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May 27, 2012 Jagan Mohan Reddy arrested, Andhra Pradesh on edge: "The 39-year-old Kadapa MP, who rebelled and left the Congress in Andhra Pradesh, was booked for criminal conspiracy, forgery, criminal breach of trust, falsification of accounts under the Indian Penal Code as well as under sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act. Efforts to produce Reddy before a magistrate were being blocked by a dharna by his family at the Dilkusha guesthouse — the CBI’s temporary office. Reddy heads a massive business empire, ranging from power generation to newspapers and TV."
May 27, 2012 Team Anna welcomes Krishna's defamation suit: "SM Krishna cautioned Team Anna that their actions would amount to over-reaching a judicial process."
May 27, 2012 Jagan arrested by CBI: "Kadapa MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, who made a stunning rise in politics after rebelling against Congress, was today (May 27) arrested by the CBI in a disproportionate assets case."
May 27, 2012 Jagan Reddy arrested: Late YSR’s sins catch up with son: "The arrest of YS Jagan Mohan Reddy by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is as much an indictment of his late father YS Rajasekhara Reddy, former Andhra Chief Minister, as Jagan himself."
May 27, 2012 Understanding Jagan: A story of dynasty and megabucks: "the modus operandi of Jagan - fully backed by his now deceased father, chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy - was simple: allocate huge tracts of valuable land (taking advantage of the liberal policies of the government of India, which was promoting SEZs as a panacea for rapid industrial growth) to companies of all sizes and pedigrees, and in return get them to invest in his ventures.", "The whole exercise required the co-option of bureaucrats and ministers. Handpicked pliant officers were detailed for the job. The officers, some of whom also extracted their cuts, did the actual paperwork and signed on the files allowing a clutch of patently unfair deals. A few of these officers are already in jail and others may follow suit. Ministers also cooperated."
May 27, 2012 CBI arrests Jaganmohan Reddy in disproportionate assets case: "The CBI had been grilling Jagan as to how his wealth increased dramatically after his father YS Rajasekhara Reddy became chief minister in 2004. Jagan had officially declared that he owned assets of Rs 356 crore."
May 26, 2012 Ramdev takes on PM, says UPA not performing its constitutional responsibility: ""If 200 lakh crore scams take place under any Prime Minster's Government then how can you expect that Prime Minister to be honest. The government is involved in all the scams, they sold the country, some of the people within the country are looting the nation and some international firms including MNCs are looting the country,""
May 26, 2012 Indian prime minister, 14 ministers accused of graft: "alleging Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and 14 cabinet ministers were involved in massive corruption. Besides Manmohan Singh, Home Minister P. Chidambaram, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna also figured in the 79-page document prepared by Team Anna purportedly showing their alleged involvement in various cases."
May 26, 2012 Army Chief makes serious charges: "Army Chief General VK Singh has made a number of disclosures and one of these is how the BEML allegedly supplied overpriced and dubious quality Armoured Recovery Vehicle or ARV to the Army."
May 26, 2012 Team Anna is back, wants PM probed: "they said the SIT should investigate charges against the 15 "corrupt" ministers as well as those against party chiefs Mayawati, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Lalu Prasad and Jayalalithaa."
May 26, 2012 Team Anna accuses 15 UPA ministers of graft: "A list compiled by Team Anna names Manmohan Singh, Pranab Mukherjee and P Chidambaram among the 15 UPA ministers."
May 26, 2012 Calling PM corrupt, Team Anna seeks probe against him, 14 ministers: "Besides Singh and Mukherjee, the ministers against whom the Team Anna has demanded probe by an independent Special Investigation Team include P Chidambaram, Sharad Pawar, S M Krishna, Kamal Nath, S M Krishna, Praful Patel, Vilasrao Deshmukh, Virbhadra Singh, Kapil Sibal, Salman Khurshid, G K Vasan, Farooq Abdullah, M Alagiri and Sushil Kumar Shinde."
May 25, 2012 Cong seeks CBI probe into Palike scam: "Alleging embezzlement of Rs 20,000 crore of public money in Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), Congress leader G Parameshwara on Thursday demanded the government to order a CBI probe into the matter."
May 25, 2012 2G: CBI court charges Essar, Loop promoters: "The court also granted bail to Essar's Ravi and Anshuman Ruia, and Loop Telecom's Kiran Khaitan and IP Khaitan."
May 25, 2012 DA case: Massive crowd gathers as CBI grills Jagan: "Prohibitory orders have been issued in Hyderabad as policy fear that Jagan's supporters could go on the rampage if he is arrested."
May 25, 2012 Unfazed, Jagan to face CBI again: "Amid reports that he may be arrested, Kadapa MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy today appeared before the CBI here in connection with the alleged disproportionate assets case against him and was questioned for over 7 hours."
May 25, 2012 Disproportionate assets case: Jagan Reddy quizzed by CBI, may be arrested: "The Vanpic project deals with the allocation of 28,000 acres of land by the YSR government after acquiring the land from farmers at a cheap rate to promoter Nimmagadda Prasad at concessional rates and the CBI's case is that Prasad in a quid pro quo arrangement, invested crores of rupees in Sakshi newspaper and TV owned by Jagan."
May 25, 2012 2G scam: Bail granted to Essar and Loop promoters, charges framed: "Essar group promoters Ravi Ruia and Anshuman Ruia and Loop Telecom promoters I P Khaitan and Kiran Khaitan, besides Essar group director (strategy and planning) Vikash Saraf were directed by the court to furnish personal bail bond of Rs five lakh each and two sureities of like amount."
May 24, 2012 Jaganmohan Reddy's anticipatory bail plea rejected, Hyderabad tense over his possible arrest: "Jagan is accused of conspiring with his father to dole out favours to companies which invested in his businesses in a quid pro quo arrangement."
May 23, 2012 Economic mess starts to hurt Indian diplomacy: "s these crises drag on, they are beginning to have a diplomatic fallout on India's relations with these nations with implications ranging from the minor to the significant."
May 23, 2012 India’s latest $29bn corruption scandal
May 23, 2012 Jagan Reddy, India’s richest politician, lied to EC on assets: "In 2004, when Jagan’s father YSR Reddy was yet to become the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, he had only Rs 8.19 lakh of assets. Clearly, being the son of a Chief Minister is not injurious to one’s acquisitive streak. Five years later (in 2009), by the time YSR completed his first term as CM, his son’s assets together with that of his wife had jumped to Rs 77.40 crore. Just two years later, he and his wife were worth Rs 410 crore. And we know he hasn’t disclosed everything."
