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Oct 10, 2012 15 rapes in 1 mth in Haryana makes Om Prakash Chautala prescribe 'child marriage' to curb sex crimes by youths: ""Look back at the past, the Mughal sultanate in this country used to misbehave with women and used to kidnap them. In order to prevent that people started getting their young girls married early so that no one does anything wrong to them. "....I have seen girls getting married at tender age, the same situation is back again," Chautala said."
Oct 9, 2012 Indian toilet campaign battles corruption: "n the northern state of Uttar Pradesh is not a triumph for labor rights but a danger to human health and evidence of brazen corruption on the part of local officials."
Oct 9, 2012 Oh My God director Umesh Shukla plans a film on scams: "Director Umesh Shukla, who tasted success with his latest film Oh My God, is likely to make a film on scams highlighting the management of money."
Oct 9, 2012 सलमान खुर्शीद के ट्रस्ट पर 71 लाख की हेराफेरी के आरोप: "जी हां, देश के कानून मंत्री सलमान खुर्शीद का ट्रस्ट. जो उनके नाना और देश के पूर्व राष्ट्रपति डॉक्टर जाकिर हुसैन की याद में बना था, वो विकलांग कल्याण के नाम पर सरकारी ग्रांट हड़पने के लिए जालसाजी में लिप्त है."
Oct 9, 2012 Of course, Robert Vadra is right! We are a 'banana republic': "Robert Vadra knows the ‘banana republic’ world from the inside. The business empire that he built in double-quick time is living testimony that that world does exist. And that we are, in fact, mango people in a banana republic."
Oct 9, 2012 तीस हज़ार में बैल, लड़कियाँ दो हज़ार में: "यहां एक जोड़ी बैल की कीमत है 30 हज़ार रूपए और एक पुरानी मोटर साइकिल भी 20 हज़ार से कम की नहीं मिलती लेकिन यहां की आदिवासी लड़कियों का कोई मोल नहीं. वे दो - चार हज़ार रुपए तक में मिल जाती हैं."
Oct 9, 2012 UP has become crime pradesh: Mayawati: "BSP supremo Mayawati today charged the Samajwadi Party government with reducing Uttar Pradesh into a "crime state" and termed Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav as "ghoshna mukhya mantri (announcement chief minister)"."
Oct 9, 2012 After rapes, the apathy: "At 877 per 1,000 males, Haryana has one of the country’s worst sex ratios.", "Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda’s attitude has been smug — confident that the “law would take its own course”."
Oct 9, 2012 Mahadalit woman beaten, burnt to death in Gaya: "A Mahadalit woman was beaten up and burnt to death by three men in Gaya in Bihar. She was beaten up because she refused to give them the money she had received under the government's Indira Awas Yojna to help her construct a house."
Oct 9, 2012 Haryana government is DLF's agent, says Kejriwal: ""All the evidence we have provided today makes it a fit case for an income tax raid," he said. "I have been an income tax officer, and I know it. "But after the country's finance minister speaks in favour of Vadras, which officer will have the guts to give (Vadra) a notice?""
Oct 9, 2012 Robert Vadra: Kejriwal alleges nexus between DLF and Haryana govt: "Anti-corruption crusader-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal continued his offensive against Robert Vadra, the son-in-law of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, construction major DLF and the Congress government in Haryana. Alleging that the Haryana government had given undue benefits to DLF, Kejriwal said that the Punjab and Haryana High Court had pointed at a 'malafide nexus' between the two."
Oct 9, 2012 Watch: Congress MPs scold collector in public: "Congress MPs in Ratlam in Madhya Pradesh were caught on camera scolding the district's collector in public. Three Congress MPs Prem Chand Guddu, Meenakshi Natarajan and Kantilal Bhuria, who is the state Congress chief, shouted at Collector Rajiv Dube, not giving him a chance to explain."
Oct 8, 2012 Haryana's unending horror: "Days after a 16-year-old minor was raped and pushed to suicide in Haryana's Jind district, the family of the victim allege that a cop, too, was involved in the crime. The victim's mother has threatened to commit suicide if the police do not arrest the rapists. Meanwhile, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said that his government has done enough in the case. In 28 days, 12 girls have been raped in Haryana."
Oct 7, 2012 Striking doctors allege corruption: "the hospital was selling medicines to patients at more than double the purchasing price"
Oct 7, 2012 Low sex-ratio responsible for Haryana rapes?: "All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) has said low sex ratio is partly responsible for the spate of rapes in Haryana as the ninth case was reported from the state in less than a month. The association also accused the police of apathy towards rape victims and their families. AIDWA Vice President Jagmati Sangwan said, 'The sex ratio in Haryana is so dismal that boys are not finding girls for marriage. Such factors create an environment which is unsafe for women.'"
Oct 7, 2012 No one came to my rescue: Haryana rape victim: "Unable to bear the trauma, the 16-year-old dalit girl from Sachakhera in Jind doused herself in kerosene and set herself on fire after being gangraped by three men in her neighbourhood. Worse, the sister in law of one of the perpetrators allegedly stood on guard to ensure no one entered the house."
Oct 7, 2012 CM offers lip service, DGP offers blame: "A 16-year-old girl has committed suicide in Haryana's Jind district, after she was gangraped by two men. Her plight was gruesome, similar to that of so many other women in her state. But instead of finding ways to tackle the crime, the ruling Congress's chief in the state says that it's a conspiracy, while Chief Minister Bhupinder Hooda offers lip service. 12 rapes in 28 days -- and as the state's top cop has now blamed the media, we are forced to ask if Haryana cares."
Oct 6, 2012 Caught on camera: Police brutality: "Policemen are the custodians of law; but in a shocking incident in Surat, they took law into their hands. Footage with TIMES NOW shows how a group of policemen caught hold of an accused in Surat and beat him black and blue in broad daylight. The incident has left many shocked, but the police is yet to take action against the erring cops."
Oct 6, 2012 Look closely at all the Robert Vadras of Indian politics: "The most lucrative business in India is the business of politics. Once you are successful in the business of politics, there’s virtually no looking back and it’s not just your son or daughter who benefits but the entire clan."
