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Sep 2, 2012 BJP calls Congress multinational company of scams: ""The history-sheeter party of corruption, is now converted into a multi national company of Scams" whose chairperson is Sonia Gandhi and the CEO is Manmohan Singh."
Sep 2, 2012 UP under Akhilesh: One state, many chief ministers: "There are just too many rival power centres. Many senior ministers function virtually independent of the chief minister."
Sep 2, 2012 Asaram Bapu slaps TV cameraman: "Self-styled spiritual guru Asaram Bapu today suddenly slapped a TV cameraman for ignoring his order to take video of the thousands of devotees assembled at a satsang in Kavi Nagar here."
Sep 2, 2012 Ramdev's driver alleges he was offered Rs 5 lakh to implicate Baba: "The personal driver of yoga guru Baba Ramdev has filed a complaint with local police alleging that he was offered Rs 5 lakhs by an IB operative and some mediapersons to falsely implicate the Baba."
Sep 2, 2012 Candle march in Jalandhar after girl commits suicide following police harassment: "In Jalandhar, the local traffic police has been assigned an extra duty : catch hold of lovers moving in public. An overzealous lady traffic inspector Balvinder Kaur Multani on August 30 not only caught hold of Shivali with her boyfriend in a car, but asked the local media to capture video images."
Sep 2, 2012 Former internal security czar Arun Nehru faces graft charge: "Today Arun Nehru, who has been in political exile for nearly two decades, faces a 24-year-old Rs.25 lakh graft charge for wrongfully permitting the import of 9mm pistols for police forces."
Sep 2, 2012 Bangalore Mayor, wife 'landless labourers': "The duo were implicated in a land scam after they filed false affidavits to get 8 acres of govt land meant for landless workers."
Sep 2, 2012 Subodh Kant Sahai remains defiant: "Tourism minister Subodh Kant Sahai has been exposed repeatedly by TIMES NOW over the 'coalgate' scam, but he remains defiant"
Sep 2, 2012 Documents nail Alagiri's son: "how son of Union Minister MK Alagiri, Durai Dhayanidhi Alagiri, is involved in a 16,000 Cr illegal quarrying scam."
Sep 2, 2012 ‘Neither BJP nor Congress wants a discussion (on coal allocation). Because many skeletons from many cupboards are going to tumble out’
Sep 2, 2012 Outrage over Karnataka MLAs trip: "Outrage grows over Karnataka MLAs paid holiday abroad which was sanctioned at a time when Karnataka was in a state of drought."
Sep 2, 2012 Manmohan first PM who is 'proud of his silence': Swaraj: "The BJP leader demanded that Singh should clarify why some of the 'biggest scams since Independence' like the financial irregularities in Commonwealth Games projects, 2G spectrum allocation, land scam in the airport privatisation and the alleged irregularities in coal block allocation have happened with "alarming regularity" during his Prime Ministership."
Sep 2, 2012 MLAs study tour excuse exposed: "Seen here are Karnataka MLAs enjoying the splendors of the Argentinean Presidential Palace and posing outside the gigantic may pyramid along with family members like any tourist would. The bus load of 14 MLAs of drought stricken Karnataka along with their family members are spending their first day in Buenos Aries visiting all the prominent tourist destinations in the City."
Sep 2, 2012 BBC: Indian woman's 24-year fight to prove she is alive: "Asharfi Devi says her husband declared her dead to prevent any claim on his property"
Sep 1, 2012 Coalgate: BJP plans Bofors-like campaign
Sep 1, 2012 PM Directly Responsible for Coal Scam: Jaitley
Sep 1, 2012 NAM and nonsense: The mindlessness of Indian diplomacy: "There was a time when Indian diplomats at the United Nations took toilet breaks to avoid voting on key resolutions because their governments didn’t want to take a stand on critical issues."
Sep 1, 2012 Public-Private Perplexity: "Touted as a panacea for all ills in infrastructure projects, many PPPs are now being questioned for scam potential"
Sep 1, 2012 The DIY Maoist Manual: "How they made their own rockets, rocket launchers, mortars and other weapons. And how they kept improving and improvising."
Sep 1, 2012 Drought in Karnataka, MLAs party: "Showing a complete indifference to the drought back in Karnataka, MLAs from the state have packed their bags and left for a junket to South America."
