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Feb 8, 2013 Mamata threatens cop on duty: "On Wednesday (February 6) evening, a visibly incensed CM, publicly abused a cop after she was made to wait for her car after her book launch at the Kolkata book fair."
Feb 8, 2013 Use police from VIP security for women safety: SC: "The Supreme Court has asked the Delhi Police why security personnel deployed on VIP security could not be provided to ensure security of women in the city. The court's observation came on a plea filed by Amicus Curiae Harish Salve."
Feb 8, 2013 West Bengal: Cong MP, workers ransack DM's bungalow: "In a shocking incident in West Bengal, several workers of the Congress party, led by Union Minister and party MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary, went on a rampage at Murshidabad."
Feb 8, 2013 WB companies in major rail freight evasion scam: "The state and the taxpayer are losing crores of railway revenue to freight evasion even though CNN-IBN had first reported on the freight evasion scam in September 2011. CNN-IBN has now accessed seven demand notices sent to companies in West Bengal, including the Rashmi group, which was accused of evading freight rates to the tune of Rs 660 crore."
Feb 8, 2013 MP govt undecided on action against IFS officer raided by Lokayukta police: "When the Madhya Pradesh Lokayukta Police raided 1987 batch Indian Forest Service officer BK Singh's Bhopal residence on Wednesday morning, his wife refused to let them in at first, insisting that she must speak to her husband. And while Singh tried to vanish from the scene with his valuables in a suitcase, he was stopped in the nick of time by the Lokayukta team which recovered Rs seven lakh in cash, a revolver, jewellery and some Fixed Deposit papers worth around Rs 50 lakh."
Feb 8, 2013 Why is corruption high in Madhya Pradesh?: "Lokayukta police on Tuesday raided the residence of an employee of a state power company and found details of assets disproportionate to his known sources of income."
Feb 8, 2013 Women don't feel safe in Delhi: Sheila Dikshit: "A day after a man shoved an iron rod down a 19-year-old girl's throat for resisting rape in Delhi, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has yet again admitted that women don't feel safe in Delhi. 'At this moment there is no feeling of safety in Delhi following yesterday's rape at Lajpat Nagar,' Dikshit said."
Feb 8, 2013 Govt should support enterprise, not entrepreneurs: CAG: "In a hard-hitting speech, the Comptroller and Auditor General, Vinod Rai, has defended his role. Rai has said that the role of the public auditor cannot be confined only to placing reports in Parliament. During a speech at the Harvard Kennedy School of government, Rai spoke on the various scams in the government."
Feb 8, 2013 CAG publicly slams government: "The fresh remarks made by Comptroller and Auditor General Vinod Rai against the UPA dispensation on Friday (February 8) triggered a war of words, with the government attacking him and the opposition throwing its weight behind him."
Feb 6, 2013 Fundamentalists claim victory, govt silent: "Even as fundamentalists reared their ugly heads and silenced a budding all-girls rock ban, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah seems unmoved and remains unresponsive. But it's time for Omar to realise that his silence in this case could only encourage unofficial censorship and undermine his own authority."
Feb 6, 2013 No women caretakers in shelter homes: "Days after a TIMES NOW investigation exposed the institutionalised rape in government-run hostels for tribals, our follow up report has found that no lessons have been learnt from the Kanker episode. Rules are being flouted and girls hostels are functioning without the mandatory women caretakers."
Feb 6, 2013 UP: Gonda SP who exposed SP minister transferred: "After an expose showed an Uttar Pradesh minister caught on camera helping cattle smugglers in Gonda, the Superintendent of Police who conducted the sting investigation has been transferred and attached to the UP DGP's office."
Feb 6, 2013 Suryanelli rape: CPI(M) calls for Kurien's resignation: "Calls for the resignation of Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairperson PJ Kurien are increasing. The Opposition in Kerala, where Kurien hails from, has held demonstrations outside the state assembly asking for his resignation."
Feb 6, 2013 SC raps Centre and states on acid attacks: "The Supreme Court came down heavily on the Centre and state governments on Wednesday on the menace of acid attacks and the plight of the victims of such dastardly crime. The court expressed dissatisfaction with the steps taken by the Centre and state governments in dealing with acid attacks."
Feb 6, 2013 MP Lokayukta raids electricity board clerk, finds Rs 40 cr assets: "The Madhya Pradesh Lokayukta police on Tuesday raided the house of Arjun Singh Lalwani, who is a clerk in the electricity board and discovered assets worth Rs 40 crore. Cash and properties worth lakhs were seized and the police claimed his income was disproportionate to his known sources of income."
Feb 6, 2013 MP forest officer raided, Rs 12 cr worth investments recovered: "The Madhya Pradesh anti-corruption office (Lokayukta) got into action and carried out raids on Wednesday morning. The Lokayukta raided the Chief Conservator of Forest BK Singh's residence at Ujjain and Bhopal."
Feb 6, 2013 Dental Council mess: Health Minister maintains a deafening silence: "It couldn't get more embarrassing for the chairman of the Dental Council, Dr Dibyendu Majumdar. It all began first with the CBI arresting Dr Gunaseelan, Chairman of Tamil Nadu Dental Council, caught along with his aide, Dr Murugesan, with large amounts of cash. Their crime - accepting bribes from dental colleges for increasing the number of seats."
Feb 6, 2013 Women don't feel safe in Delhi: Sheila Dikshit: "A day after a man shoved an iron rod down a 19-year-old girl's throat for resisting rape in Delhi, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has yet again admitted that women don't feel safe in Delhi. 'At this moment there is no feeling of safety in Delhi following yesterday's rape at Lajpat Nagar,' Dikshit said."
Feb 6, 2013 Should an all-women band be deemed un-Islamic?: "Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday said that full security will be provided to the members of the state's first girl band if they wanted to pursue their music career."
Feb 6, 2013 Should Kalmadi step down from Parliament, sports bodies till his name is cleared of all charges?: "A special CBI court on Monday framed charges against Suresh Kalmadi for allegedly favouring Swiss Timing in the run up to the Commonwealth Games and causing a loss of Rs 95 crore to the exchequer."
Feb 6, 2013 FTN: Should armed forces get special immunity in cases of rape?: "The Justice Verma panel has proposed amending the notorious Armed Forces Special Power Act which give security personnel immunity from sexual crimes in conflict areas."
Feb 5, 2013 J&K: Govt should have acted sooner, says Mehbooba Mufti on fatwa against girl band: "Main Opposition party leader Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday condemned the Omar Abdullah government for what she called 'delayed response' to the fatwa against Kashmir's first girl band."
Feb 5, 2013 Will challenge system of false chargesheets against political opponents: AAP's Bhushan: "AAP leaders Arvind Kejriwal, Prashant Bhushan, Kumar Vishwas and Manish Sisodia appeared before a court on Tuesday for hearing in the Coalgate scam protests case. 'We will challenge this system of filing false chargesheets against political opponents and making them run around courts,' said Bhushan."
Feb 5, 2013 Delhi gangrape: Transport minister blames police: "The blame game in the brutal gangrape of a 23-year-old paramedical student inside a bus in Delhi on December 16, 2012 has started with Delhi Transport Minister Ramakant Goswami saying that was the negligence on part of the police and not the state transport department which led to the incident. Goswami wrote a letter to Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde almost a week ago blaming Delhi Police for not acting against buses, which were flouting the rules."
Feb 5, 2013 Girl band must abide by sharia: Dukhtaran-e-Millat leader: "While the Jammu and Kashmir Police filed an FIR against those issuing threats to the valley's first girl rock band Pragaash, the leader of Dukhtaran-e-Millat (Daughters of the Nation), Asiya Andrabi backed the fatwa issued by the Grand Mufti against the band. Andrabi said there was nothing wrong in stopping the girls from performing on stage."
Feb 4, 2013 Institutionalised rape exposed: "TIMES NOW investigation reveals the dark secret behind the govt shelters in Chhattisgarh where minors were raped repeatedly for 2 years shockingly by their own teachers."
Feb 4, 2013 Stop the lip service, let them sing!: "Activists, filmmakers and others on Monday (February 4) came out in support of Kashmir's first all-girls rock band, which is facing online threats and abuses, with Chief Minister Omar Abdullah ordering a police probe and hoping that the talented teenagers will not let themselves be silenced by a "handful of morons"."
