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Oct 12, 2011 Ramjas throws out 6 for faking marksheets: "Ramjas College has revoked the admission of six students whose marksheets were found to be forged, taking the total number of forgeries discovered to 27."
Oct 12, 2011 Dawood aide Mirchi owns huge bungalow in Bhopal
Oct 11, 2011 Slain officer demanded bribe from oil mafia: CBI: "Additional District Collector Yashwant Sonawane who was burnt to death on eve of Republic Day this year, by suspected oil mafia goons, had allegedly, ''demanded a bribe of Rs 1 lakh from his attackers,''"
Oct 11, 2011 Occupy India? Anti-corruption activist to visit Silicon Valley: "Lawyer and activist Prashant Bhushan is one of the leaders of the populist Lokpal movement in India, which has been compared to everything from the tea party to the Arab Spring. "This is a historic movement for India. It's very similar to Occupy Wall Street,""
Oct 11, 2011 Full text: India Inc's letter to govt on corruption: "3. Even the best crafted legislation will not cleanse the system unless effective REDRESSAL MECHANISMS are put in place. This, however, is not possible given the acute backlog of cases pending in the courts, estimated at over 3.1 crore. India has 10 judges per million population compared to 50 in the UK and 107 in the US."
Oct 11, 2011 Why India Inc has lost faith in the government: "On 10 October, India Inc’s most respected entrepreneurs and intellectuals sent an open letter to the government seeking urgent action on electoral, judicial and land reforms to bring down corruption and poor governance in the country."
Oct 11, 2011 Government's credibility at its 'lowest': CAG Vinod Rai: ""The governance is at its lowest ebb. The morale of the civil servant is low. The credibility of the government is at its lowest. It's a strong statement but it is harsh reality. And hence because of all this the decision making has become a causalty," said Rai who has given audit reports coming down heavily on Union government departments.", ""Today, we are facing a testing time in the history of our Nation. The quality of governance is below par and subject to severe criticism. There has been an erosion of people's faith in government. Their confidence in public institutions has declined. National trust in bureaucracy including the Police force has collapsed. The integrity and professionalism of the civil servants are being questioned,""
Oct 11, 2011 Raid on Marans an eyewash: Jaya: "Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday (October 11) took on the Marans, who have been booked in connection with the 2G spectrum allocation scam.", "eyewash to fool the people", "It is an excercise in cheating the people"
Oct 11, 2011 Aircel-Maxis deal: CBI crackdown on Marans: "Spelling trouble for former Telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran, CBI today searched his residence and nine other locations after registering a case against him in connection with the controversial Aircel-Maxis deal, alleging that he recieved Rs 547 crore as kickbacks from the Malaysian company."
Oct 11, 2011 Debate: Team Anna hits poll street - 1
Oct 11, 2011 CBI to extradite 'traitor' Shankaran?: "In a major breakthrough in the Naval war room leak case, one of the main accused Ravi Shankaran, a close relative of the then Naval Chief Admiral Arun Prakash, has been arrested in London."
Oct 11, 2011 Shankaran extradition: CBI team in London: "A two-member CBI team has reached London to assist British law officers in the extradition trial of Ravi Shankaran, the main accused in the Naval War Room leak case."
Oct 11, 2011 UP: 5 more kids die of encephalitis in 24 hours: "The encephalitis death toll in Uttar Pradesh has now risen to 505."
Oct 11, 2011 Bhanwari case: Rajasthan HC slams Gehlot govt: "The court has also questioned the CBI probe into the alleged abduction and possible murder of the nurse."
Oct 11, 2011 Bhanwari case: Rajasthan HC slams Gehlot govt: "The court has also questioned the CBI probe into the alleged abduction and possible murder of the nurse."
Oct 11, 2011 Lokpal tapes: Govt, Team Anna slug it out: "Kapil Sibal asked for an explanation from Team Anna for allegedly calling them (Government) liars and cheats."
