tapes?: "The Government on Thursday (August 23) told the Supreme Court that it has not been able to track the source from where the controversial tapped telephonic conversation between corporate lobbyist Niira Radia and others including Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata was leaked."
Aug 23, 2012 SC shocked over magnitude of Karnataka's illegal mining: "Expressing shock at the magnitude of the alleged illegal export of 35 lakh metric tons (MTs) of iron ore by private firms in Karnataka"
Aug 23, 2012 CBI botch up NRHM scam probe: "A Government scheme misused, Rs 5,755 crore looted, six murders to cover it up and two years later, the investigation is frozen. At the centre of it all is powerful politicians who have not faced any action."
Aug 23, 2012 CBI going slow in the Maran case?: "While no arrests have been made in the case, the accused former Union Telecom Minister has been questioned only one in the Rs 550 crore scam."
Aug 23, 2012 CBI cornered into action on CWG: "He threatened us for speaking the truth but we continued to expose Sacked Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Chief Suresh Kalmadi's role in the multi-crore Commonwealth Games (CWG) scam. Despite his arrest - and impending trial - TIMES NOW was again the first to expose the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) continued attempt to shield Kalmadi."
Aug 22, 2012 Kejriwal says, Cong, BJP, CPI-M all in cahoots in Coalgate scam: "not only the Prime Minister, but the chief minister of Chhatisgarh Raman Singh should also resign for recommending allotment of coal blocks in his state."
Aug 22, 2012 18 FIRs and one names Kalmadi: "A day after TIMES NOW exposed how Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) goofed up in the AM Films scam to let former CWG Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi off even after admitting his role in the scam"
Aug 22, 2012 BJP calls JPC meet on 2G a kangaroo court, walks out: "BJP MPs Yashwant Sinha and Ravi Shankar Prasad accused Congress members of using foul language against them."
Aug 22, 2012 Coalgate: CBI to file FIRs against pvt cos, govt officials: "Sources tell CNN-IBN that 20 private companies and many state and Central government officials are in the line of fire."
Aug 21, 2012 What the coal scam is all about: "For the arbitrary distribution of coal blocks, a wide swathe of the political and business class is responsible."
Aug 21, 2012 Centre sniffs scam in states’ toilet funds: "the 2011 Census has reported that merely 32% Indians use toilets"
Aug 21, 2012 Delhi airport scam: GMR-led DIAL gains Rs 3,415 cr: "Government auditor CAG today slammed the government for giving out Delhi airport and its land with a potential earning capacity of Rs 1,63,557 crore to private-led operator DIAL which made a total equity contribution of only Rs 2,450 crore."
Aug 21, 2012 CAG estimates: Our likely loss Rs. 38,00,00,00,00,000: "Indian taxpayers may have lost as much as Rs. 3.8 lakh crore in scams in the power, aviation and coal sectors over the past eight years, the country's state auditor said"
Aug 21, 2012 Subramanian Swamy hurls another bomb at Sonia,Manmohan Singh: ""Why should only the prime minister be held responsible for all scams popping out in the UPA regime? UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi is equally responsible and she can't escape from her responsibilities. She is a very corrupt politician,""
Aug 21, 2012 Anti Corruption Bureau summons Karnataka MLA Sriramulu: "The ACB has already arrested two Karnataka MLAs - Gali Somasekhar Reddy and T H Suresh Babu."
Aug 21, 2012 'India is seeing crony capitalism at present'
Aug 21, 2012 Anti-Corruption Bureau dismisses Pattabhi's bail petition
Aug 21, 2012 UP govt shielding corrupt officials: BJP
Aug 21, 2012 CBI exposed by own chargesheet: "The Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) chargesheet on the Queen's Baton Relay scam has thrown up a big contradiction. Even as charges are being made out against Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi's aides, the big fish seems to have been given a clean chit."
Aug 21, 2012 Minister's whisper, national uproar: "Massive controversy after Minister of State (MoS) for Parliamentary Affairs Rajiv Shukla caught on tape advising Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha to adjourn the House on Tuesday (August 21)."
Aug 21, 2012 CAG report: CBI may register multiple FIRs in coal 'scam': "The agency has already questioned senior bureaucrats who were overseeing allocation of coal blocks during 2006-09, CBI sources said."
Aug 21, 2012 Coal storm rocks LS, RS; govt says PM won't quit: "Both the Houses had to be adjourned for the day following slogan shouting by the Opposition as well as the treasury benches."
Aug 21, 2012 Live: Parliament adjourned till Wednesday: "Both the Houses were adjourned after uproar over the opposition demand for the Prime Minister's resignation over coal blocks allocation."
Aug 21, 2012 UPA Minister caught asking RS Chair to adjourn House: "Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajiv Shukla was caught advising RS Deputy Chairman to adjourn the House for the whole day."
