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Jun 30, 2012 Activists slam CRPF anti-Naxal operation, PC praises: "Activists allege that the CRPF team involved in the reported encounter killed innocent civilians and not Naxals." Jun 29, 2012 Say no to these weight loss diet scams! Jun 29, 2012 Corruption in borewell works? Jun 29, 2012 4-year-old raped; rapist's mother offers Rs 3,000: "A four-year-old girl was raped allegedly by her neighbour in south-east Delhi a fortnight ago and is still in pain as her family cannot afford her treatment" Jun 29, 2012 Freedom fighter's wife denied pension: "the story of the widow of a freedom fighter N Arunachalan, 78 year old Pappathy Ammal, who has been denied a pension of Rs 3000 a month. She has been visiting the office for the last 9 years. The Tiruvallur Collectorate officer's indifference and callousness is caught on camera by the channel. Collectorate officer admits Ammal's pension has been held back after her petition got misplaced in their office. Collectorate officer refuses to pay Ammal her pension till the original petition is recovered." Jun 29, 2012 Intimidated for seeking justice: "The mother of the 4-year-old has now alleged character assassination by the investigating officer. The victim's mother has alleged that the investigating officer tried to intimidate her during questioning and has also complained to the Bangalore Police Commissioner." Jun 29, 2012 Railway acts after Tatkal ticket scam expose: "An expose by IBN7 had showed how touts cornered bulk of the tickets meant for emergency travel and then sold them at a premium." Jun 29, 2012 Far from apology, Govt defends cops: "It's a shocking state of affairs the Karnataka Government has openly backed the Bangalore Police that stands accused of having intimidating four year old rape victim's mother, asking her downright degrading questions and casting aspersions at her character, absolutely no sensitivity shown towards a woman who fights her own husband who allegedly raped their daughter." Jun 29, 2012 Why NAC should be funded by Congress, not taxpayers: "the NAC be relocated to the Congress headquarters. There will be no lack of private businessmen willing to fund it." Jun 29, 2012 Sad that a corrupt person may become President: Kejriwal: "Pranab Mukherjee was named among the 15 “corrupt” ministers" Jun 29, 2012 'Harassed for speaking out': "It's a distressed woman's cry for help- Suja Jones, married to the man who allegedly raped their own daughter has spoken to TIMES NOW. Her tale is one of harassment at many levels as Suja now takes on the Bangalore police, accusing them of casting aspersions on her character." Jun 29, 2012 Watch: ACP Vasant Dhoble detains German women: "The video shows the constables including Vasant Dhoble attempting to herd four German girls into a police van." Jun 29, 2012 Open bribery in land registration offices: "our reporter visited some land registration offices in Chennai and what he found was shocking- touts are running amok in these government offices, helping customers to bend laws and evade tax and funneling bribe for government officials. A thriving real estate industry in Chennai is supporting the greed of these officers in the dark corridors of government departments." Jun 29, 2012 Just 23 working ambulances for 1.7 crore Delhiite: "And the Delhi government believes critical emergency needs can occur only between 8 am and 4 pm." Jun 27, 2012 ‘PM should act against corrupt ministers’ Jun 27, 2012 Will Jayamma finally get her due?: "The Tehsildar officer had claimed that the staff was too busy with data entry work to disburse pensions, shouted at her, made her run to other departments for her pension. Jayamma has been making rounds of the government office for the last 10 months. 75 year old Jayamma is being denied her old age pension of Rs 400 a month. She has not received her pension for the last 10 months." Jun 27, 2012 Godman Kumar Swami denies curing patients with the help of 'beej' mantras: "Earlier on TV shows, the self-styled godman had claimed to perform miracles and cured patients with the help of 'beej' mantras but he claimed that the mantras were helpful in determining the career of the unborn babies.", "Among the devotee politicians, BJP MP from Amritsar ex-cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu once promised to spend Rs 50 lakhs from his MP Local Area Development Fund on baba's beej mantra research." Jun 27, 2012 FTN: what makes India the world's suicide capital?: "According to a new Lancet