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If you want to post any relevant information, your articles, experiences, op-eds, documents, audios, videos, etc., click here to know how to contribute. By crude estimate at least 95% of politicians, judges, police, bureaucrats, industrialists, etc. are corrupt. These corrupts are looting our country for last sixty years. They are nothing but native invaders, thieves and criminals and the single largest threat to the national security. They are not Sahibs, they deserve boot of the masses. According to the standard of any civilized country they deserve at least rigorous life imprisonment. Read the sections below to know how mean they are. India is going through a state of complete anarchy. For every posted news here, there are 1000 similar incidents unreported in the media.

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Dec 8, 2011 भंवरी के पति पर भी गहराया सीबीआई का शक: "एक खबर ने राजस्थान के कम से कम डेढ़ सौ नेताओं, अफसरों और पुलिस अफसरों की नींद उड़ा दी है. खबर है ही कुछ ऐसी...सीबीआई को अजमेर के एक बैंक लॉकर से भंवरी देवी की डेढ़ सौ सीडी मिली हैं. इनमें कुछ सीडी में तो ब़ड़े-बड़े दिग्गज नेता न सिर्फ भंवरी के साथ डांस कर रहे हैं, बल्कि भंवरी की डांस पर नोट भी लुटा रहे हैं."
Dec 8, 2011 पढ़ें: क्यों सीबीआई पूछताछ से भागा भंवरी का पति?: "इस वीडियो में यह खुलासा हुआ कि सीबीआई कैसे करती है पूछताछ और गवाहों से कैसे उगलवाया जाता है सच. साथ ही इंटरोगेशन रूम में गवाह से कैसा सलूक होता है इस बात का भी सबूत है."
Dec 8, 2011 दोनों ने मारे थप्‍पड़, एक को बेल दूसरे को जेल: "'अगर हक की मांग करने गई महिला को कई थप्पड़ लगाने वाले सरपंच को तुरंत जमानत दी जा सकती है, तो फिर सिर्फ एक थप्पड़ लगाने वाले हरविंदर को जमानत क्यों नहीं मिलनी चाहिए? क्या हरविंदर का अपराध इसलिए बड़ा है कि उसने एक केंद्रीय मंत्री को थप्पड़ मारा है?'"
Dec 8, 2011 Chidu’s involvement in 2G scam dents investor confidence: "Chidambaram’s involvement in the scam raises questions over the government’s stability and the depth of the 2G scam."
Dec 8, 2011 Google V/s Kapil Sibal: "Google pointed to its Transparency Report which effectively demolishes Mr Sibal's claims, as it points out that out of 358 items requested to be removed in the period Jan-June 2011, only 8 requests pertained to hate speech, while there were as many as 255 complaints against "Government criticism"."
Dec 8, 2011 Chidambaram's troubles worsen: "It's round one in favour of 2G petitioner Subramanyam Swamy after a trial court allows him to question witnesses to establish former finance minister P Chidamabaram's role in the 2G spectrum case. Opposition continued its boycott of Chidamabram even demanding his resignation over the 2G issue."
Dec 8, 2011 Andhra HC orders release of poor people's doctor: "was arrested during the October 2011 Telangana strike (for throwing stones at buses coming from coastal Andhra to Telangana) and later detained under the draconian National Security Act (NSA)."
Dec 8, 2011 56,000 homeless in Delhi, finds UNDP: "the Capital has a total of 55,955 people living without any shade or shelter."
Dec 8, 2011 If Raja is guilty, so is Chidambaram: Swamy: "Subramanian Swamy said that the court's order has enabled him to put forth a strong case against Chidambaram."
Dec 8, 2011 AI fails to pay service tax, accounts frozen: "The airline has to pay Rs 100 cr to clear the service tax. Kingfisher accounts, too, may have been frozen."
Dec 8, 2011 India no longer a preferred destination for MNCs, we have lots of issues: Microsoft: ""It doesn't make sense any more. For MNCs India is no longer a preferred destination. We have lots of issues concerning our operation here,""
Dec 8, 2011 Vote only for those who sign vachan patra, says anti corruption group
Dec 8, 2011 India Inc more tolerant to economic crimes than global peers: Pricewaterhouse-Coopers: "India Inc seems to be more tolerant to economic crimes such as bribery and corruption than its global peers, as companies felt these were necessary for survival"
Dec 8, 2011 BBC: India parliament uproar over Chidambaram: "India's opposition MPs have called for the resignation of Home Minister P Chidambaram in connection with India's biggest corruption scandal."