Aug 20, 2012 Certificate scam hits Armed Forces: "After the Adarsh, Sukna and and NDA scam, the fake certificate scam has hit the Armed Forces. TIMES NOW has details of eight non-commissioned officers caught buying fake certificates for promotion. TIMES NOW also has details of how fake certificates are being sold by officials in Services Sports Control Board for Rs 2000 each."
Aug 19, 2012 'CAG report on coal a major embarrassment for Govt': "CNN-IBN has accessed the final draft of the CAG report on coal block allocations which pegs the loss to the exchequer at Rs 1.86 lakh crore."
Aug 18, 2012 Gopal Kanda's journey from footwear merchant to aircraft owner: "Gopal Kanda and his family did not own much property five years ago. However, when his assets were looked into, it was found that in the last five years, Kanda and his family had amassed properties worth hundred of crores which included acquisition of an aircraft for his MDLR (Murali Dhar Lakhpat Rai) Airlines company."
Aug 18, 2012 Republic of Lootistan: CAG, and the face of ‘crony capitalism’: "Welcome to the capital of ‘crony capitalism’."
Aug 18, 2012 Incriminating evidence against Kalmadi overlooked?: "All of Suresh Kalmadi's key aides have been named in the CBI chargesheet in the Queens Baton relay scam. But, the man who was at the center of the CWG scam - Suresh Kalmadi - has been conspicuously left out."
Aug 17, 2012 Coal scam UPA's biggest so far: Sushma Swaraj: "Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley said that the PM must introspect and quit the office."
Aug 17, 2012 CAG report on coal block allocation hits UPA hard: "The Opposition has slammed the government on issues of transparency and accountability."
Aug 17, 2012 CAG reports: Congress, BJP blame each other for corruption: "The all-too-familiar political blame game has begun following the CAG reports that said that losses worth lakhs of crores of rupees were caused to the national exchequer by the Centre."
Aug 17, 2012 CAG slams Govt policy on coal, power, aviation: "The report on coal questions the role of PM, who allegedly allotted mines with 44 bn tonnes of coal at throwaway prices when he was coal minister."
Aug 17, 2012 CAG blackens UPA II with coal: "The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India laid bare the manner in which the biggest-ever loot of India’s scarce natural resources took place in its report tabled in Parliament on Friday, when it emphasised that opaque bidding process of coal mining cost the nation a whopping Rs 1.86 lakh crore."
Aug 17, 2012 CAG reveals greatest national loss?: "A whopping gain of Rs 1.86 lakh crore is likely to accrue to private companies, including Tata Steel, Essar Power, JSPL, Hindalco and Adani Power from allocation of 57 coal blocks without competitive bidding, a CAG report said today."
Aug 17, 2012 Undue benefits of Rs 3.8 lakh crore to private parties under UPA government: CAG: "Already under attack over various scams, government on Friday faced a fusillade from the comptroller and auditor general (CAG), which has estimated "undue benefits" of over Rs 3.8 lakh crore to private parties in coal blocks allotment without bidding, Delhi airport development and diversion of coal to a power project."
Aug 14, 2012 If Congress loses, half of the ministers will be behind bars, says Jethmalani: ""I can tell you that the names of nearly half the Union ministers are there in the list. There are names of several Congress bigwigs in the list ", said Jethmalani."
Aug 14, 2012 Rahul Gandhi has black money stashed abroad: Ram Jethmalani: "Rahul Gandhi has blackmoney stashed abroad, says Ram Jethmalani on Ramdev dais."
Aug 14, 2012 Coalgate caused a loss of Rs 1.86 lakh crore: CAG: "The final draft of the CAG report, accessed by CNN-IBN, says that the allocation from 2004 to 2006 was not transparent."
Aug 14, 2012 On Ramdev dais, Jethmalani accuses Rahul Gandhi of stashing blackmoney abroad: ""Many in government have black money stashed abroad. One of them is Rahul Gandhi," he said. He went on to challenge Gandhi by saying, "Sue me if you want!"."
Aug 13, 2012 CBI’s fourth chargesheet against Jagan includes AP minister, IAS officers: "They were followed in that order by Nimmagadda Prasad, who controlled VANPIC Projects Private Limited, former minister Mopidevi Ventakaramana Rao, R&B Minister Dharmana Prasada Rao, former Special Secretary K.V. Brahmananda Reddy, now Principal Secretary Manmohan Singh, now Principal Secretary M. Samuel, Nimmagadda Prasad’s younger brother N. Prakash, VANPIC Projects Private Limited, Jagati Publications, Bharati Cement, Carmel Asia Holdings and Silicon Builders."
Aug 12, 2012 Andhra cash-for-bail: Two more judges arrested: "Justices D Prabhakar and K Laxminarsimha Rao were allegedly involvement in granting bail to Gali Janardhan Reddy."
Aug 12, 2012 MCI allowing sub-standard medical colleges: CBI: "The CBI has filed a chargesheet against six medical colleges, saying they were given permission despite flouting norms."
