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Aug 31, 2012 Will Sahai resign on propriety?: "A day after Tourism Minister Subodh Kant Sahai was forced to admit that he infact lobbied for his brother with the Prime Minister for coal block allocation" Aug 31, 2012 Delays caused Rs 14,000 cr cost overruns in 16 hydro projs:CAG: "Delay in implementing 16 hydro power projects by four state-run generators, including NHPC and SJVN, resulted in cost overruns of more than Rs 14,700 crore, CAG said" Aug 31, 2012 Guj riots victims get justice, 1984 killers still free: "In the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, three Congress politicians were named in different FIRs. However, 28 years later, not one has been convicted yet." Aug 31, 2012 Minister advises officers to be moderate in corruption Aug 30, 2012 K'taka MLAs on S. America junket: "At a time when the state is reeling under the effects of drought, legislators from Karnataka are going on a foreign junket. The first batch of 14 MLA left on a study trip to South American countries while over 100 MLAs are planning to leave over the next few days." Aug 30, 2012 Coalgate: Who is Sudhir K Sahay?: "TIMES NOW reveal a mystery man who attended Coal screening committee meetings as a SKS director. Who is Sudhir K Sahay and why was he part of meetings where coal block allocations were being decided?" Aug 30, 2012 Coalgate: People with Cong, BJP links got mines: "Details of the first FIR to be filed by the CBI show how those with political connections were favoured in the coal mine allocations." Aug 30, 2012 Asha Bhosle faces heat from MNS Aug 30, 2012 Congress treasurer lobbied with BJP CM?: "In the first clear indication that the Congress and BJP actually co-operated on these questionable allotments we reveal the letter written by Congress's national treasurer Motilal Vora to the BJP chief minister in Chhattisgarh, Raman Singh." Aug 30, 2012 Ramdev alleges witch hunt by UPA government: "Ramdev claims that he is being targetted because of his anti-corruption movement against the UPA." Aug 30, 2012 FTN: A classroom on coal scam: "The CAG in its report on coal blocks allocation had suggested that there was a lost of Rs 1.86 lakh crore due to lack of bidding." Aug 30, 2012 The Last Word: Could the CAG report on coal develop into a bofors?: "With the paralysis in Parliament, could the CAG report on an alleged coal scam develop into a second bofors?" Aug 30, 2012 Reddy brothers paid huge bribe to BJP: Lalu: "Most of the mines owned by Reddy’s are in Andhra Pradesh." Aug 30, 2012 Azam Khan loses cool: "Finding two top officials missing from a departmental meeting, a fuming UP minister ticked off an officer asking him to shut up and calling him ill-mannered." Aug 30, 2012 Why Coal Minister Jaiswal’s heart isn’t in auctions: "If politics is the last refuge of the scoundrel, consumer interest is the last justification for flawed policies." Aug 30, 2012 BJP's fresh salvo, takes on Tourism Minister: "alleged that Prime Minister's Office had favoured Union Minister Subodh Kant Sahay by allotting two coal blocks on his request to a company." Aug 30, 2012 Coalgate: How PMO cut red tape to favour minister: "Crony capitalism in the coal block allocations was not limited to private companies with right connections only, it extended to at least one of the ministers of the government." Aug 30, 2012 Narendra Modi's 'advice' to PM: "Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Monday (August 27) advised Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to follow the state government's development model to improve the management of the country." Aug 30, 2012 Coalgate: The screening commitee papers: "TIMES NOW has unearthed more startling revelations on the 1.86 lakh crore scam. Documents of the screening committee meetings on coal block allocations from 2003 to 2008 in exclusive possession of TIMES NOW raise a number of questions." Aug 30, 2012 BJP alleges PMO favoured Sahay on coal blocks allotment: "BJP today alleged that Prime Minister's Office had favoured Union Minister Subodh Kant Sahay by allotting two coal blocks on his request to a company." Aug 30, 2012 Congress-BJP war on coal paralyses Parl: "Both the Houses were adjourned till Thursday as the Opposition MPs continued to demand the Prime Minister's resignation." Aug 30, 2012 