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Oct 24, 2012 BJP should reply on Gadkari issue: Manish Tiwari: "Congress spokesperson Manish Tiwari said there should be an inquiry into allegations against BJP president Nitin Gadkari."
Oct 24, 2012 BJP senior leaders indulging in corruption nothing new: Alvi: "Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday found himself in trouble with the government deciding to go into allegations of dubious funding in his companies which cast a shadow over his getting a second term as party president in December."
Oct 24, 2012 RSS Chief targets govt on corruption in Gadkari's presence: "chief Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday shared the dais with RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat in Nagpur. Delivering his annual Vijay Dashmi day address on Wednesday morning, Bhagwat hit out at the government on the corruptio"
Oct 24, 2012 Will break your cameras, Virbhadra threatens media: "Himachal Pradesh Congress Chief Virbhadra Singh lost his cool and abused media on Wednesday when questioned on the allegations of corruption against him. Virbhadra, in fact, threatened to break the cameras of "
Oct 24, 2012 Book Gadkari under Prevention of Corruption Act: IAC: "Arvind Kejriwal-led India Against Corruption (IAC) has claimed that fresh allegations against Nitin Gadkari had vindicated their stand that Congress and BJP were hand in glove on corruption and dared Congress"
Oct 23, 2012 Govt goes slow on Gadkari probe?: "For 7 weeks now, TIMES NOW has done a detailed investigation into all things Gadkari -- the allegations against his companies, the propriety and ethics of his business dealings. What we found out: No investigation has been initiated against Nitin Gadkari. Were the allegations of shell companies, of dubious directors not serious enough? Or is there a secret understanding that now needs to be exposed?"
Oct 23, 2012 Virbhadra Singh under scanner?: "Former Steel Minister Virbhadra Singh comes under scrutiny as he faces questions about 'unaccounted cash' entries in his Income Tax returns. Singh's original IT returns showed net agricultural income of Rs 7 lakh, Rs 15 lakh and Rs 25 lakhs for the years 2009-2012. But, the revised returns filed in 2012 showed a sharp increase in the agricultural income. The source of this sudden increase in income is not clear."
Oct 23, 2012 Revealed: Gadkari's driver cum director: "From being a chauffer to Nitin Gadkari one day to Director in 5 companies that invested heavily in the BJP National President's Purti group. Overnight, on July 24, 2009 to be precise, Manohar Panse was promoted and it's the timing of this elevation that raises even more serious questions."
Oct 23, 2012 Five companies registered in Andheri slum invested money in Purti group, Gadkari's driver, diwan are directors: report: "The TOI report also revealed, Gadkari's driver, diwan (accountant) and several employees appointed as directors in these investor companies."
Oct 23, 2012 Nitin Gadkari faces serious questions: "BJP President Nitin Gadkari is at the centre of corruption allegations that came as a severe embarrassment to the party. Media reports have raised questions over the source of funds for Purti Power and Sugar Ltd controlled by Gadkari."
Oct 23, 2012 Has Nitin Gadkari become an embarrassment for BJP?: "Bharatiya Janata Party President Nitin Gadkari faced fresh graft charges in the Maharashtra land scam."
Oct 23, 2012 Gadkari-Purti link: A lot of questions unanswered: "Stirring the hornet's nest in the BJP, MP Ram Jethmalani on Tuesday renewed his attack on party chief Nitin Gadkari and demanded his resignation, after fresh allegations against him in the Maharashtra land scam."
Oct 23, 2012 Gadkari flouted major laws: Prashant Bhushan: "Reports reveal an infrastructure company called IRB gave Purti Ltd a loan of Rs 165 crores, two years after IRB was awarded road contracts by BJP President Nitin Gadkari when he was PWD minister."
Oct 23, 2012 Gadkari should step down as BJP president: Jethmalani: "Stirring the hornet's nest in BJP, MP Ram Jethmalani on Tuesday renewed his attack on party chief Nitin Gadkari and demanded his resignation, saying the fresh allegations against him in the Maharashtra land s"
Oct 23, 2012 2000 kids die every year at Delhi govt hospital: "Delhi government's hospital for children - Kalawati Saran Children's Hospital - is turning into a horror zone with almost six children dying every day."
Oct 23, 2012 Army brass wasted 100cr: Audit: "The audit covered many purchases approved by the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the six Army commands between 2009 and 2011. The audit was done in 55 cases, and it assessed total financial loss of Rs 103.11 crore."