Oct 6, 2012 A Whole Lotta Loot Going On?: "Channel of corruption? NCP’s Ajit Pawar", "Ajit Pawar isn’t the only one, an entire roster of NCP biggies are facing charges"
Oct 5, 2012 Robert Vadra's wealth grew from Rs 50 lakh to over Rs 300 crore in three years, Kejriwal says: "real estate giant DLF had sold him prime land at throw-away prices and given him interest-free loans. They said, property worth over Rs 300 crores was sold to Vadra for just Rs 50 lakh."
Oct 4, 2012 ‘Corruption is a high return, low risk activity’: "the quantum of corruption has gone up with a growing economy, where people have to bribe authorities even to enjoy their legitimate rights."
Oct 3, 2012 Corruption leaves 224 million Indians undernourished: "If you talk to government officials and ministers, their argument will be centered over notion that India was no less a power than America and China. But if we believe a latest Global Food Security Index finding, we will be left speechless. Food Security Index says that around a quarter of Indian population was malnourished."
Oct 3, 2012 India's Congress Party pursues corruption, sells-out nation: "Thanks to rampant political and state corruption, promoted by Congress led political parties as the core philosophy of India, its system of governance is also extremely corrupt, promising crimes to sustain corrupt practices - both state and private."
Oct 3, 2012 Goa slum dwellers pay highest bribe money: "Goa has only Mumbai ahead of it when it comes to seeking bribes from slum dwellers in exchange for public utilities like water and other services", ""The household survey was conducted in the last quarter of 2011. Noticeably, around 90% of the slum dwellers in Goa were asked for a bribe at least once during the last one year,""
Oct 2, 2012 IAS officers 'help' colleague accused of rape attempt: "At least 20 IAS officers of Uttar Pradesh cadre rushed to the Charbagh railway station to lobby for their colleague Shashi Bhushan Lal Susheel, who was detained by the GRP for alleged rape bid on a girl on-board Lucknow Mail on Monday. They tried their best to bail out Susheel, who was not kept in the lockup against rules,"
Oct 2, 2012 1.35 lakh suicides in 2011, West Bengal on top: "West Bengal reported the highest number of suicides (16,492) accounting for 12.2 per cent of the total suicides last year followed by Tamil Nadu (15,963), Maharashtra (15,947), Andhra Pradesh (15,077) and Karnataka (12,622)."
Oct 2, 2012 Anger across Punjab over kidnappings: "A 16-year-old girl was abducted from Faridkot, not once, but twice in the last three months. While the police claims to have already cracked the case, the 20-year-old accused is still roaming free."
Oct 2, 2012 One in three senior citizens abused in India: study: "One in every three senior citizens is abused in India."
Oct 2, 2012 Modi attacks Sonia over Rs 1880 crore expenditure: "Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched a fresh attack on UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, accusing her of wasting the public money over her foreign trips. Speaking exclusively to CNN-IBN, Modi demanded an explanation on the medical bills of Sonia Gandhi."
Sep 30, 2012 All Jharkhand ministers, officials corrupt: Inder Singh Namdhari: ""The situation in Jharkhand has become pitiable,""
Sep 30, 2012 TWTW: Cyrus Broacha's take on corruption: "In this special episode, Cyrus Broacha talks about corruption in different walks of life in India."
Sep 30, 2012 A Swamp Of Alien Nesses How real is the ‘foreign hand’ Indians and India obsess about?: "fear of foreigner"
Sep 30, 2012 'Judges' decisions affected by post-retirement plans': "Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha and former law minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday said 'the clamour for post-retirement jobs among judges is affecting the impartiality of the judiciary'. He also pitched for a two-year cooling off period before retired judges are appointed to tribunals and commissions."
Sep 30, 2012 Two bank heists in 2 days: Delhi's rising crime graph: "a Rs 5.25 crore robbery in broad daylight left a security guard in the upmarket Defence Colony area of Delhi, bruised with gunshot injuries. The following day, came the news of a failed robbery attempt at a bank in Inderlok, and finally in the evening, as if to cap it all, another ATM cash van was looted by its own driver, who after drugging the two security guards accompanying him, ran off with Rs 51 lakh."
Sep 30, 2012 ‘पार्टी फंड की दाल में काला ही काला': "सबसे बड़ी पांच पार्टियों ने 2004 से 2011 के बीच चंदे और आर्थिक सहयोग से लगभग 39 अरब रुपए की कमाई की."
Sep 29, 2012 In Delhi Safdarjung hospital, patients lie on floor after surgery
Sep 29, 2012 Haryana shame: 3 gang rapes in 3 weeks: "3 gang rapes took place in the last three weeks all in the same State. Another 16-year-old girl was gang raped in Sonepat"
Sep 29, 2012 Caught on tape: Gurgaon's barbarians: "Gun culture returns to Haryana. Goons armed with pistols, daggers and iron rods attack toll plaza officials at Badshapur, Gurgaon on the Sohna-Alwar highway. Goons shoot at toll staffers, vandalising vehicles parked near by in Gurgaon. 25 year old toll staffer Rajesh who was directly hit by the bullet is critically injured. In Sept, 2011, a toll booth staffer was gunned down for mere Rs 27 in Gurgaon."
Sep 29, 2012 20-year-old thrashed, dies in custody: "20-year-old Deepak Yadav never realised that when he left home after being picked up by Bareilly Police that he would never return home. His family alleges that he was beaten to death even as authorities suspended 3 policemen and slapped a case of murder against them. Mystery surrounds Deepak's death while in police custody but will any lesson be learnt."
Sep 29, 2012 Nithyananda threatening witness?
Sep 29, 2012 Is this justice Mr CM?: "Husband of JDU MLA Poonam Yadav, Ranbir Yadav, who grabbed bodyguard's gun and threatened protesters has been given clean chit. Police question bodyguard instead. FIRs lodged against protesters. Ranbir Yadav, husband of JDU MLA Poonam Yadav, brandished a carbine of a policeman to disperse the protestors who were creating a ruckus at Nitish Kumar's rally in Khagaria."
Sep 29, 2012 Girl gangraped at Jharkhand MLA's house in Patna: "A 20-year-old girl was allegedly gangraped in Patna at an MLA's house by five men. The woman filed an FIR with the Patna police and all five accused have been arrested."
