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Mar 23, 2012 A Blatant Example Of How Corruption Is Destroying The Indian Economy: "India's comptroller and auditor general (CAG) has accused the government of losing $210 billion in potential revenues by selling coal fields to top industrialists and giving the companies "undue benefits"."
Mar 23, 2012 India's Hunger Games: "India has its own version of the "hunger games" playing out that is turning out to be every bit as dramatic as the movie."
Mar 22, 2012 Maya renewed Ponty’s licence ahead of polls: "Those in the business of selling liquor have slammed the previous government for allegedly favouring Ponty Chadha."
Mar 22, 2012 The Telegraph: Indian government accused of 'looting the country' over coal mining contracts : "India's Congress-led government was yesterday accused of "looting the country" after a leaked report claimed it had lost $210bn (£133bn) by awarding coal mining contracts to hand-picked companies."
Mar 22, 2012 Entire Govt involved in coal block controversy: Swamy: "Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy said the total loss in coal blocks sale is more then the GDP of country."
Mar 22, 2012 Porn in Gujarat Assembly: Is the BJP embarrassed?: "Two BJP MLAs were accused of watching porn in the Gujarat Assembly and a probe was also ordered."
Mar 22, 2012 Coal blocks 'loss': Oppn guns for UPA, seeks probe: "Government sources called the CAG report an old one. Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal will make a statement in Parliament."
Mar 22, 2012 Coal scam: CAG slams Govt in report: "In another huge embarrassment to the Government after the 2G fiasco, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has estimated a Rs 10.6 lakh crore loss to the exchequer on account of allotment of coal blocks during 2004 to 2009 without auction to 100 private and public sector companies."
Mar 21, 2012 The Last Word: Is retrospective amendment to tax laws unfair?: "SC's rejection of the plea to review Vodafone judgement has made the announcement to amend the I-T act even more controversial."
Mar 21, 2012 Govt schools breeding ground for Naxals: Sri Sri: "'It's often seen that boys from Government schools are into Naxalism and violence,' Sri Sri Ravi Shankar said."
Mar 21, 2012 कितने साल के हैं उत्तर प्रदेश के 'राजा भैया': "जब वे पहली बार कुंडा से विधायक चुने गए थे उस समय उनकी उम्र महज 19 साल थी. जबकि भारतीय कानून के अनुसार विधायक बनने की उम्र सीमा कम से कम 25 साल होनी चाहिए."
Mar 21, 2012 Are political parties selling RS seats to the highest bidder?: "Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha on Tuesday criticised the party for nominating businessman Anshuman Mishra for a RS seat.", "it is a well organised business"
Mar 21, 2012 Gujarat: 2 BJP MLAs accused of watching porn: "A reporter from a local Gujarati newspaper is believed to have captured the duo watching porn on his cell phone."
Mar 20, 2012 Now, Samajwadi Party worker beats auto driver to death in Kanpur for Rs 300: "beat the tempo driver to death in a fit of anger after he refused to cough up "parking fees""
Mar 20, 2012 Planning Commn faces criticism for poverty figures: "Manmohan Singh administration appeared to be setting a "starvation line"."
Mar 20, 2012 Kanpur: SP worker kills one, clashes erupt: "The police had to resort to lathi charge after a Samajwadi Party worker allegedly killed a man.", "Goonda Raj Back?"
Mar 20, 2012 Montek defends Govt's Rs 28-a-day poverty line: "Planning Commission Deputy Chairperson Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Tuesday defended the government's new reduced poverty line, drawn at Rs 28 a day."
Mar 20, 2012 BBC: 'Sharp drop' in India poverty due to welfare programmes: "Officially, 37% of India's 1.21 billion people live below the poverty line. But one estimate suggests the figure could be as high as 77%. Last year a recommendation by the Indian Planning Commission to set the poverty line at 32 rupees ($0.65; £0.40) a day stirred a major debate across the country."
Mar 19, 2012 TMC MP's guard urinates on passenger, pulls out gun: "A bodyguard of Trinamool Congress MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar allegedly urinated on two passengers on the Rajdhani Express early on Monday. He then pulled out his service revolver and threatened them into silence."
Mar 19, 2012 Gun culture back in UP?: "In a bizarre move, notorious Uttar Pradesh MLA Raja Bhaiya, who has a number of criminal cases pending against him has been made the Prison Minister of Uttar Pradesh.", "more supporters joined the celebration by firing in the air. Interestingly, Mehboob Ali has 15 criminal cases against him."
Mar 19, 2012 Hyderabad Blues: "the late YSR's son-in-law. Outlook spotted Brother Anil checking out Embraer's Legacy 650. The evangelist spent half-an-hour checking out the 13-seater luxury jet which costs $ 30 million. One wonders if Brother Anil was doing a recce of the jet which would be more useful for his politician brother-in-law Jaganmohan Reddy."
Mar 19, 2012 2 porngate ministers get away: "MLA Inquiry Committe probing the porngate episode involving three ruling BJP MLAs in Karnataka says there is no action against the two ministers Krishna Palemar, CC Patil.", "they were caught on camera watching porn clipping in the Assembly."
Mar 19, 2012 SP workers brandish guns at a victory rally: "Samajwadi Party workers were on Sunday seen brandishing guns at MLA Mehboob Ali's victory rally on the Lucknow-Delhi road."
