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Feb 28, 2012 Adarsh housing scam: Bombay HC slams ED, CBI, warns of forming SIT: ""It is unfortunate that ED has remained a mute spectator. There is a serious lapse on the agency's part for not probing into money laundering offence. ED has not moved an inch. It reflects a sorry state of affairs,""
Feb 28, 2012 'Prisoner on Transit' warrant against Janardhana Reddy: "A Karnataka court has issued 'Prisoner on Transit' warrant against mining baron G Janardhan Reddy, an accused in the Obulapuram Mining Company mining scam, to produce him before a special CBI court by March 2, in connection with another "illegal" mining case registered against him in that state"
Feb 28, 2012 Pulses scam: Babus unable to explain Rs 1,200cr loss: "Instead of the government distributing low-cost imported pulses, private firms were given the imported consignments through questionable tenders."
Feb 27, 2012 Prosecute Mayawati for land scam: Nishank: "the Chief Minister should be prosecuted for her alleged role in land scams and financial irregularities during the last five years."
Feb 26, 2012 Corrupt In India Are United, Judiciary Alone Can’t Fight Them: Judge: "on sanction to prosecute corrupt public servants, Justice Ganguly had recommended Parliament legislate a fixed time-frame to accord prosecution sanction."
Feb 26, 2012 Corruption in UP is Unparalleled: SP: ""there was no parallel anywhere to scams like NHRM and MNREGA.""
Feb 26, 2012 corruption in India
Feb 26, 2012 Baba Ramdev exposing Congress and Gandhi family Corruption on India TV 21-Feb-2012 : "बाबा रामदेव इंडिया TV से बात करते हुए बताते है की गाँधी परिवार लुटेरा परिवार है वह कहते है की इस परिवार का इतिहास रहा है देश को लूटने का। वो कहते है की की जब देश की सम्पतियो का रास्ट्रीयकरण किया गया तो उस समय सैकरो, हजारो ट्रको में जो सोना चांदी राजाओ के यहाँ से आया वो कहा गायब हो गया?"
Feb 26, 2012 Conmen posing as CBI sleuths duped politician in Adarsh scam: "who not only duped film personalities and policemen charged in the fake encounter case of Sohrabuddin Shaikh, but had also conned a politician involved in the Adarsh Housing Society scam."
Feb 26, 2012 BREAKINGVIEWS - India's 2G ruling may stir hornets' nest: "India's judiciary is making its presence felt in the fight against corruption and crony capitalism."
Feb 26, 2012 Bahrain's Batelco sells India venture after telecom scandal: "Bahrain Telecommunications Co BTEL.BH is selling its 43 percent stake in Indian affiliate S Tel for $175 million, the first exit by a foreign operator since an Indian court cancelled 122 telecoms licences last week amid a corruption probe."
Feb 26, 2012 RTI activist shot dead in Maharashtra: "he had been receiving threats for uncovering construction scams in Maharashtra."
Feb 25, 2012 CBI conducts raids on former top BSNL officials: "The CBI on Saturday raided the premises of former BSNL chairman, three top officials and a private firm, considered close to former Telecom Minister A Raja, in connection with the Rs 535 crore scam in the awarding of contracts to WiMax services."
Feb 25, 2012 BJP demands probe into Rs 100-crore MSSIDC coal scam: "The Corporation controlled by the Industries department, is entitled to a coal quota of 80,000 tonnes per month for supply to small units like brick kilns, dal mills and small steel units. But there have been complaints of the quota being misused and coal being lifted in names of non-existent and bogus units to be sold at a premium in the market"
Feb 25, 2012 NRHM scam: CBI conducts fresh raids in UP: "Earlier, four fresh cases were registered by the CBI on Friday in NRHM scam."
Feb 25, 2012 CBI raids in Tamil Nadu over BSNL-WiMax deal: "former telecom minister A Raja has not been named an accused in the new FIR."
Feb 25, 2012 FIR filed against Yeddyurappa over land allotment scam: "The Lokayukta police today filed an FIR against former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa in connection with an alleged case of cheating in a land allotment scam."
Feb 24, 2012 AP liquor scam: Ministers hand-in-gloves with mafia: "Nearly 23 FIRs have been registered and 10 excise officials suspended till now in connection with the case."
Feb 24, 2012 2G scam: CBI probe sought into Chidambaram's role: "CBI probe into home minister P Chidambaram's role in fixing the 2G spectrum prices along with then telecom minister A Raja."
Feb 24, 2012 NRHM scam: CBI registers four new cases, carries out searches: "The enquiry carried out so far has indicated that the drugs/equipments supplied by these firms were at exorbitant rates and even of sub-standard quality"
Feb 24, 2012 2 Foreign Telecom Companies Close Shop in India: "the Supreme Court revoked the licenses, citing alleged fraud and irregularities in awarding them. It has been billed as India’s biggest corruption scandal, costing the government $39 billion."
Feb 23, 2012 Ms Jayanthi Natarajan, is this the way to protect whistleblowers?: "The whistleblower is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the Haryana cadre, Sanjiv Chaturvedi. He has allegedly been harassed for blowing the lid off several scams in Haryana."
Feb 23, 2012 NCP in Rs12,000-cr scams: BJP: "alleged that the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) had misappropriated more than Rs 12,165.62 crore in Pimpri-Chinchwad over the last five years."
Feb 23, 2012 Congress clever in committing scams: Akhilesh Yadav
Feb 23, 2012 A bloody scam in the heart of India: "that's pretty much how most scams appear and then disappear from public memory till a new one catches attention."
Feb 23, 2012 Daily Mail: WHIPLASH: When fact inches closer to fiction: "As most scams go this one too had money meant for the poor plundered by politicians, bureaucrats and middlemen."
