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Apr 29, 2012 How the black economy subverts India's politics
Apr 29, 2012 How the black economy subverts India's politics
Apr 29, 2012 What They Said: The Ghost of Bofors
Apr 29, 2012 Mayawati hints Cong misusing Sachin Tendulkar to veil scams
Apr 29, 2012 'Need Jan Lokpal': Team Anna 'exposes' defence scams: "ECI Telecom hired Ganton Ltd, Edmond being its global head, and Ganton India [ Images ], a 100 percent subsidiary of Ganton Ltd. headed by Abhishek Verma to remove the custom duties fine levied by the government. The agreement promised to pay Ganton Ltd. $1 million if it succeeded in the deletion of the fine."
Apr 29, 2012 Unanswered questions on Bofors scam
Apr 29, 2012 MNREGA hit by scams, says Congress MP
Apr 29, 2012 Now, UP gets its Rs 2,900 crore Toilet Scam
Apr 29, 2012 Standard and Poor adds to worries of beleaguered government
Apr 29, 2012 UPA biggest drag on Indian biz: Moody's
Apr 29, 2012 India has reason to worry: "The lowering of India's credit rating outlook to negative by global agency Standard & Poor's (S& P) comes as a wake up call to the government."
Apr 29, 2012 India Against Corruption to stage human chain in Chennai on May 1: "demanding action against 16 MPs who allegedly have criminal backgrounds."
Apr 29, 2012 The Telegraph UK: Struggling coalition leaves Indian economy in the doldrums
Apr 29, 2012 Top Indian politician jailed for four years in bribe case
Apr 29, 2012 Bangaru Laxman’s case: A rude reminder of India’s ‘corrupt’ party structure: "The lesson is simple, if you are caught you are wrong, otherwise, everything goes off as usual in typical Indian “Chalta Hai” style."
Apr 29, 2012 BITTEN BY THE CORRUPTION BUG: "There are several common traits in the culture of corruption that has afflicted South Asia,"
Apr 29, 2012 Activist Group Alleges Widespread Corruption in Defense Deals: "Hiring foreign call girls, intimidation, money laundering, fraud and bribes – those are just some of the activities government officials, defense executives and middle men were accused of Thursday by the activist group India Against Corruption."
Apr 29, 2012 India’s latest scandal: down the pan: "Few thought the ruling class could stoop much lower. But politicians have found a way – they’ve taken financial scandal down to a whole new level: the toilet. By inflating the number of government-subsidised latrines, civil servants, bureaucrats, politicians and middlemen have pilfered the country of at least $1.7bn."
Apr 29, 2012 New York Businessman Alleges Corruption in Indian Defense Deals: "“I confirm I sent him about 1,000-plus pages of evidence after CBI [the Central Bureau of Investigation] and the MOD [Ministry of Defense] refused to even acknowledge my complaints,” Mr. Allen said. The CBI has “suddenly” started to acknowledge his complaints, he said."
Apr 29, 2012 Former BJP chief Bangaru Laxman found guilty of corruption, arrested
Apr 29, 2012 Why the Bofors scandal must never be forgotten: "The median age in India is 26 years, which means that about half of India grew up in a post-Bofors scandal era, and may not know (or care for) the intricate details of what the case was all about."
Apr 29, 2012 Team Anna alleges corruption in defence deals, names MP’s son: "alleged that Abhishek Verma, son of Congress MPs Shrikant Verma and Veena Verma, is a middle man in numerous defense deals and had received kickbaks in some cases. Abhishek, an accused in the Navy war room leak case, is out on bail since 2008."
Apr 29, 2012 BJP wants fresh Bofors probe, Cong opposes it
Apr 29, 2012 India’s political atrophy weakens economic growth
Apr 29, 2012 Liquor dons may escape Anti Corruption Bureau net: "almost all the white ration card holder-owners of the liquor outlets are absconding and according to sources, they have been instructed by their actual bosses to stay out of sight for some time and not fall into ACB hands."
Apr 29, 2012 Congress govt 'killed' the Bofors case: Arun Jaitley
Apr 29, 2012 B'lore: PM's close aide caught in land row: "A newspaper report claims that the BEML Employees' Co-operative Society allotted plots to TKA Nair's niece at throwaway prices."
Apr 28, 2012 Pratibha Patil gives up Pune accommodation: "A bungalow was being built on defence land in violation of norms and was meant for Patil's post-retirement stay."
Apr 28, 2012 President Patil gives up Pune land: "President Pratibha Patil's decision came after allegations that the bungalow was being built on defence land in violation of norms."
Apr 28, 2012 Bangaru Laxman gets 4 yrs in jail, fined Rs 1 lakh: "The court, talking tough against corruption in its judgement, said, 'Time to shun the sab chalta hai syndrome.'"
Apr 28, 2012 'Dad minister, law mine': "Parvez Ali allegedly threatened district administration employee for cancelling six tenders that he had allotted to his chosen men. The Minister had written a letter to the District Magistrate, seeking certain development works in Amroha. The Minister's men, led by his son Parvez Ali, allegedly coerced Nagarpalika officials to manipulate tendering process."
