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Feb 21, 2012 Former Aviation Minister in trouble?: "Government owned Air India deployed a larger aircraft to accommodate Patel's daughter & family in April 2010."
Feb 21, 2012 Andhra Minister takes over college: "Andhra Pradesh Minister has been accused of shifting exam centre for son's wedding reception. Roads and Buildings Minister Dharmana Prasada Rao allegedly forced authorities to cancel examination at Government College. Rao canceled College exam to throw a party for friends and family and put students in the dock by shifting the exam venue 150 kms away."
Feb 21, 2012 'मजबूरी' में कपड़े उतारती हूं: "अभी एक दिन का सौ देते हैं पर उसके अलावा कुछ नही.. कोई मेडिकल मदद भी नहीं..महीने में 1500 कमा लेती हूं."
Feb 21, 2012 'रेलवे लाइनों पर हर दिन होती हैं 40 मौतें': "रेलवे मंत्रालय की एक रिपोर्ट में कहा गया है कि भारत में हर साल पंद्रह हजार लोग रेल की पटरियां पार करते हुए रेलगाड़ी से कटकर मर जाते हैं."
Feb 21, 2012 Govt moves to make EC toothless?: "model code to be out of EC purview?", "It's a party of serial offender of the model code of conduct"
Feb 21, 2012 Police train Bihar tribals to fight Maoists: "The Bihar Police is providing soft loans to the tribal to help them procure weapons to fight Maoists.", "The initiative may not be as per the rule book"
Feb 20, 2012 Kerala fishermen's killing: Italian Naval guards eat pizza, enjoy scenic beauty: "Police said they have been enjoying the scenic beauty of Kochi from the CISF guest house, where they were lodged, after police arrested them"
Feb 20, 2012 Aligarh Muslim University's library out of bounds for undergraduate girls: "It is shocking that a place of learning as respected and well-established as Aligarh Muslim University should discriminate against female students in prohibiting them access to the library."
Feb 20, 2012 Shocking apathy by SpiceJet: "Meet Ms Jeeja Ghosh, a teacher at the Kolkata’s Indian Institute of Cerebral Palsy, sole breadwinner for her family. The fact that she was born with cerebral palsy - has only strengthened her fighting spirit when faced with discrimination."
Feb 20, 2012 Scribe, family murdered in MP: "A journalist, his wife and two children were found allegedly murdered in their house on Saturday evening (February 18) in Umaria, Madhya Pradesh"
Feb 20, 2012 Girls raped by 16 men in MP, politicians kin among suspects: "The 16 even included passers-by who stopped, and instead of trying to save the girls, joined the rapists. The act was filmed and the MMS circulated in the area."
Feb 20, 2012 Govt moves to take conduct code out of EC purview: "it is a highly misconceived move, aimed at curbing the powers of the EC", "Once courts get the power to adjudicate whether a politician has committed breach of the MCC, the matter will go on for years while the culprit will enjoy the fruits of power."
Feb 20, 2012 'FIR filed against Rahul for violating election code': ""The district administration had allocated time till noon and fixed a 20-km route for Rahul Gandhi's road show. This was done as today is Shivratri and there could be a traffic problem,"", ""But this roadshow completely violated the election code of conduct as it started at 10.30am continued till 3pm. It did not stick to the prescribed route and instead covered a stretch of 38 kms."
Feb 20, 2012 C N R Rao apologises to science journal: "India's top scientist and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's advisor C N R Rao had to apologise to a leading scientific journal for reproducing text of other scientists in his research paper."
Feb 20, 2012 Air India deployed bigger aircraft for Praful Patel's family?: "flying from Bangalore to Male, Air India switched to bigger aircraft A320, with 20 business class seats, to accommodate seven members of Deshpande family -- in-laws of Patel's daughter Avni."
Feb 19, 2012 Ramjas admission scam: Principal named in chargesheet: "Ramjas admission scam mastermind Naresh Tau has told the police that he gave Rs 80,000 and a bottle of scotch to college principal Rajendra Prasad."
