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Mar 24, 2012 Lokayukta court orders probe against Karna minister: "Lokayukta Court today ordered a probe against Karnataka Excise Minister M P Renukacharya for alleged violation of excise rules,", "the claims made by Deputy Commissioner of Excise (Bangalore) Mohan Kumar that 16 bottles of foreign liquor seized during a recent raid were meant for Renukacharya."
Mar 24, 2012 Manipur: 2 soldiers arrested for gangrape: "Four people, including two soldiers of India Reserve Battalion (IRB), were arrested on Saturday."
Mar 24, 2012 UP: 3000 employment forms dumped in trash
Mar 23, 2012 2G scam: Manmohan Singh and P Chidambaram approved mobile licences, Uninor tells Supreme Court: "The Indian unit of Norway's Telenor has claimed that the controversial issuance of mobile licences by A Raja had the approval of leaders at levels higher than the incarcerated former minister"
Mar 23, 2012 25 yr old mowed down by jeep in Lucknow: "The trio later beat up Arjun and then ran him over in their jeep."
Mar 23, 2012 Shock & horror on Delhi's streets: "A cold blooded murder in the heart of the national capital, a 14-year-old resident of Dwarka area of south-west Delhi was abducted and strangled to death allegedly by his own friends. Ashish Kumar allegedly lured on the pretext of a movie before being kidnapped and then being brutally stabbed", "stop this goondaraj"
Mar 23, 2012 Lokayukta: Sheila guilty of misconduct: "The Delhi Lokayukta has sent a report to LT Governor Tejinder Khanna seeking a review of its earlier recommendation for censuring Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit for allegedly misrepresenting facts about construction of low-cost flats ahead of assembly polls in 2008."
Mar 23, 2012 Road rage claims two lives in Delhi, Lucknow: "An autorickshaw driver was allegedly beaten to death in Delhi and in Lucknow, a man was run over by a jeep."
Mar 23, 2012 Andhra liquor scam: HC notice to CM, others: "The notice comes after a PIL was filed seeking a court-monitored probe into the scam."
Mar 23, 2012 ‘Amendment delayed to allot coal blocks free’: "Flouting all norms, few private companies went on to sell the blocks to other private companies at a premium rate while the blocks were allotted free of cost."
Mar 23, 2012 The new Indian politician: "Ask anyone about the qualities required to be a successful Indian politician. Chances are you will get a cynical response. Craftiness, ability to fool people and lust for power is what many people will say."
Mar 23, 2012 Market Watch: India Coal Scam: $210 Billion Lost: "Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. as well as many other companies unfairly benefited in the allocation of 155 coal fields in the past few years."
Mar 23, 2012 Call for protection of whistleblowers: "At least 15 who tried to expose corruption have been killed since 2010"
Mar 23, 2012 Real Drivers of Corruption in India and the Rest of the World
Mar 23, 2012 Clinton asks India, China to join anti-bribery convention
Mar 23, 2012 Singapore firm banned from Indian defense contacts
Mar 23, 2012 Corporates are active collaborators of corruption: "Contrary to the image the corporate sector tries to project, it is not a victim of corruption but rather an active collaborator and beneficiary."
Mar 23, 2012 India's Hunger Games: "India has its own version of the "hunger games" playing out that is turning out to be every bit as dramatic as the movie."
Mar 23, 2012 Two dalit girls in Madhya Pradesh stripped in examination hall: "When the girls refused, the examiners allegedly stripped them while male classmates sniggered and cracked jokes."
Mar 22, 2012 Maya renewed Ponty’s licence ahead of polls: "Those in the business of selling liquor have slammed the previous government for allegedly favouring Ponty Chadha."
Mar 22, 2012 Didn't know if 2G spectrum was limited: Ex-Trai chief: "Former TRAI Chairman Nripendra Mishra on Thursday told a special CBI court that the telecom regulator did not know if availability of 2G spectrum in 2007 was "limited" and added it had no "authentic information" about it."
Mar 22, 2012 Didn't know if 2G spectrum was limited: Ex-Trai chief: "Former TRAI Chairman Nripendra Mishra on Thursday told a special CBI court that the telecom regulator did not know if availability of 2G spectrum in 2007 was "limited" and added it had no "authentic information" about it."
