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May 22, 2012 UPA government is losing credibility: Survey: "A CNN-IBN survey says that the UPA government is losing its credibility and it has failed on several fronts."
May 22, 2012 Hampi Express accident: Gory sight to see people aflame, say passengers: "It was an unbearable and gory sight to see fellow passengers burning and screaming for help as they stood helpless due to the searing heat"
May 22, 2012 The Last Word: Govt spending on political anniversaries wrong?: "On The Last Word, Karan Thakar asks a panel of experts, is the Indian tradition of taking out multiple large advertisements in all newspapers to commemorate political birth, death or other anniversaries acceptable or morally wrong?"
May 21, 2012 Minister of state held for role in Rs 46 crore scam: "Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and minister of state for transport and agriculture Gulabrao Deokar was on Monday arrested by the Jalgaon police for alleged involvement in a 15-year-old Rs 46 crore mass housing scam"
May 21, 2012 MPs set to get status symbol: Beacons: "Bowing to unprecedented pressure from parliamentarians, the Centre is considering allowing red beacons on cars of MPs across the country with the exception of the "VIP area" in the national capital."
May 21, 2012 Govt has lost credibility, says CNN-IBN poll
May 21, 2012 Adarsh society scam: Ashok Chavan asked to appear before commission
May 21, 2012 CBI raids premises of MLAs, min, Ind candidate: "The CBI on Friday (May 18) conducted raids at the premises of 15 Jharkhand MLAs as part of its investigation into the allegations of horse trading that led to countermanding of the March 30 Rajya Sabha polls. In the early morning raids, 36 teams swooped down upon the residences of MLAs of Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Hazaribagh, Godda, Bihars Banka district and Giridih, a CBI official told PTI. The MLAs belong to ruling JMM, Ajsu party and opposition RJD and Congress, he said."
May 21, 2012 'A Threat To Free Speech': "The BJP leader of opposition speaking on the statutory motion for resolution that the Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules, 2011 be annulled."
May 21, 2012 CBI raids the premises of 15 Jharkhand MLAs: "The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday raided at the premises of 15 Jharkhand MLAs as a part of its investigation into the allegations of horse trading that led to countermanding of the March 30 Rajya Sabha polls."
May 21, 2012 Jharkhand RS polls: CBI conducts raids at 39 places: "The premises of over 12 MLAs from different parties were raided on Friday."
May 21, 2012 BJP demands probe into allegations against Gujarat Governor: "BJP MPs created a ruckus in the Rajya Sabha demanding a probe against Gujarat Governor Kamala Beniwal."
May 21, 2012 Minister supports attack on Anna: "Defending the Youth Congress workers' protests held in Nagpur against Anna Hazare, Maharashtra Employment Guarantee Scheme Minister Nitin Raut today alleged that Hazare had gone to Nagpur with "malafideintentions""
May 21, 2012 UP’s health scam had the blessings of political leaders : "The Congress needs to answer why it had looked the other way when funds meant for the various NRHM projects were being siphoned off by State authorities"
May 21, 2012 BJP releases 'chargesheet' against its own govt in Himachal: "Taking their game of one-upmanship a little further, ruling BJP in Himachal Pradesh on Thursday released what it claimed was Congress' "chargesheet" against the Dhumal government, saying it was helping out the opposition party which was dithering over it."
May 21, 2012 Now, UP CM orders a probe into a tree scam: "Akhilesh Yadav has ordered a probe into why 37,000 trees were imported at a higher price under the Mayawati regime."
May 21, 2012 CBI goes after B S Yeddyurappa: "In more trouble for beleaguered former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, CBI on Wednesday (May 16) raided his and his family members’ residences and two mining firms as it launched a probe into his alleged role in illegal mining in line with a Supreme Court directive. A day after registering an FIR, CBI officials conducted the raids at eight premises belonging to Yeddyurappa, his sons B Y Raghavendra, a Lok Sabha member, and B Y Vijayendra as well as son-in-law Sohan Kumar in Bangalore and Shimoga district."
May 21, 2012 Sushma questions Cong mins' attendance in Parl: "Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Sushma Swaraj, slammed the Government on its poor attendance. Sushma asked who will answer the Opposition's questions during Zero Hour when the ministers are absent. Sushma also pointed out and questioned why only one Cabinet Ministerwas present during Zero Hour today (May 16)."
May 21, 2012 Kicking the book out of syllabus: blame it on Sonia: "At least 17 books have been taken off the shelves because they `offended’ sentiments. The country certainly owes an explanation from the authorities."
May 21, 2012 Will A Raja apologise?: "He's back from jail after 455 days but just after former Union Telecom Minister A Raja walked out of Tihar jail -- comes this brazen attack, drunken supporters of the Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (DMK) leader attacking the media outside his residence creating a nuisance and hitting out at those who were just doing their duty. The prime accused in the 2G spectrum case got bail from a CBI Court in the spectrum scam on Tuesday (May 15)."
May 21, 2012 When Laughter Becomes A Laughing Matter: "'We condemn the somber Indian politicians’ and their lathi-wielding goons’ zeal to persecute persons committed to the cause of irony, irreverence and critical humour in public life'"
May 21, 2012 Smiling Raja walks out of Tihar Jail: "DMK MP and former communications minister A. Raja’s release from jail after over 15 months was quite an extraordinary event for his supporters"
May 21, 2012 Industrialist behind bars in case against Jagan: "High flying Andhra Pradesh industrialist Nimmagadda Prasad has been arrested for alleged benefits received during the rule of late chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy in return for the massive investments he made in his son's businesses.", "Nimmagadda Prasad, 51 and son of an army officer, had allegedly invested Rs.504 crore in the companies of the MP from Kadapa."