Oct 11, 2011 Goa: Politicians-mining lobby nexus exposed: "Sesa Goa Ltd makes no bones about payments running into lakhs to all political parties.", "Donations or Collusion", "Donation or Deal""
Oct 11, 2011 Karuna backs Marans; Jaya dubs CBI action an 'eyewash': ""The CBI raids against Maran brothers, their offices and associates appear to be a mere eyewash to hoodwink public. We do hope something would come off these raids but it seems to be an exercise in cheating public," Jayalalithaa said. She said the raids happened more than four years since the issue came to light "...It is very difficult to imagine that in this interval of four years the Maran brothers would still be keeping incriminating documents in their residences or office premises,'"
Oct 11, 2011 Goa: Politicians-mining lobby nexus exposed: "Annual reports of Sesa Goa Ltd, allegedly one of the biggest mining violators in Goa, show that the company paid Rs 28 lakh each to the BJP and the Congress as donations in 2007-08, Rs five lakh each to NCP, MGP and the Save Goa Front and Rs one lakh to Shiv Sena. In 2009-10, it paid Rs 85 lakh to BJP, Rs 30 lakh to Congress and Rs 2 and Rs 1 lakh respectively to MGP and Shiv Sena."
Oct 11, 2011 Advani starts his yatra, vows to end corruption: ""With the Lokseva law in place, officers have to deliver in time or face action in Bihar.""
Oct 11, 2011 Personality disorder: "Manmohan Singh, finance minister, never really graduated to become a reformist prime minister. This handicap is stalling India's growth.", "Singh would have known better than the NAC bleeding hearts that farmers entitled to borrow from banks are seldom driven to suicide. Those who walk across the precipice are not banks' customers; they are generally victims of a moneylender-politician-police nexus. Expectedly, the loan waiver bonanza had no impact on farmer suicides."
Oct 11, 2011 I will point out the wrongs in my party too: Advani: ""My stress will be on morality in politics and make people aware about extent of corruption and how the common public is undergoing trauma,"", "her party would expose the real and big culprits of the biggest scandal of the sale and purchase of MPs to save the UPA government in 2008."
Oct 11, 2011 RSS cadre took part in Anna movement as patriots: Bhagwat
Oct 11, 2011 Indian opposition leader on anti-graft road trip
Oct 11, 2011 Indian Opposition Leader Launches Anti-Corruption Campaign: "The issue has made headlines in India, where an anti-corruption crusade by civil society campaigners has attracted huge public support."
Oct 10, 2011 High drama at Marans’ house: "In an early morning swoop the houses of Sunita Reddy of the Apollo group and residences of promoters of Value Labs, Arjun Rao (CEO), Kondal Rao and Harini Rao in Road Number 62 of Jubilee Hills are also being raided."
Oct 10, 2011 Aircel scam: CBI books, raids Maran brothers: "The Central Bureau of Investigation booked former telecom minister and DMK leader Dayanidhi Maran and his brother and media baron Kalanithi Maran in the Aircel sellout scam on Monday, and raided their houses and offices."
Oct 10, 2011 A Second Indian Communications Minister Is Charged in Telecom Scam
Oct 10, 2011 BBC: Indian ex-minister Dayanidhi Maran's homes raided over graft: "His party colleague, former telecoms minister Andimuthu Raja, is already in jail on corruption charges."
Oct 10, 2011 Kiran Bedi joins anti-Congress campaign in Hisar: "Carrying on the "Defeat Congress" rant"
Oct 10, 2011 UP on Team Anna radar: "Having rejected all overtures from the Congress to call off its anti-Congress campaign in poll bound states, Team Anna readies for campaigning in Uttar Pradesh"
Oct 10, 2011 Bhatta-Parsaul rape victim: ‘He threatened to kill me, then misbehaved’: "“All the four men in our house have been put in jail. We have no food, no money,” said an elderly woman. “On that night, the police entered our house, trashed our things. Two of them dragged the women inside, while two men stayed outside,” she added pointing to the two women seated in front of her. One of them said, “We begged them with folded hands to spare us.”"
Oct 10, 2011 Corruption week: A tough 7 days for the UPA: "Team Anna has come back to hog headlines and haunt the government via a parliamentary by-election in Haryana which in more normal circumstances would have hardly attracted any media attention. Last time, the Congress had finished third in the Hisar constituency"
Oct 10, 2011 Govt nurses protest Maharashtra CM’s private duty: "Nurses from Cama and Albless Hospital in Mumbai have been protesting against the deputation of three nurses from the hospital, to Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan’s official residence, to take care of his ailing mother-in-law.", "it is not appropriate to send nurses to the homes of politicians or influential people.”"