May 23, 2012 Mass opulence: An inside view of Jagan's palace: "Reddy's mansion is located in the Green Belt area of Yelahanka in Bangalore. It was built in 31 acres of land and valued at over Rs.100 crore. The mansion has a private helipad also.", "In his 2011 election affidavit, Jagan revealed his direct and indirect ownership of 11 companies. These are:Sandur Power, Saraswati Power, Carmel Asia Holdings, Bharathi Cement Corp, Kealawn Technologies Pvt Ltd, Marvel Infrastructure, Classic Realty, Silicon Builders, Swasti Power Engineering Ltd. Sandur Power's annual reports show that it has several subsidiaries, such as: Classic Realty, Harish Infrastructure, Capstone Infra, Silicon Builders."
May 23, 2012 Adarsh scam: Vilasrao, Shinde summoned: "Both the former Maharashtra CMs have been asked to appear before the Adarsh Judicial Commission."
May 22, 2012 Coal block allocation: JPC probe sought into alleged scam
May 22, 2012 Sending out wrong signals: "The death of SP Mahantesh, a 48-year-old Karnataka administrative officer who exposed scams in cooperative societies in Bangalore, is not a one-off case; such cases are taking place with alarming regularity in India, a country that boasts of a Right to Information Act (RTI)."
May 22, 2012 CWG scam: HC grants bail two accused in street-lighting scam: "The Delhi High Court has granted bail to entrepreneurs JP Singh and TP Singh, arrested for their alleged roles in a corruption case involving award of a contract to their firm for upgrading Delhi's street lighting before the 2010 Commonwealth Games."
May 22, 2012 'Get justice for Mahantesh': "There was a huge protest in Bangalore on Tuesday (May 22) by activists demanding justice for Mahantesh. No headway has been made in the murder probe of Karnataka Co-operative Society Department audit officer Mahantesh."
May 22, 2012 Coal 'scam' disrupts parliament: "Both houses of parliament were disrupted Tuesday over the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) reportedly pointing to a loss of over Rs.180,000 crore ($40 billion) in the allotment of coal blocks."
May 22, 2012 The Last Word: Govt spending on political anniversaries wrong?: "On The Last Word, Karan Thakar asks a panel of experts, is the Indian tradition of taking out multiple large advertisements in all newspapers to commemorate political birth, death or other anniversaries acceptable or morally wrong?"
May 21, 2012 Adarsh society scam: Ashok Chavan asked to appear before commission
May 21, 2012 UP’s health scam had the blessings of political leaders : "The Congress needs to answer why it had looked the other way when funds meant for the various NRHM projects were being siphoned off by State authorities"
May 21, 2012 The Last Word: What's the future of the 2G case?: "Now that all the 2G accused have been released on bail, where does the case stand?"
May 21, 2012 Now, UP CM orders a probe into a tree scam: "Akhilesh Yadav has ordered a probe into why 37,000 trees were imported at a higher price under the Mayawati regime."
May 21, 2012 MCI board appointment: Health Minister orders probe: "CNN-IBN had reported that officials close to former MCI chairman Ketan Desai were being allowed a back door entry."
May 21, 2012 CBI goes after B S Yeddyurappa: "In more trouble for beleaguered former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, CBI on Wednesday (May 16) raided his and his family members’ residences and two mining firms as it launched a probe into his alleged role in illegal mining in line with a Supreme Court directive. A day after registering an FIR, CBI officials conducted the raids at eight premises belonging to Yeddyurappa, his sons B Y Raghavendra, a Lok Sabha member, and B Y Vijayendra as well as son-in-law Sohan Kumar in Bangalore and Shimoga district."
May 21, 2012 Smiling Raja walks out of Tihar Jail: "DMK MP and former communications minister A. Raja’s release from jail after over 15 months was quite an extraordinary event for his supporters"
May 21, 2012 Industrialist behind bars in case against Jagan: "High flying Andhra Pradesh industrialist Nimmagadda Prasad has been arrested for alleged benefits received during the rule of late chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy in return for the massive investments he made in his son's businesses.", "Nimmagadda Prasad, 51 and son of an army officer, had allegedly invested Rs.504 crore in the companies of the MP from Kadapa."
May 21, 2012 B'lore: CBI raids Yeddyurappa's residence: "This comes hours after the CBI registered an FIR naming Yeddyurappa and his 2 sons in a mining case."
May 21, 2012 Amid raids, Yeddyurappa seeks anticipatory bail: "With raids on at the residences of former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa and his kin in Bangalore and Shimoga, Yeddyurappa has filed anticipatory bails for himself and on behalf of his two sons and son-in-law."
May 21, 2012 Forestry scam: PMO asks MoEF for plan of action
May 21, 2012 India probes Dalit leader Mayawati's palm tree imports: "reports suggest that each tree cost up to $460 (£290) and additional expenditure was incurred in transporting and planting them. Some accounts suggest as much as $10m may been spent on the trees."
May 20, 2012 BBC: Ex-Karnataka chief minister Yeddyurappa raided: "Mr Yeddyurappa is accused of showing "undue favours" to some companies involved in illegal mining and other alleged financial irregularities."
May 20, 2012 India's soap opera on corruption: "Raja walked free from jail on bail, after the judge ruled against the slow progress of the trial and the fact that almost all the other accused had been released thus making it pointless to detain Raja."
May 20, 2012 K'taka officer pays with life for exposing land scam: "The Karnataka Administrative Officer was attacked with iron rods by some unidentified persons on Tuesday."
May 19, 2012 As Air India struggled for cash and occupancy, its employees milked it dry: "a flight purser who was dismissed from service after he was apprehended with 372 mini-liquor bottles by customs at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport. Similarly, a catering officer was found with Rs. 20,200 worth of caviar tins that were missing from a special charter flight."
May 18, 2012 CBI gets nod to attach Jagan property: "Andhra Pradesh government on Friday evening issued government orders allowing the CBI to prohibit sale, pledge and transfer of ownership of properties belonging to Jagan and his associates."
