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Aug 5, 2012 Bogus bank accounts keep cops from busting rackets: " these fake accounts have facilitated in the flourishing of white-collar crime and of rackets, including drug smuggling, immoral trafficking, visa scams, lottery scams, fake degrees and identity cards rackets that are being operated from the city."
Aug 3, 2012 Recipe for a dam scam
Aug 2, 2012 Defence canteen scam: Four accused in CBI custody
Aug 2, 2012 2G Scam: Panel MPs Slams ED For Slow Pace of Probe
Aug 2, 2012 CBI seeks to attach assets in various scams
Aug 2, 2012 2G scam: 'Enough evidence against Karuna's wife, Kanimozhi'
Aug 2, 2012 FIR against builder, bureaucrat in Mumbai land scam
Aug 2, 2012 CBI officer probing Adarsh scam transferred
Aug 2, 2012 BBC: Adarsh scandal: India ex-leader Ashok Chavan charged: "The former chief minister of India's Maharashtra state has been charged in connection with a corruption scandal involving homes for war widows."
Aug 2, 2012 Anti Corruption Bureau court dismisses Pattabhi’s bail plea
Aug 2, 2012 Defence bribe deal case: Custody of Abhishek Verma, wife extended
Aug 2, 2012 Cash-For-Bail Scam: Another Andhra Judge Suspended
Aug 2, 2012 Ramadoss Appears in Court, Bailable Warrant Recalled
Aug 2, 2012 Warrant Against Ramadoss in Medical College Scam
Aug 2, 2012 Academicians call for strict action in new Nagpur University scam
Aug 2, 2012 SP hushing up scams of BSP regime: BJP
Aug 1, 2012 87 FIRs against IAY scamsters: "Dehti PACS ( Primary Agriculture Co-operative Society ) scam, in which crores were siphoned off involving ex-DMs and DDCs among others"
Aug 1, 2012 Adarsh scam: Now, a BJP MP under the scanner: "Close aide of BJP President Nitin Gadkari and RS MP Ajay Sancheti could be a common link to 10 benami flats."
Aug 1, 2012 40 officials named in mining report suspended: "The State government has suspended 40 officials and issued show cause notices to 257 others who have been named in Lokayukta report on illegal mining"
Jul 31, 2012 ‘Probe officers in bogus bill scam’: "The scam was unearthed in the first week of July and so far more than 150 companies that have claimed input tax credit after presenting bogus bills have been sent notices."
Jul 31, 2012 CBI's whistleblower arrested for betel nut scam: "The duo has been accused of evading Rs 4.4 crore duty in betel nut imports."
Jul 31, 2012 Constable recruitment scam: Government hands over probe to vigilance bureau: "the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was earlier requested to probe the recruitment muddle involving several IPS officers"
Jul 30, 2012 'Chavan Returned Rs 69 Lakh After Exposure of Adarsh'
Jul 30, 2012 No watchdog to check graft in DGCA: "The ministry of civil aviation has not felt the need to create such a post and monitor DGCA officials despite the civil aviation regulator being plagued by a host of scams including fake pilot licences and officials breaking the law to favour their spouses and children."
Jul 29, 2012 Is UP government going slow in corruption cases?: "health department officials allege the files for approving a the CBI inquiry into the multi-crore scam is merely being passed from table to table."
Jul 29, 2012 Anti-corruption bureau lens on water resources minister’s deals: "Somaiya claimed Tatkare created front companies with bogus addresses and forged documents to route black money through 'a web of companies'."
Jul 29, 2012 India Against Corruption to 'expose' Maharashtra govt's irrigation scam with 'black paper'
Jul 29, 2012 CNN: Indian court: Commonwealth organizer can't attend Olympic ceremony: "The presence at the ceremony of Suresh Kalmadi, who was arrested last year on corruption charges related to the Commonwealth Games, would be "contrary to national interest," the High Court of Delhi said"
Jul 29, 2012 Akhilesh govt mulling to give VVIP status to scam-tainted Babu Singh Kushwaha: "the infamous Babu Singh Kushwaha, the former family welfare minister who is in jail for his alleged involvement in the 5700 crore National Rural Health Mission scam which had resulted in the murders of two CMOs and one deputy CMO of Lucknow."
Jul 25, 2012 Adarsh scam: Forged rent receipt got Chavan's kin a flat: "former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan, his relative today told a judicial panel that he secured a flat in Adarsh society on the strength of a forged receipt showing him as living in a rented accomodation when he owned an apartment in the city."