Mar 19, 2012 Raja Bhaiya gets prison dept in the UP Cabinet: "Raja Bhaiya will also be in charge of food and civil supplies despite charges of a multi-crore scam under his watch."
Mar 19, 2012 Raja Bhaiyya, wanted: "to include in his cabinet Raghuraj Pratap Singh, aka Raja Bhaiyya, independent MLA from Pratapgarh and known history-sheeter who faces charges of abduction, dacoity and attempt to murder"
Mar 19, 2012 Intense lobbying for seat on Shirdi Trust: "Lobbying for membership of the Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust, which manages affairs of the Shirdi-based Saibaba temple, has begun in the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)."
Mar 19, 2012 Poverty declined to 29.8 per cent in 2009-10, Planning Commission says: "Going by the controversial daily consumption number of Rs 28.65 per day, one out of every three Indian is poor as per the new Planning Commission's estimates.", "An individual above a monthly consumption of Rs 859.6 in urban cities and Rs 672.8 in rural areas (at per 2009-10 prices) is not considered poor, says the Planning Commission's estimate based on the controversial Tendulkar Committee methodology."
Mar 19, 2012 India Against Corruption members 'thank' Dewas MP: "The members of India Against Corruption (IAC) protested against Congress MP from Dewas, Sajjan Singh Verma on Sunday for serving privilege notice against team Anna member Arvind Kejariwal. IAC members requested the MP to serve them with privilege notice as well."
Mar 19, 2012 BJP's Karnataka foray: tale of scams and compromises: "more than half the party's 23 ministers are holed up in a resort on the outskirts of Bangalore, devising a strategy to get rid of Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda."
Mar 18, 2012 Dynasty above democracy: "Congressmen will never grow up"
Mar 18, 2012 बिहार : लालफीते में घुटता आरटीआई: "आरटीआई का इस्तेमाल करने वाले कार्यकर्ताओं का कहना है कि राज्य में सूचना का अधिकार सरकारी मकड़जाल में फँस चुका है."
Mar 18, 2012 Delhi, Hyderabad airports top complaint list: "Over 2,800 complaints were registered at various airports for issues like poor service, bad food, lost luggage or other problems, with Delhi and Hyderabad topping the list."
Mar 18, 2012 Salman Rushdie blames Congress for Jaipur fiasco: "Salman Rushdie said that blocking his presence in the Jaipur Literature Festival led to the debacle of Congress in the UP polls."
Mar 17, 2012 The new mafia Raj: "Jaswant Singh Khalra had raked up the controversy of human rights violation by Punjab Police and had produced evidence of thousands of bodies surreptitiously burnt by the police."
Mar 17, 2012 Honoured with bravery award, ‘Zinda Shahid’ targets politicians
Mar 17, 2012 Suffering India taxed to reward the shining India: "The fiscal deficit has been shown at about Rs.5,22,000 crore while the quantum of tax revenues foregone by the government stands around a whopping Rs.5,30,000 crore."
Mar 17, 2012 SP workers create ruckus in Ghaziabad: "Samajwadi Party workers went on a rampage at an employment exchange office in Ghaziabad on Friday."
Mar 17, 2012 India deserves to be led by better leaders than is being now: Rushdie: "Everyday there is a price for hooliganism by bigots,” he said, taking a dig at the “disgraceful votebank politics taking place in India”. Rushdie said the ban on the import of “The Satanic Verses” in the age of Internet was useless."
Mar 17, 2012 Privilege notice against Arvind Kejriwal for calling MPs 'rapists, murderers': "In this Parliament, rapists are sitting, murderers and looters are sitting."
Mar 16, 2012 Corruption, coalition politics hurting reforms: govt
Mar 16, 2012 Lokayukta sleuths raid BBMP corporator's residence: "The raids at the premises of Bruhut Bangalore Mahanagara Palike Corporator from Moodalaplaya N Shanthakumari were conducted following a complaint alleging that she had misused power and amassed wealth disproportionate to her known sources of income"
Mar 16, 2012 Janardhana Reddy remanded to judicial custody till Mar 24: "Former Karnataka Minister and mining baron G Janardhana Reddy and his personal assistant Ali Khan, arrested in connection with an illegal mining case, were today remanded to judicial custody till March 24 by a CBI court"
Mar 15, 2012 ‘Miners paid Yeddyurappa Rs 339 crore’: "B S Yeddyurappa’s family had received Rs 339 crore as bribe from iron ore companies to abet illegal mining in the State."
Mar 15, 2012 UPA-II presiding over worst kind of corruption: Mehbooba Mufti
Mar 15, 2012 New York Times: Sports Tales Cast India as the Villain: "“Indian athletes who are not cricket stars usually have to endure corrupt officials, humiliation and poverty. Olympians die in penury and in want of medical attention. Some have had to sell their gold medals,”"
Mar 15, 2012 'The Gunda Of Kunda': "Hot-headed from student years, he was first booked in 1989 under section 147, 148, 149 and 307, although his name had been whispered about in a murder case in Pratapgah way back in 1982."
Mar 15, 2012 Akhilesh takes charge of UP, SP workers create ruckus: "It was high drama as the Samajwadi Party workers created a ruckus after Akhilesh Yadav's oath-taking ceremony.". "Given its Goonda image the Samajwadi party did itself no favour by swearing in four tainted ministers"
Mar 15, 2012 Akhilesh Yadav defends inclusion of Raja Bhaiya in cabinet: "The charges against him include attempt to murder, murder, dacoity, abduction, corruption etc.", "within 25 minutes of Mulyam's swearing in as chief minister, all POTA charges were dropped against Raja Bhaiya."
