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Jun 6, 2012 Criminal waste by Planning Comm?: "At a time when the economy is in a downward spiral, the government is battling an economic crisis and announcing austerity measures. But all of this seems to be lost upon the Planning Commission, which has spent Rs. 35 lakhs on the renovation of just two toilets. The swanky toilets can only be accessed with smart cards. The Opposition has hit out at the Planning Commision for its exorbitant refurbishment."
Jun 6, 2012 Rs 35 lakh toilet renovation routine maintenance: Plan Panel: "Facing flak over expenditure of Rs 35 lakh on toilets, the Planning Commission today termed it as routine maintenance and upgradation work and said it was "unfortunate" to call it a wasteful expenditure."
Jun 6, 2012 Rs 32 cr cash seized ahead of bypolls in Andhra: "The amount is higher than the cash seized during the election campaigns in the 2009 Lok Sabha and Assembly polls."
Jun 6, 2012 Rajasthan: 40,000 tonnes of rotting grain ignored: "The farmers in Ganganagar claim they were assured that their produce would be procured."
Jun 6, 2012 'Toilets upgraded for Rs 35 lakh are for public': "The Planning Commission has slammed the reports of wasteful expenses calling it a routine maintenance."
Jun 6, 2012 Montek justifies toilets upgrade for Rs 35 lakh: "The Planning Commission Deputy Chairman said that the toilet upgradation was within the budget and not wrong."
Jun 5, 2012 President Patil commutes 30 death sentences to life: "The president on Monday commuted 30 death sentence into life — something that has never happened before. “The 30 whose death sentence has been commuted to life term were found guilty of barbarically murdering 60 persons by the Supreme Court. 22 of those killed were women and children,”"
Jun 5, 2012 Ranbir Singh fake encounter: 11 Dehradun cops surrender, sent to jail: "They were arrested in wake of evidence that 22-year-old Singh, an MBA student from Ghaziabad, was allegedly gunned down by Uttarakhand Police after being caught at Mohini Road"
Jun 5, 2012 Minor girl set afire after gang rape in Sagar, 4 boys held
Jun 5, 2012 15-year-old gangraped, set on fire: "In another horrifying case, a 15-year-old rape victim recounts her tale of shock and horror where she was set of fire after being gangraped by four teenage boys. The victim is currently admitted in a hospital with 95 % burns and is fighting for her life."
Jun 5, 2012 MPs or flying Maharajas?: "At a time when the aviation industry is battling its worst crisis ever, Air India has come up with a high quality handling protocol for Member of Parliament (MPs). A protocol that ensures special treatment for MPs from take off to arrival. The protocol will ensure a royal treatment for MPs onboard any Air India flight. But the question is in the India of 2012, why should 800 MPs be treated as Maharajas by the national carrier?"
Jun 2, 2012 Ruchika's family gives up fight: "The family of Ruchika Girhotra, who committed suicide after being molested by former Haryana DGP SPS Rathore, has raised no objection to CBI's closure reports dropping torture charges against the cop."
Jun 2, 2012 Suspended CBI judge faces arrest: "2 days after he was suspended for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 5 crore to grant bail to mining baron Gali Janardhan Reddy, CBI court Judge T P Rao and his son are likely to be arrested today"
Jun 2, 2012 Power shortage continues to trouble India: "CNN-IBN has learned that 30 power stations have just about a week's coal left to fuel the power plants."
Jun 2, 2012 आरा से पटना तक भारी उत्पात: "पटना, जातीय संगठन रणवीर सेना के संस्थापक ब्रह्मेश्वर मुखिया की शव यात्रा में आज आरा से लेकर पटना तक भारी उत्पात मचाया। मुखिया समर्थकों ने जहां चाहा, तोड़फोड़ की, वाहनों में आग लगाये। हर तरफ उपद्रवियों का आतंक छाया रहा। उपद्रवी आगे बढ़ते रहे और पुलिस पीछे हटती रही। आरा से शव यात्रा शुरू होने के बाद रास्ते में जो भी वाहन मिले उनमें तोड़फोड़ की गयी, पुलिस के वाहनों में आग लगा दी गयी। मीडिया के वाहनों को भी क्षति पहुंचायी गयी। कुछ राजनीतिज्ञ शव यात्रा में शामिल होने की कोशिश की तो उनके साथ बदसलूकी की गयी। सबसे ज्यादा उत्पात राजधानी पटना में मचाया गया। तारा मंडल के पास तोड़फोड़ की गयी। आईटी गेट पर झड़प हुई। राजा बाजार में हंगामा मचाया गया। सचिवालय के पास ट्रैफिक गेट में आग लगा दी गयी। सड़क के किनारे खड़ी गाड़ियों को भी आग के हवाले कर दिया। पुलिसकर्मियों ने कड़ी कार्रवाई का आदेश मांगा लेकिन उन्हें पीछे हटने के लिये कहा गया। इससे उपद्रवियों का हौसला बढ़ता गया और वह और उग्र होते चले गये। हड़ताली चौक पर स्थानीय लोग उपद्रवियों की कार्रवाई से आक्रोशित होकर मुखिया समर्थकों का प्रतिरोध किया। पूरा पटना पुलिस छावनी में तब्दील होने के बावजूद पूरी तरह असुरक्षित रहा। दुकानें बंद रही, लोग घरों से बाहर नहीं निकले।"
Jun 2, 2012 Army clerk tried to sell secrets to ISI, held: "The Army headquarters is awaiting the completion of inquiry and full report which names a clerk level official."
