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Aug 7, 2011 BJP demands CBI inquiry into CWG corruption
Aug 6, 2011 Reworked PAC report questions PM, PC in 2G case: "report on the 2G scam that questions the role of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and former finance minister P Chidambaram."
Aug 6, 2011 CAG finds out faults in CWG opening, closing ceremonies
Aug 6, 2011 Property attachment notice issued against ex-Health Minister: "he CBI court issued a notice of property attachment against former Health Minister Bhanu Pratap Shahi and suspended IAS officer Pradeep Kumar in Ranchi on Friday."
Aug 6, 2011 SC: Second probe as bad as first one: "There was no respite to the Delhi Police from the Supreme Court on its “shoddy” investigation into the “cash-for-vote” scam as the top court slammed its second probe report, saying that it was not even shades better than the previous report filed before the interrogation of some persons. “Your second investigation (report) is as meaningless as the first investigation,” a bench of Justices Aftab Alam and R.M. Lodha told Additional Solicitor-General (ASG) Haren Rawal appearing for the police"
Aug 6, 2011 CWG: Govt protects Sheila Dikshit to guard PM?: " Any action against Dikshit would mean expectation of a similar action against the co-accused PMO."
Aug 6, 2011 CWG: Govt protects Sheila Dikshit to guard PM?: "The party's backing gave Sheila Dikshit the confidence to pass the buck."
Aug 5, 2011 CAG finds manipulations in Tatkal ticket bookings: "CAG report holding booking clerks, agents and touts responsible for the non-availability of the facility to genuine passengers.", ""There were irreuglarities such as booking of all Tatkal quota tickets within a few minutes of the opening of reservation,"", "CAG has found that during login at the website exactly at 8 am on the day of booking for Tatkal or general tickets, the system would hang. "It took 4-5 minutes to login, by which time Tatkal quota was sold out,""
Aug 5, 2011 Cash-for-vote: How middleman can subvert parliamentary system, asks SC: "The Supreme Court on Friday rebuked Delhi Police for its tardy investigations into the cash-for-votes scandal of 2008, when the Congress-led central government was accused of bribing MPs to win a trust vote in Parliament.", "The court said: "You must find the source of the money." It further asked it to follow the law both in letter and spirit while conducting the investigations.""
Aug 5, 2011 CAG blames Centre, Delhi govt for CWG mess
Aug 5, 2011 Cash scam: SC slams Delhi Police’s half-hearted probe: "“It is so disgusting that a middle man of the cheapest kind had been allowed to interfere with parliamentary proceedings and he had succeeded,” the bench observed."
Aug 5, 2011 Delhi govt runs for cover, Sheila mum
Aug 5, 2011 CAG blames Dikshit, Kalmadi for 'enormous bungling' in CWG: "Behind the ''phenomenal success'' of the Commonwealth Games (CWG) was a saga of ''enormous bungling'', ''highly irregular'' practices and massive waste of public money, India's top auditor said Friday, pointing to Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and the now jailed Organising Committee (OC) chief Suresh Kalmadi."
Aug 5, 2011 Delhi HC refuses Kalmadi permission to attend Parliament, imposes a fine of Rs 1 lakh
Aug 5, 2011 CWG scam: CAG report indicts PMO, Sheila Dikshit: "The report also indicts Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit for mis-spending in the Games's preparation."
Aug 5, 2011 Even PSU looted Games funds: CAG: "The CAG audit found that ECIL prepared a "highly inflated cost estimate", approved at Rs 346 crore by the government. The PSU made a profit of Rs 126 crore on just items procured from external suppliers"
Aug 5, 2011 SC terms cash-for-vote scam probe hopeless: "The Supreme Court on Friday slammed Delhi police for failing to take its probe in the cash-for-vote scam to a logical conclusion and expressed its disgust over ''some middlemen being allowed to subvert Parliament proceedings.''"
Aug 5, 2011 The CAG Report
Aug 5, 2011 CWG, according to CAG: "Irregularities and lack of foresight on the part of agencies headed by CM, L-G and OC chief are highlights of report"
Aug 5, 2011 CAG blames PMO and CMO: "The country’s top auditor has pointed out massive wastage of public money in organisation of the October 2010 Commonwealth Games, blaming the loss on poor governance and planning right from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) to the office of the Chief Minister of Delhi."
Aug 5, 2011 Prosecute Amar for bid to buy votes, SC tells cops: "quoted cables of US diplomats from India proximate to the July 22, 2008 confidence vote revealing that crores of rupees had been kept aside to buy votes of opposition MPs to enable the UPA government to win."