Feb 23, 2012 UAE's Etisalat sues Indian JV partners for fraud: "alleging fraud in an attempt to recover some of the losses arising from its scandal-hit investment in the country."
Feb 23, 2012 Kripashankar, the man linked to every major scandal in India: "he is believed to be close to Ahmed Patel, AICC president Sonia Gandhi’s eyes and ears, a connection he never hesitated to flaunt aggressively."
Feb 23, 2012 Lokayukta court summons Yeddyurappa, his family members: "in an illegal land denotification case."
Feb 23, 2012 Smart card scam puts Omar's Govt on the backfoot: "The J-K State Accountability Commission (SAC) on Wednesday (February 22) directed state Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather to appear before the anti-graft body on March 6 in connection with alleged irregularities in grant of contract for preparation of smart cards"
Feb 22, 2012 $5m swindled by phoney callers from India, says US trade body
Feb 21, 2012 FTC goes after phantom-debt collectors: "Thaker allegedly worked with telephone callers in India who called consumers using lies and threats to persuade them to pay debts that were not owed or that he was not authorized to collect."
Feb 21, 2012 Speed governor scam: Lives at risk: "fake speed governors are now being installed in commercial vehicles. The criminal intent on part of the State Transport Authority officials and the transporters is obvious as this is being done deliberately"
Feb 21, 2012 SC declines interim bail to senior woman IAS officer: "The Supreme Court today posted to February 27 hearing on the interim bail plea of Andhra Pradesh IAS officer Y Srilakshmi, one of the accused in the Obulapuram Mining Company case involving Karnataka's Reddy brothers."
Feb 20, 2012 Scribe, family murdered in MP: "A journalist, his wife and two children were found allegedly murdered in their house on Saturday evening (February 18) in Umaria, Madhya Pradesh"
Feb 19, 2012 Ramjas admission scam: Principal named in chargesheet: "Ramjas admission scam mastermind Naresh Tau has told the police that he gave Rs 80,000 and a bottle of scotch to college principal Rajendra Prasad."
Feb 18, 2012 UP health scam: Accountant smothered to death, says autopsy: "NRHM scam in the state turned murkier as he became the fifth victim in the last one year after the alleged bungling of over Rs.10,000 crore of central funds surfaced."
Feb 18, 2012 Laloo, Mishra appear in CBI court: "Two former Bihar Chief ministers Laloo Prasad Yadav and Jagannath Mishra along with a former Animal Husbandry Ministry, an MLA and two fodder suppliers appeared before a special CBI Court of PK Singh on Tuesday and their statements were recorded in the fodder scam case"
Feb 18, 2012 5th death in NRHM scam?: "The NRHM scam in Uttar Pradesh has turned murkier with another health official found murdered at his home, the fifth victim in the last one year after the alleged bungling of over Rs.10,000 crore of central funds surfaced."
Feb 18, 2012 UP health scam: 5th official found dead, family cries murder: "in a scandal involving the misuse of Rs 10,000 crore of central funds. "
Feb 18, 2012 UP: Public health centre clerk found dead: "The family of the clerk, who was missing since Feb 7, alleged that he was under pressure from the CMO to sign files."
Feb 16, 2012 Public health centre accountant found dead in UP: "Family members of the accountant have accused health department officials of harassing Sharma."
Feb 16, 2012 2G scam: Anil Ambani attended Reliance meeting for investing in Swan: Witness: "in which the board had "noted" that investment of Rs 992 crore in Swan Telecom Pvt Ltd was a "long-term strategic investment""
Feb 14, 2012 Laloo Yadav to appear in Fodder scam case: "Two former chief ministers and accused in the Rs 950 crore fodder scam case"
Feb 14, 2012 Lalu and Mishra appear in CBI court on fodder scam case: "Two former Bihar chief ministers Lalu Prasad and Jagannath Mishra appeared in a CBI court in Ranchi Tuesday to record their statements in a case related to the multi-million rupee fodder scam in which funds meant for buying cattle feed were embezzled in undivided Bihar."
Feb 14, 2012 Fodder scam: Lalu pleads not guilty, calls it political conspiracy: "Former chief minister of Bihar Lalu Prasad Yadav on Tuesday claimed that all the allegations leveled against him in the Rs 900-crore fodder scam were biased and the CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) had acted against him under political pressure to ruin his career.", "The other main accused in the case are Lok Sabha MP from Jahanbad in Bihar, Jagdish Sharma, former IAS officers Julius Beck, Mahendra Prasad and Phul Chandra Singh and animal husbandry (AHD) officers KM Prasad and SN Sharma."
Feb 14, 2012 Sex scam damns Andhra Pradesh IAS: "After the EMAAR scam and the illegal assets case of Jagan Mohan Reddy, it is now the turn of a sex scandal to plague the bureaucracy in Andhra Pradesh"
Feb 11, 2012 The Eyes Have It, The Eyes Have It: "After land and mining scams, the BJP’s gateway to the south chews on Porngate"
Feb 10, 2012 Emaar-MGF chargesheet spells trouble for Jagan?: "The chargesheet accessed by CNN-IBN says Emaar-MGF had misappropriated funds in excess of Rs 100 crore in the deal."
Feb 10, 2012 Goa polls: Politicians conspiring with land sharks?: "An income tax investigation has exposed how politicians are conspiring with real estate and land sharks."
Feb 9, 2012 The rise and fall of the mighty Marans: "yet he appeared to be lost in thoughts. Perhaps the foreshadow of the Rs 550 crore ED slap and a possible CBI-chargesheet preoccupied him."