Feb 19, 2012 AI staff caught smuggling currency: "A city-based businessman and an airport employee were arrested in Chennai today for allegedly trying to smuggle out USD 35,000 to Singapore after the suspected hawala money was seized from the checked-in baggage."
Feb 19, 2012 Air India staffer held for helping currency smuggler
Feb 18, 2012 In school, barely literate - Status of education report ranks Jharkhand way below Bihar: "Out of 10 children in Classes I and II at the state-run schools of Jharkhand, five can’t recognise numbers and alphabets, according to Annual Status Educational Report (ASER) 2011."
Feb 18, 2012 Making Quite A Bomb: "A Defence Lab Breached? The High Energy Materials Research Lab (HEMRL), Pune, has outsourced the production of TATB, an explosive, to a private firm, Viswaat, with which an ex-director of HEMRL is associated The firm does not have a licence to manufacture explosives"
Feb 18, 2012 UP assembly elections: Where feudalism still holds sway: "Caste, faith, money and mafia are as usual a part of the politics but all the factors revolve around "feudalism""
Feb 18, 2012 BSY shows soft corner for Porngate MLAs, says everyone watches it: "Everybody watches it. Don't you watch them?''"
Feb 18, 2012 Indore corporator's son among 15 who allegedly raped 2 teens: "Some men working in neighbouring fields landed up at the farm on hearing the commotion. And instead of rescuing the duo, they too allegedly raped them."
Feb 18, 2012 Kolkata blues: "A near-bankrupt government somehow has money to waste — and time — on more of the ridiculous"
Feb 18, 2012 Laloo, Mishra appear in CBI court: "Two former Bihar Chief ministers Laloo Prasad Yadav and Jagannath Mishra along with a former Animal Husbandry Ministry, an MLA and two fodder suppliers appeared before a special CBI Court of PK Singh on Tuesday and their statements were recorded in the fodder scam case"
Feb 18, 2012 पैसा देसी, बैंक विदेशी - होगा कुछ?: "मेरे देश को लूट लिया ..............."
Feb 18, 2012 Woman raped at gunpoint in WB: "An Anglo-Indian woman has filed a complaint with the Kolkata police that she was allegedly raped while returning from a night club on Park Street in central Kolkata and that police did not cooperate with her."
Feb 18, 2012 HC forbids use of forward rolls, sets aside notice to Kuruvilla: "Calling forward rolls “inhuman” and prohibiting its use against erring city policemen, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday set aside a contempt notice against Additional DCP Seju P Kuruvilla who allegedly punished a constable with forward rolls"
Feb 18, 2012 Finmin asks PSU banks not to overstate profit: "FinMin took the step after realising records were being fudged for years."
Feb 18, 2012 5th death in NRHM scam?: "The NRHM scam in Uttar Pradesh has turned murkier with another health official found murdered at his home, the fifth victim in the last one year after the alleged bungling of over Rs.10,000 crore of central funds surfaced."
Feb 18, 2012 Firm refusal: "The three top financial institutions — the Life Insurance Corporation, General Insurance Corporation and UTI Mutual Fund — have been without a chairperson for almost a year. Also headless are key infrastructure sector firms like Coal India, National Mineral Development Corporation, NHPC Limited and National Highways Authority of India."
Feb 18, 2012 Amethi: Cong's 'lucky mascot' was the 1st to vote: "The Raja, the rani and the dhobi", "Royal tradition on voting day"
Feb 18, 2012 Man says he ate kids he couldn't sell: "he roasted abducted children he could not sell and at times ate their flesh too."
Feb 17, 2012 Karnataka CM Sadananda Gowda's 287 aides cost exchequer Rs 70L every month: "This excludes security personnel who guard chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda round the clock."
Feb 16, 2012 CBDT to probe who leaked Ponty Chadha raids info: "Sources said that the DG Investigations in Delhi has come under the scanner and that that he is likely to be transferred.", "Ponty Chadha had in fact been alerted before he was raided"
Feb 16, 2012 Lokayukta raids on residences of Karnataka Congress MLA Krishnappa: "The Lokayukta court had on January 16 ordered probe into the private complaint against Krishnappa, who represents Vijaynagar constituency in the city, for amassing wealth to the tune of about Rs 700 crore disproportionate to his known sources of income."
