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Jun 2, 2012 Coal blocks: 'Gadkari's son favoured in auction': "The PMO has now alleged that the son of BJP President Nitin Gadkari was favoured in the coal block allocations."
Jun 2, 2012 AP: CBI judge faces arrest in bribery scandal: "Judge Pattabhi Rama Rao reportedly received Rs 6 cr for granting bail to mining baron Janardhan Reddy in a case."
Jun 2, 2012 K'taka: BJP MLA convicted in bribery case: "BJP MLA Y Sampangi was caught by the Lokayukta police while accepting a bribe of Rs 5 lakh from a businessman."
Jun 2, 2012 INLD MLA shot at in Delhi: "police suspecting it to be a case of personal rivalry."
Jun 2, 2012 Ex-MP, wife held for land grabbing: "Central Crime Branch on Saturday arrested former Rajya Sabha MP Mastan and his wife on charges of grabbing a land worth over Rs. 2 crore using fake documents."
Jun 2, 2012 CBI probes deeper into suspended judge’s assets: "The CBI officials also identified the role of a retired district judge T Chalapathi Rao of Chilakaluripet in Guntur district. Chalapathi Rao allegedly acted as a conduit between Gali and Pattabhirama Rao."
Jun 2, 2012 NRHM scam: CBI raids premises of former UP Minister: "The CBI today carried out searches at the premises of former UP Minister Anant Mishra in Lucknow and in Kanpur in connection with its probe in the NRHM scam."
Jun 2, 2012 MLA Sampangi gets RI in bribery case: "This is for the first time in the State that a sitting MLA has been convicted of graft charges."
Jun 2, 2012 Bribery case: Karnataka BJP legislator jailed: "Acting on a complaint by a businessman, the Lokayukta police caught Sampangi accepting a Rs.500,000 bribe at the Legislators' Home behind Vidhana Soudha"
Jun 2, 2012 Andhra HC sends Jaganmohan Reddy to CBI custody for five days: "The CBI has charged the YSR government (2004-2009) of bestowing undue favours and concessions to private promoter Nimmagadda Prasad in the land allocation for the industrial corridor and port project spread over 28,000 acres in Guntur and Prakasam districts and that in turn, Parsad invested in the companies floated by Jagan."
Jun 1, 2012 AMC mining case: CBI files chargesheet against Janardhana Reddy: "The CBI today filed a chargesheet against former Karnataka Minister and mining baron G Janardhana Reddy and six others in an illegal mining scam, involving a firm owned by him that allegedly caused a loss of Rs 480 crore to the state exchequer."
Jun 1, 2012 Why quit, why not go to jail: Team Anna asks PM: "Team Anna member Manish Sisodia questioned the Prime Minister's comment about quitting public life if found guilty."
May 29, 2012 Now, Enforcement Directorate moves in to attach Jaganmohan Reddy's assets: "The Income Tax department started investigating his wealth when he deposited an advance tax of Rs 84 crore for April-September of 2010-11. This was a huge jump compared to the previous two years when his tax outgo was a paltry Rs 2.92 lakh for 2008-09 and Rs 6.72 crore for 2009-10."
May 29, 2012 YSR family's scams dwarf 2G, Adarsh: Naidu
May 29, 2012 Slowing growth hits India's poorest: "New Delhi estimates that an urban dweller needs only Rs 28 a day - 50 US cents - to survive."
May 29, 2012 BBC: Arrested Indian MP Jagan Mohan Reddy remanded: "A court in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh has remanded MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy in custody for two weeks."
May 29, 2012 Paternity case: ND Tiwari's blood samples collected: "The veteran Congress leader and former Andhra governor had been refusing to give the samples in a paternity lawsuit."
May 29, 2012 'Katara killers' long hospital stays unjustified': "An Army medical board, set up by the Delhi HC, has alleged that the Yadav brothers were using flimsy medical grounds to stay out of jail."
May 29, 2012 UPA govt a patient on ventilator: Ramdev
May 29, 2012 In the dock: "the Congress didn’t seem to care, back then, if his chief ministership coincided with his son’s business interests and assets multiplying in value."
May 29, 2012 Paternity suit: N D Tiwari gives blood sample: "The Supreme Court had on May 24 rejected 88-year-old Tiwari's plea that he was too old to give his blood sample. "It does not mean that blood is not running in his body," the bench had said."
May 28, 2012 Jagan sent to judicial custody: "YSR Congress chief Jagan Mohan Reddy, arrested in a disproportionate assets case, was todayremanded in judicial custody for two weeks till June 11 by a CBI court in Hyderabad. Principal Judge A Pullaiah dismissed the agency's plea for14 days' CBI remand of 39-year-old Jagan, MP from Kadapa, who was taken into custody last evening. The court allowed the petition of Jagan seeking special prisoner status under Andhra Pradesh prison rules."
May 28, 2012 BSP MLAs create ruckus in UP Assembly: "The budget session of the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha today started on a stormy note as the opposition, specially BSP, created a ruckus on the first day during the address by Governor B L Joshi."
May 28, 2012 Political murder charge: Kerala CPM split wide open: "TP Chandrasekharan's murder earlier this month has rekindled memories of violent political retribution in Kerela."
May 28, 2012 CPM leader faces murder charges for his speech: "The police have registered a case of murder, abetment to murder and concealing information against MM Mani."
May 28, 2012 SP, BSP MLAs clash in UP Assembly: "The BSP MLAs shouted slogans at the well of the Lucknow Vidhan Sabha after budget session began on Monday."
May 28, 2012 SP, BSP MLAs clash in UP Assembly: "The BSP MLAs shouted slogans at the well of the Lucknow Vidhan Sabha after budget session began on Monday."
May 28, 2012 PM is like a 'Shikhandi' for Cong: Team Anna: "Team Anna on Monday accused Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of turning a blind eye to corruption cases."
