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Nov 10, 2012 Black money flowing out of India is more than fiscal deficit: "Kar estimates that in a period of 61 years from 1948 to 2008, India lost a total of $213 billion dollars due to illicit flows, the present value of which is at least $462 billion. In rupee terms this works out to a whopping Rs 25,317,60 crore. This number is almost 5 times the fiscal deficit of the government of India for the year 2012-2013."
Nov 10, 2012 What Karnad just found out: India is a nation of holy cows: "Mohun Bagan is the best football club: This is not much of a holy cow now but in the eighties and till the mid nineties any criticism of this football club could have got you lynched. Then came ESPN-Star Sports and Bengal realised that their football is a slow motion version of the real football played in Europe."
Nov 10, 2012 Rs. 14 crore and counting: Lokayukta raids councillor: "Lokayukta officals checking corporator Govindaraj's documents at his driver Prakash's residence during their raid in Bangalore on Friday."
Nov 10, 2012 Half of Lucknow's police stations have dead phones: " 20 of the 43 police stations in the state capital have non-functional telephones"
Nov 10, 2012 Citizens Against Corruption: Your Voice: "People tell us which government department according to them is the most corrupt"
Nov 10, 2012 Government protecting HSBC Bank, alleges Arvind Kejriwal: "India Against Corruption activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday alleged that the government is protecting HSBC Bank, against whom he had made money laundering charges. The government, earlier in the day,"
Nov 10, 2012 Govt targeting the small fry, sparing the corrupt: Kejriwal: "India Against Corruption (IAC) activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal has refused to accept the government's statement that explained that a probe had been initiated into the information provided by the g"
Nov 8, 2012 Need more clarity in law to act against political hierarchy: CVC: "The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has sought "more clarity" in a legislation governing its mandate in probing complaints of corruption against politicians or civil servants."
Nov 8, 2012 'Corruption, water crises and income disparity biggest risks for India': "Water supply crises, a growing gap between rich and poor, terrorism and cyber attacks are among the top global risks most troubling India’s experts, according to the World Economic Forum’s latest Global Risks Perception Survey."
Nov 8, 2012 Communist prescription: power corrupts, therefore reduce state monopoly
Nov 8, 2012 Sick of corruption, Paresh Rawal wants to take to gun
Nov 8, 2012 "Corruption reaching turning point in India"
Nov 8, 2012 Sick of corruption, Paresh Rawal wants to shoot politicians: ""Sometimes, I want to become a Naxalite, take a gun and shoot these politicians. They are third-rate, shameless people without any morality,""
Nov 8, 2012 Corrupt leaders and dirty politics: What else do we expect?
Nov 8, 2012 Corruption has been trivialised
Nov 8, 2012 Suffering India rising against corruption: CAG Vinod Rai
Nov 7, 2012 Govt's brazenness in decision making appalling: CAG: "CAG Vinod Rai, whose reports on irregularities in coal block allocations and 2G telecom spectrum had created a major political storm, today deprecated the "brazenness" with which the decisions were being taken, calling it "appalling"."
Nov 7, 2012 Cops always side with rapists: Karnataka HC: ""I never understand why the police always take the side of villains. Whether it is Haryana or Karnataka, it is the same. No sympathy over the plight of women,''"
Nov 7, 2012 Why India loves a good electrician: "Many Indians seem to be proud of their ability to deal with inefficiency - but how long can a country that projects itself as a global powerhouse continue to put up with a situation where anything that can go wrong, usually does?"
Nov 5, 2012 Naveen Patnaik involved in Odisha mining scam: Srikant Jena: "Iron ore worth Rs 2,50,000 crore was illegally mined in Odisha as the state government colluded with private companies, Union minister Srikant Jena said"
Nov 5, 2012 ‘30% Indians utterly corrupt': "a former Vigilance Chief has said that at least 30 per cent of Indians are utterly corrupt."