Feb 4, 2013 Athletes want Kalmadi axed as AAA boss: "Suresh Kalmadi, who has been chargesheeted by the CBI in CWG scam, has been heading the Asian Athletics Association since 2000."
Feb 4, 2013 Girls should sing in their homes, not in public: Mufti Maulana Bashir-ud-Din: "Kashmir's Grand Mufti has condemned the first girl rock band and issued a fatwa against them, saying music is bad for the society and women must be under a veil at all times."
Feb 4, 2013 Kashmir girl band labelled un-Islamic, obscene: "Kashmir's first all girls music band facing a fatwa from Muslim clerics has found support in politicians and activists. The valley's Grand Mufti, while issuing the fatwa to the band, called for women in the country to wear a veil at all times. Mufti Maulana Bashir-U-Din went on to say that public performances by women are un-Islamic and obscene."
Feb 4, 2013 Fatwa issued against Kashmir's girl band: "After facing threats, Kashmir's first all girls music band is now facing a fatwa from Muslim clerics. Kashmir's Grand Mufti has condemned the rock band and issued a fatwa against them, saying music is bad for the society and women must be under a veil at all times."
Feb 4, 2013 Over 60,000 children go missing in India every year: "the missing children of India. 'A lakh kids go missing every year."
Feb 4, 2013 UP minister caught on camera helping cattle smugglers: "Uttar Pradesh minister KC Pandey has been caught in a sting operation asking a Superintendent of Police to help cattle smugglers. What's more is that the phone conversation was recorded by none other than the police."
Feb 4, 2013 Caught on camera: UP minister calls top cops to help cattle smugglers: "In a major embarrassment to the UP govt UP, a minister caught on camera for asking top cops to help cattle smuggler."
Feb 3, 2013 Kanker case: Govt officials collued with accused?: "The day the President has signed the ordinance to safe guard women's safety in the country, apathy over rape continues to shock and shame India. Fresh evidence in Kanker rape case in Chattisgarh where 12 minor girls were sexually assaulted in a hostel allegedly by a school teacherand a watchman for two years raises questions if the Government officials colluded with the accused. This shocking apathy of government officials in the case raises raises several questions over the hush up after initial complaints."
Feb 3, 2013 Society is becoming a culture of intolerance: Tharoor: "Union Minister Shashi Tharoor has expressed anger over the controversy about Kamal Haasan's 'Vishwaroopam', Salman Rushdie and Ashish Nandy. While speaking to Karan Thapar on this week's Devil's Advocate, Tharoor said that people are going out of their way to clamp down on cultural freedom in the name of religion."
Feb 3, 2013 Odisha: Police tries to acquire farmers' land for POSCO: "Tension broke out at POSCO's plant in Jagatsinghpur district in Odisha after the police tried to forcibly acquire land for the steel giant that was allotted to farmers on Sunday. Betel farmers protested after the police dismantled seven betel vines."
Feb 3, 2013 Suryanelli rape: Victim claims RS Deputy Chairman was one of the rapists: "Sixteen years have passed but the Suryanelli rape case continues to shadow PJ Kurien, the deputy speaker of the Rajya Sabha. Troubles resurfaced for the Kerala Congressman after the rape survivor sent a letter to the Supreme Court last week, asking for a review of the apex court's order quashing all charges against Kurien."
Feb 3, 2013 Has the ordinance on sexual harassment backfired?: "Women's groups allege that the government has diluted the law against sexual crime by not accepting Justice JS Verma's recommendations in totality. Now, political parties have joined the chorus."
Feb 2, 2013 Caught on tape: Hawala racket uncovered: "The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has seized cash worth Rs 1.20 crore besides foreign currency after it conducted raids on some suspected Hawala dealers in Punjab."
Feb 2, 2013 Mining scam kingpin spills the beans: "A day after TIMES NOW unraveled Rs 4000 cr mining kingpin Anil Bastawade's web of deceit, sources in the Enforcement Directorate (ED)have confirmed that Bastawade has confessed to money laundering. Sources also said that Bastawade has confirmed his link with former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda and his key aides Sanjay Chaudhary and Manoj Punamiya."
Feb 2, 2013 Can Dental Council members indulge in corruption without support from top?: "Dr Usha Mohandas, who is the Former Member of the Dental Council of India and Founder President Dentists Against Corruption in Dental Education asked, 'When you are heading the body which is responsible primarily for the education of youngsters and your junior is involved in corruption, how can you claim that you did not know anything about it?'"
Feb 2, 2013 Is creative freedom under serious threat in India?: "It's a war of words between author Salman Rushdie and the West Bengal government. The author on Friday alleged that he was forced to cancel his trip to Kolkata after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee ordered the police to block his arrival."
Feb 2, 2013 Dental Council of India: The history of controversies: "In a fresh twist to the Dental Council scam, letters written by the members of Dental Council of India (DCI), accessed exclusively by CNN-IBN, have raised serious questions against the present Chairman of the Council, Dr Dibyendu Majumdar. This is clearly not the first time when the Dental Council of India is making headlines. CNN-IBN had reported on the story three years back."
Feb 2, 2013 Vishwaroopam: Haasan to delete 7 scenes after deal: "Actor and director Kamal Haasan on Saturday reached an agreement with Muslim groups protesting against his film 'Vishwaroopam' and announced that he had agreed to cut seven scenes from the film and mute certain other scenes that were deemed as offensive. The Muslim groups agreed to withdraw protests after the deal."
Feb 1, 2013 Mining scam: Web of deceit - Part 6: "Days after the arrest of Rs 4000 cr mining scam kingpin, Anil Bastawade, former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda's aide, TIMES NOW accessed the detailed Income Tax department's report on Koda, called 'Empire of Madhu Koda'. In its assessment report in 2010, the I-T has revealed how Koda and his aides invested their ill-gotten money in sectors like mining, electrification, media, healthcare, real estate. I-T report also showed the details of Koda's Mumbai and Kolkata connections, foreign transactions and illegal gratifications."
Feb 1, 2013 Mining scam: Web of deceit - Part 5: "Anil Bastawade, aide of Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda and the Rs 4000 cr mining scam kingpin, deported from Jakarata to India and is now in custody of the Enforcement Directorate (ED). With the arrest of Bastawade a web of deceit has opened. Part 5 of TIMES NOW's investigation reveals the mining scam trail. TIMES NOW reveals the full hawala trail of mining scam from India to Indonesia to Dubai and back to India."
Feb 1, 2013 ED begins search for Koda's aide Chaudhary: "The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday (February 1) began the search for former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda's aide Sanjay Chaudhary who was also involved along with Anil Bastawade in the Rs 4000-cr mining scam. Chaudhary was in direct touch with Bastawade who was tracked down by TIMES NOW. Seven months ago, TIMES NOW traced mining kingpin Anil Bastawade to Indonesia, thereafter exposing another key link in the Rs. 4000 crore scam - Chaudhary and his brother Dhananjay - who allegedly helped route Madhu Koda's ill-gotten money to UAE."
Feb 1, 2013 Mining scam: Web of deceit - Part 4: "The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has revealed to TIMES NOW that former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda's aide Sanjay Chaudhary is likely to get away if action is not taken against him soon in the 4000-cr mining scam. Anil Bastwade, the key aide of former Jharkhand Madhu Koda, who was recently nabbed from Indonesia for his involvement in the mining scam, has named Sanjay Chaudhary as the man who had Madhu Koda's links in Dubai."
Feb 1, 2013 Now, Rushdie hounded out: "he was forced to cancel his trip to Kolkata as he was told that he would be bundled out in the next flight by the police on instructions from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. "The simple fact is that the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee ordered the police to block my arrival," tweeted the British Indian novelist who was forced to cancel his trip to the metropolis on Wednesday to promote Deepa Mehta's film 'Midnight's Children' based on his novel."