Dec 8, 2011 Telegraph UK: Government 'peon' on £50 a month a millionaire property magnate: "he had started on a salary of less than £2 a month, he had earned a total of just under £19,000. They believe only corruption can explain the fortune they uncovered in their dawn raid this week: evidence of properties worth around £500,000, a fleet of cars and motorbikes, including an SUV, a Chevrolet Avio, a truck"
Dec 8, 2011 Growing economic power corrupts: "Anna Hazare brought the attention of the world to the endemic corruption in his country by going on a hunger strike until the politicians acted."
Dec 8, 2011 Lokpal: Team Anna unhappy with recommendations on CBI: "Team Anna has proposed that a staff of 30,000 Lokpal employees is required to check corruption of 60 lakh central government employees."
Dec 7, 2011 High Court notice to Narendra Modi for remarks against Jawaharlal Nehru: "Modi had said that Nehru had "done nothing for children"."
Dec 7, 2011 'Moral education must to weed out corruption': "The root cause of corruption, which has taken a shape of an epidemic in the country, is sharp deterioration in moral fibre of society,"
Dec 7, 2011 Token fast to press MPs over Lokpal: Prashant Bhushan: "Bhushan says that the December 11 fast is being undertaken so that MPs make the Lokpal Bill stronger."
Dec 7, 2011 Kapil Sibal's web censorship: Indian govt wanted 358 items removed, says Google
Dec 7, 2011 चपरासी के पास निकली 10 करोड़ की संपत्ति: "चपरासी के पद से नौकरी की शुरुआत करने वाले व्‍यक्ति के पास बड़ी-बड़ी चमचमाती गा‍ड़ि‍यां."
Dec 7, 2011 Bailout queue at govt’s door is lengthening: Next, BSNL: "In the year to March 2011, India’s public sector telecom torch-bearers were in need of pall-bearers, with losses of Rs 6,384 crore and Rs 2,826 crore, respectively.", "One number tells the whole story: with 3,57,000 employees, BSNL produces Rs 27,044 crore in annual revenues. Bharti Airtel, with just 5 percent of BSNL’s employee strength, had a turnover that was more than twice its size at Rs 59,467 crore. Vodafone, with more than 12 times its revenue globally, has all of 84,000 employees."
Dec 7, 2011 Sibal's Internet Gag: From Sonia to Religious Blasphemy: "The controversy had arisen over a New York Times blog which reported that Mr Sibal had summoned legal representatives of prominent internet players (Google, Facebook, Yahoo and Microsoft), showed them "a Facebook page that maligned the Congress Party’s president, Sonia Gandhi" and told them, “This is unacceptable,”"
Dec 7, 2011 Five reasons why India can't censor the Internet: "Five of the top 10 Twitter trends in India right now are: #IdiotKapilsibal, #KapilSibal, #Censorship, #FreeSpeech and #FreedomOfSpeech."", "India doesn't want to be -- China, Pakistan, Myanmar or Saudi Arabia"
Dec 7, 2011 First the slap, now the highandedness: "teachers were allegedly roughed up by policemen."
Dec 7, 2011 After Sarpanch, cops rough up teachers in Punjab: "Protesting teachers and villagers were roughed by policemen at Sukhna village in Muktsar."
Dec 7, 2011 200 Indian fans hired at Rs 300 to welcome Tom Cruise: ""but 300 for an hour outside the airport is not bad.""
Dec 6, 2011 India: The most disappointing BRIC of all?: "It’s such a shame."
Dec 6, 2011 Is corruption the bane of local civic bodies?: "An IBN-Cobrapost expose showed how Delhi's municipal councillors act as middlemen to protect illegal constructions."
Dec 6, 2011 BJP councillors taking bribe on camera suspended: "An IBN-Cobrapost exposé had shown them taking bribe from builders for illegal construction."
Dec 6, 2011 Black money trail: Indian companies still parking funds in tax havens: "The top 10 investment destinations for Indian companies in the last three years are all tax havens"
Dec 6, 2011 Code of conduct for social media: Indian politicians way too touchy about online image?: "Between Jan and June 2011, Indian law enforcement agencies asked Orkut to remove 236 communities and 19 blogs for containing criticism of the government."
Dec 6, 2011 India going the China way on online content?: "Kapil Sibal met the representatives of Facebook, Google and others seeking to device a screening mechanism."