Apr 28, 2012 BBC: India's former BJP chief Laxman sentenced to four years for bribery: "In the 2001 video, reporters posing as arms dealers offered Laxman 100,000 rupees ($1,900; £1,170) as a bribe for a military contract. Laxman was seen taking the bribe."
Apr 28, 2012 The disastrous presidency of Pratibha Devisingh Patil: "The previous low point that the office of the president witnessed was when the seventh president of India, Giani Zail Singh, clashed with then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. He had also famously said that he was willing to become a sweeper but was asked by his leader (Indira Gandhi) to become the president of India."
Apr 28, 2012 Smoking Guns: Eating Out Of A Foreign Hand: "Many Indian politicians carelessly compare cancer to our political system without realising they are part of it."
Apr 28, 2012 FIR against MLC Krishnappa, 4 others: "The Lokayukta police have registered an FIR in the private complaint filed against JD(S) MLC E Krishnappa in the Special Lokayukta Court, alleging that he had fraudulently obtained lands in the green belt area."
Apr 28, 2012 Bangaru Laxman jailed, political blame game begins: "The BJP said that the Congress should not make an issue out of the case as they have also had a tainted president."
Apr 28, 2012 Activists claim victory as President gives up land
Apr 28, 2012 1984 victim brings alive Sajjan's riot act: "“I saw Sajjan Kumar standing in a police vehicle telling the mob, ‘Ek bhi sardar zinda nahi bachna chahiye. In sardaron ko maro, inhone hamari maa ko maara hain’ (Don’t spare a single Sikh. Kill them, as they killed our mother),” Nirpreet said."
Apr 28, 2012 Bangaru Laxman brought to Tihar jail: "72-year-old Laxman has been lodged in jail number 4 in the same ward where sacked Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi had been kept"
Apr 28, 2012 Court jails Bangaru, says corruption worse than prostitution: "Eleven years after having been caught in a sting operation, former BJP President Bangaru Laxman was today awarded four years rigorous imprisonment by a Delhi court for taking Rs 1 lakh as bribe in a fictitious defence deal case."
Apr 28, 2012 How the black economy subverts India’s politics: "If you go by the audited balance sheet of the Congress for 2009-10 (the latest available), the answer is Rs 525.97 crore.", "A lot of the black money which evades tax washes up at the doorstep of political parties. The resultant quid pro quo between politicians, business and middlemen lies at the root of land, mining and natural resource scams in India."
Apr 24, 2012 AP govt delaying IAS officer's prosecution in land scam: CBI: "The CBI today accused the Andhra Pradesh government of "intentionally" delaying the process to grant sanction to prosecute suspended IAS officer B P Acharya, prime accused in the APIIC-Emaar township case."
Apr 24, 2012 So retro, so UPA: "Forcing doctors to return from the US shows a state wanting to control, not cure"
Apr 24, 2012 UP food scam: Senior Congress leaders under the scanner: "Some of the party's senior state leaders are set to be questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation in the 35,000-crore foodgrains scam. Late on Monday night, the investigating agency arrested Daljeet Singh Chaudhary, a member of the All India Congress Committee, in connection with the scam."
Apr 24, 2012 Noose tightens around Jagan; CBI seals key statements: "The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is probing scams involving Jagan Mohan Reddy, son of the late former Andhra Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy (YSR), believes it has iron-clad evidence in the form of over a dozen section 164 statements from various witnesses"
Apr 24, 2012 India helicopter deal: Italy probes Euro 51 mn ‘payoff’: "Italy is investigating whether a commission of 51 million Euros was paid by helicopter manufacturer Agusta Westland to a Switzerland-based consultant for a deal to sell 12 VVIP helicopters to India."
Apr 24, 2012 BBC: Congress Party leader quits over India tape row: "Senior Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi has resigned as the party's spokesman after a video allegedly showing him having sex with a woman was distributed on social networking sites."
Apr 24, 2012 ‘Can you imagine... no one from India met the real investigators of gun deal?’: "former Swedish police head Sten Lindstrom shared key information with journalist Chitra Subramaniam-Duella (The Hindu, The Indian Express, The Statesman) on the Bofors-India deal."
Apr 24, 2012 Bofors ‘Deep Throat’ reveals all: How Rajiv protected Quattrocchi: "Rajiv Gandhi did not personally take a bribe but allowed a massive cover-up aimed to protecting Ottavio Quattrocchi"
Apr 23, 2012 CBI seizes documents from Daltonganj MLA’s residence: "in connection with horse trading in the recently countermanded Rajya Sabha polls."
Apr 23, 2012 CBI blames Sajjan Kumar for riots: "The CBI on Monday (April 23) concluded final arguments in Delhi cantonment riots case against Congress leader Sajjan Kumar. The investigative agency told a Delhi Court that the Congress leader incited violence in the 1984 riots."
Apr 23, 2012 Illegal assets case: Jagan's auditor surrenders: "Vijay Sai Reddy was arrested by the CBI on January 2, and listed as the number 2 accused in the illegal assets case."