Oct 23, 2012 Drivers are directors in netas’ firms: "Manohar Panse, the driver of BJP president Nitin Gadkari, who was found to be a director on several of Gadkari's companies, is not alone. Peons, clerks and drivers of leading politicians have become overnight millionaires or secured key assignments in the institutions set up by their employers."
Oct 23, 2012 BJP alleges assets scam against Virbhadra, produces ‘proof’: "Virbhadra Singh's revised filings from 2009-10 to 2011-12 show a near 13-fold increase in his agricultural income to 6.57 crore from 47.35 lakh."
Oct 22, 2012 Another scam in the offing?: "The CAG report points to alleged irregularities to the tune of Rs 1100 crore in the state building construction department."
Oct 22, 2012 Spirit of India reigns over scams: " The India Against Corruption (IAC) that Kejriwal now leads has unearthed many scams beginning with the land deals of Robert Vadra, the alleged snatching of funds meant for the physically disabled by the Khurshids’ Trust and, then, the alleged land grab by BJP President Nitin Gadkari from Maharashtra’s farmers. Loot lo India!"
Oct 22, 2012 UPA के भ्रष्टाचार को जल्द ही गिनीज बुक में मिलेगी जगह: बादल: "पंजाब के बजट का 7 गुना मंत्रियों की दौलत"
Oct 22, 2012 For Virbhadra Singh, money grows on trees: "raid on Ispat Industries’ Delhi offices recorded off-book cash payments to a ‘VBS’ of Rs. 50,00,000 on 28/10/2009, Rs. 50,00,000 on 23/12/2009, Rs. 27,74,535 on 21/4/2010, and Rs. 1,00,00,000 on 24/8/2010, along with a payment of Rs. 15 lakh to ‘Min of Steel APS’ recorded for September 11, 2008."
Oct 22, 2012 The Last Word: Digvijaya's 'never attack family' remark justified?: "Digvijaya Singh had said that even though the evidence of corruption against families of Atal Bihari Vajpayee and LK Advani is enough to embarrass the two leaders, the party would refrain from going public with it."
Oct 22, 2012 Unhappy life, unexplained death: "struggling young actress has been laid bare following her mysterious death on October 9 — an unhappy marriage to a wealthy politician with a criminal record, an allegedly greedy family who forced her into the marriage, a stab at politics, allegations of prostitution, and loneliness and depression."
Oct 22, 2012 Haryana to become India’s first men-only state by Dec 2012: "Haryana is poised to become India's first men-only state by year-end, chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda proudly declared at a crowded press conference here on Sunday, amid loud applause by party colleagues and opposition members."
Oct 22, 2012 Questions swirl around source of funding of Gadkari's firm: "significant investments and large loans to Purti by a construction firm, Ideal Road Builders (IRB) Group, which had won contracts between 1995 and 1999, when Gadkari was the PWD minister in Maharashtra.", "most addresses in which these companies are registered are unverifiable, and that the firms are controlled by Gadkari's close aides. Records of 2010-11 show that directors of these investor companies included Gadkari's driver, his 'diwan' (accountant) and two employees of Purti."
Oct 21, 2012 BBC: Why rural sexual violence remains rife in India: ""They often function like kangaroo courts, creating laws for society, determining what women must do, how people should behave,""
Oct 21, 2012 Has Air India become a joke by asking passengers to travel by road?: "Has Air India become a cruel joke by asking its passengers to travel by road?"
Oct 20, 2012 Supriya, Sadanand Sule invested Rs 1.66 lakh, made Rs 18.64 crore in Lavasa deal: report: "The couple got sweetheart deals in Lavasa, not once but twice"
Oct 20, 2012 CBI raids at Tejinder Singh's residence: "The CBI today carried out raids at five places in New Delhi after registering a case against Lt Gen (retd) Tejinder Singh on Ex-Army chief V K Singh's complaint that he was offered bribe to clear a tranche of "substandard" vehicles."
Oct 20, 2012 IOA splurged 4 crore on officials: "shockingly reveals that IOA officials splurged close to a whopping Rs. 4 crore for the officials and their families during the 2012 Olympics in London."