Sep 29, 2012 16-yr-old raped at Bihar MLA's house, 5 held: " two of the accused spotted the girl, a Class 9 student, at Patna Junction and tricked her into going with them to the MLA's house."
Sep 29, 2012 पैसा फेंक, ग़रीबी देख: "झुग्गी टूरिज़्म में शामिल होने वाले विदेशी प्रयटकों की संख्या बढती जा रही है"
Sep 29, 2012 Loot on in name of reforms and aam aadmi, Mamata Banerjee says: "Nowadays, the trend is whenever any anti-people decision is taken, it is taken in the name of reforms,""
Sep 28, 2012 'Austere' UPA's 3rd anniversary bash cost Rs 7,700 per head: ""The Rs 7,700-a-head dinner comes at a time when the government has announced austerity measures. Incidentally, the UPA-2 had stipulated that Rs 28 per day is sufficient to keep a person out of poverty. ""
Sep 28, 2012 MLA's husband brandishes gun: "Janata Dal (United) MLA Poonam Yadav's husband Ranbir Yadav snatches a carbine from his wife's bodyguard taking law into his hands showing off strength threatening protesters with the weapon."
Sep 28, 2012 India's Kleptocracy loots masses of humanity: "A 'kleptocracy' refers to "rule by thieves". A kleptocracy is a capitalist-oriented society where the government exists to increase the personal wealth and political power of its officials and the ruling class. In such a society, like India, politicians operate at the expense of the wider population as a basic "way of doing business" without pretence of honest service. This type of government corruption is often achieved by the embezzlement of state funds. In India, constitutional democracy exists in "name only"."
Sep 28, 2012 Will India Ever Rid Itself of Corruption?: "“We will vote, but we are losing faith in politics,” said a student at Jadavpur University in Calcutta. ”Young people are very pessimistic, and don’t think voting will change anything.”"
Sep 28, 2012 ‘Police is one of the scariest examples of corruption’: "you have a gangster in police uniform, then there is no recourse for the common man"
Sep 28, 2012 Blame corrupt babus for stink in sanitation
Sep 28, 2012 ‘Corrupt officials, netas playing with people’s lives’: "Rs 35,000 crore was siphoned off or wasted on dud irrigation projects in the past decade."
Sep 28, 2012 Whistleblower alleges harassment after exposing corruption in Sports Authority of India: "He claimed that officers were inflating bills for sports goods by 400 per cent to 500 per cent and had been doing this for years. "They are making crores. This practice has been going for the last 20 years."
Sep 28, 2012 Delhi: ATM van carrying Rs 5 crore cash looted: "New Delhi: An ATM van carrying Rs 5 crore cash was looted by robbers in broad daylight on Friday in Delhi's Defence Colony."
Sep 27, 2012 “BBMP is a den of corruption”: "INTERVIEW WITH SANTOSH HEGDE"
Sep 27, 2012 BBC: India tiger killed by poachers inside Itanagar zoo: "In June 2006, 30kg (66lb) of tiger parts - mainly bones and nails - were seized from a vehicle belonging to a police officer in Assam state."
Sep 27, 2012 Rotting grain has deprived food to 80 million people: "An estimated 36,000 tonnes of grain has gone bad at the various storage facilities of the state-run Food Corp of India (FCI) since 2008, enough to feed 80 million people at a per capita consumption of 440 grams"
Sep 27, 2012 Woman gangraped at gunpoint in Jind, Haryana: "The victim, a mother of two, was gangraped at gunpoint in Jind. Even after she filed a complaint, the Police is giving absurd excuses and refuse to take any action. The victim and her family are now thretening to commit suicide if nothing is done."
Sep 27, 2012 Model molested at home in Bengal as politician and realtors watch: "Police ignored her complaint, although the victims had bleeding injuries."
Sep 27, 2012 65-year-old woman beaten to death for practising 'black magic': "A 65-year-old wife of a retired headmaster was on Wednesday beaten to death at her house in Kandlapalli village in the district allegedly by a man on suspicion that she practised 'black magic'"
Sep 27, 2012 Baby allegedly raped in Kolkata, four detained: "Four persons have been detained in connection with the alleged rape of a one-and-half-year-old child of a pavement dweller in Kolkata's Park Street area"
Sep 27, 2012 'Outrageous' corporal punishment: "A class 7 students neck muscle was ruptured by the teacher for not clipping his nails."
Sep 27, 2012 Sahara - massive, splashy...and mysterious: "The company did not respond to several attempts by Reuters to get answers to written questions."
Sep 27, 2012 Rashtrapati Bhawan asks for return of gifts taken by private family trust of Pratibha Patil: "The President's Secretariat has taken steps to recover return gifts received by former President Pratibha Patil in her official capacity as President of India", "Former President Pratibha Patil was embroiled in a controversy over misuse of the highest office of the nation for leisure and pleasure of her family members, relatives and friends by undertaking expensive official trips costing more than Rs 200 crore"
Sep 27, 2012 Hisar police in damage control mode
Sep 27, 2012 J&K Deputy CM uses 25 official cars: RTI: "As per a government order, a minister is entitled to two vehicles - one for himself and his guards and the other for his personal staff."
Sep 27, 2012 UP: HC questions 24-hour power supply to VIP districts: "The districts include Amethi, Raebareli, Etawah, Kannauj, Mainpuri and Ramnagar."
Sep 27, 2012 CRPF men accused of eve-teasing: "two CRPF jawans identified as Ajay Kumar and Ashutosh Kumar of battalion 193, allegedly eve teased a local village girl in Musabani block in Ghatshila sub-division that outraged the villagers. This was followed by a cane-charge by the CRPF men in retaliation."
Sep 23, 2012 Akhilesh Yadav government to withdraw criminal cases against over 3000 SP workers: "the SP government is withdrawing criminal cases not only against its party leaders but also against mafia-turned-politicians like Abhay Singh, Mukhtar Ansari and Vijay Mishra. fact, Singh, Ansari and Mishra won elections from inside jail."
Sep 23, 2012 J&K: 5-day-old baby girl with cleft lip found abandoned: "No one has come forward to claim the infant, who is now being fed through a tube."