May 17, 2012 Ramalinga Raju too routed funds via industrialist Nimmagadda Prasad into Jagan’s firm: "Satyam's Ramalinga Raju had invested Rs 20 crore in Jagati publications belonging to Jaganmohan Reddy through industrialist Nimmagadda Prasad. Raju made this investment through Maytas Infra -- as a quid pro quo for the YSR regime having allotted a Rs 121-crore road-widening project in Kadapa district to the infrastructure company on a nomination basis."
May 15, 2012 UP may set up commission to probe Maya scams
May 15, 2012 World Bank gives evidence of corruption in highway projects: "The Bank's report has an annexure of "collateral" evidence showing how contractors produced fake invoices and certificates to get advance from National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)."
May 15, 2012 India Court Grants Bail to Former Telecom Minister
May 15, 2012 India state to probe corruption in low-caste parks: "money was misappropriated when buildings and walls were constructed, destroyed and then rebuilt repeatedly in the parks. Palm and date trees were planted only to be uprooted and thrown away. Many contract prices were inflated"
May 15, 2012 Ex-Indian Minister Receives Bail in Corruption Case: "The scandal is believed to have cost the Indian government up to $40 billion in lost revenue."
May 15, 2012 CBI arrests two in Jagan corruption case: "The CBI today arrested former special secretary to Andhra Pradesh government KV Bramhananda Reddy and chairman of MAA TV Nimmagadda Prasad in connection with an alleged corruption case involving Kadapa MP YS Jaganmohan Reddy."
May 15, 2012 CAG report on Antrix deal in LS: "The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has come down heavily on the Department of Space, particularly on its former Secretary G Madhavan Nair, in the controversial Antrix-Devas deal alleging numerous rules and policies were violated and facts concealed to favour a private company. "The Antrix-Devas deal is a classic instance of failure of the governance structure in which selected individuals, some serving and some retired public servants, were able to successfully propel the agenda of a private entity by arrogating unto themselves, powers which they were not legitimately authorised to exercise," the CAG report said."
May 15, 2012 Rampant illegal mining in Tamil Nadu: "It's a shocking admission on camera by a cop. After a gang of sand mafia brutally attacked and also tried to bury a government employee, the ASP of Thirupattur has accepted that illegal sand mining is rampant in Tamil Nadu. But the question here is whether this admission is enough or will the government finally act against those involved in such illegal activities."
May 15, 2012 More trouble for Yeddyurappa: "CBI has filed an FIR against former Karnataka CM BS Yeddyurappa. This came just days after the SC's nod to CBI investigation against Yeddy in cases of alleged kickbacks received by the former CM's family from illegal mining in the state."
May 15, 2012 Did Mayawati allow open loot?: "Major trouble is brewing for former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati. After Akhilesh Yadav gave the nod to probe financial irregularities in the massive sums of money allegedly siphoned off to build Mayawati's dream project, the Uttar Pradesh police have started probing a complaint into alleged siphoning of funds in construction and installation of elephant statues."
May 15, 2012 A Raja, the last accused in 2G scam to get bail: "Former telecom minister A Raja got bail on Tuesday after spending 15 months in Tihar Jail."
May 15, 2012 Antrix-Devas deal: CAG flays Department of Space: "The report says Department of Space in its eagerness concealed facts from the Cabinet and violated rules."
May 15, 2012 Financial fraud in Mayawati's elephants statues could be Rs 40,000 crore: UP CM: "Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday claimed that an alleged financial fraud to the tune of Rs 40,000 crore could emerge in installation of statues of elephants and also stone memorials by the previous Mayawati government in the state."
May 15, 2012 A Raja walks out of Tihar jail, Karunanidhi 'happy': "Over 15 months after his arrest, former telecom minister A Raja walked out of Tihar jail on Tuesday evening."
May 15, 2012 Scam suspected in installation of elephant statutes in Mayawati's dalit memorials: "After NRHM, Noida land, toilet and canal scams during the previous Mayawati regime, now financial irregularities have been found in making and installation of elephant statutes in dalit memorials."
May 14, 2012 'I-T raids' on Chiranjeevi make Yeddyurappa change mind: "people of Karnataka would punish BJP for "lack of governance""
May 13, 2012 23 tax tribunal members under CBI scanner for ‘fixing’ verdicts: "Jugal Kishore, an ITAT member from Kolkata, for allegedly receiving a bribe from the bosses of S K Tulsiyan and Co., for delivering “pre-decided’’ judgments. The CBI recovered Rs 28 lakh from Kishore’s residence."
May 12, 2012 More Enrons in sight in India?: "Casting aside the need for transparency and competition, the politicians and civil servants of both coal and environment ministries made hay while the sun was shining and merrily allotted around 200 coal blocks without auctions. Soon, the coal-power bubble will burst. A Coalgate and a multitude of Enrons will unfold, followed by unmanageable NPAs with the banks. After all, the people of India are always there to bear the burden of the sins of their political leaders "
May 12, 2012 Delhi HC sniffs scam in farm ministry, orders FIR: "The court said there was evidence to suggest a nexus between the counsel and ministry officials to cause loss to “public exchequer” through “fraud” and “misappropriation of funds”."
May 11, 2012 2G scam: CBI opposes Raja bail, cites fresh bribe allegation: "This accused (Raja) and other public servants are also involved in another tranche of Rs 200 crore which they have received as bribe and this was not known earlier and has come up during the investigation", "Agency says Rs 200-cr fresh bribe claim under probe"
May 11, 2012 Adarsh Scam: Army rebuts Adarsh Panel's report: "The Army says that the state government-appointed judicial commission's report was factually wrong."
May 11, 2012 Blow to Yeddy, SC orders CBI probe in 3 cases: "The apex court observed that prima facie there was proof against the former Karnataka chief minister in the cases."
May 11, 2012 Aircel-Maxis deal: 'Chidambaram violated House rules': "P Chidambaram read a statement by his son on the Aircel-Maxis deal in Parliament on Thursday, which the Opposition said was a violation of House rules."
May 10, 2012 Aircel-Maxis deal: P Chidambaram rebuts charges against son Karti as BJP screams scam: "senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha alleged a "big scam" and said Karti picked up a 5% stake in Maxis, a Malaysian company, ahead of a controversial takeover by Indian telecom firm Aircel."
May 10, 2012 BBC: India official Pradeep Shukla quizzed in health scandal: "A former top civil servant in India's Uttar Pradesh state has been detained for questioning in connection with an estimated $2bn rural health scandal.", "Former state health minister Babu Singh Kushwaha is also in jail for his alleged role in the scandal."