Mar 15, 2012 2G scam: ED summons Maran brothers: "pertaining to an illegal gratification of about Rs 550 crore allegedly received by the Maran brothers in the Aircel-Maxis deal."
Mar 14, 2012 Maya’s latest is sandstone mansion in Lucknow: "Mayawati bought the 71,000-square foot property on November 3, 2010. The affidavit filed with her Rajya Sabha nomination yesterday said its current market value is Rs 15.68 crore."
Mar 14, 2012 The scam that made Lalu the fodder of India: "Lalu was chargesheeted by the CBI, along with 55 others, who were co-accused in the fodder scam.These included former chief minister Jagannath Mishra, as well as politicians from the Congress, the BJP, the RJD and IAS officers."
Mar 14, 2012 MLAs clash with marshals in Odisha Assembly: "Opposition Congress MLAs tussled with the security staff at the Speaker's podium after creating a disruption during question hour."
Mar 14, 2012 Minister and MLA Should Abide the laws- Speaker: "missing number plates on vehicles of some members."
Mar 14, 2012 पाँच साल में अरबपति हो गईं मायावती: "दिल्ली की कोठी 61 करोड़ 86 लाख की"
Mar 14, 2012 I-T raids on BJP MLA's firm in Mangalore: "Income Tax officials today conducted raids at a real estate firm run by former minister and ruling BJP MLA Krishna Palemar"
Mar 13, 2012 Where is your self-respect, Dr Manmohan Singh?: "When ministers stopped listening to him, we got a powerful PMO instead. The logic was that if people were unwilling to listen to the PM, they would at least listen to his Principal Secretary, Pulok Chatterjee, since he was reported to have the blessings of Sonia Gandhi."
Mar 13, 2012 CBI in, can CM still deny proof?: "TIMES NOW has obtained the copy of the Joint Collector of Sehore's report which exposes how mining mafia is running rampant in the state and in chief minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan's constituency of Budhni."
Mar 13, 2012 सोशल साइट्स पर 'नीरस' प्रधानमंत्री
Mar 13, 2012 BBC: 'Enemies of the internet' in Reporters Without Borders study: "India and Kazakhstan have also joined RWB's list of "countries under surveillance" because of concerns that they are becoming more repressive."
Mar 13, 2012 Kargil for profit: Back and bigger: "After Ashok Chavan, another former Maharashtra Chief Minister has come under the scanner in the multi-crore Adarsh housing scam"
Mar 13, 2012 Govt not for strong Jan Lokpal Bill: Anna: "Anna says he has no such plans as the government won't listen."
Mar 13, 2012 Sreeramulu claims to have spent Rs. 200 crores for BJP Govt formation: "A video footage in which former minister B Sreeramulu purportedly claimed to have spent Rs 200 crore for forming the first ever BJP government in the south in Karnataka has surfaced"
Mar 13, 2012 SC stays attachment of Kripashankar's properties: "However, the Supreme Court refused to stay investigation against Kripashankar and his family members."
Mar 13, 2012 Political patronage helps illegal mining: Ramesh: "we have to worry about legal mining"
Mar 13, 2012 Adarsh scam: Another former CM in CBI scanner: "The CBI has recorded statements of Vilasrao Deshmukh and Sushil Kumar Shinde, both former chief inisters and at present Union Ministers"
Mar 13, 2012 Mayawati's wealth doubled to Rs 111.64 crore during her term as chief minister: "The BSP president has Rs.6,51,53,538 as total income in tax return for the financial year 2010-11"
Mar 13, 2012 Graft, policy drift hurting the economy: "Rampant corruption and a policy paralysis in the government have emerged as the biggest problems confronting the country today. Scams are breaking out every other day, either involving the Central government or the state governments, and even ministers are landing up in jail."
Mar 12, 2012 India: Dynasty, Corruption And Plunder: "In 1950, A.D.Gorwala’s report observed that quite a few of Nehru's own ministers were corrupt."
Mar 12, 2012 Jagan DA case: SC notice to ministers, babus: "The Supreme Court notice asks why no case has been filed against the ministers and the bureaucrats in the case."
Mar 12, 2012 Cong puts Kalmadi on Parl roster duty, retracts
Mar 12, 2012 CAG admits NTRO scam: "RTI copy from CAG which confirms TIMES NOW reports on the NTRO scam highlighting the instances of misuse of official positions and non-compliance of rules in procurement of UAVs which resulted in wasteful expenditure and massive loss to exchequer."
Mar 12, 2012 'Withdraw The Proceedings Against The Mediapersons' : "'And instead take strong action against the MLAs who have brought disgrace to the House,' writes the chairman of the Press Council of India to the speaker of the Karntaka legislative assembly against the crackdown on the media in Karnataka following the Porngate expose."
Mar 12, 2012 Meet The 23 Richest Politicians In The World: "#4 Sonia Gandhi, Net Worth: $2-19 billion"
Mar 12, 2012 US website says Sonia wealth at $2-19 bn; time to sue?: "According to Business Insider, the UPA chairperson’s wealth is currently valued at $2-19 billion (Rs 10,000-45,000 crore)."
Mar 12, 2012 Opposition sees nothing new in Prez speech: "The session witnessed uproar by the Opposition when the President spoke about the minorities sub-quota."