May 28, 2012 Live: Jagan in judicial custody, taken to Chanchalguda jail: "Jagan’s brother-in-law Anil Kumar, Congress MP Sabbam Hari, who is loyal to Jagan, YSR party leaders J. Prabhakar Rao, Y.V. Subba Reddy and others were also taken into custody."
May 28, 2012 Celebration of the corrupt: "Today, nothing moves in any Government department unless it is greased with currency notes. Gone are the days when a few hundred or even thousand rupees could turn the decision in the favour of the petitioner. These are days when investigating authorities have discovered property and recovered cash amounting to several crores of rupees from even peons and clerks."
May 28, 2012 Assets case: 14-day custody for Jagan; he looted poor, says CBI: "He cannot seek public sympathy. He has deprived poor people and caused them irreparable loss and in turn enriched himself by dubious mechanism by sending the funds abroad and getting the same invested in his companies"
May 28, 2012 Jaganmohan Reddy sent to judicial custody till June 11: "YSR Congress chief Jaganmohan Reddy was on Monday sent to 14-day judicial custody till June 11 by a CBI court in Hyderabad in connection with the disproportionate assets case."
May 28, 2012 Ruckus in UP assembly on Day 1, Akhilesh smiles: "Last year, when BSP was in power, SP MLAs had disrupted the governor's address in a similar fashion."
May 27, 2012 Jagan Mohan Reddy arrested, Andhra Pradesh on edge: "The 39-year-old Kadapa MP, who rebelled and left the Congress in Andhra Pradesh, was booked for criminal conspiracy, forgery, criminal breach of trust, falsification of accounts under the Indian Penal Code as well as under sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act. Efforts to produce Reddy before a magistrate were being blocked by a dharna by his family at the Dilkusha guesthouse — the CBI’s temporary office. Reddy heads a massive business empire, ranging from power generation to newspapers and TV."
May 27, 2012 BJP a mute spectator to corruption in India: Ram Jethmalani: "He cautioned BJP, saying this would lead people to believe that BJP has something to hide and hence has become an "impotent spectator" to the loot of our finances."
May 27, 2012 Team Anna welcomes Krishna's defamation suit: "SM Krishna cautioned Team Anna that their actions would amount to over-reaching a judicial process."
May 27, 2012 DA case: CBI arrests Jagan Mohan Reddy
May 27, 2012 Jagan arrested by CBI: "Kadapa MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, who made a stunning rise in politics after rebelling against Congress, was today (May 27) arrested by the CBI in a disproportionate assets case."
May 27, 2012 Jethmalani's caustic letter to Gadkari: "In a strongly-worded letter to BJP President Nitin Gadkari, eminent lawyer and MP Ram Jethmalani has alleged party leaders are "silent against the huge corruption" in UPA-II government and are instead engaged in infighting."
May 27, 2012 'Have killed, will kill': "An embarrassed CPI-M in Kerala today ticked off its senior functionary M M Mani over his controversial remarks that there have been instances of the party eliminating its political rivals."
May 27, 2012 Shocker: We have plotted and killed people, admits CPM leader: "The outspoken claim of a CPM leader in Kerala that the party has indeed plotted and killed its opponents landed the Marxists in an absolute mess."
May 27, 2012 Jagan Reddy arrested: Late YSR’s sins catch up with son: "The arrest of YS Jagan Mohan Reddy by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is as much an indictment of his late father YS Rajasekhara Reddy, former Andhra Chief Minister, as Jagan himself."
May 27, 2012 Letter to Gadkari 'Our Bankruptcy Of Talent' : "Today, the nation has realised that it's (sic) pverty and destitution are the result of widespread corruption and large scale larceny of the national assests by mainly our present rulers. I am convinced and so is the nation by and large that half the members of the present cabinet ought to be in Jail.", "the current finance minister who according to me is a guardian of the stolen wealth of the nation and a protector of the grand dacoits, who have made us miserable beggars. Believe me the nation is not wrong in concluding that we too have skeletons in our cupboards which make us impotent spectators of the rape of our finaces."
May 27, 2012 विधायक ने रंगदारी के लिये करवाई हत्या: "विधायक ने शाह से पचास लाख रुपये रंगदारी के तौर पर दिये जाने की मांग की थी और रुपये न मिलने पर शराब दुकान बंद करने को कहा था।"
May 27, 2012 Understanding Jagan: A story of dynasty and megabucks: "the modus operandi of Jagan - fully backed by his now deceased father, chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy - was simple: allocate huge tracts of valuable land (taking advantage of the liberal policies of the government of India, which was promoting SEZs as a panacea for rapid industrial growth) to companies of all sizes and pedigrees, and in return get them to invest in his ventures.", "The whole exercise required the co-option of bureaucrats and ministers. Handpicked pliant officers were detailed for the job. The officers, some of whom also extracted their cuts, did the actual paperwork and signed on the files allowing a clutch of patently unfair deals. A few of these officers are already in jail and others may follow suit. Ministers also cooperated."
May 27, 2012 CBI arrests Jaganmohan Reddy in disproportionate assets case: "The CBI had been grilling Jagan as to how his wealth increased dramatically after his father YS Rajasekhara Reddy became chief minister in 2004. Jagan had officially declared that he owned assets of Rs 356 crore."
May 26, 2012 Ramdev takes on PM, says UPA not performing its constitutional responsibility: ""If 200 lakh crore scams take place under any Prime Minster's Government then how can you expect that Prime Minister to be honest. The government is involved in all the scams, they sold the country, some of the people within the country are looting the nation and some international firms including MNCs are looting the country,""
May 26, 2012 Ramdev to resume campaign against corruption from June 3: "Yoga guru Baba Ramdev has once again hit out at Congress-led UPA government for failing to check rampant corruption."