Apr 23, 2012 Sajjan conspired with police during 1984 riots: CBI: ""There was a conspiracy of terrifying proportion with the complicity of police and patronage of local MP Sajjan Kumar,""
Apr 23, 2012 Vidarbha farmer in suicide note: Don't vote for Congress, NCP: ""They (Congress-NCP) will ruin the country,""
Apr 23, 2012 CBI blames Congress leader Sajjan Kumar for 1984 anti-Sikh riots: "The CBI said Sajjan Kumar went about inciting mobs and that the killings in the Delhi cantonment area in 1984 were not spontaneous. Sajjan Kumar allegedly told mobs: Not a single Sikh should survive"
Apr 22, 2012 Improvement in governance required to fight corruption: Godrej: "Newly elected CII President, Adi Godrej on Sunday said India needs improvement in governance across the board"
Apr 21, 2012 More sedition cases against anti-nuke protestors than Maoists, militants
Apr 21, 2012 pratibha patil Where Mum Is the Word In Amravati, Rajendra Shekhawat’s writ runs on the strength of his mother’s exalted position: "The Amravati Municipal Corporation, say sources, has been rocked by a land scam that could have “cost it nearly Rs 200 crore”. Under the scanner are the city municipal commissioner and collector, both IAS officers, who reportedly connived with a select set of real estate developers to transfer development rights (TDR) in the last two-three years."
Apr 21, 2012 the next president The Giani’s Riot Act : "The Giani, who had no formal secular education, would later say, with evident satisfaction, that he had repaid a debt. Loyal to the Gandhi family, he had at one point caused a furore by asserting that he’d have even accepted the post of a sweeper from Indira."
Apr 21, 2012 pratibha patil The Tai Of Fizzle - Pratibha Patil leaves no lasting impression on her office: "As President Pratibhatai Patil’s tenure draws to a close, it might be pertinent to ask what her five years in Rashtrapati Bhavan would be best remembered by. Would it be her surprise selection for the job, or her controversial appointment marked by PILs, or her numerous trips abroad that cost the exchequer Rs 205 crore. Or would it be the men in her life—her husband and son—who allegedly leveraged her office to suit themselves?"
Apr 21, 2012 The August Question: "The First Citizen race hots up. Parties get their pawns in place."
Apr 21, 2012 Rajya Sabha elections: CBI carries out searches at premises of 3 MLAs: "for alleged corruption and horse-trading during the recent Rajya Sabha elections."
Apr 21, 2012 President's retirement home controversy blows up: "Whistleblower ex-Army man alleges he's being targeted for filing RTI. Earlier, an RTI filed by him revealed irregularities in the allotment and construction of President Pratibha Patil's retirement home in Pune. President's home is being built on 5 acres of prime defence land classified as A1."
Apr 21, 2012 Indian economy in a mess because of Congress: BJP: "The PM's Economic Advisor, Kaushik Basu, said on Friday that economic reforms were unlikely in India before the 2014 polls."
Apr 21, 2012 Probe Yeddyurappa's role in mining scam: SC panel: "The panel said that there were gross irregularities and the former CM and his relatives benefited from mining allotments."
Apr 21, 2012 Corporator held, released on bail: "Shanthalanagar ward Corporator Shivakumar was arrested on Thursday on the charge of threatening to kill a businessman."
Apr 21, 2012 New book tells how C M Ibrahim blocked Tata airline, Bangalore airport: "In 1997, then civil aviation minister C.M. Ibrahim acted under pressure from Jet Airways to thwart the Tata group's bid to start an airline in India in association with Singapore Airlines, a former top bureaucrat has said in a tell-all book."
Apr 21, 2012 J'khand: 1 dead as workers of 2 parties clash: "The clashes broke out over awarding of contracts at Bharat Coking Coal Ltd. A mob smashed several vehicles during the violence.", "the cops were present when this entire incident happened and still they could not do anything", "murders for money and these types of clashes are quite common"
Apr 21, 2012 Illegal mining: SC panel recommends CBI probe against Yeddyurappa kin: "The Supreme Court's high powered environment panel on Friday recommended a CBI probe into the alleged massive illegal mining activities in Karnataka permitted by then chief minister B S Yeddyurappa which enabled his close relatives to reap "windfall profits"."
Apr 20, 2012 India seeks a President, merit not needed: "It’s that time again. The time when the next President of India will be elected and the lobbying, jostling and campaigning have begun."
Apr 20, 2012 Burning money in the sky: "Recently, the civil aviation ministry announced a Rs 30,000 crore bailout plan for Air India. This, after half a dozen previous bailout plans have not worked."
Apr 19, 2012 Odisha: Abducted BJD MLA produced in people's court: "According to the Maoists, the people's court will decide BJD MLA Jhina Hikaka's fate. Hikaka was taken hostage on March 24."
Apr 19, 2012 Chinese hardware used in Army's system a threat: "The Army has told the government that components used by the force in Project Shakti have Chinese IT hardware."
Apr 19, 2012 Is this the 'change', aggrieved people ask Mamata: "The arrest of Professor Ambikesh Mahapatra is being seen as a complete violation of freedom of speech."
Apr 19, 2012 Bangalore stadium mess: Who is to blame?: "The Chinnaswamy Stadium was in a mess on Wednesday morning as an upset municipal corporation refused to clean it after being denied VVIP tickets to the IPL match."