Mar 12, 2012 CBI questions PMK leader Ramadoss, son Anbumani in murder case: "CBI has questioned Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) founder S Ramadoss and his son, former Union Minister Anbumani Ramadoss, in connection with the murder of a relative of Tamil Nadu minister"
Mar 12, 2012 J&K: Letter links Farooq Abdullah to cricket scam: "In the letter from the Jammu and Kashmir Bank, Abdullah clearly recommends that a loan be advanced to Ahsan Mirza."
Mar 12, 2012 AP CM turns down demand for sacking of 'tainted' ministers: "dismissed Opposition's demand for dismissal of six ministers in the wake of Supreme Court's notice against them in connection with a case involving former Congress leader Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy amassing illegal assets."
Mar 12, 2012 Accused of corruption Himachal minister Rajeev Bindal quits
Mar 12, 2012 Jaganmohan's assets case: SC notice to 6 Andhra ministers, 8 IAS officers: "on a plea alleging that the CBI was not proceeding against them despite having sufficient evidence that they helped former Congress leader Y Jaganmohan Reddy accumulate massive illegal assets."
Mar 11, 2012 Insight: In India, a dynasty’s tryst with decline: "He dressed down and grew a beard to look more rugged as he campaigned tirelessly for the ruling Congress party in Uttar Pradesh"
Mar 11, 2012 Sena MLA arrested in housing scam: "Local Shiv Sena MLA and former Maharashtra minister Suresh Jain has been arrested in connection with 2006 Gharkul Housing Scheme scam. Jain, who was a Minister for Housing during the Shiv Sena-BJP rule in the 1990s, has been arrested for allegedly favouring a builder and indulging in irregularities to the tune of Rs 29 crore, police said"
Mar 11, 2012 Who's protecting the mining mafia?: "It is rather outrageous that the Mineral Resources Department of Madhya Pradesh does not even keep a record of its minister’s periodic review of illegal mining, storage and transportation."
Mar 11, 2012 35 pc of MLAs have criminal cases, 66 pc are 'crorepatis': "35 per cent or 252 of the 690 MLAs elected to the five Assemblies -- Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhan, Manipur and Goa -- have criminal background, a rise of eight per cent since 2007."
Mar 10, 2012 Ministerial turf war could render green min toothless: "The CBI and the CVC had recommended immediate probe into the scams unearthed by Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi."
Mar 10, 2012 Zero Worship? Election 2012 shows up the Gandhi scion as a political novice Congress can’t bank on: "In Sonia Gandhi’s Rae Bareli, Congress failed to pick up any of the five seats; in his own Amethi, only two out of five seats went to Congress."
Mar 10, 2012 Deep rooted politician-mafia nexus?: "the mining department in the state says it does not maintain records of reviews undertaken by the minister in charge. The question is why does the BJP-led government in the state turn a blind eye to such brazen violations?"
Mar 10, 2012 No More Rhetoric: "Singh was fond of flaunting his “excellent relations” with party chief Sonia Gandhi and general secretary Ahmed Patel"
Mar 10, 2012 Chouhan Govt attempts cover up?: "Despite strong visual evidence and shocking images of brazen illegal mining rampant in the stone quarries of Morena, the Government of Madhya Pradesh denying the very existence of the formidable force that IPS officer Narendra Kumar died fighting against."
Mar 10, 2012 Illegal mining under political patronage: "We came across a mining operative who not just told us about the illegal trade, but also revealed how it goes on under political patronage."
Mar 10, 2012 Now, MP sand mafia fire at magistrate, cops: "The week ended with a sub-divisional magistrate, a sub-divisional police officer and their team facing a hail of bullets while on inspection to track down illegal sand miners in Panna district"
Mar 10, 2012 Caste tension runs deep in UP village as BSP loyalist is killed, FIR names SP MLA: "the husband of the village pradhan, who had turned away the SP candidate a month ago saying that the village would vote only for the BSP, was dragged out of his house by a mob of over 50 men and stabbed to death."
Mar 9, 2012 Multi-crore cricket scam in J&K: "has accessed bank documents that show how BCCI funds were siphoned off to bogus bank accounts, and then used by two top members of the cricket body. The question is, how come Farooq Abdullah- the President of JKCA, had no clue about what was happening right under his nose?"
Mar 9, 2012 Dynasty can do no wrong: "Problem lies with Congress, not high command"
Mar 9, 2012 Chouhan's relatives involved in illegal mining: Digvijaya: "Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Digvijaya Singh said the BJP was involved in illegal mining in the state."
Mar 9, 2012 Scam hits J&K cricket body, Farooq faces flak: "Two JKCA office bearers have been asked to step down following charges of their involvement in the alleged embezzlement of funds.", "Fake accounts used in scam"
Mar 9, 2012 Samajwadi Party MLA booked for murder: "A newly elected Samajwadi Party MLA and nine other persons were today booked after husband of a village pradhan was allegedly shot dead in a case of old rivalry"
Mar 8, 2012 Corruption pulling the Congress down
Mar 8, 2012 Porngate: Notice to 15 more MLAs: "The Karnataka Legislature committee probing the porn watching scandal would consider "legal parameters" on summoning more MLAs who were also alleged to have watched sleazy clippings in the Assembly besides the three BJP members,"
Mar 8, 2012 Porngate: Panel to consider legal aspects to summon more MLAs: "he said 8-10 more MLAs (from different parties) -- besides the three from the BJP -- had also watched the porn clips"
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Mar 23, 2012 A Blatant Example Of How Corruption Is Destroying The Indian Economy: "India's comptroller and auditor general (CAG) has accused the government of losing $210 billion in potential revenues by selling coal fields to top industrialists and giving the companies "undue benefits"."