May 10, 2012 Is the CBI probe on Jagan a political tactic?: "A Hyderabad court will on Thursday hear the Sakshi TV's appeal against freezing of its accounts."
May 10, 2012 NRHM Scam: CBI grills, arrests ex-health secretary: "Former Principal Secretary of health Pradeep Shukla has been named in four out of 12 FIRs in the scam."
May 10, 2012 NRHM scam: Pradeep arrested: "Senior IAS officer Pradeep Shukla was today detained in Lucknow and questioned by the CBI in connection with the multi-crore National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scam."
May 10, 2012 BJP + Swamy vs Chidambaram: "Opposition on Thursday (May 10) targeted P Chidambaram in the Lok Sabha over the Aircel-Maxis deal, dubbing it as a "big scam" allegedly involving his son", "Chidambaram quoted from a statement of his son Karthi, hours after a BJP leader had accused him of having 5 per cent stake in either of the companies."
May 10, 2012 NRHM scam: CBI arrests senior IAS officer Pradeep Shukla: "The arrest came after the CBI was pulled up by Allahabad high court for not touching big names in the FIR lodged in connection with the NRHM scam."
May 9, 2012 25% of Central schemes named after Rajiv Gandhi: "At least 25% of Central schemes are named after late PM Rajiv Gandhi."
May 9, 2012 1996 Housing scam:"No way out" for 98-yr-old ex-Union minister: "Observing that "there is no way out" for 98-year-old former Union minister Shiela Kaul, facing prosecution in a 1996 government accommodation allotment scam", "Kaul, the erstwhile Union urban development minister in Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao's cabinet, is accused of conspiring with her then additional private secretary Rajan Lala and private assistant R K Sharma for making out-of-turn allotment of government accommodation for making pecuniary gains from alottees between 1992 and 1995."
May 9, 2012 Jagan Reddy's arrest imminent?: "the CBI inquiry against Kadapa MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, prime accused in the disproportionate assets (DA) case."
May 9, 2012 Drugs scam: Pharmaceutical companies wrote letters signed by doctors?: "The House panel found that several scientific recommendations submitted to the CDSCO to push a drug were actually written by invisible hands of drug companies themselves and experts merely obliged by putting their signatures."
May 9, 2012 Long View: India’s Very First Corruption Scandal
May 9, 2012 The politics of corruption in India: public goods for private gain: "The alleged beneficiaries include some 100 private companies,"
May 9, 2012 India Court Grants Bail to Former Telecom Secretary: "Investigators charged Mr. Behura with conspiracy, cheating, criminal misconduct and abusing an official position, in what was one of India's biggest corruption cases. "
May 8, 2012 Farmers protest scams in Greater Noida: "demanded investigations primarily into allegations of corruption in land allotments in Noida Extension and the horticulture scam in the Greater Noida Authority."
May 8, 2012 Is Kalki the only hope?: "Schweizer Illustrierte, a popular Swiss magazine, unrelated to politics in India, had reported in 1991 that Rajiv Gandhi had $2.5 billion in secret Swiss bank accounts."
May 8, 2012 Fears of a Rs.200 crore seed scam in UP: "these officers looted all the money by showing fictitious names of beneficiaries on paper. They also mentioned agricultural land that never existed. "Further, more than two lakh quintal of seeds of wheat, which were supposed to be given to the farmers free of cost, were sold to black marketers. This loot continued for about eight years."
May 8, 2012 Telenor shuns India after troubles hit profits: "State-controlled Telenor posted a quarterly net loss of 390 million crown including minority interests after writing off the remaining 3.9 billion crown ($672.45 million) value of its Indian unit Uninor."
May 8, 2012 CBI intensifies probe on Tatra deal: "The CBI has intensified its probe to unearth alleged irregularities in procurement and supply of all-terrain Tatra trucks to the army and has called some former defence ministry officials and executives of a private firm involved in the deal for questioning."
May 8, 2012 UP ex-CMO held for two murders: "The CBI, late on Sunday night, finally arrested former Lucknow CMO A.K. Shukla in connection with the murder cases of his predecessors — Dr Vinod Arya and Dr B.P. Singh — both of whom were shot dead while on morning walk.", "Dr Shukla, who had high connections in the Mayawati government, was earlier arrested by the CBI last year in connection with the NRHM scam, but was granted bail by the Allahabad high court."
May 7, 2012 Maneka, Azad spur over alleged scams in medical college licences: "Maneka Gandhi having heated exchanges with Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad alleging massive corruption in granting licences to medical colleges"
May 7, 2012 UP health scam: CBI arrests former Lucknow CMO: "Former Lucknow Chief Medical Officer AK Shukla is a prime suspect in the 2010 murder of two CMOs in jail."
May 7, 2012 CBI arrests former Lucknow CMO AK Shukla: "The CBI has arrested former Lucknow Chief Medical Officer (CMO) AK Shukla in connection with the murder case of his predecessor Vinod K Arya"
May 7, 2012 One more chargesheet filed against Jaganmohan Reddy: "Ramky had invested Rs 10 crore in Jagati Publications as a quid pro quo for the benefits it secured from the then government headed by Jagan's father Y S Rajasekhara Reddy. "
May 5, 2012 Fearing jail, Lalu the father in hurry: "What's exceptional, however, is the frenetic manner in which he has gone about getting three of his daughters married in the last few months at his sprawling Tughlaq Road residence."
May 5, 2012 After Eleven Years, It Stings To Say This... : "All of them told us that no defence deal could be clinched without wine, women and cash.", "To hide my nervousness, I asked whether he wanted the remaining cash in Indian currency or in US dollars. He asked for dollar bills."
May 5, 2012 Jail, fines for 34 in fodder scam: "Among those awarded the maximum punishment — rigorous imprisonment of six years and a fine of Rs 3 lakh — K.N. Jha, the regional director of the animal husbandry department. The court handed the same sentence to one other government official, K.M. Prasad, who was an assistant director in the same department."
May 5, 2012 Question on special favour to Quattrocchi
May 4, 2012 Road Building Still Tarred With Corruption: "the Central Bureau of Investigation, on Thursday received permission from a local court to subject Virendra Mhaiskar, chairman IRB Infrastructure Ltd. – one of India’s largest road-building firms – to a lie-detector test in connection with the murder of an anti-corruption activist in 2010."
