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Apr 13, 2012 Mamata Banerjee defends arrest of professor over cartoon, political parties slam her: "flay the Mamata Banerjee government for setting a "dangerous trend of silencing cartoonists"", ""Are we really heading for a party-sponsored emergency?""
Apr 13, 2012 आखिर क्‍या सच्‍चाई है निर्मल बाबा की?: "रायपुर में निर्मल बाबा के खिलाफ अन्धविश्वाश और ठगी को लेकर जाँच शुरू हो गयी है.", "चमत्कारी निर्मल बाबा के कथित चमत्कार पर काशी के विद्वानों और धर्म गुरुओं ने कहा की इनका चमत्कार जनता को ठगने और छलने बाला चमत्कार है, इन्हें तत्काल जेल में डाल देना चाहिये ताकि भोली भाली जनता को छलने और ठगने से बचाया जा सके."
Apr 13, 2012 President's son defends extravaganza
Apr 13, 2012 How widespread is the problem of child trafficking?: "An investigation by CNN-IBN and Cobrapost has revealed that a government hospital in Amroha sells children."
Apr 13, 2012 Make the law work for girls: "If Baby Falak's case shocked the nation, Baby Afreen's case has left us numb."
Apr 13, 2012 The Last Word: Is the govt doing enough to secure Air India?: "The Govt's plans to restructure AI involves re-structuring Rs 18,000 crore by converting Rs 10,500 crore into long-term debt with a lower interest rate.", "30,000 crore can be usefully used for a whole lot of other things rather than building up Air-India. Why not shut down Air-India and say good-buy to it? we have got other airlines, they can do the job equally well, why do we need Air-India at all?"
Apr 13, 2012 SC notice to govts on plea for probe into all fake encounters: "probe into all cases of alleged killings by police in staged shootouts in the past 10 years in the country."
Apr 13, 2012 Govt hospital in UP turns into a Baby Bazaar: "For a price, the staff of the Amroha hospital steal children of poor parents and sell them to the highest bidder.", "Child welfare officials exposed for role in baby sale racket"
Apr 13, 2012 Kolkata: 32-yr-old woman molested inside hospital: "The Belle Vue hospital has suspended the suspect and have ordered a high level enquiry into the incident."
Apr 13, 2012 Mamata faces open rebellion from intellectuals: "Kabir Suman, a TMC MP accused his party chief of flouting the very same principles on which she had ridden to power."
Apr 13, 2012 7,563 rape cases in Jharkhand in 10 years: Report: "women in the state were easy prey to crimes like rape, witchcraft and dowry."
Apr 13, 2012 President Pratibha Patil lands in new row: "While an RTI plea showed that a defence land was allotted to President Pratibha Patil, her office denied any land grab.", "Prez violated land rules?"
Apr 13, 2012 Controversy over defence land allotted to Prez: "President in land row", "Taint on prez again?"
Apr 13, 2012 Bengal professor arrested for anti-Mamata toons: "Ambikesh Mahapatra, a teacher at the Jadavpur University, reportedly sent derogatory images of the WB CM to 65 people."
Apr 13, 2012 Mamata cartoons: Outrage in West Bengal, CM defends action, Congress unhappy: "and the academic community saying the police action is "highly atrocious" and a "clear assault" on the minimum democratic right of freedom of expression."
Apr 13, 2012 President Pratibha Patil grabs 2,61,000 sq ft of land meant for soldiers and officers: "Col Suresh Patil (retd) remarked, “Dr Rajendra Prasad donated his land to Vinoba Bhave and here we have Pratibhatai Patil taking away the land for of her own men", "States commander Ravindra Pathak, member of the IESM and who invoked the RTI, “taking away more than 2.5 lakh sq ft of defence land is sheer looting by Ms Patil. We are sending a letter to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to take up the case suo moto. We have no money to pay for lawyers’ expenses.”"
Apr 13, 2012 President Pratibha Patil's brush with controversy: "An RTI disclosure has revealed that President Pratibha Patil has been allotted defence land, the size of which is six times more than she's eligible for, in Pune to construct a bungalow."
