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Oct 31, 2011 It's official: China backing Maoists: "an IB note that details how China is planning to use Maoists to launch attacks against India. The note also details how the concept of a Strategic United Front is being chalked out which is designed to bring under its umbrella terror groups in Assam and Jammu & Kashmir to launch what has been described as "Synergised attacks in India""
Oct 31, 2011 मधु कोड़ा पिटाई के बाद अस्पताल में भर्ती
Oct 31, 2011 DGCA finds 'blatant' disregard of norms by flying schools: "The audit by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) came in the wake of the fake pilot scam which led to cancellation of licences of over a score of pilots a few months ago for submission of fake or forged documents. DGCA teams carried out audits of 40 flying schools across the country since mid-April and found discrepancies in almost all of them"
Oct 31, 2011 Policemen broke my hand for seeking good food: Koda: "Jailed former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda Monday alleged his hand was broken by policemen when he sought good food for the prisoners."
Oct 31, 2011 Sri Sri Ravi Shankar to campaign against corruption in UP: "would ask people to take oath for not indulging in corruption."
Oct 30, 2011 Won't tolerate corruption in BJP-ruled states: Advani
Oct 30, 2011 India’s jugaad economy keeps chugging along – somehow: "There are some lower projections for pulses, coarse cereals and groundnuts, but, on the whole, the kharif numbers should be good."
Oct 30, 2011 5 more infant deaths in Burdwan hospital: "Five more babies have died at Burdwan Medical College and Hospital, days after 13 crib deaths were reported from the premier hospital in the West Bengal district but the authorities maintained there was nothing alarming in the death figures which was normal."
Oct 30, 2011 Desperately shameless: "Congress still insists there was no 2G scam The Congress has shown its true colours by resorting to abusive bazaar language in its desperate attempt to discredit the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India simply because the country’s premier auditor has spoken the truth about the Great 2G Spectrum Robbery."
Oct 30, 2011 'Over 5K children raped, another 1,408 murdered in 2010': "10,670 children were also kidnapped or abducted during the year"
Oct 29, 2011 13 repo rate revisions in 19 months, yet no results: "Already fighting a near-losing battle against the scores of scams that has beset the UPA coalition, economist Manmohan Singh-led government may be taking all possible measures to rein in price rise but they have failed to make much impact on the runaway inflation."
Oct 29, 2011 Are Indians endemically corrupt as a people?
Oct 29, 2011 MK gave ex-CJI prime plots: PIL: "lawyer alleged that Balakrishnan was allotted two prime plots of land in Chennai under a benami transaction by then Chief Minister M Karunanidhi and also of amassing illegal assets in Kerala"
Oct 29, 2011 Team Anna closes ranks, warns personal attacks will ‘backfire’ on government: "they slammed the government for misusing its “machinery” to attack them personally."
Oct 29, 2011 India's Congress Party and Corruption: "Manmohan Singh, a weak prime minister out-maneuvered by powerful political warlords, signals administrative dysfunction to voters. There is no one in the driver's seat. This is a lame-duck government that will in all likelihood be turfed out at the next general election.", "About 25 percent of sitting parliamentarians are convicted of crimes or pending charges."
Oct 29, 2011 Why is WB CM Mamata Banerjee silent?: "30 infants have died in 72 hours but that has still not prompted West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to come out and clarify on what her government is doing to stop babies from dying in government hospitals. Thirteen newborns died in the Burdwan Medical College and four more at Kolkata's B C Roy Children's Hospital, which has witnessed a series of crib deaths, taking the toll in the two government hospitals in West Bengal to 30 on Friday."
Oct 29, 2011 We, The Corrupt: "corrupt governments, like corrupt people, spring from corrupt societies."