Dec 6, 2011 Hazare blames Pawar; justifies ‘Just One Slap’ remark
Dec 6, 2011 Big Brother Doesn't Just Want To Watch: "At the meeting, Mr. Sibal showed attendees a Facebook page that maligned the Congress Party’s president, Sonia Gandhi. “This is unacceptable,”", "#idiotKapilSibal and variations thereof becoming a trending topic on Twitter ("Kapil Sibal is an idiot. RT while still legal"),.", "This latest move is not being seen as mere sycophancy but seems to be in keeping with the paranoia the government seems to exhibit when it comes to the digital world in general""
Dec 6, 2011 BBC: India vows crackdown on offensive internet content: "the government would introduce guidelines to ensure "blasphemous material" did not appear on internet."
Dec 6, 2011 Over 560 IPS officers yet to submit asset details: "After directing states to furnish property records of IPS officers, the Union Home Ministry has received details of Immovable Property Returns (IPR) of 152 officers out of the 713 who had not done so."
Dec 6, 2011 Will police arrest Akali Dal sarpanch?: "Is it a banana republic? the question that India is asking after visuals surfaced of a Sarpanch from the Akali Dal thrashing a woman teacher with at least 100 cops as mute spectators. Under extreme pressure Punjab government ordered the filing of a FIR against sarpanch Baljinder Singh -- the Sarpanch though still remains at large."
Dec 6, 2011 After Karnataka, mining scam in MP?: "NDA convener and JD-U chief Sharad Yadav on Monday (December 5) alleged a "Bellary like mining scam" in BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh and demanded action against those involved in it."
Dec 6, 2011 Maharashtra cops make a killing from rentals: "joint commissioner of police (state intelligence department) Rashmi Shukla has leased her flat to Emirate Airlines for an annual Rs 22.80 lakh. At Rs 36 lakh each, Joint CP, Vigilance (FDA), Dilip Shrirao and Rajiv Gandhi Jeevandayi Arogya Yojana's CEO K Venkatesham are the officers making the most rental income"
Dec 6, 2011 Justice eludes girl who died in Gadkari's house: "This happened two and a half years ago and the family alleges that she was murdered."
Dec 6, 2011 Patna University has more temples than colleges: "There are at least three such temples in Patna Science College. The owner of one of the temples lost a legal battle few years back. But the temple continues to exist."
Dec 6, 2011 Anna Hazare writes blog, justifies attack on Sharad Pawar: ""Many politicians felt very bad about the slapping incident. But it is important to discuss as to why did that youth slap,"", "this minister gave 'supari'(contract) of Rs 30 lakh to someone to kill me," Hazare said."
Dec 6, 2011 The Amazing Rise of Anna Hazare, India's Gandhi-Like Protest Leader
Dec 6, 2011 Is Kapil Sibal an IDIOT?: "This came in the backdrop of a barrage of ‘uncivilised’ criticism that has been going on the internet about all leaders in general and particularly the Gandhi family."
Dec 6, 2011 Govt weaves a web of censorship: "Sibal revealed that in September he met with executives from Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Yahoo over last few weeks after offensive material against Congress leader Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was put on the net."
Dec 5, 2011 International Business Times: Deadly Snakes Unleashed in Government Office in India [VIDEO]: "Corruption in India is a serious national problem. Despite a new anti-corruption bill, the country has gotten worse over the past year, according to Transparency International's annual index. India scored the second worse of all the developing BRIC economies, just behind Russia. India was 95th place (of 183) on the list, a whole 20 places worse than China and just one spot better than Pakistan."
Dec 5, 2011 Lokpal Bill: Leaving out lower bureaucracy will not help common man, says Team Anna
Dec 5, 2011 Retail fiasco, wholesale embarrassment: Congress lost in blunderland
Dec 5, 2011 You got CM's post by falling on Sonia's feet: Naidu to Reddy: ""You are a nominated chief minister. You got the post by falling on Sonia's feet. You are a 'sealed cover' CM and yours is a spineless leadership," Naidu charged."
Dec 5, 2011 How was Bhanwari eliminated?: "To win Bhanwari's trust, a kidnap plan is staged in which Shahabuddin alias Raju Bhai saves her on August 15 from people attempting to abduct her in Jodhpur."
Dec 5, 2011 Corruption in India: Major challenge for Swedish firms: "Swedish companies operating in the country rate India as "very poor" in terms of corruption and bureaucracy, a survey said."