Sep 1, 2012 Excl: 58 coal blocks under scanner: "the Government is adamant on defending the allocation of 142 coal blocks, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) says led to a presumptive loss of Rs 1.86 lakh crore even boasting of the policy adopted."
Sep 1, 2012 AP: Men break into govt shelter, abduct women: "Reports indicate that the women were victims of trafficking and sexual exploitation and were kidnapped earlier this morning."
Aug 31, 2012 India to USA: 'Coal-Gate' is Everywhere: "A $33 billion 'Coal-Gate' scandal is rocking the Indian government. This 'mother of all scams' created a windfall for private developers who secured public resources at rock bottom prices."
Aug 31, 2012 Punjab govt orders probe into girl’s suicide after humiliation by Jalandhar police: "Shivali was travelling in a car with a boy when they were stopped by the traffic cops at the check-post near the College and publicly humiliated her despite pleading that the two were known to each other."
Aug 31, 2012 State faces drought, MLAs on tour abroad: "Despite criticism, more MLAs are expecting to take up study tours to Russia, South American and Scandinavian countries after the Public Undertaking Committee has gone on a 17-day tour to Argentina, Brazil, Peru and Chile. The Chief Minister of Karnataka, Jagadish Shettar, cleared a jaunt of over 150 MLAs after they refused to give up their holiday at the state exchequer's cost."
Aug 31, 2012 Trouble for Alagiri's son: "A lookout notice has been issued against Union Minister MK Alagiri's son, Durai Dhayanidhi Alagiri, for his alleged involvement in a multi-crore granite mining scam. TIMES NOW has accessed the initial probe report into what is estimated to be a Rs. 16000 crore scam, clearly showing that one such company that was allegedly drawing benefits from the illegal mining was headed by Alagiri's son till 2010."
Aug 31, 2012 Will Sahai resign on propriety?: "A day after Tourism Minister Subodh Kant Sahai was forced to admit that he infact lobbied for his brother with the Prime Minister for coal block allocation"
Aug 31, 2012 Delays caused Rs 14,000 cr cost overruns in 16 hydro projs:CAG: "Delay in implementing 16 hydro power projects by four state-run generators, including NHPC and SJVN, resulted in cost overruns of more than Rs 14,700 crore, CAG said"
Aug 31, 2012 Guj riots victims get justice, 1984 killers still free: "In the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, three Congress politicians were named in different FIRs. However, 28 years later, not one has been convicted yet."
Aug 31, 2012 Jharkhand’s stunning seizure: US Army rifle being sold to Maoists: "“Apart from the M16, we found a bulletproof jacket, Rs 28 lakh in cash, live cartridges for AK 56 and 47, mobile phones and imported pistols."
Aug 31, 2012 2 Delhi cops detained for Rs 3cr robbery: "two crime branch cops connived with real estate racketeers and extorted Rs 1.25 crore from him by threatening to eliminate him in an "encounter"."
Aug 30, 2012 Anti-Corruption Bureau trap deputy commercial tax officer: "A deputy commercial tax officer (DCTO) was trapped by Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuths while he was taking a bribe of Rs 50,000 from the complainant at his office"
Aug 30, 2012 Another Day, Another Scam: How the CAG Report Impacts India's Overall Outlook
Aug 30, 2012 Lawlessness haunts UP
Aug 30, 2012 Corruption case: Maj Gen under the scanner: "The CoI was ordered after allegations of misappropriation of funds through forged bills surfaced in the Northern Command.", "Another Maj Gen of the Army Services Corps in the Northern Command is facing a Court of Inquiry (CoI) for allegedly accepting bribe from a local contractor in supplies for formations deployed in Siachen and Jammu and Kashmir."
Aug 30, 2012 K'taka MLAs on S. America junket: "At a time when the state is reeling under the effects of drought, legislators from Karnataka are going on a foreign junket. The first batch of 14 MLA left on a study trip to South American countries while over 100 MLAs are planning to leave over the next few days."
Aug 30, 2012 Coalgate: Who is Sudhir K Sahay?: "TIMES NOW reveal a mystery man who attended Coal screening committee meetings as a SKS director. Who is Sudhir K Sahay and why was he part of meetings where coal block allocations were being decided?"