Jul 23, 2012 Coal mine allocation: 9 companies under the scanner: "Several mines have been allegedly sold to companies with almost no experience in the sector."
Jul 23, 2012 Chhagan Bhujbal kin’s company sold shares at 9,800% premium: "From owning mines and vineyards to holding stakes in power, infrastructure and construction companies, the family of NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal, who started life in Mumbai as a vegetable vendor, has come a long way.", "Last week TOI had exposed how the public works department (ministry headed by Chhagan Bhujbal) favoured a little-known contractor by awarding him a contract to build the Maharashtra Sadan guesthouse in Delhi and two public buildings in Mumbai without inviting tenders"
Jul 22, 2012 Pharma firms funding foreign trips for doctors: "The government has called a high-level meeting to form a code of conduct for doctors and pharmaceutical companies."
Jul 22, 2012  Delhi: Bhujbal, relatives in M'rashtra Sadan scam?: "The PWD Minister allegedly awarded the Sadan's contract to a company which in return awarded companies run by his relatives."
Jul 16, 2012 Saviour or Sonia's poodle, asks UK paper about PM Manmohan Singh: "British daily, The Independent, critiquing his tenure under a disparaging headline "Manmohan Singh - India's saviour or Sonia's poodle?""
Jul 15, 2012 Disproportionate Logic The court of the land gifts Mayawati some unexpected breathing room: "Out from a hole A win for Mayawati"
Jul 15, 2012 Ramadoss in yet another medical college scam: "In a blatant misuse of power, a little known medical college in central UP was reportedly sanctioned by Ramadoss."
Jul 9, 2012 The business-politics nexus: "Money can’t really decide elections. But why does India’s poll finance remain so murky?"
Jul 8, 2012 TWTW: Cyrus's take on Adarsh scam: "Cyrus Broacha also talks about Boson particle, Akhilesh Yadav, Adarsh scam and much more."
Jul 8, 2012 Time Magazine flays Manmohan, UPA Govt: "Calling PM Manmohan Singh 'The Underachiever', the magazine criticised him and the UPA for letting the country down when it needed them the most."
Jul 7, 2012 DA case: CBI court allows ED to question Jagan: "The ED had on Monday sought permission to question the Kadapa MP as a suspect and not as an accused in the case."
Jul 7, 2012 Has the CBI been manipulated to save Mayawati?: "The Supreme Court has given former UP chief minister Mayawati a clean chit in the disproportionate assets case."
Jul 7, 2012 CBI questions Yeddyurappa in illegal mining case: "The Supreme Court has ordered CBI probe into Yeddyurappa's involvement in illegal mining."
Jul 7, 2012 SC colluding with the corrupt: Prashant Bhushan: "Team Anna member Prashant Bhushan has attacked the Supreme Court for providing relief to Mayawati."
Jul 6, 2012 DA case: CBI court allows ED to question Jagan: "The ED had on Monday sought permission to question the Kadapa MP as a suspect and not as an accused in the case."
Jul 5, 2012 Is only Ashok Chavan accountable for the Adarsh scam?: "The CBI chargesheets former Maharashtra CM Ashok Chavan and 12 others in the Adarsh Housing scam."
Jul 5, 2012 News 360: CBI chargesheets Chavan in 'watertight' Adarsh case: "The CBI has charged the former chief minister with facilitating the inclusion of 40 per cent flats for the civilians."
Jul 5, 2012 Chavan named in Adarsh chargesheet: "Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan was among 13 people chargesheeted by CBI in the Adarsh scam today with the Congress leader being accused of granting some approvals to the upscale Housing society in Mumbai as a quid pro quo for allotment of two flats for his kin."
Jul 5, 2012 Adarsh scandal: Why fast-track courts are a must to net big fish: "it brought into glaring light the shady activities people in power, their conniving ways and sheer disregard for rules. A gaggle of politicians, bureaucrats, ex-armymen and otherwise influential people allowed the housing society to come up on a piece of defence land and used the pretext of Kargil war victims to promote their own interest in a brazen display of a combination of political and bureaucratic mite."
Jul 5, 2012 Jaganmohan Reddy's bail plea rejected: "The Andhra Pradesh High Court today dismissed a bail petition filed by YSR Congress chief Jaganmohan Reddy in an alleged disproportionate assets case."