Feb 9, 2012 2G, CWG: Bail hasn’t made life easier for Kalmadi, Kanimozhi: "Life in fast-track courts is no bed of roses for our alleged scamsters"
Feb 9, 2012 MINING NEXUS - Face-saver axe on 2 police officers amid well-entrenched coal smuggling racket in Bokaro: "A well-established nexus between coal smugglers, Maoists and a section of police has ensured illegal mining is a thriving trade in the coal belt"
Feb 9, 2012 MNREGA scam: 65-year-old RTI activist attacked: "Dudhram had complained to the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) about the allocation of Rs 4 crore for clearing sand."
Feb 6, 2012 Express exclusive: I had to virtually gatecrash to meet panel head, says Nair: "Former ISRO chairman G Madhavan Nair today said he had had to “virtually gatecrash” to meet the head of one of the committees that was looking into the controversial ISRO-Devas deal"
Feb 5, 2012 Nair, 3 scientists behind S-band deal: ISRO report: "The probe report said that choosing Devas for the deal 'seems to be lacking in transparency and due diligence'."
Feb 5, 2012 Pune: Suresh Kalmadi given a hero's welcome: "The Congress has officially stated that the sacked CWG chief will not campaign for the Pune Municipal Polls."
Feb 5, 2012 Sinha report severely indicts Nair: "Just ten days ago as former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chief Madhavan Nair and his other colleagues were barred by the Government -- for their alleged involvement in the Antrix-Devas scam."
Feb 5, 2012 Probe Devas operations since inception, says HLT: "The Pratyush Sinha-chaired High Level Team (HLT) has not just indicted former ISRO chief G Madhavan Nair and three other space scientists, but has recommended investigation into the functioning and operations of Devas since its inception."
Feb 5, 2012 ISRO scientist enjoyed Devas hospitality in US: HLT: "Former Scientific Secretary at ISRO, A Bhaskaranarayana enjoyed the hospitality of Devas during one of his trips to the US, according to the five-member high level team chaired by Pratyush Sinha, which examined the controversial Antrix-Devas deal and identified acts of omission and commission by government officials."
Feb 4, 2012 The Vancouver Sun: Video: Indians Incensed at Rampant Corruption: "The Indian government is in the throes of the biggest corruption scandal India has ever witnessed, a multi-billion dollar telecommunications scam."
Feb 4, 2012 BSY, sons summoned in land case: "The Special Lokayukta Court on Saturday issued summons to former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, his sons B Y Vijayendra and B Y Raghavendra, son-in-law R N Sohan Kumar and former minister S N Krishnaiah Setty for their alleged role in an illegal denotification of land case."
Feb 4, 2012 National Interest: One Raja in jail, all of UPA in handcuffs: "The 2G scandal has seen the UPA government in blundering retreat from one indefensible position to another, much in the fashion of our army against the Chinese in 1962."
Feb 4, 2012 NICL scam: CBI files charges against Reliance Industries Limited, 4 retired insurance firm employees: "NICL issued two Special Contingency Policies (SCPs) from its Kalyan office. CVC said officials of NICL's regional office in Mumbai and Kalyan branch committed "serious illegalities in connivance with officials of telecom provider which resulted into a wrongful loss of Rs 273.12 crore.""
Feb 2, 2012 The Globe and Mail: Canadian accused of bribing cabinet minister in India: "Authorities allege that Mr. Karigar described to others how he funnelled a $250,000 bribe to Praful Patel, India’s Minister of Heavy Industries and a former minister of aviation. The case against Mr. Karigar has ensnared another household name in India – Hasan Gafoor, a former Mumbai police commissioner who oversaw the force during the terrorist attacks on his city in 2008. Mr. Gafoor conspired with Mr. Karigar to rig a contract worth $100-million (U.S.), the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said."
Feb 2, 2012 2G scam: Supreme Court details how Raja ignored all to help cronies: "The SC order said quite clearly that then telecom minister A Raja "wanted to favour some companies at the cost of the public exchequer" and lists seven steps he took to ensure this happened."
Feb 2, 2012 2G verdict: Future tense for users, telcos, govt, India image: "Two back-to-back SC judgments - one favoring a corporate (Vodafone) and this one hitting the corporate sector (121 licenses cancelled) - reflect low governance. In both cases, the government has been shown up as acting arbitrarily and outside the law."
Feb 1, 2012 Raja’s jail anniversary: After year in Tihar, ‘cool’ facade withers: "He continues to smile and pretend everything’s normal"
Feb 1, 2012 2G: Sonia will be targeted next, says Swamy: "Subramanian Swamy alleged that Sonia Gandhi took 60 per cent of the total money in the 2G scam."
Jan 31, 2012 Trail of Goa kickbacks could lead to Dubai: "Over Rs 26.5 crore channelised through Suryanarayana were kickbacks paid to Congress Minister Atanasio Monserrate"
Jan 30, 2012 Goa minister Monserrate got Rs 26.5 crore payoffs for land conversion: "Investigations into tax evasion by a former government official has unravelled that a minister in the Cabinet of Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat received huge payoffs from a complex nexus of land sharks who set up a web of fictitious transactions to give their kickbacks."
Jan 29, 2012 Illegal mining: CBI officials to visit Mauritius in February: "Janardhana and Srinivasa entered into a criminal conspiracy with Rajagopal and late R Linga Reddy, the then Assistant Director (Mines and Geology in Anantapur district), Y Srilakshmi and others and got mining leases allotted to OMC Limited and indulged in illegal mining activities amounting to lakhs of tonnes iron ore."