Oct 29, 2011 judiciary: backlog The Slim Case Diary: "SC data says 54,562 cases pending in the apex court, 42 lakh at the HCs and over 2.79 cr cases are pending in the lower judiciary"
Oct 29, 2011 Lokayukta Police registers FIR against Murugesh Nirani: "accused Nirani of denotifying 20 acres near Devanahalli and 100 acres near Dabaspet near Tumkur"
Oct 28, 2011 Exam scam kingpin's wife suspended: "Vanaja has been lodged at the Bellary Central Jail, along with the couple’s 9-month-old baby."
Oct 28, 2011 Role of Cong leaders in scams should be probed: ""One cannot say who else is going to join company with them (in jail).""
Oct 28, 2011 Probe Congress leaders involved in scams: Advani: ""While so many ministers belonging to allies have been punished, the ruling party has very carefully and scrupulously protected itself. There are demands that the role of some members, senior leaders of Congress party (and) their contribution to these scams should be probed."
Oct 28, 2011 KGB case: TN, Kerala may be made parties: "The Supreme Court has brought back focus on a petition levelling corruption charges against former Chief Justice of India and NHRC chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and his kin by issuing notice to the Union government on a plea to make Tamil Nadu and Kerala governments parties in the pending case."
Oct 28, 2011 Advani: whistle-blowers must be protected
Oct 28, 2011 Time: Breaking Free: How Nitish Kumar Turned Bihar Into a Model of Indian Reform: "Nearly all are men, most are poor, a few are barefoot, and each one has showed up for the same thing: to present their grievances directly to Bihar's chief minister, Nitish Kumar, the man at the end of the line."
Oct 28, 2011 ‘Pranab pressured Sebi to go easy on RIL, save Rs 1,500 cr’: "A month-and-a-half before he demitted office, former Sebi member KM Abraham wrote an anguished letter to the Prime Minister alleging pressure from Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and his advisor Omita Paul to “manage” cases against powerful corporate groups which were being investigated by Sebi."
Oct 28, 2011 Sixteen more babies die in WB govt hospitals; toll 29: "Four more babies died at Kolkata's B C Roy Children's Hospital, which has witnessed a series of crib deaths, besides 12 newborns in the Burdwan Medical College, taking the death toll in two government hospitals in West Bengal to 29 today."
Oct 28, 2011 Rs.40,000 tickets for Gaga concert - they're sold out!: "One has to shell out Rs.40,000 for a ticket to attend international pop star Lady Gaga's performance at the F1 after-party in Greater Noida Sunday and the show is a total sell out,"
Oct 28, 2011 Govt to act against mining-tainted officials: "The Cabinet on Friday accepted the report of a high-level committee headed by Additional Chief Secretary K Jairaj that has recommended disciplinary action against 447 officials including three IAS officers and four from the IFS cadre for allegedly abetting illegal mining in the State."
Oct 28, 2011 Supreme Court seeks response from Tamil Nadu, Kerala on ex-CJI's assets: "The Supreme Court has sought the Tamil Nadu government's response over allegations that former Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan was allotted two prime plots of land in Chennai under a benami transaction by then Chief Minister M Karunanidhi."
Oct 28, 2011 12 kids die in a WB hospital in last 24 hours: "Six of the 12 children have died of encephalitis at the Burdwan Medical College."
Oct 28, 2011 You scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours: "Some media barons are working hand in glove with politicians to promote illegal mining in Goa."
Oct 28, 2011 Government's 2G lies exposed by CBI court
Oct 28, 2011 Court cancels bail, sends BJP MLA Sampangi to Jail: "The Lokayukta police caught Sampangi Jan 29, 2009, while accepting a bribe of Rs.5 lakh from the complainant, businessman Hussein Mueen Farooq", "The house panel, however, dismissed the bribery charges against the lawmaker and recommended action against the complainant businessman for “tarnishing” his image by making false allegations"
Oct 27, 2011 Multiple house sites jinx Lokayukta hopefuls: "The State Government’s proposal to appoint justice Bannurmath as the Lokayukta seems to have run into trouble, as his acquisition of a plot of land measuring 6,600 sq ft in one of the Karnataka State Judicial Department Employees’ House Building Co-operative Society Limited (KSJDE HBCS) is being questioned on legal grounds.", "Justice Raveendran has not only violated the aforementioned law and got a site (number 1,392) measuring 7,623 sq ft in Yelahanka judicial layout but also has another Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) site measuring 368.49 sq ft. in Banashankari, allotted to him in 1985."
