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Mar 29, 2012 खुली भारतीय सेना की पोल: पाकिस्तानी अखबार: "दुनिया के सबसे बड़े लोकतंत्र की सेना भीतर से काफी कमज़ोर है "
Mar 29, 2012 Gen. Singh demands probe against serving Army top brass: "Army Chief Gen. V.K. Singh is now alleging a fresh scam and has even asked for a CBI probe against a serving officer, Lt Gen. Dalbir Singh Suhag - third in line to be the next Army Chief."
Mar 29, 2012 Tatra seeks permission to sue Army Chief: "The company has written a letter to the Defence Ministry expressing shock at the Army Chief's allegation."
Mar 29, 2012 Army recommended promotion of graft-accused officer: Antony: "General V.K. Singh-led Army Headquarters had recently recommended promotion of the lieutenant general against whom the army chief has lodged a graft complaint with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)."
Mar 29, 2012 Gen Singh brings out MP's letter alleging scam: "The Army Chief has sent TMC MP Ambika Banerjee's letter seeking a probe against Lt General Dalbir Singh Suhag to the CBI."
Mar 29, 2012 Supreme Court criticises Punjab government for supporting Rajoana's mercy campaign: "Instances are replete where persons found guilty of the terrorist offences have got political support. There are leaders who have garnered support and come to power. How can they leave them?""
Mar 29, 2012 Outrage over Army chief General VK Singh's leaked letter: "The letter by Army Chief General VK Singh is being seen as a major security breach by the government."
Mar 29, 2012 Governance, please: "Confused Defence Ministry: stumbling statecraft, security imperilled"
Mar 29, 2012 97 pc of India's air defence is obsolete: Report: "The network, set up to protect the Army field formations and vital installations from air attack has been called vintage and obsolete."
Mar 29, 2012 When corruption is a TV show: "If you watched the ETV interview, the army chief is asked a question about being offered a bribe, easy as pie and out of the blue. He then drops the bombshell as if it’s peanuts. Just like that, as though this was yet another routine question and answer."
Mar 29, 2012 'Deve Gowda was offered bribe when he was PM': "Kumaraswamy claimed middlemen used to offer bribes to Gowda when he was the prime minister to clear defence deals."
Mar 29, 2012 Army chief targeted for not toeing government line: Team Anna: "Arvind Kejriwal alleged government has killed almost every institution by "planting its loyals".", "Kiran Bedi said it appeared that the Army chief was surrounded by "senior officials with doubtful integrity"."
Mar 29, 2012 Army Chief's bribe claim: BEML-Tatra deal under probe: "BEML has been doing business with a company whose records are not up to the mark."
Mar 29, 2012 The seal of corruption: "motorists in Bangalore as paying the maximum bribe among all top Indian cities, to escape being fined for illegal parking and other offences."
Mar 29, 2012 Army chief battles Indian gov't, blames corruption
Mar 29, 2012 Army chief keeps firing, wants probe against Lt General
Mar 29, 2012 BBC: Is bad politics ruining India?: "Most are also seen as greedy, corrupt and disinterested in serious reform. The increasing number of politicians with criminal records and the brazen use of money to buy party tickets and bribe voters erodes India's ailing democratic process."
Mar 29, 2012 Tirupati: Money, property, land scams hit Tirumala
Mar 28, 2012 For Lalu’s son, IPL is money for nothing: "Sources in the team camp said he has been paid between Rs 30-40 lakh over the past four seasons."
Mar 28, 2012 2,482 acres of forest land in Bangalore encroached: "The Forest minister names Bangalore Development Authority (BDA), Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB) among the government agencies;"
Mar 28, 2012 Gen VK Singh fires one more salvo; govt mulls sacking him: "Banerjee alleges that the former Army chief received crores of rupees in kickbacks for defence procurements and had acquired assets disproportionate to his known sources of income."
Mar 28, 2012 Who is responsible for the current embarrassments facing the government?: "Why was BEML acting as a middleman between Tatra and the Indian Army? When the factory cost of a Tatra truck is about Rs 50 lakh, who authorised their purchase from BEML at roughly Rs 1 crore apiece?"
Mar 28, 2012 Maximum Mumbai: When a priest goes to jail: "a series of reports about allegations of massive land scams in the Church of North India and other Anglican denominations."