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May 27, 2012 Jagan Mohan Reddy arrested, Andhra Pradesh on edge: "The 39-year-old Kadapa MP, who rebelled and left the Congress in Andhra Pradesh, was booked for criminal conspiracy, forgery, criminal breach of trust, falsification of accounts under the Indian Penal Code as well as under sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act. Efforts to produce Reddy before a magistrate were being blocked by a dharna by his family at the Dilkusha guesthouse — the CBI’s temporary office. Reddy heads a massive business empire, ranging from power generation to newspapers and TV."
May 27, 2012 Team Anna welcomes Krishna's defamation suit: "SM Krishna cautioned Team Anna that their actions would amount to over-reaching a judicial process."
May 27, 2012 Jagan arrested by CBI: "Kadapa MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, who made a stunning rise in politics after rebelling against Congress, was today (May 27) arrested by the CBI in a disproportionate assets case."
May 27, 2012 Jagan Reddy arrested: Late YSR’s sins catch up with son: "The arrest of YS Jagan Mohan Reddy by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is as much an indictment of his late father YS Rajasekhara Reddy, former Andhra Chief Minister, as Jagan himself."
May 27, 2012 Understanding Jagan: A story of dynasty and megabucks: "the modus operandi of Jagan - fully backed by his now deceased father, chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy - was simple: allocate huge tracts of valuable land (taking advantage of the liberal policies of the government of India, which was promoting SEZs as a panacea for rapid industrial growth) to companies of all sizes and pedigrees, and in return get them to invest in his ventures.", "The whole exercise required the co-option of bureaucrats and ministers. Handpicked pliant officers were detailed for the job. The officers, some of whom also extracted their cuts, did the actual paperwork and signed on the files allowing a clutch of patently unfair deals. A few of these officers are already in jail and others may follow suit. Ministers also cooperated."
May 27, 2012 CBI arrests Jaganmohan Reddy in disproportionate assets case: "The CBI had been grilling Jagan as to how his wealth increased dramatically after his father YS Rajasekhara Reddy became chief minister in 2004. Jagan had officially declared that he owned assets of Rs 356 crore."
May 26, 2012 Ramdev takes on PM, says UPA not performing its constitutional responsibility: ""If 200 lakh crore scams take place under any Prime Minster's Government then how can you expect that Prime Minister to be honest. The government is involved in all the scams, they sold the country, some of the people within the country are looting the nation and some international firms including MNCs are looting the country,""
May 26, 2012 Indian prime minister, 14 ministers accused of graft: "alleging Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and 14 cabinet ministers were involved in massive corruption. Besides Manmohan Singh, Home Minister P. Chidambaram, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna also figured in the 79-page document prepared by Team Anna purportedly showing their alleged involvement in various cases."
May 26, 2012 Army Chief makes serious charges: "Army Chief General VK Singh has made a number of disclosures and one of these is how the BEML allegedly supplied overpriced and dubious quality Armoured Recovery Vehicle or ARV to the Army."
May 26, 2012 Team Anna is back, wants PM probed: "they said the SIT should investigate charges against the 15 "corrupt" ministers as well as those against party chiefs Mayawati, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Lalu Prasad and Jayalalithaa."
May 26, 2012 Team Anna accuses 15 UPA ministers of graft: "A list compiled by Team Anna names Manmohan Singh, Pranab Mukherjee and P Chidambaram among the 15 UPA ministers."
May 26, 2012 Calling PM corrupt, Team Anna seeks probe against him, 14 ministers: "Besides Singh and Mukherjee, the ministers against whom the Team Anna has demanded probe by an independent Special Investigation Team include P Chidambaram, Sharad Pawar, S M Krishna, Kamal Nath, S M Krishna, Praful Patel, Vilasrao Deshmukh, Virbhadra Singh, Kapil Sibal, Salman Khurshid, G K Vasan, Farooq Abdullah, M Alagiri and Sushil Kumar Shinde."
May 25, 2012 Cong seeks CBI probe into Palike scam: "Alleging embezzlement of Rs 20,000 crore of public money in Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), Congress leader G Parameshwara on Thursday demanded the government to order a CBI probe into the matter."
May 25, 2012 2G: CBI court charges Essar, Loop promoters: "The court also granted bail to Essar's Ravi and Anshuman Ruia, and Loop Telecom's Kiran Khaitan and IP Khaitan."
May 25, 2012 DA case: Massive crowd gathers as CBI grills Jagan: "Prohibitory orders have been issued in Hyderabad as policy fear that Jagan's supporters could go on the rampage if he is arrested."
May 25, 2012 Unfazed, Jagan to face CBI again: "Amid reports that he may be arrested, Kadapa MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy today appeared before the CBI here in connection with the alleged disproportionate assets case against him and was questioned for over 7 hours."
May 25, 2012 Disproportionate assets case: Jagan Reddy quizzed by CBI, may be arrested: "The Vanpic project deals with the allocation of 28,000 acres of land by the YSR government after acquiring the land from farmers at a cheap rate to promoter Nimmagadda Prasad at concessional rates and the CBI's case is that Prasad in a quid pro quo arrangement, invested crores of rupees in Sakshi newspaper and TV owned by Jagan."
May 25, 2012 2G scam: Bail granted to Essar and Loop promoters, charges framed: "Essar group promoters Ravi Ruia and Anshuman Ruia and Loop Telecom promoters I P Khaitan and Kiran Khaitan, besides Essar group director (strategy and planning) Vikash Saraf were directed by the court to furnish personal bail bond of Rs five lakh each and two sureities of like amount."
May 24, 2012 Jaganmohan Reddy's anticipatory bail plea rejected, Hyderabad tense over his possible arrest: "Jagan is accused of conspiring with his father to dole out favours to companies which invested in his businesses in a quid pro quo arrangement."
May 23, 2012 Economic mess starts to hurt Indian diplomacy: "s these crises drag on, they are beginning to have a diplomatic fallout on India's relations with these nations with implications ranging from the minor to the significant."
May 23, 2012 India’s latest $29bn corruption scandal
May 23, 2012 Jagan Reddy, India’s richest politician, lied to EC on assets: "In 2004, when Jagan’s father YSR Reddy was yet to become the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, he had only Rs 8.19 lakh of assets. Clearly, being the son of a Chief Minister is not injurious to one’s acquisitive streak. Five years later (in 2009), by the time YSR completed his first term as CM, his son’s assets together with that of his wife had jumped to Rs 77.40 crore. Just two years later, he and his wife were worth Rs 410 crore. And we know he hasn’t disclosed everything."