Jul 5, 2012 NDA scam: Commandant transferred: "Lt Gen Jatinder Singh, Commandant of the NDA at Pune, has been shunted out to ensure a free and fair investigation into the recruitment scam in the training institute where Rs.3-4 lakh was allegedly taken as bribe from each candidate for jobs including that of cooks and gardeners."
Jul 5, 2012 Adarsh case: CBI charges Chavan, ex-Army officers: "Former Maharashtra Chief Ministers Vilasrao Deshmukh and Sushil Kumar Shinde have not been named in the chargesheet."
Jul 5, 2012 Ashok Chavan charged in Adarsh housing scam: "Former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan was among 13 people charged by CBI today in the multi-crore Adarsh Housing scam.", "The nine arrested accused are - R C Thakur, secretary of Adarsh, retired brigadier M M Wanchoo, former Congress MLC Kanhaiyalal Gidwani, both promoters of the society, former deputy secretary of urban development department P V Deshmukh, IAS officers Ramanand Tiwari and Jairaj Phatak, retired major generals A R Kumar and T K Kaul and former city collector Pradeep Vyas."
Jul 5, 2012 Mediator received Rs.9.5 crore to arrange bail for Reddy: "A rowdy sheeter arrested in cash-for-bail scam involving former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhana Reddy received Rs.9.5 crore as advance for a deal between Reddy's relatives and judge T. Pattabhirama Rao, police said Tuesday."
Jul 2, 2012 Dilip Sanghani is involved in 12 scams worth Rs500 crore': "RTI activist from Amreli, Nathalal Sukhadia, has alleged Amreli BJP MLA and state cooperative minister, Dilip Sanghani’s involvement in Rs500 crore worth scams in the district.", "the BJP-ruled Amreli Municipality has sold a parcel of land to Sanghani’s cousin, Haresh Ramani, at throwaway price of just Rs94,000 only. However, the market value of the land is pegged at around Rs1.35 crore."
Jul 2, 2012 CBI to chargesheet former CM?: "Chavan is among the 14 accused in the case in which Union Ministers Vilasrao Deshmukh and Sushilkumar Shinde are also under the scanner."
Jul 2, 2012 Defence academy job scam: CBI arrests another accused
Jul 2, 2012 NDA recruitment scam: another serving Army Colonel arrested: "the CBI claimed to have recovered Rs 1.76 crore cash and a list of candidates' names and interview letters and also a list of those who had paid bribe."
Jul 1, 2012 Adarsh scam: Ashok Chavan blames Vilasrao: "Vilasrao, during his interrogation in the scam on Wednesday, had blamed Chavan for the controversial allotments."
Jul 1, 2012 Another judge figures in bail-for-sale scam: "While Chalapati offered Rs 5 crore for bail to Gali, Prabhakar offered Rs 10 crore. But Pattabhi struck the deal with trusted friend Chalapathi Rao, who retired and settled down in Chilakaluripet of Guntur district."
Jun 29, 2012 CBI to close CWG broadcast case?: "19 months ago, TIMES NOW had exposed the Rs 246 crore CWG broadcast scam, which had forced the CBI to register a case against suspended Prasar Bharti Chairman BS Lalli. But today TIMES NOW is in possession of documents which prove that the CBI wants to file closure report in the case without even questioning the whistleblower."
Jun 29, 2012 Railway acts after Tatkal ticket scam expose: "An expose by IBN7 had showed how touts cornered bulk of the tickets meant for emergency travel and then sold them at a premium."
Jun 29, 2012 Open bribery in land registration offices: "our reporter visited some land registration offices in Chennai and what he found was shocking- touts are running amok in these government offices, helping customers to bend laws and evade tax and funneling bribe for government officials. A thriving real estate industry in Chennai is supporting the greed of these officers in the dark corridors of government departments."
Jun 27, 2012 Is it time for total overhaul of Manmohan's Cabinet?: "Pranab Mukherjee bids farewell as Finance Minister, and PM Monmohan Singh is keeping the charge of the Finance Ministry."
Jun 27, 2012 Adarsh scam: Vilasrao Deshmukh to depose: "Sushil Shinde deposed before the Adarsh probe panel on Monday and passed the buck on Deshmukh."
Jun 27, 2012 Exposed: The big Railway Tatkal ticket scam: "An IBN7 expose has revealed how touts corner tickets meant for emergency travel and sell them at a huge premium."