Aug 12, 2012 Congress, dynasty responsible for black money, graft: Ramdev: "Congress has proved by its behaviour that it is linked with the black money. It is not willing because it is possible that the money is related with the party leaders and with the (Gandhi) dynasty,”"
Aug 12, 2012 Verma wanted to park graft money in land deal: "Controversial arms dealer Abhishek Verma wanted to invest the money he had allegedly conned from Swiss arms manufacturer Rheinmetall Air Defence AG (RAD) in a land deal along the Yamuna Expressway in Greater Noida"
Aug 11, 2012 One month on, NU fails to progress in revaluation scam: "Over a month now, there is no headway in the scam where the accused was said to have given illegal benefits to hundreds of engineering students by fraudulently increasing marks under the pretext of revaluation/re-totalling."
Aug 11, 2012 BBC: India minister Shivpal Yadav: 'You can steal a little': "A minister in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has told officials that they could "steal a little", but should not be "robbing" public funds."
Aug 10, 2012 Will Shivpal Yadav spell the end of Akhilesh?: "UP CM Akhilesh Yadav's uncle backtracks after embarrassing the government by telling officials 'its ok to steal, but not loot.'"
Aug 10, 2012 Is the railway ticketing system in complete shambles?: "In a shocking revelation, IBN Network and Cobrapost has exposed a nexus between rail ticket touts, police and railway officials wherein the touts are allowed to buy tickets in bulk against false names."
Aug 10, 2012 Exposed: Police, rail staff involved in big ticket scam: "IBN Network and Cobrapost expose how touts, with the help of policemen and officials, get to buy tickets in bulk against false names."
Aug 10, 2012 Minister gives babus licence to steal: "In outrageous remarks, PWD Minister Shivpal Singh Yadav, uncle of the UP Chief Minister, told officials that they can steal a little of public money if they work hard but they should not behave like dacoits."
Aug 10, 2012 Work hard, steal a little: UP minister to bureaucrats: "Shivpal Yadav told district officials in Etah that it's okay to steal a little but not loot as long as they work hard."
Aug 9, 2012 News 360: Praful Patel, GMR caused Rs 3,000 crore loss: "The CAG report blames Praful Patel and GMR for causing over Rs 3,000 crore losses in the Delhi airport deal. GMR denies the charges."
Aug 9, 2012 Ramdev begins agitation at Ramlila maidan: "Yoga guru Ramdev on Thursday (August 9) launched his second round of indefinite protest here demanding bringing back of blackmoney stashed away abroad."
Aug 9, 2012 Karnataka mining scam may have cost exchequer Rs 50,000 crore: "The scale of the Karnataka mining scam seems to be getting bigger with the estimates of an expert committee suggesting that the alleged robber barons who engaged in illicit mining may have cheated the state of Rs 50,000 crore in taxes and other levies."
Aug 8, 2012 Social welfare scam: FIR filed against 12 officials: "The social welfare department here lodged a criminal case against twelve officials including a former district social welfare officer and three public sector bank managers for their alleged involvement in a multi-crore rupee scam."
Aug 8, 2012 A scam a day keeps India poor and vulnerable
Aug 8, 2012 How to expose scams without fear of being identified: "Here's how you can protect your identity without being afraid of speaking out."
Aug 8, 2012 Anti-Corruption Bureau notices to three liquor manufacturers: "The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) probing the liquor syndicate scam"
Aug 8, 2012 Womb scam in Bihar, nursing homes performed hysterectomy on even males and minor girls: "The womb scam by unscrupulous doctors in Bihar has revealed swindling of several crores of rupees of Centre's money through fake hysterectomies (removal of wombs) on even males and minor girls,"
Aug 8, 2012 Womb scam in Bihar, nursing homes performed hysterectomy on even males and minor girls: "The womb scam by unscrupulous doctors in Bihar has revealed swindling of several crores of rupees of Centre's money through fake hysterectomies (removal of wombs) on even males and minor girls,"
Aug 7, 2012 Coal scam report buried?: "TIMES NOW is in possession of a reciept letter which reveals that the government had received the coal scam report during the budget session, and chose not to table it in the Parliament, despite a huge uproar in the Parliament even on the last day of the budget session over the alleged Rs. 1,00,000 crore coal scam."
Aug 6, 2012 Minister Deokar may be arrested soon: "for his alleged involvement in the Rs 32-crore Jalgaon housing scam."
Aug 6, 2012 How corruption in coal is closely linked to political funding: ""In Goa (which was going to elections then), each candidate, whether from the Congress or the BJP (or other political parties), would be spending Rs 5-7 crore." The official Election Commission ceiling is Rs 16 lakh."
Aug 6, 2012 2G Scam: RAW Informs CBI of Hawala Transactions
Aug 5, 2012 Cash for bail: ACB grills Bellary MLA for day 3
Aug 5, 2012 Adarsh scam: PIL wants CBI to disclose Shinde, Deshmukh's role: ""The investigating agency since last year has been telling the high court that it was looking into the role of the two union ministers. But in the chargesheet filed on July 4, CBI has not mentioned anything about the ministers' role in the scam,""

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