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Dec 19, 2011 Hooch, politics and India’s reality show: "There’s something grotesquely obscene about lifeless human bodies, piled one upon another in a wobbly pyramid, being carted on a trolley. Some of the dead are middle-aged men, others are young; the body at the top of the human pyramid is that of a youth, barely in his twenties"
Dec 19, 2011 Govt wants to whitewash criminal cases, alleges Bharadwaj: "Karnataka Governor H R Bhardwaj today accused the government of adopting delaying tactics in appointment of a new Lokayukta to ''whitewash'' criminal cases and questioned the consultation process in recommending the name of S R Bannurmath to head the anti-corruption watchdog."
Dec 19, 2011 Corruption mars Goa's 50th liberation anniversary: "The big mining scam has taken the sheen off the celebrations of 50 years of liberation of Goa."
Dec 19, 2011 Raja, Kani involved in 2G scam: Raja's ex-aide: "He also said Sanjay Chandra, Shahid Balwa, Vinod Goenka were known to Raja from his days as environment minister.", "A Raja allocated spectrum by Tamil Nadu's Ration shop mechanism"
Dec 19, 2011 Rs 7.25 crore spent on advertisements on birth anniversaries of Rajiv, Indira Gandhi: "Government had spent Rs 4.79 crore and Rs 2.46 crore on print media advertisements on the occasion of birth anniversaries of former Prime Ministers Rajiv Gandhi and Indira Gandhi respectively."
Dec 18, 2011 People punished Left Front for corruption: Buddha: ""Some people associated with the party used this as a platform to mint money. The people have punished us for that and we were thrown out."
Dec 18, 2011 Meghalaya assembly to quiz cop for booking MLA: "A traffic constable in Shillong will have to answer before the Meghalaya assembly for the "offence" of booking an MLA who had allegedly violated road rules.", "Lyngdoh had told the traffic policeman who he was, but the latter said he had no option but to go by the law."
Dec 18, 2011 MP clerk has assets worth Rs 40 cr, held: "Ramesh Dhuldhoye, a clerk with RTO, Indore, was nailed by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Madhya Pradesh Police at his residence"
Dec 18, 2011 Why politicians want to control the internet?: "Politicians want to control the internet because they are worried about internet scams taking over their games."
Dec 18, 2011 Reuters: Insight: Hardly "Incredible India": "Frustrated executives while away time in five-star hotels waiting for deals that never come, and civil servants play video games in their offices - growing signs of the reform limbo and crisis of confidence behind India's economic malaise."
Dec 18, 2011 Congess Scams - A list: "who was responsible for money being paid to Congress? Obviously its president – Sonia Gandhi"
Dec 18, 2011 Audit firms involved in scams face heavy fines: "Jail up to 10 years and fines up to three times the scam amount await chartered accountants and audit firms found guilty in corporate frauds. Audit firms, including the global Big 4 - Pricewaterhouse, KPMG, Deloitte and Ernst & Young - for the first time face punitive action"
Dec 18, 2011 Sreelatha Menon: The wisdom of the mob: "Anna has, in fact, sent many corrupt ministers to jail."
Dec 18, 2011 Subramanian Swamy finds Sonia Gandhi 'root cause of corruption' in India: ""The root cause of corruption, which is spreading in India is Sonia Gandhi. Till the time Sonia Gandhi would not get punished, it is impossible to remove corruption from the country,""
Dec 18, 2011 PM is honest but remote controlled, moans Anna Hazare
Dec 18, 2011 Jan Lokpal will cut corruption by 60 pc: Hazare
Dec 17, 2011 70% Indians are prone to malaria infection: "Around 31 crore, however, face the "highest risk" of getting infected by the vector-borne disease."
Dec 17, 2011 देखें यूपीए सरकार के करोड़पति मंत्री...
Dec 17, 2011 Raja committed offence with active connivance of Chidu: Swamy: "Subramanian Swamy today urged a Delhi court to make P Chidambaram an accused in the 2G case for his alleged role in allowing two telecom firms to earn windfall profits by offloading their shares to foreign firms."
Dec 17, 2011 Ruchika case: Rathore's pension restored: "In a move that has shocked the friends of molestation victim Ruchika Girhotra, the Central Administrative Tribunal has restored the pension of former Haryana DGP S P S Rathore who was convicted in the 1990 case."
Dec 17, 2011 Flaming Disregard: "How many times does India need to be ‘baptised’ by fire, so heartlessly at that, before it finally grows up?"