Aug 30, 2012 Coalgate: People with Cong, BJP links got mines: "Details of the first FIR to be filed by the CBI show how those with political connections were favoured in the coal mine allocations."
Aug 30, 2012 Coalgate: '25 firms under scanner': "a number of private firms and government officials are likely to be named in the FIR. According to the CBI source, the agency found irregularities in nearly 25 companies. CBI sources confirmed that steel and cement ministries too are under scanner."
Aug 30, 2012 Ramdev alleges witch hunt by UPA government: "Ramdev claims that he is being targetted because of his anti-corruption movement against the UPA."
Aug 30, 2012 FTN: A classroom on coal scam: "The CAG in its report on coal blocks allocation had suggested that there was a lost of Rs 1.86 lakh crore due to lack of bidding."
Aug 30, 2012 The Last Word: Could the CAG report on coal develop into a bofors?: "With the paralysis in Parliament, could the CAG report on an alleged coal scam develop into a second bofors?"
Aug 30, 2012 'Rats kill baby in Chennai hospital': "a PIL was filed in the Madras High Court, seeking a direction to government to issue proper directions to all government and private hospitals in the state to keep premises of hospitals neat and exterminate pests and animals like dogs, cats and rodents and contamination through them."
Aug 30, 2012 Reddy brothers paid huge bribe to BJP: Lalu: "Most of the mines owned by Reddy’s are in Andhra Pradesh."
Aug 30, 2012 Child pays price for uncle's activism: "Thrashed by 20 goons in Bikaner, Aaina can no longer speak, hear or see-- all because her uncle exposed the role of the village headman in a certain case of corruption. It has been three months since the horrific incident but the perpetrators of this barbaric crime continue to roam free."
Aug 30, 2012 Cops throw 40-yr-old man off train: "The victim, Habbibullah Ataullah Khan, had boarded a suburban train at Kurla to go to Tilak Nagar on August 18 when the four policemen beat him up and pushed him out of the running train. Habbibullah was injured and is being treated at the Sion hospital."
Aug 30, 2012 Azam Khan loses cool: "Finding two top officials missing from a departmental meeting, a fuming UP minister ticked off an officer asking him to shut up and calling him ill-mannered."
Aug 30, 2012 Coalgate: How PMO cut red tape to favour minister: "Crony capitalism in the coal block allocations was not limited to private companies with right connections only, it extended to at least one of the ministers of the government."
Aug 30, 2012 Coalgate: The screening commitee papers: "TIMES NOW has unearthed more startling revelations on the 1.86 lakh crore scam. Documents of the screening committee meetings on coal block allocations from 2003 to 2008 in exclusive possession of TIMES NOW raise a number of questions."
Aug 30, 2012 BJP alleges PMO favoured Sahay on coal blocks allotment: "BJP today alleged that Prime Minister's Office had favoured Union Minister Subodh Kant Sahay by allotting two coal blocks on his request to a company."
Aug 30, 2012 Bikaner: Whistleblower's 4-yr-old niece attacked: "The uncle of the child, whose nervous system has been damaged, had tried to expose irregularities in MNREGA."
Aug 30, 2012 Uncle exposes MNREGA irregularities, niece assaulted by goons
Aug 30, 2012 Haryana: 2,592 died in road accidents between Jan-July: "In 2008, as many as 4,494 people were killed in road accidents. Last year it was 4,561"
Aug 30, 2012 ONGC's output static, drilling efficiency poor: CAG: "The CAG in its report on ONGC has slammed the PSU for poor performance, static output and lowest drilling efficiency in the sector."
Aug 30, 2012 J&K: Minister's son fined Rs 21 lakh for power theft: "Hilal Ahmed, the son of J%26K Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather, however, alleged it was a political conspiracy against his family."
Aug 29, 2012 2G scam or coalgate: India's tale of failures
Aug 29, 2012 Kejriwal poses 10 questions to PM and Gadkari: "“If the second war for independence is to succeed then we have to be prepared to be beaten up by the police with sticks. When the time comes, we will even be prepared to face bullets"
Aug 29, 2012 BBC: Foreign investors press India to stamp out corruption
Aug 29, 2012 Corruption: A challenge for managers: "Corrupt people take shelter under the age-old protection available to those facing allegations to the effect that “until proved guilty”."