Apr 18, 2012 VIP quota, reason for rail ticket scam: Dinesh Trivedi: "found that VIPs were the source of such frauds."
Apr 18, 2012 The Gandhis’ dynastic dilemma: "The fabled Congress party is finding that the past just doesn’t sell anymore"
Apr 18, 2012 Corporators armtwist cricket body again?: "The fight between Corporators and the Bangalore cricket body has only intensified with the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) seeking police protection for grabage vans employed to clear the mess from the Chinnaswamy stadium after IPL matches."
Apr 18, 2012 Scientist freed, hits back at Mamata: "A city court granted him bail after 10 days in jail custody. Ray's arrest was condemned by students and rights activists from across the globe. Partha Sarathi Roy says there was a deliberate attempt to harrass him."
Apr 18, 2012 Govt is keeping away foreign investments from India: Parekh: "HDFC Chairman Deepak Parekh has lashed out at the government for it's policy flip flops.", "Huge amount of negativity about India among foreign investors"
Apr 18, 2012 Is the urban voter turning decisively against the Congress?: "In a huge blow to the Congress, the BJP won the Delhi civic polls, sweeping all the three municipal corporations of Delhi."
Apr 18, 2012 Banerjee shiould behave in a more mature manner: Katju: "West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee must learn to function in a democratic and more mature manner as she is no more a street fighter."
Apr 18, 2012 Have Mamata and her supporters become paranoid about the Left?: "WB food supplies minister Jyotipriyo Mallick on Monday issued a statement ordering his party members to socially boycott the CPM in Bengal."
Apr 18, 2012 No party leader will share stage with CPM: TMC: "When asked if he would mix socially with a CPM member, Trinamool's Derek O'Brien said 'No'."
Apr 18, 2012 Denied IPL tickets, BBMP refuses to clean stadium: "Piles of garbage bags remained uncollected at the Chinnaswamy Stadium even at 11 am on Wednesday morning."
Apr 18, 2012 It's dark days in Bengal, says released scientist: "Scientist Parth Sarothi Roy, who was released after being in jail for 10 days, accused Mamata of targeting intellectuals."
Apr 18, 2012 Woman 'molested' for refusing to join Trinamool Congress: "A woman in West Bengal attempted suicide after she was molested and her family members were beaten up by a group of people for her refusal to join the Trinamool Congress"
Apr 17, 2012 Electoral reforms key to good governance: EC chief
Apr 17, 2012 No transparency in Lavasa: CAG report: "The report also says that the Lavasa project is driven by private interest rather than public interest."
Apr 17, 2012 Vodafone issues notice to India over tax proposal: "It says the proposal in the budget to tax transactions with retrospective effect amounts to a denial of justice."
Apr 17, 2012 FTN: Are Indian leaders intolerant of dissent.: "A Jadavpur University professor was arrested after he forwarded some 'anti-Mamata' cartoons to his friends.", "India's great dictators?"
Apr 17, 2012 Vodafone serves notice to India: "Vodafone today threatened to drag the government to international arbitration over retrospective tax legislation under the bilateral investment treaty (BIT) between India and the Netherlands."
Apr 17, 2012 Mamata hits out at media: "Stung by criticism of her government's choice of newspapers for state and state-aided libraries and a professor's arrest over circulation of a cartoon showing her in poor light,"
Apr 17, 2012 'Violent Suppression Of Protest': "Letter to the PM protesting against the developments in West Bengal — arrest of Dr. Partho Sarothi Roy, a young molecular biologist, and the treatment meted out to Professor Ambikash Mahapatra"
Apr 17, 2012 बंगाल की पुलिस ने फेसबुक को लिखी चिट्ठी: "सीआईडी ने मुख्यमंत्री ममता बनर्जी के ख़िलाफ़ आपत्तिजनक टिप्पणियों और तस्वीरों के स्रोत का भी पता लगाने को कहा है."
Apr 17, 2012 Bureaucrats stalling India's progress: E Sreedharan: "The 'metro man' said that the state of Railways today is at least 25 to 30 years behind the rest of the world.", "There is really no government functioning today"
Apr 17, 2012 क्या ममता तानाशाह हो गई हैं?: "तृणमूल नेता ममता बनर्जी जब से पश्चिम बंगाल की सत्ता पर काबिज हुई हैं उनकी सरकार के कई फैसलों को लोगों की आलोचना का सामना करना पड़ रहा है."
Apr 17, 2012 Scientists write to PM on Didi’s arrest of critics: "Leading scientists and social activists from India and top institutions overseas have written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh condemning the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government’s “high-handed arrests” of a university professor and a molecular biologist, and seeking his intervention."
Apr 17, 2012 The Last Word: Mamata Banerjee - intolerant or insecure?: "A Jadavpur University professor was arrested after he forwarded some 'anti-Mamata' cartoons to his friends.", "From didi to dictator?"
Apr 17, 2012 WB: Cartoon not the reason behind Professor's arrest?: "Reports say that it's not free speech which is at stake, in fact Ambikesh Mahapatra was arrested because of the nexus between the TMC and builders lobby."