Nov 5, 2012 Reveal source of funding of mega rally: Kejriwal to Cong: "special trains were run and buses were hired. How much was spent on these arrangements?,""
Nov 5, 2012 Steep rise in corruption, inflation during UPA rule: Akhilesh
Nov 5, 2012 Gadkari shouldn't get second term as BJP President: Jethmalani: "Mahesh Jethmalani quit the BJP National Executive on Monday saying he cannot serve the party till Nitin Gadkari is the President. He also said he wasn't satisfied by Gadkari's clarification of his comment on Swami Vive"
Nov 3, 2012 Gas Masks Mandatory : "Jaipal Reddy’s by-the-book approach was hitting Reliance bad. He had to go."
Nov 3, 2012 Gold stuffed inside sofa, Rs 25-cr assets found during raid on MP DIG Prisons: "The Madhya Pradesh Lokayukta Police on Saturday raided the official residence of Umesh Kumar Gandhi, state DIG Prisons, and the home of his brother and detected Rs 25 crore worth assets, alongwith several lakhs of rupees in cash, 14 bank lockers, and a tin carrying Rs 2 crore worth fixed deposit receipts."
Nov 3, 2012 Public money, private extravaganza: "Andhra Pradesh Minister Botsa Satyanarayana Rao is being accused of misusing his position and utilising the service of government officials for the wedding of his daughter. The Deputy Transport Commissioner had ordered private taxis to be at the service of the Minister for the wedding. But that's not all...sources say a few Ministers along with their families are being put up at a five star hotel at the exchequer's expense."
Nov 3, 2012 'ताकतवर लोगों को क्यों छूते हो?': ""वहाँ एक पुलिस वाले ने इशारों में कहा कि मैंने पी चिदंबरम के बेटे और सोनिया गाँधी के दामाद रॉबर्ट वाड्रा जैसे ताकतवर लोगों को छूने की कोशिश क्यों की?""
Nov 3, 2012 Swamy petitions EC to derecognise Congress: "Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy today moved the Election Commission to derecognise Congress, alleging the party violated laws by providing a Rs 90 crore loan to a company that published the now-defunct National Herald newspaper."
Nov 3, 2012 Subramanian Swamy moves EC against Congress: "The Janata Party president has asked the Election Commission to de-recognise the Congress party."
Nov 3, 2012 Cong not a charitable body, can't give loans: Swamy: "Keeping up with his attack on the Congress, Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy on Saturday slammed it saying it wasn't a charitable organisation to extend loans."
Nov 3, 2012 AP Cong leader Botsa splurges crores on daughter's wedding: " It is being called the mega wedding of Andra Pradesh. Nearly 700 constables, 35 DSPs and 120 SHOs were reportedly deployed to ensure the wedding of Congress chief Botsa Satyanarayana's daughter went off smoot"
Nov 3, 2012 MP: IPS officer raided; cash, jewellery worth Rs 25 cr found: "The Madhya Pradesh Lokayukta police on Saturday raided the residence of a senior IPS officer and found cash and jewellery worth crores. The police reportedly recovered nearly Rs 25 crore worth of cash and jewe"
Nov 3, 2012 Swamy asks EC to de-recognise Congress: "Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy on Saturday moved the Election Commission seeking de-recognition of the Congress party over extending loan to Associated Journals Limited."
Nov 3, 2012 LPG shortage: Omar gets away with flouting rule: "Long queues at gas dealers have been a regular sight in the Kashmir valley for weeks now as LPG availability became acute. But even as the valley saw multiple protests, some like the one in Sopore turned violent."
Nov 3, 2012 CVC for association of anti-corruption bodies to check graft: ""We will have to join hands together to fight the multi-faceted monster called corruption. My proposal would be to set up an Indian Association of anti-corruption agencies and make it a workable solution,""
Nov 3, 2012 ‘It Is Not Enough To Be Honest And Be Oblivious To Corruption’: "Are you referring to the prime minister here? Dr Manmohan Singh is honest and is known to be honest. But it is one thing for him to be honest, and another to tolerate corruption around him. The very least expected of an honest man is that he exert moral authority in dispensing responsibilities. If you can’t stand up, you must step down."