Oct 10, 2011 Excl: Complete Lokpal tapes: "excerpts of audio tapes of all 9 Lokpal meetings between Team Anna and Government"
Oct 10, 2011 Killed 11 on order of ex-MP: Shooter: "the accused has claimed in interrogation that he had killed at least 11 people at the instance of RJD leader Mohammad Shahabuddin. “The accused is wanted in more than 20 cases of murder, attempt to murder, robbery and kidnapping and has not been arrested since 1998."
Oct 10, 2011 Nurses protest working at Maharashtra CM's home: "Three nurses from Cama hospital are being deputed every day at the CM's residence since October 6."
Oct 10, 2011 2G: Marans charged with criminal conspiracy: "The CBI names Dayanidhi Maran and his brother Kalanidhi as the prime accused in the Aircel-Maxis deal."
Oct 10, 2011 The 2G probe will lead to Karunanidhi: Ramaswamy: "Political commentator and Thuglak Editor Cho Ramaswamy says the CBI may mess up the 2G scam probe."
Oct 10, 2011 Lokpal tapes: what happened behind closed doors
Oct 10, 2011 Indian Americans to hold anti-corruption protest in New York on Oct 16: "The Indian American community will organize a protest demonstration against corruption and against the harassment being meted out to Janata Party president Dr. Subramanian Swamy"
Oct 10, 2011 Team Anna set to teach Congress a lesson in Hisar bypoll: ""A strong anti-Congress wave is sweeping the country. The egoistic and arrogant leaders seem to have pushed the party on the suicidal path,""
Oct 10, 2011 SC reserves order on Chidambaram in 2G case: "The Supreme Court on Monday reserved its order on the plea for a probe into the alleged role of home minister P Chidambaram in the 2G scam"
Oct 10, 2011 Party, family desert Dayanidhi Maran as CBI conducts raids: "As CBI sleuths continue raiding the residence of former Union minister Dayanidhi Maran and six other places including Sun TV's office in Chennai, the Maran brothers stand deserted by the DMK and the Karunanidhi family. The raids started at 7am on Monday after the CBI registered a first information report (FIR) against Dayanidhi and his brother and Sun Network managing director Kalanithi Maran in the Aircel-Maxis deal."
Oct 9, 2011 Team Anna raises poll pitch in Hisar: give Cong historic defeat: "if you Congresswallahs do not pass the (Jan) Lokpal Bill, we will destroy the very foundation of the Congress in this country.”"
Oct 9, 2011 A rape, murder and 2 missing BSP MLAs cops can’t find: "At a time when the BSP has suspended several of its MLAs for ‘criminal activities and corruption’, the UP police can’t find two ruling party legislators against whom non-bailable warrants are pending in rape and murder cases."
Oct 9, 2011 IIT heads echo Narayana Murthy on dipping quality: " IIT Madras director Bhaskar Ramamurthi says most students come with a heavy coaching hangover. "There is a limit to what an instrument like an entrance exam can do. Taking school scores into consideration should allow us to get well-rounded students," he said. Gautam Baru, IIT-Guwahati director, says aspirants start preparing early. "By the time they join the IIT system, they are mentally fatigued.""
Oct 9, 2011 RSS would support anyone fighting corruption: Bhagwat
Oct 9, 2011 The Corruption And Scams-Dominated Commonwealth Games Venues In Ruins: "With most of the key organisers of the Commonwealth Games (CWG) – now suspended officials of the organising committee (OC) – languishing in jail for various scams related to the preparation for the Games, the state of various venues meant to organise different events tell the tale of real stories behind their creation."
Oct 9, 2011 Hisar locals in tune with Kejriwal, accuse Congress of being corrupt: "Residents of Hisar appear to be supporting Anna Hazare's aide Arvind Kejriwal's appeal not to vote for the Congress Party in the Hisar by-poll, as they see the ruling party steeped in corruption."