Dec 5, 2011 Bhushans target Govt after lab says CD doctored: "The CD had Shanti Bhushan telling Amar Singh and Mulayam Singh Yadav that a judge could be fixed for Rs 4 crore"
Dec 5, 2011 Akali Dal sarpanch slaps woman in MP's function: "Police just stood by watching"
Dec 5, 2011 BJP accuses Mayawati, her brother of running 26 corrupt companies: "released a list of 26 companies at a press conference alleging that they were being run by Kumar. He also alleged that the money invested in the companies had been earned through corrupt means."
Dec 5, 2011 How much did the Madhu Koda scam really cost?: "biggest loot of the public fund"
Dec 5, 2011 Scams done in INDIA from 1947 to 2011
Dec 5, 2011 For ‘comprehensive’ Lokpal, IAC volunteers return to streets: "Supporters of the Jan Lokpal Bill will take to the streets from Monday in a bid to garner further support for their version of the anti-graft law."
Dec 5, 2011 Panel wants review of immunity to babus: "constitutional protection provided to the bureaucracy was turning out to be a “major obstacle” in taking departmental action against corrupt officials."
Dec 4, 2011 RTI query busts major PDS scam in Maharashtra: "The RTI data reveal that more than 42 lakh bogus ration cards were issued in the state between 1995 and 2009."
Dec 4, 2011 Stalin challenges TN govt, says ready to face defamation charge: "DMK leader has levelled land grabbing charges against chief minister Jayalalithaa."
Dec 4, 2011 Raj Bhavan home truths: Annual expense Rs 1 cr, occupancy 30 days: "A residence spread over 40 acres, employing around 20 personnel, having an annual upkeep expense of over a crore rupees and occupied for only about a month a year."
Dec 4, 2011 City cops, moral police veto ‘SlutWalk’: "the police backed out, fearing opposition from organisations like the RSS and Sri Rama Sene."
Dec 4, 2011 Farmer drinks poison in front of CM: "A distressed farmer drank poison in front of the chief minister and thousands of agriculturists at a public meeting in Amravati district"
Dec 4, 2011 Man dumps snakes in Tehsil office
Dec 4, 2011 Adivasi tortured to death: "Jhipru Muk-ne was tortured because he couldn't repay his employer a loan of measely 6,000 rupees. But what's even more shocking is that the police reportedly refused to register a complaint when the victim's wife approached them."
Dec 4, 2011 India slips to 95th rank on Corruption Perception Index: "This year, the country scores 3.1 on 10, with 10 being the highest score.", "Last year, India was placed at 87."
Dec 4, 2011 Citizen Journalist: CEC spreads awareness on voting: "SY Quraishi becomes Citizen Journalist to promote and spread awareness on elections in the country.", "Stop complaining, Start voting"
Dec 4, 2011 Rs 6,994 cr estimated loss for Air India in 2010-11: ""Based on April-September, 2011 out of 175 services, 8 services not meeting fuel cost, 109 services meeting fuel cost but not meeting cash cost, 56 services meeting cash cost but not meeting total cost and two services meeting total cost,""
Dec 4, 2011 Now, watch Karnataka CM live on YouTube: "but there is a catch here, there is no audio"
Dec 4, 2011 Delhi hospital dumps bio-medical waste in open: "Patel Chest Institute dumps medical waste like syringes and contaminated blood in an a municipal garbage bin."
Dec 4, 2011 Mining scam: Srilakshmi to be produced in court: "IAS bodies are worried that officers are becoming scapegoats while politicians are roaming scott-free."
Dec 4, 2011 Ex-Union minister Swami Chinmayanand accusedof rape, murder attempt: "The Shahjahanpur police in Uttar Pradesh lodged a case of assault, rape, forced abortion and attempt to murder against former Union minister of state for home, Swami Chinmayanand"
Dec 4, 2011 देखें: पार्क में प्रेमी जोड़ों पर लेडी इंस्पेक्टर की दबंगई
Dec 4, 2011 Has moral policing gone too far?
Dec 4, 2011 Raja, Behura & Chandolia ‘core sector’ of 2G scam, says CBI: "Former Telecom Minister A Raja and two former bureaucrats RK Chandolia and Siddharth Behura were the “core sector” of conspiracy"
Dec 4, 2011 Ghaziabad: Cops turn moral police, target couples: "Policemen have resumed 'Operation Majnu' to crack down on couples, which they claim will curb sexual harassment."
