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Nov 7, 2011 Cell phones in jails: Kerala govt writes to MHA: "The Kerala government has asked for a probe by the NIA into the seizure of mobile phones from jails in the state."
Nov 7, 2011 Is the parole system being misused by VIPs?
Nov 7, 2011 Fool’s world: Who gave Saif the right to be a Nawab?: "The title did not even belong to his father, the legendary gentleman-cricketer, Mansoor Ali Khan. With the withdrawal of privy purses by Indira Gandhi, his title too vanished.", "this charade in Pataudi, and the conferment of a title on Saif Ali khan, is hypocritical and grandiose in a democratic republic. The very idea of retaining and using feudal titles is inimical to democracy. The fact is, even the national Padma awards are not supposed to be used as titles."
Nov 7, 2011 UP Govt dumps cop in asylum: "UP IPS officers questioned the putting UP DIG DD Mishra in mental asylum and said they never found him to need any medical action. Mishra, a 1978 batch IPS officer, has been admitted in the Psychiatric ward of the Chattrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University. Alleging corruption and discrepancies in purchases in the fire department, Mishra alleged he was being harassed for exposing scam and was facing a threat to his life. Mishra was taken to the medical college after he refused to leave his office despite persuasion by senior officers."
Nov 7, 2011 UP Govt dumps cop in asylum: "UP IPS officers questioned the putting UP DIG DD Mishra in mental asylum and said they never found him to need any medical action. Mishra, a 1978 batch IPS officer, has been admitted in the Psychiatric ward of the Chattrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University. Alleging corruption and discrepancies in purchases in the fire department, Mishra alleged he was being harassed for exposing scam and was facing a threat to his life. Mishra was taken to the medical college after he refused to leave his office despite persuasion by senior officers."
Nov 7, 2011 Koda forces RIMS board - Former CM asks for doctor from Delhi: "Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) director Tulsi Mahto today constituted a medical board to decide on the course of treatment of former chief minister Madhu Koda, who was admitted to the hospital with injuries sustained during a brawl at Birsa Munda Central Jail.", "“Koda refused to go for the operation saying he wanted Krishna Kant Mishra of AIIMS to treat his bone injury. He said he was ready to bear all expenses to bring the doctor to Ranchi,”"
Nov 7, 2011 Nitish Katara killers live in luxury in hospital: "The Yadav brothers, who are sons of former MP D P Yadav, have enjoyed 85 medical outings since their conviction.", "Life convict or state guest?"
Nov 7, 2011 What is ailing Bengal hospitals?: "In the span of just two days last week, 23 crib deaths took place in two government hospitals in Kolkata.", "A visit to some of the care centres can make one cringe - filthy corridors with rows of patients lying on damp floors, dogs roaming around, heaps of garbage at every corner. If that's unpalatable, the treatment meted out by unsympathetic doctors, the behaviour of rude and untrained nurses and the administration of wrong medication make government hospitals in West Bengal a living hell."
Nov 7, 2011 Kerala’s political scrap may uncover India’s judical “fixer”: "Cabinet ministers of the ruling United Democratic Front (UDF), led by Congress Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, says Nandakumar is a “corporate broker” and a “”judiciary fixer”., "“Nandakumar has so far been widely acknowledged in Kerala’s legal circles as the “fixer” for a former Chief Justice of India (CJI),”", "Here is an extract from the National Lawyers Campaign’s confidential letter dated 4 February 2011: I have very definite and absolutely reliable information of a conduit…He is Mr. TGN Kumar, his Cell Phone numbers are 9847095080…and…. He may be a matriculate, at the most an under-graduate. His only and exclusive business is being a conduit of judges. There are many judges of the Supreme Court and the high courts (of) whom he claims to be, and I believe truly, a conduit. He has a long list of judges, of whom he claims to be a conduit.” The letter then goes to name several judges from various high courts and even the Supreme Court,"
Nov 7, 2011 Maruti paid leaders Shiv Kumar & Sonu Gujjar Rs 1 crore each to end strike, allege workers: "Kumar and Gujjar were given Rs 1 crore each and that the Haryana government has promised them flats and cars in Delhi."