Mar 23, 2012 India's Hunger Games: "India has its own version of the "hunger games" playing out that is turning out to be every bit as dramatic as the movie."
Mar 22, 2012 Maya renewed Ponty’s licence ahead of polls: "Those in the business of selling liquor have slammed the previous government for allegedly favouring Ponty Chadha."
Mar 22, 2012 The Telegraph: Indian government accused of 'looting the country' over coal mining contracts : "India's Congress-led government was yesterday accused of "looting the country" after a leaked report claimed it had lost $210bn (£133bn) by awarding coal mining contracts to hand-picked companies."
Mar 22, 2012 Entire Govt involved in coal block controversy: Swamy: "Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy said the total loss in coal blocks sale is more then the GDP of country."
Mar 22, 2012 Porn in Gujarat Assembly: Is the BJP embarrassed?: "Two BJP MLAs were accused of watching porn in the Gujarat Assembly and a probe was also ordered."
Mar 22, 2012 Coal blocks 'loss': Oppn guns for UPA, seeks probe: "Government sources called the CAG report an old one. Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal will make a statement in Parliament."
Mar 22, 2012 Coal scam: CAG slams Govt in report: "In another huge embarrassment to the Government after the 2G fiasco, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has estimated a Rs 10.6 lakh crore loss to the exchequer on account of allotment of coal blocks during 2004 to 2009 without auction to 100 private and public sector companies."
Mar 21, 2012 The Last Word: Is retrospective amendment to tax laws unfair?: "SC's rejection of the plea to review Vodafone judgement has made the announcement to amend the I-T act even more controversial."
Mar 21, 2012 Govt schools breeding ground for Naxals: Sri Sri: "'It's often seen that boys from Government schools are into Naxalism and violence,' Sri Sri Ravi Shankar said."
Mar 21, 2012 कितने साल के हैं उत्तर प्रदेश के 'राजा भैया': "जब वे पहली बार कुंडा से विधायक चुने गए थे उस समय उनकी उम्र महज 19 साल थी. जबकि भारतीय कानून के अनुसार विधायक बनने की उम्र सीमा कम से कम 25 साल होनी चाहिए."
Mar 21, 2012 Are political parties selling RS seats to the highest bidder?: "Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha on Tuesday criticised the party for nominating businessman Anshuman Mishra for a RS seat.", "it is a well organised business"
Mar 21, 2012 Gujarat: 2 BJP MLAs accused of watching porn: "A reporter from a local Gujarati newspaper is believed to have captured the duo watching porn on his cell phone."
Mar 20, 2012 Now, Samajwadi Party worker beats auto driver to death in Kanpur for Rs 300: "beat the tempo driver to death in a fit of anger after he refused to cough up "parking fees""
Mar 20, 2012 Planning Commn faces criticism for poverty figures: "Manmohan Singh administration appeared to be setting a "starvation line"."
Mar 20, 2012 Kanpur: SP worker kills one, clashes erupt: "The police had to resort to lathi charge after a Samajwadi Party worker allegedly killed a man.", "Goonda Raj Back?"
Mar 20, 2012 Montek defends Govt's Rs 28-a-day poverty line: "Planning Commission Deputy Chairperson Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Tuesday defended the government's new reduced poverty line, drawn at Rs 28 a day."
Mar 20, 2012 BBC: 'Sharp drop' in India poverty due to welfare programmes: "Officially, 37% of India's 1.21 billion people live below the poverty line. But one estimate suggests the figure could be as high as 77%. Last year a recommendation by the Indian Planning Commission to set the poverty line at 32 rupees ($0.65; £0.40) a day stirred a major debate across the country."
Mar 19, 2012 TMC MP's guard urinates on passenger, pulls out gun: "A bodyguard of Trinamool Congress MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar allegedly urinated on two passengers on the Rajdhani Express early on Monday. He then pulled out his service revolver and threatened them into silence."
Mar 19, 2012 Gun culture back in UP?: "In a bizarre move, notorious Uttar Pradesh MLA Raja Bhaiya, who has a number of criminal cases pending against him has been made the Prison Minister of Uttar Pradesh.", "more supporters joined the celebration by firing in the air. Interestingly, Mehboob Ali has 15 criminal cases against him."
Mar 19, 2012 Hyderabad Blues: "the late YSR's son-in-law. Outlook spotted Brother Anil checking out Embraer's Legacy 650. The evangelist spent half-an-hour checking out the 13-seater luxury jet which costs $ 30 million. One wonders if Brother Anil was doing a recce of the jet which would be more useful for his politician brother-in-law Jaganmohan Reddy."
Mar 19, 2012 2 porngate ministers get away: "MLA Inquiry Committe probing the porngate episode involving three ruling BJP MLAs in Karnataka says there is no action against the two ministers Krishna Palemar, CC Patil.", "they were caught on camera watching porn clipping in the Assembly."
Mar 19, 2012 SP workers brandish guns at a victory rally: "Samajwadi Party workers were on Sunday seen brandishing guns at MLA Mehboob Ali's victory rally on the Lucknow-Delhi road."