May 26, 2012 Indian prime minister, 14 ministers accused of graft: "alleging Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and 14 cabinet ministers were involved in massive corruption. Besides Manmohan Singh, Home Minister P. Chidambaram, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna also figured in the 79-page document prepared by Team Anna purportedly showing their alleged involvement in various cases."
May 26, 2012 'UPA government lurching from crisis to crisis': "the ever-deteriorating state of the Indian economy."
May 26, 2012 With rupee, India's 'shadow PM' Narendra Modi takes a shot at PM: ""And why hasn't the currencies of Bangladesh, Pakistan or Nepal fallen? Why only India's currency?", "leaders urging the people to throw out the "incompetent, inefficient, and corrupt UPA government"."
May 26, 2012 Team Anna is back, wants PM probed: "they said the SIT should investigate charges against the 15 "corrupt" ministers as well as those against party chiefs Mayawati, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Lalu Prasad and Jayalalithaa."
May 26, 2012 Team Anna accuses 15 UPA ministers of graft: "A list compiled by Team Anna names Manmohan Singh, Pranab Mukherjee and P Chidambaram among the 15 UPA ministers."
May 26, 2012 Govt plans to use technology to limit info given under RTI: "The Centre couldn’t dilute your right to information (RTI) by law. So it’s using technology to do it. The government has slipped in a provision in its new call-centre project to restrict the electronic system from accepting information requests relating to more than two public authorities in a single application. This is the fourth instance since 2005 — when the transparency law came into force —of attempts being made to weaken RTI."
May 26, 2012 Two Cong CMs gave away 67 prime Mumbai plots to politicians, trusts: "An internal probe into how the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) is left with barely two hectares of land in Mumbai to cater to the financial capital’s soaring housing needs has found that more than 20 hectares were sold at throwaway prices between 1999 and 2003, with the beneficiaries including politicians or their trusts."
May 26, 2012 In 3 years, UPA-2 surpasses UPA-1 inflation figures: "The overall inflation figure for UPA-1, according to the official wholesale price index was 28.5%, while for UPA-2 so far it is already 29.5%"
May 26, 2012 Calling PM corrupt, Team Anna seeks probe against him, 14 ministers: "Besides Singh and Mukherjee, the ministers against whom the Team Anna has demanded probe by an independent Special Investigation Team include P Chidambaram, Sharad Pawar, S M Krishna, Kamal Nath, S M Krishna, Praful Patel, Vilasrao Deshmukh, Virbhadra Singh, Kapil Sibal, Salman Khurshid, G K Vasan, Farooq Abdullah, M Alagiri and Sushil Kumar Shinde."
May 25, 2012 Cong seeks CBI probe into Palike scam: "Alleging embezzlement of Rs 20,000 crore of public money in Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), Congress leader G Parameshwara on Thursday demanded the government to order a CBI probe into the matter."
May 25, 2012 The malaise within: "In India, corruption is rampant in politics, administration and in most walks of life."
May 25, 2012 Grey Shades of White: "The ugly nexus between business, politics and crime represents the fountainhead of corruption in India and until and unless this nexus is weakened, it will be futile to talk about reducing the black economy."
May 25, 2012 Corruption haunts Indian democracy: "Corruption in South Asian countries has ceased to be news and people have begun living with it as if it is a normal practice."
May 25, 2012 US Spotlights Government Corruption in India
May 25, 2012 DA case: CBI grills Jagan amidst heavy security: "Jagan Mohan Reddy has alleged that the Congress and the Telugu Desam Party along with the CBI are conspiring to arrest him."
May 25, 2012 DA case: Massive crowd gathers as CBI grills Jagan: "Prohibitory orders have been issued in Hyderabad as policy fear that Jagan's supporters could go on the rampage if he is arrested."
May 25, 2012 DA case: CBI quizzes Jagan for over 7 hours: "The YSR Congress chief said he had been asked to come back again for questioning on Saturday from 10:30 AM."
May 25, 2012 DA case: CBI quizzes Jagan for over 7 hours: "The YSR Congress chief said he had been asked to come back again for questioning on Saturday from 10:30 AM."
May 25, 2012 Unfazed, Jagan to face CBI again: "Amid reports that he may be arrested, Kadapa MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy today appeared before the CBI here in connection with the alleged disproportionate assets case against him and was questioned for over 7 hours."
May 25, 2012 Disproportionate assets case: Jagan Reddy quizzed by CBI, may be arrested: "The Vanpic project deals with the allocation of 28,000 acres of land by the YSR government after acquiring the land from farmers at a cheap rate to promoter Nimmagadda Prasad at concessional rates and the CBI's case is that Prasad in a quid pro quo arrangement, invested crores of rupees in Sakshi newspaper and TV owned by Jagan."
May 24, 2012 INDIA: Bangaru Laxman – Corruption and Punishment: "The fight against corruption got a shot in the arm when the former BJP president Bangaru Laxman was convicted under anti-corruption law for accepting bribe and was sent to Tihar jail. It’s for the first time that a politician was convicted in corruption case."
May 24, 2012 After three years of UPA-2, India now sounds like a symphonic orchestra that has lost its conductor
May 24, 2012 Amid Charges of ‘Policy Paralysis,’ India’s Government Defends Its Record
May 24, 2012 Tiwari blood to be drawn under judicial watch: "In a setback to veteran Congress leader N.D. Tiwari, the Supreme Court Thursday directed him to submit his blood sample for DNA profiling in a paternity suit filed by a young man, Rohit Shekhar, who claims to be his biological son."
May 24, 2012 Lal battis etc: "Denying red beacons to MPs hardly dents the larger culture of VIP-cossetting", "Instead of engaging in the task of dropping privileges that do not serve the democratic purpose, instead of separating the necessary from the outdated, parliamentarians are trying to institutionalise segregation to enable a privileged few to glide through cordons. It is there in the 31 categories of VIPs"
May 24, 2012 FTN: Are Indians ready for austerity?: "Politicians and bureaucrats are spending lakhs on their foreign travel. Are Indians ready for austerity?"