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Apr 29, 2012 How the black economy subverts India's politics
Apr 29, 2012 How the black economy subverts India's politics
Apr 29, 2012 What They Said: The Ghost of Bofors
Apr 29, 2012 Mayawati hints Cong misusing Sachin Tendulkar to veil scams
Apr 29, 2012 'Need Jan Lokpal': Team Anna 'exposes' defence scams: "ECI Telecom hired Ganton Ltd, Edmond being its global head, and Ganton India [ Images ], a 100 percent subsidiary of Ganton Ltd. headed by Abhishek Verma to remove the custom duties fine levied by the government. The agreement promised to pay Ganton Ltd. $1 million if it succeeded in the deletion of the fine."
Apr 29, 2012 Unanswered questions on Bofors scam
Apr 29, 2012 MNREGA hit by scams, says Congress MP
Apr 29, 2012 Now, UP gets its Rs 2,900 crore Toilet Scam
Apr 29, 2012 Standard and Poor adds to worries of beleaguered government
Apr 29, 2012 UPA biggest drag on Indian biz: Moody's
Apr 29, 2012 India has reason to worry: "The lowering of India's credit rating outlook to negative by global agency Standard & Poor's (S& P) comes as a wake up call to the government."
Apr 29, 2012 India Against Corruption to stage human chain in Chennai on May 1: "demanding action against 16 MPs who allegedly have criminal backgrounds."
Apr 29, 2012 The Telegraph UK: Struggling coalition leaves Indian economy in the doldrums
Apr 29, 2012 Top Indian politician jailed for four years in bribe case
Apr 29, 2012 Bangaru Laxman’s case: A rude reminder of India’s ‘corrupt’ party structure: "The lesson is simple, if you are caught you are wrong, otherwise, everything goes off as usual in typical Indian “Chalta Hai” style."
Apr 29, 2012 BITTEN BY THE CORRUPTION BUG: "There are several common traits in the culture of corruption that has afflicted South Asia,"
Apr 29, 2012 Activist Group Alleges Widespread Corruption in Defense Deals: "Hiring foreign call girls, intimidation, money laundering, fraud and bribes – those are just some of the activities government officials, defense executives and middle men were accused of Thursday by the activist group India Against Corruption."
Apr 29, 2012 India’s latest scandal: down the pan: "Few thought the ruling class could stoop much lower. But politicians have found a way – they’ve taken financial scandal down to a whole new level: the toilet. By inflating the number of government-subsidised latrines, civil servants, bureaucrats, politicians and middlemen have pilfered the country of at least $1.7bn."
Apr 29, 2012 New York Businessman Alleges Corruption in Indian Defense Deals: "“I confirm I sent him about 1,000-plus pages of evidence after CBI [the Central Bureau of Investigation] and the MOD [Ministry of Defense] refused to even acknowledge my complaints,” Mr. Allen said. The CBI has “suddenly” started to acknowledge his complaints, he said."
Apr 29, 2012 Former BJP chief Bangaru Laxman found guilty of corruption, arrested
Apr 29, 2012 Why the Bofors scandal must never be forgotten: "The median age in India is 26 years, which means that about half of India grew up in a post-Bofors scandal era, and may not know (or care for) the intricate details of what the case was all about."
Apr 29, 2012 Team Anna alleges corruption in defence deals, names MP’s son: "alleged that Abhishek Verma, son of Congress MPs Shrikant Verma and Veena Verma, is a middle man in numerous defense deals and had received kickbaks in some cases. Abhishek, an accused in the Navy war room leak case, is out on bail since 2008."
Apr 29, 2012 BJP wants fresh Bofors probe, Cong opposes it
Apr 29, 2012 India’s political atrophy weakens economic growth
Apr 29, 2012 Liquor dons may escape Anti Corruption Bureau net: "almost all the white ration card holder-owners of the liquor outlets are absconding and according to sources, they have been instructed by their actual bosses to stay out of sight for some time and not fall into ACB hands."
Apr 29, 2012 Congress govt 'killed' the Bofors case: Arun Jaitley
Apr 29, 2012 B'lore: PM's close aide caught in land row: "A newspaper report claims that the BEML Employees' Co-operative Society allotted plots to TKA Nair's niece at throwaway prices."
Apr 28, 2012 Pratibha Patil gives up Pune accommodation: "A bungalow was being built on defence land in violation of norms and was meant for Patil's post-retirement stay."
Apr 28, 2012 President Patil gives up Pune land: "President Pratibha Patil's decision came after allegations that the bungalow was being built on defence land in violation of norms."
Apr 28, 2012 Bangaru Laxman gets 4 yrs in jail, fined Rs 1 lakh: "The court, talking tough against corruption in its judgement, said, 'Time to shun the sab chalta hai syndrome.'"
Apr 28, 2012 'Dad minister, law mine': "Parvez Ali allegedly threatened district administration employee for cancelling six tenders that he had allotted to his chosen men. The Minister had written a letter to the District Magistrate, seeking certain development works in Amroha. The Minister's men, led by his son Parvez Ali, allegedly coerced Nagarpalika officials to manipulate tendering process."