Apr 13, 2012 NHRM scam: CBI raids Noida CMO's office: ""investigations so far have revealed that drugs and medical equipment purchased under the programme were not only sub-standard but were also heavily over-priced, which made it obvious that a whole lot of money went into kickbacks.""
Apr 13, 2012 Bangalore residential rentals stabilise: "Rentals range from Rs 20,000 to Rs 2 lakh per month for 2 BHK units depending on the location, proximity to landmark areas and amenities offered in the project. Similarly rentals for 3 BHK units range from Rs 45,000 to Rs 2 lakh per month"
Apr 13, 2012 I-T probes Joshi's connection with Vectra chief: "The probe comes after the department found an entry of Rs 2.5 crore against the code RR in the diary of Joshi.", "Rs. 3 CR bribe to IAS officer?"
Apr 13, 2012 How does one stop baby Afreen like cases from happening?: "The three-month-old baby, beaten up badly by her father, succumbed to a massive cardiac arrest on Wednesday.", "Baby Afreen's case shows how India's superpower aspirations are undermined by social evils that take us back into dark ages."
Apr 13, 2012 Outrage over 'killer' father: "There is national outrage as 3-month-old Baby Afreen lost the battle for life after after a cardiac arrest in a Bangalore hospital yesterday (April 11). She was battered and abused by her own father. Her mother and the nation wants justice for this inhuman act."
Apr 13, 2012 President's retirement home or resort?: "reports of the President being allotted a defence land, the size of which is six times more than she is eligible for as per an RTI disclosure."
Apr 13, 2012 मुख्‍यमंत्री नीतीश कुमार से भी अमीर हैं राबड़ी देवी: "राबड़ी के नाम पर एक करोड़, 47 लाख, 73 हजार, 589 रुपये की चल सम्पत्ति है जबकि लालू के नाम पर 76,89,361 रुपये, तेज प्रताप के नाम 25,53,427 और तेजस्वी के नाम पर 20,27,728 रुपये की चल सम्पत्ति है. इसके अलावा राबड़ी के पास दो करोड़, 18 लाख से ज्यादा की अचल सम्पत्ति है"
Apr 13, 2012 How to cut 18,000 staff the Air India way: Just hive them off!: "Air India has the most bloated workforce in the industry. But can just hiving them off into separate companies work?"
Apr 13, 2012 Baby Afreen's death reveals ugly face of urban India: "The three-month-old baby, beaten up badly by her father, succumbed to a massive cardiac arrest on Wednesday."
Apr 13, 2012 President Pratibha Patil lands in 'land' controversy: "Two bunglaws have been ranscaked"
Apr 13, 2012 Prez allotted land meant for defence personnel: "The President has been allotted 2,61,00 sq ft of defence land which is 6 times more than she is eligible for.", "President lands in new row", "Protestors say president has illegally constructed on govt land"
Apr 13, 2012 Nirmal Baba makes more money than Salman Khan in an hour!: "Rs 109 crores in two bank accounts"
Apr 13, 2012 STAR News Exclusive: Hard facts about Nirmal Baba: "In a country of blind beliefs and superstition, it is said that Nirmal Baba is known to make wonders with his sixth sense and attained mystic powers."
Apr 13, 2012 Nirmal Baba exposed as a fraud?: "In yet another controversy involving Godmen, Rs 109 crore was found deposited in Nirmal Baba’s two bank accounts in just three months"
Apr 13, 2012 Shoes hurled at Gujarat HC judges
Apr 11, 2012 Baby Afreen loses battle: "Three-month-old baby Afreen, allegedly battered and abused by her father for being born a girl, died at a hospital in Bangalore after suffering a cardiac arrest."
Apr 11, 2012 FTN: Is India still unsafe for the girl child?: "Baby Afreen, the three-month-old baby, beaten and abused by her father continues to be critical and on life support."
Apr 11, 2012 My husband should suffer: Baby Afreen's mother: "Baby Afreen's mother Reshma called for the strictest punishment for her husband after Afreen died on Wednesday."
Apr 11, 2012 Baby Afreen still critical, mother vows to fight: "The baby was battered and burnt with cigarettes, but now her mother has said that she can't take the abuse of her child anymore."