Aug 5, 2011 NDA can't wash hands of Games mess: Auditor
Aug 5, 2011 PMO, Shiela govt caught in CAGmire: "The PMO has been hauled up for giving Suresh Kalmadi a free rein, Sheila Dikshit`s Delhi government slammed for carrying out "ill-conceived and ill-planned" city projects at great cost to the exchequer"
Aug 4, 2011 Truth of Black Money: "vishwa bandhu gupta"
Aug 4, 2011 2G loss recoverable, but Govt lacks will
Aug 4, 2011 Cops name Amar Singh in cash-for-vote scam
Aug 4, 2011 CAG findings put Delhi CM in the line of fire: "The CAG report holds Sheila Dikshit responsible for excess expenditure of over Rs 100 cr during the CWG."
Aug 4, 2011 Is the scam culture destroying the India story?: "Sagarika Ghose asks a panel of experts is the scam culture destroying the India story.", "Business behind bars?"
Aug 4, 2011 Crores spent, but CWG works lie in a shambles: "Sheila Dixit needs to answer more than one question on why so much of money went down the drain."
Aug 4, 2011 CWG: CAG flays Shiela govt over health expenses: "Delhi government gave contracts to non-existing firms for health services during the Games."
Aug 4, 2011 Raju, others denied bail in Satyam scam: "A city court on Thursday rejected the bail petition of B. Ramalinga Raju, former chairman of Satyam Computers, and seven other accused in India's biggest corporate fraud case."
Aug 3, 2011 Toronto Star: The high cost of doing business in India: "Canadian businessman Mir Ali says he's being extorted by an Indian cabinet minister who allegedly demands a bribe in exchange for a government contract.", "His plight is a familiar one in modern India.", "India ranks 87th out of 178 nations in Transparency International’s 2010 corruption perception survey, meaning that other developing countries such as China, Columbia and Rwanda are considered less corrupt."
Aug 3, 2011 Streetscaping scam cost govt Rs 101cr, says CAG
Aug 3, 2011 Defence Ministry orders investigation in India-China border road scam: "The 61 road projects covering almost 3394 km of the India-China border areas was assigned to the Border Road Organisation"
Aug 3, 2011 CBI probes NRHM scam, has leads in Sachan case: "registered two cases in connection with the multi-crore National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scam."
Aug 3, 2011 CBI attaches property of absconding accused: "The CBI is in the process of attaching properties of three absconding accused in Commonwealth Games-related cases. Anil Madan and P D Arya of Faridabad-based Gem International, and A K Reddy of Hyderabad-based AKR Constructions are accused of conniving with CWG Organising Committee officials to get the contract for timing, scoring and results (TSR) system awarded to Switzerland-based Swiss Timing at Rs 157.62 crore."
Aug 3, 2011 CWG: Delhi govt defends CM against CAG charges: "The Delhi government on Wednesday came out in the open against the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report that blames it for wasteful expenditure worth Rs 130 crore in CWG projects."
Aug 3, 2011 Rs 100 crore went down Capital's streets, says CAG: "The cost of beautifying a kilometer of Delhi streets for the Commonwealth Games was more than that of laying rail tracks and almost half the amount needed for building four-lane highways of equal length"
Aug 3, 2011 AIIMS admission racket: CBI registers four new cases
Aug 3, 2011 BBC: Karnataka mining scandal: Yeddyurappa faces probe: "The governor of India's Karnataka state has ordered a criminal investigation against a former chief minister indicted in a mining scandal."
Aug 3, 2011 Is the scam culture destroying the India story?
Aug 3, 2011 Start criminal proceeding against BSY: Governor: "Karnataka Governor HR Bhardwaj on Wednesday gave the go ahead to the Lokayukta Police to start criminal proceedings against Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa."
Aug 3, 2011 CWG: 19 projects worth Rs 2,500 cr under CVC scanner
Aug 3, 2011 Boycotting the corrupt only way to end graft: Justice Hegde: "The last one year, we have seen Rs 1.76 lakh crore in one scam, Rs 70,000 crore in another scam. Nobody could’ve projected that in one year, in this country, in one scam, such huge amount of money could have been involved. Rs 1.76 lakh crore would amount to the annual plan of this country -- how many times the annual plan? So we have to fight corruption immediately and more strongly. You cannot depend on institutions like the Lokayukta and the Police. As a society, we have to address the problem of corruption to do something about it. I feel in my experience, the only way we can have effective fight against corruption, is by boycotting the corrupt."