Govt says it didn't leak Radia tapes, pulled up by SC: "The court expressed displeasure and told the government that the probe report on Radia tapes leakage was hardly satisfactory." Aug 30, 2012 Congress got 'mota maal' from Reddy brothers too: Sushma Swaraj: "She said the Reddy brothers, one of who is in jail, got all the mining rights "on recommendation from Congress chief ministers and it was given by the Congress government"." Aug 30, 2012 Coalgate: PM vs CAG and PM vs BJP: "While Prime Minister Manmohan Singh blamed the Opposition-ruled states for the coal blocks allocations, the BJP dismissed the allegations and demanded a SIT probe." Aug 30, 2012 J&K: Minister's son fined Rs 21 lakh for power theft: "Hilal Ahmed, the son of J%26K Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather, however, alleged it was a political conspiracy against his family." Aug 30, 2012 Reddy brothers paid 'mota' money to BJP leaders: Lalu: "“Everybody knows the Reddy brothers paid huge money, 'mota (huge)' money to BJP leaders. I demand that a Parliamentary Committee be formed to probe the issue,”" Aug 29, 2012 Kejriwal poses 10 questions to PM and Gadkari: "“If the second war for independence is to succeed then we have to be prepared to be beaten up by the police with sticks. When the time comes, we will even be prepared to face bullets" Aug 28, 2012 Bloomberg: Poor in India Starve as Politicians Steal $14.5 Billion of Food: "This scam, like many others involving politicians in India, remains unpunished. A state police force beholden to corrupt lawmakers, an underfunded federal anti-graft agency and a sluggish court system have resulted in five overlapping investigations over seven years -- and zero convictions." Aug 28, 2012 Reddy brothers paid 'mota' money to BJP leaders: Lalu: "“Everybody knows the Reddy brothers paid huge money, 'mota (huge)' money to BJP leaders. I demand that a Parliamentary Committee be formed to probe the issue,”" Aug 27, 2012 Karnataka Cooperative Milk-Producers’ Federation’s cattle feed deal reeks of scam: "The Karnataka Cooperative Milk-Producers ' Federation (KMF) recently approved a deal for the purchase of an unprecedented quantity of cottonseed cake at inflated prices, indicating a possible multi-crore scam and a Rs 10-crore kickback." Aug 27, 2012 High Tide: From Detaining Indian Protesters to Defense Industry Scrutiny: "The politics of corruption continues to be a scandal in countries from Ghana to India." Aug 27, 2012 NDTV's mid-term poll 2012: Is corruption India's biggest problem? Aug 27, 2012 Rain wreaks havoc in Rajasthan, 36 dead: "The Rajasthan government has promised relief for those who are the worst sufferers, but is it too late?" Aug 27, 2012 Cong benefited from coal, not the country: BJP: "Arun Jaitley said that the Prime Minister's Office first sabotaged the policy of competitive bidding in 2004." Aug 27, 2012 Coal allocations made for hefty bribes, says BJP: ""Mota maal mila hai Congress ko" (Congress got big bucks)," Swaraj said" Aug 27, 2012 My silence is better than a thousand answers: Manmohan Singh: "this has been his "general attitude"." Aug 26, 2012 Gopal Kanda got MDLR hostesses to political rallies: "The 60 airhostesses hired by the now defunct MDLR Airlines of former Haryana minister Gopal Kanda were made to attend his political rallies in Sirsa and other parts of Haryana and even be present on the dais" Aug 26, 2012 BBC: India coal scandal: Hundreds protest against PM Singh: "Police in the Indian capital Delhi have baton-charged hundreds of anti-corruption protesters angered by the government's sale of coalfields without open bidding. An auditors' report last week said the mis-selling cost India $33bn (£20bn)." Aug 26, 2012 Cash for coal blocks: BJP hints at payoffs for Congress: "the allocations were tied to political payoffs for the Congress" Aug 26, 2012 Cong using Parliament to legitimise corruption: BJP Aug 26, 2012 Coalgate: PM has a criminal liability, says Sinha: "Reiterating his party's demand, BJP leader Yashwant Sinha says Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should resign on moral grounds." Aug 26, 2012 Cong, BJP misleading people on scams: SP Aug 26, 2012 Mitra probes 'housing scam': "there were accusations of government flats being handed over to CPM leaders at a rate much lower than the market price." Aug 