Oct 27, 2011 Sexual exploitation of minor girls up by 186%: "Of the 2.13 lakh crimes against women in 2010, Andhra topped with 27,244 cases, or 12.8%, while Tripura had the highest rate of crime against women at 46.5%."
Oct 27, 2011 Fury over infant deaths in Kolkata: "Atleast 17 infants have died in Kolkata's BC Roy Hospital within the last 48 hours, the Medical superintendant of Kolkata's BC Roy hospital confirmed on Thursday"
Oct 27, 2011 Infant deaths on the rise in West Bengal: "In a rerun of the BC Roy Memorial Hospital tragedy in Kolkata 10 days ago, when 18 newborns died within 36 hours, 21 children have died in the last 48 hours in two government-run hospitals in West Bengal's Murshidabad district."
Oct 27, 2011 Rebel with a cause: Meet India’s youngest RTI activist: "Is it right to invite 200 guests who have no direct connection with the school at the expense of students?”"
Oct 27, 2011 Kolkata's shocker, India's shame: "Eleven babies died at the B C Roy Children's Hospital in Kolkata since Tuesday in a rerun of the 18 crib deaths in June there. Six of the babies died on October 25 and the remaining five yesterday"
Oct 27, 2011 Custody of Katta Jagadish, Itasca MD extended: "The Lokayukta police which investigated the case had unearthed irregularities by the KIADB during land acquisition for Itasca. They had claimed that S V Srinivas and Basavapoornaiah had paid Rs 87 crore to Naidu and his son."
Oct 27, 2011 Delhi: Malnutrition weakens immunity in children: "A survey of 101 children found 56 of them were malnourished at Kali Basti in Delhi.", "India failing her children"
Oct 27, 2011 Rumours of public distribution of 'black money' in Andhra: ""I heard that money seized in the Gali Janardhana Reddy (mining baron and former Karnataka minister) and Jagan (YSR Congress party chief Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy) cases and the money belonging to the Sathya Sai trust will be deposited in the accounts in the post offices,""
Oct 27, 2011 12 infants die in 48 hours in Kolkata hospital: "The hospital says the number of deaths reported is not abnormal"
Oct 27, 2011 Bangalore is the suicide capital of India: Report
Oct 27, 2011 Record 600 officials face action over illegal mining in Karnataka: "Among those facing suspension and other disciplinary actions are three officers of the highly-prized Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and four from the Indian Forest Service (IFS),"
Oct 26, 2011 11 babies die in 40 hours at Kolkata hospital
Oct 26, 2011 Latimes: India's new Grand Prix track collides with tradition: "ranging in price from $55 to sit on the grass (equivalent to a factory worker's monthly pay) to $22,000 for a top corporate box (several lifetimes' wages for most Indians).", "Yet even as India boasts 55 billionaires, up from 49 in 2010, about 450 million of its people still lack access to a toilet. "
Oct 26, 2011 End corruption in BJP first: Cong tells Advani: ""As far the anti-corruption yatra of BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate and permanent PM-in-waiting Advani is concerned, the history of corruption in India cannot be complete without mentioning the names and corrupt practices of Bangaru Laxman, Dilip Singh Judev, BS Yeddyurappa and Reddy brothers,""
Oct 26, 2011 Bhatta-Parsaul: rape victims demand justice: "The UP government has registered an FIR against 16 PAC personnel for allegedly raping 7 women."