Dec 17, 2011 7 LeT men convicted of terror plans: "Conspiracy in Saudi"
Dec 17, 2011 AP: Botched cataract surgery leaves many blind
Dec 17, 2011 2G: Raja acted on PC's instructions, says Swamy: "Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy's deposition against Home Minister P Chidambaram will continue on January 7."
Dec 17, 2011 Court slams anti-graft wing for ‘protecting’ DJB officials: "Noting the reluctance of the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) to file an FIR against Delhi Jal Board (DJB) officials in a Rs 170-crore corruption case, a city court on Friday said the investigating agency seemed to have lost its objective and was now trying to protect the accused."
Dec 17, 2011 Tracking tractors: "beneficiaries of this subsidised tractor scheme include relatives of UP PWD Minister Naseemuddin Siddiqui and others linked to the ruling BSP, as well as some contractors. These individuals have other employment, such as businesses, and their ties to farming are tenuous."
Dec 16, 2011 CNN: Bangalore police rescue child beggars
Dec 16, 2011 Have taken 6 Cabinet wickets: Anna Hazare: "The Gandhian from Ralegan Siddhi who captured the nation's imagination said his campaign had claimed 6 ministers."
Dec 16, 2011 Parl paralysed as Oppn demands PC's resignation: "BJP MPs forced the adjournment of both the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha till Monday."
Dec 16, 2011 2G case: Swamy to appear as witness against PC today: "Subramanium Swamy will appear as a witness before a special CBI court in New Delhi on Saturday in support of his private complaint seeking home minister P Chidambaram’s prosecution in the 2G scam."
Dec 16, 2011 Illegal mining: CBI opposes bail pleas of Janardhana Reddy: "Opposing the fresh bail pleas of former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhana Reddy and his brother-in-law B V Srinivas Reddy, the CBI alleged that the two were main culprits in the OMC mining scam."
Dec 16, 2011 PC row: Hotelier involved in theft of 21 ministry files, says firm: "“The accused (S P Gupta) not only forged letterheads of Sonia Gandhi and other leaders but was also involved in stealing of 21 files from the office of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs at Shastri Bhavan. These files were recovered from the house of Gupta’s financial advisor during an Income-Tax raid"
Dec 16, 2011 Cold wave claims 7 lives in north India
Dec 16, 2011 Corruption is a cancer that can kill India: "Indians aren’t necessarily corrupt when they live and work in other countries that have relatively corruption-free environments."
Dec 16, 2011 The Vancouver Sun: India probes more than 100 deaths from moonshine liquor: "West Bengal's illegal alcohol industry thrives, destroying lives at the bottom of society, because many senior politicians and influential businessmen have ownership stakes and local police receive bribes to look the other way, Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/India+probes+more+than+deaths+from+moonshine+liquor/5866751/story.html#ixzz1gkNIxcDN"
Dec 16, 2011 Crackdown on Ramdev supporters at Ramila ground was preplanned to please political masters: amicus to Supreme Court: ""it was an abrupt operation in the midnight to please their(police) political masters." "The home minister and the police commissioner were working together to decide what is to be done to Baba Ramdev," he said. He also contended the Centre was also planning to do the same thing with Anna Hazare two months down the line by arresting him in the morning but they could not."
Dec 16, 2011 CWG scam: Kalmadi gave tickets to corporates at one-tenth price: "While common citizens kept trying to get tickets of the opening and closing ceremonies of Commonwealth Games, most of these were allegedly diverted from the counters to business clubs at a fraction of cost, on the instructions of Suresh Kalmadi,"
Dec 16, 2011 Bharat Ratna for Sachin? Greatness needs no sarkari certificate: "Does greatness need sarkari certification? Would Sachin Tendulkar be any lesser than what he is without a Bharat Ratna?"
Dec 16, 2011 'Death Of The Internet As We Know It': "as many as 255 (71%) of the 358 complaints made to Google in the last six months, were about 'government criticism' and only 8, or 2.23% were about "hate speech"."
Dec 16, 2011 काश पति ने वादा निभाया होता!: "अस्पतालों और शव गृहों के सामने शव एक-दूसरे पर अनाज की बोरियों की तरह रखे गए हैं. क़ब्रिस्तान में भी उतनी ही भीड़ है.", "आलम की मौत के बाद मशीदुर की चिंता यह है कि उनकी 11 बेटे-बेटियों का गुज़ारा कैसे होगा ?", "वाममोर्चा सरकार ने इस धंधे को कुटीर उद्योग का दर्जा दे दिया था."