Nov 7, 2011 CJ: no action in K'taka medical negligence case: "Parikshit Dalal has been fighting a case of medical negligence for over a year at the Karnataka Medical Council.", "35-year Kapali Patne died in operation theatre during child birth", "Hospital claims anaesthesia reaction"
Nov 6, 2011 In hounding dissent, India is just as rotten as China: "the Dirty Tricks Department of the Congress has come up with ever more inventive ways to target Arvind Kejriwal and other anti-corruption activists banded together under Anna Hazare‘s leadership."
Nov 6, 2011 Of rights andrebellion… : "India is plagued by scandals, one after the other. Ranging from 2G spectrum to mining scams to Lokpal bill, the problems have come in different magnitudes and forms. Besides these, another major issue concerning entire nation is the issue of separate regions — based on various whims and fancies."
Nov 6, 2011 The nature of corruption in India is going through great change: "There is the big-ticket kind of corruption, associated with the electoral and political system and abuse of discretion in allocation of natural resources."
Nov 6, 2011 Will quit movement if corruption of even Rs 10 is proved: Kejriwal
Nov 6, 2011 Will quit movement if corruption of even Rs 10 is proved: Kejriwal
Nov 6, 2011 BBC: Will India's anti-corruption campaign implode?
Nov 6, 2011 Oops, corrupt IAS officer gets a hoarding in Bhopal: "Tinu Joshi, whose house produced three crores in cash when raided last year, made it into a list of women whose photos are part of a government campaign for the girl child."
Nov 6, 2011 Hema Malini, Asha Bhosle back anti corruption crusaders
Nov 6, 2011 Roots of Corruption in India: "the British government acknowledged that, given the vast discretionary powers of the administrators, there could be the temptation to skim from the booty. So, they put in place a system that ensured that British officials posted to India would be very well paid -- and punished for dishonesty -- in order to mitigate the urge to dip into the coffers. When India gained Independence in 1947, Prime Minister Nehru retained the extensive powers of the British colonial administration -- including laws that gave officials the right to intervene in almost any aspect of daily life. However, at the same time, he also dramatically reduced salaries in the public sector."
Nov 6, 2011 BJP blames Sonia for corruption: "We want to ask her if her party also received money in the 2G spectrum allocation scam, Commonwealth Games scam. What was the share of Congress Party in the Rs 1.76 lakh crore 2G scam?”"
Nov 6, 2011 Corruption main reason for PM's failure to curb inflation: LK Advani
Nov 6, 2011 Corruption: The change we need: "The total spending for the 2009 Lok Sabha elections is reportedly pegged at Rs 10,000 crore."
Nov 6, 2011 Sentiment against graft more popular than Ram: LK Advani
Nov 6, 2011 Weeding Out Corruption in India
Nov 6, 2011 PM has no control over decisions: Advani: ""Our Prime Minister does not have the last word. It lies with the others at 10 Janpath (residence of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi),""
Nov 6, 2011 Graft at unprecedented levels, buck no longer stops at PMO: Advani
Nov 6, 2011 Need to fight corruption intelligently: Chief Economic Advisor Kaushik Basu
Nov 6, 2011 Corruption-hit Karnataka to end graft at lower levels: "Steeply falling from grace, from being the first Indian state to set up the Lokayukta (ombudsman) to one where corruption has spread like cancer, Karnataka is taking baby steps to end graft at lower rungs."
Nov 6, 2011 Coal India to use GPS to stop pilferage: "It is estimated that at least a quarter of CIL’s 431 million tonne (mt) production is stolen in transit,"
Nov 6, 2011 Do you believe that Nagaland is the ‘corruption capital’ of India?: "look at politician in nagaland n a buracrate they r millionar nw. If u ve 30lakhs u can b a gazt ofcr qualification n capability doesn’t matter at all. Its not a capital of corpt. Bt heaven of corruption."
Nov 6, 2011 Naveen Patnaik protecting the corrupt: Anti-graft group: "Corruption watchdog Transparency International India Thursday accused Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik of protecting the corrupt and not acting against tainted officials despite a public outcry. The statement by the group comes a day after the state government opened a dispensary in the confiscated house of a tainted former Indian Administrative Service Officer (IAS) in state capital Bhubaneswar."