Feb 1, 2013 Mining scam: Web of deceit - Part 3: "Enforcement Department probing the Rs 4000 cr mining scam points to the involvement of Dubai-based M/s Blue Techno and Sanjay Choudhary who has been described as former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda's shadow man. Choudhary is Managing Director of Blue Techno Project in which kingpin and Koda's aide Anil Bastawade has a significant share. Income Tax department uncovered that during Madhu Koda's less than two-year stint as CM, his aide Sanjay Choudhary invested in 5 mines abroad. Koda is said to have admitted during questioning that he knew Sanjay Choudhary but claimed he had no business deals with him."
Feb 1, 2013 Mining scam: Web of deceit - Part 2: "TIMES NOW in the Rs 4000 cr mining scam trail reveals that Anil Bastawade, former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda's aide, has used the bribe money from India to buy shares in Indonesia. Enforcement Directorate (ED) visited these 4 islands on Jan 28 after Bastawade revealed that he had made investments in the coal blocks present in these islands. ED is yet to estimate the worth of the coal blocks owned by Bastawade in these 4 islands. and, Bastawade was in direct touch with the main accused in the Rs 4000 cr mining scam, former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda."
Feb 1, 2013 Mining scam: Web of deceit - Part 1: "Income Tax document titled 'empire of Madhu Koda' which reveals the links of all the mining scam kingpins. The 2009-10 I-T assessment report of Manoj Punamiya, an accused in the scam, exposes that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had it for a good two years but no action was taken on it. The investigating agencies have been sitting on the report of one of India's biggest political scams. The Supreme Court on Jan 29 granted 45 days to ED to complete its probe against former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda for his alleged role in a money laundering case."
Feb 1, 2013 DCI members' letters raise questions against Chairman: "In a fresh twist to the Dental Council scam, letters written by the members of Dental Council of India (DCI), accessed exclusively by CNN-IBN, have raised serious questions against the present Chairman of the Council, Dr Dibyendu Majumdar. In one of the letters, written by a member of the DCI Dr Joseph Issac to the Union Health Ministry, questions the manner in which the Council is being managed to suit private colleges."
Feb 1, 2013 Mamata blocks Rushdie's arrival in Kolkata, TMC defends her order: "As West Bengal Chief Minister blocked author Salman Rushdie from entering Kolkata to promote Deepa Mehta's film 'Midnight's Children', Trinamool Party leaders have come out in her defence saying she did nothing wrong. 'There is nothing shameful, I am congratulating the state government for taking the right decision,' said Sultan Ahmed."
Feb 1, 2013 Mamata not wrong in blocking Rushdie's visit to Kolkata: TMC leader: "Trinamool Congress leader Sultan Ahmed defended West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee saying she did nothing wrong in blocking author Salman Rushdie's visit to Kolkata. 'There is nothing shameful, I am congratulating the state government for taking the right decision,' Ahmed said."
Feb 1, 2013 MP: Hotel manager allegedly rapes South Korean student: "A South Korean national has alleged that she was raped by a hotel manager in Bandhavgarh in Madhya Pradesh."
Feb 1, 2013 Will step down if corruption charges proved: DCI Chairman: "In a fresh twist to the Dental Council scam, letters written by the members of Dental Council of India (DCI), accessed exclusively by CNN-IBN, have raised serious questions against the present Chairman of the Council, Dr Dibyendu Majumdar. 'I will step down if any corruption case can be proven against me,' Majumdar, who denied the allegations of bribery against him, said."
Feb 1, 2013 Is the new Lokpal draft a step forward in the battle against corruption?: "The amended Lokpal Bill, which delinks the Central government from creation of state Lokayuktas, was on Thursday approved by the Union Cabinet, paving the way for its consideration by Parliament. The revised bill incorporates a number of changes recommended by the Rajya Sabha Select Committee, including appointment of the Director of Prosecution by the CVC."
Feb 1, 2013 Delhi govt, pvt power companies cheating people: Kejriwal: "Aam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal on Friday alleged that power tariffs in the national capital were falsely inflated by the Delhi government and the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission. Kejriwal also claimed that power companies owned by Tata and Anil Ambani were involved in major frauds."
Feb 1, 2013 Rushdie: Mamata Banerjee blocked my Kolkata arrival: "After fringe Muslim groups took to the streets in Kolkata, protesting against his visit to the city, author Salman Rushdie on Friday said the truth of the matter was that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee ordered the police to block his arrival."
Feb 1, 2013 13 year-old rape survivor turns CJ: "Listen to this 13 year old who was raped by her father speak out. This is an unedited interview. You may find it disturbing"
Feb 1, 2013 Unfortunate that courts need to tell artistes what or what not to say: Sanjoy Roy on Ashis Nandy: "Sanjoy Roy, the organiser of the Jaipur Film Festival also said that it was not enough to provide relief to Ashis Nandy by telling the police to not arrest him. The courts needed to do more, he said."
Feb 1, 2013 FightBack app: India's first mobile application for women's safety: "Developed by IT major Tech Mahindra, 'FightTBacK' was initially developed for inhouse use. The company made it publicly available from its website for free after the Delhi gangrape."
Feb 1, 2013 Anna says govt cheated people on Lokpal Bill: "Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare has criticised the government for not bringing the CBI and CVC under the ambit of the Lokpal Bill. He said the government cheated on the public by not holding proper consultations."
Feb 1, 2013 Mamata's decision of blocking Rushdie from Kolkata not surprising: Amit Chaudhuri: "Salman Rushdie on Friday tweeted that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had ordered the police to block his arrival in the city for the Literary Meet."
Feb 1, 2013 The Last Word: Is India weak in defending freedom of speech?: "Do the Ashis Nandy, Vishwaroopam and Salman Rushdie incidents prove that the Indian state is weak in defending freedom of speech?"
Jan 31, 2013 'Vishwaroopam' ban: Right to freedom of expression curbed?: "Salman Rushdie and the team of 'Midnight's Children' had to cancel their Kolkata promotional tour at the last minute. This after the local police warned about possible protests against the author by fringe muslim groups. And in the eye of this cultural storm is Kamal Haasan's fight to release his film 'Vishwaroopam' in his home turf, Tamil Nadu."
Jan 31, 2013 ED gets 10-day custody of Bastawade: "A special court on Thursday (January 31) allowed the Enforcement Directorate's request to take Anil Bastawade, an aide of former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, into remand for 10 days in connection with a multi-crore money laundering case."
Jan 31, 2013 4000 cr mining scam gets murkier: "TIMES NOW traced mining kingpin Anil Bastawade to Indonesia, thereafter exposing another key link in the Rs. 4000 crore scam- Sanjay Chaudhary and his brother Dhananjay, who allegedly helped route former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda's ill-gotten money to UAE. But despite that, there has been no action from the CBI, who has still not made any attempt to extradite the Chaudhary brothers, raising questions on whether there is a concerted effort to go slow in the case and who exactly is protecting Koda's man Friday."
Jan 30, 2013 Will mining scam kingpin spill the beans?: "Anil Bastawade extradited from Jakarta on a flight via Hong Kong seated in the last row on Air India flight 317 trying to hide his face from TIMES NOW cameras. The mining kingpin arrested by Enforcement Directorate (ED) on landing in New Delhi."
Jan 30, 2013 14 days judicial custody for Anil Bastawade: "The TIMES NOW expose has led to the reopening of the Rs. 4000 Crore mining scam, and the kingpin Anil Bastawade has been sent to 14 days' judicial custody."
Jan 30, 2013 Haasan threatens self exile: "On a day of dramatic developments, actor Kamal Haasan suffered a setback today when the Madras High Court stayed the release of 'Vishwaroopam' in Tamil Nadu even as he agreed to make changes in deference to Muslim sentiments while threatening to exile himself from the state."
Jan 30, 2013 Coal scam: ED arrests Madhu Koda aide Anil Bastawade: "The Enforcement Directorate has arrested former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda's aide Anil Bastawade. He was brought back from Jakarta on Tuesday night where he was arrested on January 21 on an Interpol notice."
Jan 30, 2013 'Vishwaroopam' ban: Kamal Haasan may not approach SC: "'Tamil Nadu wants me out. I don't know who's playing these games. I will find a secular state in India or may be go to another country. Bhai MF Hussain had to do it and so will I' - that was a very emotional Kamal Haasan addressing the media on Wednesday morning in the wake of the controversy surrounding the release of his film 'Vishwaroopam'."