Feb 16, 2012 Police mocked me: Kolkata rape victim: "The Kolkata rape victim, a mother of two, tracked the accused on Facebook and went to the police with their pictures."
Feb 16, 2012 Assam: Medical help eludes starving tea garden workers: ""State average is Rs 55, we are given Rs 50. Inedible ration, no medicines…provident fund is not given," said tea garden guard Bholanath Teli."
Feb 16, 2012 Amethi: Royal tradition on voting day: "In Amethi, that went to vote on Wednesday, a peculiar custom played out at a polling booth - the Raja, the Rani and the Dhobi."
Feb 16, 2012 Hunger deaths haunt tea gardens of Assam: "Barak Human Rights Committee says there have been at least 10 hunger deaths while the Congress affiliated labour union says four."
Feb 16, 2012 What kind of punishment is this?: ""He should be severely punished," says Ankit Kumar, victim's brother. But justice seems a distant possibility as Dinesh Kumar the barbaric headmaster who blinded a 4 year old toddler continues to abscond. Sanjay Kumar, victim's uncle, said, "I don't know anything about the case. No action has been taken against him yet.""
Feb 15, 2012 Cops asked me how I was raped in a car and in what posture, says rape victim: "Officers at Park Street police station not only wasted crucial time in the investigation but allegedly passed insensitive and lewd remarks at the traumatized woman."
Feb 15, 2012 Woman raped in car at gunpoint in Kolkata, cops jeer: "here's worse - the police ignored her complaints when she mustered courage to report the incident two days later and even mocked her for going to a night club. Two officers allegedly passed sleazy remarks at her at Park Street police station"
Feb 14, 2012 Teacher blinds a 4-year-old: "Its another shocking case of abuse where a four year old was mercilessly beaten by teacher causing him to permanently lose his vision. The child's only fault was that he could not count numbers properly."
Feb 14, 2012 क्या गांधी परिवार की इज्जत बचेगी...: "सोचा नहीं था, कि 70 के जमाने के बाद, राजस्थान या बिहार से बाहर, ऐसा देखने को मिलेगा. कानों मे हीरे के कुंडल, बुर्राक सफेद कुर्ता-पजामा, सफेद स्पोर्टस जूता– सामंतवाद के 21वीं सदी के आधुनिक प्रतीक लग रहे थें, ‘राजा’ संजय सिंह. गांधी परिवार के गुणगान और कांग्रेस की महिमा गिनाते संयज सिंह ने कहा– “मायावती और मुलायम सिंह की सरकारों ने अमेठी के विकास पर जो चोट पहुंचाई है उसे कांग्रेस ही ठीक कर सकती है.", "लिहाजा राहुल के भाषण के बाद राहुल की ‘जय-जयकार’ के साथ 'मनोज मट्टू की जय’ भी महिलाओं ने कर दी. मौके पर राहुल गांधी ने कुछ नहीं कहा. लेकिन चेहरा तन गया. गाड़ी में पहुंचे तो पीछे बैठते मनोज मट्टू से कहा– “चुनाव हमने जीता, लेकिन बड़े नेता तो आप हैं. हमारी गाड़ी में क्या बैंठेंगे, अपनी गाड़ी में आईये”. वो दिन है और आज का दिन, मनोज मट्टू अपनी जगह ही तलाश रहे हैं."
Feb 14, 2012 Lalu and Mishra appear in CBI court on fodder scam case: "Two former Bihar chief ministers Lalu Prasad and Jagannath Mishra appeared in a CBI court in Ranchi Tuesday to record their statements in a case related to the multi-million rupee fodder scam in which funds meant for buying cattle feed were embezzled in undivided Bihar."