Apr 28, 2012 BBC: India's former BJP chief Laxman sentenced to four years for bribery: "In the 2001 video, reporters posing as arms dealers offered Laxman 100,000 rupees ($1,900; £1,170) as a bribe for a military contract. Laxman was seen taking the bribe."
Apr 28, 2012 The disastrous presidency of Pratibha Devisingh Patil: "The previous low point that the office of the president witnessed was when the seventh president of India, Giani Zail Singh, clashed with then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. He had also famously said that he was willing to become a sweeper but was asked by his leader (Indira Gandhi) to become the president of India."
Apr 28, 2012 Smoking Guns: Eating Out Of A Foreign Hand: "Many Indian politicians carelessly compare cancer to our political system without realising they are part of it."
Apr 28, 2012 FIR against MLC Krishnappa, 4 others: "The Lokayukta police have registered an FIR in the private complaint filed against JD(S) MLC E Krishnappa in the Special Lokayukta Court, alleging that he had fraudulently obtained lands in the green belt area."
Apr 28, 2012 Bangaru Laxman jailed, political blame game begins: "The BJP said that the Congress should not make an issue out of the case as they have also had a tainted president."
Apr 28, 2012 Activists claim victory as President gives up land
Apr 28, 2012 1984 victim brings alive Sajjan's riot act: "“I saw Sajjan Kumar standing in a police vehicle telling the mob, ‘Ek bhi sardar zinda nahi bachna chahiye. In sardaron ko maro, inhone hamari maa ko maara hain’ (Don’t spare a single Sikh. Kill them, as they killed our mother),” Nirpreet said."
Apr 28, 2012 Bangaru Laxman brought to Tihar jail: "72-year-old Laxman has been lodged in jail number 4 in the same ward where sacked Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi had been kept"
Apr 28, 2012 Court jails Bangaru, says corruption worse than prostitution: "Eleven years after having been caught in a sting operation, former BJP President Bangaru Laxman was today awarded four years rigorous imprisonment by a Delhi court for taking Rs 1 lakh as bribe in a fictitious defence deal case."
Apr 28, 2012 How the black economy subverts India’s politics: "If you go by the audited balance sheet of the Congress for 2009-10 (the latest available), the answer is Rs 525.97 crore.", "A lot of the black money which evades tax washes up at the doorstep of political parties. The resultant quid pro quo between politicians, business and middlemen lies at the root of land, mining and natural resource scams in India."
Apr 24, 2012 AP govt delaying IAS officer's prosecution in land scam: CBI: "The CBI today accused the Andhra Pradesh government of "intentionally" delaying the process to grant sanction to prosecute suspended IAS officer B P Acharya, prime accused in the APIIC-Emaar township case."
Apr 24, 2012 So retro, so UPA: "Forcing doctors to return from the US shows a state wanting to control, not cure"
Apr 24, 2012 UP food scam: Senior Congress leaders under the scanner: "Some of the party's senior state leaders are set to be questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation in the 35,000-crore foodgrains scam. Late on Monday night, the investigating agency arrested Daljeet Singh Chaudhary, a member of the All India Congress Committee, in connection with the scam."
Apr 24, 2012 Noose tightens around Jagan; CBI seals key statements: "The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is probing scams involving Jagan Mohan Reddy, son of the late former Andhra Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy (YSR), believes it has iron-clad evidence in the form of over a dozen section 164 statements from various witnesses"
Apr 24, 2012 India helicopter deal: Italy probes Euro 51 mn ‘payoff’: "Italy is investigating whether a commission of 51 million Euros was paid by helicopter manufacturer Agusta Westland to a Switzerland-based consultant for a deal to sell 12 VVIP helicopters to India."
Apr 24, 2012 BBC: Congress Party leader quits over India tape row: "Senior Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi has resigned as the party's spokesman after a video allegedly showing him having sex with a woman was distributed on social networking sites."
Apr 24, 2012 ‘Can you imagine... no one from India met the real investigators of gun deal?’: "former Swedish police head Sten Lindstrom shared key information with journalist Chitra Subramaniam-Duella (The Hindu, The Indian Express, The Statesman) on the Bofors-India deal."
Apr 24, 2012 Bofors ‘Deep Throat’ reveals all: How Rajiv protected Quattrocchi: "Rajiv Gandhi did not personally take a bribe but allowed a massive cover-up aimed to protecting Ottavio Quattrocchi"
Apr 23, 2012 CBI seizes documents from Daltonganj MLA’s residence: "in connection with horse trading in the recently countermanded Rajya Sabha polls."
Apr 23, 2012 CBI blames Sajjan Kumar for riots: "The CBI on Monday (April 23) concluded final arguments in Delhi cantonment riots case against Congress leader Sajjan Kumar. The investigative agency told a Delhi Court that the Congress leader incited violence in the 1984 riots."
Apr 23, 2012 Illegal assets case: Jagan's auditor surrenders: "Vijay Sai Reddy was arrested by the CBI on January 2, and listed as the number 2 accused in the illegal assets case."