May 21, 2012 Take police help to get Tiwari’s blood sample: HC: "The Delhi High Court on Wednesday ordered its registrar to take police assistance for bringing defiant veteran Congress leader N.D. Tiwari here for taking his blood sample to decide the paternity suit of a man claiming to be his son."
May 21, 2012 B'lore: CBI raids Yeddyurappa's residence: "This comes hours after the CBI registered an FIR naming Yeddyurappa and his 2 sons in a mining case."
May 21, 2012 Amid raids, Yeddyurappa seeks anticipatory bail: "With raids on at the residences of former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa and his kin in Bangalore and Shimoga, Yeddyurappa has filed anticipatory bails for himself and on behalf of his two sons and son-in-law."
May 21, 2012 Yeddy relatives' NGO took money for favours: CBI: "Sajjan Jindal's company paid Rs. 10 Cr to NGO allegedly headed by Yeddyurappa's kin"
May 21, 2012 UPA's red report card: Policy paralysis continues to dog the government as it completes eight years in office
May 21, 2012 UPA seeks ‘magic formula’ to boost image
May 21, 2012 Warning bells: "UPA II is beleaguered with allegations of scams, corruption and "policy paralysis", and once again all fingers are pointing at the party leadership."
May 21, 2012 India probes Dalit leader Mayawati's palm tree imports: "reports suggest that each tree cost up to $460 (£290) and additional expenditure was incurred in transporting and planting them. Some accounts suggest as much as $10m may been spent on the trees."
May 21, 2012 Rescue the nation: "We see our nation being plundered and mismanaged by the politicians in power. Even as the rupee collapses and industrial production growth turns negative, our top leadership discusses 60-year-old cartoons in Parliament."
May 21, 2012 Australia's next big problem: India's democracy: "“No wonder business is in a sulk and investment is falling. Red tape and corruption, always present, seem to have got worse — in recent state elections so many banknotes were doled out that they help explain a liquidity problem in the banking system."
May 21, 2012 UPA-II at three has lost India's faith: "An overwhelming 66% of India's urban population thinks the Manmohan Singh-led UPA government has lost its credibility to govern. Also, more than half of the respondents (59%) expressed dissatisfaction with the current government."
May 21, 2012 The austerity of the affluent: "A rural Indian spending Rs. 22.50 a day would not be considered poor by a Planning Commission whose Deputy Chairman's foreign trips between May and October last year cost a daily average of Rs. 2.02 lakh"
May 21, 2012 HC directs Tiwari to give blood sample on May 26: "The veteran Congress leader has been forced to give a sample to settle a paternity suit."
May 21, 2012 Ramp to Raisina Hill: "And if representation is the issue, we editorial writers would like one of us to be considered for the job. After all, we slave away to interpret events for you and surely that is a useful talent when it comes to interacting with foreign dignitaries. Also, ensconced in the salubrious surrounding of the presidential mansion, one of our tribe, to use that word loosely, may come up with more inspired editorials."
May 21, 2012 Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar took abroad visit every 37 days: "total expenses on these visits were Rs 9.89 crore. She also gave gifts worth Rs 11.66 lakh to her hosts."
May 20, 2012 BBC: Ex-Karnataka chief minister Yeddyurappa raided: "Mr Yeddyurappa is accused of showing "undue favours" to some companies involved in illegal mining and other alleged financial irregularities."
May 20, 2012 India's soap opera on corruption: "Raja walked free from jail on bail, after the judge ruled against the slow progress of the trial and the fact that almost all the other accused had been released thus making it pointless to detain Raja."
May 20, 2012 No political party is free from corruption: Sheila
May 20, 2012 Just how rich are India's politicians?: "Maybe it is time to prosecute Mayawati for her alleged transgressions. But maybe it's time to widen the net, as well."
May 20, 2012 No government will to eliminate corruption: Anna Hazare: "Afraid of the support I am getting, Congress activists are indulging in frivolous things like attacking our convoy."
May 20, 2012 'Dictatorships Cannot Afford Laughter' : "'Because people may laugh at the dictator and that wouldn’t do. In all the years of Hitler, there never was a good comedy, not a good cartoon, not a parody, or a spoof'"
May 20, 2012 Narayana Murthy joins debate on policy paralysis at Centre: "Software industry leader N R Narayana Murthy today appeared to have joined the debate on policy paralysis at the Centre when he said the government has not been able to provide clarity on definition of software exports for over a year now causing inconvenience to the industry."
May 19, 2012 भारतीय कश्मीर: चार महीने में 400 नवजात शिशुओं की मौत: "बच्चों के इलाज के लिए स्थापित इकलौते अस्पताल में जनवरी 2012 से अब तक यानी पिछले चार महीनों में 400 से ज्यादा नवजात बच्चों की मौत हो गई है."
May 19, 2012 Mamata faces flak for calling students Maoists: "Refusing to answer a question on the increasing crime rate in West Bengal, Mamata walked out of CNN-IBN's show."