May 24, 2012 Grain won't be left to rot, assures Thomas: "The Food Minister said a probe has been ordered into the matter."
May 24, 2012 DA case: Jagan's anticipatory bail plea rejected: "The YSR Congress president had told CNN-IBN that he feared he might be arrested before June 12 by-elections."
May 24, 2012 Jaganmohan Reddy's anticipatory bail plea rejected, Hyderabad tense over his possible arrest: "Jagan is accused of conspiring with his father to dole out favours to companies which invested in his businesses in a quid pro quo arrangement."
May 24, 2012 UPA's gift to nation is stagflation, corruption and misgovernance: BJP
May 24, 2012 US report cites police abuses, extrajudicial killings in India: ""The most significant human rights problems (in India) were police and security force abuses, including extrajudicial killings, torture, and rape; widespread corruption at all levels of government; and separatist, insurgent, and societal violence," the report released by US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, said."
May 24, 2012 Paralysis of Governance 'Hallmark' of UPA Rule: BJP
May 24, 2012 US report slams India on corruption, social violence: "The US state department has highlighted "widespread corruption at all levels of government" and separatist, insurgent and societal violence among the most significant human rights problems in India. "Widespread impunity at all levels of government remained a serious problem,""
May 23, 2012 Show for President cost Navy Rs 23 crore: "The Navy has run up a tab of Rs 23 crore for a day's extravaganza for the President. This included a bill of Rs 12 lakh for drinking water and Rs 17 lakh for the presidential banquet, besides spending Rs 14 lakh on alteration of a cattle fence and a similar amount on repairing a staircase."
May 23, 2012 Economic mess starts to hurt Indian diplomacy: "s these crises drag on, they are beginning to have a diplomatic fallout on India's relations with these nations with implications ranging from the minor to the significant."
May 23, 2012 Jagan Reddy, India’s richest politician, lied to EC on assets: "In 2004, when Jagan’s father YSR Reddy was yet to become the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, he had only Rs 8.19 lakh of assets. Clearly, being the son of a Chief Minister is not injurious to one’s acquisitive streak. Five years later (in 2009), by the time YSR completed his first term as CM, his son’s assets together with that of his wife had jumped to Rs 77.40 crore. Just two years later, he and his wife were worth Rs 410 crore. And we know he hasn’t disclosed everything."
May 23, 2012 Mass opulence: An inside view of Jagan's palace: "Reddy's mansion is located in the Green Belt area of Yelahanka in Bangalore. It was built in 31 acres of land and valued at over Rs.100 crore. The mansion has a private helipad also.", "In his 2011 election affidavit, Jagan revealed his direct and indirect ownership of 11 companies. These are:Sandur Power, Saraswati Power, Carmel Asia Holdings, Bharathi Cement Corp, Kealawn Technologies Pvt Ltd, Marvel Infrastructure, Classic Realty, Silicon Builders, Swasti Power Engineering Ltd. Sandur Power's annual reports show that it has several subsidiaries, such as: Classic Realty, Harish Infrastructure, Capstone Infra, Silicon Builders."
May 23, 2012 Cartooning Politics: "The political class’s high-handed and noisy intervention has diverted us from the important questions. The old problem of throwing the baby with the bathwater stares at us once again."
May 23, 2012 A Shield For 545 Sticks: "The cartoon row shows our MPs lusting after a blanket protection"
May 23, 2012 CWG flats: Right hand buys what left hand is selling: "When in trouble, dial the public sector. This is the formula babus use to get out of tight spots. And so it may be with the Delhi Development Authority’s auction of Commonwealth Games flats"
May 23, 2012 This Godly Delusion: "Is the controversy over the Ambedkar cartoon warranted? Can’t we laugh at our revered?"
May 23, 2012 Does UPA-II have anything to celebrate?: "Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has given a report card of his government's performance on Tuesday."
May 23, 2012 UPA II has failed India: D Raja: "CPI's D Raja said that the Indian economy and security are both in shambles and that the UPA government has no reason to celebrate."
May 23, 2012 Petrol price hiked steeply by Rs 7.50 per litre: "The increase was on the cards with the rupee continuing its free fall against the US dollar and reaching a new low."
May 23, 2012 Adarsh scam: Vilasrao, Shinde summoned: "Both the former Maharashtra CMs have been asked to appear before the Adarsh Judicial Commission."
May 22, 2012 Reuters Canada: India faces mass default and restructuring as devaluation looms: "India's mounting economic and political woes are prompting market players to raise the specter of a Greek-style crisis in Asia's third largest economy."
May 22, 2012 Haryana: 80,000 sacks of wheat rot in the open: "Palwal is facing an acute shortage of storage space. With a covered capacity of just 5000 MT, a staggering 59,000 MT of wheat is lying in the open."
May 22, 2012 The UPA government looks old and tired: Yogendra Yadav: "growing frustration with the Congress and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, should it really be celebrating?"
May 22, 2012 Why UPA-2 has failed: Voodoo politics and economics: "How did UPA-2 pull disillusionment (and potential defeat) from the jaws of thumping victory in 2009? What went wrong?"
May 22, 2012 Here’s proof ministers grow assets faster; don’t ask how: "winning politicians do indeed grow their assets faster than losers, and that ministers grow their assets even more quickly."
May 22, 2012 Democracy is about freedom of expression: Taniya Bhardwaj on lighting the CM’s fuse
May 22, 2012 3 yrs of UPA2: Is there anything to celebrate?: "On a day that the UPA2 finishes 3 years and is expected to come out with a report card, opposition parties have taken on the Government. The BJP and the Left tear into the Government's performance."