Sep 23, 2012 Caught on cam: Women slapped, dragged by Raj police: "The police slapped and dragged women for no reason after a family alleged that the police tried to cremate the body of one of their family members without taking them into confidence.", "the question remains unanswered whether there was an attempt by the police to hush up a crime."
Sep 23, 2012 No justice for the poor in Hisar: "They refuse to conduct his final rites. A father who could not bear to see his daughter’s trauma when a 16 year old was abducted and gang raped and then threatened into silence until an MMS clip of the horrific crime surfaced."
Sep 23, 2012 India shocked, Mumbai shamed: "Unaware of the intentions of her savage tormentors this Class 9 student was assaulted, stripped in public and paraded by four women all in a brutal backlash to a feud with her mother."
Sep 23, 2012 Kin of man found dead accuse cop: "The family of a 31-year-old man has alleged that he succumbed to injuries after being beaten up by a Delhi police constable in custody last week."
Sep 23, 2012 After the violence, the unease: "the police immediately took shelter in the main office, where 20 people were crammed into a space not wider than an elevator. Eyewitnesses claim the mob torched buildings next to the police station and then assaulted the main office. “We were crammed there and the crowd was trying to get in. With no option, we opened fire and it was only then that they dispersed,”, "“First our business was ruined, several shops were looted, some even burned."
Sep 16, 2012 2 state-level boxers abduct businessman, arrested: "Two state-level boxers and a teenaged wrestler were arrested for kidnapping a property dealer in outer Delhi on September 1."
Sep 15, 2012 2437 murders in 6 months, UP CM admits crisis: "The initial euphoria after Akhilesh Yadav's victory in elections has been replaced by a fear of the return of the 'gunda raj'."
Sep 15, 2012 K'taka: Touring MLAs return, cost state Rs 4 cr: "The tour came at a time when the state was reeling under a severe drought and the MLAs refused to return despite pleas from the CM."
Sep 14, 2012 ‘Bureaucratic corruption is more rampant than political corruption’: "How to Clean Up India deals with the eternal question haunting India today: why are we so corrupt?"
Sep 14, 2012 Deputy collector, aide held for taking bribe: "The state anti-corruption bureau (ACB), Pune, on Wednesday night arrested a deputy collector and his assistant for taking a Rs 2 lakh bribe to clear a file regarding a land deal"
Sep 14, 2012 Stop giving absurd solutions: HC to Nirmal Baba: "Asking self-styled godman Nirmal Baba to stop giving "absurd" or "illogical" solutions to his disciples"
Sep 14, 2012 The Enemy Within: "The complicity of some J&K policemen in militancy-related activities has now become an issue of major concern, as modules operating with their help have been particularly difficult to identify and neutralize."
Sep 14, 2012 MP: Evicting protestors in Harda an unfair treatment?: "The government, which conceded to demands of protestors in the first case of jal stayagraha at Khandwa, acted tough in Harda."
Sep 14, 2012 Is the state intolerant towards public protests?: "Dramatic scenes in Madhya Pradesh as the state used force to evict a group of villagers protesting in neck deep water."
Sep 14, 2012 Bihar: Police manhandle accused, caught on camera: "While taking the accused on a rickshaw, a policemen sat with his feet on the chest of the man."
Sep 14, 2012 AP: Student dies after alleged corporal punishment: "The boy died after he was allegedly made to do sit ups as punishment in the school."
Sep 14, 2012 How the police selectively draw the line: "The latest controversy surrounding the sedition case against cartoonist Aseem Trivedi has left the Mumbai Police with egg on its face. It has also exposed the force’s double standards and its misplaced priorities while dealing with complaints. Surely the police cannot believe that Trivedi’s cartoons pose a greater threat than MNS chief Raj Thackeray’s constant tirades against north Indians?"
Sep 12, 2012 Shocking defence, shocking inaction: "An absolutely bizarre defence by Jammu and Kashmir's Irrigation Minister Taj Mohiuddin after his bodyguards bloodied a cop for daring to do his duty. Traffic policeman Mohan Lal, said, "The PSOs got out of the vehicle and started fighting with my subordinate. One of the PSO tried to hit me with a rifle when I stopped him another PSO hit me with an AK 47 and I got injured.""
Sep 12, 2012 Villagers play judge, jury & executioner: "He was accused of stealing Rs 30 from a fellow labourer but this 15 year old was left scarred for life when these people decided to take law into their own hands. His face blackened, his hair chopped off, tied to a tree, assaulted after his clothes were torn off, completely humiliated after his fellow worker alleged that he stole Rs 30 from him."
Sep 12, 2012 Cops manhandle unconscious accused: "the police, along with local people, beat him brutally till he fell unconscious. Then the young man was dragged into a cycle rickshaw and the policeman sat with his feet on the chest of the man. The policeman further dragged him in the hospital."
Sep 12, 2012 MIT is No. 1 among world's 100 top universities, not a single Indian varsity among hundred
Sep 12, 2012 FTN: Are benami transactions bedrock of electoral politics?: "An exhaustive survey done by association for democratic reforms which shows how political parties are consistently increasing their wealth."
Sep 12, 2012 Can drawing a cartoon be seen as an anti-national act?: "Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi refuses bail till the sedition law is repealed, sent to jail till the September 24."
Sep 12, 2012 No Indian distributor for Deepa Mehta's 'Midnight's Children': "'Midnight's Children' an adaptation of Salman Rushdie's controversial 1980 novel has been picked up by distributors from 40-odd countries but India."
Sep 12, 2012 The Telegraph: Indian cartoonist jailed for mocking corruption: "A political cartoonist whose drawings mock Indian government corruption has been jailed in a sedition investigation that was widely condemned as evidence of political leaders' growing intolerance of criticism."
Sep 12, 2012 Sad that corruption is prevalent in India: Dalai Lama
Sep 12, 2012 Our gold-plated culture of corruption
Sep 11, 2012 Cartoonist who criticized corruption in India jailed
Sep 11, 2012 The Gazette: Political cartoonist who criticized Indian gov't corruption jailed in sedition investigation: "as evidence of political leaders' growing intolerance of criticism."