Mar 22, 2012 The Telegraph: Indian government accused of 'looting the country' over coal mining contracts : "India's Congress-led government was yesterday accused of "looting the country" after a leaked report claimed it had lost $210bn (£133bn) by awarding coal mining contracts to hand-picked companies."
Mar 22, 2012 Reuters: India moves to quell $211 billion coal furor: "India lost up to $211 billion in revenue by selling coalfields too cheaply, a government auditor's draft report said,"
Mar 22, 2012 Reuters: India loses $210 bln in coal sales in "mother of all scams"
Mar 22, 2012 Why India should revamp its opaque defence policy: "“The opaque Indian defence production establishment does not produce high-quality clothing and personal inventory items like boots – let alone a suitable rifle for a one million army, or tanks and aircraft.”"
Mar 22, 2012 चरमपंथ खतरनाक या सड़क दुर्घटनाएँ?: "''भारत में हर साल सड़क दुर्घटना में एक लाख 38 हजार लोग मारे जाते हैं, जबकि चरमपंथी हमलों में हर साल लगभग दो हज़ार लोग मारे जाते हैं."
Mar 22, 2012 FTN: Has poverty declined in India?: "Planning Commission on Monday further reduced poverty line to Rs 28.65 per capita daily consumption in cities and Rs 22.42 in rural areas, scaling down India's poverty ratio to 29.8 per cent in 2009-10.", "They are not poor people, they are starving people"
Mar 22, 2012 Porn in Gujarat Assembly: Is the BJP embarrassed?: "Two BJP MLAs were accused of watching porn in the Gujarat Assembly and a probe was also ordered."
Mar 22, 2012 Is this how we treat India's sportsmen?: "28-year-old Venkatesh died after collapsing on the pitch. With no ambulance or basic first aid present at the stadium, the footballer passed away en route to the hospital."
Mar 22, 2012 Maha Govt suspends two IAS officers: "Senior IAS officers Pradeep Vyas and Jairaj Phatak have been placed under suspension pending investigation in the Adarsh Housing Society scam"
Mar 21, 2012 Addnl chargesheet against Nityananda filed in another case: ""We have filed an additional chargesheet against Nithyananda in connection with a case pertaining to his having unnatural sex with a youth", DGP CID Roopak Kumar Dutta told"
Mar 21, 2012 The Last Word: Is retrospective amendment to tax laws unfair?: "SC's rejection of the plea to review Vodafone judgement has made the announcement to amend the I-T act even more controversial."
Mar 21, 2012 DGP accused for alleged graft to the tune of Rs 20 lakhs: "alleged gratification to the tune of Rs 20 lakhs by state director general of police (DGP) GS Rath."
Mar 21, 2012 Govt schools breeding ground for Naxals: Sri Sri: "'It's often seen that boys from Government schools are into Naxalism and violence,' Sri Sri Ravi Shankar said."
Mar 21, 2012 Are political parties selling RS seats to the highest bidder?: "Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha on Tuesday criticised the party for nominating businessman Anshuman Mishra for a RS seat.", "it is a well organised business"
Mar 21, 2012 Adarsh Housing Society scam: CBI probe too slow?: "More than 14 months after registering an FIR in the Adarsh Housing Society scam, the CBI on Tuesday made the first arrests in the case.", "a face saving exercise"
Mar 21, 2012 Adarsh scam: CBI arrests former Major General: "According to CBI, Kumar, while holding the post of GOC, fraudulently and illegally issued a No Objection Certificate (NOC) to the collector of Mumbai for development of a residential building on the plot. Kumar's son was allotted a flat in the plush 31-storey building in return of the favour"
Mar 21, 2012 BBC: Three held over India flat graft scandal: "the Central Bureau of Investigation arrested three people - a retired bureaucrat and two former army personnel"
Mar 20, 2012 Now, Samajwadi Party worker beats auto driver to death in Kanpur for Rs 300: "beat the tempo driver to death in a fit of anger after he refused to cough up "parking fees""
Mar 20, 2012 Planning Commn faces criticism for poverty figures: "Manmohan Singh administration appeared to be setting a "starvation line"."
Mar 20, 2012 India's infant mortality worse than neighbours: Azad: ""In India, the infant mortality rate (IMR) is 47 per thousand live births which translates into 12.5 lakh infant deaths per year,""
Mar 20, 2012 Adarsh scam: CBI arrests retd Army Brigadier, 3 others: "The CBI had recently been pulled up by the Bombay High Court for its ''lackadaisical approach'' in probing the multi-crore Adarsh housing scam.", "The CBI has also sought sanction to prosecute Jairaj Pathak and Pradeep Vyas, both IAS officers, who are allegedly involved in the case."