Jun 25, 2012 Corruption case: Should Virbhadra Singh resign?: "A CD reportedly contains conversations between Singh, his wife, an IAS officer and industrialists over exchange of money for alleged benefits."
Jun 25, 2012 Excl: Indian Army hit by twin scams: "The Indian Army is hit by twin cases of corruption maligning the uniform. In one of the cases shocking revelations by a firm alleging that National Defence Academy (NDA) is asking for cash for sponsoring an event. In the other case a Major General reportedly getting caught red handed while accepting a bribe from a local contractor."
Jun 25, 2012 Tamil Nadu: Marks scandal rocks Anna University: "A thriving exam marks racket involving some faculty members and officials has come to light in the premier Anna University in Chennai. The racket has helped children of influential parents who failed in semester examinations to pass with flying colours in two of the university’s four renowned campuses — the College of Engineering in Guindy (CEG) and the Madras Institute of Technology (MIT) in Chromepet."
Jun 25, 2012 Sushil Kumar Shinde appears before Adarsh Commission: "Shinde was the chief minister (2001 to 2003) when he cleared many files including allotment of land to Adarsh."
Jun 24, 2012 Mantralaya fire: Big ticket scam files destroyed!
Jun 24, 2012 Andhra Pradesh Anti-Corruption Bureau officials question Janardhana Reddy: "A team of officials from Andhra Pradesh Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) today questioned former Karnataka minister G Janardhana Reddy in connection with the cash-for-bail scam."
Jun 23, 2012 Army colonel arrested in NDA recruitment ‘scam’: "The CBI on Saturday arrested Col Kulwinder Singh, staff officer (SO) to Lt Gen Jatinder Singh, National Defence Academy commandant, in connection with complaints of graft over the appointment of 40 lower-division clerks"
Jun 22, 2012 BDA stalls CID probe into Rs. 180-crore denotification scam: "Fails to initiate action on government directive for a CID probe into the illegal denotification of 720 acres"
Jun 22, 2012 Who wanted crucial files burnt?: "A day after the fire at Mantralaya, deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar courts controversy. He says his room was gutted in the fire yesterday while chief minister's room was untouched. His statements have reinforced the sabotage angle."
Jun 21, 2012 Akhilesh talks tough but goes soft on Maya’s corruption: "The Chief Minister has alleged a scandal to the tune of Rs 40,000 crore, but has done nothing to unearth the truth."
Jun 21, 2012  Nailing the corrupt: Can we have some action in India?: "Across the world, corrupt corporates, government officials and individuals have been sent to jail or made to pay heavy damages. When will India act to punish the guilty?"
Jun 21, 2012 MP Agriculture Min in mining row: "In a state where illegal mining is rampant a top minister is now in the dock for his alleged involvement in stone quarrying in the Panna District. Brijendra Pratap Singh -- the Agriculture Minister of Madhya Pradesh accused of operating two mines in Panna with some family members as his front."
Jun 20, 2012 Odisha Administrative Service officer among six arrested in land scam: "on charges of falsifying land records and transferring around 70 acre of valuable lands in Pipili area in the names of many influential people"
Jun 20, 2012 MP: Officer acts against mining mafia, victimised: "A forest Officer alleged that stones worth more than 15,000 crores have been illegally mined in the Gwalior division during the past 10 years."
Jun 19, 2012 Tamil Nadu governor K Rosaiah gets Anti-Corruption Bureau court summons in land case: "An ACB court in Hyderabad on Monday issued summons to former AP chief minister and present Tamil Nadu governor K Rosaiah, asking him to appear before it on August 2 in connection with the Ameerpet land scam case in which he is accused of unduly favouring some private parties."
Jun 19, 2012 Cash-for-bail: ACB quizzes suspended CBI judge: "Suspended Judge of the CBI Special Court T. Pattabhirama Rao was on Tuesday taken into custody by the officials of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in the bail scam of mining baron and former Minister of Karnataka Gali Janardhan Reddy."
Jun 19, 2012 2G scam: BJP members demand summoning of PM at JPC meet: "BJP members demanded summoning of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and top PMO officials"
Jun 19, 2012 AP cash-for-bail: Suspended CBI judge arrested: "Justice Pattabhi Rama Rao allegedly accepted a bribe of Rs 6 crore to grant bail to G Janardhana Reddy."