Apr 23, 2012 Sajjan conspired with police during 1984 riots: CBI: ""There was a conspiracy of terrifying proportion with the complicity of police and patronage of local MP Sajjan Kumar,""
Apr 23, 2012 Vidarbha farmer in suicide note: Don't vote for Congress, NCP: ""They (Congress-NCP) will ruin the country,""
Apr 23, 2012 CBI blames Congress leader Sajjan Kumar for 1984 anti-Sikh riots: "The CBI said Sajjan Kumar went about inciting mobs and that the killings in the Delhi cantonment area in 1984 were not spontaneous. Sajjan Kumar allegedly told mobs: Not a single Sikh should survive"
Apr 22, 2012 Improvement in governance required to fight corruption: Godrej: "Newly elected CII President, Adi Godrej on Sunday said India needs improvement in governance across the board"
Apr 21, 2012 More sedition cases against anti-nuke protestors than Maoists, militants
Apr 21, 2012 pratibha patil Where Mum Is the Word In Amravati, Rajendra Shekhawat’s writ runs on the strength of his mother’s exalted position: "The Amravati Municipal Corporation, say sources, has been rocked by a land scam that could have “cost it nearly Rs 200 crore”. Under the scanner are the city municipal commissioner and collector, both IAS officers, who reportedly connived with a select set of real estate developers to transfer development rights (TDR) in the last two-three years."
Apr 21, 2012 the next president The Giani’s Riot Act : "The Giani, who had no formal secular education, would later say, with evident satisfaction, that he had repaid a debt. Loyal to the Gandhi family, he had at one point caused a furore by asserting that he’d have even accepted the post of a sweeper from Indira."
Apr 21, 2012 pratibha patil The Tai Of Fizzle - Pratibha Patil leaves no lasting impression on her office: "As President Pratibhatai Patil’s tenure draws to a close, it might be pertinent to ask what her five years in Rashtrapati Bhavan would be best remembered by. Would it be her surprise selection for the job, or her controversial appointment marked by PILs, or her numerous trips abroad that cost the exchequer Rs 205 crore. Or would it be the men in her life—her husband and son—who allegedly leveraged her office to suit themselves?"
Apr 21, 2012 The August Question: "The First Citizen race hots up. Parties get their pawns in place."
Apr 21, 2012 Rajya Sabha elections: CBI carries out searches at premises of 3 MLAs: "for alleged corruption and horse-trading during the recent Rajya Sabha elections."
Apr 21, 2012 President's retirement home controversy blows up: "Whistleblower ex-Army man alleges he's being targeted for filing RTI. Earlier, an RTI filed by him revealed irregularities in the allotment and construction of President Pratibha Patil's retirement home in Pune. President's home is being built on 5 acres of prime defence land classified as A1."
Apr 21, 2012 Indian economy in a mess because of Congress: BJP: "The PM's Economic Advisor, Kaushik Basu, said on Friday that economic reforms were unlikely in India before the 2014 polls."
Apr 21, 2012 Probe Yeddyurappa's role in mining scam: SC panel: "The panel said that there were gross irregularities and the former CM and his relatives benefited from mining allotments."
Apr 21, 2012 Corporator held, released on bail: "Shanthalanagar ward Corporator Shivakumar was arrested on Thursday on the charge of threatening to kill a businessman."
Apr 21, 2012 New book tells how C M Ibrahim blocked Tata airline, Bangalore airport: "In 1997, then civil aviation minister C.M. Ibrahim acted under pressure from Jet Airways to thwart the Tata group's bid to start an airline in India in association with Singapore Airlines, a former top bureaucrat has said in a tell-all book."
Apr 21, 2012 J'khand: 1 dead as workers of 2 parties clash: "The clashes broke out over awarding of contracts at Bharat Coking Coal Ltd. A mob smashed several vehicles during the violence.", "the cops were present when this entire incident happened and still they could not do anything", "murders for money and these types of clashes are quite common"
Apr 21, 2012 Illegal mining: SC panel recommends CBI probe against Yeddyurappa kin: "The Supreme Court's high powered environment panel on Friday recommended a CBI probe into the alleged massive illegal mining activities in Karnataka permitted by then chief minister B S Yeddyurappa which enabled his close relatives to reap "windfall profits"."
Apr 20, 2012 India seeks a President, merit not needed: "It’s that time again. The time when the next President of India will be elected and the lobbying, jostling and campaigning have begun."
Apr 20, 2012 Burning money in the sky: "Recently, the civil aviation ministry announced a Rs 30,000 crore bailout plan for Air India. This, after half a dozen previous bailout plans have not worked."
Apr 19, 2012 Odisha: Abducted BJD MLA produced in people's court: "According to the Maoists, the people's court will decide BJD MLA Jhina Hikaka's fate. Hikaka was taken hostage on March 24."
Apr 19, 2012 Chinese hardware used in Army's system a threat: "The Army has told the government that components used by the force in Project Shakti have Chinese IT hardware."
Apr 19, 2012 Is this the 'change', aggrieved people ask Mamata: "The arrest of Professor Ambikesh Mahapatra is being seen as a complete violation of freedom of speech."
Apr 19, 2012 Bangalore stadium mess: Who is to blame?: "The Chinnaswamy Stadium was in a mess on Wednesday morning as an upset municipal corporation refused to clean it after being denied VVIP tickets to the IPL match."