Jan 30, 2013 Salman Rushdie's Kolkata trip cancelled: "Fringe Muslim groups have taken to the streets in Kolkata, protesting against author Salman Rushdie's visit to the city. The author cancelled a promotional event for the forthcoming film 'Midnight's Children'."
Jan 30, 2013 Vishwaroopam: Haasan paying the price of TN's cinema politics?: "With Kamal Haasan's request to meet the most powerful person in Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, being turned down, the iconic actor has turned to the people. Now that the Madras High Court, in a ruling that overturned a judge's order, has said 'Vishwaroopam' cannot open till February 6, left with no option, Haasan says he will leave Tamil Nadu."
Jan 30, 2013 The Last Word: What does 'Vishwaroopam' row tell us about our attitude to freedom of expression?: "What does the 'Vishwaroopam' controversy tell us about the censor board? About the Jayalalithaa government? And the attitude of the Indian system to freedom of expression?"
Jan 30, 2013 Vishwaroopam: Filmmakers call it 'state terrorism': "Filmmakers Mahesh Bhatt and Rituparno Ghosh strongly supported embattled actor-turned-director Kamal Haasan and said the hounding he is facing can only be termed as 'state terrorism'."
Jan 30, 2013 Is Kamal Haasan victim of a political game of Tamil Nadu government?: "Actor and director Kamal Haasan has said he is the victim of a political game. Is this cultural terrorism by the Tamil Nadu government? Is he being hounded by the state government?"
Jan 29, 2013 Jind: Congress councillor allegedly kills Dalit woman: " In a case of land grabbing, a Congress councillor from Jind in Haryana has allegedly killed a dalit woman and severely injured her husband."
Jan 29, 2013 ED: Will prove Bastawade-Koda link: "As the Rs 4000 cr mining scam kingpin Anil Bastawade, a fugitive businessman and a close associate of former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda, is being deported to India from Indonesia over alleged money laundering charges, the Supreme Court has granted the Enforcement Directorate (ED) one more month's custody of former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda. The ED has said that they will confront Koda with new evidence and prove the direct link between Koda and Anil Bastawade."
Jan 29, 2013 Blamegame between ED and MEA?: "Ahead of mining scam kingpin Anil Bastawade's arrival in India, massive blamegame breaks out between authorities over how and why Bastawade was able to evade the law for 4 years."
Jan 29, 2013 Crucial documents show Bastawade-Koda link: "TIMES NOW has accessed crucial Enforcement Directorate (ED) documents nailing Rs 4000 cr mining scam kingpin Anil Bastawade and showing the link between him and former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda. Anil Bastawade, a fugitive businessman and a close associate of former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda, was detained in Indonesia following an Interpol notice against him on alleged money laundering charges."
Jan 29, 2013 Tracked by TIMES NOW, now dragged back: "7 months after TIMES NOW exposed Rs 4000 cr mining scam kingpin Anil Bastawade by tracking him to his hideout in a remote island off Jakarta, Indonesia, he is arriving in India tonight (Jan 29) at 9.30 PM via an Air India flight."
Jan 28, 2013 Cop brutally assaults businessman: "Case of extreme brutality comes to light in Shekhpura District. Superintendent of Police (SP) Babu Ram brutally assaulted a liquor businessman Mukesh Kumar who was allegedly selling illegal liquor. SP Babu Ram arrested Mukesh Kumar and then assaulted him physically. Mukesh received severe injuries and he was referred to Patna Medical College Hospital where he had to undergo operation."
Jan 28, 2013 Mining scam kingpin Bastawade to be flown back to India: "After over seven months of TIMES NOW investigation, Rs 4000 crore mining scam kingpin and former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda's aide, Anil Bastawade, has been detained in Jakarta, Indonesia."
Jan 28, 2013 Citizen Journalist Show: Ban the two Finger Test: "Rape survivors turn CJs and speak up against the 2 finger test. Delhi boys tell Megha Mamgain if girls ask for it and lots more"
Jan 28, 2013 Telangana: Court orders police to file case against Shinde, PC: "The Ranga Reddy district court has now admitted a petition against former home minister P Chidambaram and Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde accusing them of cheating the people of Telangana with their statements. The court has directed the police to register a case."
Jan 27, 2013 Electoral reforms must to curb crime against women: Justice Verma: "In an interview to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, the former Chief Justice of India said that Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, the most important stakeholder in the issue, did not interact with the panel even once during the one month period that it took to prepare and submit its report."
Jan 27, 2013 Gangrape: Shinde never interacted with us, says Justice Verma: "Justice JS Verma, the head of the panel that was constituted in the aftermath of the horrific Delhi gangrape to suggest reforms in anti-sexual harassment laws, has made a startling claim. In an interview to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, the former Chief Justice of India said that Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, the most important stakeholder in the issue, did not interact with the panel even once during the one month period that it took to prepare and submit its report."
Jan 27, 2013 Indira Gandhi institutionalized Corruption in India - Rajiv Dixit: "राजीव दिक्षित जयप्रकाश नारायण के आन्दोलन के बारे में बताते है। वो बताते है की इंदिरा गाँधी कहती थी भ्रस्ताचार तो शिष्टाचार है। बिना भ्रस्ताचार के लोकतंत्र चल नहीं सकता है। भ्रस्ताचार वो तेल है जिसके बिना लोकतंत्र का पहिया चल नहीं सकता। यानि की इंदिरा गाँधी ने भार्स्ताचार को संस्थागत रूप दिया।"
Jan 26, 2013 CBI raids Dental Council members at 8 places across India: "The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday conducted raids on Dental Council of India members at eight places across the country. The raids were conducted in Hyderabad, Chennai, Mangalore and Bangalore among other places."
Jan 26, 2013 Sena to give knives to women on Bal Thackeray's birth anniversary: "The Shiv Sena has planned to distribute knives to women at different places as a means of enhancing their personal security in the wake of the recent harassment cases against women. The Shiv Sena has taken up the task of distributing knives to women on late founder Bal Thackeray's birth anniversary on Wednesday."
Jan 26, 2013 Law enforcement shouldn't be tools of politicians: Justice Verma: "In a detailed and scathing report the three-member Justice JS Verma Committee has called for stricter implementation of existing laws, police reforms, gender sensitisation of the security agencies and judiciary along with several changes in the Indian Penal Code (IPC) to deal with crime against women particularly rape cases. In one of the most significant recommendations the Justice Verma Committee has proposed that if a woman ends up killing a rapist or a would-be rapist, she can claim the right to self defence under Section 100 of the IPC."
Jan 26, 2013 Exposed: School bus permits misused to ferry passengers: "No lessons learn after the horrific Delhi gangrape. An IBN7 sting operation has exposed how school bus permits are being misused to ferry passengers. And illegal bus drivers pay police a monthly fee of Rs 5,500 to enter Delhi."
Jan 26, 2013 Gadkari threatens I-T officials probing Purti links: "A day after Rajnath Singh took his place as the Bharatiya Janata Party President, Nitin Gadkari is out but not down. In an open threat, he has in fact warned Income Tax officials of consequences when the BJP comes to power. 'I know the names of the officials who are trying to target me. They are trying day and night to frame me. But they should know that the Congress is going to go down and when we are in power, Sonia and Chidambaram will not be able to save them,' Gadkari said."
Jan 26, 2013 Mumbai's public transport system in a mess: "The public transport system in Mumbai is in a complete mess. Local train accidents in Mumbai have increased by 8 per cent in the past one year. Adding to the woes, there has been no addition to the city's fleet of buses in 4 years."
Jan 26, 2013 'Stop this cultural terrorism,' says Kamal Haasan: "Legendary actor Kamal Haasan on Thursday reacted strongly to the Tamil Nadu government's decision to ban his latest film 'Vishwaroopam' following protests from some Muslim groups and said such 'cultural terrorism' should stop."
Jan 26, 2013 There is a cultural emergency in India, says Salman Rushdie: "Author Salman Rushdie, who's book Midnight's Children is now a film has said that there is a cultural emergency in India. Speaking to CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose, both Rushdie and the film's director, Deepa Mehta said they are deeply worried about repeated attacks on creative freedom in India."