study, India has the highest suicide rate in the world with maximum number of young people on the brink." Jun 27, 2012 Is it time for total overhaul of Manmohan's Cabinet?: "Pranab Mukherjee bids farewell as Finance Minister, and PM Monmohan Singh is keeping the charge of the Finance Ministry." Jun 27, 2012 FIR against 12 Bihar officials on corruption charge: "The Vigilance Bureau has lodged an FIR against 12 officials on charges of corruption and criminal conspiracy for illegal allotment of 182.07 acre of government land to 44 persons in Kishanganj district of Bihar." Jun 27, 2012 HIV infection: CBI probe against Gujarat hospital: "Advocate Girish Das had filed a PIL last year demanding a probe into the compensation." Jun 27, 2012 Are our borewells and open drains death traps?: "Norms are blatantly flouted, and the borewells and open drains are becoming constant death traps for children." Jun 27, 2012 63-year-old fights corruption through RTI queries: "Subhash Chandra Agrawal's persistent inquiries have led to the revelation of many a scam." Jun 27, 2012 Exposed: The big Railway Tatkal ticket scam: "An IBN7 expose has revealed how touts corner tickets meant for emergency travel and sell them at a huge premium." Jun 27, 2012 Pranab Mukherjee behind 'cover-up' on Netaji's air-crash?: "UPA's presidential nominee Pranab Mukherjee was engaged in an elaborate "cover-up" on the last days of Azad Hind Fauj founder and national leader Subhas Chandra Bose, alleges a soon-to-be-published book." Jun 27, 2012 Indifference towards lesser privileged: "26 year old Bharath who is hearing impaired has been denied pension for over a year. Karnataka Government authorities have been giving false assurances to Bharath denying him his right to a Rs 1500 pension ever month. Bharath along with his brother has been visiting government offices for over a year, but his struggle has led to no positive result yet." Jun 27, 2012 British travel advisory on theft, drugs in Goa: "A British travel advisory has identified the Goan beach villages of Calangute and Candolim as hubs of theft and bag-snatching gangs.", "It also advised British nationals to "avoid beaches after dark, because of the risk of being attacked by packs of stray dogs, robbed or sexually assaulted." Jun 27, 2012 Is President's house built on police land?: "Sources say police land meant for senior police officers is being used to provide a house for the President." Jun 25, 2012 Excl: Indian Army hit by twin scams: "The Indian Army is hit by twin cases of corruption maligning the uniform. In one of the cases shocking revelations by a firm alleging that National Defence Academy (NDA) is asking for cash for sponsoring an event. In the other case a Major General reportedly getting caught red handed while accepting a bribe from a local contractor." Jun 25, 2012 Tamil Nadu: Marks scandal rocks Anna University: "A thriving exam marks racket involving some faculty members and officials has come to light in the premier Anna University in Chennai. The racket has helped children of influential parents who failed in semester examinations to pass with flying colours in two of the university’s four renowned campuses — the College of Engineering in Guindy (CEG) and the Madras Institute of Technology (MIT) in Chromepet." Jun 25, 2012 Mayawati spent Rs 5000 crore on dalit memorials: "While Rs 377.8 crore was sanctioned between January and March 2008, an allocation of Rs 1435.64 crore was made in the financial year 2008-09, he said. Further, an allocation of Rs 1067.83 crore was made in 2009-10, Rs 1264.48 crore in 2010-11 and 628.38 crore in 2011-12." Jun 25, 2012 Bollywood songs turn vulgar: "Replete with double meanings, this song has brought back to focus the obsession of the Hindi movie industry with songs that have catchy music and extremely vulgar lyrics. But the larger issue here is that most of these songs pass the test of the censor board and become the anthem of the nation. But what kind of an impact do these songs have on the younger generation." Jun 25, 2012 Another life lost, no lessons learnt?: "Hours after Mahi died, the very same story played out like a rerun of a bad movie. Halfway across the country in West Bengal, 17-year-old Roshan lost his life after falling into an abandoned well. The question that begs asking, how many more children's lives will be lost before authorities finally wake up?" Jun 25, 2012 Cost of lost childhood is merely Rs.100: "A penalty not exceeding Rs.100 has been the only ‘punishment’ imposed on nearly 