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Jun 2, 2012 Coal blocks: 'Gadkari's son favoured in auction': "The PMO has now alleged that the son of BJP President Nitin Gadkari was favoured in the coal block allocations."
Jun 2, 2012 AP: CBI judge faces arrest in bribery scandal: "Judge Pattabhi Rama Rao reportedly received Rs 6 cr for granting bail to mining baron Janardhan Reddy in a case."
Jun 2, 2012 K'taka: BJP MLA convicted in bribery case: "BJP MLA Y Sampangi was caught by the Lokayukta police while accepting a bribe of Rs 5 lakh from a businessman."
Jun 2, 2012 INLD MLA shot at in Delhi: "police suspecting it to be a case of personal rivalry."
Jun 2, 2012 Ex-MP, wife held for land grabbing: "Central Crime Branch on Saturday arrested former Rajya Sabha MP Mastan and his wife on charges of grabbing a land worth over Rs. 2 crore using fake documents."
Jun 2, 2012 CBI probes deeper into suspended judge’s assets: "The CBI officials also identified the role of a retired district judge T Chalapathi Rao of Chilakaluripet in Guntur district. Chalapathi Rao allegedly acted as a conduit between Gali and Pattabhirama Rao."
Jun 2, 2012 NRHM scam: CBI raids premises of former UP Minister: "The CBI today carried out searches at the premises of former UP Minister Anant Mishra in Lucknow and in Kanpur in connection with its probe in the NRHM scam."
Jun 2, 2012 MLA Sampangi gets RI in bribery case: "This is for the first time in the State that a sitting MLA has been convicted of graft charges."
Jun 2, 2012 Bribery case: Karnataka BJP legislator jailed: "Acting on a complaint by a businessman, the Lokayukta police caught Sampangi accepting a Rs.500,000 bribe at the Legislators' Home behind Vidhana Soudha"
Jun 2, 2012 Andhra HC sends Jaganmohan Reddy to CBI custody for five days: "The CBI has charged the YSR government (2004-2009) of bestowing undue favours and concessions to private promoter Nimmagadda Prasad in the land allocation for the industrial corridor and port project spread over 28,000 acres in Guntur and Prakasam districts and that in turn, Parsad invested in the companies floated by Jagan."
Jun 1, 2012 AMC mining case: CBI files chargesheet against Janardhana Reddy: "The CBI today filed a chargesheet against former Karnataka Minister and mining baron G Janardhana Reddy and six others in an illegal mining scam, involving a firm owned by him that allegedly caused a loss of Rs 480 crore to the state exchequer."
Jun 1, 2012 Why quit, why not go to jail: Team Anna asks PM: "Team Anna member Manish Sisodia questioned the Prime Minister's comment about quitting public life if found guilty."
May 29, 2012 Now, Enforcement Directorate moves in to attach Jaganmohan Reddy's assets: "The Income Tax department started investigating his wealth when he deposited an advance tax of Rs 84 crore for April-September of 2010-11. This was a huge jump compared to the previous two years when his tax outgo was a paltry Rs 2.92 lakh for 2008-09 and Rs 6.72 crore for 2009-10."
May 29, 2012 YSR family's scams dwarf 2G, Adarsh: Naidu
May 29, 2012 Slowing growth hits India's poorest: "New Delhi estimates that an urban dweller needs only Rs 28 a day - 50 US cents - to survive."
May 29, 2012 BBC: Arrested Indian MP Jagan Mohan Reddy remanded: "A court in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh has remanded MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy in custody for two weeks."
May 29, 2012 Paternity case: ND Tiwari's blood samples collected: "The veteran Congress leader and former Andhra governor had been refusing to give the samples in a paternity lawsuit."
May 29, 2012 'Katara killers' long hospital stays unjustified': "An Army medical board, set up by the Delhi HC, has alleged that the Yadav brothers were using flimsy medical grounds to stay out of jail."
May 29, 2012 UPA govt a patient on ventilator: Ramdev
May 29, 2012 In the dock: "the Congress didn’t seem to care, back then, if his chief ministership coincided with his son’s business interests and assets multiplying in value."
May 29, 2012 Paternity suit: N D Tiwari gives blood sample: "The Supreme Court had on May 24 rejected 88-year-old Tiwari's plea that he was too old to give his blood sample. "It does not mean that blood is not running in his body," the bench had said."
May 28, 2012 Jagan sent to judicial custody: "YSR Congress chief Jagan Mohan Reddy, arrested in a disproportionate assets case, was todayremanded in judicial custody for two weeks till June 11 by a CBI court in Hyderabad. Principal Judge A Pullaiah dismissed the agency's plea for14 days' CBI remand of 39-year-old Jagan, MP from Kadapa, who was taken into custody last evening. The court allowed the petition of Jagan seeking special prisoner status under Andhra Pradesh prison rules."
May 28, 2012 BSP MLAs create ruckus in UP Assembly: "The budget session of the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha today started on a stormy note as the opposition, specially BSP, created a ruckus on the first day during the address by Governor B L Joshi."
May 28, 2012 Political murder charge: Kerala CPM split wide open: "TP Chandrasekharan's murder earlier this month has rekindled memories of violent political retribution in Kerela."
May 28, 2012 CPM leader faces murder charges for his speech: "The police have registered a case of murder, abetment to murder and concealing information against MM Mani."
May 28, 2012 SP, BSP MLAs clash in UP Assembly: "The BSP MLAs shouted slogans at the well of the Lucknow Vidhan Sabha after budget session began on Monday."
May 28, 2012 SP, BSP MLAs clash in UP Assembly: "The BSP MLAs shouted slogans at the well of the Lucknow Vidhan Sabha after budget session began on Monday."
May 28, 2012 PM is like a 'Shikhandi' for Cong: Team Anna: "Team Anna on Monday accused Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of turning a blind eye to corruption cases."