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Feb 8, 2013 Mamata threatens cop on duty: "On Wednesday (February 6) evening, a visibly incensed CM, publicly abused a cop after she was made to wait for her car after her book launch at the Kolkata book fair."
Feb 8, 2013 Use police from VIP security for women safety: SC: "The Supreme Court has asked the Delhi Police why security personnel deployed on VIP security could not be provided to ensure security of women in the city. The court's observation came on a plea filed by Amicus Curiae Harish Salve."
Feb 8, 2013 West Bengal: Cong MP, workers ransack DM's bungalow: "In a shocking incident in West Bengal, several workers of the Congress party, led by Union Minister and party MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary, went on a rampage at Murshidabad."
Feb 8, 2013 WB companies in major rail freight evasion scam: "The state and the taxpayer are losing crores of railway revenue to freight evasion even though CNN-IBN had first reported on the freight evasion scam in September 2011. CNN-IBN has now accessed seven demand notices sent to companies in West Bengal, including the Rashmi group, which was accused of evading freight rates to the tune of Rs 660 crore."
Feb 8, 2013 MP govt undecided on action against IFS officer raided by Lokayukta police: "When the Madhya Pradesh Lokayukta Police raided 1987 batch Indian Forest Service officer BK Singh's Bhopal residence on Wednesday morning, his wife refused to let them in at first, insisting that she must speak to her husband. And while Singh tried to vanish from the scene with his valuables in a suitcase, he was stopped in the nick of time by the Lokayukta team which recovered Rs seven lakh in cash, a revolver, jewellery and some Fixed Deposit papers worth around Rs 50 lakh."
Feb 8, 2013 Why is corruption high in Madhya Pradesh?: "Lokayukta police on Tuesday raided the residence of an employee of a state power company and found details of assets disproportionate to his known sources of income."
Feb 8, 2013 Women don't feel safe in Delhi: Sheila Dikshit: "A day after a man shoved an iron rod down a 19-year-old girl's throat for resisting rape in Delhi, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has yet again admitted that women don't feel safe in Delhi. 'At this moment there is no feeling of safety in Delhi following yesterday's rape at Lajpat Nagar,' Dikshit said."
Feb 8, 2013 Govt should support enterprise, not entrepreneurs: CAG: "In a hard-hitting speech, the Comptroller and Auditor General, Vinod Rai, has defended his role. Rai has said that the role of the public auditor cannot be confined only to placing reports in Parliament. During a speech at the Harvard Kennedy School of government, Rai spoke on the various scams in the government."
Feb 8, 2013 CAG publicly slams government: "The fresh remarks made by Comptroller and Auditor General Vinod Rai against the UPA dispensation on Friday (February 8) triggered a war of words, with the government attacking him and the opposition throwing its weight behind him."
Feb 6, 2013 Fundamentalists claim victory, govt silent: "Even as fundamentalists reared their ugly heads and silenced a budding all-girls rock ban, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah seems unmoved and remains unresponsive. But it's time for Omar to realise that his silence in this case could only encourage unofficial censorship and undermine his own authority."
Feb 6, 2013 No women caretakers in shelter homes: "Days after a TIMES NOW investigation exposed the institutionalised rape in government-run hostels for tribals, our follow up report has found that no lessons have been learnt from the Kanker episode. Rules are being flouted and girls hostels are functioning without the mandatory women caretakers."
Feb 6, 2013 UP: Gonda SP who exposed SP minister transferred: "After an expose showed an Uttar Pradesh minister caught on camera helping cattle smugglers in Gonda, the Superintendent of Police who conducted the sting investigation has been transferred and attached to the UP DGP's office."
Feb 6, 2013 Suryanelli rape: CPI(M) calls for Kurien's resignation: "Calls for the resignation of Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairperson PJ Kurien are increasing. The Opposition in Kerala, where Kurien hails from, has held demonstrations outside the state assembly asking for his resignation."
Feb 6, 2013 SC raps Centre and states on acid attacks: "The Supreme Court came down heavily on the Centre and state governments on Wednesday on the menace of acid attacks and the plight of the victims of such dastardly crime. The court expressed dissatisfaction with the steps taken by the Centre and state governments in dealing with acid attacks."
Feb 6, 2013 MP Lokayukta raids electricity board clerk, finds Rs 40 cr assets: "The Madhya Pradesh Lokayukta police on Tuesday raided the house of Arjun Singh Lalwani, who is a clerk in the electricity board and discovered assets worth Rs 40 crore. Cash and properties worth lakhs were seized and the police claimed his income was disproportionate to his known sources of income."
Feb 6, 2013 MP forest officer raided, Rs 12 cr worth investments recovered: "The Madhya Pradesh anti-corruption office (Lokayukta) got into action and carried out raids on Wednesday morning. The Lokayukta raided the Chief Conservator of Forest BK Singh's residence at Ujjain and Bhopal."
Feb 6, 2013 Dental Council mess: Health Minister maintains a deafening silence: "It couldn't get more embarrassing for the chairman of the Dental Council, Dr Dibyendu Majumdar. It all began first with the CBI arresting Dr Gunaseelan, Chairman of Tamil Nadu Dental Council, caught along with his aide, Dr Murugesan, with large amounts of cash. Their crime - accepting bribes from dental colleges for increasing the number of seats."
Feb 6, 2013 Women don't feel safe in Delhi: Sheila Dikshit: "A day after a man shoved an iron rod down a 19-year-old girl's throat for resisting rape in Delhi, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has yet again admitted that women don't feel safe in Delhi. 'At this moment there is no feeling of safety in Delhi following yesterday's rape at Lajpat Nagar,' Dikshit said."
Feb 6, 2013 Should an all-women band be deemed un-Islamic?: "Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday said that full security will be provided to the members of the state's first girl band if they wanted to pursue their music career."
Feb 6, 2013 Should Kalmadi step down from Parliament, sports bodies till his name is cleared of all charges?: "A special CBI court on Monday framed charges against Suresh Kalmadi for allegedly favouring Swiss Timing in the run up to the Commonwealth Games and causing a loss of Rs 95 crore to the exchequer."
Feb 6, 2013 FTN: Should armed forces get special immunity in cases of rape?: "The Justice Verma panel has proposed amending the notorious Armed Forces Special Power Act which give security personnel immunity from sexual crimes in conflict areas."
Feb 5, 2013 J&K: Govt should have acted sooner, says Mehbooba Mufti on fatwa against girl band: "Main Opposition party leader Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday condemned the Omar Abdullah government for what she called 'delayed response' to the fatwa against Kashmir's first girl band."
Feb 5, 2013 Will challenge system of false chargesheets against political opponents: AAP's Bhushan: "AAP leaders Arvind Kejriwal, Prashant Bhushan, Kumar Vishwas and Manish Sisodia appeared before a court on Tuesday for hearing in the Coalgate scam protests case. 'We will challenge this system of filing false chargesheets against political opponents and making them run around courts,' said Bhushan."
Feb 5, 2013 Delhi gangrape: Transport minister blames police: "The blame game in the brutal gangrape of a 23-year-old paramedical student inside a bus in Delhi on December 16, 2012 has started with Delhi Transport Minister Ramakant Goswami saying that was the negligence on part of the police and not the state transport department which led to the incident. Goswami wrote a letter to Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde almost a week ago blaming Delhi Police for not acting against buses, which were flouting the rules."
Feb 5, 2013 Girl band must abide by sharia: Dukhtaran-e-Millat leader: "While the Jammu and Kashmir Police filed an FIR against those issuing threats to the valley's first girl rock band Pragaash, the leader of Dukhtaran-e-Millat (Daughters of the Nation), Asiya Andrabi backed the fatwa issued by the Grand Mufti against the band. Andrabi said there was nothing wrong in stopping the girls from performing on stage."
Feb 4, 2013 Institutionalised rape exposed: "TIMES NOW investigation reveals the dark secret behind the govt shelters in Chhattisgarh where minors were raped repeatedly for 2 years shockingly by their own teachers."
Feb 4, 2013 Stop the lip service, let them sing!: "Activists, filmmakers and others on Monday (February 4) came out in support of Kashmir's first all-girls rock band, which is facing online threats and abuses, with Chief Minister Omar Abdullah ordering a police probe and hoping that the talented teenagers will not let themselves be silenced by a "handful of morons"."