Feb 14, 2012 A woman police constable punishes a young couple as they were celebrating Valentines Day in Dhanbad
Feb 14, 2012 Fodder scam: Lalu pleads not guilty, calls it political conspiracy: "Former chief minister of Bihar Lalu Prasad Yadav on Tuesday claimed that all the allegations leveled against him in the Rs 900-crore fodder scam were biased and the CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) had acted against him under political pressure to ruin his career.", "The other main accused in the case are Lok Sabha MP from Jahanbad in Bihar, Jagdish Sharma, former IAS officers Julius Beck, Mahendra Prasad and Phul Chandra Singh and animal husbandry (AHD) officers KM Prasad and SN Sharma."
Feb 14, 2012 Sex scam damns Andhra Pradesh IAS: "After the EMAAR scam and the illegal assets case of Jagan Mohan Reddy, it is now the turn of a sex scandal to plague the bureaucracy in Andhra Pradesh"
Feb 14, 2012 Rosy Blue payment to ex-CJI kin under I-T lens: "in 2006-2007, the company made a one-time payment of Rs 60 lakh to Sreenijan.", "Sources said the four family members had purchased over 60 acres of land in Dindigul in Tamil Nadu and in Idukki district during 2005-2010"
Feb 12, 2012 BBC journalist's 'typically Indian' beating: "They set upon me, raining blows in a prolonged assault. I received injuries to my face, chest and legs. But by Indian standards, I suppose I got off lightly.", The police response can only be described as lethargic. It not only took more than 12 days to send an officer to the scene of the crime, but they also turned a blind eye to what I believe is a blatant intimidation campaign against me and potential witnesses"
Feb 12, 2012 CBI claims Emaar MGF created 10 companies to usurp prime land: "Reality firm Emaar-MGF (EMLL) had allegedly created 10 companies in the name of its employees on directions of its MD to usurp prime land being developed near Hyderabad, causing loss to a state-run firm"
Feb 12, 2012 India ranks high in corruption-hit nations: Court: "The court awarded one year rigorous imprisonment to O.P. Dabas and A.K. Puri for helping a Tihar Jail inmate get shifted to a state-owned hospital and avail nursing home facilities in 1988."
Feb 11, 2012 The ‘power’ aphrodisiac: "The Karnataka Assembly sleaze blot is the latest among high-profile sex scandals ."
Feb 11, 2012 Pontius Undistilled: "Often called “Mayawati’s financier”, the 57-year-old Ponty has been making large (if silent) waves for the political patronage he enjoys in Uttar Pradesh. Any bottle of liquor sold in India’s most populous state goes through his company, Blue Water Harvesting. He’s got all the rules changed to make him the sole contractor"
Feb 11, 2012 The Cost Of Democracy: "The EC strikes out at paid news, but what it has seen is just the tip of the iceberg"
Feb 11, 2012 Slammer Dunk To A Poll Safari: "Vijay Kumar Mishra: a textbook case of how a man can subvert prison for electioneering"
Feb 11, 2012 भीलवाड़ा में भूख से मौतें: "राजस्थान के भीलवाड़ा ज़िले में रामलाल भील के दो बच्चों को भूख ने निगल लिया."
Feb 10, 2012 Fingers at 15% political commission: "“Arabul-bhai charges 15 per cent on every consignment of construction materials that the syndicates dump at construction sites within the Bhangar block,”"
Feb 10, 2012 Emaar-MGF chargesheet spells trouble for Jagan?: "The chargesheet accessed by CNN-IBN says Emaar-MGF had misappropriated funds in excess of Rs 100 crore in the deal."
Feb 10, 2012 Goa polls: Politicians conspiring with land sharks?: "An income tax investigation has exposed how politicians are conspiring with real estate and land sharks."
Feb 9, 2012 The rise and fall of the mighty Marans: "yet he appeared to be lost in thoughts. Perhaps the foreshadow of the Rs 550 crore ED slap and a possible CBI-chargesheet preoccupied him."