Mar 20, 2012 Kanpur: SP worker kills one, clashes erupt: "The police had to resort to lathi charge after a Samajwadi Party worker allegedly killed a man.", "Goonda Raj Back?"
Mar 20, 2012 Montek defends Govt's Rs 28-a-day poverty line: "Planning Commission Deputy Chairperson Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Tuesday defended the government's new reduced poverty line, drawn at Rs 28 a day."
Mar 20, 2012 BBC: 'Sharp drop' in India poverty due to welfare programmes: "Officially, 37% of India's 1.21 billion people live below the poverty line. But one estimate suggests the figure could be as high as 77%. Last year a recommendation by the Indian Planning Commission to set the poverty line at 32 rupees ($0.65; £0.40) a day stirred a major debate across the country."
Mar 19, 2012 TMC MP's guard urinates on passenger, pulls out gun: "A bodyguard of Trinamool Congress MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar allegedly urinated on two passengers on the Rajdhani Express early on Monday. He then pulled out his service revolver and threatened them into silence."
Mar 19, 2012 Gun culture back in UP?: "In a bizarre move, notorious Uttar Pradesh MLA Raja Bhaiya, who has a number of criminal cases pending against him has been made the Prison Minister of Uttar Pradesh.", "more supporters joined the celebration by firing in the air. Interestingly, Mehboob Ali has 15 criminal cases against him."
Mar 19, 2012 Hyderabad Blues: "the late YSR's son-in-law. Outlook spotted Brother Anil checking out Embraer's Legacy 650. The evangelist spent half-an-hour checking out the 13-seater luxury jet which costs $ 30 million. One wonders if Brother Anil was doing a recce of the jet which would be more useful for his politician brother-in-law Jaganmohan Reddy."
Mar 19, 2012 BIT student dies under mysterious circumstances: "after he was allegedly administered wrong medicine at the health centre of the institute"
Mar 19, 2012 Raja Bhaiyya, wanted: "to include in his cabinet Raghuraj Pratap Singh, aka Raja Bhaiyya, independent MLA from Pratapgarh and known history-sheeter who faces charges of abduction, dacoity and attempt to murder"
Mar 19, 2012 Married woman raped twice in Odisha: "The driver agreed and drove away to Aruha and raped her before dropping her off near Chhatia bazaar on National Highway (NH) no-5 late last night. The agony of the woman did not end there as two other motorcycle borne middle aged men took her on their bike on the pretext of taking her to Cuttack. They also allegedly gangraped and threw her at Nelia on the NH-5"
Mar 19, 2012 Poverty declined to 29.8 per cent in 2009-10, Planning Commission says: "Going by the controversial daily consumption number of Rs 28.65 per day, one out of every three Indian is poor as per the new Planning Commission's estimates.", "An individual above a monthly consumption of Rs 859.6 in urban cities and Rs 672.8 in rural areas (at per 2009-10 prices) is not considered poor, says the Planning Commission's estimate based on the controversial Tendulkar Committee methodology."
Mar 19, 2012 India Against Corruption members 'thank' Dewas MP: "The members of India Against Corruption (IAC) protested against Congress MP from Dewas, Sajjan Singh Verma on Sunday for serving privilege notice against team Anna member Arvind Kejariwal. IAC members requested the MP to serve them with privilege notice as well."
Mar 19, 2012 The Guardian: Global arms trade growth by a quarter is spurred by India: ""India has long been a major purchaser of weapons. Now it is the biggest in the world,", "A number of firms have been banned from selling to India by the authorities after investigations into bribery."
Mar 18, 2012 Dynasty above democracy: "Congressmen will never grow up"
Mar 18, 2012 बिहार : लालफीते में घुटता आरटीआई: "आरटीआई का इस्तेमाल करने वाले कार्यकर्ताओं का कहना है कि राज्य में सूचना का अधिकार सरकारी मकड़जाल में फँस चुका है."
Mar 18, 2012 I could have become Delhi police chief had I compromised: Bedi: "India's first woman IPS officer Kiran Bedi has said that she could have become the first woman police chief of the national capital had she made some compromises."