Apr 11, 2012 1600 Illegal colonies an MCD election issue: "Regularisation and development work in the unauthorised colonies of Delhi is a contentious issue on which political parties fight their local-body elections."
Apr 11, 2012 US busts another scam by India-based call centers: "they have busted another payday scam, worth several million dollars, conducted on US citizens"
Apr 11, 2012 Tatra, corruption, snooping: Army Chief tells all
Apr 11, 2012 India's job scheme under strain
Apr 10, 2012 India Cabinet OKs Presidential Reference in Telecom Ruling : "The Supreme Court of India on Feb. 2 ordered the scrapping of 122 licenses for second-generation phone services issued to several companies--both domestic and foreign firms with local tie ups--in 2008 on complaints of corruption in their allotment."
Apr 10, 2012 The Nation: Suspected coup spooks India
Apr 10, 2012 Maharashtra government to probe Mukesh Ambani home extension: "It was decided at the Ambani-Kumar meeting that the civic body would levy Rs 2.82 lakh as 'pay and park charges' and another 1.7 lakh as rent every year."
Apr 10, 2012 Raja Bhaiya offers cool comfort in UP jails: "Singh, who had around two dozen criminal cases against him at one time and has spent several years in jail."
Apr 10, 2012 Who has the fairest vagina of them all?: "the fairness feminine douche! Clean and Dry intimate wash “offers protection, fairness and freshness” for colour-challenged vaginas everywhere."
Apr 10, 2012 General VK Singh writes to CBI on Tatra bribe offer: "The investigating agency has not ruled out registering a complaint against Lt Gen (retired) Tejinder Singh."
Apr 10, 2012 MCD polls: Delhi's overflowing garbage problem: "Delhi wakes up to over 7,000 tonnes of solid waste everyday and overflowing garbage dumps are a common sight."
Apr 10, 2012 Chhattisgarh: Gadkari's aide in coal scam?: "The CAG report states that a coal block was given to Sancheti's company at a throw away price of Rs 129.60 per metric ton."
Apr 10, 2012 A quick march to anarchy: "Institutions are under attack, be it the defence establishment, the judiciary, the media or specific organisations like the CAG"
Apr 10, 2012 Rakesh Ranjan Making Film on Education Scams: "Director Rakesh Ranjan Kumar is all set to unravel the real stories behind the rackets marring the education system in his upcoming film titled Marksheet."
Apr 10, 2012 Fog surrounds civil-military intrigue in India
Apr 10, 2012 Judiciary a contributor to encouraging corruption: Hegde: "He was chargesheeted in 1996 and first conviction was in 2009."He is 86 now and has approached Supreme court. This encourages people sitting on the fence to be corrupt.""
Apr 9, 2012 President's last foreign trip: 12 days in Africa: "spending such a huge amount by the president, who happens to be just a symbolic head, on such trips each time with about 100 trip-members on a Boeing 747 can by no means be held justified.""
Apr 9, 2012 Mihir S Sharma: As bad as it gets?: "Everyone is either corrupt or ineffectual, rapacious capitalists cart off our natural resources unimpeded in large trucks marked “swag”, the world’s laughing at the India growth story"
Apr 9, 2012 Of pees and queues: The great Indian public (in)convenience: "“Indians defecate everywhere. They defecate mostly, besides the railway tracks. But they also defecate on the beaches; they defecate on the hills; they defecate on the river banks; they defecate on the streets; they never look for cover.” – VS Naipaul"
Apr 9, 2012 A nun’s story: sex, affairs and priests you can’t refuse: "“There was a lot of unbearable pain and humiliation. Some ran away, some committed suicide.", "One day, I found out that she was reading a filthy magazine. A magazine that had pictures of naked men and women."
Apr 9, 2012 Maharashtra land row: CAG report names Vilasrao: "The CAG report on the land row also puts several serving Maharashtra ministers in the dock."
Apr 9, 2012 Maharashtra land row: CAG report names Vilasrao: "The CAG report on the land row also puts several serving Maharashtra ministers in the dock."
Apr 9, 2012 Army units movement story based on facts: Shekhar Gupta: "The Indian Express Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta said that the government's denial on the newspapers' report is outdated."