Mar 28, 2012 Probe Harshad Mehta-like scam: ASSOCHAM: "“The situation is akin to the Harshad Mehta scam in securities whereby a few manipulators have hijacked the NCDEX,” said S.K. Jindal, chairman of investments committee at The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM)."
Mar 28, 2012 A band-aid for Brand India: "What is Brand India all about today? It is about misgovernance; the politics of vendetta; endemic corruption; the dissatisfaction of the average citizen with those who rule him;"
Mar 28, 2012 No difference between Congress, BJP in terms of corruption: Prakash Karat: "the rampant corruption being experienced was spawned by a big business-politician-bureaucrat nexus"
Mar 28, 2012 Democratic India lost control over Army Chief: "During his tenure more than 20 senior officers (Brigadier or above) faced charges of corruption or moral turpitude but only few have been punished jailed due to political pressure."
Mar 28, 2012 TCI Seeks Redress For Alleged Corruption In India: "London-based TCI yesterday formally accused the Indian government of violating trade treaties between it and the U.K. and Cyprus"
Mar 28, 2012 Air India losing Rs 10 crore daily, employees threaten to go on strike: "Government owes over Rs 574 crore to cash-strapped Air India with Prime Minister's Office having an outstanding of more than Rs 200 crore"
Mar 28, 2012 Man gets job after 31 years, retires in 20 days: "Ram Kishore Singh cannot even draw a pension as he has not completed a one-year service.", "31-year fight for 20-day job"
Mar 28, 2012 Obsolete air defence almost an open secret: "CNN-IBN had reported about the World War II 'vintage' air defence guns in 2009. Sadly, nothing seems to have changed."
Mar 28, 2012 Mumbai: BARC security breached 25 times in 2 years: "The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in Mumbai was also surveyed by 26/11 attacks planner David Coleman Headley."
Mar 28, 2012 Mamata's selective media gag in Bengal: "the West Bengal government has banned English and mass-circulation Bengali dailies at state-sponsored and aided libraries in the state which will make available only eight selected newspapers."
Mar 28, 2012 Army Chief’s letter: BJP doubts defence readiness: "the entire tank fleet is “devoid of critical ammunition to defeat enemy tanks”, the air defence is “97 per cent obsolete” and the infantry is crippled with “deficiencies of crew served weapon” and lacks “night fighting” capabilities."
Mar 28, 2012 Army chief bribe row and the shady world of arms deals: "Tejinder Singh, he writes, “operates in tandem” with a retired major and his son, “both of whom are well-known” to Home Minister P Chidambaram’s son Karthi Chidambaram. Subramanian Swamy too has pointed to connections between the “triumvirate” of Tejinder Singh, the retired Major, and Karthi Chidambaram."
Mar 28, 2012 Does leaked Gen Singh letter mean spies have access too?: "Is it possible that the same sources helping the media with information could be disclosing the same to spies of the enemy countries as well? Do the sources help shady agents of arms dealers too?"
Mar 28, 2012 Army Chief VK Singh's latest bombshell: "The issue of the contents of the letter appearing in the media rocked Rajya Sabha with members terming it as "disturbing" and "serious" and demanding that the government should take action against those responsible "whatever position he holds"."
Mar 28, 2012 India's biggest defence deal in jeopardy?: "certain senior officials in the Ministry of Defence have raised reservations over the Rafale fighter jet deal. Few officials have expressed reservations about the Rs 80,000 crore deal. A bid procedure was followed in awarding the contract to Rafale, a procedure questioned by officials."
Mar 28, 2012 Six policemen beaten up by mob in Bengal: "The mob attacked the policemen with lathis and stones when they were returning from Satmari after arresting three persons last evening for allegedly preventing execution of MNREGA in the village"
Mar 28, 2012 Army toothless: General VK Singh drops letter bomb on government: "Army tanks are running out of ammunition, air defence is going obsolete, the infantry is operating without critical weapons and the nation's security is threatened. These are alarming allegations Army chief General VK Singh has made in a letter to the Prime Minister."
Mar 28, 2012 Digvijay targets MP Speaker on alleged nexus with mining mafia: "Madhya Pradesh Assembly Speaker Ishwar Das Rohani, was shielding some persons associated with the banned outfit SIMI, and involved in illegal mining in Jabalpur area."