12,000 employers of child labour across Andhra Pradesh over the past 16 years." Jun 25, 2012 Audience in India does not endorse good cinema: Anurag Kashyap: "maverick director Anurag Kashyap has said good cinema in India is suffering only because the audience here does not endorse them." Jun 24, 2012 Is the Benami Bill targeted at corruption and black money futile?: "In England and America the favourite device employed is the trust; in India...the favourite device is the Benami transaction."" Jun 24, 2012 Mantralaya fire: Big ticket scam files destroyed! Jun 24, 2012 Mahi: A victim of difference?: "Could the tragedy have been averted? Could baby Mahi have been saved had authorities not been callous & indifferent? The nation that prayed for baby Mahi's recovery is now outraged, demanding answers from the government and the administration." Jun 24, 2012 Burdwan: 16 farmer suicides despite bumper crop: "Farmers blame the low procurement prices fixed by the government for paddy crop for much of their continuing misery." Jun 24, 2012 Sex determination on in J&K despite crackdown: "In 2011, the state government came down heavily on the diagnostic centres suspected of conducting sex determination." Jun 23, 2012 How insensitive can they get?: "While little Mahi is battling for her life 70 ft below the ground for no fault of her own, the Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has shrugged off all responsibility." Jun 23, 2012 Ayurveda doc turned billionaire godman Kumar Swami challenged by devotee for fake mantra: "This is the amazing story of a small-time ayurveda medicine seller from Delhi's downmarket Nirankari Colony metmorphosing into a global hi-flying godman named Brahmrishi Kumar Swami, feted by New York State Senate." Jun 23, 2012 Nithyananda accused of mixing drugs in holy water: "He has been accused of mixing drugs in "holy" water in the oldest religious centre in South India - Madurai Adheenam in Tamil Nadu." Jun 23, 2012 ‘He Won’t Be A Dynamic Figurehead’: "Pranab Mukherjee is closely related to the meteoric rise of Dhirubhai Ambani. We spoke to the latter's biographer" Jun 23, 2012 sedition law: misuse A Stick Called 124(A): "The State finds a handy tool in a colonial law to quell dissent " Jun 23, 2012 Army colonel arrested in NDA recruitment ‘scam’: "The CBI on Saturday arrested Col Kulwinder Singh, staff officer (SO) to Lt Gen Jatinder Singh, National Defence Academy commandant, in connection with complaints of graft over the appointment of 40 lower-division clerks" Jun 23, 2012 Kerala is country’s most crime-prone state, NCRB statistics show: "Of the 2,41,986 incidents of violent crime in the country, Kerala accounted for 11,756, more than much larger states like Rajasthan (10, 577) and comparable to its bigger neighbours such as Tamil Nadu (12,333) and Andhra Pradesh (12,491). UP accounts for highest number of violent crimes, recording 27,225 incidents." Jun 22, 2012 President Pratibha Patil gives life to dead man: "October 18, 2007: Tidke dies in Belgaum government hospital. June 2, 2012: President Pratibha Patil commutes long-dead Tidke's death sentence to life term." Jun 22, 2012 2-week judicial custody for IPS officer, 'accomplice': "Ajay was arrested in Kanota village in Jaipur on Thursday evening and Prem Singh was caught red-handed in Ramganj police station in Ajmer for taking a bribe of Rs 2.5 lakh.", "ASI Prem Singh, last year, was removed from Alwergate police station on charges of harassing and abusing a person forcing him to accept a murder charge." Jun 22, 2012 Is UPA trying to abolish death penalty through backdoor?: "Patil has been in a death sentence commutation jamboree for the last two-and-a-half years, having pardoned 30 death row inmates in quick succession. However, what has raised eyebrows is that many of those inmates are accused of some of the most horrific crimes – from rapes and brutal murders." Jun 22, 2012 Wassup Wasseypur? Gangland past haunts coal pocket: "“There’s no coal mafia in Wasseypur, but (iron) scrap mafia.” The names of rival dons Sabir Alam and Fahim Khan, lords of two mafia families that have had their own history of bloodletting, crop up." Jun 22, 2012 भारत: आत्महत्या युवाओं की मौत का दूसरा बड़ा कारण: "विश्व स्वास्थ्य संगठन के अनुसार वर्ष 2010 में भारत में एक लाख 90 हज़ार लोगों ने आत्महत्याएं की थीं." Jun 22, 2012 Ministers, industrialists among top LPG consumers in Delhi: "Vice President Hamid Ansari’s official residence in New Delhi consumed 171 subsidised LPG cylinders in the year to May 31", "The