Aug 3, 2011 Videocon got 2G licence through forgery: Balwa: ""I ran that day, took the staircase when all the other people got stuck in the elevator. A major scuffle took place outside the room that day.", "The CBI has charged 14 accused and three companies of causing a loss of Rs.30,984 crore to the exchequer by selling the scarce resource, also called radio frequency that helps carry telecom signals, to private players cheap."
Aug 3, 2011 Surprise! No politician in cash-for-vote scandal: "Delhi Police have claimed that they have not found evidence to establish the complicity of any politician in one of the country's biggest political scandals"
Aug 3, 2011 CAG raps Sheila Dikshit for irregularities in CWG
Aug 3, 2011 Mining scam: Tata Metaliks may close Goa plant: "As a direct fall-out of the iron ore mining scam in Karnataka, pig iron manufacturer Tata Metaliks Limited might have to close down its Goa plant in a week"
Aug 3, 2011 Now, Balwa alleges violence in 2G scam: "accused Datacom executives of physically pushing Tata's representatives out of the queue at Sanchar Bhawan, Telecom Ministry headquarters"
Aug 3, 2011 CAG criticises Shiela govt, civic bodies for CWG loss: "Spaceage supplied low cost luminaries of Saudi make costing Rs 5,040 per piece, but it charged the Delhi government Rs 25,704 per piece earning a super profit of Rs 2.68 crore.", "The PWD admitted that of the 3.82 lakh potted plants bought by them, a third costing nearly Rs 79 lakh perished, and the rest were given to government offices. CAG teams visited the offices but could not find the potted plants.""
Aug 3, 2011 2G: Balwa claims Tatas paid Rs 20 crore to Raja: "Balwa, facing charges of cheating, forgery, criminal conspiracy and corruption, was arrested on February 8 and is presently lodged in Tihar Jail along with 13 other accused including Raja and DMK MP Kanimozhi."
Aug 3, 2011 Conference Call, Was It? : "Hot Seat Raja’s deposition has re-intensified debate and the spotlight on Chidambaram", "Were Raja’s decisions cleared by the PM and former FM? Who cleared the equity sale of Swan and Unitech Wireless? Should Tata Teleservices be clubbed in with Swan and Unitech Wireless? Will A-G Vahanvati’s role in clearing Raja’s decisions make it to fresh chargesheets? Will Chidambaram be made to stand witness in court?"
Aug 3, 2011 A Rich Vein Of Dissent: "Lokayukta pegs loss due to illegal mining in four years ending 2010 at Rs 16,085 crore Report charges Yediyurappa and his family of taking bribes from mining firms. Two instances cited: Rs 10 cr paid to Yeddy family trust; land sold at 200 times market price for Rs 20 cr to a mining firm Ex-CM H.D. Kumaraswamy, four ministers, 787 officials also named. Calls for prosecution under Prevention of Corruption Act."
Aug 3, 2011 BJP questions Singh’s role in 2G scam: "Piqued by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s ''unprovoked'' comment that there were ''skeletons in the opposition’s cupboard'', the BJP on Monday alleged that the prime Minister was ''micro-managing the telecom policy'' rather than being an aloof witness to the scam."
Aug 3, 2011 30 Minutes: The mining republic: "On this episode we look at how has rampant illegal mining bled Karnataka's economy and ecology drive."
Aug 3, 2011 Adarsh scam: CBI records Shinde's statement: "Shinde was summoned in May to appear two-member enquiry commission probing scam as a witness."
Aug 3, 2011 Apex court rejects Morani bail plea: "The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the interim bail plea of Cineyug Films founder Karim Morani, who is in jail for the last two months for his alleged involvement in the 2G spectrum scam. Morani had sought the interim bail on medical grounds."
Aug 3, 2011 What Cong didn’t read in Hegde report: Andhra ‘link’: "the report’s mention of the crucial role played by ports in Congress-ruled Andhra Pradesh in the export of illegally mined iron ore."
Aug 3, 2011 PM aware of 2G details: Arun Jaitley: "Leader of Opposition Arun Jaitley said that Manmohan Singh is aware of the details in the 2G scam."
Aug 3, 2011 CWG scam: CAG report blames PMO, Delhi govt: "CAG sources also report that intentional delays caused by Kalmadi led to high expenses."
Aug 3, 2011 2G: Balwa accuses Pranab along with PM, PC: "After Manmohan Singh and Chidambaram, Pranab Mukherjee has become the new target in 2G case."
Aug 3, 2011 Manmohan knew even the minute details of 2G scam: BJP
Aug 2, 2011 NY Times: India’s Widening Iron Ore Scandal Hurts Stocks: "“Huge bribes were paid,” said the report, written by Santosh Hegde, the former justice. “Mafia type operations were the routine practices of the day.”"