Nov 6, 2011 Bribery case: Youth confesses to mimicking Farooq's voice: "National Conference worker, Muhammad Yusuf Bhat, belonging to north Kashmir's Ganderbal district, had complained to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah that Yousuf had taken Rs.85 lakh from him for getting him a ministerial berth."
Nov 6, 2011 Baby doom as India booms: "The country’s growing status as an economic superpower is masking a failure to stem infant deaths among the poor"
Nov 6, 2011 HC slams DDA’s Rohini housing scheme: Source of fertile litigation: "nearly 120,000 applicants found themselves registered under the scheme, as per which DDA became obliged to allot a plot of land to each applicant as per priority position assigned to each applicant"
Nov 6, 2011 Inspite of Sikh PM no justice for '84 victims: Ramdev: "Yoga Guru Ramdev on Sunday said it was unfortunate that despite being a Sikh, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had not been able to provide justice to the victims of 1984 riots and asked the people to teach a lesson to the Congress in next year's Punjab assembly polls."
Nov 6, 2011 Scams during UPA rule have brought 'shame' to nation: Advani
Nov 5, 2011 UP whistleblower cop vs Mayawati: "A senior police officer was on Friday (November 4) night allegedly manhandled and forcibly dumped to a mental asylum after he took on Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati by alleging massive corruption in the state."
Nov 5, 2011 UP cop takes on Maya, dumped in mental hospital: "The IPS officer had threatened to make public files containing evidence of the massive embezzlement of funds in the state."
Nov 5, 2011 Illegal mining: Janardhana Reddy's wife under scanner: "Two months after the arrest of mining baron and former Karnataka minister G Janardhana Reddy on charges of illegal mining, a formal probe into the role of his wife Aruna Lakshmi in the scandal began on Saturday."
Nov 5, 2011 Cops hunt Jamia prof for torture of 10-year-old: "A Jamia Millia Islamia professor, whose profile on the university website says he publishes a journal on child abuse, is absconding after being accused of torturing a 10-year-old domestic help at his house."
Nov 5, 2011 Govt tapping phones of Team Anna members, says Kejriwal: "Pointing that under law, the phones of only those who pose a threat to national security can be tapped, Kejriwal asked: “Is Anna and his team a threat to national security? Corrupt people are the real threat. Interestingly, they are the ones with the power to give permission to tap phones.”"
Nov 5, 2011 With Manmohan as PM, our system approximates communist one: Advani: "He asks why Sonia Gandhi is silent over black money, corruption and inflation."
Nov 4, 2011 UP officer alleges corruption, cops dump him in hospital: "A senior police officer was bodily lifted by police and dragged kicking and screaming from his office in Lucknow this evening, hours after he alleged massive corruption and embezzlement of funds in the purchase of equipment and other material. Police said the officer appeared to have a “mental problem”."
Nov 4, 2011 Lavasa Corp officials face 5 years in jail: "Violations under the Environment Protection Act, under which Lavasa Corporation and 15 officials have been charged, attract a penalty of up to Rs 1 lakh or imprisonment up to five years."
Nov 4, 2011 Ex-CJ denied RTI info on dumper scam: "Former chief justice of Gauhati high court Justice R S Garg was denied access to official documents under RTI Act at the office of special police establishment of Madhya Pradesh Lokayukta when he went there to get details about " dumper scam" allegedly involving CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan and his wife - accused of misusing his official position by renting out dumper trucks in 2006, registered in his wife's name, to an industrial group as a quid pro quo for allotting out-of-turn mining leases."
Nov 4, 2011 Maruti 'payoff' stirs fresh row: "the men who spearheaded the recent agitation were "bribed" to settle the agitation."
Nov 4, 2011 Black money: I-T department to probe 2,000 Indian accounts in Denmark, Finland: "Denmark and Finland have passed information about another 2,000 bank accounts to India", "one MP is learnt to have deposits worth Rs 200 crore in the Geneva account.", "a top industrialist in Mumbai had admitted to having family accounts in the Geneva, with deposits worth more than Rs 800 crore."