Aug 28, 2012 Bloomberg: Poor in India Starve as Politicians Steal $14.5 Billion of Food: "This scam, like many others involving politicians in India, remains unpunished. A state police force beholden to corrupt lawmakers, an underfunded federal anti-graft agency and a sluggish court system have resulted in five overlapping investigations over seven years -- and zero convictions."
Aug 28, 2012 Reddy brothers paid 'mota' money to BJP leaders: Lalu: "“Everybody knows the Reddy brothers paid huge money, 'mota (huge)' money to BJP leaders. I demand that a Parliamentary Committee be formed to probe the issue,”"
Aug 27, 2012 Karnataka Cooperative Milk-Producers’ Federation’s cattle feed deal reeks of scam: "The Karnataka Cooperative Milk-Producers ' Federation (KMF) recently approved a deal for the purchase of an unprecedented quantity of cottonseed cake at inflated prices, indicating a possible multi-crore scam and a Rs 10-crore kickback."
Aug 27, 2012 High Tide: From Detaining Indian Protesters to Defense Industry Scrutiny: "The politics of corruption continues to be a scandal in countries from Ghana to India."
Aug 27, 2012 Chief Justice of India wants special benches in HCs to fast-track graft cases
Aug 27, 2012 NDTV's mid-term poll 2012: Is corruption India's biggest problem?
Aug 27, 2012 Scam-a-day India or more accountable India
Aug 27, 2012 Cong benefited from coal, not the country: BJP: "Arun Jaitley said that the Prime Minister's Office first sabotaged the policy of competitive bidding in 2004."
Aug 27, 2012 जब छात्रों के गढ़ में दिखा छावनी सा माहौल: "उनका कहना है कि फिर से ऐसे छात्र नेता आएंगे जो गुंडागर्दी और ठेकेदारी करेंगे और गलत लोगों को प्रवेश दिलाने से लेकर पास कराने तक के लिए दबाव डालेंगे. आशंका यह आशंका बेवजह भी नही है. ख़बरों के अनुसार चुनाव को लेकर गोरखपुर में तो दो छात्र नेताओं की हत्या भी हो चुकी है."
Aug 27, 2012 Gujarat BJP's housing policy is poor: Congress: "In Ahmedabad, the Police had to resort to lathi charge when a huge crowd waiting to collect forms for cheap houses at the Gujarat housing board got impatient."
Aug 27, 2012 Former Army Chief V K Singh sees corruption 'everywhere': ""Corruption has spread like cancer to eat into the vitals of the country ... It is everywhere,""
Aug 27, 2012 Coal allocations made for hefty bribes, says BJP: ""Mota maal mila hai Congress ko" (Congress got big bucks)," Swaraj said"
Aug 27, 2012 My silence is better than a thousand answers: Manmohan Singh: "this has been his "general attitude"."
Aug 26, 2012 Gopal Kanda got MDLR hostesses to political rallies: "The 60 airhostesses hired by the now defunct MDLR Airlines of former Haryana minister Gopal Kanda were made to attend his political rallies in Sirsa and other parts of Haryana and even be present on the dais"
Aug 26, 2012 BBC: India coal scandal: Hundreds protest against PM Singh: "Police in the Indian capital Delhi have baton-charged hundreds of anti-corruption protesters angered by the government's sale of coalfields without open bidding. An auditors' report last week said the mis-selling cost India $33bn (£20bn)."
Aug 26, 2012 Cash for coal blocks: BJP hints at payoffs for Congress: "the allocations were tied to political payoffs for the Congress"
Aug 26, 2012 Cong using Parliament to legitimise corruption: BJP
Aug 26, 2012 Coalgate: PM has a criminal liability, says Sinha: "Reiterating his party's demand, BJP leader Yashwant Sinha says Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should resign on moral grounds."
Aug 26, 2012 Adarsh scam scares Kerala govt: "The state revenue department has turned down a proposal by the Air Force Naval Housing Board (AFNHB), requesting land for coming up with a housing project for serving and retired Air Force and Navy personnel, citing that "it may lead to Adarsh-like scams"."