Aug 2, 2011 India Digest: After Fixing Yeddy, Lokayukta Slams Bellary’s Mining ‘Mafia’
Aug 2, 2011 Alibaba & 800 thieves; Santosh Hegde wants every one prosecuted
Aug 2, 2011 The plunder of the past & the loot of the present: "India is facing a crisis of character, what with rampant corruption, reports of tonnes of black money stashed away in foreign banks, and the countless scams and scandals that have come to light in recent times — and their numbers keep rising by the day."
Aug 2, 2011 Yeddyurappa's downfall from one scam to another
Aug 2, 2011 BBC: Property scams target India's middle class: "Cheats and swindlers are taking advantage of India's suburban construction boom"
Aug 2, 2011 Court dismisses Chandolia's bail plea: "Former Telecom Minister A Raja's ex-personal secretary R. K. Chandolia's plea for interim bail on the ground the CBI lacks proper sanction to prosecute him in the 2G case was dismissed today by a Delhi court."
Aug 2, 2011 CBI chargesheet against seven in street lights scam: "The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) had floated a tender for street lighting in the city in 2008, in which, according to the CBI, the seven persons named and a private firm “entered into a criminal conspiracy” to bag the contract worth Rs 34.53 crore."
Aug 2, 2011 Supreme Court suspends mining in Bellary, Karnataka: "Besides Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, the report had indicted mining barons and ministers, the Reddy brothers, companies and officials in the illegal mining that has led to a political storm and the ouster of the chief minister."
Aug 2, 2011 Chandolia seeks to drag Radia, corporate leaders in 2G case: "R K Chandolia, former aide of ex-Telecom Minister A Raja, today sought implication of corporate leaders and lobbyist Niira Radia in the 2G case as accused, saying they had participated in the alleged ''covert deal'' between the Tata group and Kalaignar TV."
Aug 2, 2011 Rs 215 cr Reddy money stashed abroad: report: "Between 2006-2010, 3.98 metric tonnes of iron ore worth Rs 12,228 crore was illicitly exported. This could not have happened without the government machinery's help."
Aug 2, 2011 Reddys park Rs 215 crore in tax havens: Report: "The final report on illegal mining illustrates that Karnataka's powerful Bellary ministers, whose transactions were way beyond what is declared to the state authorities, are involved in money laundering and tax evasion to smuggle out their crores - similar to what former Jharkhand CM Madhu Koda was up to some time ago."
Aug 2, 2011 Yeddyurappa, the master survivor grounded by mining scam: "From a rice mill clerk and a farmers' leader to heading the first BJP Government in the South, B S Yeddyurappa has been a master survivor emerging unscathed through much turbulence in his three years in office before the Lokayukta report on illegal mining scam did him in."
Aug 2, 2011 'Mafia-like' mining network in Bellary: Lokayukta: "Karnataka Lokayukta Santosh Hegde today said a 'mafia-like' network existed in Bellary where the Reddy brothers, who are ministers, have influence and illegal mining there was like a ''single window corruption system''."
Aug 2, 2011 Clerk to CM and mines — the rise & fall of BSY: "a SC-appointed panel reported large-scale illegal mining in Karnataka damning the state government"
Aug 2, 2011 Karnataka mining scam is much bigger: Hegde: "Karnataka Lokayukta Santosh Hegde has named Jindal Steel as one of the bribe givers."
Aug 2, 2011 2G scam: After Raja, Behura seeks to implicate PM
Aug 2, 2011 After fixing Yeddy, Lokayukta slams Bellary's mining 'mafia': "Karnataka Lokayukta Santosh Hegde today said a 'mafia-like' network existed in Bellary where the Reddy brothers, who are ministers, have influence and illegal mining there was like a “single window corruption system”."
Aug 2, 2011 YEDDYURAPPA GIVES UP: "Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa sent in his resignation to BJP party president Nitin Gadkari on Thursday evening, several hours after the BJP central leadership asked him to quit following his indictment in the Rs 16,000-crore mining scam."
Jul 27, 2011 India State Chief Accused in $3.6B Mining Scam: "An Indian investigator accused the top minister of Karnataka state of taking bribes from companies illegally mining minerals in a scandal that may have cost the government 160 billion rupees ($3.6 billion) in lost revenue."