May 23, 2012 Mass opulence: An inside view of Jagan's palace: "Reddy's mansion is located in the Green Belt area of Yelahanka in Bangalore. It was built in 31 acres of land and valued at over Rs.100 crore. The mansion has a private helipad also.", "In his 2011 election affidavit, Jagan revealed his direct and indirect ownership of 11 companies. These are:Sandur Power, Saraswati Power, Carmel Asia Holdings, Bharathi Cement Corp, Kealawn Technologies Pvt Ltd, Marvel Infrastructure, Classic Realty, Silicon Builders, Swasti Power Engineering Ltd. Sandur Power's annual reports show that it has several subsidiaries, such as: Classic Realty, Harish Infrastructure, Capstone Infra, Silicon Builders."
May 23, 2012 Adarsh scam: Vilasrao, Shinde summoned: "Both the former Maharashtra CMs have been asked to appear before the Adarsh Judicial Commission."
May 22, 2012 Coal block allocation: JPC probe sought into alleged scam
May 22, 2012 Sending out wrong signals: "The death of SP Mahantesh, a 48-year-old Karnataka administrative officer who exposed scams in cooperative societies in Bangalore, is not a one-off case; such cases are taking place with alarming regularity in India, a country that boasts of a Right to Information Act (RTI)."
May 22, 2012 CWG scam: HC grants bail two accused in street-lighting scam: "The Delhi High Court has granted bail to entrepreneurs JP Singh and TP Singh, arrested for their alleged roles in a corruption case involving award of a contract to their firm for upgrading Delhi's street lighting before the 2010 Commonwealth Games."
May 22, 2012 'Get justice for Mahantesh': "There was a huge protest in Bangalore on Tuesday (May 22) by activists demanding justice for Mahantesh. No headway has been made in the murder probe of Karnataka Co-operative Society Department audit officer Mahantesh."
May 22, 2012 Coal 'scam' disrupts parliament: "Both houses of parliament were disrupted Tuesday over the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) reportedly pointing to a loss of over Rs.180,000 crore ($40 billion) in the allotment of coal blocks."
May 22, 2012 The Last Word: Govt spending on political anniversaries wrong?: "On The Last Word, Karan Thakar asks a panel of experts, is the Indian tradition of taking out multiple large advertisements in all newspapers to commemorate political birth, death or other anniversaries acceptable or morally wrong?"
May 21, 2012 Adarsh society scam: Ashok Chavan asked to appear before commission
May 21, 2012 UP’s health scam had the blessings of political leaders : "The Congress needs to answer why it had looked the other way when funds meant for the various NRHM projects were being siphoned off by State authorities"
May 21, 2012 The Last Word: What's the future of the 2G case?: "Now that all the 2G accused have been released on bail, where does the case stand?"
May 21, 2012 Now, UP CM orders a probe into a tree scam: "Akhilesh Yadav has ordered a probe into why 37,000 trees were imported at a higher price under the Mayawati regime."
May 21, 2012 MCI board appointment: Health Minister orders probe: "CNN-IBN had reported that officials close to former MCI chairman Ketan Desai were being allowed a back door entry."
May 21, 2012 CBI goes after B S Yeddyurappa: "In more trouble for beleaguered former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, CBI on Wednesday (May 16) raided his and his family members’ residences and two mining firms as it launched a probe into his alleged role in illegal mining in line with a Supreme Court directive. A day after registering an FIR, CBI officials conducted the raids at eight premises belonging to Yeddyurappa, his sons B Y Raghavendra, a Lok Sabha member, and B Y Vijayendra as well as son-in-law Sohan Kumar in Bangalore and Shimoga district."
May 21, 2012 Smiling Raja walks out of Tihar Jail: "DMK MP and former communications minister A. Raja’s release from jail after over 15 months was quite an extraordinary event for his supporters"
May 21, 2012 Industrialist behind bars in case against Jagan: "High flying Andhra Pradesh industrialist Nimmagadda Prasad has been arrested for alleged benefits received during the rule of late chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy in return for the massive investments he made in his son's businesses.", "Nimmagadda Prasad, 51 and son of an army officer, had allegedly invested Rs.504 crore in the companies of the MP from Kadapa."
May 21, 2012 B'lore: CBI raids Yeddyurappa's residence: "This comes hours after the CBI registered an FIR naming Yeddyurappa and his 2 sons in a mining case."
May 21, 2012 Amid raids, Yeddyurappa seeks anticipatory bail: "With raids on at the residences of former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa and his kin in Bangalore and Shimoga, Yeddyurappa has filed anticipatory bails for himself and on behalf of his two sons and son-in-law."
May 21, 2012 Forestry scam: PMO asks MoEF for plan of action
May 21, 2012 India probes Dalit leader Mayawati's palm tree imports: "reports suggest that each tree cost up to $460 (£290) and additional expenditure was incurred in transporting and planting them. Some accounts suggest as much as $10m may been spent on the trees."
May 20, 2012 BBC: Ex-Karnataka chief minister Yeddyurappa raided: "Mr Yeddyurappa is accused of showing "undue favours" to some companies involved in illegal mining and other alleged financial irregularities."
May 20, 2012 India's soap opera on corruption: "Raja walked free from jail on bail, after the judge ruled against the slow progress of the trial and the fact that almost all the other accused had been released thus making it pointless to detain Raja."
May 20, 2012 K'taka officer pays with life for exposing land scam: "The Karnataka Administrative Officer was attacked with iron rods by some unidentified persons on Tuesday."
May 19, 2012 As Air India struggled for cash and occupancy, its employees milked it dry: "a flight purser who was dismissed from service after he was apprehended with 372 mini-liquor bottles by customs at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport. Similarly, a catering officer was found with Rs. 20,200 worth of caviar tins that were missing from a special charter flight."
May 18, 2012 CBI gets nod to attach Jagan property: "Andhra Pradesh government on Friday evening issued government orders allowing the CBI to prohibit sale, pledge and transfer of ownership of properties belonging to Jagan and his associates."