Oct 26, 2011 बादाम कड़वे हैं...: "इन विदेशी बादामों में गहन दिलचस्पी दिखा रहे भारतीय ख़रीददारों को ये नहीं मालूम कि ये बाज़ार बाल मज़दूर की पैदाइश हैं."
Oct 26, 2011 Let Advani advise Karnataka CM to dissolve assembly:Cong: ""Advani should not have undertaken his yatra in the state where the BJP government itself is immersed in rampant corruption.He should talk about corruption in BJP government in Karnataka""
Oct 26, 2011 Judicial custody of Katta Subramanya Naidu extended till Nov 26: "After being remanded to judicial custody on August 8, Katta was subsequently admitted to Victoria Hospital where he had been undergoing treatment. Katta Subramanya Naidu, his corporator son Jagadish and Shrinivas are among nine persons facing charges of irregularities in land allotment of KIADB in B K Halli village to the software company, floated by an aide of Naidu."
Oct 26, 2011 Another probe ordered against Yeddyurappa: "the contract was awarded to R.N.S Jyothi for a whopping Rs.1,033 crore though other bidders had quoted lower cost. In return for getting the contract, R.N.S Jyothi paid Rs.13 crore to Dhavalagiri Developers Ltd, owned by Yeddyurappa's sons B.Y. Vijayendra and B.Y. Raghavendra, and son-in-law R. Sohan Kumar."
Oct 26, 2011 Maharaja seeks oilman’s interest-free credit to remain in air: "In addition to the Rs 26,000 crore bailout package which includes Rs 6,600 crore equity infusion, writing off a substantial chunk of Rs 40,000 crore debts and soft loans, the airline is likely to seek the Pranab Mukherjee-led Group of Ministers’ nod for continuation of interest free credit extended by the state-owned Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) for another three months."
Oct 26, 2011 CID case may implicate former prime minister - Govt exhumes UKP to needle Gowda: "In what is being perceived as a bid to drag in former prime minister and JD(S) chief HD Deve Gowda in the saga of scams, the state CID on Wednesday registered a case in connection with certain alleged irregularities and financial misappropriation in the Upper Krishna Project (UKP)."
Oct 26, 2011 Report on Upper Bhadra irregularities submitted: "MPCL made two payments to two companies, Rs 2 crore to Sahyadri Health Care and Diagnostic Private Limited and Rs 11 crore to Dhavalagiri Properties Developers Private Limited. While Dhavalagiri Properties is owned by Yeddyurappa’s two sons - B Y Vijayendra and B Y Raghavendra - and son-in-law R N Sohan Kumar, Sahyadri Diagnostics lists Raghavendra, Vijayendra and Sagar Health Care and Diagnostics (with MLA Hemachandra Sagar as chairman) as shareholders in the company."
Oct 25, 2011 Godman rapes minor: "A godman in village Amgaon Khurd in Salekasa tehsil is reported to have raped a 13-year-old girl after taking advantage of the good faith shown by her father"
Oct 25, 2011 Aging Don Karunanidhi makes peace for sake of family: "Is he willing to forget and forgive in return for bail (and maybe more going forward!) for his daughter?"
Oct 25, 2011 Beware of spurious sweets this Diwali: "Adulterated and spurious sweets are sold all over the country during the festive season."
Oct 25, 2011 Karnataka PG medical entrance test scam kingpin arrested: "Seven doctors and 10 students were arrested last week for their alleged involvement in the scam. Prasanna had been allegedly indulging in the fraud for the past three years with the connivance of the staff of the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences"
Oct 25, 2011 UK makes it more difficult to get student visas, bans 1,900 Indian banks: "The list of banks whose statements will not be accepted are categorised as 'Cooperative banks - scheduled urban cooperative banks' and 'Cooperative banks - non- scheduled urban cooperative banks'."
Oct 25, 2011 More heat on Kiran Bedi: Travel agent quits trust: "Anil Bal denied giving inflated bills and termed the requests for returning the money as bizarre."