May 28, 2012 Live: Jagan in judicial custody, taken to Chanchalguda jail: "Jagan’s brother-in-law Anil Kumar, Congress MP Sabbam Hari, who is loyal to Jagan, YSR party leaders J. Prabhakar Rao, Y.V. Subba Reddy and others were also taken into custody."
May 28, 2012 Celebration of the corrupt: "Today, nothing moves in any Government department unless it is greased with currency notes. Gone are the days when a few hundred or even thousand rupees could turn the decision in the favour of the petitioner. These are days when investigating authorities have discovered property and recovered cash amounting to several crores of rupees from even peons and clerks."
May 28, 2012 Assets case: 14-day custody for Jagan; he looted poor, says CBI: "He cannot seek public sympathy. He has deprived poor people and caused them irreparable loss and in turn enriched himself by dubious mechanism by sending the funds abroad and getting the same invested in his companies"
May 28, 2012 Jaganmohan Reddy sent to judicial custody till June 11: "YSR Congress chief Jaganmohan Reddy was on Monday sent to 14-day judicial custody till June 11 by a CBI court in Hyderabad in connection with the disproportionate assets case."
May 28, 2012 Ruckus in UP assembly on Day 1, Akhilesh smiles: "Last year, when BSP was in power, SP MLAs had disrupted the governor's address in a similar fashion."
May 27, 2012 Jagan Mohan Reddy arrested, Andhra Pradesh on edge: "The 39-year-old Kadapa MP, who rebelled and left the Congress in Andhra Pradesh, was booked for criminal conspiracy, forgery, criminal breach of trust, falsification of accounts under the Indian Penal Code as well as under sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act. Efforts to produce Reddy before a magistrate were being blocked by a dharna by his family at the Dilkusha guesthouse — the CBI’s temporary office. Reddy heads a massive business empire, ranging from power generation to newspapers and TV."
May 27, 2012 BJP a mute spectator to corruption in India: Ram Jethmalani: "He cautioned BJP, saying this would lead people to believe that BJP has something to hide and hence has become an "impotent spectator" to the loot of our finances."
May 27, 2012 Team Anna welcomes Krishna's defamation suit: "SM Krishna cautioned Team Anna that their actions would amount to over-reaching a judicial process."
May 27, 2012 DA case: CBI arrests Jagan Mohan Reddy
May 27, 2012 Jagan arrested by CBI: "Kadapa MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, who made a stunning rise in politics after rebelling against Congress, was today (May 27) arrested by the CBI in a disproportionate assets case."
May 27, 2012 Jethmalani's caustic letter to Gadkari: "In a strongly-worded letter to BJP President Nitin Gadkari, eminent lawyer and MP Ram Jethmalani has alleged party leaders are "silent against the huge corruption" in UPA-II government and are instead engaged in infighting."
May 27, 2012 'Have killed, will kill': "An embarrassed CPI-M in Kerala today ticked off its senior functionary M M Mani over his controversial remarks that there have been instances of the party eliminating its political rivals."
May 27, 2012 Shocker: We have plotted and killed people, admits CPM leader: "The outspoken claim of a CPM leader in Kerala that the party has indeed plotted and killed its opponents landed the Marxists in an absolute mess."
May 27, 2012 Jagan Reddy arrested: Late YSR’s sins catch up with son: "The arrest of YS Jagan Mohan Reddy by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is as much an indictment of his late father YS Rajasekhara Reddy, former Andhra Chief Minister, as Jagan himself."
May 27, 2012 Letter to Gadkari 'Our Bankruptcy Of Talent' : "Today, the nation has realised that it's (sic) pverty and destitution are the result of widespread corruption and large scale larceny of the national assests by mainly our present rulers. I am convinced and so is the nation by and large that half the members of the present cabinet ought to be in Jail.", "the current finance minister who according to me is a guardian of the stolen wealth of the nation and a protector of the grand dacoits, who have made us miserable beggars. Believe me the nation is not wrong in concluding that we too have skeletons in our cupboards which make us impotent spectators of the rape of our finaces."
May 27, 2012 विधायक ने रंगदारी के लिये करवाई हत्या: "विधायक ने शाह से पचास लाख रुपये रंगदारी के तौर पर दिये जाने की मांग की थी और रुपये न मिलने पर शराब दुकान बंद करने को कहा था।"
May 27, 2012 Understanding Jagan: A story of dynasty and megabucks: "the modus operandi of Jagan - fully backed by his now deceased father, chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy - was simple: allocate huge tracts of valuable land (taking advantage of the liberal policies of the government of India, which was promoting SEZs as a panacea for rapid industrial growth) to companies of all sizes and pedigrees, and in return get them to invest in his ventures.", "The whole exercise required the co-option of bureaucrats and ministers. Handpicked pliant officers were detailed for the job. The officers, some of whom also extracted their cuts, did the actual paperwork and signed on the files allowing a clutch of patently unfair deals. A few of these officers are already in jail and others may follow suit. Ministers also cooperated."
May 27, 2012 CBI arrests Jaganmohan Reddy in disproportionate assets case: "The CBI had been grilling Jagan as to how his wealth increased dramatically after his father YS Rajasekhara Reddy became chief minister in 2004. Jagan had officially declared that he owned assets of Rs 356 crore."
May 26, 2012 Ramdev takes on PM, says UPA not performing its constitutional responsibility: ""If 200 lakh crore scams take place under any Prime Minster's Government then how can you expect that Prime Minister to be honest. The government is involved in all the scams, they sold the country, some of the people within the country are looting the nation and some international firms including MNCs are looting the country,""
May 26, 2012 Ramdev to resume campaign against corruption from June 3: "Yoga guru Baba Ramdev has once again hit out at Congress-led UPA government for failing to check rampant corruption."