Oct 20, 2012 IGP turns 31 cops into domestic help, suspended: ""This is not an isolated case. Many officers of the Punjab Police are used to this kind of lifestyle,""
Oct 20, 2012 CBI books retired Lt General over V K Singh’s bribery charges: "preliminary enquiry (PE) into former Army chief Gen V K Singh’s allegation that he was offered a Rs 14-crore bribe"
Oct 19, 2012 Pune: Enrique concert organisers allege police beat them up: "The organisers of the pop sensation Enrique Iglesias concert in Pune on Wednesday have alleged that they were beaten up by the police when they tried to stop guests of ACP VT Pawar from entering the concert venue w"
Oct 19, 2012 3 bar girls gangraped by 8-9 youths in Karnataka: ""At around 12.30 am last night, eight to nine men aged between 20-25 came in a Maruti Omni van and Honda Activa to a house in Mariappanpalya where seven bar girls working in Casino Bar in Gandhinagar in Bangalore were staying"
Oct 18, 2012 Land, lies and videotape: "how BJP national president Nitin Gadkari's business empire acquired land by easing through the bureaucratic red tape."
Oct 18, 2012 BJP, Maharashtra govt partners in graft: India Against Corruption
Oct 18, 2012 BJP versus BJP: Ram Jethmalani says Nitin Gadkari is corrupt
Oct 18, 2012 Corruption claims dog miner investing in Australia: "former supreme court justice Santosh Hegde last year, as his final act as Karnataka state ombudsman, released a report into the theft of iron ore by numerous companies which cost the state $3 billion in royalties. Justice Hedge's report found Adani Enterprises acted corruptly in the illicit transportation of iron ore in excess of the permitted quantity."
Oct 18, 2012 BBC: India minister Salman Khurshid warns Arvind Kejriwal: ""He can come to Farrukhabad but should keep in mind that he has to return too," he was filmed telling a meeting. Mr Khurshid said as the law minister, he had to "work with the pen. But I will also work with blood," he added."
Oct 18, 2012 Reuters: India police name JSW officials in corruption case: "India's top court asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to investigate the involvement of JSW and other firms in giving donations, buying land at inflated prices and providing "illegal gratification" to state officials."
Oct 18, 2012 Corruption not only offence, undermines human rights too: SC
Oct 18, 2012 The Last Word: Was Khemka right to order an inquiry into Vadra deals?: "Ashok Khemka, who was transferred by the Haryana government after he cancelled the mutation of the sale deed between Robert Vadra's company and DLF, said that anyone who feels his order is 'unfounded' is free to go to"
Oct 18, 2012 Is the credibility of anti-corruption crusaders also at stake?: "Sharad Pawar and his family have come under the scanner after Former IPS officer YP Singh accused the NCP chief's family, including daughter MP, Supriya, of being at the centre of a massive land scam in Maharashtra."
Oct 18, 2012 Sharad Pawar was at the centre of the 'real' land scam: YP Singh: "Targeting Sharad Pawar over Lavasa Corporation, YP Singh Singh claimed that the NCP chief was at the centre of the 'real' scam."
Oct 18, 2012 Sharad Pawar defends Nitin Gadkari in irrigation scam: "Seeking to trash the allegations of land scam against BJP President Nitin Gadkari, NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Thursday came out in his defence saying he wasworking for the development of farmers."
Oct 18, 2012 Is Gadkari's business in direct conflict with farmers' interests?: "A CNN-IBN ground report from Vidarbha, Maharashtra has found that water meant to irrigate the state's suicide belt is being diverted to power plants run by politicians."
Oct 18, 2012 The Last Word: Kejriwal targeting Gadkari an expose or mud-slinging?: "Kejriwal targeted Gadkari accusing him of receiving personal favours by getting around 100 acres of agriculture land in Maharashtra after the Congress-NCP government there bent rules."
Oct 18, 2012 Probe Digvijay Singh scam: HC to CBI: "The allegation was that the mall was illegally built on a residential plot of 1 lakh square feet, with undue concessions from the state government."
Oct 18, 2012 Has Kejriwal really been able to expose Gadkari?: "Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday turned his guns on Nitin Gadkari, alleging that the BJP president's factories are robbing farmers of their land and irrigation water in Maharashtra."