Oct 25, 2011 Kejriwal warns of “10-times bigger” protest
Oct 25, 2011 Reuters: India's inaugural F1 race -- speeding past the poor: "a glitzy coming-out party for an emerging economic juggernaut that is lost on villagers like Meera, standing by a fetid pond near the brand new Formula One race track with a child covered in warts."
Oct 25, 2011 Wavelength of a scam: "Never before in the history of independent India have so many once-influential politicians, businesspersons and bureaucrats been simultaneously spending time behind bars on corruption charges. Yet the current United Progressive Alliance government is widely perceived as being packed with people with flexible ethics, if not those who are downright corrupt."
Oct 24, 2011 Honour killing: Woman hanged, beaten, burnt on pyre: "the woman was first hung from a tree. But on finding that she was still breathing, she was beaten up, doused with kerosene oil and set on fire. Since the fire was not lit properly, they finally laid her on a pyre and burnt her to death,"
Oct 24, 2011 CBI examines BSNL records on Maran's 'exchange': "CBI is scrutinising crucial documents received from Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) on allocation of over 300 high-capacity telecom lines to former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maram's residence that were allegedly used by a private channel owned by his brother."
Oct 24, 2011 Karnataka PG medical entrance test only in Bangalore: "in view of the examination scam at a centre in Bellary this year."
Oct 24, 2011 Now, BSY's close aide in trouble over land deal: "The Karnataka Lokayukta court on Monday ordered an investigation into Industries Minister Murugesh Nirani's role in land deal."
Oct 24, 2011 5 countries issue travel advisories against India: "One after another, five countries - US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand", "India is still beaten hollow in tourism by small Asian countries like Thailand. While India's share is 0.59% of the world's share of global arrivals"
Oct 24, 2011 INDIA: Administrative neglect and corruption resulted in the death of farmers who lost their land : "The legally illiterate farmers had been informed that they were signing a lease deed of their land for three years to these companies. Instead, the companies were purchasing the land amounting to a total of 358.43 acres between October 2005 and March 2007. The fraud allegedly happened with the connivance of the land registry officials."
Oct 24, 2011 Bhushan likens anti-graft movement to Wall Street protests
Oct 24, 2011 Advani fears 'doom' for the country under Congress governance: "country will be doomed if the Congress is allowed to continue its 'ill-governance'."
Oct 24, 2011 Now Karnataka Guv takes a dig at Advani yatra: ""Is Advaniji coming to Bangalore to meet his party leaders in the Parappana Agrahara jail," Parameshwara asked, referring to the fact that BJP's first chief minister in South India BS Yeddyurappa and two former ministers are in judicial custody on corruption cases."
Oct 24, 2011 "Rise And Fight Against 'Gang Of Four'": "Every member of ‘Team Anna’ had to face accusations and character assassination by the ‘gang of four’. Who are these people? Those are the very same people who are not in favor of Janlokpal Bill."
Oct 24, 2011 Karnataka's shame: 2000 die of malnutrition: "The government admits that around 4500 children are malnourished in Raichur."
Oct 23, 2011 Half of Indian women are anaemic: India Development Report: "there is an increasing trend of anaemia among women of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Muslims."
Oct 23, 2011 I-T dept asks Kejriwal to pay Rs 9.5L by Oct 27
Oct 23, 2011 Kerala: mobiles in jails hint at terror links: "Police found that prisoners had made several calls to Pakistan, US, Afghanistan and Somalia."
Oct 23, 2011 Maharashtra: Hunger kills 500 yearly in Melghat: "The government figures say 266 children have died in the last 4 months but these figures could be much higher.", "Most of the schemes are in paper"
Oct 23, 2011 Gujarat among worst in fighting malnutrition: "Gujarat has been placed 13th among the major states in hunger index, even below Orissa, UP and WB."