Mar 28, 2012 Corruption is a way of life in Tirupati Tirumala Devasthanams: ""It's a mini state in itself, giving rise to corruption at every level ,"", ""Thousands of books are printed at the TTD printing press. Corruption in this wing alone runs into Rs 150 crore,""
Mar 27, 2012 No buyers but soaring prices: A scam called Mumbai realty: "inventory of 122 million sq ft was lying idle", "the Mumbai realty market is not driven by end-consumers but by investors. And these investors are either FIIs, non-resident Indians or even politicians channelising their black money into the sector."
Mar 27, 2012 Daily Mail UK: India must face up to its inability to deal with the murky side of arms purchases: "People and companies are caught, charged, black-listed and yet the bribery and corruption in defence deals goes on."
Mar 27, 2012 HC crackdown on Katara killers: "The army doctors will examine medical records of Vikas and Vishal Yadav. The doctors will also examine how many of Katara murder case convicts' visits from Tihar to hospitals were justified."
Mar 27, 2012 Govt stumbles upon multicrore scam: "alleged scam of over Rs 2 lakh crore, involving Wakf Board land"
Mar 27, 2012 UP: Psychiatric ward for honest officer?: "A Provincial Civil Services officer, who was on a fast-unto-death in Lucknow against "corruption" in the social welfare department, was allegedly forcibly evicted from the protest site by the police who tried to admit him to the psychiatric department of a hospital."
Mar 27, 2012 No austerity for President?: "President Pratibha Patil's mammoth travel arrangements on the President's global travels. Fresh documents with TIMES NOW reveal how she had a huge travel entourage on her foreign trips, especially to countries like Poland and Tajkistan. The documents also reveal that the President was doubling her predecessor's global travel record."
Mar 27, 2012 Is Lord Balaji temple at Tirumala only for VIPs?: "rule is always flouted to pander to VIPs,""
Mar 27, 2012 Nitish killers don't need hospitalisation: panel: "The duo convicted for the murder of Nitish Katara in 2008 has been regularly coming out of the jail on the pretext of visiting hospitals.", "151 medical outings in 3 years"
Mar 27, 2012 Trafficking mafia killed rape victim's mother: "was fighting a war for her daughter's dignity against a well-organized gang of human traffickers while the police and district administration turned a deaf ear to her repeated calls for help."
Mar 27, 2012 'Sons of 2 ex-CMs in 640 crore stamp duty franking scam': "a series of scams which have been allegedly perpetuated by members of the DF government."
Mar 27, 2012 IAS officer’s bail cancelled in Emaar scam: "Senior IAS officer and Andhra Pradesh Home Secretary B P Acharya was back in jail Tuesday after the High Court cancelled his bail in a corruption case."
Mar 27, 2012 VK Singh's bribe allegation opens a can of worms: "The Tatra deal was always under scrutiny for its dubious shareholding and a possible loss to the Government."
Mar 27, 2012 The other general, comfortably retired until the bribery bomb: "he was one of hundreds of senior retired personnel, with a house in South Delhi and a plush car and, like so many others of his tribe, doing a business in “consultancy”."
Mar 27, 2012 'Coalgate': CAG takes on coal minister, says we don't make mistakes: ""We are acclaimed internationally for our balanced reporting. Our officers are well trained and are so fundamentally strong that they don't do any basic errors. All our audit processes go down three-four layers, leaving no scope for mistakes.""
Mar 27, 2012 Bribe offer taped, more proof soon, warn Army chief's friends: "there is a tape of the conversation between Gen Singh and Lt Gen Tejinder Singh, retired chief of the Defence Intelligence Agency, where the latter offered a bribe of Rs 14 crore for facilitating purchase of 600 substandard Tatra trucks by the Army."
Mar 26, 2012 Voice of America: New Corruption Allegations Rock Indian Government
Mar 26, 2012 Corruption in the selection of mid-size 4x4 vehicles for the Indian Army: "the IAS couple, Tinoo and Arvind Joshi. Mr Joshi's tenure in the ministry of defence during the NDA government and the purchase decisions made by him then in his capacity of joint secretary are the talk of the town. "
Mar 26, 2012 India’s latest scandal: defence
Mar 26, 2012 THE FINANCIAL TIMES: Corruption besets India: "it is alleged the government lost $210bn by selling its coalfields too cheaply in a privatisation."