Nov 4, 2011 Ramdev calls Digvijaya 'bewakoof, badtameez': "Calling Digvijay a 'rakshashputra', Ramdev took a swipe at him saying, "Woh bewakoof hai, badtameez hai" (He is stupid and ill-mannered)."
Nov 4, 2011 Death of Keenan Santos and Reuben Fernandez: Netizens call Mumbai a city of onlookers: "Those rascals think they will be spared and be let out of the jail in less than 10 days. I can't see it happening ...""
Nov 4, 2011 5% drugs in Indian market sub-standard, says Union health ministry: "At a conservative estimate, drugs worth about Rs 5, 000 crore could be sub-standard"
Nov 4, 2011 Govt to tell SC why Sinha made Sebi chief: ""There are clear indications that there is a nexus between the ministry of finance and major corporate players and that free and fair functioning of Sebi is no longer possible."", "the finance minister had nominated B L Meena, brother of minister of state for finance Namo Narain Meena, and Shashi Kant Sharma as his nominees in the search-cum-selection committee."
Nov 3, 2011 Spot-fixing: London fixes it in 15 months, Delhi groping in dark for 11 years: "It took 15 months for the London Police to convict Pakistani trio whereas Delhi Police are still struggling to charge sheet 11 years after blowing lid off match-fixing."
Nov 3, 2011 Mumbaikars outraged, seek justice for bravehearts: "The alleged killers were taken to the court as the campaign seeking justice gathered momentum."
Nov 3, 2011 Outrage over killing of two innocent boys: "An incident that shocked the entire nation...two innocent boys in their 20s attacked and killed in suburban Mumbai's Marol area. The reason for the horrendous act was that they tried to protect their friends from eve teasers. As the outrage over their death grows TIMES NOW has joined the family and friends of Keenan and Reuben to ensure that the death of these brave hearts does not go in vain."
Nov 3, 2011 Is suspending the nurse enough?: "The shockers in Bengal continue as after over 40 children deaths in 6 days in West Bengal hospitals a nurse swabs a mother with acid instead of antiseptic. The chief minister suspended the nurse, but the question remains is that enough?"
Nov 3, 2011 Teenagers spur alcohol sales: "Indian teenagers, mainly in the age group of 15 to 19, are spurring the sales of alcohol in the country, with girls starting to have their first drink at the age of 15"
Nov 3, 2011 'Ready to face probe in Orissa land controversy': "According to IBN Network report, successive Urban Development Ministers in Orissa govt have misused the discretionary housing quota."
Nov 3, 2011 Lokayukta, MHA in war over mantri: "The Union home ministry and Delhi Lokayukta are virtually on the warpath with the Lokayukta insisting to know the ministry’s “thought process and analysis’’ as well as the reasons leading to President Pratibha Patil rejecting the recommendation for removal of PWD minister Raj Kumar Chauhan for his alleged involvement in a tax-evasion case."
Nov 3, 2011 SC stays election panel probe into Ashok Chavan's poll account: "The EC had begun proceedings against Chavan on April 2 on the complaints, which alleged he had shown to the Commission a poll expenditure of merely Rs 11,000 despite paying money to various newspapers for favourable coverage of his election campaign."
Nov 3, 2011 Two generations later, the scars remain: "“My mother tells me stories; we have grown up listening to them. The truth is that the killers of my father are still roaming free.", "She watched helplessly as her husband, younger brother, a brother-in-law and an uncle were doused with petrol and set on fire. Her elder brother Teerath, she said, was standing on the terrace of the house when a policeman shot at him. “A bullet hit him in the temple and he died on the spot. I can identify the policeman even today."
Nov 3, 2011 2G spectrum scam: DMK MP Kanimozhi, 7 others denied bail: "The bail pleas of eight other accused -- Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Usman Balwa, former Telecom Minister A Raja's ex-private secretary R K Chandolia, Kalaignar TV MD Sharad Kumar, Directors of Kusegaon Fruits & Vegetables Asif Balwa and Rajiv Agarwal, Bollywood producer Karim Morani and former Telecom secretary Siddharth Behura -- were also dismissed."