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Oct 10, 2012 15 rapes in 1 mth in Haryana makes Om Prakash Chautala prescribe 'child marriage' to curb sex crimes by youths: ""Look back at the past, the Mughal sultanate in this country used to misbehave with women and used to kidnap them. In order to prevent that people started getting their young girls married early so that no one does anything wrong to them. "....I have seen girls getting married at tender age, the same situation is back again," Chautala said."
Oct 9, 2012 Indian toilet campaign battles corruption: "n the northern state of Uttar Pradesh is not a triumph for labor rights but a danger to human health and evidence of brazen corruption on the part of local officials."
Oct 9, 2012 Oh My God director Umesh Shukla plans a film on scams: "Director Umesh Shukla, who tasted success with his latest film Oh My God, is likely to make a film on scams highlighting the management of money."
Oct 9, 2012 सलमान खुर्शीद के ट्रस्ट पर 71 लाख की हेराफेरी के आरोप: "जी हां, देश के कानून मंत्री सलमान खुर्शीद का ट्रस्ट. जो उनके नाना और देश के पूर्व राष्ट्रपति डॉक्टर जाकिर हुसैन की याद में बना था, वो विकलांग कल्याण के नाम पर सरकारी ग्रांट हड़पने के लिए जालसाजी में लिप्त है."
Oct 9, 2012 Of course, Robert Vadra is right! We are a 'banana republic': "Robert Vadra knows the ‘banana republic’ world from the inside. The business empire that he built in double-quick time is living testimony that that world does exist. And that we are, in fact, mango people in a banana republic."
Oct 9, 2012 तीस हज़ार में बैल, लड़कियाँ दो हज़ार में: "यहां एक जोड़ी बैल की कीमत है 30 हज़ार रूपए और एक पुरानी मोटर साइकिल भी 20 हज़ार से कम की नहीं मिलती लेकिन यहां की आदिवासी लड़कियों का कोई मोल नहीं. वे दो - चार हज़ार रुपए तक में मिल जाती हैं."
Oct 9, 2012 UP has become crime pradesh: Mayawati: "BSP supremo Mayawati today charged the Samajwadi Party government with reducing Uttar Pradesh into a "crime state" and termed Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav as "ghoshna mukhya mantri (announcement chief minister)"."
Oct 9, 2012 After rapes, the apathy: "At 877 per 1,000 males, Haryana has one of the country’s worst sex ratios.", "Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda’s attitude has been smug — confident that the “law would take its own course”."
Oct 9, 2012 Mahadalit woman beaten, burnt to death in Gaya: "A Mahadalit woman was beaten up and burnt to death by three men in Gaya in Bihar. She was beaten up because she refused to give them the money she had received under the government's Indira Awas Yojna to help her construct a house."
Oct 9, 2012 Haryana government is DLF's agent, says Kejriwal: ""All the evidence we have provided today makes it a fit case for an income tax raid," he said. "I have been an income tax officer, and I know it. "But after the country's finance minister speaks in favour of Vadras, which officer will have the guts to give (Vadra) a notice?""
Oct 9, 2012 Robert Vadra: Kejriwal alleges nexus between DLF and Haryana govt: "Anti-corruption crusader-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal continued his offensive against Robert Vadra, the son-in-law of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, construction major DLF and the Congress government in Haryana. Alleging that the Haryana government had given undue benefits to DLF, Kejriwal said that the Punjab and Haryana High Court had pointed at a 'malafide nexus' between the two."
Oct 9, 2012 Watch: Congress MPs scold collector in public: "Congress MPs in Ratlam in Madhya Pradesh were caught on camera scolding the district's collector in public. Three Congress MPs Prem Chand Guddu, Meenakshi Natarajan and Kantilal Bhuria, who is the state Congress chief, shouted at Collector Rajiv Dube, not giving him a chance to explain."
Oct 8, 2012 Haryana's unending horror: "Days after a 16-year-old minor was raped and pushed to suicide in Haryana's Jind district, the family of the victim allege that a cop, too, was involved in the crime. The victim's mother has threatened to commit suicide if the police do not arrest the rapists. Meanwhile, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said that his government has done enough in the case. In 28 days, 12 girls have been raped in Haryana."
Oct 7, 2012 Striking doctors allege corruption: "the hospital was selling medicines to patients at more than double the purchasing price"
Oct 7, 2012 Low sex-ratio responsible for Haryana rapes?: "All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) has said low sex ratio is partly responsible for the spate of rapes in Haryana as the ninth case was reported from the state in less than a month. The association also accused the police of apathy towards rape victims and their families. AIDWA Vice President Jagmati Sangwan said, 'The sex ratio in Haryana is so dismal that boys are not finding girls for marriage. Such factors create an environment which is unsafe for women.'"
Oct 7, 2012 No one came to my rescue: Haryana rape victim: "Unable to bear the trauma, the 16-year-old dalit girl from Sachakhera in Jind doused herself in kerosene and set herself on fire after being gangraped by three men in her neighbourhood. Worse, the sister in law of one of the perpetrators allegedly stood on guard to ensure no one entered the house."
Oct 7, 2012 CM offers lip service, DGP offers blame: "A 16-year-old girl has committed suicide in Haryana's Jind district, after she was gangraped by two men. Her plight was gruesome, similar to that of so many other women in her state. But instead of finding ways to tackle the crime, the ruling Congress's chief in the state says that it's a conspiracy, while Chief Minister Bhupinder Hooda offers lip service. 12 rapes in 28 days -- and as the state's top cop has now blamed the media, we are forced to ask if Haryana cares."
Oct 6, 2012 Caught on camera: Police brutality: "Policemen are the custodians of law; but in a shocking incident in Surat, they took law into their hands. Footage with TIMES NOW shows how a group of policemen caught hold of an accused in Surat and beat him black and blue in broad daylight. The incident has left many shocked, but the police is yet to take action against the erring cops."
Oct 6, 2012 Look closely at all the Robert Vadras of Indian politics: "The most lucrative business in India is the business of politics. Once you are successful in the business of politics, there’s virtually no looking back and it’s not just your son or daughter who benefits but the entire clan."