26, 2012 CII calls for transparency in governance to return to high GDP rates of growth Aug 26, 2012 India Against Corruption activists gherao Naveen Patnaik's residence: "They also hit out at the BJD government in Odisha alleging large scale corruption in mining activities and allotment of coal blocks." Aug 26, 2012 Mining group Vedanta paid Rs 28 crore donation to political parties in last 3 years: "Its subsidiaries include Sterlite Industries, Sesa Goa, Cairn India and Hindustan Zinc." Aug 26, 2012 Hazare targets Congress and BJP, says both have corruption-blackened hands: "he alleged that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was "misleading" the country on the Lokpal Bill issue." Aug 26, 2012 Voice of America: Indian PM Asked to Resign Over Corruption Charge: "The auditor estimated that private companies made profits of more than $34 billion, money that could have been "accrued to the national exchequer."" Aug 24, 2012 Chimpanzee Ai knows what zero means, but does Chidambaram?: "Even chimpanzees do. But one individual who does not seem to understand the concept of zero is Finance Minister P Chidambaram." Aug 24, 2012 J&K minister's son accused of power theft: "He is also accused of not obtaining a proper permit and there was no meter at the building." Aug 24, 2012 The politics of police transfers: "Personal agendas, individual egos and electoral needs will continue to come in the way of competence and good governance while the search for yes men in every position continues." Aug 24, 2012 Sonia’s constituency to get 5th central varsity in UP: "Rae Bareli also has a National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), and recently it was decided that a new AIIMS-like institution will also come up in Sonia's constituency." Aug 24, 2012 The Last Word: What is happening to India?: "Parliament paralysed, reforms postponed, grid failures and scams, mass killing and an exodus - What's happening to India?" Aug 24, 2012 Manmohan no less than Raja: BJP on coalgate: "The BJP hasn't allowed the Parliament to function for the last three days demanding the Prime Minister's resignation over the coal report." Aug 23, 2012 Coal Scam: Activists to Gherao Residence of PM: ""Congress and BJP have got together to loot Rs 1.86 lakh crore in coal scam. (There will be) gherao of Prime Minister's and Nitin Gadkari's residences." Aug 23, 2012 Cong, BJP colluded in coal-gate: Kejriwal: "the Communist Party of India-Marxist and Biju Janata Dal also played a major role in the plunder of coal." Aug 23, 2012 Violent UP: Akhilesh proves Mayawati was better: "Uttar Pradesh is slipping into a spiral of caste, communal and campus violence" Aug 23, 2012 Politician let off & cops suspended: "Samajwadi Party (SP) MLA Vijay Mishra's daughter Seema Mishra handing out Rs 500 notes to policemen outside the Allahabad Jail. The policemen smiling folding their hands and accepting the 'Bakshis'." Aug 23, 2012 No one leaked Niira Radia tapes?: "The Government on Thursday (August 23) told the Supreme Court that it has not been able to track the source from where the controversial tapped telephonic conversation between corporate lobbyist Niira Radia and others including Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata was leaked." Aug 23, 2012 CBI botch up NRHM scam probe: "A Government scheme misused, Rs 5,755 crore looted, six murders to cover it up and two years later, the investigation is frozen. At the centre of it all is powerful politicians who have not faced any action." Aug 23, 2012 CBI going slow in the Maran case?: "While no arrests have been made in the case, the accused former Union Telecom Minister has been questioned only one in the Rs 550 crore scam." Aug 23, 2012 CBI cornered into action on CWG: "He threatened us for speaking the truth but we continued to expose Sacked Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Chief Suresh Kalmadi's role in the multi-crore Commonwealth Games (CWG) scam. Despite his arrest - and impending trial - TIMES NOW was again the first to expose the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) continued attempt to shield Kalmadi." Aug 22, 2012 Yet to start work, Natgrid CEO highest paid babu: "the consolidated monthly remuneration of Natgrid CEO Raghu Raman was Rs 10 lakh besides a host of other facilities. Importantly, Natgrid is