Nov 3, 2012 We have to completely overthrow this system: Kejriwal: "Commenting on the Uttar Pradesh government dropping money laundering cases against Amar Singh, Kejriwal tweeted that it was shameful. “Is this criminal justice system? We have to completely overthrow this system. Next Mulayam Singh will withdraw cases against Salman Khurshid. Wait n watch. And in return, congress wud withdraw cases against mulayam,”"
Nov 3, 2012 Gandhi as IPS: Officer stashes assets worth crores of rupees: "So far, they had found fixed deposit receipts of Rs 2.3 crore, Rs 40 lakh investment in LIC, Rs 4 lakh cash and title documents of 25 properties in Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur, Raisen, Katni and Sagar districts,"
Nov 2, 2012 'Transparency needed in public life to eradicate corruption': ""Sardar Patel not only gave a united shape to the independent country but also observed a high standard of transparency and honesty in both personal and public life.""
Nov 2, 2012 'Corruption is socially acceptable in India': "Corruption is socially acceptable in India and millions of Indian families bribe public servants for access to basic services, said former chief vigilance commissioner Pratyush Sinha", "Sinha said that while 30% of all Indians was totally corrupt, 50% of them are borderline cases. He added that just about 20 % Indians were honest."
Nov 2, 2012 Protester at Kejriwal press meet has links with Gandhis: IAC: "The India Against Corruption on Friday released a series of photographs to show that the man who disrupted IAC leader Arvind Kejriwal's press conference on Wednesday had links with the Gandhi family."
Nov 2, 2012 UP govt drops money laundering cases against Amar Singh: "There seems to be some development in Uttar Pradesh's political circles. A patch-up seems to be in the offing between friends-turned-foes Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and former Samajwadi Party l"
Nov 2, 2012 Should people be arrested for tweeting offensive comments?: "A 19-year-old man was sentenced for three months after posting crude jokes on Facebook about a missing five-year-old thought to have been murdered in UK."
Nov 2, 2012 Former Army chief Gen VK Singh threatens to gherao Parliament in December over sugar sector decontrol: "He clarified that he has not yet decided on contesting elections. "Good people should enter Parliament. But I have not thought about myself yet.""
Nov 2, 2012 Singhvi back as Congress spokesperson?: "Singhvi, who had quit as the Chairperson of Parliament Standing Committee on Law and Justice and as the Congress Spokesperson following a CD controversy in April is to be reinstated as a party Spokesperson for television debates and a formal announcement of the same is likely in the next two days. The Congress had sidelined him and removed him from party's official Spokespersons roster after a sleaze video, allegedly involving him, went viral on social media sites."
Nov 2, 2012 Probe against Amar downgraded?: "Almost 20 days after Allahabad High Court directed Uttar Pradesh government to probe the alleged irregularities involving Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh during his stint as head of UP Development Council, the state government on Friday (November 2) transferred the case to Kanpur Police."
Nov 2, 2012 'Extortionist' leader flouts law again: "This is the second time Shukla has openly flouted the law even after being in the jail. Currently he is serving in the Khudiram Bose Central Jail in a murder case. Earlier, Shukla called the director of a private engineering college Santlal Yadav twice on his mobile from inside the jail demanding Rs 2 crore for the rally seeking special status for Bihar. JD(U) has come out to defend Munna Shukla, who was caught on camera distributing pamphlets while being handcuffed and produced in court for a bail plea."
Nov 2, 2012 Should former Army Chief VK Singh gherao Parliament?: "Former Army Chief V K Singh on Friday (Nov 2) took his protest against the central government a step further when he indicated he may join a canegrowers' planned gherao of Parliament on December four."