May 17, 2012 Ramalinga Raju too routed funds via industrialist Nimmagadda Prasad into Jagan’s firm: "Satyam's Ramalinga Raju had invested Rs 20 crore in Jagati publications belonging to Jaganmohan Reddy through industrialist Nimmagadda Prasad. Raju made this investment through Maytas Infra -- as a quid pro quo for the YSR regime having allotted a Rs 121-crore road-widening project in Kadapa district to the infrastructure company on a nomination basis."
May 15, 2012 UP may set up commission to probe Maya scams
May 15, 2012 World Bank gives evidence of corruption in highway projects: "The Bank's report has an annexure of "collateral" evidence showing how contractors produced fake invoices and certificates to get advance from National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)."
May 15, 2012 India Court Grants Bail to Former Telecom Minister
May 15, 2012 India state to probe corruption in low-caste parks: "money was misappropriated when buildings and walls were constructed, destroyed and then rebuilt repeatedly in the parks. Palm and date trees were planted only to be uprooted and thrown away. Many contract prices were inflated"
May 15, 2012 Ex-Indian Minister Receives Bail in Corruption Case: "The scandal is believed to have cost the Indian government up to $40 billion in lost revenue."
May 15, 2012 CBI arrests two in Jagan corruption case: "The CBI today arrested former special secretary to Andhra Pradesh government KV Bramhananda Reddy and chairman of MAA TV Nimmagadda Prasad in connection with an alleged corruption case involving Kadapa MP YS Jaganmohan Reddy."
May 15, 2012 CAG report on Antrix deal in LS: "The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has come down heavily on the Department of Space, particularly on its former Secretary G Madhavan Nair, in the controversial Antrix-Devas deal alleging numerous rules and policies were violated and facts concealed to favour a private company. "The Antrix-Devas deal is a classic instance of failure of the governance structure in which selected individuals, some serving and some retired public servants, were able to successfully propel the agenda of a private entity by arrogating unto themselves, powers which they were not legitimately authorised to exercise," the CAG report said."
May 15, 2012 Rampant illegal mining in Tamil Nadu: "It's a shocking admission on camera by a cop. After a gang of sand mafia brutally attacked and also tried to bury a government employee, the ASP of Thirupattur has accepted that illegal sand mining is rampant in Tamil Nadu. But the question here is whether this admission is enough or will the government finally act against those involved in such illegal activities."
May 15, 2012 More trouble for Yeddyurappa: "CBI has filed an FIR against former Karnataka CM BS Yeddyurappa. This came just days after the SC's nod to CBI investigation against Yeddy in cases of alleged kickbacks received by the former CM's family from illegal mining in the state."
May 15, 2012 Did Mayawati allow open loot?: "Major trouble is brewing for former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati. After Akhilesh Yadav gave the nod to probe financial irregularities in the massive sums of money allegedly siphoned off to build Mayawati's dream project, the Uttar Pradesh police have started probing a complaint into alleged siphoning of funds in construction and installation of elephant statues."
May 15, 2012 A Raja, the last accused in 2G scam to get bail: "Former telecom minister A Raja got bail on Tuesday after spending 15 months in Tihar Jail."
May 15, 2012 Antrix-Devas deal: CAG flays Department of Space: "The report says Department of Space in its eagerness concealed facts from the Cabinet and violated rules."
May 15, 2012 Financial fraud in Mayawati's elephants statues could be Rs 40,000 crore: UP CM: "Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday claimed that an alleged financial fraud to the tune of Rs 40,000 crore could emerge in installation of statues of elephants and also stone memorials by the previous Mayawati government in the state."
May 15, 2012 A Raja walks out of Tihar jail, Karunanidhi 'happy': "Over 15 months after his arrest, former telecom minister A Raja walked out of Tihar jail on Tuesday evening."
May 15, 2012 Scam suspected in installation of elephant statutes in Mayawati's dalit memorials: "After NRHM, Noida land, toilet and canal scams during the previous Mayawati regime, now financial irregularities have been found in making and installation of elephant statutes in dalit memorials."
May 14, 2012 'I-T raids' on Chiranjeevi make Yeddyurappa change mind: "people of Karnataka would punish BJP for "lack of governance""
May 13, 2012 23 tax tribunal members under CBI scanner for ‘fixing’ verdicts: "Jugal Kishore, an ITAT member from Kolkata, for allegedly receiving a bribe from the bosses of S K Tulsiyan and Co., for delivering “pre-decided’’ judgments. The CBI recovered Rs 28 lakh from Kishore’s residence."
May 12, 2012 More Enrons in sight in India?: "Casting aside the need for transparency and competition, the politicians and civil servants of both coal and environment ministries made hay while the sun was shining and merrily allotted around 200 coal blocks without auctions. Soon, the coal-power bubble will burst. A Coalgate and a multitude of Enrons will unfold, followed by unmanageable NPAs with the banks. After all, the people of India are always there to bear the burden of the sins of their political leaders "
May 12, 2012 Delhi HC sniffs scam in farm ministry, orders FIR: "The court said there was evidence to suggest a nexus between the counsel and ministry officials to cause loss to “public exchequer” through “fraud” and “misappropriation of funds”."
May 11, 2012 2G scam: CBI opposes Raja bail, cites fresh bribe allegation: "This accused (Raja) and other public servants are also involved in another tranche of Rs 200 crore which they have received as bribe and this was not known earlier and has come up during the investigation", "Agency says Rs 200-cr fresh bribe claim under probe"
May 11, 2012 Adarsh Scam: Army rebuts Adarsh Panel's report: "The Army says that the state government-appointed judicial commission's report was factually wrong."
May 11, 2012 Blow to Yeddy, SC orders CBI probe in 3 cases: "The apex court observed that prima facie there was proof against the former Karnataka chief minister in the cases."
May 11, 2012 Aircel-Maxis deal: 'Chidambaram violated House rules': "P Chidambaram read a statement by his son on the Aircel-Maxis deal in Parliament on Thursday, which the Opposition said was a violation of House rules."
May 10, 2012 Aircel-Maxis deal: P Chidambaram rebuts charges against son Karti as BJP screams scam: "senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha alleged a "big scam" and said Karti picked up a 5% stake in Maxis, a Malaysian company, ahead of a controversial takeover by Indian telecom firm Aircel."
May 10, 2012 BBC: India official Pradeep Shukla quizzed in health scandal: "A former top civil servant in India's Uttar Pradesh state has been detained for questioning in connection with an estimated $2bn rural health scandal.", "Former state health minister Babu Singh Kushwaha is also in jail for his alleged role in the scandal."