May 19, 2012 BJP demands probe into allegations against Gujarat Governor: "BJP MPs created a ruckus in the Rajya Sabha demanding a probe against Gujarat Governor Kamala Beniwal."
May 19, 2012 Mamata walks out of show, calls students Maoists: "The West Bengal Chief Minister lost her cool and stormed out of a CNN-IBN show when students asked her about crime against women."
May 18, 2012 CBI gets nod to attach Jagan property: "Andhra Pradesh government on Friday evening issued government orders allowing the CBI to prohibit sale, pledge and transfer of ownership of properties belonging to Jagan and his associates."
May 17, 2012 Ramalinga Raju too routed funds via industrialist Nimmagadda Prasad into Jagan’s firm: "Satyam's Ramalinga Raju had invested Rs 20 crore in Jagati publications belonging to Jaganmohan Reddy through industrialist Nimmagadda Prasad. Raju made this investment through Maytas Infra -- as a quid pro quo for the YSR regime having allotted a Rs 121-crore road-widening project in Kadapa district to the infrastructure company on a nomination basis."
May 15, 2012 UP may set up commission to probe Maya scams
May 15, 2012 India Court Grants Bail to Former Telecom Minister
May 15, 2012 India state to probe corruption in low-caste parks: "money was misappropriated when buildings and walls were constructed, destroyed and then rebuilt repeatedly in the parks. Palm and date trees were planted only to be uprooted and thrown away. Many contract prices were inflated"
May 15, 2012 Ex-Indian Minister Receives Bail in Corruption Case: "The scandal is believed to have cost the Indian government up to $40 billion in lost revenue."
May 15, 2012 CBI arrests two in Jagan corruption case: "The CBI today arrested former special secretary to Andhra Pradesh government KV Bramhananda Reddy and chairman of MAA TV Nimmagadda Prasad in connection with an alleged corruption case involving Kadapa MP YS Jaganmohan Reddy."
May 15, 2012 India’s growth threatened by old abuses: "“This country is close to becoming the Greece of Asia.” "
May 15, 2012 More trouble for Yeddyurappa: "CBI has filed an FIR against former Karnataka CM BS Yeddyurappa. This came just days after the SC's nod to CBI investigation against Yeddy in cases of alleged kickbacks received by the former CM's family from illegal mining in the state."
May 15, 2012 Did Mayawati allow open loot?: "Major trouble is brewing for former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati. After Akhilesh Yadav gave the nod to probe financial irregularities in the massive sums of money allegedly siphoned off to build Mayawati's dream project, the Uttar Pradesh police have started probing a complaint into alleged siphoning of funds in construction and installation of elephant statues."
May 15, 2012 A Raja, the last accused in 2G scam to get bail: "Former telecom minister A Raja got bail on Tuesday after spending 15 months in Tihar Jail."
May 15, 2012 UP CM orders probe into Maya's farmhouse project: "Mayawati's Noida Farmhouse allegedly led to a loss of Rs 150 crore to the state's exchequer."
May 15, 2012 Mayawati's parks under scanner, SIT to probe: "The UP police will form an SIT to investigate the scam in the building of Ambedkar parks in Lucknow and Noida."
May 15, 2012 'Our Duty To Dissent': "'We think that the short, heated and not very well informed debate in the Parliament did not do justice to the responsibility that a democratic society has towards its future generations' "
May 15, 2012 Financial fraud in Mayawati's elephants statues could be Rs 40,000 crore: UP CM: "Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday claimed that an alleged financial fraud to the tune of Rs 40,000 crore could emerge in installation of statues of elephants and also stone memorials by the previous Mayawati government in the state."
May 15, 2012 A Raja walks out of Tihar jail, Karunanidhi 'happy': "Over 15 months after his arrest, former telecom minister A Raja walked out of Tihar jail on Tuesday evening."
May 15, 2012 Should cartoon and politician satire be censored?: "CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose discusses the BR Ambedkar cartoon row on Face The Nation."
May 15, 2012 2G scam: Raja gets bail after 15 months in jail: "A Raja was the first one to have been arrested in the 2G scam and is the last one to have been granted bail."
May 15, 2012 'Defence Of Politics': "'We were shocked to learn that these books were presented in the Lok Sabha as an attack on politics, politicians and democracy. Nothing can be farther from the truth' "
May 15, 2012 Is India heading towards fascism?: "surveys have pointed out 50 per cent of Indians are corrupt. "
May 15, 2012 Tiwari restrained from leaving India until DNA test: "The Delhi High Court Monday restrained veteran Congress leader N.D. Tiwari from leaving India until he furnishes his blood sample for a DNA test."
May 15, 2012 Scam suspected in installation of elephant statutes in Mayawati's dalit memorials: "After NRHM, Noida land, toilet and canal scams during the previous Mayawati regime, now financial irregularities have been found in making and installation of elephant statutes in dalit memorials."
May 15, 2012 Dangers of deletion: "The Ambedkar cartoon has been misread. And this could just be the beginning"
May 15, 2012 Paternity row: HC asks Tiwari to give consent for DNA test in 2 days: "Veteran Congress leader N D Tiwari was on Monday asked by the Delhi High Court to inform it within two days as to whether he wants to voluntarily give his blood sample for a DNA test in a paternity suit or police force be used for obtaining it."