portal showed that industrialist Naveen Jindal’s 6, Prithvi Raj Road residence in the national capital received 369 refills, or more than one cylinder a day, through two LPG connections" Jun 22, 2012 Who wanted crucial files burnt?: "A day after the fire at Mantralaya, deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar courts controversy. He says his room was gutted in the fire yesterday while chief minister's room was untouched. His statements have reinforced the sabotage angle." Jun 22, 2012 Sangma challenges Pranab to debate; Cong rejects demand: "Sangma says there should be a debate at a time when the economy is sinking and graft is rising." Jun 22, 2012 President Pratibha Patil goes on mercy overdrive: "Were these pardons diluting the legal provision through the backdoor?" Jun 21, 2012 Akhilesh talks tough but goes soft on Maya’s corruption: "The Chief Minister has alleged a scandal to the tune of Rs 40,000 crore, but has done nothing to unearth the truth." Jun 21, 2012 Nailing the corrupt: Can we have some action in India?: "Across the world, corrupt corporates, government officials and individuals have been sent to jail or made to pay heavy damages. When will India act to punish the guilty?" Jun 21, 2012 ACB detains Rajasthan IPS officer for bribery: "According to the ACB, Ajay Singh was investigating a chit fund fraud case in Ajmer in which Prem Singh threatened to ‘fix’ the agent unless he paid Rs 1 lakh." Jun 21, 2012 Alarming trend, newborn girls being starved to death in Jaisalmer: "In an alarming trend, authorities here have found a series of suspected cases of newborn girls being starved to death and deprived of medicines by parents.", "According to Census 2011, Rajasthan has 883 girls between the age of 0-6 for every 1,000 boys." Jun 21, 2012 BBC: Unrest at India's water shortage: "The Indian capital, Delhi, is suffering a severe water shortage, raising fears of widespread unrest." Jun 21, 2012 MP Agriculture Min in mining row: "In a state where illegal mining is rampant a top minister is now in the dock for his alleged involvement in stone quarrying in the Panna District. Brijendra Pratap Singh -- the Agriculture Minister of Madhya Pradesh accused of operating two mines in Panna with some family members as his front." Jun 21, 2012 Half of North gets dirty water, finds civic agency: "To assess the water quality in its area, the North corporation collected 258 water samples from its six zones. Of these, 129 were found unfit for consumption." Jun 20, 2012 FTN: Is child abuse India's worst kept secret?: "The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has received the highest number of complaints related to child abuse in schools from Tamil Nadu." Jun 20, 2012 India condemning millions to stay poor, Lakshmi Narayan Mittal says: "Joining the likes of NR Narayana Murthy and Azim Premji to blame the Indian government for policy inaction, UK-based NRI billionaire LN Mittal has said the country is potentially condemning millions to remain in poverty by not helping industrialization." Jun 20, 2012 Sharad Pawar slapper may now target Kapil Sibal, IB issues alert: "Intelligence Bureau has issued a general alert that Harvinder Singh, who had slapped former telecom minister Sukhram and Union minister Sharad Pawar within a span of five days in November 2011, might slap Human Resource and Development (HRD) minister Kapil Sibal at a public function." Jun 19, 2012 Public prosecutors like Preet Bharara need of the hour: "Two Indian Americans were at the centre of the just-concluded insider trading trial in the United States. Still IIT Delhi alumnus and former McKinsey chief executive Rajat Gupta may well be ruing the fact that Preet Bharara, US attorney for the Southern District of New York, was the one gunning for him." Jun 19, 2012 Publication for exposing corruption not libellous: Court Jun 19, 2012 Tamil Nadu governor K Rosaiah gets Anti-Corruption Bureau court summons in land case: "An ACB court in Hyderabad on Monday issued summons to former AP chief minister and present Tamil Nadu governor K Rosaiah, asking him to appear before it on August 2 in connection with the Ameerpet land scam case in which he is accused of unduly favouring some private parties." Jun 19, 2012 Maharashtra politicians rack up Rs 1 cr power bill: "The Maharashtra Public Works Department (PWD) owes the BEST over a crore of rupees in unpaid electricity bills and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Rs 30 lakh in unpaid water bills for power and water used in the