Jul 27, 2011 New York Times: Widespread Graft Is Found in India’s Iron Ore Mining: "Illegal iron ore mining involving hundreds of Indian officials and powerful politicians has devastated local communities in the southern state of Karnataka and cost its treasury more than $3.5 billion in revenue"
Jul 27, 2011 Mining scam cost Indian government £2.2 billion
Jul 27, 2011 France 24: India mining scam 'cost govt $3.6 bn'
Jul 27, 2011 Ousted telecom minister implicates India's PM, FinMin in corruption scandal
Jul 27, 2011 BBC: Karnataka 'mining scam' report indicts chief minister: "Karnataka's anti-corruption chief has submitted a damning report on illegal mining which names the Indian state's chief minister as a key suspect."
Jul 27, 2011 BSY on way out after indictment: "Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa is likely to be asked by the BJP’s central leadership to quit in the wake of the state lokayukta’s final report indicting him for dubious deals with companies engaged in illegal mining."
Jul 27, 2011 Also Jail All My Predecessors as Accused: Behura: "Taking a cue from key accused A Raja, former Telecom Secretary Sidhartha Behura told a Delhi court that an ex-member finance in the Telecom Commission should have been made an accused in the 2G case as she "chose" to keep mum on the issue of revising entry fee for operators."
Jul 27, 2011 Rs 16,085 Cr Loss in 2006-10: Karnataka Lokayukta: "Jindal firm also purchased one acre of land (from the chief minister's family members) in Rachenahally on Bangalore's outskirts for Rs 20 crore, whereas the guidance value fixed by the government was Rs 1.40 crore.", ""Once illegal mining is stopped the Central and the State government can recover lakhs of crores of rupees as Excise and VAT," he said, adding over 100 companies were involved in illegal mining."
Jul 27, 2011 Yeddyurappa can be tried for corruption, says Hegde: "Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa can be prosecuted for corruption,"
Jul 27, 2011 Hegde spares none, names CM and former CM in report: "Karnataka lokayukta Santosh Hegde has indicted chief minister BS Yeddyurappa in the illegal mining scam in the state, reports said today. Hegde has also named former CM Kumaraswamy and Congress MP Anil Lad in the report."
Jul 27, 2011 Karnataka mining scam caused $3.6 bn loss to exchequer
Jul 27, 2011 Lokayukta indicts Yeddyruppa, Reddy brothers in illegal mining: "The Lokayukta report on illegal mining today strongly indicted Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyruappa, Reddy brothers and various others and recommended their prosecution under Prevention of Corruption Act and other laws.", "former Supreme Court judge Justice Santosh Hegde found that a mining company had donated Rs 10 crore to a trust managed by his family members which also sold a piece of land to a mining company for Rs 20 crore far above the guidance value of Rs 1.4 crore."
Jul 27, 2011 BSY family took money from mining mafia: Hegde: ""Illegal mining is rampant and it continues. It is rampant in Bellary, Chitradurga and Tumkar,""
Jul 27, 2011 Udaipur: men fake deliveries to get govt funds: "The officials at a health centre in Udaipur have been forging entries of deliveries in the name of men."
Jul 27, 2011 Yeddyurappa did nothing to stop illegal mining: Hegde: "We have come to the conclusion that the loss caused is Rs 16,085 crore from 2006 to 2010," he said. The Yeddyurappa family has also been accused of taking bribes from mining companies. Justice Hegde said that some companies paid money to Yeddyurappa's family by cheque. "We have found that a mining company had donated Rs 10 crore to a trust of the family member of the chief minister. This trust had nothing to do with the donating company. I find it extremely difficult that people have to borrow money and donate. We have found discrepancies in the land deals by the mining company, I have made recommendation to the governor to take steps against the chief minister," he added. The Chief Minister's family has sold a land for Rs 20 crore to a mining company. This company had some mining related work with the government,"", "Justice Hegde also recommended the prosecution of Yeddyurappa under the Prevention of Corruption Act. The Reddy brothers of Bellary are likely to be asked to pay up for loss to exchequer. Former Karnataka chief minister and JD-S leader HD Kumaraswamy has been named in the report for granting leases illegally to mining company. There is trouble for the Congress as well with its Rajya Sabha MP and mining magnate Anil Lad along with his wife have also being named in the report."
Jul 27, 2011 Major scam unearthed in SBI main branch: "An official at the Kingsway branch allegedly siphoned off money from accounts of Non-Resident Indians (NRI) to an account operated by him."
Jul 27, 2011 Karnataka Lokayukta Santosh Hegde submits illegal mining report: "the illegal mining report, that indicts chief minister BS Yeddyurappa,"
Jul 27, 2011 Illegal mining: BSY wants Nobel, may get the boot

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