Oct 23, 2011 Evaluation of Jagan's bungalow continues: "the bungalow stands on a 6,000 square yards plot with a built-up area of 88,000 square feet, officials only said that measurements were underway. The central agency is investigating the investments by various firms in businesses of Jaganmohan Reddy during the time his father, the late Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, was the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh."
Oct 23, 2011 Licence to defend: "Most of the rich and the affluent in the City are not bothered about the inability of the guardians of law to combat spiralling crime. That some Bangaloreans have armed themselves to the teeth", "police department confirms that there are 10,000 or more gun licence-holders in the City at present."
Oct 23, 2011 UPA suffering 'terminal decline' after multi-organ failure: Advani: ""With every passing day, the UPA government, nominally led by Manmohan Singh, but commanded by Sonia Gandhi, is exhibiting all symptoms of terminal decline. "Several of its former ministers are crowding the cells of Tihar Jail on charges of corruption, others are waiting in the queue to enter."
Oct 23, 2011 Arvind Kejriwal slapped with fresh I-T notice on dues: "action of the government's “dirty tricks department” under instructions from political bosses."
Oct 23, 2011 Arvind Kejriwal slapped with fresh I-T notice on dues: "action of the government's “dirty tricks department” under instructions from political bosses."
Oct 23, 2011 Ramdev joins Anna chant, tells UP not to vote Congress: "Delhi Police stating there could have been communal tension as people living in nearby areas of the ground belonged to minority community that prompted the police to take action"
Oct 23, 2011 Sahara asked to return Rs 24000cr to investors: "However, investors still feel there's very little hope of getting their money back."
Oct 23, 2011 CNN-IBN special on 'Malnutrition' India's dying shame: "CNN-IBN highlights India's dying shame - Malnutrition"
Oct 23, 2011 CVC mulls networking of all anti-corruption agencies: "The Central Vigilance Commission is considering setting up an ''apex-level'' association of various investigating and enforcement agencies like CBI and ED to share intelligence in a better way and intensify the fight against corruption."
Oct 23, 2011 Unfazed Team Anna seeks to do a Hisar in UP: "The larger question though still remains unanswered - are the attacks orchestrated, and if so by whom?"
Oct 23, 2011 State to rename over 200 “unwanted” girl children of Satara: "A survey by Maharashtra’s health department had found 222 girls in the district named Nakoshi or Nakusa — a name which in Marathi means “unwanted”.", "Other derogatory names given to girls are ‘Dagadi’ and ‘Dhondi’ which means a stone,”"
Oct 23, 2011 Are you nuts, Mr Jaiswal? Why should CIL fund food security?: "Coal India is today the world’s largest coal producer."
Oct 23, 2011 ‘If I am killed’: Odisha sarpanch posts YouTube video: "An Odisha village sarpanch who allegedly accompanied an Essar executive to meet the Maoists says he is being threatened by the police with an encounter death.", "“Malkangiri (Orissa) SP Anirudh (Kumar) Singh is responsible, if I go missing, or I die in an encounter, or if there is any attack on my family or children,’’"
Oct 23, 2011 'Corrupt forces, politics behind shoe attack': "Arvind Kejriwal blamed political motives and influence for the recent attacks on Team Anna."
Oct 23, 2011 Cong orchestrated slipper attack on Kejriwal: BJP: "Congress had deployed its henchmen at the venue with clear instructions for indulging in such a mischief," BJP national vice-president Kalraj Mishra said. He said Congress is "inventing new tricks" to suppress anti-corruption crusades."
Oct 23, 2011 Filmmaker Prakash Jha receives extortion threats
Oct 23, 2011 Corrupt politicians behind attacks on Bhushan and me: Arvind Kejriwal: ""Those who are worried about their future once a strong Lokpal comes in place are attacking us on one pretext or another,""
Oct 23, 2011 Tihar Jail launches brand of spices: "With so many VIP inmates the authorities are having trouble deciding on the brand ambassador."

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