Oct 9, 2011 Santosh Hegde fears Lokpal audio clips may be 'edited'
Oct 9, 2011 Hisar battle: Anna plays CD, Congress faces music: "The ruling Congress suddenly seem to reel under the might of the mass under Anna Hazare besides regular political opponents in battlefield Hisar as it struggles to strategize a formula to tackle the multi-pronged threat."
Oct 9, 2011 Govt releases recordings of Lokpal: "Reversing its position, Government has agreed to make public the audio recordings of proceedings of the Joint Drafting Committee constituted to draft the Lokpal Bill. The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) had earlier refused to bring out the deliberations of the Committee in public domain"
Oct 9, 2011 LK Advani slams Govt over black money issue: "Senior BJP leader L K Advani on Sunday (October 9) said the issue of bringing back Indian black money illegally stashed away abroad would figure prominently during his anti-corruption 'Jan Chetna Yatra' across the country. "Though I will raise the issue of rampant corruption, price rise and extreme poverty that exists in the country during my Jan Chetna Yatra, issue of black money stashed away abroad will figure most prominently,""
Oct 9, 2011 'Don't insult the voters of Hissar': "Team Anna in a clear message to the Congress on Sunday (October 9) states that they are treating Hissar as a referendum on Lokpal. Speaking to reporters today team Anna's Arvind Kejriwal says some people from government approached Anna yesterday but there can be no compromise on this."
Oct 9, 2011 Babus and the 2G scam fallout: "it is not difficult to understand the import of these few lines in the note since it is the non-auction of the ‘start-up spectrum’ that the CAG has estimated could have cost the exchequer more than Rs 1,75,000 crores. And any guesses who the then FM was? Well, if you still can’t understand the lingo of the bureaucrats, let me tell you: he is the present Home Minister."
Oct 9, 2011 Ex-MP Shahabuddin's aide arrested: "An aide of Bihar's jailed ex-MP Mohammad Shahabuddin was arrested here, police said Sunday, adding he had been on the run since 1998.", "In 1998-99, he became a close aide of Shahabuddin, at whose instance he committed the murders of Shahabuddin's rivals. In one such instance, Alam shot dead 11 people who were opposed to Shahabuddin in a land dispute in Mujahida village in Siwan."
Oct 9, 2011 Palace, Prince and the Puppet: "Speculation rife in Delhi Durbar: Is Regent on his way out? Is Palace preparing to install Prince?"
Oct 9, 2011 'Anna, every citizen, is above Parliament': "the call to voters to turn against the Congress in the Hisar bypolls"
Oct 9, 2011 Maharashtra: Rs 1000 cr education scam exposed: "In an inspection carried out in the Nanded district, of 7 lakh school students shown on the records of 3500 schools, a whopping 1.4 lakh were found to be bogus, which means that the state handed over an extra unaccounted money for amount of Rs 120 crore to these schools."
Oct 8, 2011 Badal Govt Most Corrupt In Punjab’s History: Capt: "“What the Deputy Chief Minister has chosen to hide are his vast stakes in the sand mining, transport and liquor businesses,”"
Oct 8, 2011 2G taint: UPA crisis not over: "What transpires in the Supreme Court during the week starting October 10 is critical for a battered UPA government and a beleaguered Congress party in general, and under-stress Home Minister P Chidambaram in particular."
Oct 8, 2011 Well-connected Maran has 323 lines: "he sold 74% of his stake in Aircel to Maxis group in May 2006. Within six months, Aircel got 14 licences. It has been alleged before the Supreme Court that the Malaysia-based group invested Rs 599 crore in Maran’s family business (Sun Direct) in return for 14 spectrum licences given to Aircel during his tenure in 2006. “Maran's family-owned business (Sun Direct) received substantial investment from Maxis group which took 20% equity in Sun Direct. Maxis group invested a total of Rs 599.01 crore in Sun Direct between December 2007 and December 2009,” the petition, quoting Tehelka magazine, said in SC. It alleged that there was a clear quid pro quo through these deals."