Jan 28, 2012 Ekka assets worth Rs 16cr: "Among Ekka’s assets traced by the CBI were a dairy farm valued at Rs 1.21 crore at Irba under Ormanjhi police station in Ranchi, a house valued at Rs 1.80 crore near Birsa Munda Airport under Doranda police station and three tea gardens valued at Rs 1.74 crore in Jalpaiguri (Bengal) and a company, Motorist Inn Pvt Ltd worth Rs 1.63 crore, also in Jalpaiguri in the name of his wife Menon Ekka."
Jan 24, 2012 Ex-ISRO chief G Madhavan Nair barred from govt jobs: "Taking action in the controversial Antrix-Devas deal, government has barred former ISRO chief G Madhavan Nair and three other eminent space scientists from holding any government jobs."
Jan 24, 2012 Rs.200 crore invested by Koda in Sweden traced, court told: "A Rs.200 crore investment of jailed former chief minister Madhu Koda and his associates in Sweden has been located, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) told the Jharkhand High Court Tuesday."
Jan 22, 2012 ED tracking Unitech '$51 million trail' to Mauritius: "This money (amounting to Rs 240 crore) was used for purchase of derivative which later had zero value."
Jan 22, 2012 Suresh Kalmadi to be suspended?: "The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) Ethics Committee has suspended and served a show cause notice to Suresh Kalmadi and Lalit Bhanot."
Jan 21, 2012 UP NRHM scam: CAG report reveals shocking details: "In the 6-year period from 2005 to 2011, purchases were made in violation of CVC norms and guidelines set by the SC."
Jan 21, 2012 Scam-tainted Kalmadi offered Ind Olympic Asso Prez post!: "Scam tainted Common Wealth Organizing Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi was released on bail from Tihar Jail after spending close to 10 months in confinement. But it looks like the matter has not caused any dent to his image after it was reported that he has been offered the post of President, Indian Olympic Association (IOA)."
Jan 21, 2012 The Wall Street Journal: Delhi Journal: The Expat Experience: "Foreign tourists seem to know Delhi primarily as India’s scam capital."
Jan 21, 2012 Reuters: Unravelling India, Part 2: Corruption: "Corruption finds its way into pretty much every nook and cranny of public life. There’s high-level corruption, such as the telecoms scam that cost the government an estimated $39 billion in revenue when mobile licences were awarded to companies too cheaply"
Jan 21, 2012 Top 10 facts about Kalmadi's Commonwealth Games scandal: "The Games spawned a maze of corrupt deals, most of them involving inflated contracts."
Jan 21, 2012 CNN: India grants bail to Commonwealth Games' chief: "Kalmadi, 68, is also a lawmaker in the Indian parliament, where he represents the ruling Congress party."
Jan 21, 2012 Fake admission racket busted in Bihar?: "A massive face admission scam could be brewing in Bihar. A report reveals that students of primary and secondary schools have been admitted simultaneously to two institutions all to swindle money allocated for government schemes."
Jan 21, 2012 AM Films owner to reveal all?: "CBI will soon file a charge sheet in the Queen's Baton relay case related to the Commonwealth Games scam as a key London-based suspect has recorded his statement before the British authorities."
Jan 21, 2012 20 sentenced in fodder scam case
Jan 21, 2012 10 lakh bogus job cards under MNREGA in Karnataka
Jan 21, 2012 Bihar CM's education scheme turns into a scam: "The alleged scam has severely hit the image of a resurgent Bihar under Nitish Kumar.", "Over 3,36,000 ghost enrolments"
Jan 21, 2012 Kalmadi inflated CWG contracts: AM Films owner: "Ashish Patel's statement is crucial for the CBI to prove its case in the Queen's Baton Relay scam."
Jan 21, 2012 Bihar: Enrolment scam haunts Nitish Kumar: "The scam, running into crores, has shown that 1/3 of the students in Bihar do not even exist."
Jan 21, 2012 CAG confirms NRHM fund misuse: "The CAG probing the NRHM scam in Uttar Pradesh has found anomalies in spending of around Rs 5,000 crore under the scheme in about two dozen districts of the state"
Jan 21, 2012 UP's wealth plundered for 22 yrs: Rahul: "thousands of crores of rupees which came to UP for MNREGA project, waiver of farmers loan and special package for Bundelkhand region have been embezzled by those in power."
Jan 21, 2012 NRHM scam: Anomalies in spending of Rs 5,000 cr: "The state health department failed to give proper details of spendings worth around Rs 5,000 crore of the Rs 8,657 crore given to the state"
Jan 20, 2012 41 accused gets imprisonment in fodder scam case: "A maximum of seven years and a minimum of 4 years imprisonment were awarded to the convicted persons."
Jan 20, 2012 Illegal mining: Court allows probe of Krishna, Kumaraswamy's role: "In a jolt to External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna and a major embarrassment to the Congress, the Karnataka High Court Friday allowed probe into charges that he had illegally de-reserved large forest areas for mining when he was chief minister"
Jan 20, 2012 Should Kalmadi remain the President of IOA?: "Suresh Kalmadi, accused in the CWG scam, walked out of Tihar jail on bail after nine months."
Jan 20, 2012 Why can't IOA move a resolution for sacking Kalmadi?: "Are Kalmadi's henchmen ensuring his survival in IOA?"