Nov 2, 2012 IAC 'proves' Cong link to shoe thrower: "India Against Corruption(IAC) on Friday (November 2) claimed that a man who threw a shoe at Arvind Kejriwal two days ago is close to Gandhi family."
Nov 2, 2012 Government officials at minister's service: "There is a major controversy over the wedding of Andhra Transport Minister's daughter. Minister Botsa Satyanarayana Rao has allegedly misused his position and utilised the service of the government officials for the wedding. The minister has deployed close to 750 police personnel for the wedding preparations. Rao's ministry has also issued a requisition to 300 private taxis to be at the service of the Minister for the wedding. Even a delegation of ministers have decided to hold review meetings close to the wedding venue at Vizag. This raises questions on whether the meeting was specifically held to fund the travel expenses of these big shot ministers' to attend the wedding."
Nov 2, 2012 Fiercest political debate of 2012: "The row over Congress' loan to a company today (November 2) escalated with the party and Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy daring each other to file cases as BJP waded into the controversy seeking a specific answer whether money was transferred from AICC."
Nov 2, 2012 Licence Raj back in a new avatar: "This great game is all about acquiring India's natural resources, at any cost, one might add."
Nov 2, 2012 Corruption rampant in coalition, admits Omar Abdullah as UPA faces flurry of charges: "Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah created further trouble for the UPA government at the Centre, which has already been battling a series of allegations, by his shocking admission that corruption was rampant in the coalition."
Nov 2, 2012 Congress or BJP, they need to answer corruption charges: RSS
Nov 2, 2012 Disclose information related to corruption cases: CIC to CBI: "Holding that information related to allegations of corruption has to be provided even by organisations exempted under the RTI Act, the CIC has directed CBI to provide all information pertaining to corruption cases."
Nov 2, 2012 From corruption to murder? Nitin Gadkari-linked case takes nasty turn: "murder of RTI activist Satish Shetty, on Friday conducted searches at the offices of IRB Infrastructure Developers Limited, a company which was recently in news over its links with BJP chief Nitin Gadkari. "
Nov 2, 2012 IAC claims shoe thrower close to Gandhi family
Nov 2, 2012 'Imbalance in demand, supply leading to corruption': "Graph of corruption in India was on a new height and from top to bottom senior bureaucrats, politicians, and other employees all were involved in corrupt practices.""
Nov 2, 2012  सरकार पर चढ़ाई करेंगे जनरल वीके सिंह
Nov 2, 2012 CAG pulls up Oil Ministry for agreeing to RIL's terms: "The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has pulled up the Union Oil Ministry for agreeing to the conditions of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) for the audit of KG-D6 basin. According to sources, the auditi"
Nov 2, 2012 Mid-day meal scheme turning into a nightmare: "It was an ambitious project of the government, but it's turning into a nightmare with children being served substandard food."
Nov 2, 2012 KG Basin row: CAG slams Oil Ministry, says RIL's terms unconstitutional: "The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has pulled up the Union Oil Ministry for agreeing to the conditions of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) for the audit of KG-D6 basin. According to sources, the auditi"
Nov 2, 2012 Should the Gandhis break their self-imposed code of silence?: "Subhramanian Swamy challenged Rahul Gandhi to file a case after he threatened legal action against the Janata party president over his allegations of irregularities by Rahul and Sonia Gandhi in transferring funds from a"
Nov 2, 2012 Web of political links helped Vadra’s land deals: "revenue officials point out that since the payment for the land was not received through the cheque mentioned in the sale deed, it would fall foul of Section 82 of the Registration Act, 1908 since the payment of Rs. 7.5 crore was not completed between vendor and vendee, and would ordinarily invite penalty under the Act."
Nov 2, 2012 Khemka questions police 'failure' to nab caller: "Senior Haryana IAS officer Ashok Khemka, who claimed to have got two threat calls within a fortnight, today questioned the functioning of the state police over its alleged failure to nab the caller."