Oct 8, 2011 Bikers slash girl for protesting eve-teasing: "the pillion rider, reached out from behind and slashed the girl on her back with a blade-like object. The bikers immediately fled, brushing past the girls once again,"
Oct 8, 2011 2 BSF jawans held in child ‘sacrifice’ case: "Two Border Security Force (BSF) jawans were arrested in Meghalaya's West Garo Hills for suspected " child sacrifice" in a temple in the 121 battalion camp. "
Oct 8, 2011 Case against Puducherry education minister for exam fraud: "The district crime branch filed a criminal case against Kalyanasundaram, exam hall supervisor P Adavan and office assistant M Rajini Kanth, who allegedly helped the minister to carry out the impersonation plan. A school dropout, Kalyanasundaram is a first-time legislator in Puducherry and became education minister and holds the IT and transport portfolios as well."
Oct 8, 2011 Hisar bypoll: Team Anna begins anti-Congress campaign: "Team Anna today launched a blistering attack on the Congress ahead of the October 13 Lok Sabha bypoll here, asking voters to inflict a “historic” defeat on the party for not bringing the Jan Lokpal Bill."
Oct 8, 2011 Why the Congress is running scared of ‘Anna’s politics’: "In a CD named ‘The Government of the Corrupt’, Anna appealed to the people to defeat the Congress"
Oct 8, 2011 Anna's threat leaves government nervous?: "Anna Hazare threatened the government with another agitation if the Jan Lokpal bill was not passed by the Winter session of the parliament, a threat that has clearly left the govt nervous."
Oct 8, 2011 Politcos nervours about Anna's foray?
Oct 8, 2011 Team Anna launches its campaign: "Team Anna today (Hisar) launched a blistering attack on the Congress ahead of the October 13 Lok Sabha bypoll in Hisar, asking voters to inflict a "historic" defeat on the party for not bringing the Jan Lokpal Bill."
Oct 8, 2011 Find Me Some Destitutes Does UPA-II really want to count the poor?: "India continues to be home to 46 per cent of the malnourished children of the world; 36 per cent of the population lives on less than Rs 20 a day; one out of every second person in rural India is poor."
Oct 8, 2011 Design behind ‘counting’ the poor: "The Planning Commission's Rs 32 absurdity was not a simple academic exercise, but smacked of Soviet-era hoodwinking. By keeping hundreds of millions out of the ‘poverty zone’, UPA-II hoped to reduce subsidies for the purpose of presenting a more ‘balanced' Budget"
Oct 8, 2011 Congress fears many ministers will go to jail: Kejriwal: "“The Congress is afraid that if the Jan Lokpal bill comes, half of its ministers will go to jail (for corruption)."
Oct 8, 2011 Hisar by-polls: Team Anna campaigns against Cong: "Anna Hazare has issued a video appeal to the people of Hisar to not vote for the Congress."
Oct 8, 2011 It's criminal neglect: CSR Director on encephalitis: "The Centre for Social Research Director says the disease could have been prevented had there been a political will."
Oct 8, 2011 Woman sacrifices girl to improve marriage: "A woman and three members of her family killed their neighbour's seven-year-old daughter after a self-styled godman said it would improve her marital relations, police in Uttar Pradesh's Ballia district said"
Oct 8, 2011 Lady IAS officer quizzed by CBI, house raided: "The central agency has found alleged irregularities in certain leases given to OMC between 2005 and 2009, when Srilakshmi was the Secretary of Andhra Pradesh Industries Department."
Oct 8, 2011 Credit card scam in US: 13 Indians charged
Oct 8, 2011 Ultrasounds to blame for skewed sex ratio in India: UN: "The problem does seem acute in Mumbai. Its child-sex ratio stands at 892 girls for every 1,000 boys, which is not only much worse than the all-India figure of 914 girls but is also poorer than the Vietnam figure of 899 girls for every 1,000 boys under the age of six. The statistics released by the United Nations Population Fund on Thursday offer some cold comfort; China appears even more casual about the future of its girl child - with only 847 girls born for every 1,000 boys"
Oct 7, 2011 Arvind Speech at Jantar Mantar_Protest against Govt. Lokpal Bill
Oct 7, 2011 Chautala land value up 17 times in 15 days: affidavit: ""The Chautalas bought 15.3 acres in village Lambi in Dabwali for Rs 8.78 lakh on September 11, 2011. The affidavit puts the land’s current value at Rs 150 lakh. Chautala filed his nomination on September 26. ""
Oct 7, 2011 Hisar witnesses political colours of Dussehra: "supporters of Anna Hazare and members of India Against Corruption, Congress workers and INLD activists reached the venue of Ravana Dahan at old college ground to spread their respective messages."