Jan 20, 2012 Suresh Kalmadi in no mood to quit as IOA president: "Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president Suresh Kalmadi, who was freed on bail on Thursday after nine months in jail, is in no mood either to resign"
Jan 16, 2012 कांग्रेस दिल्ली लूट रही है तो मायावती लखनऊ: गडकरी
Jan 16, 2012 SC declines interim bail to senior woman IAS officer: "The Supreme Court today declined to grant interim bail to Andhra Pradesh IAS officer Y Srilakshmi, one of the accused in the Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) case involving Karnataka's Reddy brothers"
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Feb 28, 2012 Adarsh housing scam: Bombay HC slams ED, CBI, warns of forming SIT: ""It is unfortunate that ED has remained a mute spectator. There is a serious lapse on the agency's part for not probing into money laundering offence. ED has not moved an inch. It reflects a sorry state of affairs,""
Feb 28, 2012 'Prisoner on Transit' warrant against Janardhana Reddy: "A Karnataka court has issued 'Prisoner on Transit' warrant against mining baron G Janardhan Reddy, an accused in the Obulapuram Mining Company mining scam, to produce him before a special CBI court by March 2, in connection with another "illegal" mining case registered against him in that state"
Feb 28, 2012 Pulses scam: Babus unable to explain Rs 1,200cr loss: "Instead of the government distributing low-cost imported pulses, private firms were given the imported consignments through questionable tenders."
Feb 27, 2012 Prosecute Mayawati for land scam: Nishank: "the Chief Minister should be prosecuted for her alleged role in land scams and financial irregularities during the last five years."
Feb 26, 2012 Corrupt In India Are United, Judiciary Alone Can’t Fight Them: Judge: "on sanction to prosecute corrupt public servants, Justice Ganguly had recommended Parliament legislate a fixed time-frame to accord prosecution sanction."
Feb 26, 2012 Corruption in UP is Unparalleled: SP: ""there was no parallel anywhere to scams like NHRM and MNREGA.""
Feb 26, 2012 corruption in India
Feb 26, 2012 Baba Ramdev exposing Congress and Gandhi family Corruption on India TV 21-Feb-2012 : "बाबा रामदेव इंडिया TV से बात करते हुए बताते है की गाँधी परिवार लुटेरा परिवार है वह कहते है की इस परिवार का इतिहास रहा है देश को लूटने का। वो कहते है की की जब देश की सम्पतियो का रास्ट्रीयकरण किया गया तो उस समय सैकरो, हजारो ट्रको में जो सोना चांदी राजाओ के यहाँ से आया वो कहा गायब हो गया?"
Feb 26, 2012 Conmen posing as CBI sleuths duped politician in Adarsh scam: "who not only duped film personalities and policemen charged in the fake encounter case of Sohrabuddin Shaikh, but had also conned a politician involved in the Adarsh Housing Society scam."
Feb 26, 2012 BREAKINGVIEWS - India's 2G ruling may stir hornets' nest: "India's judiciary is making its presence felt in the fight against corruption and crony capitalism."
Feb 26, 2012 Bahrain's Batelco sells India venture after telecom scandal: "Bahrain Telecommunications Co BTEL.BH is selling its 43 percent stake in Indian affiliate S Tel for $175 million, the first exit by a foreign operator since an Indian court cancelled 122 telecoms licences last week amid a corruption probe."
Feb 26, 2012 RTI activist shot dead in Maharashtra: "he had been receiving threats for uncovering construction scams in Maharashtra."
Feb 25, 2012 CBI conducts raids on former top BSNL officials: "The CBI on Saturday raided the premises of former BSNL chairman, three top officials and a private firm, considered close to former Telecom Minister A Raja, in connection with the Rs 535 crore scam in the awarding of contracts to WiMax services."
Feb 25, 2012 BJP demands probe into Rs 100-crore MSSIDC coal scam: "The Corporation controlled by the Industries department, is entitled to a coal quota of 80,000 tonnes per month for supply to small units like brick kilns, dal mills and small steel units. But there have been complaints of the quota being misused and coal being lifted in names of non-existent and bogus units to be sold at a premium in the market"
Feb 25, 2012 NRHM scam: CBI conducts fresh raids in UP: "Earlier, four fresh cases were registered by the CBI on Friday in NRHM scam."
Feb 25, 2012 CBI raids in Tamil Nadu over BSNL-WiMax deal: "former telecom minister A Raja has not been named an accused in the new FIR."
Feb 25, 2012 FIR filed against Yeddyurappa over land allotment scam: "The Lokayukta police today filed an FIR against former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa in connection with an alleged case of cheating in a land allotment scam."
Feb 24, 2012 AP liquor scam: Ministers hand-in-gloves with mafia: "Nearly 23 FIRs have been registered and 10 excise officials suspended till now in connection with the case."
Feb 24, 2012 2G scam: CBI probe sought into Chidambaram's role: "CBI probe into home minister P Chidambaram's role in fixing the 2G spectrum prices along with then telecom minister A Raja."
Feb 24, 2012 NRHM scam: CBI registers four new cases, carries out searches: "The enquiry carried out so far has indicated that the drugs/equipments supplied by these firms were at exorbitant rates and even of sub-standard quality"
Feb 24, 2012 2 Foreign Telecom Companies Close Shop in India: "the Supreme Court revoked the licenses, citing alleged fraud and irregularities in awarding them. It has been billed as India’s biggest corruption scandal, costing the government $39 billion."
Feb 23, 2012 Ms Jayanthi Natarajan, is this the way to protect whistleblowers?: "The whistleblower is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the Haryana cadre, Sanjiv Chaturvedi. He has allegedly been harassed for blowing the lid off several scams in Haryana."
Feb 23, 2012 NCP in Rs12,000-cr scams: BJP: "alleged that the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) had misappropriated more than Rs 12,165.62 crore in Pimpri-Chinchwad over the last five years."
Feb 23, 2012 Congress clever in committing scams: Akhilesh Yadav
Feb 23, 2012 A bloody scam in the heart of India: "that's pretty much how most scams appear and then disappear from public memory till a new one catches attention."
Feb 23, 2012 Daily Mail: WHIPLASH: When fact inches closer to fiction: "As most scams go this one too had money meant for the poor plundered by politicians, bureaucrats and middlemen."