Mar 19, 2012 Raja Bhaiya gets prison dept in the UP Cabinet: "Raja Bhaiya will also be in charge of food and civil supplies despite charges of a multi-crore scam under his watch."
Mar 19, 2012 Raja Bhaiyya, wanted: "to include in his cabinet Raghuraj Pratap Singh, aka Raja Bhaiyya, independent MLA from Pratapgarh and known history-sheeter who faces charges of abduction, dacoity and attempt to murder"
Mar 19, 2012 Intense lobbying for seat on Shirdi Trust: "Lobbying for membership of the Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust, which manages affairs of the Shirdi-based Saibaba temple, has begun in the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)."
Mar 19, 2012 Poverty declined to 29.8 per cent in 2009-10, Planning Commission says: "Going by the controversial daily consumption number of Rs 28.65 per day, one out of every three Indian is poor as per the new Planning Commission's estimates.", "An individual above a monthly consumption of Rs 859.6 in urban cities and Rs 672.8 in rural areas (at per 2009-10 prices) is not considered poor, says the Planning Commission's estimate based on the controversial Tendulkar Committee methodology."
Mar 19, 2012 India Against Corruption members 'thank' Dewas MP: "The members of India Against Corruption (IAC) protested against Congress MP from Dewas, Sajjan Singh Verma on Sunday for serving privilege notice against team Anna member Arvind Kejariwal. IAC members requested the MP to serve them with privilege notice as well."
Mar 19, 2012 BJP's Karnataka foray: tale of scams and compromises: "more than half the party's 23 ministers are holed up in a resort on the outskirts of Bangalore, devising a strategy to get rid of Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda."
Mar 18, 2012 Dynasty above democracy: "Congressmen will never grow up"
Mar 18, 2012 बिहार : लालफीते में घुटता आरटीआई: "आरटीआई का इस्तेमाल करने वाले कार्यकर्ताओं का कहना है कि राज्य में सूचना का अधिकार सरकारी मकड़जाल में फँस चुका है."
Mar 18, 2012 Delhi, Hyderabad airports top complaint list: "Over 2,800 complaints were registered at various airports for issues like poor service, bad food, lost luggage or other problems, with Delhi and Hyderabad topping the list."
Mar 18, 2012 Salman Rushdie blames Congress for Jaipur fiasco: "Salman Rushdie said that blocking his presence in the Jaipur Literature Festival led to the debacle of Congress in the UP polls."
Mar 17, 2012 The new mafia Raj: "Jaswant Singh Khalra had raked up the controversy of human rights violation by Punjab Police and had produced evidence of thousands of bodies surreptitiously burnt by the police."
Mar 17, 2012 Honoured with bravery award, ‘Zinda Shahid’ targets politicians
Mar 17, 2012 Suffering India taxed to reward the shining India: "The fiscal deficit has been shown at about Rs.5,22,000 crore while the quantum of tax revenues foregone by the government stands around a whopping Rs.5,30,000 crore."
Mar 17, 2012 SP workers create ruckus in Ghaziabad: "Samajwadi Party workers went on a rampage at an employment exchange office in Ghaziabad on Friday."
Mar 17, 2012 India deserves to be led by better leaders than is being now: Rushdie: "Everyday there is a price for hooliganism by bigots,” he said, taking a dig at the “disgraceful votebank politics taking place in India”. Rushdie said the ban on the import of “The Satanic Verses” in the age of Internet was useless."
Mar 17, 2012 Privilege notice against Arvind Kejriwal for calling MPs 'rapists, murderers': "In this Parliament, rapists are sitting, murderers and looters are sitting."
Mar 16, 2012 Corruption, coalition politics hurting reforms: govt
Mar 16, 2012 Lokayukta sleuths raid BBMP corporator's residence: "The raids at the premises of Bruhut Bangalore Mahanagara Palike Corporator from Moodalaplaya N Shanthakumari were conducted following a complaint alleging that she had misused power and amassed wealth disproportionate to her known sources of income"
Mar 16, 2012 Janardhana Reddy remanded to judicial custody till Mar 24: "Former Karnataka Minister and mining baron G Janardhana Reddy and his personal assistant Ali Khan, arrested in connection with an illegal mining case, were today remanded to judicial custody till March 24 by a CBI court"
Mar 15, 2012 ‘Miners paid Yeddyurappa Rs 339 crore’: "B S Yeddyurappa’s family had received Rs 339 crore as bribe from iron ore companies to abet illegal mining in the State."
Mar 15, 2012 UPA-II presiding over worst kind of corruption: Mehbooba Mufti
Mar 15, 2012 New York Times: Sports Tales Cast India as the Villain: "“Indian athletes who are not cricket stars usually have to endure corrupt officials, humiliation and poverty. Olympians die in penury and in want of medical attention. Some have had to sell their gold medals,”"
Mar 15, 2012 'The Gunda Of Kunda': "Hot-headed from student years, he was first booked in 1989 under section 147, 148, 149 and 307, although his name had been whispered about in a murder case in Pratapgah way back in 1982."
Mar 15, 2012 Akhilesh takes charge of UP, SP workers create ruckus: "It was high drama as the Samajwadi Party workers created a ruckus after Akhilesh Yadav's oath-taking ceremony.". "Given its Goonda image the Samajwadi party did itself no favour by swearing in four tainted ministers"
Mar 15, 2012 Akhilesh Yadav defends inclusion of Raja Bhaiya in cabinet: "The charges against him include attempt to murder, murder, dacoity, abduction, corruption etc.", "within 25 minutes of Mulyam's swearing in as chief minister, all POTA charges were dropped against Raja Bhaiya."