Feb 4, 2013 Athletes want Kalmadi axed as AAA boss: "Suresh Kalmadi, who has been chargesheeted by the CBI in CWG scam, has been heading the Asian Athletics Association since 2000."
Feb 4, 2013 Girls should sing in their homes, not in public: Mufti Maulana Bashir-ud-Din: "Kashmir's Grand Mufti has condemned the first girl rock band and issued a fatwa against them, saying music is bad for the society and women must be under a veil at all times."
Feb 4, 2013 Kashmir girl band labelled un-Islamic, obscene: "Kashmir's first all girls music band facing a fatwa from Muslim clerics has found support in politicians and activists. The valley's Grand Mufti, while issuing the fatwa to the band, called for women in the country to wear a veil at all times. Mufti Maulana Bashir-U-Din went on to say that public performances by women are un-Islamic and obscene."
Feb 4, 2013 Fatwa issued against Kashmir's girl band: "After facing threats, Kashmir's first all girls music band is now facing a fatwa from Muslim clerics. Kashmir's Grand Mufti has condemned the rock band and issued a fatwa against them, saying music is bad for the society and women must be under a veil at all times."
Feb 4, 2013 Over 60,000 children go missing in India every year: "the missing children of India. 'A lakh kids go missing every year."
Feb 4, 2013 UP minister caught on camera helping cattle smugglers: "Uttar Pradesh minister KC Pandey has been caught in a sting operation asking a Superintendent of Police to help cattle smugglers. What's more is that the phone conversation was recorded by none other than the police."
Feb 4, 2013 Caught on camera: UP minister calls top cops to help cattle smugglers: "In a major embarrassment to the UP govt UP, a minister caught on camera for asking top cops to help cattle smuggler."
Feb 3, 2013 Kanker case: Govt officials collued with accused?: "The day the President has signed the ordinance to safe guard women's safety in the country, apathy over rape continues to shock and shame India. Fresh evidence in Kanker rape case in Chattisgarh where 12 minor girls were sexually assaulted in a hostel allegedly by a school teacherand a watchman for two years raises questions if the Government officials colluded with the accused. This shocking apathy of government officials in the case raises raises several questions over the hush up after initial complaints."
Feb 3, 2013 Society is becoming a culture of intolerance: Tharoor: "Union Minister Shashi Tharoor has expressed anger over the controversy about Kamal Haasan's 'Vishwaroopam', Salman Rushdie and Ashish Nandy. While speaking to Karan Thapar on this week's Devil's Advocate, Tharoor said that people are going out of their way to clamp down on cultural freedom in the name of religion."
Feb 3, 2013 Odisha: Police tries to acquire farmers' land for POSCO: "Tension broke out at POSCO's plant in Jagatsinghpur district in Odisha after the police tried to forcibly acquire land for the steel giant that was allotted to farmers on Sunday. Betel farmers protested after the police dismantled seven betel vines."
Feb 3, 2013 Suryanelli rape: Victim claims RS Deputy Chairman was one of the rapists: "Sixteen years have passed but the Suryanelli rape case continues to shadow PJ Kurien, the deputy speaker of the Rajya Sabha. Troubles resurfaced for the Kerala Congressman after the rape survivor sent a letter to the Supreme Court last week, asking for a review of the apex court's order quashing all charges against Kurien."
Feb 3, 2013 Has the ordinance on sexual harassment backfired?: "Women's groups allege that the government has diluted the law against sexual crime by not accepting Justice JS Verma's recommendations in totality. Now, political parties have joined the chorus."
Feb 2, 2013 Caught on tape: Hawala racket uncovered: "The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has seized cash worth Rs 1.20 crore besides foreign currency after it conducted raids on some suspected Hawala dealers in Punjab."
Feb 2, 2013 Mining scam kingpin spills the beans: "A day after TIMES NOW unraveled Rs 4000 cr mining kingpin Anil Bastawade's web of deceit, sources in the Enforcement Directorate (ED)have confirmed that Bastawade has confessed to money laundering. Sources also said that Bastawade has confirmed his link with former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda and his key aides Sanjay Chaudhary and Manoj Punamiya."
Feb 2, 2013 Can Dental Council members indulge in corruption without support from top?: "Dr Usha Mohandas, who is the Former Member of the Dental Council of India and Founder President Dentists Against Corruption in Dental Education asked, 'When you are heading the body which is responsible primarily for the education of youngsters and your junior is involved in corruption, how can you claim that you did not know anything about it?'"
Feb 2, 2013 Is creative freedom under serious threat in India?: "It's a war of words between author Salman Rushdie and the West Bengal government. The author on Friday alleged that he was forced to cancel his trip to Kolkata after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee ordered the police to block his arrival."
Feb 2, 2013 Dental Council of India: The history of controversies: "In a fresh twist to the Dental Council scam, letters written by the members of Dental Council of India (DCI), accessed exclusively by CNN-IBN, have raised serious questions against the present Chairman of the Council, Dr Dibyendu Majumdar. This is clearly not the first time when the Dental Council of India is making headlines. CNN-IBN had reported on the story three years back."
Feb 2, 2013 Vishwaroopam: Haasan to delete 7 scenes after deal: "Actor and director Kamal Haasan on Saturday reached an agreement with Muslim groups protesting against his film 'Vishwaroopam' and announced that he had agreed to cut seven scenes from the film and mute certain other scenes that were deemed as offensive. The Muslim groups agreed to withdraw protests after the deal."
Feb 1, 2013 Mining scam: Web of deceit - Part 6: "Days after the arrest of Rs 4000 cr mining scam kingpin, Anil Bastawade, former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda's aide, TIMES NOW accessed the detailed Income Tax department's report on Koda, called 'Empire of Madhu Koda'. In its assessment report in 2010, the I-T has revealed how Koda and his aides invested their ill-gotten money in sectors like mining, electrification, media, healthcare, real estate. I-T report also showed the details of Koda's Mumbai and Kolkata connections, foreign transactions and illegal gratifications."
Feb 1, 2013 Mining scam: Web of deceit - Part 5: "Anil Bastawade, aide of Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda and the Rs 4000 cr mining scam kingpin, deported from Jakarata to India and is now in custody of the Enforcement Directorate (ED). With the arrest of Bastawade a web of deceit has opened. Part 5 of TIMES NOW's investigation reveals the mining scam trail. TIMES NOW reveals the full hawala trail of mining scam from India to Indonesia to Dubai and back to India."
Feb 1, 2013 ED begins search for Koda's aide Chaudhary: "The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday (February 1) began the search for former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda's aide Sanjay Chaudhary who was also involved along with Anil Bastawade in the Rs 4000-cr mining scam. Chaudhary was in direct touch with Bastawade who was tracked down by TIMES NOW. Seven months ago, TIMES NOW traced mining kingpin Anil Bastawade to Indonesia, thereafter exposing another key link in the Rs. 4000 crore scam - Chaudhary and his brother Dhananjay - who allegedly helped route Madhu Koda's ill-gotten money to UAE."
Feb 1, 2013 Mining scam: Web of deceit - Part 4: "The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has revealed to TIMES NOW that former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda's aide Sanjay Chaudhary is likely to get away if action is not taken against him soon in the 4000-cr mining scam. Anil Bastwade, the key aide of former Jharkhand Madhu Koda, who was recently nabbed from Indonesia for his involvement in the mining scam, has named Sanjay Chaudhary as the man who had Madhu Koda's links in Dubai."
Feb 1, 2013 Now, Rushdie hounded out: "he was forced to cancel his trip to Kolkata as he was told that he would be bundled out in the next flight by the police on instructions from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. "The simple fact is that the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee ordered the police to block my arrival," tweeted the British Indian novelist who was forced to cancel his trip to the metropolis on Wednesday to promote Deepa Mehta's film 'Midnight's Children' based on his novel."