Feb 23, 2012 UAE's Etisalat sues Indian JV partners for fraud: "alleging fraud in an attempt to recover some of the losses arising from its scandal-hit investment in the country."
Feb 23, 2012 Kripashankar, the man linked to every major scandal in India: "he is believed to be close to Ahmed Patel, AICC president Sonia Gandhi’s eyes and ears, a connection he never hesitated to flaunt aggressively."
Feb 23, 2012 Lokayukta court summons Yeddyurappa, his family members: "in an illegal land denotification case."
Feb 23, 2012 Smart card scam puts Omar's Govt on the backfoot: "The J-K State Accountability Commission (SAC) on Wednesday (February 22) directed state Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather to appear before the anti-graft body on March 6 in connection with alleged irregularities in grant of contract for preparation of smart cards"
Feb 22, 2012 $5m swindled by phoney callers from India, says US trade body
Feb 21, 2012 FTC goes after phantom-debt collectors: "Thaker allegedly worked with telephone callers in India who called consumers using lies and threats to persuade them to pay debts that were not owed or that he was not authorized to collect."
Feb 21, 2012 Speed governor scam: Lives at risk: "fake speed governors are now being installed in commercial vehicles. The criminal intent on part of the State Transport Authority officials and the transporters is obvious as this is being done deliberately"
Feb 21, 2012 SC declines interim bail to senior woman IAS officer: "The Supreme Court today posted to February 27 hearing on the interim bail plea of Andhra Pradesh IAS officer Y Srilakshmi, one of the accused in the Obulapuram Mining Company case involving Karnataka's Reddy brothers."
Feb 20, 2012 Scribe, family murdered in MP: "A journalist, his wife and two children were found allegedly murdered in their house on Saturday evening (February 18) in Umaria, Madhya Pradesh"
Feb 19, 2012 Ramjas admission scam: Principal named in chargesheet: "Ramjas admission scam mastermind Naresh Tau has told the police that he gave Rs 80,000 and a bottle of scotch to college principal Rajendra Prasad."
Feb 18, 2012 UP health scam: Accountant smothered to death, says autopsy: "NRHM scam in the state turned murkier as he became the fifth victim in the last one year after the alleged bungling of over Rs.10,000 crore of central funds surfaced."
Feb 18, 2012 Laloo, Mishra appear in CBI court: "Two former Bihar Chief ministers Laloo Prasad Yadav and Jagannath Mishra along with a former Animal Husbandry Ministry, an MLA and two fodder suppliers appeared before a special CBI Court of PK Singh on Tuesday and their statements were recorded in the fodder scam case"
Feb 18, 2012 5th death in NRHM scam?: "The NRHM scam in Uttar Pradesh has turned murkier with another health official found murdered at his home, the fifth victim in the last one year after the alleged bungling of over Rs.10,000 crore of central funds surfaced."
Feb 18, 2012 UP health scam: 5th official found dead, family cries murder: "in a scandal involving the misuse of Rs 10,000 crore of central funds. "
Feb 18, 2012 UP: Public health centre clerk found dead: "The family of the clerk, who was missing since Feb 7, alleged that he was under pressure from the CMO to sign files."
Feb 16, 2012 Public health centre accountant found dead in UP: "Family members of the accountant have accused health department officials of harassing Sharma."
Feb 16, 2012 2G scam: Anil Ambani attended Reliance meeting for investing in Swan: Witness: "in which the board had "noted" that investment of Rs 992 crore in Swan Telecom Pvt Ltd was a "long-term strategic investment""
Feb 14, 2012 Laloo Yadav to appear in Fodder scam case: "Two former chief ministers and accused in the Rs 950 crore fodder scam case"
Feb 14, 2012 Lalu and Mishra appear in CBI court on fodder scam case: "Two former Bihar chief ministers Lalu Prasad and Jagannath Mishra appeared in a CBI court in Ranchi Tuesday to record their statements in a case related to the multi-million rupee fodder scam in which funds meant for buying cattle feed were embezzled in undivided Bihar."
Feb 14, 2012 Fodder scam: Lalu pleads not guilty, calls it political conspiracy: "Former chief minister of Bihar Lalu Prasad Yadav on Tuesday claimed that all the allegations leveled against him in the Rs 900-crore fodder scam were biased and the CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) had acted against him under political pressure to ruin his career.", "The other main accused in the case are Lok Sabha MP from Jahanbad in Bihar, Jagdish Sharma, former IAS officers Julius Beck, Mahendra Prasad and Phul Chandra Singh and animal husbandry (AHD) officers KM Prasad and SN Sharma."
Feb 14, 2012 Sex scam damns Andhra Pradesh IAS: "After the EMAAR scam and the illegal assets case of Jagan Mohan Reddy, it is now the turn of a sex scandal to plague the bureaucracy in Andhra Pradesh"
Feb 11, 2012 The Eyes Have It, The Eyes Have It: "After land and mining scams, the BJP’s gateway to the south chews on Porngate"
Feb 10, 2012 Emaar-MGF chargesheet spells trouble for Jagan?: "The chargesheet accessed by CNN-IBN says Emaar-MGF had misappropriated funds in excess of Rs 100 crore in the deal."
Feb 10, 2012 Goa polls: Politicians conspiring with land sharks?: "An income tax investigation has exposed how politicians are conspiring with real estate and land sharks."
Feb 9, 2012 The rise and fall of the mighty Marans: "yet he appeared to be lost in thoughts. Perhaps the foreshadow of the Rs 550 crore ED slap and a possible CBI-chargesheet preoccupied him."