Nov 3, 2011 National outrage grows over death of two youths killed by eve-teasers in Mumbai
Nov 3, 2011 Horror stories from West Bengal: "In the children ward of the Burdman Hospital in West Bengal, children barely a month old with their mothers are on the floor. The ward so cramped there is hardly any space to move leave alone walk. Clothes hung for drying and that's not all. Outside the ward such is the level of hygiene, utter filth, garbage, slippers strewn around."
Nov 3, 2011 Bengal horror: Woman swabbed with acid?: "In yet another horrific incident in a Bengal hospital, a woman was allegedly swabbed with carbolic acid in the Lalbag subdivisional hospital in Murshidabad. Sikha bibi was admitted in Lalbag subdivisional hospital in Murshidabad for a delivery."
Nov 3, 2011 Sign of MoS HRD's PA forged to obtain grants: "Unidentified persons had forged the signature of Mandala Kanakaji on the official letter head of the Ministry."
Nov 3, 2011 Lavasa: Bureaucrats likely to face legal action: "Sources say that criminal proceedings against the promoters will begin from Thursday."
Nov 3, 2011 WB: Mamata blames CPI (M) for infant's death: "An infant was declared dead because carbolic acid was used instead of dettol during delivery."
Nov 3, 2011 Time to liberate India’s history: "The Left’s politically correct and sanitised reconstruction of history has prevented a free and open inquiry into India’s past."
Nov 3, 2011 'भारत में हैं दुनिया के सबसे ज़्यादा ग़रीब': "भारत में 61 करोड़ लोग ग़रीब हैं, जो कि देश की आधी आबादी से भी ज़्यादा है."
Nov 3, 2011 Transforming India: "Corruption at any level must lead to removal from office and terms in jail."
Nov 3, 2011 ED to attach Rs 350-crore assets of IAS couple: "The Enforcement Directorate will attach properties of suspended IAS couple in Madhya Pradesh, Arvind and Tinu Joshi, who have allegedly amassed illegal assets worth Rs 350 crore."
Nov 3, 2011 Judge stops use of special jail van for three CWG accused: "Three men, chargesheeted for alleged irregularities in awarding a street lighting upgradation contract for the Games, were provided special vans for transportation to the court and back. The “special treatment” prompted a trial court judge, “surprised” by the “privilege” for a few, to pass an order directing jail authorities to treat them like ordinary prisoners."
Nov 3, 2011 Eve-teasing horror back in Mumbai
Nov 3, 2011 Democracy and dynastic succession cannot co-exist: Advani: ""Just as good governance and corruption cannot co-exist, similarly democracy and dynastic succession cannot co-exist,"", "due to the "corrupt" Congress-led government at the Centre, the image of India is getting tarnished and its dignity lowered among the nations of the world."
Nov 3, 2011 'Manmohan heading most corrupt govt since Independence'
Nov 3, 2011 Jailed ex-minister Pillai released in Kerala: "Kerala Congress (B) leader and former minister R Balakrishna Pillai, sentenced to jail for a year in a corruption case, was today freed under the remission granted by the state government on the occasion of state-formation day."
Nov 3, 2011 Anna Hazare threatens another fast: "Anna Hazare today (November 1) threatened to launch another hunger strike from the last day of Parliament's Winter Session if a strong Jan Lokpal Bill is not passed by then."
Nov 3, 2011 Blood-for-blood politics: From Indira Gandhi to Narendra Modi: "For those four days, mobs literally ruled the city, setting fire to entire residential colonies in Trilokpuri and selectively burning Sikh-owned residences and shops in other areas. Travelling by bus, we would be accosted by stick-wielding mobs looking for Sikhs to lynch in full public glare. “Koi sardar hai?”"
Nov 3, 2011 Anna to fast if Bill not passed in winter session
Nov 3, 2011 The lackadaisical Bengali babu: Will he ever change?: "West Bengal’s big industrialists are busy conducting a mahayagna to change the state’s business climate. Nine days. 100 yagna kunds. 500 pundits. 1.25 lakh ahutis.", "turning the tide in West Bengal might prove to be the ultimate challenge for God, man and godman. West Bengal is just not used to going to work."
Nov 3, 2011 Black money: 782 offshore accounts being probed: "Pranab Mukherjee said more foreign bank names will be revealed when there is enough information from the investigation."