Nov 2, 2012 Was the Oil Ministry arm-twisted by RIL?: "Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily has said that it's a matter between the Ministry and RIL, and law would take its course"
Nov 2, 2012 Haryana labelled 'balatkar Pradesh' for crimes on Dalits by Scheduled Caste commission
Nov 1, 2012 Anti-Corruption | One man, one bribe: "Threats began to come his way thick and fast, he says, from local criminals, politicians, government officials, even the police."
Nov 1, 2012 276 public servants convicted for corruption in Odisha
Nov 1, 2012 Money Power in Polls Root Cause of Corruption: Quraishi: "Lack of transparency in political funding and use of unaccounted money in elections are the root causes of corruption in India and they need to be addressed urgently, former chief election commissioner S Y Quraishi said"
Nov 1, 2012 Why most of our heroes turn out to be corrupt
Nov 1, 2012 Swamy demands CBI probe against Sonia, Rahul: "Janata party President Subramanian Swamy today (Nov 1 ) deals a blow to Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi, claims massive illegal gains made by their family run firm. Swamy has accused Sonia and Rahul for allegedly violating rules to benefit their company Young Indian."
Nov 1, 2012 Will Rahul sue Subramanian Swamy?: "Janata Party Chief Subramanian Swamy on Thursday (Nov 1) deals a blow to Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi, claims massive illegal gains made by their family run firm."
Nov 1, 2012 Businessman vs Finance minister's son: "The tweet of a Puducherry-based business on Karti Chidambaram, the son of the Finance minister, has turned into a fight now. Businessman S Ravi who arrested after Karti Chidambaram complaint"
Nov 1, 2012 IAS officer Khemka threatened: "Senior Haryana IAS officer Ashok Khemka, who is in the news following the recent controversy over land deals involving Robert Vadra, has received another threat call and Panchkula police have begun an enquiry into the matter."
Nov 1, 2012 The Last Word: Do the ghosts of 1984 still haunt the Congress?: "November 1 is the anniversary of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots that left over 3,000 dead."
Nov 1, 2012 Man arrested for tweets against Chidambaram's son plans legal action: "Ravi Srinivasan, a businessman from Puducherry was arrested and later released, for his tweet on the Finance Minister's son Karti Chidambaram."
Nov 1, 2012 Subramanian Swamy accuses Sonia, Rahul Gandhi of 'fraud': "Subramanian Swamy on Thursday targeted UPA chairperson Sonia and Gandhi and Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi accusing them of converting a public firm into a private company."
Nov 1, 2012 Kejriwal dares Khurshid to stop him in Farrukhabad: "Claiming that all the political parties in the country are involved in corruption, Arvind Kejriwal asked why is Congress president Sonia Gandhi silent on the issue. He also demanded that Salman Khurshid be arrested in th"
Nov 1, 2012 Newsmaker of the Day: Subramanian Swamy: "Subramanian Swamy on Thursday targeted Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi raising questions over acquisition of a company that published the now-defunct National Herald newspaper to which Congress gave a loan of over Rs 90 cr"
Nov 1, 2012 Is the Centre shielding the Odisha mining cartel?: "Iron mines in Odisha escape fines worth hundreds of crores, according to a new report. Odisha's Steel and Mines Secretary has recommended recovery of revenue from excess mining from all 198 mines."
Nov 1, 2012 Swamy targets Sonia and Rahul, accuses them of fraud: "Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy on Thursday targeted UPA chairperson Sonia and Gandhi and Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi accusing them of converting a public firm into a private company."
Nov 1, 2012 Arvind Kejriwal targets Reliance: "India Against Corruption (IAC) today brought Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani in its line of fire alleging that the UPA and the previous NDA governments had favoured his company by giving contract on gas exploration in the KG Basin and concessions at a huge cost to the exchequer."