May 10, 2012 Is the CBI probe on Jagan a political tactic?: "A Hyderabad court will on Thursday hear the Sakshi TV's appeal against freezing of its accounts."
May 10, 2012 NRHM Scam: CBI grills, arrests ex-health secretary: "Former Principal Secretary of health Pradeep Shukla has been named in four out of 12 FIRs in the scam."
May 10, 2012 NRHM scam: Pradeep arrested: "Senior IAS officer Pradeep Shukla was today detained in Lucknow and questioned by the CBI in connection with the multi-crore National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scam."
May 10, 2012 BJP + Swamy vs Chidambaram: "Opposition on Thursday (May 10) targeted P Chidambaram in the Lok Sabha over the Aircel-Maxis deal, dubbing it as a "big scam" allegedly involving his son", "Chidambaram quoted from a statement of his son Karthi, hours after a BJP leader had accused him of having 5 per cent stake in either of the companies."
May 10, 2012 NRHM scam: CBI arrests senior IAS officer Pradeep Shukla: "The arrest came after the CBI was pulled up by Allahabad high court for not touching big names in the FIR lodged in connection with the NRHM scam."
May 9, 2012 25% of Central schemes named after Rajiv Gandhi: "At least 25% of Central schemes are named after late PM Rajiv Gandhi."
May 9, 2012 1996 Housing scam:"No way out" for 98-yr-old ex-Union minister: "Observing that "there is no way out" for 98-year-old former Union minister Shiela Kaul, facing prosecution in a 1996 government accommodation allotment scam", "Kaul, the erstwhile Union urban development minister in Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao's cabinet, is accused of conspiring with her then additional private secretary Rajan Lala and private assistant R K Sharma for making out-of-turn allotment of government accommodation for making pecuniary gains from alottees between 1992 and 1995."
May 9, 2012 Jagan Reddy's arrest imminent?: "the CBI inquiry against Kadapa MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, prime accused in the disproportionate assets (DA) case."
May 9, 2012 Drugs scam: Pharmaceutical companies wrote letters signed by doctors?: "The House panel found that several scientific recommendations submitted to the CDSCO to push a drug were actually written by invisible hands of drug companies themselves and experts merely obliged by putting their signatures."
May 9, 2012 Long View: India’s Very First Corruption Scandal
May 9, 2012 The politics of corruption in India: public goods for private gain: "The alleged beneficiaries include some 100 private companies,"
May 9, 2012 India Court Grants Bail to Former Telecom Secretary: "Investigators charged Mr. Behura with conspiracy, cheating, criminal misconduct and abusing an official position, in what was one of India's biggest corruption cases. "
May 8, 2012 Farmers protest scams in Greater Noida: "demanded investigations primarily into allegations of corruption in land allotments in Noida Extension and the horticulture scam in the Greater Noida Authority."
May 8, 2012 Is Kalki the only hope?: "Schweizer Illustrierte, a popular Swiss magazine, unrelated to politics in India, had reported in 1991 that Rajiv Gandhi had $2.5 billion in secret Swiss bank accounts."
May 8, 2012 Fears of a Rs.200 crore seed scam in UP: "these officers looted all the money by showing fictitious names of beneficiaries on paper. They also mentioned agricultural land that never existed. "Further, more than two lakh quintal of seeds of wheat, which were supposed to be given to the farmers free of cost, were sold to black marketers. This loot continued for about eight years."
May 8, 2012 Telenor shuns India after troubles hit profits: "State-controlled Telenor posted a quarterly net loss of 390 million crown including minority interests after writing off the remaining 3.9 billion crown ($672.45 million) value of its Indian unit Uninor."
May 8, 2012 CBI intensifies probe on Tatra deal: "The CBI has intensified its probe to unearth alleged irregularities in procurement and supply of all-terrain Tatra trucks to the army and has called some former defence ministry officials and executives of a private firm involved in the deal for questioning."
May 8, 2012 UP ex-CMO held for two murders: "The CBI, late on Sunday night, finally arrested former Lucknow CMO A.K. Shukla in connection with the murder cases of his predecessors — Dr Vinod Arya and Dr B.P. Singh — both of whom were shot dead while on morning walk.", "Dr Shukla, who had high connections in the Mayawati government, was earlier arrested by the CBI last year in connection with the NRHM scam, but was granted bail by the Allahabad high court."
May 7, 2012 Maneka, Azad spur over alleged scams in medical college licences: "Maneka Gandhi having heated exchanges with Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad alleging massive corruption in granting licences to medical colleges"
May 7, 2012 UP health scam: CBI arrests former Lucknow CMO: "Former Lucknow Chief Medical Officer AK Shukla is a prime suspect in the 2010 murder of two CMOs in jail."
May 7, 2012 CBI arrests former Lucknow CMO AK Shukla: "The CBI has arrested former Lucknow Chief Medical Officer (CMO) AK Shukla in connection with the murder case of his predecessor Vinod K Arya"
May 7, 2012 One more chargesheet filed against Jaganmohan Reddy: "Ramky had invested Rs 10 crore in Jagati Publications as a quid pro quo for the benefits it secured from the then government headed by Jagan's father Y S Rajasekhara Reddy. "
May 5, 2012 Fearing jail, Lalu the father in hurry: "What's exceptional, however, is the frenetic manner in which he has gone about getting three of his daughters married in the last few months at his sprawling Tughlaq Road residence."
May 5, 2012 After Eleven Years, It Stings To Say This... : "All of them told us that no defence deal could be clinched without wine, women and cash.", "To hide my nervousness, I asked whether he wanted the remaining cash in Indian currency or in US dollars. He asked for dollar bills."
May 5, 2012 Jail, fines for 34 in fodder scam: "Among those awarded the maximum punishment — rigorous imprisonment of six years and a fine of Rs 3 lakh — K.N. Jha, the regional director of the animal husbandry department. The court handed the same sentence to one other government official, K.M. Prasad, who was an assistant director in the same department."
May 5, 2012 Question on special favour to Quattrocchi
May 4, 2012 Road Building Still Tarred With Corruption: "the Central Bureau of Investigation, on Thursday received permission from a local court to subject Virendra Mhaiskar, chairman IRB Infrastructure Ltd. – one of India’s largest road-building firms – to a lie-detector test in connection with the murder of an anti-corruption activist in 2010."
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