Oct 6, 2012 A Whole Lotta Loot Going On?: "Channel of corruption? NCP’s Ajit Pawar", "Ajit Pawar isn’t the only one, an entire roster of NCP biggies are facing charges"
Oct 5, 2012 Robert Vadra's wealth grew from Rs 50 lakh to over Rs 300 crore in three years, Kejriwal says: "real estate giant DLF had sold him prime land at throw-away prices and given him interest-free loans. They said, property worth over Rs 300 crores was sold to Vadra for just Rs 50 lakh."
Oct 4, 2012 ‘Corruption is a high return, low risk activity’: "the quantum of corruption has gone up with a growing economy, where people have to bribe authorities even to enjoy their legitimate rights."
Oct 3, 2012 Corruption leaves 224 million Indians undernourished: "If you talk to government officials and ministers, their argument will be centered over notion that India was no less a power than America and China. But if we believe a latest Global Food Security Index finding, we will be left speechless. Food Security Index says that around a quarter of Indian population was malnourished."
Oct 3, 2012 India's Congress Party pursues corruption, sells-out nation: "Thanks to rampant political and state corruption, promoted by Congress led political parties as the core philosophy of India, its system of governance is also extremely corrupt, promising crimes to sustain corrupt practices - both state and private."
Oct 3, 2012 Goa slum dwellers pay highest bribe money: "Goa has only Mumbai ahead of it when it comes to seeking bribes from slum dwellers in exchange for public utilities like water and other services", ""The household survey was conducted in the last quarter of 2011. Noticeably, around 90% of the slum dwellers in Goa were asked for a bribe at least once during the last one year,""
Oct 2, 2012 IAS officers 'help' colleague accused of rape attempt: "At least 20 IAS officers of Uttar Pradesh cadre rushed to the Charbagh railway station to lobby for their colleague Shashi Bhushan Lal Susheel, who was detained by the GRP for alleged rape bid on a girl on-board Lucknow Mail on Monday. They tried their best to bail out Susheel, who was not kept in the lockup against rules,"
Oct 2, 2012 1.35 lakh suicides in 2011, West Bengal on top: "West Bengal reported the highest number of suicides (16,492) accounting for 12.2 per cent of the total suicides last year followed by Tamil Nadu (15,963), Maharashtra (15,947), Andhra Pradesh (15,077) and Karnataka (12,622)."
Oct 2, 2012 Anger across Punjab over kidnappings: "A 16-year-old girl was abducted from Faridkot, not once, but twice in the last three months. While the police claims to have already cracked the case, the 20-year-old accused is still roaming free."
Oct 2, 2012 One in three senior citizens abused in India: study: "One in every three senior citizens is abused in India."
Oct 2, 2012 Modi attacks Sonia over Rs 1880 crore expenditure: "Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched a fresh attack on UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, accusing her of wasting the public money over her foreign trips. Speaking exclusively to CNN-IBN, Modi demanded an explanation on the medical bills of Sonia Gandhi."
Sep 30, 2012 All Jharkhand ministers, officials corrupt: Inder Singh Namdhari: ""The situation in Jharkhand has become pitiable,""
Sep 30, 2012 TWTW: Cyrus Broacha's take on corruption: "In this special episode, Cyrus Broacha talks about corruption in different walks of life in India."
Sep 30, 2012 A Swamp Of Alien Nesses How real is the ‘foreign hand’ Indians and India obsess about?: "fear of foreigner"
Sep 30, 2012 'Judges' decisions affected by post-retirement plans': "Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha and former law minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday said 'the clamour for post-retirement jobs among judges is affecting the impartiality of the judiciary'. He also pitched for a two-year cooling off period before retired judges are appointed to tribunals and commissions."
Sep 30, 2012 Two bank heists in 2 days: Delhi's rising crime graph: "a Rs 5.25 crore robbery in broad daylight left a security guard in the upmarket Defence Colony area of Delhi, bruised with gunshot injuries. The following day, came the news of a failed robbery attempt at a bank in Inderlok, and finally in the evening, as if to cap it all, another ATM cash van was looted by its own driver, who after drugging the two security guards accompanying him, ran off with Rs 51 lakh."
Sep 30, 2012 ‘पार्टी फंड की दाल में काला ही काला': "सबसे बड़ी पांच पार्टियों ने 2004 से 2011 के बीच चंदे और आर्थिक सहयोग से लगभग 39 अरब रुपए की कमाई की."
Sep 29, 2012 In Delhi Safdarjung hospital, patients lie on floor after surgery
Sep 29, 2012 Haryana shame: 3 gang rapes in 3 weeks: "3 gang rapes took place in the last three weeks all in the same State. Another 16-year-old girl was gang raped in Sonepat"
Sep 29, 2012 Caught on tape: Gurgaon's barbarians: "Gun culture returns to Haryana. Goons armed with pistols, daggers and iron rods attack toll plaza officials at Badshapur, Gurgaon on the Sohna-Alwar highway. Goons shoot at toll staffers, vandalising vehicles parked near by in Gurgaon. 25 year old toll staffer Rajesh who was directly hit by the bullet is critically injured. In Sept, 2011, a toll booth staffer was gunned down for mere Rs 27 in Gurgaon."
Sep 29, 2012 20-year-old thrashed, dies in custody: "20-year-old Deepak Yadav never realised that when he left home after being picked up by Bareilly Police that he would never return home. His family alleges that he was beaten to death even as authorities suspended 3 policemen and slapped a case of murder against them. Mystery surrounds Deepak's death while in police custody but will any lesson be learnt."
Sep 29, 2012 Nithyananda threatening witness?
Sep 29, 2012 Is this justice Mr CM?: "Husband of JDU MLA Poonam Yadav, Ranbir Yadav, who grabbed bodyguard's gun and threatened protesters has been given clean chit. Police question bodyguard instead. FIRs lodged against protesters. Ranbir Yadav, husband of JDU MLA Poonam Yadav, brandished a carbine of a policeman to disperse the protestors who were creating a ruckus at Nitish Kumar's rally in Khagaria."
Sep 29, 2012 Girl gangraped at Jharkhand MLA's house in Patna: "A 20-year-old girl was allegedly gangraped in Patna at an MLA's house by five men. The woman filed an FIR with the Patna police and all five accused have been arrested."