still not operational despite being set up as an attached office of the home ministry in December 2010 and a sanction of over Rs 1,000 crore in 2012." Aug 22, 2012 Kejriwal says, Cong, BJP, CPI-M all in cahoots in Coalgate scam: "not only the Prime Minister, but the chief minister of Chhatisgarh Raman Singh should also resign for recommending allotment of coal blocks in his state." Aug 22, 2012 Cash in return for VIP treatment?: "Three warders of Naini Prison were caught on camera accepting money from the daughter of a controversial ruling Samajwadi Party MLA, who is an accused in 2010 bomb attack on a BSP minister" Aug 22, 2012 18 FIRs and one names Kalmadi: "A day after TIMES NOW exposed how Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) goofed up in the AM Films scam to let former CWG Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi off even after admitting his role in the scam" Aug 22, 2012 Leasing aircraft on loss-making routes cost AI Rs. 4,234 crore: "Key files on decision missing, internal investigation determined" Aug 22, 2012 BJP calls JPC meet on 2G a kangaroo court, walks out: "BJP MPs Yashwant Sinha and Ravi Shankar Prasad accused Congress members of using foul language against them." Aug 22, 2012 Coalgate: CBI to file FIRs against pvt cos, govt officials: "Sources tell CNN-IBN that 20 private companies and many state and Central government officials are in the line of fire." Aug 21, 2012 What the coal scam is all about: "For the arbitrary distribution of coal blocks, a wide swathe of the political and business class is responsible." Aug 21, 2012 Delhi airport scam: GMR-led DIAL gains Rs 3,415 cr: "Government auditor CAG today slammed the government for giving out Delhi airport and its land with a potential earning capacity of Rs 1,63,557 crore to private-led operator DIAL which made a total equity contribution of only Rs 2,450 crore." Aug 21, 2012 CAG estimates: Our likely loss Rs. 38,00,00,00,00,000: "Indian taxpayers may have lost as much as Rs. 3.8 lakh crore in scams in the power, aviation and coal sectors over the past eight years, the country's state auditor said" Aug 21, 2012 Subramanian Swamy hurls another bomb at Sonia,Manmohan Singh: ""Why should only the prime minister be held responsible for all scams popping out in the UPA regime? UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi is equally responsible and she can't escape from her responsibilities. She is a very corrupt politician,"" Aug 21, 2012 Anti Corruption Bureau summons Karnataka MLA Sriramulu: "The ACB has already arrested two Karnataka MLAs - Gali Somasekhar Reddy and T H Suresh Babu." Aug 21, 2012 'India is seeing crony capitalism at present' Aug 21, 2012 UP govt shielding corrupt officials: BJP Aug 21, 2012 Corrupt politicians control nation's destiny: Team Anna Aug 21, 2012 Police slap IT Act against Kanda: "Fresh trouble brewed for former Haryana minister Gopal Kanda, arrested in the suicide case of his former employee, on Tuesday (August 21) with Delhi Police slapping sections of Information Technology Act against him for allegedly sending false electronic message leading to harassment of the deceased." Aug 21, 2012 CBI exposed by own chargesheet: "The Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) chargesheet on the Queen's Baton Relay scam has thrown up a big contradiction. Even as charges are being made out against Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi's aides, the big fish seems to have been given a clean chit." Aug 21, 2012 Minister's whisper, national uproar: "Massive controversy after Minister of State (MoS) for Parliamentary Affairs Rajiv Shukla caught on tape advising Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha to adjourn the House on Tuesday (August 21)." Aug 21, 2012 Air hostess Geetika Sharma was exploited, forced to commit suicide: NCW: "Kanda was a minister in Haryana till Geetika named him in her suicide note. He went underground and remained untraced before surrendering at a police station in Delhi on the weekend." Aug 21, 2012 Coal storm rocks LS, RS; govt says PM won't quit: "Both the Houses had to be adjourned for the day following slogan shouting by the Opposition as well as the treasury benches." Aug 21, 2012 Live: Parliament adjourned till Wednesday: "Both the Houses were adjourned after uproar over the opposition