Dec 16, 2011 गिरते रूपए को बचाने के लिए पूजा पाठ: "श्रद्धालु चाहते है कि उनके भगवान अमरीकी डॉलर की तुलना में रूपए की गिरती हुई कीमत को संभाल लें"
Dec 16, 2011 16 women lose eyesight in Kurnool: "Hoping to improve their eyesight, 16 elderly women underwent free surgery but ended up with their lives in total darkness after a cataract operation conducted by a free camp in Kurnool."
Dec 16, 2011 Ramdev swoop was pre-planned: Amicus Curiae: "Amicus Curiae Rajiv Dhawan pointed out that when Ramdev was arrested, he did not make inciting speech."
Dec 16, 2011 Fake currency notes circulation on the rise in Bihar: "He was allegedly smuggling the notes to East Champaran from Bangladesh"
Dec 16, 2011 Crackdown on Ramdev was preplanned: Amicus to SC: "The Supreme Court was today told that the decision on midnight crackdown on Yoga guru Ramdev and his supporters was taken in advance by the Centre and police implemented it to please their "political masters"."
Dec 16, 2011 AI debt mounts to Rs.43,000 crore: govt: "Air India has also a net loss of Rs.18,000 crore accumulated in the past three to four years,"
Dec 16, 2011 Kalmadi & Co stopped Games tickets sale, turned them into passes: CBI: "“More than half the tickets were issued as complimentary causing a potential revenue loss of Rs 71 crore,”"
Dec 16, 2011 Bengal Hooch tragedy: Toll 171, excise officer suspended: "with the toll touching 171 amidst fears of more casualties as authorities suspended the excise officer-in-charge for dereliction of duty."
Dec 16, 2011 Oppn guns for Chidambaram, Govt embarrassed: "The Opposition renewed its offensive demanding the Home Minister's resignation and stalled Parliament."
Dec 16, 2011 Chidambaram under fire for 'favouring a former client'; government, BJP lock horns: "Referring to the cases against businessman SP Gupta, the BJP accused Chidambaram of misusing his office and committing a "criminal offence" by "favouring a former client"."
Dec 16, 2011 WB hooch tragedy: Angry locals blame police: "At least 140 people died after consuming country-made liquor which was contaminated with methyl alcohol."
Dec 16, 2011 Can the CBI ever be truly independent?: "The government continues to face the heat on the Lokpal issue, with the fight now coming down to the CBI."
Dec 16, 2011 Anna threatens ‘Jail Bharo’ from Jan 1: "Stepping up pressure, Anna Hazare today announced a new agitation of filling up jails (jail bharo) from January 1 if Parliament does not pass a strong Lokpal law,"
Dec 16, 2011 Prashant Bhushan alleges that CBI ignored Shyam Telecom because of Putin links: "“Russia-based Sistema group is promoted by Russian billionaire Mr Vladimir Yevtushenkov, who has a very close relationship with the Russian President Mr Vladimir Putin."
Dec 16, 2011 Six cops injured in brickbatting in Bihar: "Over a dozen persons, including six cops, were injured when applicants for a Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) in East Champaran district on Thursday (December 15) resorted to brickbatting alleging mismanagement in distribution of the admit cards"
Dec 16, 2011 Lokpal row: Anna warns govt with fast, jail bharo
Dec 16, 2011 Is there more black money in India than outside?: "The tax authorities had unearthed Rs 660 billion of unaccounted money as part of the government's efforts to curb tax evasion."
Dec 16, 2011 Indians pay $700M as bribe for land: study: "A whopping $700 million (about Rs 3,700 crore) is paid annually as bribe in India for land administration services,", "Land administration services include land legislation, registration, valuation/taxation, land-use planning, land allocation and information."
Dec 16, 2011 Chidambaram case: MHA's decision revoked: "The case against SP Gupta was reportedly dropped on the Home Ministry's directions."
Dec 16, 2011 B'lore: Begging racket busted, 300 kids rescued: "The police are yet to nab the masterminds, but say they have video evidence of close to 1100 children being forced to beg."
Dec 16, 2011 Bengal hooch tragedy toll now 143, CID to probe: "More than 300 people, mostly poor labourers, rickshaw-pullers and hawkers, are still battling for life in different hospitals.", "police comes and takes bribe from these hooch peddlers", "dead bodies that are lying right next to the patient who are being treated"
Dec 15, 2011 SC: Why has LN Mishra murder trial dragged for 37 years?: "it illustrates just how badly our judicial system is clogged", "When the expectation of delays denying justice becomes the norm, there will be some who take the law into their own hands. The judicial system must find ways of dealing with cases within reasonable timeframes if its credibility as a deliverer of justice is to be maintained."