Feb 9, 2012 MINING NEXUS - Face-saver axe on 2 police officers amid well-entrenched coal smuggling racket in Bokaro: "A well-established nexus between coal smugglers, Maoists and a section of police has ensured illegal mining is a thriving trade in the coal belt"
Feb 9, 2012 Rs 5 lakh for wrong shot: "even though her blood tested negative for malaria, a nurse administered her quinine injection on the night of March 31, 2006. She passed away within a few minutes."
Feb 9, 2012 Maya snubs woman fighting for justice: "Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has appeared to have crossed all limits of insensitivity when the CM called a woman an opposition pet dog. The woman named Sumitra Devi was trying to talk to the CM about her dead son, during Maya's rally. Sumitra Devi's son was murdered and police officers have refused to file an FIR in his case."
Feb 9, 2012 9 govt websites defaced: NIC
Feb 8, 2012 Does the Indian voter still vote according to caste?
Feb 8, 2012 Porngate: BJP MLA blacks out news from voters: "Laxman Savadi, who resigned as Karnataka cooperation minister on Wednesday, gave orders to cut off electricity to his constituency Athani on Tuesday, so that the people of the town could not see the news of his viewing pornographic clips in the assembly.", "no newspapers of any language could reach Athani as most bundles were booked and purchased en route."
Feb 7, 2012 Sex video and a lie...: "After sometime, she removes her saree, the blouse and all the inner wear."
Feb 7, 2012 30 UP criminals set to contest polls from jail: "At least 30 hardcore criminals and mafia dons are contesting this year's assembly elections from jails, which is high even by Uttar Pradesh's standards."
Feb 7, 2012 Direct jet fuel imports: a new way to screw the oil sector?: "Aviation fuel is the only petroleum product used as fuel that currently earns a profit for state-run oil marketing companies"
Feb 7, 2012 The Wall Street Journal: Chidambaram: Poor Conditions ‘Dehumanize’ Police: "corruption has become systematized in hiring so that applicants for the position of constable are routinely asked to pay bribes in order to get the jobs. That money goes to state politicians, who not only influence hiring, but also the discipline, transfers and postings of officers on the entire police force"
Feb 7, 2012 Al Jazeera: The politics of elections in India's most unstable state: "The former is led by Mayawati, a powerful and brassy woman - and a Dalit icon - while the latter is the fief of an ageing former wrestler and a veteran practitioner of caste-based politics, Mulayum Singh Yadav."
Feb 7, 2012 Widespread Corruption Plagues India's Police Force: "In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, former Mumbai Police Commissioner Julio Ribeiro spoke with reporter Geeta Anand about the growing problem of lawlessness and corruption in India's police force."
Feb 7, 2012 बौखलाहट में बड़बड़ा रहे हैं राहुलः रामदेव: "'अगर उन्‍हें काले झंडे दिखाए जा रहे हैं तो ये उनके कर्मों का फल है.'"
Feb 7, 2012 'Paedophile' headmaster exposed: "Meekin first came on radar after he sent lewd messages to a student on social networking website. Meekin was hired over the internet without even a proper background check."
Feb 7, 2012 'बलात्कार को हथियार के तौर पर इस्तेमाल करते हैं': "''माओवादियों के ख़िलाफ़ मुहिम में लगे सरकार समर्थित तत्त्व महिलाओं के साथ बलात्कार करते हैं और इसे माओवादियों के ख़िलाफ़ हथियार के तौर पर इस्तेमाल करते हैं.''"
Feb 7, 2012 Two Karnataka ministers caught watching porn film in assembly: "Two BJP ministers - Lakshman Savdi and CC Patil - in Karnataka were caught allegedly watching porn film clips on the former's cell phone on the floor the legislative assembly on Tuesday. While Savdi holds cooperation portfolio, Patil is woman and child development minister."
Feb 7, 2012 Karnataka minister caught watching 'porn' in assembly
Feb 7, 2012 Madhya Pradesh: Cops tear off boy's ear: "Beasts in uniform"
Feb 5, 2012 'This party' has no business talking about ending corruption: Ramdev: "They robbed India for 55 years, now see what they would do to UP in five years"
Feb 5, 2012 Reuters: Analysis - Scandal blow puts Indian government in danger: "There is no clamour for an early general election in India, but the latest blow dealt to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over a massive corruption scandal raises the risk that his wounded government could fall well before its mandate runs out in 2014."