demand for the Prime Minister's resignation over coal blocks allocation." Aug 21, 2012 UPA Minister caught asking RS Chair to adjourn House: "Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajiv Shukla was caught advising RS Deputy Chairman to adjourn the House for the whole day." Aug 20, 2012 राजीव गांधी पर विज्ञापन को लेकर विवाद: "20 अगस्त भारत के पूर्व प्रधानमंत्री राजीव गाँधी का जन्मदिन होता है और इस मौक़े पर लगभग हर प्रमुख अख़बार में सरकारी विभागों की ओर से 10 या उससे भी ज़्यादा विज्ञापन देकर उन्हें श्रद्धांजलि दी गई है." Aug 19, 2012 Chief Justice of India cautions government against tinkering with judicial independence: "A controversial clause in the bill states: "No judge shall make unwarranted comments against the conduct of any constitutional or statutory institution or officials at the time of hearing matters in open courts during the course of hearing matters."" Aug 19, 2012 Come only when I call, Shivpal Yadav tells media: "Uttar Pradesh minister Shivpal Yadav is making news again after he threatened the media in Etawah on Tuesday." Aug 19, 2012 'CAG report on coal a major embarrassment for Govt': "CNN-IBN has accessed the final draft of the CAG report on coal block allocations which pegs the loss to the exchequer at Rs 1.86 lakh crore." Aug 19, 2012 Prime Minister's Independence Day speech disappoints many: "The Independence Day address of the PM was meant to make a big push for economic growth, but he made no such announcement." Aug 19, 2012 Ramdev slams PM's speech, says nothing on graft: "Ramdev criticised the Prime Minister for not announcing any measures to bring back black money stashed abroad." Aug 18, 2012 Gopal Kanda's journey from footwear merchant to aircraft owner: "Gopal Kanda and his family did not own much property five years ago. However, when his assets were looked into, it was found that in the last five years, Kanda and his family had amassed properties worth hundred of crores which included acquisition of an aircraft for his MDLR (Murali Dhar Lakhpat Rai) Airlines company." Aug 18, 2012 Republic of Lootistan: CAG, and the face of ‘crony capitalism’: "Welcome to the capital of ‘crony capitalism’." Aug 18, 2012 Incriminating evidence against Kalmadi overlooked?: "All of Suresh Kalmadi's key aides have been named in the CBI chargesheet in the Queens Baton relay scam. But, the man who was at the center of the CWG scam - Suresh Kalmadi - has been conspicuously left out." Aug 17, 2012 Coal scam UPA's biggest so far: Sushma Swaraj: "Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley said that the PM must introspect and quit the office." Aug 17, 2012 CAG report on coal block allocation hits UPA hard: "The Opposition has slammed the government on issues of transparency and accountability." Aug 17, 2012 CAG reports: Congress, BJP blame each other for corruption: "The all-too-familiar political blame game has begun following the CAG reports that said that losses worth lakhs of crores of rupees were caused to the national exchequer by the Centre." Aug 17, 2012 CAG slams Govt policy on coal, power, aviation: "The report on coal questions the role of PM, who allegedly allotted mines with 44 bn tonnes of coal at throwaway prices when he was coal minister." Aug 17, 2012 CAG blackens UPA II with coal: "The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India laid bare the manner in which the biggest-ever loot of India’s scarce natural resources took place in its report tabled in Parliament on Friday, when it emphasised that opaque bidding process of coal mining cost the nation a whopping Rs 1.86 lakh crore." Aug 17, 2012 CAG reveals greatest national loss?: "A whopping gain of Rs 1.86 lakh crore is likely to accrue to private companies, including Tata Steel, Essar Power, JSPL, Hindalco and Adani Power from allocation of 57 coal blocks without competitive bidding, a CAG report said today." Aug 17, 2012 Undue benefits of Rs 3.8 lakh crore to private parties under UPA government: CAG: "Already under attack over various scams, government on Friday faced a fusillade from the comptroller and auditor general (CAG), which has estimated "undue benefits" of over Rs 3.8 lakh crore to private parties in coal blocks allotment without bidding, Delhi airport development and diversion of coal to a power project."
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