Dec 15, 2011 How many Sukhois must crash for us to call it a scandal?: "When Mulayam Singh Yadav was defence minister in the HD Deve Gowda government in the late 1990s, he was, for all practical purposes, minister in absentia. Preoccupied rather more with defending his political turf in the volatile state of Uttar Pradesh", "the deals associated with its purchase from Russia in the late 1990s have been dogged by the taint of corruption that has spared no political party – from the Congress to the BJP to the Samjawadi Party.", "a report of the Comptroller and Auditor-General revealed in 2006 that the Sukhoi deal, valued initially at Rs 22,000 crore, had by then shot up to Rs 45,000 crore. Just to translate the manuals from Russian to English cost Rs 42 crore of taxpayers’ money.", "particularly when private secretaries of politicians openly admit to having taking commissions on defence deals. And when these magnificent flying machines keep falling from the skies, you have to wonder just how deep the rot runs. And just how much of a blood price the nation must pay to the leeches that suck it dry."
Dec 15, 2011 Death due to faulty blood transfusion?: "A teacher in Mumbai died after she was allegedly given transfusion of a wrong blood group."
Dec 15, 2011 L-G rejects Mayor’s foreign trip: Details on Net, why travel: "saying the knowledge they propose to gain can be picked up from the Internet."
Dec 15, 2011 AI pilots resign over unpaid salary: "About 50 Air India pilots have resigned due to non-payment of allowances and delay in payment of their salaries this year,"
Dec 15, 2011 Rahul Gandhi plays Muslim card in UP rally: "“Rajiv Gandhi used to say that of Re 1 only 15 paise reach in people, but in UP not a single paise is reaching.”"
Dec 15, 2011 Amid sloganeering, Chidambaram participates in Question Hour: "members of the BJP, which is boycotting him, shouted slogans demanding his ouster over alleged involvement in the 2G spectrum allocation scam.", ""We don't want a corrupt home minister, Chidambaram should resign,""
Dec 15, 2011 Black money: BJP versus UPA government: "While LK Advani hit out at the government for dragging its feet despite SC rebuke, the Congress denied it is soft on hoarders."
Dec 15, 2011 Black money: We can't make details of Indian account holders public, says Pranab: "Mukherjee said the government has received 36,000 pieces of information."
Dec 15, 2011 PC in trouble, BJP cries conflict of interest: "The latest controversy concerns the Metropolitan Hotel in the Capital and its owners."
Dec 15, 2011 Black money debate: Who said what: "The Opposition and the Government were involved in a heated debate over black money in Parliament on Wednesday."
Dec 15, 2011 AMRI fire: After nine arrests, what next?
Dec 15, 2011 UK regulator names Anil Ambani owner of ‘illegal’ Mauritius fund: "Is Anil Ambani the real owner of the Mauritius-based investment vehicle Pleuri, which invests in Indian stocks?"
Dec 15, 2011 Indian resort state battles tide of sleaze: "A surge in prostitution in Goa, a party destination for thousands of overseas visitors, is fuelling the Indian sun-and-sand state's growing reputation for sleaze and corruption."
Dec 15, 2011 Social boycott best punishment for the corrupt, says Justice Hegde: "‘Do not invite such people on any public forum, or approach them for anything'"
Dec 15, 2011 Chidambaram ex-client's FIR quashing row: Law ministry note exposes MHA claims: "Fresh documents raise questions about the home ministry's claim that it did not give any orders on withdrawal of the three FIRs against a Delhi businessman SP Gupta who was once a client of P Chidambaram."
Dec 14, 2011 BU students rise against ‘autocratic’ V-C: "A large number of students at Bangalore University (BU) staged a protest on the varsity’s Jnanabharathi campus here on Wednesday condemning what they called the ''autocratic and non-academic'' attitude of the Vice-Chancellor"
Dec 14, 2011 Hooch kills 57, nexus finger at police More than 100 in hospital: "“An illicit liquor shop is located just opposite the Sangrampur police outpost but the law-enforcers have not taken any action despite our repeated pleas. Those running the illicit liquor dens are in league with a section of the police,”"
Dec 14, 2011 Panel that probed CWG scam has cost govt Rs 4 crore: "Rs 4 crore. That’s the amount two government officers in India needed to probe one of the biggest scams seen by the country so far – the Commonwealth Games (CWG) scam. The bulk of the spending went to pay professionals."