May 14, 2012 'I-T raids' on Chiranjeevi make Yeddyurappa change mind: "people of Karnataka would punish BJP for "lack of governance""
May 14, 2012 27% of India’s doctors exist only on paper: "Union health ministry's scrutiny has found that two lakh of the registered doctors aren't working anymore. Of the 10.7 lakh nurses registered, six lakh don't exist."
May 13, 2012 Insight – India’s “Queen of Democrazy” at the crossroads of change
May 13, 2012 Dark clouds hover as Indian parliament turns 60: "Winston Churchill who predicted that the natives were not fit to govern themselves and would soon “fall back quite rapidly through the centuries into the barbarism and privations of the Middle Ages”."
May 13, 2012 Centralisation of power root cause of corruption: Anna Hazare
May 13, 2012 विचारों का गला घोंटना आधुनिक रोग: योगेंद्र यादव: "ऐसे व्यक्ति पर कुछ अनपढ़ लोग अंबेडकर के नाम पर हमला करें, इससे ज्यादा दुर्भाग्यपूर्ण और विडंबना की बात और क्या हो सकती है."
May 13, 2012 'Queen of Democrazy' Mamata Banerjee at the crossroads of change: "Weekly magazine India Today branded her the "Queen of Democrazy"."
May 12, 2012 More Enrons in sight in India?: "Casting aside the need for transparency and competition, the politicians and civil servants of both coal and environment ministries made hay while the sun was shining and merrily allotted around 200 coal blocks without auctions. Soon, the coal-power bubble will burst. A Coalgate and a multitude of Enrons will unfold, followed by unmanageable NPAs with the banks. After all, the people of India are always there to bear the burden of the sins of their political leaders "
May 12, 2012 Deepak Lal: Corruption and dynasties: "a very confused Indian political discourse: corruption and the role of political and business dynasties."
May 12, 2012 Delhi HC sniffs scam in farm ministry, orders FIR: "The court said there was evidence to suggest a nexus between the counsel and ministry officials to cause loss to “public exchequer” through “fraud” and “misappropriation of funds”."
May 12, 2012 Rescue Ambedkar from the clutches of Dalit leaders
May 12, 2012 'Our Duty To Dissent': "'We think that the short, heated and not very well informed debate in the Parliament did not do justice to the responsibility that a democratic society has towards it future generations'"
May 12, 2012 लोकतंत्र है या तानाशाहियों का जमघट?: "हमारे देश में अभिव्यक्ति के लोकतांत्रिक अधिकार का हाल उसी टिटवाल के कुत्ते जैसा है."
May 11, 2012 Maharashtra has no future under Cong-NCP govt: Anna: "as it is controlled by corrupt politicians"
May 11, 2012 2G scam: CBI opposes Raja bail, cites fresh bribe allegation: "This accused (Raja) and other public servants are also involved in another tranche of Rs 200 crore which they have received as bribe and this was not known earlier and has come up during the investigation", "Agency says Rs 200-cr fresh bribe claim under probe"
May 11, 2012 Adarsh Scam: Army rebuts Adarsh Panel's report: "The Army says that the state government-appointed judicial commission's report was factually wrong."
May 11, 2012 Blow to Yeddy, SC orders CBI probe in 3 cases: "The apex court observed that prima facie there was proof against the former Karnataka chief minister in the cases."
May 11, 2012 Corruption within K'taka BJP a poll issue: Cong: "The Karnataka Congress attacked the state BJP after the Supreme Court ordered a CBI inquiry against Yeddyurappa."
May 11, 2012 Ambedkar cartoon row: Depiction wrong, says Pranab: "Dalit MPs from Tamil Nadu have taken taken offence to a 1949 cartoon of BR Ambedkar, the architect of India's Constitution."
May 11, 2012 Aircel-Maxis deal: 'Chidambaram violated House rules': "P Chidambaram read a statement by his son on the Aircel-Maxis deal in Parliament on Thursday, which the Opposition said was a violation of House rules."
May 10, 2012 Haryana: Grain rots while poor starve: "CNN-IBN revisited a storage yard only to discover that the condition has worsened."
May 10, 2012 Aircel-Maxis deal: P Chidambaram rebuts charges against son Karti as BJP screams scam: "senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha alleged a "big scam" and said Karti picked up a 5% stake in Maxis, a Malaysian company, ahead of a controversial takeover by Indian telecom firm Aircel."
May 10, 2012 BBC: India official Pradeep Shukla quizzed in health scandal: "A former top civil servant in India's Uttar Pradesh state has been detained for questioning in connection with an estimated $2bn rural health scandal.", "Former state health minister Babu Singh Kushwaha is also in jail for his alleged role in the scandal."
May 10, 2012 Is the Punjab grain problem man made?: "Investigations by CNN-IBN reveal that space to store seven lakh tonnes of wheat grain has already been created."
May 10, 2012 Why is grain rotting in the open yet again?: "The country is on the verge of record harvest, and yet for a third consecutive year, there is simply no space for storage."
May 10, 2012 Vodafone threatens legal action against Govt: "Vodafone's External Affairs Director Matthew Kirk said that India was not a no-tax economy."
May 10, 2012 Is the CBI probe on Jagan a political tactic?: "A Hyderabad court will on Thursday hear the Sakshi TV's appeal against freezing of its accounts."