Oct 18, 2012 Ex-Haryana CM targets Rahul over land deal: "Former Haryana Chief Minister INLD chief Om Prakash Chautala on Wednesday alleged that not only Robert Vadra but Rahul Gandhi too bought land at below market prices and evaded stamp duty by undervaluing the sa"
Oct 18, 2012 Haryana IAS officers in a tiff over Vadra-DLF deal: "IAS officers in Haryana are turning against each other in the wake of the Robert Vadra-DLF deal revelations. Town and Country Planning head TC Gupta has defended the deal and said action should be taken again"
Oct 18, 2012 What lies beneath Haryana's realty boom: "Behind the rapid real estate boom in Gurgaon, lies a tale of bureaucrats and real estate developers collaborating for windfall profits. In 7 villages near sector 58 to 63 and 65 to 67 of Gurgaon, panchayat lan"
Oct 18, 2012 Not involved in illegal land acquisitions in Lavasa: Sharad Pawar: ""The Sules, if the value of the company is taken into account on the basis of Axis Bank's assessment, must have got around Rs 240 crore from sale of their shares. It is not reflected in the affidavit Supriya Sule filed detailing her assets before contesting 2009 Lok Sabha elections," he said. Distributing the affidavit which showed Supriya Sule's total assets at little over 50.45 lakh, Singh alleged, " there is a big money laundering scam"."
Oct 17, 2012 Did Vadra get undue favours from Haryana govt in various land deals?: "The Haryana government was forced to order an investigation into the Vadra-DLF Manesar land deal worth Rs 58 crore after Khemka cancelled the land mutation saying it violated the consolidation act of the states."
Oct 17, 2012 Got equipment only a few days ago: Khurshid NGO's 'beneficiaries': "Even as Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid produced lists of beneficiaries of aid given by his trust, the Zakir Hussain Memorial Trust, on Sunday amidst allegations of corruption and misuse of funds by the N"
Oct 17, 2012 Will expose another politician on Oct 17, says Kejriwal: "Sushil Kumar Gautam, district handicapped welfare officer, Bulanshahar, tells CNN-IBN that his predecessor had told the state government that her signature on a report on equipment distributed to 42 d"
Oct 17, 2012 I'll continue my fight, no matter how much I'm hounded: Khemka: "Senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka, who has been transferred by the Haryana government, said he suspected that he was transferred for initiating probe into the land deal between Robert Vadra and realty major DLF."
Oct 17, 2012 Vadra-DLF land deal scrapped, whistleblower officer shunted: "Ashok Khemka, a senior IAS officer and the man in charge of land registration in Haryana has cancelled the mutation of a land deal between Robert Vadra and DLF in Manesar."
Oct 17, 2012 IAS officer Khemka who ordered probe into Vadra land deals receives "threat calls": ""The callers asked him to desist or else he would be eliminated. He further told me that those threatening him also talked about having given a 'supari' to eliminate him,""
Oct 17, 2012 Kejriwal slams Haryana govt for IAS officer's transfer: "India Against Corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal came out strongly against the Haryana government for transferring IAS officer Ashok Khemka, who was probing the Robert Vadra-DLF land deal. Alleging the Haryan"
Oct 17, 2012 Robert Vadra: Congress stands exposed now, says BJP: "The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has said that the latest controversy to hit Robert Vadra, the son-in-law of Congress President Sonia Gandhi, just shows how the Gandhi family abuses power."
Oct 17, 2012 Live: Suspect was transferred for probing deal, says Khemka: "On security threat to Ashok Khemka, his lawyer Anupam Gupta said, 'Yes Khemka has personally told me that he has received threatening phone calls in the night. We don't know who are these callers an"
Oct 17, 2012 Happy that Khemka raised his voice: Kiran Bedi: "Former Team Anna member Kiran Bedi has slammed the Haryana government over the transfer of senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka as the DG Haryana Seed Development Corporation three days after he ordered an investig"
Oct 17, 2012 Bulandshahr beneficiaries of Khurshid NGO received aid after row: "Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid's Zakir Hussain Memorial Trust now faces more allegations over the allotment of support equipment to the differently-abled. CNN-IBN travelled to Bulandshahr where camps were"
Oct 17, 2012 Vadra-DLF deal: Will ask HC to probe, says Haryana Opposition: "The Opposition has stepped up pressure for an independent inquiry into the land deal between Robert Vadra and DLF."