Aug 26, 2012 Mitra probes 'housing scam': "there were accusations of government flats being handed over to CPM leaders at a rate much lower than the market price."
Aug 26, 2012 CII calls for transparency in governance to return to high GDP rates of growth
Aug 26, 2012 Scams will impact foreign investments: CII
Aug 26, 2012 India Against Corruption activists gherao Naveen Patnaik's residence: "They also hit out at the BJD government in Odisha alleging large scale corruption in mining activities and allotment of coal blocks."
Aug 26, 2012 Mining group Vedanta paid Rs 28 crore donation to political parties in last 3 years: "Its subsidiaries include Sterlite Industries, Sesa Goa, Cairn India and Hindustan Zinc."
Aug 26, 2012 Hazare targets Congress and BJP, says both have corruption-blackened hands: "he alleged that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was "misleading" the country on the Lokpal Bill issue."
Aug 26, 2012 Voice of America: Indian PM Asked to Resign Over Corruption Charge: "The auditor estimated that private companies made profits of more than $34 billion, money that could have been "accrued to the national exchequer.""
Aug 26, 2012 The China Post: India FDI slumps 78 percent in June over corruption, bureaucracy, reform
Aug 26, 2012 Probe ordered into allegations of corruption in jail: "Katiyar alleged that narcotics trade was on inside the jail. The jail employees were extorting money at various gates ranging from Rs 150 to 1,000 during the meeting of undertrials and their family members."
Aug 25, 2012 Advocate wages 18-year battle for Rs 9 refund from MTNL: "In 1994, an advocate took on MTNL for charging extra service tax on his telephone bill. The case slowly inched forward in the high court and then the Supreme Court, but he didn't give up. Eighteen years later, he got his due: an MTNL refund cheque for Rs 9 that he received earlier in August."
Aug 25, 2012 Shocking corporal punishment in Karnal: "A 15-year-old student was admitted to a hospital after he was allegedly caned 40 times by his teacher. The incident took place after the student failed to answer 2 questions. A police complaint has been lodged against the teacher, who continues to be on the run."
Aug 24, 2012 Chimpanzee Ai knows what zero means, but does Chidambaram?: "Even chimpanzees do. But one individual who does not seem to understand the concept of zero is Finance Minister P Chidambaram."
Aug 24, 2012 Police give itself a clean chit in Indore stabbing: "The police claim the victim's family was lying about the timing of the incident; something the family has strongly refuted."
Aug 24, 2012 J&K minister's son accused of power theft: "He is also accused of not obtaining a proper permit and there was no meter at the building."
Aug 24, 2012 Garden City Bangalore turning into a garbage dump: "Civic authorities say the backlog of over 10,000 tonnes could take at least two days more to be cleared up."
Aug 24, 2012 Uttar Pradesh: 5 communal riots in 75 days, 7 killed: "There have been five communal riots in Uttar Pradesh in the last 75 days, but no chargesheet has been filed till now."
Aug 24, 2012 The politics of police transfers: "Personal agendas, individual egos and electoral needs will continue to come in the way of competence and good governance while the search for yes men in every position continues."
Aug 24, 2012 Sonia’s constituency to get 5th central varsity in UP: "Rae Bareli also has a National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), and recently it was decided that a new AIIMS-like institution will also come up in Sonia's constituency."
Aug 24, 2012 Gen Bikram Singh undoing decisions of his predecessor Gen VK Singh: "Army chief General Bikram Singh is slowly but steadily overturning several key decisions taken by his predecessor, Gen VK Singh, which range from policy and procurement directives to postings of senior officers in key positions."
Aug 24, 2012 The Last Word: What is happening to India?: "Parliament paralysed, reforms postponed, grid failures and scams, mass killing and an exodus - What's happening to India?"
Aug 24, 2012 Manmohan no less than Raja: BJP on coalgate: "The BJP hasn't allowed the Parliament to function for the last three days demanding the Prime Minister's resignation over the coal report."
Aug 23, 2012 Coal Scam: Activists to Gherao Residence of PM: ""Congress and BJP have got together to loot Rs 1.86 lakh crore in coal scam. (There will be) gherao of Prime Minister's and Nitin Gadkari's residences."

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