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May 22, 2012 UPA government is losing credibility: Survey: "A CNN-IBN survey says that the UPA government is losing its credibility and it has failed on several fronts."
May 22, 2012 Hampi Express accident: Gory sight to see people aflame, say passengers: "It was an unbearable and gory sight to see fellow passengers burning and screaming for help as they stood helpless due to the searing heat"
May 22, 2012 The Last Word: Govt spending on political anniversaries wrong?: "On The Last Word, Karan Thakar asks a panel of experts, is the Indian tradition of taking out multiple large advertisements in all newspapers to commemorate political birth, death or other anniversaries acceptable or morally wrong?"
May 21, 2012 Minister of state held for role in Rs 46 crore scam: "Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and minister of state for transport and agriculture Gulabrao Deokar was on Monday arrested by the Jalgaon police for alleged involvement in a 15-year-old Rs 46 crore mass housing scam"
May 21, 2012 MPs set to get status symbol: Beacons: "Bowing to unprecedented pressure from parliamentarians, the Centre is considering allowing red beacons on cars of MPs across the country with the exception of the "VIP area" in the national capital."
May 21, 2012 Govt has lost credibility, says CNN-IBN poll
May 21, 2012 Adarsh society scam: Ashok Chavan asked to appear before commission
May 21, 2012 CBI raids premises of MLAs, min, Ind candidate: "The CBI on Friday (May 18) conducted raids at the premises of 15 Jharkhand MLAs as part of its investigation into the allegations of horse trading that led to countermanding of the March 30 Rajya Sabha polls. In the early morning raids, 36 teams swooped down upon the residences of MLAs of Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Hazaribagh, Godda, Bihars Banka district and Giridih, a CBI official told PTI. The MLAs belong to ruling JMM, Ajsu party and opposition RJD and Congress, he said."
May 21, 2012 'A Threat To Free Speech': "The BJP leader of opposition speaking on the statutory motion for resolution that the Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules, 2011 be annulled."
May 21, 2012 CBI raids the premises of 15 Jharkhand MLAs: "The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday raided at the premises of 15 Jharkhand MLAs as a part of its investigation into the allegations of horse trading that led to countermanding of the March 30 Rajya Sabha polls."
May 21, 2012 Jharkhand RS polls: CBI conducts raids at 39 places: "The premises of over 12 MLAs from different parties were raided on Friday."
May 21, 2012 BJP demands probe into allegations against Gujarat Governor: "BJP MPs created a ruckus in the Rajya Sabha demanding a probe against Gujarat Governor Kamala Beniwal."
May 21, 2012 Minister supports attack on Anna: "Defending the Youth Congress workers' protests held in Nagpur against Anna Hazare, Maharashtra Employment Guarantee Scheme Minister Nitin Raut today alleged that Hazare had gone to Nagpur with "malafideintentions""
May 21, 2012 UP’s health scam had the blessings of political leaders : "The Congress needs to answer why it had looked the other way when funds meant for the various NRHM projects were being siphoned off by State authorities"
May 21, 2012 BJP releases 'chargesheet' against its own govt in Himachal: "Taking their game of one-upmanship a little further, ruling BJP in Himachal Pradesh on Thursday released what it claimed was Congress' "chargesheet" against the Dhumal government, saying it was helping out the opposition party which was dithering over it."
May 21, 2012 Now, UP CM orders a probe into a tree scam: "Akhilesh Yadav has ordered a probe into why 37,000 trees were imported at a higher price under the Mayawati regime."
May 21, 2012 CBI goes after B S Yeddyurappa: "In more trouble for beleaguered former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, CBI on Wednesday (May 16) raided his and his family members’ residences and two mining firms as it launched a probe into his alleged role in illegal mining in line with a Supreme Court directive. A day after registering an FIR, CBI officials conducted the raids at eight premises belonging to Yeddyurappa, his sons B Y Raghavendra, a Lok Sabha member, and B Y Vijayendra as well as son-in-law Sohan Kumar in Bangalore and Shimoga district."
May 21, 2012 Sushma questions Cong mins' attendance in Parl: "Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Sushma Swaraj, slammed the Government on its poor attendance. Sushma asked who will answer the Opposition's questions during Zero Hour when the ministers are absent. Sushma also pointed out and questioned why only one Cabinet Ministerwas present during Zero Hour today (May 16)."
May 21, 2012 Kicking the book out of syllabus: blame it on Sonia: "At least 17 books have been taken off the shelves because they `offended’ sentiments. The country certainly owes an explanation from the authorities."
May 21, 2012 Will A Raja apologise?: "He's back from jail after 455 days but just after former Union Telecom Minister A Raja walked out of Tihar jail -- comes this brazen attack, drunken supporters of the Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (DMK) leader attacking the media outside his residence creating a nuisance and hitting out at those who were just doing their duty. The prime accused in the 2G spectrum case got bail from a CBI Court in the spectrum scam on Tuesday (May 15)."
May 21, 2012 When Laughter Becomes A Laughing Matter: "'We condemn the somber Indian politicians’ and their lathi-wielding goons’ zeal to persecute persons committed to the cause of irony, irreverence and critical humour in public life'"
May 21, 2012 Smiling Raja walks out of Tihar Jail: "DMK MP and former communications minister A. Raja’s release from jail after over 15 months was quite an extraordinary event for his supporters"
May 21, 2012 Industrialist behind bars in case against Jagan: "High flying Andhra Pradesh industrialist Nimmagadda Prasad has been arrested for alleged benefits received during the rule of late chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy in return for the massive investments he made in his son's businesses.", "Nimmagadda Prasad, 51 and son of an army officer, had allegedly invested Rs.504 crore in the companies of the MP from Kadapa."