Apr 18, 2012 VIP quota, reason for rail ticket scam: Dinesh Trivedi: "found that VIPs were the source of such frauds."
Apr 18, 2012 The Gandhis’ dynastic dilemma: "The fabled Congress party is finding that the past just doesn’t sell anymore"
Apr 18, 2012 Corporators armtwist cricket body again?: "The fight between Corporators and the Bangalore cricket body has only intensified with the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) seeking police protection for grabage vans employed to clear the mess from the Chinnaswamy stadium after IPL matches."
Apr 18, 2012 Scientist freed, hits back at Mamata: "A city court granted him bail after 10 days in jail custody. Ray's arrest was condemned by students and rights activists from across the globe. Partha Sarathi Roy says there was a deliberate attempt to harrass him."
Apr 18, 2012 Govt is keeping away foreign investments from India: Parekh: "HDFC Chairman Deepak Parekh has lashed out at the government for it's policy flip flops.", "Huge amount of negativity about India among foreign investors"
Apr 18, 2012 Is the urban voter turning decisively against the Congress?: "In a huge blow to the Congress, the BJP won the Delhi civic polls, sweeping all the three municipal corporations of Delhi."
Apr 18, 2012 Banerjee shiould behave in a more mature manner: Katju: "West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee must learn to function in a democratic and more mature manner as she is no more a street fighter."
Apr 18, 2012 Have Mamata and her supporters become paranoid about the Left?: "WB food supplies minister Jyotipriyo Mallick on Monday issued a statement ordering his party members to socially boycott the CPM in Bengal."
Apr 18, 2012 No party leader will share stage with CPM: TMC: "When asked if he would mix socially with a CPM member, Trinamool's Derek O'Brien said 'No'."
Apr 18, 2012 Denied IPL tickets, BBMP refuses to clean stadium: "Piles of garbage bags remained uncollected at the Chinnaswamy Stadium even at 11 am on Wednesday morning."
Apr 18, 2012 It's dark days in Bengal, says released scientist: "Scientist Parth Sarothi Roy, who was released after being in jail for 10 days, accused Mamata of targeting intellectuals."
Apr 18, 2012 Woman 'molested' for refusing to join Trinamool Congress: "A woman in West Bengal attempted suicide after she was molested and her family members were beaten up by a group of people for her refusal to join the Trinamool Congress"
Apr 17, 2012 Electoral reforms key to good governance: EC chief
Apr 17, 2012 No transparency in Lavasa: CAG report: "The report also says that the Lavasa project is driven by private interest rather than public interest."
Apr 17, 2012 Vodafone issues notice to India over tax proposal: "It says the proposal in the budget to tax transactions with retrospective effect amounts to a denial of justice."
Apr 17, 2012 FTN: Are Indian leaders intolerant of dissent.: "A Jadavpur University professor was arrested after he forwarded some 'anti-Mamata' cartoons to his friends.", "India's great dictators?"
Apr 17, 2012 Vodafone serves notice to India: "Vodafone today threatened to drag the government to international arbitration over retrospective tax legislation under the bilateral investment treaty (BIT) between India and the Netherlands."
Apr 17, 2012 Mamata hits out at media: "Stung by criticism of her government's choice of newspapers for state and state-aided libraries and a professor's arrest over circulation of a cartoon showing her in poor light,"
Apr 17, 2012 'Violent Suppression Of Protest': "Letter to the PM protesting against the developments in West Bengal — arrest of Dr. Partho Sarothi Roy, a young molecular biologist, and the treatment meted out to Professor Ambikash Mahapatra"
Apr 17, 2012 बंगाल की पुलिस ने फेसबुक को लिखी चिट्ठी: "सीआईडी ने मुख्यमंत्री ममता बनर्जी के ख़िलाफ़ आपत्तिजनक टिप्पणियों और तस्वीरों के स्रोत का भी पता लगाने को कहा है."
Apr 17, 2012 Bureaucrats stalling India's progress: E Sreedharan: "The 'metro man' said that the state of Railways today is at least 25 to 30 years behind the rest of the world.", "There is really no government functioning today"
Apr 17, 2012 क्या ममता तानाशाह हो गई हैं?: "तृणमूल नेता ममता बनर्जी जब से पश्चिम बंगाल की सत्ता पर काबिज हुई हैं उनकी सरकार के कई फैसलों को लोगों की आलोचना का सामना करना पड़ रहा है."
Apr 17, 2012 Scientists write to PM on Didi’s arrest of critics: "Leading scientists and social activists from India and top institutions overseas have written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh condemning the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government’s “high-handed arrests” of a university professor and a molecular biologist, and seeking his intervention."
Apr 17, 2012 The Last Word: Mamata Banerjee - intolerant or insecure?: "A Jadavpur University professor was arrested after he forwarded some 'anti-Mamata' cartoons to his friends.", "From didi to dictator?"
Apr 17, 2012 WB: Cartoon not the reason behind Professor's arrest?: "Reports say that it's not free speech which is at stake, in fact Ambikesh Mahapatra was arrested because of the nexus between the TMC and builders lobby."
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