Feb 5, 2012 Daily Mail UK: A £2bn space programme and Swiss bank accounts: I've seen how aid to India is wasted: "Indians have squirreled away more money in Swiss bank accounts (a total of £900billion since independence from Britain in 1947) than the rest of the world combined."
Feb 5, 2012 Nair, 3 scientists behind S-band deal: ISRO report: "The probe report said that choosing Devas for the deal 'seems to be lacking in transparency and due diligence'."
Feb 5, 2012 Two more Jarawas 'abuse' videos surface: "What's even more disturbing is that men in uniform are clearly seen in the video, ordering the tribals to perform."
Feb 5, 2012 Pune: Suresh Kalmadi given a hero's welcome: "The Congress has officially stated that the sacked CWG chief will not campaign for the Pune Municipal Polls."
Feb 5, 2012 Sinha report severely indicts Nair: "Just ten days ago as former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chief Madhavan Nair and his other colleagues were barred by the Government -- for their alleged involvement in the Antrix-Devas scam."
Feb 5, 2012 Women’s army fights graft - East Singhbhum whistleblowers monitor job scheme: "has led to the formation of a 60-member squad of vigilante women who have already managed to blow the lid off several irregularities in the implementation of Centre’s flagship job scheme"
Feb 5, 2012 The adharma of corruption: "The pernicious nexus between crooked politicians and dishonest bureaucrats is to blame for the mess in which we find ourselves."
Feb 5, 2012 Probe Devas operations since inception, says HLT: "The Pratyush Sinha-chaired High Level Team (HLT) has not just indicted former ISRO chief G Madhavan Nair and three other space scientists, but has recommended investigation into the functioning and operations of Devas since its inception."
Feb 5, 2012 ISRO scientist enjoyed Devas hospitality in US: HLT: "Former Scientific Secretary at ISRO, A Bhaskaranarayana enjoyed the hospitality of Devas during one of his trips to the US, according to the five-member high level team chaired by Pratyush Sinha, which examined the controversial Antrix-Devas deal and identified acts of omission and commission by government officials."
Feb 5, 2012 Ramdev calls for 'political ostracism' of Congress: "the Congress-led UPA government is the "most corrupt" dispensation in the world"
Feb 5, 2012 Female foeticide: Haryana in California, Punjab in Canada?: "Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) has sparked off a debate about the prevalence of this practice among Indians in North America, showing female foeticide via selective abortion in Canada’s Asian immigrant communities."
Feb 5, 2012 2 new videos of 'human safaris' in Andaman Islands: ""new videos raise fresh questions about the complicity of officers who are supposed to be protecting the tribe"."
Feb 5, 2012 Ponty Chadha is a study how power, politics and profit work when mixed with alcohol commerce: "How much space does it take to stack up currency worth Rs 100 crore? Or was it Rs 125 crore? How were I-T officials, who raided businessman Gurdeep Singh Chadha's premises in Noida and elsewhere last week"
Feb 5, 2012 India's low-caste queen launches re-election bid: "is also accused of letting the state slide further into corruption and dysfunction."
Feb 5, 2012 Indian satire on screen takes potshots at corruption
Feb 5, 2012 The Globe and Mail: Canadian accused of bribing cabinet minister in India is a test case for Canada’s foreign anti-corruption law: "Authorities allege that Mr. Karigar described to others how he funnelled a $250,000 bribe to Praful Patel, India’s Minister of Heavy Industries and a former minister of aviation."
Feb 4, 2012 India Should Look to Hong Kong's Example in Its Fight Against Corruption
Feb 4, 2012 The Vancouver Sun: Video: Indians Incensed at Rampant Corruption: "The Indian government is in the throes of the biggest corruption scandal India has ever witnessed, a multi-billion dollar telecommunications scam."

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