May 21, 2012 Take police help to get Tiwari’s blood sample: HC: "The Delhi High Court on Wednesday ordered its registrar to take police assistance for bringing defiant veteran Congress leader N.D. Tiwari here for taking his blood sample to decide the paternity suit of a man claiming to be his son."
May 21, 2012 B'lore: CBI raids Yeddyurappa's residence: "This comes hours after the CBI registered an FIR naming Yeddyurappa and his 2 sons in a mining case."
May 21, 2012 Amid raids, Yeddyurappa seeks anticipatory bail: "With raids on at the residences of former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa and his kin in Bangalore and Shimoga, Yeddyurappa has filed anticipatory bails for himself and on behalf of his two sons and son-in-law."
May 21, 2012 Yeddy relatives' NGO took money for favours: CBI: "Sajjan Jindal's company paid Rs. 10 Cr to NGO allegedly headed by Yeddyurappa's kin"
May 21, 2012 UPA's red report card: Policy paralysis continues to dog the government as it completes eight years in office
May 21, 2012 UPA seeks ‘magic formula’ to boost image
May 21, 2012 Warning bells: "UPA II is beleaguered with allegations of scams, corruption and "policy paralysis", and once again all fingers are pointing at the party leadership."
May 21, 2012 India probes Dalit leader Mayawati's palm tree imports: "reports suggest that each tree cost up to $460 (£290) and additional expenditure was incurred in transporting and planting them. Some accounts suggest as much as $10m may been spent on the trees."
May 21, 2012 Rescue the nation: "We see our nation being plundered and mismanaged by the politicians in power. Even as the rupee collapses and industrial production growth turns negative, our top leadership discusses 60-year-old cartoons in Parliament."
May 21, 2012 Australia's next big problem: India's democracy: "“No wonder business is in a sulk and investment is falling. Red tape and corruption, always present, seem to have got worse — in recent state elections so many banknotes were doled out that they help explain a liquidity problem in the banking system."
May 21, 2012 UPA-II at three has lost India's faith: "An overwhelming 66% of India's urban population thinks the Manmohan Singh-led UPA government has lost its credibility to govern. Also, more than half of the respondents (59%) expressed dissatisfaction with the current government."
May 21, 2012 The austerity of the affluent: "A rural Indian spending Rs. 22.50 a day would not be considered poor by a Planning Commission whose Deputy Chairman's foreign trips between May and October last year cost a daily average of Rs. 2.02 lakh"
May 21, 2012 HC directs Tiwari to give blood sample on May 26: "The veteran Congress leader has been forced to give a sample to settle a paternity suit."
May 21, 2012 Ramp to Raisina Hill: "And if representation is the issue, we editorial writers would like one of us to be considered for the job. After all, we slave away to interpret events for you and surely that is a useful talent when it comes to interacting with foreign dignitaries. Also, ensconced in the salubrious surrounding of the presidential mansion, one of our tribe, to use that word loosely, may come up with more inspired editorials."
May 21, 2012 Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar took abroad visit every 37 days: "total expenses on these visits were Rs 9.89 crore. She also gave gifts worth Rs 11.66 lakh to her hosts."
May 20, 2012 BBC: Ex-Karnataka chief minister Yeddyurappa raided: "Mr Yeddyurappa is accused of showing "undue favours" to some companies involved in illegal mining and other alleged financial irregularities."
May 20, 2012 India's soap opera on corruption: "Raja walked free from jail on bail, after the judge ruled against the slow progress of the trial and the fact that almost all the other accused had been released thus making it pointless to detain Raja."
May 20, 2012 No political party is free from corruption: Sheila
May 20, 2012 Just how rich are India's politicians?: "Maybe it is time to prosecute Mayawati for her alleged transgressions. But maybe it's time to widen the net, as well."
May 20, 2012 No government will to eliminate corruption: Anna Hazare: "Afraid of the support I am getting, Congress activists are indulging in frivolous things like attacking our convoy."
May 20, 2012 'Dictatorships Cannot Afford Laughter' : "'Because people may laugh at the dictator and that wouldn’t do. In all the years of Hitler, there never was a good comedy, not a good cartoon, not a parody, or a spoof'"
May 20, 2012 Narayana Murthy joins debate on policy paralysis at Centre: "Software industry leader N R Narayana Murthy today appeared to have joined the debate on policy paralysis at the Centre when he said the government has not been able to provide clarity on definition of software exports for over a year now causing inconvenience to the industry."
May 19, 2012 भारतीय कश्मीर: चार महीने में 400 नवजात शिशुओं की मौत: "बच्चों के इलाज के लिए स्थापित इकलौते अस्पताल में जनवरी 2012 से अब तक यानी पिछले चार महीनों में 400 से ज्यादा नवजात बच्चों की मौत हो गई है."
May 19, 2012 Mamata faces flak for calling students Maoists: "Refusing to answer a question on the increasing crime rate in West Bengal, Mamata walked out of CNN-IBN's show."