Mar 18, 2012 Salman Rushdie blames Congress for Jaipur fiasco: "Salman Rushdie said that blocking his presence in the Jaipur Literature Festival led to the debacle of Congress in the UP polls."
Mar 17, 2012 The new mafia Raj: "Jaswant Singh Khalra had raked up the controversy of human rights violation by Punjab Police and had produced evidence of thousands of bodies surreptitiously burnt by the police."
Mar 17, 2012 IGP takes family on human safari: "a senior police officer, Sanjay Beniwal, has been transferred from Andaman following reports in 'Andaman Chronicle' of his taking his family and guests on a special "human safari" to meet the Jarawas"
Mar 17, 2012 Honoured with bravery award, ‘Zinda Shahid’ targets politicians
Mar 17, 2012 Suffering India taxed to reward the shining India: "The fiscal deficit has been shown at about Rs.5,22,000 crore while the quantum of tax revenues foregone by the government stands around a whopping Rs.5,30,000 crore."
Mar 17, 2012 People are tired of rampant corruption: Sri Sri
Mar 17, 2012 Indian takeaway for iPad gangs Gangs queue for launch to flog iPads abroad : "The iPads will be flown to India — where they have yet to be launched and can be sold to wealthy businessmen for well over the odds."
Mar 17, 2012 9 Given Life Imprisonment: "Four days later his body was recovered and it was found that he was sacrificed in the ‘devi mandap’"
Mar 17, 2012 Withering heights: "When a multi-storey building tilted menacingly like a leaning tower near Electronics City, it appeared like it wanted to tell a story in big, bold letters: That a deadly mix of building bye-law violations, inferior construction quality, and contractor-civic agency nexus was potent enough to kill innocent residents"
Mar 17, 2012 Let’s support SC in tracking India’s 60,000 missing children: "The Supreme Court this week issued notices to the government on a petition filed by NGO Bachpan Bachao Andolan on the callousness of the police in tracking missing children."
Mar 17, 2012 India deserves to be led by better leaders than is being now: Rushdie: "Everyday there is a price for hooliganism by bigots,” he said, taking a dig at the “disgraceful votebank politics taking place in India”. Rushdie said the ban on the import of “The Satanic Verses” in the age of Internet was useless."
Mar 17, 2012 Privilege notice against Arvind Kejriwal for calling MPs 'rapists, murderers': "In this Parliament, rapists are sitting, murderers and looters are sitting."
Mar 16, 2012 Homing in on hot property for black deals: "Real estate is the best black money parking scheme in India. Across the country about 50% to 80% of the value of real estate transactions is not declared."
Mar 16, 2012 Corruption, coalition politics hurting reforms: govt
Mar 16, 2012 India Today Conclave 2012: We must change the system, says Anna Hazare: "Yeh dil maange no more corruption"
Mar 16, 2012 Why no action against officials in Adarsh scam: Court: ""When there is preliminary evidence against certain government officers, why haven't you written to the concerned departments seeking their removal,""
Mar 16, 2012 Janardhana Reddy remanded to judicial custody till Mar 24: "Former Karnataka Minister and mining baron G Janardhana Reddy and his personal assistant Ali Khan, arrested in connection with an illegal mining case, were today remanded to judicial custody till March 24 by a CBI court"
Mar 15, 2012 ‘Miners paid Yeddyurappa Rs 339 crore’: "B S Yeddyurappa’s family had received Rs 339 crore as bribe from iron ore companies to abet illegal mining in the State."
Mar 15, 2012 Economic Survey calls for ruthless crackdown on corruption
Mar 15, 2012 New York Times: Sports Tales Cast India as the Villain: "“Indian athletes who are not cricket stars usually have to endure corrupt officials, humiliation and poverty. Olympians die in penury and in want of medical attention. Some have had to sell their gold medals,”"
Mar 15, 2012 Survey calls for crackdown on corruption: "In the season of scandals, the pre-Budget Economic Survey on Thursday called for fight against corruption."
Mar 15, 2012 'The Gunda Of Kunda': "Hot-headed from student years, he was first booked in 1989 under section 147, 148, 149 and 307, although his name had been whispered about in a murder case in Pratapgah way back in 1982."