Sep 29, 2012 16-yr-old raped at Bihar MLA's house, 5 held: " two of the accused spotted the girl, a Class 9 student, at Patna Junction and tricked her into going with them to the MLA's house."
Sep 29, 2012 पैसा फेंक, ग़रीबी देख: "झुग्गी टूरिज़्म में शामिल होने वाले विदेशी प्रयटकों की संख्या बढती जा रही है"
Sep 29, 2012 Loot on in name of reforms and aam aadmi, Mamata Banerjee says: "Nowadays, the trend is whenever any anti-people decision is taken, it is taken in the name of reforms,""
Sep 28, 2012 'Austere' UPA's 3rd anniversary bash cost Rs 7,700 per head: ""The Rs 7,700-a-head dinner comes at a time when the government has announced austerity measures. Incidentally, the UPA-2 had stipulated that Rs 28 per day is sufficient to keep a person out of poverty. ""
Sep 28, 2012 MLA's husband brandishes gun: "Janata Dal (United) MLA Poonam Yadav's husband Ranbir Yadav snatches a carbine from his wife's bodyguard taking law into his hands showing off strength threatening protesters with the weapon."
Sep 28, 2012 India's Kleptocracy loots masses of humanity: "A 'kleptocracy' refers to "rule by thieves". A kleptocracy is a capitalist-oriented society where the government exists to increase the personal wealth and political power of its officials and the ruling class. In such a society, like India, politicians operate at the expense of the wider population as a basic "way of doing business" without pretence of honest service. This type of government corruption is often achieved by the embezzlement of state funds. In India, constitutional democracy exists in "name only"."
Sep 28, 2012 Will India Ever Rid Itself of Corruption?: "“We will vote, but we are losing faith in politics,” said a student at Jadavpur University in Calcutta. ”Young people are very pessimistic, and don’t think voting will change anything.”"
Sep 28, 2012 ‘Police is one of the scariest examples of corruption’: "you have a gangster in police uniform, then there is no recourse for the common man"
Sep 28, 2012 Blame corrupt babus for stink in sanitation
Sep 28, 2012 ‘Corrupt officials, netas playing with people’s lives’: "Rs 35,000 crore was siphoned off or wasted on dud irrigation projects in the past decade."
Sep 28, 2012 Whistleblower alleges harassment after exposing corruption in Sports Authority of India: "He claimed that officers were inflating bills for sports goods by 400 per cent to 500 per cent and had been doing this for years. "They are making crores. This practice has been going for the last 20 years."
Sep 28, 2012 Delhi: ATM van carrying Rs 5 crore cash looted: "New Delhi: An ATM van carrying Rs 5 crore cash was looted by robbers in broad daylight on Friday in Delhi's Defence Colony."
Sep 27, 2012 “BBMP is a den of corruption”: "INTERVIEW WITH SANTOSH HEGDE"
Sep 27, 2012 BBC: India tiger killed by poachers inside Itanagar zoo: "In June 2006, 30kg (66lb) of tiger parts - mainly bones and nails - were seized from a vehicle belonging to a police officer in Assam state."
Sep 27, 2012 Rotting grain has deprived food to 80 million people: "An estimated 36,000 tonnes of grain has gone bad at the various storage facilities of the state-run Food Corp of India (FCI) since 2008, enough to feed 80 million people at a per capita consumption of 440 grams"
Sep 27, 2012 Woman gangraped at gunpoint in Jind, Haryana: "The victim, a mother of two, was gangraped at gunpoint in Jind. Even after she filed a complaint, the Police is giving absurd excuses and refuse to take any action. The victim and her family are now thretening to commit suicide if nothing is done."
Sep 27, 2012 Model molested at home in Bengal as politician and realtors watch: "Police ignored her complaint, although the victims had bleeding injuries."
Sep 27, 2012 65-year-old woman beaten to death for practising 'black magic': "A 65-year-old wife of a retired headmaster was on Wednesday beaten to death at her house in Kandlapalli village in the district allegedly by a man on suspicion that she practised 'black magic'"
Sep 27, 2012 Baby allegedly raped in Kolkata, four detained: "Four persons have been detained in connection with the alleged rape of a one-and-half-year-old child of a pavement dweller in Kolkata's Park Street area"
Sep 27, 2012 'Outrageous' corporal punishment: "A class 7 students neck muscle was ruptured by the teacher for not clipping his nails."
Sep 27, 2012 Sahara - massive, splashy...and mysterious: "The company did not respond to several attempts by Reuters to get answers to written questions."
Sep 27, 2012 Rashtrapati Bhawan asks for return of gifts taken by private family trust of Pratibha Patil: "The President's Secretariat has taken steps to recover return gifts received by former President Pratibha Patil in her official capacity as President of India", "Former President Pratibha Patil was embroiled in a controversy over misuse of the highest office of the nation for leisure and pleasure of her family members, relatives and friends by undertaking expensive official trips costing more than Rs 200 crore"
Sep 27, 2012 Hisar police in damage control mode
Sep 27, 2012 J&K Deputy CM uses 25 official cars: RTI: "As per a government order, a minister is entitled to two vehicles - one for himself and his guards and the other for his personal staff."
Sep 27, 2012 UP: HC questions 24-hour power supply to VIP districts: "The districts include Amethi, Raebareli, Etawah, Kannauj, Mainpuri and Ramnagar."
Sep 27, 2012 CRPF men accused of eve-teasing: "two CRPF jawans identified as Ajay Kumar and Ashutosh Kumar of battalion 193, allegedly eve teased a local village girl in Musabani block in Ghatshila sub-division that outraged the villagers. This was followed by a cane-charge by the CRPF men in retaliation."
Sep 23, 2012 Akhilesh Yadav government to withdraw criminal cases against over 3000 SP workers: "the SP government is withdrawing criminal cases not only against its party leaders but also against mafia-turned-politicians like Abhay Singh, Mukhtar Ansari and Vijay Mishra. fact, Singh, Ansari and Mishra won elections from inside jail."
Sep 23, 2012 J&K: 5-day-old baby girl with cleft lip found abandoned: "No one has come forward to claim the infant, who is now being fed through a tube."