Oct 17, 2012 IAS officer transfer: Cong's emergency mindset evident, says BJP: "The BJP has once again called for an impartial probe into the DLF-Vadra land deal in Haryana. BJP leader Prakash Javadekar has said that the transfer of the IAS officer Ashok Khemka reveals the Congress's emergency mind"
Oct 17, 2012 ACB forwards documents against Tatkare, Bhujbal to ED: "The Anti-Corruption Bureau has forwarded documents against Maharashtra ministers to the Enforcement Directorate. The ACB has submitted documents against senior NCP leader and Water Resources Minister Sunil Tatkar"
Oct 17, 2012 No loan given to Vadra: Corporation Bank sources: "In a new twist in the controversy surrounding Robert Vadra, sources in the Corporation Bank have revealed that they had given no loan to Congress president Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law."
Oct 17, 2012 Vadra purchased 75 acres of land in Haryana's Palwal: "Fresh details of more land purchases by Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra in Haryana have come to light. CNN-IBN has accessed details of Vadra's land deals in Haryana's Palwal distr"
Oct 17, 2012 The Last Word: Was Khurshid's reply in press conference convincing?: "At a press conference he held with his wife Louise, Salman Khurshid asserted that the camps for the disabled, organised by his Zakir Hussain Memorial Trust, were held at different places in Uttar Pradesh."
Oct 17, 2012 Should Salman Khurshid step down to allow an independent probe?: "Arvind Kejriwal announced a fresh campaign against Salman Khurshid in his constituency Farrukhabad from November 1."
Oct 17, 2012 Khurshid row: 'My predecessor never signed on beneficiaries list': "In the latest development in the controversy surrounding Salman Khurshid, the Bulandshahr's handicapped welfare officer says his predecessor never signed on the documents of the beneficiaries shown by the Zakir Hussain Trust, owned by the Union Minister and his wife."
Oct 17, 2012 Former bureaucrats back Khemka: "A 1991-batch IAS officer, Ashok Khemka, has been transferred over 40 times in 21 years and this time, he has been shunted out for pointing out irregularities in the Robert Vadra-DLF land deal."
Oct 17, 2012 Nitin Gadkari usurped farmers' land, says Kejriwal; BJP rallies behind its chief: "Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday targeted BJP president Nitin Gadkari, accusing him of receiving personal favours by getting around 100 acres of agriculture land in Maharashtra after the Congress-NCP government there bent rules."
Oct 17, 2012 Crime Epidemic: "a Khap Panchayat in Haryana suggested to reduce the marriageable age of girls to 16 in order to combat the rising rape cases in the state, another leader has blamed consumption of fast foods like 'chowmein' as the reason behind such incidents."
Oct 17, 2012 The Officer Who Investigated Robert Vadra: "43 Transfers in 20 Years"
Oct 17, 2012 Is BJP In Opposition?: "Or are BJP leaders in bed with ruling parties? Whose interests does Mr Gadkari represent? Is there a conflict between the interests of Maharashtra farmers and Mr Nitin Gadkari’s businesses? Is Mr Gadkari’s business flourishing in Maharashtra at the cost of dying farmers?"
Oct 17, 2012 Ajit Pawar, Gadkari colluded in land fraud: Kejriwal: "Turning his attention to Nitin Gadkari, activist-politician Arvind Kejriwal Wednesday alleged Wednesday that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president had colluded with Nationalist Congress Party's (NCP) Ajit Pawar to exploit farmers in Maharashtra."
Oct 17, 2012 In collusion with Ajit Pawar, Gadkari usurped farmers' land: Kejriwal: " Arvind Kejriwal in his second big expose on Wednesday alleged that BJP president Nitin Gadkari, in collusion with the ruling NCP in Maharashtra, had usurped farmers' land to further his private businesses. Kejriwal also claimed that the state government had illegally diverted irrigation water to Gadkari's power companies."
Oct 17, 2012 Live: Kejriwal says BJP president Gadkari using his party: "Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley said that Wednesday's press conference is a failed attempt by Arvind Kejriwal to equate BJP with Congress. 'IAC has damaged the credibility of civil society organisati"
Oct 17, 2012 Kejriwal hits back at Khurshid, says killing him won't help: "The anti-corruption crusader-turned-politician said the language used by Salman Khurshid does not suit a Law Minister."