Dec 14, 2011 Afzal Guru: Govt puts the ball in Prez’s court: "The Constitution does not give any time limit for the President to decide any clemency petition."
Dec 14, 2011 Mr Sibal: whip the NIC into shape first, then fret about internet underbelly: "Most ministers use public/free gmail accounts to communicate because their nic accounts either don't work or cannot be accessed through smartphones", "“The Ministry of Commerce sends market-moving inflation data via a Gmail account, and the Indian Air Force uses another to send media updates on competitive bidding for an $11 billion combat-jet program. After a 6 July interview with Bloomberg News, Attorney General Goolam Vahanvati handed out Hotmail and Gmail addresses as the best ways to contact him.”", "The problem though is that a mail I sent to mocit@nic.in from my official company id bounced back!! I am sure though I will still be able to reach Mr. Sibal at his hotmail account."
Dec 14, 2011 Kolkata hospital's lies exposed?: "the charge of fudging the time at which the fire started. A 74 year old patient says the fire could have started well over an hour before the hospital claims it did, in other words, fudging facts to cover up."
Dec 14, 2011 Red Cross Society provided infected blood?: "the Nellore office of Red Cross Society was attacked and vandalised by an angry mob alleging negligence after a woman contracted HIV through infected blood transfusions."
Dec 14, 2011 Lie nailed: Patient who escaped first says he smelt fumes at 2.15am, not 3.30
Dec 14, 2011 Bhujbal resignation demand rows: "The Opposition parties in Maharashtra on Tuesday (December 13) staged a walkout in the assembly as they were not satisfied by the explanation given by PWD Minister Chhagan Bhujbal about the huge donations received by Bhujbal Foundation from India Bulls group."
Dec 14, 2011 IRS officer dismissed from service: "A senior Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer has been dismissed from service after his plea against his conviction for amassing wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income was rejected by the Supreme Court."
Dec 14, 2011 Rupee may fall further, touch 54 against dollar
Dec 14, 2011 Now MPs want CWG flats, Speaker says will check: "Buyers who spent crores for flats in the Commonwealth Games Village are still waiting for possession, meanwhile, a demand has been raised in the Lok Sabha for preferential allotment of the housing units for Members of Parliament."
Dec 14, 2011 Court resumes Sajjan Kumar's trial in 1984 anti-Sikh riot case: "Resuming the trial of a 1984 anti-Sikh riot case relating to killing of 6 persons in city cantonment area by a mob allegedly at provocation of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar"
Dec 14, 2011 Parliament attack: Has Govt forgotten the martyrs?
Dec 14, 2011 Parl attack: 10 years on, any lessons learnt?
Dec 14, 2011 Babus in Rs 3 lakh cr Odisha mining scam: Report: "We did not find any direct evidence against the politicians and their role need further probe, MB Shah said."
Dec 14, 2011 Women raped by cab driver in south Delhi: "In yet another incident that proves how unsafe the National Capital Region (NCR) is for women working late,"
Dec 14, 2011 To battle graft, hit where it hurts: job security in govt: "The attractions of a government job, particularly at the lower and middle rungs, are job security, low workload, high number of holidays, the general comfort of low accountability, time-bound promotions and all other benefits that come with it. Once one is in, there is hardly a chance of getting thrown out.", "Corruption in the government offices is a low risk-high returns affair."
Dec 14, 2011 Maha Min Bhujbal rubbishes allegations: "the sum of Rs 2.45 crore donated to his trust was after the minister cleared a contract in favour of the company."
Dec 14, 2011 Jailed ministers invite court ire: "former ministers “fell sick” to avoid court appearances. He added the tainted leaders enjoyed a cosy relationship with RIMS authorities. “The RIMS medical board gives us certificates stating they are ill."
Dec 14, 2011 IAF lost 30 fighter aircraft, 10 choppers in three years: "these crashes include 16 fighter aircraft of the MiG-21 series. "26 defence personnel including 13 pilots have lost their lives"
Dec 14, 2011 Katta, son granted bail in KIADB scam case: "The Lokayukta Court on Monday granted bail to former minister Katta Subramanya Naidu, his corporator son Jagadish and S V Srinivas, Managing Director of Itasca software firm, the main accused in Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB) land scam."
Dec 14, 2011 Youth ready to fight corruption: Anna Hazare: "Youth who dedicate their lives for the movement shall be given leadership training in Ralegan Siddhi, Anna said."

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