Apr 9, 2012 News 360: Is there a trust deficit between Army and govt?: "The Indian Express carried a report on Wednesday saying that 2 Army columns marched towards the capital in Jan without notifying the govt."
Apr 9, 2012 Army units movement story raises big questions: "The episode reflects a trust deficit, widening gap and ever strained relations between the two sides."
Apr 9, 2012 Army movement report: 'Bureaucrats trying to corner the Army': "Lt Gen (Retd) BS Malik on Wednesday refuted the Indian Express report on 'suspicious' movement of Army troops in the capital, calling it baseless."
Apr 9, 2012 Was the Army units movement really routine?: "The Army statement says that such formations are routine and they are carried out from time to time."
Apr 9, 2012 PM calls Army units movement story 'alarmist': "While the Defence Minister called the report 'totally baseless', the Army called the movement of units 'routine'."
Apr 9, 2012 Reports on Army units movement surprising: Defence analyst: "Defence analyst Uday Bhaskar said that the Indian military never entertained thoughts of a coup."
Apr 9, 2012 Army coup, really? PM, Antony, General must go: "on the night of 16 January, suggests that all hell is breaking loose in the capital."
Apr 9, 2012 'Why were Army units recalled if it was an excercise?': "Lt Gen (Retd) PN Hoon responded to the reports on suspicious movement of Army units in January."
Apr 9, 2012 So you want a coup? Be careful what you wish for!: "The Indian Express reported this morning that unusual troop movements on the night of January 16 gave the civilian government the jitters in the context of a brewing conflict between the civilian government and the Army chief"
Apr 9, 2012 The January night Raisina Hill was spooked: Two key Army units moved towards Delhi without notifying Govt: "it so starkly characterises the current state of top-level politico-military relations"
Apr 9, 2012 Katju speaks the ‘unpleasant truth’: 90% of Indians are fools: "“the minds of 90 percent of Indians are full of casteism, communalism, superstition.”"
Apr 9, 2012 From the Delhi police: Why women deserve to be raped: "I realised that according to stringent criteria of the Delhi Police, almost all women deserve to be raped."
Apr 9, 2012 Class 12 students accused of murder?: "A Government school teacher was allegedly killed for performing his duty. Rakesh Kumar, teacher, did not permit Mukesh, Vikram and Hari Om to cheat in class 12 exams after the three approached him. Angered over this, two youths ran their car over the teacher when he was returning from school"
Apr 9, 2012 'Battered' baby girl battles for life in Bangalore: "Baby Afreen's mother Reshma Bhanu claims that it was her husband who tried to kill the baby as he did not want a girl."
Apr 9, 2012 Asset case: SC to hear Mayawati's plea in May: "her declared assets of Rs 1 crore in 2003 had gone up to Rs 50 crore in 2007."
Apr 9, 2012 Akhilesh transfers 1,000 bureaucrats in 24 days: "more than 1,000 officials from the police and administrative services have been shunted from here to there, reportedly based on their "loyalty tilts"."
Apr 8, 2012 Image of 'world's largest democracy' takes a hit
Apr 8, 2012 Beset by a New Set of Scams, the Indian Government Struggles to Function
Apr 8, 2012 An age of dirty money and dirtier politicians: "India ranked 95th out of 178 countries in corruption rating last year"
Apr 8, 2012 ‘SEZs near metros, cities are land scams': "Government should set up industries in small and medium towns: Lord Meghnad Desai"
Apr 8, 2012 India's Census: Lots Of Cellphones, Too Few Toilets: "Data from India's latest census shows that although millions of Indians have access to technology such as TVs and cellphones, many millions more still lack basic amenities such as sanitation and water."
Apr 8, 2012 Prime minister’s economic advisor slams government on graft: "India's star has dimmed globally in the last few months not just because of its deteriorating macro-economic health but also because its governance has been besmirched by corruption scandals, Dr Raghuram Rajan, economic advisor to the prime minister, said"
Apr 8, 2012 5500-km march against corruption
Apr 8, 2012 The Weekly: 'Naked' Indian army triggers weapons buying spree: "India's military's been damaged by recent corruption scandals and claims that it's falling apart. But now the government's spending hundreds of billions of dollars modernizing and strengthening its army. And as the world's largest importer of arms looks at its options, Russian firms are lining up - hoping to cash in."