May 26, 2012 Indian prime minister, 14 ministers accused of graft: "alleging Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and 14 cabinet ministers were involved in massive corruption. Besides Manmohan Singh, Home Minister P. Chidambaram, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna also figured in the 79-page document prepared by Team Anna purportedly showing their alleged involvement in various cases."
May 26, 2012 'UPA government lurching from crisis to crisis': "the ever-deteriorating state of the Indian economy."
May 26, 2012 With rupee, India's 'shadow PM' Narendra Modi takes a shot at PM: ""And why hasn't the currencies of Bangladesh, Pakistan or Nepal fallen? Why only India's currency?", "leaders urging the people to throw out the "incompetent, inefficient, and corrupt UPA government"."
May 26, 2012 Team Anna is back, wants PM probed: "they said the SIT should investigate charges against the 15 "corrupt" ministers as well as those against party chiefs Mayawati, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Lalu Prasad and Jayalalithaa."
May 26, 2012 Team Anna accuses 15 UPA ministers of graft: "A list compiled by Team Anna names Manmohan Singh, Pranab Mukherjee and P Chidambaram among the 15 UPA ministers."
May 26, 2012 Govt plans to use technology to limit info given under RTI: "The Centre couldn’t dilute your right to information (RTI) by law. So it’s using technology to do it. The government has slipped in a provision in its new call-centre project to restrict the electronic system from accepting information requests relating to more than two public authorities in a single application. This is the fourth instance since 2005 — when the transparency law came into force —of attempts being made to weaken RTI."
May 26, 2012 Two Cong CMs gave away 67 prime Mumbai plots to politicians, trusts: "An internal probe into how the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) is left with barely two hectares of land in Mumbai to cater to the financial capital’s soaring housing needs has found that more than 20 hectares were sold at throwaway prices between 1999 and 2003, with the beneficiaries including politicians or their trusts."
May 26, 2012 In 3 years, UPA-2 surpasses UPA-1 inflation figures: "The overall inflation figure for UPA-1, according to the official wholesale price index was 28.5%, while for UPA-2 so far it is already 29.5%"
May 26, 2012 Calling PM corrupt, Team Anna seeks probe against him, 14 ministers: "Besides Singh and Mukherjee, the ministers against whom the Team Anna has demanded probe by an independent Special Investigation Team include P Chidambaram, Sharad Pawar, S M Krishna, Kamal Nath, S M Krishna, Praful Patel, Vilasrao Deshmukh, Virbhadra Singh, Kapil Sibal, Salman Khurshid, G K Vasan, Farooq Abdullah, M Alagiri and Sushil Kumar Shinde."
May 25, 2012 Cong seeks CBI probe into Palike scam: "Alleging embezzlement of Rs 20,000 crore of public money in Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), Congress leader G Parameshwara on Thursday demanded the government to order a CBI probe into the matter."
May 25, 2012 The malaise within: "In India, corruption is rampant in politics, administration and in most walks of life."
May 25, 2012 Grey Shades of White: "The ugly nexus between business, politics and crime represents the fountainhead of corruption in India and until and unless this nexus is weakened, it will be futile to talk about reducing the black economy."
May 25, 2012 Corruption haunts Indian democracy: "Corruption in South Asian countries has ceased to be news and people have begun living with it as if it is a normal practice."
May 25, 2012 US Spotlights Government Corruption in India
May 25, 2012 DA case: CBI grills Jagan amidst heavy security: "Jagan Mohan Reddy has alleged that the Congress and the Telugu Desam Party along with the CBI are conspiring to arrest him."
May 25, 2012 DA case: Massive crowd gathers as CBI grills Jagan: "Prohibitory orders have been issued in Hyderabad as policy fear that Jagan's supporters could go on the rampage if he is arrested."
May 25, 2012 DA case: CBI quizzes Jagan for over 7 hours: "The YSR Congress chief said he had been asked to come back again for questioning on Saturday from 10:30 AM."
May 25, 2012 DA case: CBI quizzes Jagan for over 7 hours: "The YSR Congress chief said he had been asked to come back again for questioning on Saturday from 10:30 AM."
May 25, 2012 Unfazed, Jagan to face CBI again: "Amid reports that he may be arrested, Kadapa MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy today appeared before the CBI here in connection with the alleged disproportionate assets case against him and was questioned for over 7 hours."
May 25, 2012 Disproportionate assets case: Jagan Reddy quizzed by CBI, may be arrested: "The Vanpic project deals with the allocation of 28,000 acres of land by the YSR government after acquiring the land from farmers at a cheap rate to promoter Nimmagadda Prasad at concessional rates and the CBI's case is that Prasad in a quid pro quo arrangement, invested crores of rupees in Sakshi newspaper and TV owned by Jagan."
May 24, 2012 INDIA: Bangaru Laxman – Corruption and Punishment: "The fight against corruption got a shot in the arm when the former BJP president Bangaru Laxman was convicted under anti-corruption law for accepting bribe and was sent to Tihar jail. It’s for the first time that a politician was convicted in corruption case."
May 24, 2012 After three years of UPA-2, India now sounds like a symphonic orchestra that has lost its conductor
May 24, 2012 Amid Charges of ‘Policy Paralysis,’ India’s Government Defends Its Record
May 24, 2012 Tiwari blood to be drawn under judicial watch: "In a setback to veteran Congress leader N.D. Tiwari, the Supreme Court Thursday directed him to submit his blood sample for DNA profiling in a paternity suit filed by a young man, Rohit Shekhar, who claims to be his biological son."
May 24, 2012 Lal battis etc: "Denying red beacons to MPs hardly dents the larger culture of VIP-cossetting", "Instead of engaging in the task of dropping privileges that do not serve the democratic purpose, instead of separating the necessary from the outdated, parliamentarians are trying to institutionalise segregation to enable a privileged few to glide through cordons. It is there in the 31 categories of VIPs"
May 24, 2012 FTN: Are Indians ready for austerity?: "Politicians and bureaucrats are spending lakhs on their foreign travel. Are Indians ready for austerity?"