Sep 23, 2012 Caught on cam: Women slapped, dragged by Raj police: "The police slapped and dragged women for no reason after a family alleged that the police tried to cremate the body of one of their family members without taking them into confidence.", "the question remains unanswered whether there was an attempt by the police to hush up a crime."
Sep 23, 2012 No justice for the poor in Hisar: "They refuse to conduct his final rites. A father who could not bear to see his daughter’s trauma when a 16 year old was abducted and gang raped and then threatened into silence until an MMS clip of the horrific crime surfaced."
Sep 23, 2012 India shocked, Mumbai shamed: "Unaware of the intentions of her savage tormentors this Class 9 student was assaulted, stripped in public and paraded by four women all in a brutal backlash to a feud with her mother."
Sep 23, 2012 Kin of man found dead accuse cop: "The family of a 31-year-old man has alleged that he succumbed to injuries after being beaten up by a Delhi police constable in custody last week."
Sep 23, 2012 After the violence, the unease: "the police immediately took shelter in the main office, where 20 people were crammed into a space not wider than an elevator. Eyewitnesses claim the mob torched buildings next to the police station and then assaulted the main office. “We were crammed there and the crowd was trying to get in. With no option, we opened fire and it was only then that they dispersed,”, "“First our business was ruined, several shops were looted, some even burned."
Sep 16, 2012 2 state-level boxers abduct businessman, arrested: "Two state-level boxers and a teenaged wrestler were arrested for kidnapping a property dealer in outer Delhi on September 1."
Sep 15, 2012 2437 murders in 6 months, UP CM admits crisis: "The initial euphoria after Akhilesh Yadav's victory in elections has been replaced by a fear of the return of the 'gunda raj'."
Sep 15, 2012 K'taka: Touring MLAs return, cost state Rs 4 cr: "The tour came at a time when the state was reeling under a severe drought and the MLAs refused to return despite pleas from the CM."
Sep 14, 2012 ‘Bureaucratic corruption is more rampant than political corruption’: "How to Clean Up India deals with the eternal question haunting India today: why are we so corrupt?"
Sep 14, 2012 Deputy collector, aide held for taking bribe: "The state anti-corruption bureau (ACB), Pune, on Wednesday night arrested a deputy collector and his assistant for taking a Rs 2 lakh bribe to clear a file regarding a land deal"
Sep 14, 2012 Stop giving absurd solutions: HC to Nirmal Baba: "Asking self-styled godman Nirmal Baba to stop giving "absurd" or "illogical" solutions to his disciples"
Sep 14, 2012 The Enemy Within: "The complicity of some J&K policemen in militancy-related activities has now become an issue of major concern, as modules operating with their help have been particularly difficult to identify and neutralize."
Sep 14, 2012 MP: Evicting protestors in Harda an unfair treatment?: "The government, which conceded to demands of protestors in the first case of jal stayagraha at Khandwa, acted tough in Harda."
Sep 14, 2012 Is the state intolerant towards public protests?: "Dramatic scenes in Madhya Pradesh as the state used force to evict a group of villagers protesting in neck deep water."
Sep 14, 2012 Bihar: Police manhandle accused, caught on camera: "While taking the accused on a rickshaw, a policemen sat with his feet on the chest of the man."
Sep 14, 2012 AP: Student dies after alleged corporal punishment: "The boy died after he was allegedly made to do sit ups as punishment in the school."
Sep 14, 2012 How the police selectively draw the line: "The latest controversy surrounding the sedition case against cartoonist Aseem Trivedi has left the Mumbai Police with egg on its face. It has also exposed the force’s double standards and its misplaced priorities while dealing with complaints. Surely the police cannot believe that Trivedi’s cartoons pose a greater threat than MNS chief Raj Thackeray’s constant tirades against north Indians?"
Sep 12, 2012 Shocking defence, shocking inaction: "An absolutely bizarre defence by Jammu and Kashmir's Irrigation Minister Taj Mohiuddin after his bodyguards bloodied a cop for daring to do his duty. Traffic policeman Mohan Lal, said, "The PSOs got out of the vehicle and started fighting with my subordinate. One of the PSO tried to hit me with a rifle when I stopped him another PSO hit me with an AK 47 and I got injured.""
Sep 12, 2012 Villagers play judge, jury & executioner: "He was accused of stealing Rs 30 from a fellow labourer but this 15 year old was left scarred for life when these people decided to take law into their own hands. His face blackened, his hair chopped off, tied to a tree, assaulted after his clothes were torn off, completely humiliated after his fellow worker alleged that he stole Rs 30 from him."
Sep 12, 2012 Cops manhandle unconscious accused: "the police, along with local people, beat him brutally till he fell unconscious. Then the young man was dragged into a cycle rickshaw and the policeman sat with his feet on the chest of the man. The policeman further dragged him in the hospital."
Sep 12, 2012 MIT is No. 1 among world's 100 top universities, not a single Indian varsity among hundred
Sep 12, 2012 FTN: Are benami transactions bedrock of electoral politics?: "An exhaustive survey done by association for democratic reforms which shows how political parties are consistently increasing their wealth."
Sep 12, 2012 Can drawing a cartoon be seen as an anti-national act?: "Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi refuses bail till the sedition law is repealed, sent to jail till the September 24."
Sep 12, 2012 No Indian distributor for Deepa Mehta's 'Midnight's Children': "'Midnight's Children' an adaptation of Salman Rushdie's controversial 1980 novel has been picked up by distributors from 40-odd countries but India."
Sep 12, 2012 The Telegraph: Indian cartoonist jailed for mocking corruption: "A political cartoonist whose drawings mock Indian government corruption has been jailed in a sedition investigation that was widely condemned as evidence of political leaders' growing intolerance of criticism."
Sep 12, 2012 Sad that corruption is prevalent in India: Dalai Lama
Sep 12, 2012 Our gold-plated culture of corruption
Sep 11, 2012 Cartoonist who criticized corruption in India jailed
Sep 11, 2012 The Gazette: Political cartoonist who criticized Indian gov't corruption jailed in sedition investigation: "as evidence of political leaders' growing intolerance of criticism."
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