May 19, 2012 BJP demands probe into allegations against Gujarat Governor: "BJP MPs created a ruckus in the Rajya Sabha demanding a probe against Gujarat Governor Kamala Beniwal."
May 19, 2012 Mamata walks out of show, calls students Maoists: "The West Bengal Chief Minister lost her cool and stormed out of a CNN-IBN show when students asked her about crime against women."
May 18, 2012 CBI gets nod to attach Jagan property: "Andhra Pradesh government on Friday evening issued government orders allowing the CBI to prohibit sale, pledge and transfer of ownership of properties belonging to Jagan and his associates."
May 17, 2012 Ramalinga Raju too routed funds via industrialist Nimmagadda Prasad into Jagan’s firm: "Satyam's Ramalinga Raju had invested Rs 20 crore in Jagati publications belonging to Jaganmohan Reddy through industrialist Nimmagadda Prasad. Raju made this investment through Maytas Infra -- as a quid pro quo for the YSR regime having allotted a Rs 121-crore road-widening project in Kadapa district to the infrastructure company on a nomination basis."
May 15, 2012 UP may set up commission to probe Maya scams
May 15, 2012 India Court Grants Bail to Former Telecom Minister
May 15, 2012 India state to probe corruption in low-caste parks: "money was misappropriated when buildings and walls were constructed, destroyed and then rebuilt repeatedly in the parks. Palm and date trees were planted only to be uprooted and thrown away. Many contract prices were inflated"
May 15, 2012 Ex-Indian Minister Receives Bail in Corruption Case: "The scandal is believed to have cost the Indian government up to $40 billion in lost revenue."
May 15, 2012 CBI arrests two in Jagan corruption case: "The CBI today arrested former special secretary to Andhra Pradesh government KV Bramhananda Reddy and chairman of MAA TV Nimmagadda Prasad in connection with an alleged corruption case involving Kadapa MP YS Jaganmohan Reddy."
May 15, 2012 India’s growth threatened by old abuses: "“This country is close to becoming the Greece of Asia.” "
May 15, 2012 More trouble for Yeddyurappa: "CBI has filed an FIR against former Karnataka CM BS Yeddyurappa. This came just days after the SC's nod to CBI investigation against Yeddy in cases of alleged kickbacks received by the former CM's family from illegal mining in the state."
May 15, 2012 Did Mayawati allow open loot?: "Major trouble is brewing for former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati. After Akhilesh Yadav gave the nod to probe financial irregularities in the massive sums of money allegedly siphoned off to build Mayawati's dream project, the Uttar Pradesh police have started probing a complaint into alleged siphoning of funds in construction and installation of elephant statues."
May 15, 2012 A Raja, the last accused in 2G scam to get bail: "Former telecom minister A Raja got bail on Tuesday after spending 15 months in Tihar Jail."
May 15, 2012 UP CM orders probe into Maya's farmhouse project: "Mayawati's Noida Farmhouse allegedly led to a loss of Rs 150 crore to the state's exchequer."
May 15, 2012 Mayawati's parks under scanner, SIT to probe: "The UP police will form an SIT to investigate the scam in the building of Ambedkar parks in Lucknow and Noida."
May 15, 2012 'Our Duty To Dissent': "'We think that the short, heated and not very well informed debate in the Parliament did not do justice to the responsibility that a democratic society has towards its future generations' "
May 15, 2012 Financial fraud in Mayawati's elephants statues could be Rs 40,000 crore: UP CM: "Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday claimed that an alleged financial fraud to the tune of Rs 40,000 crore could emerge in installation of statues of elephants and also stone memorials by the previous Mayawati government in the state."
May 15, 2012 A Raja walks out of Tihar jail, Karunanidhi 'happy': "Over 15 months after his arrest, former telecom minister A Raja walked out of Tihar jail on Tuesday evening."
May 15, 2012 Should cartoon and politician satire be censored?: "CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose discusses the BR Ambedkar cartoon row on Face The Nation."
May 15, 2012 2G scam: Raja gets bail after 15 months in jail: "A Raja was the first one to have been arrested in the 2G scam and is the last one to have been granted bail."
May 15, 2012 'Defence Of Politics': "'We were shocked to learn that these books were presented in the Lok Sabha as an attack on politics, politicians and democracy. Nothing can be farther from the truth' "
May 15, 2012 Is India heading towards fascism?: "surveys have pointed out 50 per cent of Indians are corrupt. "
May 15, 2012 Tiwari restrained from leaving India until DNA test: "The Delhi High Court Monday restrained veteran Congress leader N.D. Tiwari from leaving India until he furnishes his blood sample for a DNA test."
May 15, 2012 Scam suspected in installation of elephant statutes in Mayawati's dalit memorials: "After NRHM, Noida land, toilet and canal scams during the previous Mayawati regime, now financial irregularities have been found in making and installation of elephant statutes in dalit memorials."
May 15, 2012 Dangers of deletion: "The Ambedkar cartoon has been misread. And this could just be the beginning"
May 15, 2012 Paternity row: HC asks Tiwari to give consent for DNA test in 2 days: "Veteran Congress leader N D Tiwari was on Monday asked by the Delhi High Court to inform it within two days as to whether he wants to voluntarily give his blood sample for a DNA test in a paternity suit or police force be used for obtaining it."