Dec 4, 2011 Propaganda at our cost: "It has released a massive sum of Rs 50 crore as the first instalment for a two-hour long audio-visual documentary glorifying the reign of Congress Prime Ministers.", "Over the years the voters of the State have been fed the canard by sycophantic Congress leaders that the nation can prosper only under the aegis of a member of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty. And over the years people have stopped believing that fiction."
Dec 4, 2011 Mail and email: Two MPs want PMO to explain the difference: "The two MPs also sought to know if there is a restriction on general public to send their grievances to senior officials and ministers through email and whether most of the emails received by government establishments remain "unanswered and deleted without replies.""
Dec 4, 2011 Asked for bribe, man dumps snakes in office: "Frustrated over alleged delay in allotment of land and demands for bribe, a snake charmer let loose over a dozen snakes inside a revenue department office in Basti"
Dec 4, 2011 Team Anna meets MPs, lobbies for strong Lokpal: "Arvind Kejriwal said that the PM, Citizen's Charter and CBI should come under the Lokpal."
Dec 4, 2011 FDI in retail will 'enslave' India: Anna Hazare: "Anna Hazare said that FDI in retail will not benefit the farmers as claimed by the government."
Dec 4, 2011 UP: scam in Mayawati's home-for-poor project: "CNN-IBN has learnt that the flats are being handed to millionaires instead of being given free of cost to the poor.", "The great dalit housing scam"
Dec 4, 2011 Miffed by Lokpal draft, Anna threatens fresh stir: "Reacting to the draft, anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare said that he felt cheated by the government."
Dec 4, 2011 Forget lower officials under Lokpal, find a Lokayukta for Karnataka first
Dec 4, 2011 Team Anna rejects Parl Panel's Lokpal draft: "Team Anna says the draft goes against the assurance given by Centre to Anna Hazare on the Lokpal Bill."
Dec 4, 2011 Delhi in 'most unsafe' cities in India list: "The National Capital has emerged as one of the most unsafe cities along with Patna, Kanpur and Meerut in the country"
Dec 4, 2011 Rs.5 lakh solatium for Tamil Nadu women raped by cops: "Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Tuesday announced a solatium of Rs.5 lakh for each of the four tribal women, who were allegedly raped by policemen in Villupuram district, and suspended five uniformed men.", "A team of police and forest department personnel indulged in loot, arson and rape in Vachathi village in Dharmapuri district in June 1992."
Dec 4, 2011 Debt trap turns death trap for Vidarbha farmers: "The cotton crisis has pushed 123 farmers to suicide in 2011, says the state government."
Dec 4, 2011 Petrol in India costlier than in US: "the Rs 66.42 per litre price of petrol in Delhi includes Rs 26.59 a litre because of taxes (both central excise and local sales tax or VAT)."
Dec 4, 2011 Will her father reward Kanimozhi for ‘sacrifice’?: "Kanimozhi is likely to rewarded with a party post for "enduring" 190 days in Tihar jail. This is the buzz in the DMK as party chief M Karunanidhi's daughter prepares to fly down home to a grand reception in Chennai."
Dec 4, 2011 Govt mulls Rs 30,000 crore bailout package for Air India: "government is considering writing off Rs 4,500 crore cash loss of Air India, infusing additional equity of Rs 6,750 crore and Rs 17,000-18,000 crore for its fleet acquisition programme."
Dec 4, 2011 Mamata Banerjee’s foreign nemesis: a Rs 4.5 cr lawsuit: "For the Railways’ babus, the ‘penalty’ amount is not exceptionally big. But the fear that the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) will attribute this sheer wastage of money to Mamata Banerjee has made them extremely anxious."
Dec 4, 2011 Govt orders COD probe into BBMP scam: "Karnataka Government today decided to order Corps of Detectives (COD) probe into the multi-crore financial scam in the Bruhut Banglore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP)."
Dec 4, 2011 Team Anna stages protest outside Parliament: "The MCD has denied giving Team Anna permission to hold a protest at Ramlila Maidan on December 27."
Dec 4, 2011 Delhi MLAs salaries spike from Rs 42K to Rs 82K: "while the monthly emolument of a minister will go up to rupees one lakh from the current Rs 55,000 a month."
Dec 4, 2011 Chandigarh confidential: "A four-page letter written using unparliamentary language and levelling wild accusations against the judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court is much being talked about these days."
Dec 4, 2011 Half baked laws creates opportunity for scams: ""most of the Bills prepared by the ministries do not even have drafting committees and some of them are drafted by any outside person or agency close to the government or a particular ministry."
Dec 4, 2011 India's exposure ‘to stocks one of the lowest in the world'

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