Nov 1, 2012 Oil ministry postpones CAG audit meet on Reliance block: "The oil ministry postponed Wednesday's scheduled meeting for India's official auditor to begin audit of Reliance Industries' (RIL) KG-D6 oil and gas producing block.", "The CAG audit had questioned the company's revision of capital expenditure of the block to $8.8 billion from $2.39 billion."
Nov 1, 2012 Kejriwal says crony capitalists dictating govt policies: "After Robert Vadra and Nitin Gadkari, Arvind Kejriwal has now taken on Mukesh Ambani and Reliance Industries. In a bid to expose industrialist-politician nexus, Arvind Kejriwal-led India Against Corruption"
Nov 1, 2012 The Law Of The Land: "Mr Srinivasan tweeted from his Twitter account @ravi_the_indian : “got reports that karthick chidambaram has amassed more wealth than vadra.” He was arrested under Section 66-A of Information Technology Act after registration of a case on the complaint by Karti Chidambaram lodged with the Union Territory's Inspector General of Police"
Nov 1, 2012 Swamy accuses Sonia, Rahul of property fraud: "Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy on Thursday alleged that Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi have “fraudulently acquired properties of Associated Journals Private Ltd (AJPL) in Delhi, UP and other places worth Rs 1,600 crore”."
Nov 1, 2012 Sonia, Rahul grabbed property worth Rs 1,600 crore: Subramanian Swamy: " Rahul Gandhi of running a fraud company and of misusing government facilities. Addressing a news conference, Swamy alleged that Rahul and Sonia jointly owned 76 per cent of a company called Young Indian."
Oct 31, 2012 Industrialist held for ‘offensive’ tweet on Chidambaram's son: " in a tweet on October 19 alleged that Karti had "amassed" more wealth than Robert Vadra, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law.", ""The police action is completely unacceptable. Are we living in a goonda raj? Of late anyone talking about the nexus between the political class and corporates is targeted,""
Oct 30, 2012 HUDA working for builders: Arvind Kejriwal: "Days after calling Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit an agent of power discoms, India Against Corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal blamed Haryana CM Bhupinder Hooda on Tuesday of favouring the builders."
Oct 30, 2012 Anti-corruption crusader rattles India's political class: "From a shabby house in one of New Delhi's grimmest suburbs, a mild-mannered former tax official has launched a salvo of accusations of corruption involving some of India's most powerful people, rocking the political establishment."
Oct 30, 2012 Don't behave like a khap panchayat, Karnataka HC tells Army: "A bench headed by Chief Justice Vikramajit Sen of the Karnataka high court on Tuesday compared the Army to a khap panchayat for blocking a young officer's bid to marry a 29-year-old Sri Lankan woman he's in love with."
Oct 30, 2012 ममता ने किया अन्ना का समर्थन कहा, ये सरकार डेड बॉडी जैसी है
Oct 30, 2012 UPA shuffle cannot work when whole govt structure is flawed
Oct 30, 2012 HP’s crorepati candidates don’t pay a rupee of Income Tax: "the CPM’s candidate from Theog, Rakesh Singh, having total assets worth Rs 17.28 crore, leads the list of candidates having high assets but those who have never filed IT returns."
Oct 30, 2012 Reveal names of your donors: Kejriwal to BJP: "Social activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are involved in a war of words after the party questioned India against Corruption's source of funds."
Oct 30, 2012 Parliament must be dissolved: General VK Singh: "Former Army chief General VK Singh has sounded a war cry against the government."
Oct 30, 2012 Behind Haryana land boom, the Midas touch of Hooda: "Mr. Yajee was a benevolent seller. He did not cash the cheque he received from Mr. Vadra until after the latter obtained a licence changing the plot’s land use to commercial and sold it to DLF for a hefty profit — something no property dealer would normally do."
Oct 30, 2012  Is there a cover up by Gadkari-promoted Purti group?: "After the Income Tax department began inquiry into the alleged shell companies investing in BJP President Nitin Gadkari firm, CNN-IBN has found that a number of companies have changed their addresses overnight."

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