Oct 7, 2011 Hazare’s campaign a lesson for Sharmila supporters: "Supporters of Manipur’s ‘Iron Lady’ Irom Sharmila, who has been on hunger strike for the last 11 years demanding withdrawal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from the state, are inspired by how Anna Hazare steered his anti-corruption campaign to success by fasting"
Oct 7, 2011 Corruption in India: More Government Is Not the Solution: "Adding yet another agency to the bloated Indian government is not the way to reduce corruption. In fact, it is the size and scope of the Indian state that is the major cause of corruption."
Oct 7, 2011 Anna video targets Congress as 'govt of the corrupt': "In a ten-minute CD titled "The Government of the Corrupt", the Gandhian says the Congress must be defeated."
Oct 7, 2011 Hissar Election: "Anna Hazare's message for Hissar people for Loksabha By Election."
Oct 7, 2011 Anna_arrest: "Anna's message to the nation before arrested"
Oct 7, 2011 Why IIT? The whole education system is Jurassic in its content
Oct 7, 2011 Kapil’s project PIOUS, a waste of Rs 43 lakh!: "The Comptroller of Auditor General (CAG), in its recent report, has accused Kapil Sibal of wasting over Rs 43 lakh in a database project launched in 2006, when he was the Minister of Science and Technology."
Oct 7, 2011 Now J&K Govt in phone tapping row?: "There seems to be no respite for Omar Abdullah's government as reports of Phone tapping emerge following the alleged custodial death of NC worker Mohd Yusuf. TIMES NOW learnt from sources in the J&K govt called a meeting to order tapping of phones."
Oct 7, 2011 Time to slay our demons: "The anti-corruption movement that has caught the popular imagination will open up Indian society to review and reform all that is antiquated."
Oct 7, 2011 Whose failure? Encephalitis kills 50,000 in 30 yrs: "Successive state governments have failed to vaccinate children in Uttar Pradesh."
Oct 7, 2011 BBC: India: Maoist attack kills four troops in Chhattisgarh: "Maoist rebels say they are fighting for the rights of indigenous tribal people and the rural poor."
Oct 7, 2011 How poor India battles encephalitis: "Almost 500 children die of encephalitis in Eastern UP in two months because of poor sanitation and dirty water.", "India's Dying Children"
Oct 7, 2011 BJP puts Goa mining scam at Rs 25,000 crore: "the profits of the scam were being routed through companies in tax haven countries like Mauritius and Cayman Islands.", "senior members of the government were involved in the scam."
Oct 7, 2011 Whose failure? Encephalitis kills 50,000 in 30 years: "Public health experts and activists say that the epidemic has been badly mismanaged for the last 33 years and the story should make 21st century India hang its head in shame.", ""We had named him Harsh thinking he'll bring joy to our lives. But if god didn't want it what can we do," says Harsh's grandfather Ram Preet. Harsh's doctors have no time to grieve for him a there are 600 children in the encephalitis ward waiting to be saved."
Oct 7, 2011 Anonymous letter says Bhanwari Devi still alive, kept hostage: "Bhanwari Devi, a midwife and nurse missing for almost a month, is being kept hostage by a politician in Haryana.", "Her husband Amarchand has alleged that she was abducted at the behest of water resources minister Mahipal Maderna and his associates."
Oct 7, 2011 Don't vote for Cong: Anna says loud and clear: ""We have appealed to people in this polls. Congress should be defeated as it has failed to bring Jan lokpal Bill," he said in the ten-minute CD named 'The Government of the Corrupt'."
Oct 7, 2011 Give your TVs for our inmates: Tihar to OC: "The Tihar Jail has offered to take some load off the hands of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee — only the material load.", "Ironically, Tihar Jail, which houses “approximately 12,500 inmates”, is also the present address of sacked Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi and other senior Organising Committee officials, jailed on charges of corruption in Games management."

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