Mar 26, 2012 Corruption from cradle to pyre: "Most Indian’s tryst with corruption is lifelong. It’s a sordid experience that starts from the cradle and ends, if you allow me, at the cremation pyre."
Mar 26, 2012 School teacher held for PU paper leak: "Shashikala, one of the three persons being pursued by the CCB, is suspected to have used a fake identity of being a lecturer at a PU college in a Kolar."
Mar 26, 2012 The Last Word: Has VK Singh lifted the lid on corruption in the Army?: "In a startling revelation Army Chief General VK Singh claimed that he was offered bribe to clear the purchase of vehicles for the forces."
Mar 26, 2012 Telenor seeks arbitration, claims damages of $14bn from govt in 2G case: "served a notice on the government, threatening international arbitration and claiming damages of nearly $14 billion"
Mar 26, 2012 CIL’s ‘board of shame’: Is govt any better than Satyam’s Raju?: "The government is behaving even worse than a crooked private sector promoter.Reuters", "After Vodafone, it now has all its disgruntled 2G licensees and TCI tom-tomming the unreliability of the Indian system."
Mar 26, 2012 Scams that rocked defence ministry since 2007: "Army chief General V.K. Singh Monday dropped a bombshell by revealing that a retired lieutenant general had offered him a bribe of Rs.14 crore (Rs.140 million) for approving the supply of 600 sub-standard vehicles to the army."
Mar 26, 2012 Killed for reporting rape: "In a shocking case of ruthlessness and insensitivity an innocent tribal woman was shot dead by the alleged rapist of her 15-year-old daughter. Her only fault was that she was brave enough to fight for justice for her daughter. Whats worse is that 24 hours after the incident, no arrests have been made by the police yet."
Mar 26, 2012 I was offered a Rs 14 crore bribe: Army Chief: "Army Chief Gen VK Singh has alleged that he was offered a bribe of Rs14 crore by an equipment lobbyist in order to have a tranche of 600 sub-standard vehicles of a particular make cleared for purchase. Army Chief in an interview to 'The Hindu' also claimed that he was targeted on his date of birth because he had cracked down on corruption cases."
Mar 26, 2012 File FIRs against corrupt ministers: Anna warns Govt
Mar 26, 2012 No democracy here, only dictatorship: Kejriwal: "Arvind Kejriwal remained defiant over hitting out against politicians who have been accused of indulging in corruption."
Mar 26, 2012 I haven't said anything wrong, I am worried about Parliament: Arvind Kejriwal: "the current Parliament has a "serious problem of credibility" as there are 162 lawmakers having criminal records."
Mar 26, 2012 Govt orders CBI probe into Army chief’s graft charges: "into the allegation made by Army chief Gen V K Singh that he was offered a Rs 14 crore bribe by a lobbyist."
Mar 25, 2012 PU leaks turn into a flood: "As the State Pre-University Department grapples with the fallout of the leak of the Maths and Physics papers, it is now emerging that even the Biology, Chemistry, English and Geography question papers were leaked, leaving the entire PU examination system in a shambles."
Mar 25, 2012 I was offered Rs 14 crore bribe: Army Chief: "In an interview to 'The Hindu', General VK Singh said he was offered a bribe to have a tranche of 600 sub-standard vehicles cleared."
Mar 25, 2012 NY Times: Indian Activist Tries to Renew Anti-Corruption Movement: "as many as 10,000 people were on hand on Sunday as Mr. Hazare and his advisers staged a one-day fast to honor people from around India, including a police officer, who have been killed while trying to expose corruption."
Mar 25, 2012 Refusal to pay bribe costs farmer livelihood: "Corruption is a disease that plagues India from the inside. There is a widespread belief that nobody is serious enough to completely weed out corruption in India."
Mar 25, 2012 Bribe givers and takers are letting India down: Police officer
Mar 25, 2012 “Have peace within to propagate world peace”: "Corruption here in India has become institutionalised, criminal justice system is slow, and they say ‘justice delayed is justice denied' but still, justice in most cases are delayed"
Mar 25, 2012 Corruption: 'It will take a hundred Hazares to even make a dent': "Dr Vijaypat Singhania, noted industrialist and Chairman, Board of Governors, Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad, has said India will need hundreds of Hazares to even make a dent in deep-rooted corruption."