May 14, 2012 'I-T raids' on Chiranjeevi make Yeddyurappa change mind: "people of Karnataka would punish BJP for "lack of governance""
May 14, 2012 27% of India’s doctors exist only on paper: "Union health ministry's scrutiny has found that two lakh of the registered doctors aren't working anymore. Of the 10.7 lakh nurses registered, six lakh don't exist."
May 13, 2012 Insight – India’s “Queen of Democrazy” at the crossroads of change
May 13, 2012 Dark clouds hover as Indian parliament turns 60: "Winston Churchill who predicted that the natives were not fit to govern themselves and would soon “fall back quite rapidly through the centuries into the barbarism and privations of the Middle Ages”."
May 13, 2012 Centralisation of power root cause of corruption: Anna Hazare
May 13, 2012 विचारों का गला घोंटना आधुनिक रोग: योगेंद्र यादव: "ऐसे व्यक्ति पर कुछ अनपढ़ लोग अंबेडकर के नाम पर हमला करें, इससे ज्यादा दुर्भाग्यपूर्ण और विडंबना की बात और क्या हो सकती है."
May 13, 2012 'Queen of Democrazy' Mamata Banerjee at the crossroads of change: "Weekly magazine India Today branded her the "Queen of Democrazy"."
May 12, 2012 More Enrons in sight in India?: "Casting aside the need for transparency and competition, the politicians and civil servants of both coal and environment ministries made hay while the sun was shining and merrily allotted around 200 coal blocks without auctions. Soon, the coal-power bubble will burst. A Coalgate and a multitude of Enrons will unfold, followed by unmanageable NPAs with the banks. After all, the people of India are always there to bear the burden of the sins of their political leaders "
May 12, 2012 Deepak Lal: Corruption and dynasties: "a very confused Indian political discourse: corruption and the role of political and business dynasties."
May 12, 2012 Delhi HC sniffs scam in farm ministry, orders FIR: "The court said there was evidence to suggest a nexus between the counsel and ministry officials to cause loss to “public exchequer” through “fraud” and “misappropriation of funds”."
May 12, 2012 Rescue Ambedkar from the clutches of Dalit leaders
May 12, 2012 'Our Duty To Dissent': "'We think that the short, heated and not very well informed debate in the Parliament did not do justice to the responsibility that a democratic society has towards it future generations'"
May 12, 2012 लोकतंत्र है या तानाशाहियों का जमघट?: "हमारे देश में अभिव्यक्ति के लोकतांत्रिक अधिकार का हाल उसी टिटवाल के कुत्ते जैसा है."
May 11, 2012 Maharashtra has no future under Cong-NCP govt: Anna: "as it is controlled by corrupt politicians"
May 11, 2012 2G scam: CBI opposes Raja bail, cites fresh bribe allegation: "This accused (Raja) and other public servants are also involved in another tranche of Rs 200 crore which they have received as bribe and this was not known earlier and has come up during the investigation", "Agency says Rs 200-cr fresh bribe claim under probe"
May 11, 2012 Adarsh Scam: Army rebuts Adarsh Panel's report: "The Army says that the state government-appointed judicial commission's report was factually wrong."
May 11, 2012 Blow to Yeddy, SC orders CBI probe in 3 cases: "The apex court observed that prima facie there was proof against the former Karnataka chief minister in the cases."
May 11, 2012 Corruption within K'taka BJP a poll issue: Cong: "The Karnataka Congress attacked the state BJP after the Supreme Court ordered a CBI inquiry against Yeddyurappa."
May 11, 2012 Ambedkar cartoon row: Depiction wrong, says Pranab: "Dalit MPs from Tamil Nadu have taken taken offence to a 1949 cartoon of BR Ambedkar, the architect of India's Constitution."
May 11, 2012 Aircel-Maxis deal: 'Chidambaram violated House rules': "P Chidambaram read a statement by his son on the Aircel-Maxis deal in Parliament on Thursday, which the Opposition said was a violation of House rules."
May 10, 2012 Haryana: Grain rots while poor starve: "CNN-IBN revisited a storage yard only to discover that the condition has worsened."
May 10, 2012 Aircel-Maxis deal: P Chidambaram rebuts charges against son Karti as BJP screams scam: "senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha alleged a "big scam" and said Karti picked up a 5% stake in Maxis, a Malaysian company, ahead of a controversial takeover by Indian telecom firm Aircel."
May 10, 2012 BBC: India official Pradeep Shukla quizzed in health scandal: "A former top civil servant in India's Uttar Pradesh state has been detained for questioning in connection with an estimated $2bn rural health scandal.", "Former state health minister Babu Singh Kushwaha is also in jail for his alleged role in the scandal."
May 10, 2012 Is the Punjab grain problem man made?: "Investigations by CNN-IBN reveal that space to store seven lakh tonnes of wheat grain has already been created."
May 10, 2012 Why is grain rotting in the open yet again?: "The country is on the verge of record harvest, and yet for a third consecutive year, there is simply no space for storage."
May 10, 2012 Vodafone threatens legal action against Govt: "Vodafone's External Affairs Director Matthew Kirk said that India was not a no-tax economy."
May 10, 2012 Is the CBI probe on Jagan a political tactic?: "A Hyderabad court will on Thursday hear the Sakshi TV's appeal against freezing of its accounts."
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