Feb 9, 2012 2G, CWG: Bail hasn’t made life easier for Kalmadi, Kanimozhi: "Life in fast-track courts is no bed of roses for our alleged scamsters"
Feb 9, 2012 MINING NEXUS - Face-saver axe on 2 police officers amid well-entrenched coal smuggling racket in Bokaro: "A well-established nexus between coal smugglers, Maoists and a section of police has ensured illegal mining is a thriving trade in the coal belt"
Feb 9, 2012 MNREGA scam: 65-year-old RTI activist attacked: "Dudhram had complained to the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) about the allocation of Rs 4 crore for clearing sand."
Feb 6, 2012 Express exclusive: I had to virtually gatecrash to meet panel head, says Nair: "Former ISRO chairman G Madhavan Nair today said he had had to “virtually gatecrash” to meet the head of one of the committees that was looking into the controversial ISRO-Devas deal"
Feb 5, 2012 Nair, 3 scientists behind S-band deal: ISRO report: "The probe report said that choosing Devas for the deal 'seems to be lacking in transparency and due diligence'."
Feb 5, 2012 Pune: Suresh Kalmadi given a hero's welcome: "The Congress has officially stated that the sacked CWG chief will not campaign for the Pune Municipal Polls."
Feb 5, 2012 Sinha report severely indicts Nair: "Just ten days ago as former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chief Madhavan Nair and his other colleagues were barred by the Government -- for their alleged involvement in the Antrix-Devas scam."
Feb 5, 2012 Probe Devas operations since inception, says HLT: "The Pratyush Sinha-chaired High Level Team (HLT) has not just indicted former ISRO chief G Madhavan Nair and three other space scientists, but has recommended investigation into the functioning and operations of Devas since its inception."
Feb 5, 2012 ISRO scientist enjoyed Devas hospitality in US: HLT: "Former Scientific Secretary at ISRO, A Bhaskaranarayana enjoyed the hospitality of Devas during one of his trips to the US, according to the five-member high level team chaired by Pratyush Sinha, which examined the controversial Antrix-Devas deal and identified acts of omission and commission by government officials."
Feb 4, 2012 The Vancouver Sun: Video: Indians Incensed at Rampant Corruption: "The Indian government is in the throes of the biggest corruption scandal India has ever witnessed, a multi-billion dollar telecommunications scam."
Feb 4, 2012 BSY, sons summoned in land case: "The Special Lokayukta Court on Saturday issued summons to former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, his sons B Y Vijayendra and B Y Raghavendra, son-in-law R N Sohan Kumar and former minister S N Krishnaiah Setty for their alleged role in an illegal denotification of land case."
Feb 4, 2012 National Interest: One Raja in jail, all of UPA in handcuffs: "The 2G scandal has seen the UPA government in blundering retreat from one indefensible position to another, much in the fashion of our army against the Chinese in 1962."
Feb 4, 2012 NICL scam: CBI files charges against Reliance Industries Limited, 4 retired insurance firm employees: "NICL issued two Special Contingency Policies (SCPs) from its Kalyan office. CVC said officials of NICL's regional office in Mumbai and Kalyan branch committed "serious illegalities in connivance with officials of telecom provider which resulted into a wrongful loss of Rs 273.12 crore.""
Feb 2, 2012 The Globe and Mail: Canadian accused of bribing cabinet minister in India: "Authorities allege that Mr. Karigar described to others how he funnelled a $250,000 bribe to Praful Patel, India’s Minister of Heavy Industries and a former minister of aviation. The case against Mr. Karigar has ensnared another household name in India – Hasan Gafoor, a former Mumbai police commissioner who oversaw the force during the terrorist attacks on his city in 2008. Mr. Gafoor conspired with Mr. Karigar to rig a contract worth $100-million (U.S.), the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said."
Feb 2, 2012 2G scam: Supreme Court details how Raja ignored all to help cronies: "The SC order said quite clearly that then telecom minister A Raja "wanted to favour some companies at the cost of the public exchequer" and lists seven steps he took to ensure this happened."
Feb 2, 2012 2G verdict: Future tense for users, telcos, govt, India image: "Two back-to-back SC judgments - one favoring a corporate (Vodafone) and this one hitting the corporate sector (121 licenses cancelled) - reflect low governance. In both cases, the government has been shown up as acting arbitrarily and outside the law."
Feb 1, 2012 Raja’s jail anniversary: After year in Tihar, ‘cool’ facade withers: "He continues to smile and pretend everything’s normal"
Feb 1, 2012 2G: Sonia will be targeted next, says Swamy: "Subramanian Swamy alleged that Sonia Gandhi took 60 per cent of the total money in the 2G scam."
Jan 31, 2012 Trail of Goa kickbacks could lead to Dubai: "Over Rs 26.5 crore channelised through Suryanarayana were kickbacks paid to Congress Minister Atanasio Monserrate"
Jan 30, 2012 Goa minister Monserrate got Rs 26.5 crore payoffs for land conversion: "Investigations into tax evasion by a former government official has unravelled that a minister in the Cabinet of Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat received huge payoffs from a complex nexus of land sharks who set up a web of fictitious transactions to give their kickbacks."
Jan 29, 2012 Illegal mining: CBI officials to visit Mauritius in February: "Janardhana and Srinivasa entered into a criminal conspiracy with Rajagopal and late R Linga Reddy, the then Assistant Director (Mines and Geology in Anantapur district), Y Srilakshmi and others and got mining leases allotted to OMC Limited and indulged in illegal mining activities amounting to lakhs of tonnes iron ore."