Apr 8, 2012 Air India must tackle graft: "the Union government is in the process of putting together a huge bail-out package for the loss-making Air India, which includes Rs.6,500 crore as capital infusion"
Apr 8, 2012 Montreal Gazette: India rebels warn of 'extreme steps' over Italian captive: "The insurgency feeds off land disputes, police brutality and corruption, and is strongest in the poorest and most deprived areas of India, many of which are rich in natural resources."
Apr 8, 2012 India’s defence procurement problematique
Apr 8, 2012 Ramdev to invite Army chief to join June 6 fast
Apr 8, 2012 Corruption and mismanagement bleeds ailing Air India of millions: "Consequently, AI had to shell out around $20,000 at the workshop for each repair, which should have been covered by the warranty and not cost the airline a single penny."
Apr 8, 2012 Industrialist feels that India has inherited corruption from the past: "Singhania says India will need hundreds of Anna Hazares to even make a dent in deep-rooted corruption. "Not one, I dare say, it will take a hundred Hazares to even make a dent in corruption in India. Our thinking has changed and our values have degraded,""
Apr 8, 2012 Jakarta Globe: Heavy Mix of Crime and Politics in India: "the most controversial is the appointment of the infamous Raghuraj Pratap Singh as prisons minister. Popularly known as Raja Bhaiyya, Singh spent 26 months behind bars some years ago on charges of terrorism, after assault rifles and explosives were found in his house."
Apr 8, 2012 NY Times: Delays, Corruption Mar India’s Weapons Procurement: "India’s armed forces are woefully short of arms and ammunition, thanks to a cumbersome and unrealistic weapons-buying process"
Apr 8, 2012 Ramdev wants army chief to battle corruption
Apr 8, 2012 Fake certificate racket busted in Ranchi: "The gang used to charge Rs 100 to Rs 5000 for a certificate, depending on the kind of document required."
Apr 8, 2012 CVC probe sought in Navy's procurement of torpedoes: "The Navy's deal for procurement of torpedoes for Scorpene submarines from an Italian company has come in for questioning with a Member of Parliament writing to the Central Vigilance Commission seeking a probe into alleged corruption in the selection."
Apr 6, 2012 Did MLAs fake income for prime property?: "Even as the noose tightens around Vilasrao Deshmukh, there's more trouble for the Congress government in the Maharashtra. A leaked CAG report in Maharashtra has pulled up the government for the land it allotted to the Ashirwad cooperative housing society, promoted by current and former ministers and legislators. The CAG report says that the MLAs on the list have declared their income to be between 2500 and 12 thousand rupees"
Apr 6, 2012 Corporators justify demanding IPL freebies: "Bangalore Corporators demanding free tickets for IPL games. This morning (April 6), the civic body representatives rejected 250 tickets offered per game to them by the Karnataka State Cricket Association and stuck to their demand of 450 tickets,"
Apr 6, 2012 Rape of girls inside juvenile home comes to light: "In a shocking incident, the alleged rape of at least three girls aged less than 10 years inside a state-run juvenile home in Allahabad has come to light following which its superintendent has been placed under suspension while a peon accused of the heinous crime has been arrested, police said."
Apr 6, 2012 Vilasrao evasive on CAG report: "Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh evades TIMES NOW's questions on CAG report that indicts him. Deshmukh says wait till April 16, when the CAG report will be tabled in State Assembly."
Apr 6, 2012 Exposed in documents: Unease over Tatra deal?: "Internal documents TIMES NOW has accessed reveal that the Tatra deal has been making some top Army Officers uneasy way back in 2008 - 2 years before General VK Singh took over as the Army Chief. The Tatra files clearly reveal that there was unease over the single vendor approach used in acquiring the Tatra trucks for the Army"
Apr 6, 2012 The Tatra files revealed: "The Army Chief about ten days ago first threw the bribe bomb. This charge ruffled many feathers as the Tatra truck deal became the talking point across the nation. Now, for the first time since questions were raised about the truck deal, TIMES NOW reveals critical internal documents dating back to 2008."

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