Mar 15, 2012 2G scam: ED summons Maran brothers: "pertaining to an illegal gratification of about Rs 550 crore allegedly received by the Maran brothers in the Aircel-Maxis deal."
Mar 14, 2012 Maya’s latest is sandstone mansion in Lucknow: "Mayawati bought the 71,000-square foot property on November 3, 2010. The affidavit filed with her Rajya Sabha nomination yesterday said its current market value is Rs 15.68 crore."
Mar 14, 2012 The scam that made Lalu the fodder of India: "Lalu was chargesheeted by the CBI, along with 55 others, who were co-accused in the fodder scam.These included former chief minister Jagannath Mishra, as well as politicians from the Congress, the BJP, the RJD and IAS officers."
Mar 14, 2012 MLAs clash with marshals in Odisha Assembly: "Opposition Congress MLAs tussled with the security staff at the Speaker's podium after creating a disruption during question hour."
Mar 14, 2012 Minister and MLA Should Abide the laws- Speaker: "missing number plates on vehicles of some members."
Mar 14, 2012 पाँच साल में अरबपति हो गईं मायावती: "दिल्ली की कोठी 61 करोड़ 86 लाख की"
Mar 14, 2012 I-T raids on BJP MLA's firm in Mangalore: "Income Tax officials today conducted raids at a real estate firm run by former minister and ruling BJP MLA Krishna Palemar"
Mar 13, 2012 Where is your self-respect, Dr Manmohan Singh?: "When ministers stopped listening to him, we got a powerful PMO instead. The logic was that if people were unwilling to listen to the PM, they would at least listen to his Principal Secretary, Pulok Chatterjee, since he was reported to have the blessings of Sonia Gandhi."
Mar 13, 2012 CBI in, can CM still deny proof?: "TIMES NOW has obtained the copy of the Joint Collector of Sehore's report which exposes how mining mafia is running rampant in the state and in chief minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan's constituency of Budhni."
Mar 13, 2012 सोशल साइट्स पर 'नीरस' प्रधानमंत्री
Mar 13, 2012 BBC: 'Enemies of the internet' in Reporters Without Borders study: "India and Kazakhstan have also joined RWB's list of "countries under surveillance" because of concerns that they are becoming more repressive."
Mar 13, 2012 Kargil for profit: Back and bigger: "After Ashok Chavan, another former Maharashtra Chief Minister has come under the scanner in the multi-crore Adarsh housing scam"
Mar 13, 2012 Govt not for strong Jan Lokpal Bill: Anna: "Anna says he has no such plans as the government won't listen."
Mar 13, 2012 Sreeramulu claims to have spent Rs. 200 crores for BJP Govt formation: "A video footage in which former minister B Sreeramulu purportedly claimed to have spent Rs 200 crore for forming the first ever BJP government in the south in Karnataka has surfaced"
Mar 13, 2012 SC stays attachment of Kripashankar's properties: "However, the Supreme Court refused to stay investigation against Kripashankar and his family members."
Mar 13, 2012 Political patronage helps illegal mining: Ramesh: "we have to worry about legal mining"
Mar 13, 2012 Adarsh scam: Another former CM in CBI scanner: "The CBI has recorded statements of Vilasrao Deshmukh and Sushil Kumar Shinde, both former chief inisters and at present Union Ministers"
Mar 13, 2012 Mayawati's wealth doubled to Rs 111.64 crore during her term as chief minister: "The BSP president has Rs.6,51,53,538 as total income in tax return for the financial year 2010-11"
Mar 13, 2012 Graft, policy drift hurting the economy: "Rampant corruption and a policy paralysis in the government have emerged as the biggest problems confronting the country today. Scams are breaking out every other day, either involving the Central government or the state governments, and even ministers are landing up in jail."
Mar 12, 2012 India: Dynasty, Corruption And Plunder: "In 1950, A.D.Gorwala’s report observed that quite a few of Nehru's own ministers were corrupt."
Mar 12, 2012 Jagan DA case: SC notice to ministers, babus: "The Supreme Court notice asks why no case has been filed against the ministers and the bureaucrats in the case."
Mar 12, 2012 Cong puts Kalmadi on Parl roster duty, retracts
Mar 12, 2012 CAG admits NTRO scam: "RTI copy from CAG which confirms TIMES NOW reports on the NTRO scam highlighting the instances of misuse of official positions and non-compliance of rules in procurement of UAVs which resulted in wasteful expenditure and massive loss to exchequer."
Mar 12, 2012 'Withdraw The Proceedings Against The Mediapersons' : "'And instead take strong action against the MLAs who have brought disgrace to the House,' writes the chairman of the Press Council of India to the speaker of the Karntaka legislative assembly against the crackdown on the media in Karnataka following the Porngate expose."
Mar 12, 2012 Meet The 23 Richest Politicians In The World: "#4 Sonia Gandhi, Net Worth: $2-19 billion"
Mar 12, 2012 US website says Sonia wealth at $2-19 bn; time to sue?: "According to Business Insider, the UPA chairperson’s wealth is currently valued at $2-19 billion (Rs 10,000-45,000 crore)."
Mar 12, 2012 Opposition sees nothing new in Prez speech: "The session witnessed uproar by the Opposition when the President spoke about the minorities sub-quota."