Mar 25, 2012 The Washington Post: Indian activist fasts to protest the killings of corruption whistle blowers: "A prominent anti-corruption crusader in India is on a daylong hunger strike to protest the killings of a slew of activists across the country."
Mar 25, 2012 20 fake passports helped Dawood flee country: "Dawood Ibrahim has at least 20 fake passports, 8 of which were issued in Mumbai, Chhota Rajan has 8, and Chhota Shakeel 6. Besides them, most senior D-Company members - including Tiger Memon, Ayub Memon, Ali Moosa and Pathan Izaz - have bogus Indian and Pakistani passports"
Mar 25, 2012 ‘Criminal’ MPs disrespect Parliament, not me: Kejriwal: "“Beehad mein baaghi milte hain..dakait milte hain parliament mein” (in villages, you get rebels.. decoits are found in Parliament)."
Mar 25, 2012 Promise down in the dumps: Will Akhilesh answer?: "3000 forms for unemployment dole were found in a garbage dump in Amroha District."
Mar 25, 2012 CJ Parul: Why isn't My City Safe for Women?: "the rage over the rape in Gurgaon and the 8 pm deadline that the police suggested for working women."
Mar 25, 2012 Gurgaon Expressway: A Virtual Deathtrap: "She reports on how the Expressway is a death trap with 208 accidents in a year."
Mar 25, 2012 Crime against women on rise in trains: "a total of 712 cases including rape, murder, robbery and eve-teasing were reported against women and children in railway premises in 2011"
Mar 25, 2012 Anna to protest against 'deaf and dumb' govt: "Anna Hazare said that the government is not providing any support to the whistleblowers who are fighting for the nation."
Mar 25, 2012 President Pratibha Patil's foreign trips cost record Rs 205 crore: "cost the public exchequer a whopping Rs 205 crore on her foreign visits, surpassing the record of all her predecessors."
Mar 25, 2012 Woman burnt to death for 'giving birth to girls': "A young woman was burnt to death, apparently for giving birth to baby girls consecutively"
Mar 25, 2012 Hazare wants FIRs against 14 Cabinet ministers by August: "Anna Hazare today demanded that FIRs be registered against 14 'corrupt' Cabinet ministers of the UPA by August failing which a 'jail bharo' agitation will be launched"
Mar 25, 2012 Without political support mining mafia can't function: Hegde: ""While investigating the Karnataka mining scam, I received information on mafia from across the country and who help them. Without political support, they cannot function,""
Mar 25, 2012 Kejriwal attacks Union ministers: "Kejriwal took the names of around 25 politicians, including ministers Sharad Pawar, S M Krishna, P Chidambaram, Praful Patel, Kapil Sibal, Kamal Nath, Farooq Abdullah, Ajit Singh, Sri Prakash Jaiswal, Sushil Kumar Shinde, Vilasrao Deshmukh, MK Azhagiri and G K Vasan. "If Lokpal Bill comes into force, FIRs will be lodged against 14 ministers of the Union Government,""
Mar 24, 2012 Anna Hazare to fast at Jantar Mantar today for Lokpal Bill
Mar 24, 2012 Minister for CBI probe, DoPT says no: "Despite 10 transfers in five years and two presidential orders issued in his favour, the case of whistleblower Indian Forest officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi is getting more and more curious"
Mar 24, 2012 Managing corruption beyond Lokpal: Need to scrap archaic laws and usher in governance reforms: "In spite of the existence of multiple organisations to tackle this malady, corruption has grown to alarming proportions."
Mar 24, 2012 Speak up and be killed?
Mar 24, 2012 100 Hazares Needed to Check Corruption: IIM-A Chairman
Mar 24, 2012 Off The Blocks Adarsh scam probe sees first arrests : " Why has the CBI been delaying and soft-pedalling the case? Why did it take 14 months after the FIR for the first arrests? Why were key papers, stolen from the secretariat, not taken into safe-keeping earlier? Why were the notings on hard disk drives not sent for de-coding or forensic analysis for months? Why was disciplinary action not taken against bureaucrats and others named in the case? How did some of them get promoted?"
Mar 24, 2012 The Rs 28 Diet Plan Trying—and failing—to live on the govt’s definition of ‘not poor’: "Those earning Rs 100 per day, such as masons, plumbers, construction workers, are too rich to be counted as poor."

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