official residences of the governor and around 20 ministers." Jun 19, 2012 Arvind Kejriwal asks Pranab Mukherjee to face independent probe: "If you are innocent, why are you shying away from an inquiry", ""No political party wants a very good and honest President in the country" Jun 19, 2012 Mr PM, you want whistleblowers protected; here’s your chance : "A Haryana whistleblower is being harassed by the chief minister. The victim has asked the PM for help." Jun 19, 2012 Cash-for-bail: ACB quizzes suspended CBI judge: "Suspended Judge of the CBI Special Court T. Pattabhirama Rao was on Tuesday taken into custody by the officials of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in the bail scam of mining baron and former Minister of Karnataka Gali Janardhan Reddy." Jun 19, 2012 2G scam: BJP members demand summoning of PM at JPC meet: "BJP members demanded summoning of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and top PMO officials" Jun 19, 2012 Admission software hacked, medical student tells court: "The Supreme Court Tuesday was told by a petitioner that the software developed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC) for online counselling and admission to post-graduate medical courses was not foolproof and prone to hacking." Jun 19, 2012 AIIMS entrance test fraud: Court convicts Bihar native: "A Bihar native has been held guilty of committing cheating, forgery and impersonation for writing the entrance test for another person for a paramedical course at All India Institute of Medical Sciences in 2001." Jun 19, 2012 AP govt suspends DGP-rank officer in forgery case: "A 1977 batch Indian Police Service officer, Umesh Kumar is currently chairman of Godavari Valley Development Authority and has been facing a criminal case of forgery." Jun 19, 2012 Parents adopt new methods to kill baby girls: "members of some communities, infamous for killing baby girls, have now found a new way to make the deaths look 'natural'. The baby girls are either not fed enough or denied treatment." Jun 19, 2012 AP cash-for-bail: Suspended CBI judge arrested: "Justice Pattabhi Rama Rao allegedly accepted a bribe of Rs 6 crore to grant bail to G Janardhana Reddy." Jun 19, 2012 Hackers turn all India PG medical seats allotment upside down, candidates bewildered: "hackers who have succeeded in turning the merit list in prestigious 50% all India quota post-graduate medical courses upside down to allot low-ranked candidates premium seats in prestigious colleges." Jun 19, 2012 Shelter shocker-II: UP govt homes under scrutiny: "Two govt-run homes, in Allahabad and Ghaziabad, are under police scrutiny after reports of sexual abuse of minors emerged." Jun 18, 2012 Foreign dreams hit wall at passport office: ""However, columnist Ashok Malik was not convinced by this logic. He had a harrowing time at the ITO PSK when seeking renewal of his five-year-old son's passport. The child almost fainted after waiting for several hours without enough air and water."" Jun 18, 2012 Fitch lowers India's credit rating outlook to negative: "Another global rating agency Fitch today lowered India's credit rating outlook to negative, citing corruption, inadequate reforms, high inflation and slow growth as reasons for the revision." Jun 18, 2012 Pranab must come clean on rice scam: Arvind Kejriwal: "Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal said that the person who is set to become the President should have a clear record." Jun 17, 2012 Mamata hints at money, power & scams in presidential race: ""It is most unfortunate that politics in our great nation has become murky and values, public interest have been compromised through the use of money, power and scams. Ethical and principled politics has eroded today... this decay has to be reversed at all costs to return to the great traditions of this country. That is why we should raise our voices and stand by principles. Conviction, values and integrity,"" Jun 17, 2012 Lack of Manpower Hits CVC's Anti-Corruption Helpline: "Believe it or not, the country's premier anti-corruption watchdog is grappling with increasing complaints of "no-response" from the anti-corruption call centre set up to register corruption complaints in central government departments." Jun 17, 2012 UP govt orders closing down of all shops, malls by 7 pm, restaurants by 10 pm: "In an order which could be of far-reaching consequences, the Uttar Pradesh government today ordered all shopping malls to be kept open from 11 am till 7 pm in view of the prevailing power