Mar 12, 2012 CBI questions PMK leader Ramadoss, son Anbumani in murder case: "CBI has questioned Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) founder S Ramadoss and his son, former Union Minister Anbumani Ramadoss, in connection with the murder of a relative of Tamil Nadu minister"
Mar 12, 2012 J&K: Letter links Farooq Abdullah to cricket scam: "In the letter from the Jammu and Kashmir Bank, Abdullah clearly recommends that a loan be advanced to Ahsan Mirza."
Mar 12, 2012 AP CM turns down demand for sacking of 'tainted' ministers: "dismissed Opposition's demand for dismissal of six ministers in the wake of Supreme Court's notice against them in connection with a case involving former Congress leader Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy amassing illegal assets."
Mar 12, 2012 Accused of corruption Himachal minister Rajeev Bindal quits
Mar 12, 2012 Jaganmohan's assets case: SC notice to 6 Andhra ministers, 8 IAS officers: "on a plea alleging that the CBI was not proceeding against them despite having sufficient evidence that they helped former Congress leader Y Jaganmohan Reddy accumulate massive illegal assets."
Mar 11, 2012 Insight: In India, a dynasty’s tryst with decline: "He dressed down and grew a beard to look more rugged as he campaigned tirelessly for the ruling Congress party in Uttar Pradesh"
Mar 11, 2012 Sena MLA arrested in housing scam: "Local Shiv Sena MLA and former Maharashtra minister Suresh Jain has been arrested in connection with 2006 Gharkul Housing Scheme scam. Jain, who was a Minister for Housing during the Shiv Sena-BJP rule in the 1990s, has been arrested for allegedly favouring a builder and indulging in irregularities to the tune of Rs 29 crore, police said"
Mar 11, 2012 Who's protecting the mining mafia?: "It is rather outrageous that the Mineral Resources Department of Madhya Pradesh does not even keep a record of its minister’s periodic review of illegal mining, storage and transportation."
Mar 11, 2012 35 pc of MLAs have criminal cases, 66 pc are 'crorepatis': "35 per cent or 252 of the 690 MLAs elected to the five Assemblies -- Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhan, Manipur and Goa -- have criminal background, a rise of eight per cent since 2007."
Mar 10, 2012 Ministerial turf war could render green min toothless: "The CBI and the CVC had recommended immediate probe into the scams unearthed by Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi."
Mar 10, 2012 Zero Worship? Election 2012 shows up the Gandhi scion as a political novice Congress can’t bank on: "In Sonia Gandhi’s Rae Bareli, Congress failed to pick up any of the five seats; in his own Amethi, only two out of five seats went to Congress."
Mar 10, 2012 Deep rooted politician-mafia nexus?: "the mining department in the state says it does not maintain records of reviews undertaken by the minister in charge. The question is why does the BJP-led government in the state turn a blind eye to such brazen violations?"
Mar 10, 2012 No More Rhetoric: "Singh was fond of flaunting his “excellent relations” with party chief Sonia Gandhi and general secretary Ahmed Patel"
Mar 10, 2012 Chouhan Govt attempts cover up?: "Despite strong visual evidence and shocking images of brazen illegal mining rampant in the stone quarries of Morena, the Government of Madhya Pradesh denying the very existence of the formidable force that IPS officer Narendra Kumar died fighting against."
Mar 10, 2012 Illegal mining under political patronage: "We came across a mining operative who not just told us about the illegal trade, but also revealed how it goes on under political patronage."
Mar 10, 2012 Now, MP sand mafia fire at magistrate, cops: "The week ended with a sub-divisional magistrate, a sub-divisional police officer and their team facing a hail of bullets while on inspection to track down illegal sand miners in Panna district"
Mar 10, 2012 Caste tension runs deep in UP village as BSP loyalist is killed, FIR names SP MLA: "the husband of the village pradhan, who had turned away the SP candidate a month ago saying that the village would vote only for the BSP, was dragged out of his house by a mob of over 50 men and stabbed to death."
Mar 9, 2012 Multi-crore cricket scam in J&K: "has accessed bank documents that show how BCCI funds were siphoned off to bogus bank accounts, and then used by two top members of the cricket body. The question is, how come Farooq Abdullah- the President of JKCA, had no clue about what was happening right under his nose?"
Mar 9, 2012 Dynasty can do no wrong: "Problem lies with Congress, not high command"
Mar 9, 2012 Chouhan's relatives involved in illegal mining: Digvijaya: "Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Digvijaya Singh said the BJP was involved in illegal mining in the state."
Mar 9, 2012 Scam hits J&K cricket body, Farooq faces flak: "Two JKCA office bearers have been asked to step down following charges of their involvement in the alleged embezzlement of funds.", "Fake accounts used in scam"
Mar 9, 2012 Samajwadi Party MLA booked for murder: "A newly elected Samajwadi Party MLA and nine other persons were today booked after husband of a village pradhan was allegedly shot dead in a case of old rivalry"
Mar 8, 2012 Corruption pulling the Congress down
Mar 8, 2012 Porngate: Notice to 15 more MLAs: "The Karnataka Legislature committee probing the porn watching scandal would consider "legal parameters" on summoning more MLAs who were also alleged to have watched sleazy clippings in the Assembly besides the three BJP members,"
Mar 8, 2012 Porngate: Panel to consider legal aspects to summon more MLAs: "he said 8-10 more MLAs (from different parties) -- besides the three from the BJP -- had also watched the porn clips"
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