May 24, 2012 Grain won't be left to rot, assures Thomas: "The Food Minister said a probe has been ordered into the matter."
May 24, 2012 DA case: Jagan's anticipatory bail plea rejected: "The YSR Congress president had told CNN-IBN that he feared he might be arrested before June 12 by-elections."
May 24, 2012 Jaganmohan Reddy's anticipatory bail plea rejected, Hyderabad tense over his possible arrest: "Jagan is accused of conspiring with his father to dole out favours to companies which invested in his businesses in a quid pro quo arrangement."
May 24, 2012 UPA's gift to nation is stagflation, corruption and misgovernance: BJP
May 24, 2012 US report cites police abuses, extrajudicial killings in India: ""The most significant human rights problems (in India) were police and security force abuses, including extrajudicial killings, torture, and rape; widespread corruption at all levels of government; and separatist, insurgent, and societal violence," the report released by US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, said."
May 24, 2012 Paralysis of Governance 'Hallmark' of UPA Rule: BJP
May 24, 2012 US report slams India on corruption, social violence: "The US state department has highlighted "widespread corruption at all levels of government" and separatist, insurgent and societal violence among the most significant human rights problems in India. "Widespread impunity at all levels of government remained a serious problem,""
May 23, 2012 Show for President cost Navy Rs 23 crore: "The Navy has run up a tab of Rs 23 crore for a day's extravaganza for the President. This included a bill of Rs 12 lakh for drinking water and Rs 17 lakh for the presidential banquet, besides spending Rs 14 lakh on alteration of a cattle fence and a similar amount on repairing a staircase."
May 23, 2012 Economic mess starts to hurt Indian diplomacy: "s these crises drag on, they are beginning to have a diplomatic fallout on India's relations with these nations with implications ranging from the minor to the significant."
May 23, 2012 Jagan Reddy, India’s richest politician, lied to EC on assets: "In 2004, when Jagan’s father YSR Reddy was yet to become the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, he had only Rs 8.19 lakh of assets. Clearly, being the son of a Chief Minister is not injurious to one’s acquisitive streak. Five years later (in 2009), by the time YSR completed his first term as CM, his son’s assets together with that of his wife had jumped to Rs 77.40 crore. Just two years later, he and his wife were worth Rs 410 crore. And we know he hasn’t disclosed everything."
May 23, 2012 Mass opulence: An inside view of Jagan's palace: "Reddy's mansion is located in the Green Belt area of Yelahanka in Bangalore. It was built in 31 acres of land and valued at over Rs.100 crore. The mansion has a private helipad also.", "In his 2011 election affidavit, Jagan revealed his direct and indirect ownership of 11 companies. These are:Sandur Power, Saraswati Power, Carmel Asia Holdings, Bharathi Cement Corp, Kealawn Technologies Pvt Ltd, Marvel Infrastructure, Classic Realty, Silicon Builders, Swasti Power Engineering Ltd. Sandur Power's annual reports show that it has several subsidiaries, such as: Classic Realty, Harish Infrastructure, Capstone Infra, Silicon Builders."
May 23, 2012 Cartooning Politics: "The political class’s high-handed and noisy intervention has diverted us from the important questions. The old problem of throwing the baby with the bathwater stares at us once again."
May 23, 2012 A Shield For 545 Sticks: "The cartoon row shows our MPs lusting after a blanket protection"
May 23, 2012 CWG flats: Right hand buys what left hand is selling: "When in trouble, dial the public sector. This is the formula babus use to get out of tight spots. And so it may be with the Delhi Development Authority’s auction of Commonwealth Games flats"
May 23, 2012 This Godly Delusion: "Is the controversy over the Ambedkar cartoon warranted? Can’t we laugh at our revered?"
May 23, 2012 Does UPA-II have anything to celebrate?: "Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has given a report card of his government's performance on Tuesday."
May 23, 2012 UPA II has failed India: D Raja: "CPI's D Raja said that the Indian economy and security are both in shambles and that the UPA government has no reason to celebrate."
May 23, 2012 Petrol price hiked steeply by Rs 7.50 per litre: "The increase was on the cards with the rupee continuing its free fall against the US dollar and reaching a new low."
May 23, 2012 Adarsh scam: Vilasrao, Shinde summoned: "Both the former Maharashtra CMs have been asked to appear before the Adarsh Judicial Commission."
May 22, 2012 Reuters Canada: India faces mass default and restructuring as devaluation looms: "India's mounting economic and political woes are prompting market players to raise the specter of a Greek-style crisis in Asia's third largest economy."
May 22, 2012 Haryana: 80,000 sacks of wheat rot in the open: "Palwal is facing an acute shortage of storage space. With a covered capacity of just 5000 MT, a staggering 59,000 MT of wheat is lying in the open."
May 22, 2012 The UPA government looks old and tired: Yogendra Yadav: "growing frustration with the Congress and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, should it really be celebrating?"
May 22, 2012 Why UPA-2 has failed: Voodoo politics and economics: "How did UPA-2 pull disillusionment (and potential defeat) from the jaws of thumping victory in 2009? What went wrong?"
May 22, 2012 Here’s proof ministers grow assets faster; don’t ask how: "winning politicians do indeed grow their assets faster than losers, and that ministers grow their assets even more quickly."
May 22, 2012 Democracy is about freedom of expression: Taniya Bhardwaj on lighting the CM’s fuse
May 22, 2012 3 yrs of UPA2: Is there anything to celebrate?: "On a day that the UPA2 finishes 3 years and is expected to come out with a report card, opposition parties have taken on the Government. The BJP and the Left tear into the Government's performance."
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