Oct 17, 2012 Salman Khurshid issues veiled threat to Arvind Kejriwal: "Arvind Kejriwal has said that Salman Khurshid's remarks against him are gravely inappropriate for his position as Law Minister. "Mr Salman Khurshid has threatened me in language that is unbecoming of the Law Minister's post"
Oct 17, 2012 Khurshid's threat to Kejriwal: "Gair Kanoon Mantri"
Oct 17, 2012 Kejriwal won’t return from Farrukhabad, warns Law Minister: ""I have been made the Law Minister and asked to work with the pen. I will work with the pen but also with blood.""
Oct 17, 2012 Robert Vadra: Cong in denial despite more proof: "The Congress continued to remain in denial even as the Haryana government was forced to order a probe into the Robert Vadra-DLF Manesar deal. This came even as CNN-IBN accessed more evidence of Robert Vadra's"
Oct 17, 2012 Salman Khurshid threatens Arvind Kejriwal: "In the latest development with regard to the controversy surrounding Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid, the Congress leader on Wednesday threatened anti-corruption crusader-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal,"
Oct 16, 2012 My experience hasn't been pleasant: Transferred Haryana IAS officer: "IAS officer Ashok Khemka who set aside the mutation of a Rs 58 crore worth plot of land sold by Congress President Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra to realty giant DLF in 2009 says that his 21 years in"
Oct 16, 2012 Vadra-DLF land transfer in limbo now: Senior HC lawyer: "Senior Punjab and Haryana High Court lawyer Anupam Gupta has said that with the cancellation of the mutation of a land deal between Robert Vadra and DLF, the transfer has fallen into a limbo."
Oct 16, 2012 Vadra-DLF land deal: Mahapanchayat meets to discuss row: "A Mahapanchayat is meeting in Manesar to discuss the implications of the cancellation of the mutation of transfer of property between Robert Vadra and DLF."
Oct 15, 2012 No camps held by Zakir Hussain trust: Social activist: "Vivek Yadav, a social activist from Mainpuri in UP, has claimed that the Zakir Hussain trust has not held any camps."
Oct 15, 2012 Rapes happen because men and women interact freely: Mamata: "After Haryana ministers and Khap panchayats, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday gave her 'bizarre' reasoning for the increasing rape cases in the country. Mamata said that rape cases are on a rise in the country because men and women interact with each other more freely now."
Oct 15, 2012 Beni embarrasses Cong, says Rs 71 lakh too small an amount for a minister: "Union minister Beni Prasad Verma created quite a flutter today when he said 71 lakh rupees was too small an amount to be scam. He was later forced to clarify his remark."
Oct 15, 2012 Khurshid row: EOW conducts raids in 16 districts of UP: "The Economic Offences Wing conducted raids on handicap welfare centres in 16 districts of Uttar Pradesh on Monday in connection with the allegations of irregularities in Salman Khurshid's NGO. The EOW of the Uttar Pradesh Police had launched a probe into the matter on Sunday."
Oct 14, 2012 A glass house, cracked: "India has been witnessing a series of scams, unearthed by the media But, very little action is taken against the guilty."
Oct 14, 2012 Honest officers become like rape victims in India: Haryana IAS officer: "the Indian political system was such that an honest officer would feel like a rape victim who, in India, is often blamed for the crime."
Oct 14, 2012 The Independent: Popular war on corruption ignites India: "Corruption is a huge, insidious problem in India that has eaten into every aspect of life. The campaign to stamp it out gathered pace after preparations for the 2010 Commonwealth Games embarrassed the nation, and has been fuelled by a series of government scandals, most prominently the mis-auctioning of spectrum licences that cost the country up to $40bn (£25bn) and led to a minister being jailed."
Oct 14, 2012 Kalmadi's 16 year reign ends: "He headed Indian sport for nearly two decades but Suresh Kalmadi has been forced into virtual retirement. With the CWG scam accused choosing not to file his nomination for the upcoming Indian Olympic Association elections; campaigners now call it a major victory."
Oct 14, 2012 Officer transferred 40 times in 21 years: "IAS Officer from Haryana Ashok Khemka claims he has been harassed, transferred 40 times in the last 21 years for merely doing his job. Khemka alleges it is 'malafide and deliberate attempt' to stop him from doing his job. This even as Haryana government refutes all charges levelled by him."
Oct 14, 2012 Kejriwal reiterrates charges againts Khurshid: "Activist turned politician Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday (October 14) made a 5 point attack on Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid. Alleging that the NGO, Zakir Hussain Memorial Trust, run by his wife Louise Khurshid, siphoned off funds meant for the physically disabled"

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