Feb 1, 2013 Mining scam: Web of deceit - Part 3: "Enforcement Department probing the Rs 4000 cr mining scam points to the involvement of Dubai-based M/s Blue Techno and Sanjay Choudhary who has been described as former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda's shadow man. Choudhary is Managing Director of Blue Techno Project in which kingpin and Koda's aide Anil Bastawade has a significant share. Income Tax department uncovered that during Madhu Koda's less than two-year stint as CM, his aide Sanjay Choudhary invested in 5 mines abroad. Koda is said to have admitted during questioning that he knew Sanjay Choudhary but claimed he had no business deals with him."
Feb 1, 2013 Mining scam: Web of deceit - Part 2: "TIMES NOW in the Rs 4000 cr mining scam trail reveals that Anil Bastawade, former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda's aide, has used the bribe money from India to buy shares in Indonesia. Enforcement Directorate (ED) visited these 4 islands on Jan 28 after Bastawade revealed that he had made investments in the coal blocks present in these islands. ED is yet to estimate the worth of the coal blocks owned by Bastawade in these 4 islands. and, Bastawade was in direct touch with the main accused in the Rs 4000 cr mining scam, former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda."
Feb 1, 2013 Mining scam: Web of deceit - Part 1: "Income Tax document titled 'empire of Madhu Koda' which reveals the links of all the mining scam kingpins. The 2009-10 I-T assessment report of Manoj Punamiya, an accused in the scam, exposes that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had it for a good two years but no action was taken on it. The investigating agencies have been sitting on the report of one of India's biggest political scams. The Supreme Court on Jan 29 granted 45 days to ED to complete its probe against former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda for his alleged role in a money laundering case."
Feb 1, 2013 DCI members' letters raise questions against Chairman: "In a fresh twist to the Dental Council scam, letters written by the members of Dental Council of India (DCI), accessed exclusively by CNN-IBN, have raised serious questions against the present Chairman of the Council, Dr Dibyendu Majumdar. In one of the letters, written by a member of the DCI Dr Joseph Issac to the Union Health Ministry, questions the manner in which the Council is being managed to suit private colleges."
Feb 1, 2013 Mamata blocks Rushdie's arrival in Kolkata, TMC defends her order: "As West Bengal Chief Minister blocked author Salman Rushdie from entering Kolkata to promote Deepa Mehta's film 'Midnight's Children', Trinamool Party leaders have come out in her defence saying she did nothing wrong. 'There is nothing shameful, I am congratulating the state government for taking the right decision,' said Sultan Ahmed."
Feb 1, 2013 Mamata not wrong in blocking Rushdie's visit to Kolkata: TMC leader: "Trinamool Congress leader Sultan Ahmed defended West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee saying she did nothing wrong in blocking author Salman Rushdie's visit to Kolkata. 'There is nothing shameful, I am congratulating the state government for taking the right decision,' Ahmed said."
Feb 1, 2013 MP: Hotel manager allegedly rapes South Korean student: "A South Korean national has alleged that she was raped by a hotel manager in Bandhavgarh in Madhya Pradesh."
Feb 1, 2013 Will step down if corruption charges proved: DCI Chairman: "In a fresh twist to the Dental Council scam, letters written by the members of Dental Council of India (DCI), accessed exclusively by CNN-IBN, have raised serious questions against the present Chairman of the Council, Dr Dibyendu Majumdar. 'I will step down if any corruption case can be proven against me,' Majumdar, who denied the allegations of bribery against him, said."
Feb 1, 2013 Is the new Lokpal draft a step forward in the battle against corruption?: "The amended Lokpal Bill, which delinks the Central government from creation of state Lokayuktas, was on Thursday approved by the Union Cabinet, paving the way for its consideration by Parliament. The revised bill incorporates a number of changes recommended by the Rajya Sabha Select Committee, including appointment of the Director of Prosecution by the CVC."
Feb 1, 2013 Delhi govt, pvt power companies cheating people: Kejriwal: "Aam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal on Friday alleged that power tariffs in the national capital were falsely inflated by the Delhi government and the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission. Kejriwal also claimed that power companies owned by Tata and Anil Ambani were involved in major frauds."
Feb 1, 2013 Rushdie: Mamata Banerjee blocked my Kolkata arrival: "After fringe Muslim groups took to the streets in Kolkata, protesting against his visit to the city, author Salman Rushdie on Friday said the truth of the matter was that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee ordered the police to block his arrival."
Feb 1, 2013 13 year-old rape survivor turns CJ: "Listen to this 13 year old who was raped by her father speak out. This is an unedited interview. You may find it disturbing"
Feb 1, 2013 Unfortunate that courts need to tell artistes what or what not to say: Sanjoy Roy on Ashis Nandy: "Sanjoy Roy, the organiser of the Jaipur Film Festival also said that it was not enough to provide relief to Ashis Nandy by telling the police to not arrest him. The courts needed to do more, he said."
Feb 1, 2013 FightBack app: India's first mobile application for women's safety: "Developed by IT major Tech Mahindra, 'FightTBacK' was initially developed for inhouse use. The company made it publicly available from its website for free after the Delhi gangrape."
Feb 1, 2013 Anna says govt cheated people on Lokpal Bill: "Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare has criticised the government for not bringing the CBI and CVC under the ambit of the Lokpal Bill. He said the government cheated on the public by not holding proper consultations."
Feb 1, 2013 Mamata's decision of blocking Rushdie from Kolkata not surprising: Amit Chaudhuri: "Salman Rushdie on Friday tweeted that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had ordered the police to block his arrival in the city for the Literary Meet."
Feb 1, 2013 The Last Word: Is India weak in defending freedom of speech?: "Do the Ashis Nandy, Vishwaroopam and Salman Rushdie incidents prove that the Indian state is weak in defending freedom of speech?"
Jan 31, 2013 'Vishwaroopam' ban: Right to freedom of expression curbed?: "Salman Rushdie and the team of 'Midnight's Children' had to cancel their Kolkata promotional tour at the last minute. This after the local police warned about possible protests against the author by fringe muslim groups. And in the eye of this cultural storm is Kamal Haasan's fight to release his film 'Vishwaroopam' in his home turf, Tamil Nadu."
Jan 31, 2013 ED gets 10-day custody of Bastawade: "A special court on Thursday (January 31) allowed the Enforcement Directorate's request to take Anil Bastawade, an aide of former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, into remand for 10 days in connection with a multi-crore money laundering case."
Jan 31, 2013 4000 cr mining scam gets murkier: "TIMES NOW traced mining kingpin Anil Bastawade to Indonesia, thereafter exposing another key link in the Rs. 4000 crore scam- Sanjay Chaudhary and his brother Dhananjay, who allegedly helped route former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda's ill-gotten money to UAE. But despite that, there has been no action from the CBI, who has still not made any attempt to extradite the Chaudhary brothers, raising questions on whether there is a concerted effort to go slow in the case and who exactly is protecting Koda's man Friday."
Jan 30, 2013 Will mining scam kingpin spill the beans?: "Anil Bastawade extradited from Jakarta on a flight via Hong Kong seated in the last row on Air India flight 317 trying to hide his face from TIMES NOW cameras. The mining kingpin arrested by Enforcement Directorate (ED) on landing in New Delhi."
Jan 30, 2013 14 days judicial custody for Anil Bastawade: "The TIMES NOW expose has led to the reopening of the Rs. 4000 Crore mining scam, and the kingpin Anil Bastawade has been sent to 14 days' judicial custody."
Jan 30, 2013 Haasan threatens self exile: "On a day of dramatic developments, actor Kamal Haasan suffered a setback today when the Madras High Court stayed the release of 'Vishwaroopam' in Tamil Nadu even as he agreed to make changes in deference to Muslim sentiments while threatening to exile himself from the state."
Jan 30, 2013 Coal scam: ED arrests Madhu Koda aide Anil Bastawade: "The Enforcement Directorate has arrested former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda's aide Anil Bastawade. He was brought back from Jakarta on Tuesday night where he was arrested on January 21 on an Interpol notice."
Jan 30, 2013 'Vishwaroopam' ban: Kamal Haasan may not approach SC: "'Tamil Nadu wants me out. I don't know who's playing these games. I will find a secular state in India or may be go to another country. Bhai MF Hussain had to do it and so will I' - that was a very emotional Kamal Haasan addressing the media on Wednesday morning in the wake of the controversy surrounding the release of his film 'Vishwaroopam'."