Jun 19, 2012 Hackers turn all India PG medical seats allotment upside down, candidates bewildered: "hackers who have succeeded in turning the merit list in prestigious 50% all India quota post-graduate medical courses upside down to allot low-ranked candidates premium seats in prestigious colleges."
Jun 19, 2012 2G Scam: Row at JPC meet over witnesses: "BJP leaders Yashwant Sinha and Jaswant Singh offered to step down from the JPC in order to depose before it."
Jun 18, 2012 Jagan case: CBI questions BCCI chief for 7 hours: "India Cements allegedly invested Rs 135 crore into Jagan's businesses in return for the benefits it received from the then government of Jagan's father YS Rajasekhara Reddy,", "Jagan, industrialist Nimmagadda Prasad, and bureaucrat KV Brahmananda Reddy are currently in jail in the case."
Jun 18, 2012 N Srinivasan appears before CBI: "BCCI Chief and India Cements Managing Director N Srinivasan on Monday (June 18) appeared before CBI in connection with the disproportionate assets cases against YSR Congress chief Jaganmohan Reddy. After being asked by the central probe agency, Srinivasan appeared before CBI at the Dilkusha Guest House in Hyderabad."
Jun 18, 2012 Court to hear Kargil for profit case: "The Bombay High Court will resume hearing the Adarsh Housing Society case where the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is likely to file a chargesheet. The last hearing is on April 30. The CBI had told the court that it will file the chargesheet in the case by June 15. However, with its failure to file the chargesheet, the agency is likely to again come under attack from the court."
Jun 18, 2012 BCCI chief N Srinivasan appears before CBI in Jagan case: "CBI is probing the alleged investments made by Srinivasan's company India Cements in the firms promoted by the Kadapa MP during the tenure of his father Y S Rajasekhara Reddy as Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister"
Jun 18, 2012 Pranab must come clean on rice scam: Arvind Kejriwal: "Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal said that the person who is set to become the President should have a clear record."
Jun 18, 2012 'Ministries not helping in coal allocation probe': "The CBI is yet to get crucial documents from ministries, sources said."
Jun 16, 2012 Rajat Gupta is no criminal, he’s just an Indian: "A man goes to jail because he shared information with a friend? By that yardstick, half of India would be in jail. Knowing people in power and to benefit from the knowledge and contacts that they possess is the ladder to success that Indians have recognised centuries ago. It’s an ethos and a culture – and it’s deep-rooted.", "In India, what he seems to have done would have increased his popularity, wealth, appeal and power. In the US, the same act causes him to lose his reputation, his popularity, some wealth – and his freedom."
Jun 16, 2012 CBI officers grill Yeddyurappa’s kin: "Former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa’s sons B Y Raghavendra, MP, B Y Vijendra and son-in-law R N Sohan Kumar were questioned by the CBI officials"
Jun 16, 2012 Retired AP judge arrested in cash-for-bail scam: "A retired district judge TV Chalapathi Rao and son of the suspended CBI judge T Pattabhirama Rao were arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in the cash-for-bail case"
Jun 15, 2012 Govt nod must to prosecute Corrupt corporators: "Soon, your local civic corporator or councillor will be declared a public servant but can be prosecuted under the criminal procedure act and anti-corruption law only if the government approves it. Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan’s urban development department has put this in place despite the law and judiciary department’s opinion that no such previous sanction of the state government is necessary. The move is seen as a major deterrent because government approvals to prosecute influential elected representatives could be hard to come by for political reasons."
Jun 15, 2012 Southern India political corruption hits Sonia Gandhi and Congress: "Jagan’s breakaway YSR Congress Party has won 14 of the assembly seats, and the Lok Sabha seat – albeit after voters were bribed with massive amounts of cash, jewellery and other gifts that helped swell the turnout to an astonishingly high total of around 80%"
Jun 15, 2012 For Mining, Poor Governance Worse Than Corruption: "in many case regulators don’t know what’s going on in their backyards."
Jun 15, 2012 Maharashtra govt trying to shield corrupt corporators?: "In a move that could be seen as efforts to shield corrupt corporators and councillors, the state government is planning to amend municipal laws and identify them as public servants. Identifying councillors and corporators as public servants would mean an investigative agency will have to take the state government's permission before taking cognizance of any criminal offence or corruption case against them."
Jun 15, 2012 Suspended CMD of BEML to be charged with corruption?

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