Jan 28, 2012 Ekka assets worth Rs 16cr: "Among Ekka’s assets traced by the CBI were a dairy farm valued at Rs 1.21 crore at Irba under Ormanjhi police station in Ranchi, a house valued at Rs 1.80 crore near Birsa Munda Airport under Doranda police station and three tea gardens valued at Rs 1.74 crore in Jalpaiguri (Bengal) and a company, Motorist Inn Pvt Ltd worth Rs 1.63 crore, also in Jalpaiguri in the name of his wife Menon Ekka."
Jan 24, 2012 Ex-ISRO chief G Madhavan Nair barred from govt jobs: "Taking action in the controversial Antrix-Devas deal, government has barred former ISRO chief G Madhavan Nair and three other eminent space scientists from holding any government jobs."
Jan 24, 2012 Rs.200 crore invested by Koda in Sweden traced, court told: "A Rs.200 crore investment of jailed former chief minister Madhu Koda and his associates in Sweden has been located, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) told the Jharkhand High Court Tuesday."
Jan 22, 2012 ED tracking Unitech '$51 million trail' to Mauritius: "This money (amounting to Rs 240 crore) was used for purchase of derivative which later had zero value."
Jan 22, 2012 Suresh Kalmadi to be suspended?: "The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) Ethics Committee has suspended and served a show cause notice to Suresh Kalmadi and Lalit Bhanot."
Jan 21, 2012 UP NRHM scam: CAG report reveals shocking details: "In the 6-year period from 2005 to 2011, purchases were made in violation of CVC norms and guidelines set by the SC."
Jan 21, 2012 Scam-tainted Kalmadi offered Ind Olympic Asso Prez post!: "Scam tainted Common Wealth Organizing Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi was released on bail from Tihar Jail after spending close to 10 months in confinement. But it looks like the matter has not caused any dent to his image after it was reported that he has been offered the post of President, Indian Olympic Association (IOA)."
Jan 21, 2012 The Wall Street Journal: Delhi Journal: The Expat Experience: "Foreign tourists seem to know Delhi primarily as India’s scam capital."
Jan 21, 2012 Reuters: Unravelling India, Part 2: Corruption: "Corruption finds its way into pretty much every nook and cranny of public life. There’s high-level corruption, such as the telecoms scam that cost the government an estimated $39 billion in revenue when mobile licences were awarded to companies too cheaply"
Jan 21, 2012 Top 10 facts about Kalmadi's Commonwealth Games scandal: "The Games spawned a maze of corrupt deals, most of them involving inflated contracts."
Jan 21, 2012 CNN: India grants bail to Commonwealth Games' chief: "Kalmadi, 68, is also a lawmaker in the Indian parliament, where he represents the ruling Congress party."
Jan 21, 2012 Fake admission racket busted in Bihar?: "A massive face admission scam could be brewing in Bihar. A report reveals that students of primary and secondary schools have been admitted simultaneously to two institutions all to swindle money allocated for government schemes."
Jan 21, 2012 AM Films owner to reveal all?: "CBI will soon file a charge sheet in the Queen's Baton relay case related to the Commonwealth Games scam as a key London-based suspect has recorded his statement before the British authorities."
Jan 21, 2012 20 sentenced in fodder scam case
Jan 21, 2012 10 lakh bogus job cards under MNREGA in Karnataka
Jan 21, 2012 Bihar CM's education scheme turns into a scam: "The alleged scam has severely hit the image of a resurgent Bihar under Nitish Kumar.", "Over 3,36,000 ghost enrolments"
Jan 21, 2012 Kalmadi inflated CWG contracts: AM Films owner: "Ashish Patel's statement is crucial for the CBI to prove its case in the Queen's Baton Relay scam."
Jan 21, 2012 Bihar: Enrolment scam haunts Nitish Kumar: "The scam, running into crores, has shown that 1/3 of the students in Bihar do not even exist."
Jan 21, 2012 CAG confirms NRHM fund misuse: "The CAG probing the NRHM scam in Uttar Pradesh has found anomalies in spending of around Rs 5,000 crore under the scheme in about two dozen districts of the state"
Jan 21, 2012 UP's wealth plundered for 22 yrs: Rahul: "thousands of crores of rupees which came to UP for MNREGA project, waiver of farmers loan and special package for Bundelkhand region have been embezzled by those in power."
Jan 21, 2012 NRHM scam: Anomalies in spending of Rs 5,000 cr: "The state health department failed to give proper details of spendings worth around Rs 5,000 crore of the Rs 8,657 crore given to the state"
Jan 20, 2012 41 accused gets imprisonment in fodder scam case: "A maximum of seven years and a minimum of 4 years imprisonment were awarded to the convicted persons."
Jan 20, 2012 Illegal mining: Court allows probe of Krishna, Kumaraswamy's role: "In a jolt to External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna and a major embarrassment to the Congress, the Karnataka High Court Friday allowed probe into charges that he had illegally de-reserved large forest areas for mining when he was chief minister"
Jan 20, 2012 Should Kalmadi remain the President of IOA?: "Suresh Kalmadi, accused in the CWG scam, walked out of Tihar jail on bail after nine months."
Jan 20, 2012 Why can't IOA move a resolution for sacking Kalmadi?: "Are Kalmadi's henchmen ensuring his survival in IOA?"
Jan 20, 2012 Suresh Kalmadi in no mood to quit as IOA president: "Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president Suresh Kalmadi, who was freed on bail on Thursday after nine months in jail, is in no mood either to resign"
Jan 16, 2012 कांग्रेस दिल्ली लूट रही है तो मायावती लखनऊ: गडकरी
Jan 16, 2012 SC declines interim bail to senior woman IAS officer: "The Supreme Court today declined to grant interim bail to Andhra Pradesh IAS officer Y Srilakshmi, one of the accused in the Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) case involving Karnataka's Reddy brothers"
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