Mar 15, 2012 Akhilesh takes charge of UP, SP workers create ruckus: "It was high drama as the Samajwadi Party workers created a ruckus after Akhilesh Yadav's oath-taking ceremony.". "Given its Goonda image the Samajwadi party did itself no favour by swearing in four tainted ministers"
Mar 15, 2012 Akhilesh Yadav defends inclusion of Raja Bhaiya in cabinet: "The charges against him include attempt to murder, murder, dacoity, abduction, corruption etc.", "within 25 minutes of Mulyam's swearing in as chief minister, all POTA charges were dropped against Raja Bhaiya."
Mar 14, 2012 Team Anna to fast, demand protection for whistleblowers: "At least 15 people, who tried to blow the lid off scams, have been killed since 2010."
Mar 14, 2012 Maya’s latest is sandstone mansion in Lucknow: "Mayawati bought the 71,000-square foot property on November 3, 2010. The affidavit filed with her Rajya Sabha nomination yesterday said its current market value is Rs 15.68 crore."
Mar 14, 2012 The scam that made Lalu the fodder of India: "Lalu was chargesheeted by the CBI, along with 55 others, who were co-accused in the fodder scam.These included former chief minister Jagannath Mishra, as well as politicians from the Congress, the BJP, the RJD and IAS officers."
Mar 14, 2012 The Globe and Mail: Despite cellphone boom in India, toilet access still lags: "UNICEF says that 640 million Indians are still “open defecators” – people who relieve themselves in fields or next to railway tracks – a figure that remains high despite hikes in government spending on sanitation projects. Local governments have tangled those projects in corruption and bureaucracy"
Mar 14, 2012 Honour killing: Brother turns murderer: "Smurthi, a Government college lecturer was strangled to death by her brother all because she decided to marry out of her caste."
Mar 14, 2012 Minister and MLA Should Abide the laws- Speaker: "missing number plates on vehicles of some members."
Mar 14, 2012 पाँच साल में अरबपति हो गईं मायावती: "दिल्ली की कोठी 61 करोड़ 86 लाख की"
Mar 14, 2012 City has more than 9,600 beggars: Survey: "many senior citizens got into beggary due to delay in availing their monthly allowances from the government."
Mar 14, 2012 Maha: Dy Collector allegedly worth over 118 crore, arrested: "Thakur, his wife Meenal, mother Chhaya, and brother Nilesh have been arrested and offences have been registered under Prevention of Corruption Act as well as IPC"
Mar 14, 2012 Action against cops involved in Ramlila ground crackdown: "5,000 police personnel, in presence of police commissioner, cane charged 10,000 protestors who were sleeping."
Mar 13, 2012 Job scammers sell package of lies: ""Such scams are mostly aimed at final year students. The fraudsters pose as campus recruiters and ask for personal details and a large amount of procedure fees"
Mar 13, 2012 Another rape in Gurgaon in less than 48 hours!: "a 24-year-old woman was allegedly abducted and raped when she was waiting for a bus with her child"
Mar 13, 2012 Where is your self-respect, Dr Manmohan Singh?: "When ministers stopped listening to him, we got a powerful PMO instead. The logic was that if people were unwilling to listen to the PM, they would at least listen to his Principal Secretary, Pulok Chatterjee, since he was reported to have the blessings of Sonia Gandhi."
Mar 13, 2012 अनपढ़ हैं ज्यादातर फिल्म निर्माता: तिग्मांशु: "राष्ट्रीय खिलाड़ी से चंबल के बाग़ी बने पान सिंह तोमर के जीवन पर इसी नाम से हिट फ़िल्म बनाने वाले तिग्मांशु धूलिया ने कहा है कि मुंबई के नब्बे प्रतिशत फ़िल्म बनाने वाले अनपढ़ हैं, इसीलिए उन्हें मुबई के बाहर पूरा हिंदुस्तान देहात जैसा नज़र आता है. "
Mar 13, 2012 सोशल साइट्स पर 'नीरस' प्रधानमंत्री
Mar 13, 2012 Irom Sharmila re-arrested: "Irom Sharmila, who has been on an indefinite fast for the past 11 years, was today re-arrested on the charge of attempt to suicide"
Mar 13, 2012 BBC: 'Enemies of the internet' in Reporters Without Borders study: "India and Kazakhstan have also joined RWB's list of "countries under surveillance" because of concerns that they are becoming more repressive."
Mar 13, 2012 India reports over 50 pc leprosy cases globally: ""Out of 228,474 new leprosy cases detected worldwide in 2010, India contributed 126,800 cases, which is about 55.5 percent of global disease burden.""

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