Jan 30, 2013 Salman Rushdie's Kolkata trip cancelled: "Fringe Muslim groups have taken to the streets in Kolkata, protesting against author Salman Rushdie's visit to the city. The author cancelled a promotional event for the forthcoming film 'Midnight's Children'."
Jan 30, 2013 Vishwaroopam: Haasan paying the price of TN's cinema politics?: "With Kamal Haasan's request to meet the most powerful person in Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, being turned down, the iconic actor has turned to the people. Now that the Madras High Court, in a ruling that overturned a judge's order, has said 'Vishwaroopam' cannot open till February 6, left with no option, Haasan says he will leave Tamil Nadu."
Jan 30, 2013 The Last Word: What does 'Vishwaroopam' row tell us about our attitude to freedom of expression?: "What does the 'Vishwaroopam' controversy tell us about the censor board? About the Jayalalithaa government? And the attitude of the Indian system to freedom of expression?"
Jan 30, 2013 Vishwaroopam: Filmmakers call it 'state terrorism': "Filmmakers Mahesh Bhatt and Rituparno Ghosh strongly supported embattled actor-turned-director Kamal Haasan and said the hounding he is facing can only be termed as 'state terrorism'."
Jan 30, 2013 Is Kamal Haasan victim of a political game of Tamil Nadu government?: "Actor and director Kamal Haasan has said he is the victim of a political game. Is this cultural terrorism by the Tamil Nadu government? Is he being hounded by the state government?"
Jan 29, 2013 Jind: Congress councillor allegedly kills Dalit woman: " In a case of land grabbing, a Congress councillor from Jind in Haryana has allegedly killed a dalit woman and severely injured her husband."
Jan 29, 2013 ED: Will prove Bastawade-Koda link: "As the Rs 4000 cr mining scam kingpin Anil Bastawade, a fugitive businessman and a close associate of former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda, is being deported to India from Indonesia over alleged money laundering charges, the Supreme Court has granted the Enforcement Directorate (ED) one more month's custody of former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda. The ED has said that they will confront Koda with new evidence and prove the direct link between Koda and Anil Bastawade."
Jan 29, 2013 Blamegame between ED and MEA?: "Ahead of mining scam kingpin Anil Bastawade's arrival in India, massive blamegame breaks out between authorities over how and why Bastawade was able to evade the law for 4 years."
Jan 29, 2013 Crucial documents show Bastawade-Koda link: "TIMES NOW has accessed crucial Enforcement Directorate (ED) documents nailing Rs 4000 cr mining scam kingpin Anil Bastawade and showing the link between him and former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda. Anil Bastawade, a fugitive businessman and a close associate of former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda, was detained in Indonesia following an Interpol notice against him on alleged money laundering charges."
Jan 29, 2013 Tracked by TIMES NOW, now dragged back: "7 months after TIMES NOW exposed Rs 4000 cr mining scam kingpin Anil Bastawade by tracking him to his hideout in a remote island off Jakarta, Indonesia, he is arriving in India tonight (Jan 29) at 9.30 PM via an Air India flight."
Jan 28, 2013 Cop brutally assaults businessman: "Case of extreme brutality comes to light in Shekhpura District. Superintendent of Police (SP) Babu Ram brutally assaulted a liquor businessman Mukesh Kumar who was allegedly selling illegal liquor. SP Babu Ram arrested Mukesh Kumar and then assaulted him physically. Mukesh received severe injuries and he was referred to Patna Medical College Hospital where he had to undergo operation."
Jan 28, 2013 Mining scam kingpin Bastawade to be flown back to India: "After over seven months of TIMES NOW investigation, Rs 4000 crore mining scam kingpin and former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda's aide, Anil Bastawade, has been detained in Jakarta, Indonesia."
Jan 28, 2013 Citizen Journalist Show: Ban the two Finger Test: "Rape survivors turn CJs and speak up against the 2 finger test. Delhi boys tell Megha Mamgain if girls ask for it and lots more"
Jan 28, 2013 Telangana: Court orders police to file case against Shinde, PC: "The Ranga Reddy district court has now admitted a petition against former home minister P Chidambaram and Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde accusing them of cheating the people of Telangana with their statements. The court has directed the police to register a case."
Jan 27, 2013 Electoral reforms must to curb crime against women: Justice Verma: "In an interview to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, the former Chief Justice of India said that Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, the most important stakeholder in the issue, did not interact with the panel even once during the one month period that it took to prepare and submit its report."
Jan 27, 2013 Gangrape: Shinde never interacted with us, says Justice Verma: "Justice JS Verma, the head of the panel that was constituted in the aftermath of the horrific Delhi gangrape to suggest reforms in anti-sexual harassment laws, has made a startling claim. In an interview to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, the former Chief Justice of India said that Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, the most important stakeholder in the issue, did not interact with the panel even once during the one month period that it took to prepare and submit its report."
Jan 27, 2013 Indira Gandhi institutionalized Corruption in India - Rajiv Dixit: "राजीव दिक्षित जयप्रकाश नारायण के आन्दोलन के बारे में बताते है। वो बताते है की इंदिरा गाँधी कहती थी भ्रस्ताचार तो शिष्टाचार है। बिना भ्रस्ताचार के लोकतंत्र चल नहीं सकता है। भ्रस्ताचार वो तेल है जिसके बिना लोकतंत्र का पहिया चल नहीं सकता। यानि की इंदिरा गाँधी ने भार्स्ताचार को संस्थागत रूप दिया।"
Jan 26, 2013 CBI raids Dental Council members at 8 places across India: "The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday conducted raids on Dental Council of India members at eight places across the country. The raids were conducted in Hyderabad, Chennai, Mangalore and Bangalore among other places."
Jan 26, 2013 Sena to give knives to women on Bal Thackeray's birth anniversary: "The Shiv Sena has planned to distribute knives to women at different places as a means of enhancing their personal security in the wake of the recent harassment cases against women. The Shiv Sena has taken up the task of distributing knives to women on late founder Bal Thackeray's birth anniversary on Wednesday."
Jan 26, 2013 Law enforcement shouldn't be tools of politicians: Justice Verma: "In a detailed and scathing report the three-member Justice JS Verma Committee has called for stricter implementation of existing laws, police reforms, gender sensitisation of the security agencies and judiciary along with several changes in the Indian Penal Code (IPC) to deal with crime against women particularly rape cases. In one of the most significant recommendations the Justice Verma Committee has proposed that if a woman ends up killing a rapist or a would-be rapist, she can claim the right to self defence under Section 100 of the IPC."
Jan 26, 2013 Exposed: School bus permits misused to ferry passengers: "No lessons learn after the horrific Delhi gangrape. An IBN7 sting operation has exposed how school bus permits are being misused to ferry passengers. And illegal bus drivers pay police a monthly fee of Rs 5,500 to enter Delhi."
Jan 26, 2013 Gadkari threatens I-T officials probing Purti links: "A day after Rajnath Singh took his place as the Bharatiya Janata Party President, Nitin Gadkari is out but not down. In an open threat, he has in fact warned Income Tax officials of consequences when the BJP comes to power. 'I know the names of the officials who are trying to target me. They are trying day and night to frame me. But they should know that the Congress is going to go down and when we are in power, Sonia and Chidambaram will not be able to save them,' Gadkari said."
Jan 26, 2013 Mumbai's public transport system in a mess: "The public transport system in Mumbai is in a complete mess. Local train accidents in Mumbai have increased by 8 per cent in the past one year. Adding to the woes, there has been no addition to the city's fleet of buses in 4 years."
Jan 26, 2013 'Stop this cultural terrorism,' says Kamal Haasan: "Legendary actor Kamal Haasan on Thursday reacted strongly to the Tamil Nadu government's decision to ban his latest film 'Vishwaroopam' following protests from some Muslim groups and said such 'cultural terrorism' should stop."
Jan 26, 2013 There is a cultural emergency in India, says Salman Rushdie: "Author Salman Rushdie, who's book Midnight's Children is now a film has said that there is a cultural emergency in India. Speaking to CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose, both Rushdie and the film's director, Deepa Mehta said they are deeply worried about repeated attacks on creative freedom in India."
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