Nov 3, 2011 1984 riots: victim's families still seeking justice: "The families of the 1984 riots say that they still have not received justice even after 27 years.", "No leaders who organised these killings have been punished"
Nov 3, 2011 BJP demands govt reveal names of all 700 black money holders: "France giving names of 700 Indians having such accounts abroad, leading to raids on their premises and prompting his party to demand that the government reveal their identities."
Nov 3, 2011 On formation day, Karnataka longs for corruption-free times: "Corruption-scarred Karnataka Tuesday entered the 56th year of its formation, hoping that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party will not further muddy its own and the state's image with more scandals."
Nov 3, 2011 The 19th century legislation does not protect the displaced: Court, Replace archaic land acquisition law: SC: "The Act was enacted in 1894 for the acquisition of land needed for public purposes and for companies and for determining the amount of compensation to be made on such acquisition."
Nov 3, 2011 Fungus found in IV fluid at Kanwatia Hospital
Nov 2, 2011 FTN: Should Justice Katju apologise to journalists?: "Justice Katju called journalists uneducated. In response, the journalists have expressed anger."
Nov 2, 2011 Orissa: IAS, IPS officers get 'quota' flats: "Apart from judges, IAS and IPS officers have also benefited from the ministers discretionary powers in Orissa."
Nov 2, 2011 Time to stop discretionary land allotments by govts?: "Former and sitting judges of Orissa, police officers and bureaucrats have received flats under ministers' quota."
Nov 2, 2011 Do judges need minister's quota for housing?: "Judges in Orissa have got 'minister quota' flats out of turn and at cheaper rates."
Nov 2, 2011 Somanna son got out-of-turn site: "Naveen was allotted a site measuring 2,400 sq ft (number 144) by Bapuji House Building Co-operative Society (BHBCS) on June 14, 1999, four days after he had paid Rs 3,70,000 as site deposit and barely three months of him joining as a member on March 3, 1999­­. However, his allotment was out of turn as there were over 100 society members who had joined and paid the site deposit as early as 1973 but not allotted plots."
Oct 31, 2011 Asphyxia killed 180 infants in Gulbarga: "In a shocking incident, 180 infant deaths out of 583 due to Asphyxia [severe deficiency of oxygen] from April to September"
Oct 31, 2011 ‘Your father abandoned your mother... who should have aborted you’: "she has been at the receiving end of some very nasty emails on her birth from Tushar Gandhi, the great grandson of the Mahatma", "he abandoned your mother after having sex with her, maybe repeatedly, and left her with an unwanted pregnancy", "Gandhi said: “I feel concerned about him (the doctor) and I hate you for the trouble you are causing for him. I would never wish for something like this but today I sincerely wish that your mother could have aborted you.”"
Oct 31, 2011 Wall Street Journal: Bribes, Bureaucracy Hobble India's New Entrepreneurs: "but India presents special obstacles—byzantine bureaucracy, moldering roads and power grids, cultural pressures that penalize risk-taking, and corruption"
Oct 31, 2011 Team Anna got Rs 2.94 crore in donations over six months
Oct 31, 2011 India Journal: Corruption – A Misunderstood Problem?: "80% believe that corruption is getting worse"
Oct 31, 2011 Who beat up Madhu Koda? Jail staff or inmates: "“Koda is not an ordinary person, but a former chief minister of the state and the assault on him is tantamount to an attack on the democratic set up,” JMM leader Sudhir Mahto said. Koda was arrested on 30 November 2009 in connection with the multi-crore scam during his tenure."
Oct 31, 2011 Mamata's eyewash: New unit, no doctors: "Even as innocent infants continue to lose their lives in government hospitals in West Bengal, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare and Trinamool Congress MP Sudip Bandopadhayay on Monday (October 31) inaugurated an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the BC Roy Children Hospital."
Oct 31, 2011 Former Jharkhand CM Madhu Koda 'assaulted': "Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda was today injured after he was assaulted allegedly by inmates of a high-security Ranchi jail, where he is in judicial custody in connection with a muti-crore scam, but the MP claimed that he was beaten up by the prison guards."

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