crisis." Jun 17, 2012 Man beheads daughter in gory Rajasthan honour killing: "In a brutal honour killing, a man beheaded his 20-year-old daughter with a sword in Rajasthan's Rajsamand district" Jun 17, 2012 Security agencies suspect 4 Jammu and Kashmir cops of gun-running: "The arrest of four Jammu and Kashmir policemen for alleged links with militants has caused serious concern to central security agencies which suspect that they may have been involved in gun-running and extortion in connivance with some senior officers of the force." Jun 16, 2012 Cops detain Doreswamy for 2hours: "Veteran freedom fighter HS Doreswamy and over 100 other activists were detained by city police on Saturday after they protested the delay in appointing a Lokayukta.", "There is absolutely no democracy in this state. This government is worse than that of Indira Gandhi's. Sadananda Gowda and his team is ignorant and good for nothing,"" Jun 16, 2012 Women's hostel opened in corrupt official's seized house: "Sending a strong message to its corrupt public servants, Odisha has converted the confiscated house of a tainted government official into a working women's hostel" Jun 16, 2012 Rajat Gupta is no criminal, he’s just an Indian: "A man goes to jail because he shared information with a friend? By that yardstick, half of India would be in jail. Knowing people in power and to benefit from the knowledge and contacts that they possess is the ladder to success that Indians have recognised centuries ago. It’s an ethos and a culture – and it’s deep-rooted.", "In India, what he seems to have done would have increased his popularity, wealth, appeal and power. In the US, the same act causes him to lose his reputation, his popularity, some wealth – and his freedom." Jun 16, 2012 It Doesn’t Pay To Work At Home: "The NRI’s India Dream fades. ‘Jobs don’t match up, life just don’t match up.’", "The rampant unprofessionalism and nepotism at the workplace quickly got to her. An American woman raised to speak her mind, Shikha found that her Indian colleagues did not appreciate her bluntness or her opinions. The “yes people” in the office were promoted while she was sidelined.", "Raghu Mamadgi tried home Hyderabad out in 2008. He was back in the US by 2011. “Living is cheaper in the US,” he feels.", "“Everyone’s trying to hoodwink one another in Delhi...I got tired of bribing just to get a simple paper pushed,” says Sumit Ghoshal." Jun 16, 2012 Retired AP judge arrested in cash-for-bail scam: "A retired district judge TV Chalapathi Rao and son of the suspended CBI judge T Pattabhirama Rao were arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in the cash-for-bail case" Jun 16, 2012 'Encounter specialist' Daya Nayak reinstated in police department: "Police sub-inspector and 'encounter specialist' Daya Nayak, who was under suspension for nearly six-and-a-half years in a disproportionate assets case, was today reinstated" Jun 16, 2012 Corporate India wanted Pranab out: Mohandas Pai: "Speaking to CNN-IBN, former Infosys director Mohandas Pai said the corporate India wanted Pranab Mukherjee out at the Finance Minister." Jun 16, 2012 Pranab not fit for President: Ram Jethmalani: "Ram Jethmalani says he'll stand for President if his party backs UPA nominee Pranab Mukherjee." Jun 15, 2012 Put me in jail, Anna Hazare dares government: ""After 65 years of Independence, we still follow laws enacted by the British. The government has no willpower to curb corruption and make the law to stop it."" Jun 15, 2012 Govt nod must to prosecute Corrupt corporators: "Soon, your local civic corporator or councillor will be declared a public servant but can be prosecuted under the criminal procedure act and anti-corruption law only if the government approves it. Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan’s urban development department has put this in place despite the law and judiciary department’s opinion that no such previous sanction of the state government is necessary. The move is seen as a major deterrent because government approvals to prosecute influential elected representatives could be hard to come by for political reasons." Jun 15, 2012 Southern India political corruption hits Sonia Gandhi and Congress: "Jagan’s breakaway YSR Congress Party has won 14 of the assembly seats, and the Lok Sabha seat – albeit after voters were bribed with massive amounts of cash, jewellery and other gifts that helped swell the turnout to an astonishingly high total of around 80%"
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