Jun 2, 2012 Bihar burns as Ranvir Sena chief is cremated: "Founder of the long defunct private army of landlords, Singh had masterminded several bloody massacres and named in 22 cases."
Jun 2, 2012 Stop telecast of Nirmal Baba show, arrest him: Court: "A magistrate court in Bina, Madhya Pradesh, directed the information and broadcasting ministry to stop telecast of the godman Nirmal Baba’s programme ‘Nirmal Darbar’ till further orders. The court also issued an arrest warrant against Nirmal Baba on Saturday. If legal action is not taken against such persons, common people would be asking us – does law exist only for weak or the poor?"
Jun 2, 2012 Ruchika Girhotra case: Family gives up fight against ex-Haryana DGP: "The family of Ruchika Girhotra, a minor girl who allegedly committed suicide after molestation by former Haryana director general of police (DGP) SPS Rathore, has given up its fight for justice in the court of law after 22 years.", ""I do not see any hope now. We feel cheated. My family is vulnerable. The circumstances have pushed us back by 20 years.""
Jun 1, 2012 Mom pushes minor girls into flesh trade, arrested
May 29, 2012 CBI lists 23 men babus must shun: "The Central Bureau of Investigation, which prepares the UCM list, believes that these individuals are involved in manipulating government contracts, bribing officials and are a negative influence on good governance."
May 29, 2012 Slowing growth hits India's poorest: "New Delhi estimates that an urban dweller needs only Rs 28 a day - 50 US cents - to survive."
May 29, 2012 Corruption Destroying Indian Education Sector Growth: "Parents with good income are willing to spend crores for their children by sending them to foreign universities."
May 29, 2012 Bridging India’s identity divide with a number: "some 40% of people living in villages don't have bank accounts"
May 29, 2012 India’s most Googled: Graft, sex, movies: "“corruption” and “sex” appear to be popular topics – where India ranks 2nd and 3rd. In fact, “sex” appears to be an all-time favourite keyword for India – the only country which precedes it being Pakistan."
May 29, 2012 Police lathicharge KKR fans outside Eden Gardens: "Several fans near Gate No. 3 of Eden Gardens tired to enter the stadium to get a glimpse of the KKR players."
May 29, 2012 'Katara killers' long hospital stays unjustified': "An Army medical board, set up by the Delhi HC, has alleged that the Yadav brothers were using flimsy medical grounds to stay out of jail."
May 29, 2012 NBWs against cops in Ranbir fake encounter case: "A Delhi court has issued non-bailable warrants against 11 Uttarakhand policemen accused in the 2009 fake encounter case in which an MBA student Ranbir Singh was murdered allegedly by the cops in Dehradun."
May 29, 2012 Bangalore woman hacked in public view: "A young woman was hacked to death on Monday evening by two bike-borne assailants in full public view on 7th Cross, BTM Layout.", "The incident took place a stone's throw away from the IPS officers' colony, where senior officers, including DG&IGP-in-charge A R Infant and former city police commissioner Shankar Bidari, reside."
May 28, 2012 Girl raped, cop watches on?: "In another shocker from Uttar Pradesh, an 18-year-old girl was allegedly raped at a police outpost in Kotwali in Uttar Pradesh, even as a policeman kept a watch outside."
May 28, 2012 Political murder charge: Kerala CPM split wide open: "TP Chandrasekharan's murder earlier this month has rekindled memories of violent political retribution in Kerela."
May 28, 2012 CPM leader faces murder charges for his speech: "The police have registered a case of murder, abetment to murder and concealing information against MM Mani."
May 28, 2012 Celebration of the corrupt: "Today, nothing moves in any Government department unless it is greased with currency notes. Gone are the days when a few hundred or even thousand rupees could turn the decision in the favour of the petitioner. These are days when investigating authorities have discovered property and recovered cash amounting to several crores of rupees from even peons and clerks."
May 28, 2012 Engineer sent to judicial custody for ‘torturing’ maid: "The 14-year-old girl, who was hired as domestic help through a Delhi-based placement agency by Meenakshi Singh, has alleged that she was beaten up by her employer over small mistakes."
May 28, 2012 Assets case: 14-day custody for Jagan; he looted poor, says CBI: "He cannot seek public sympathy. He has deprived poor people and caused them irreparable loss and in turn enriched himself by dubious mechanism by sending the funds abroad and getting the same invested in his companies"
May 28, 2012 Fake Indian Revenue Services officer arrested in Chennai
May 28, 2012 Girl raped in police custody in Uttar Pradesh
May 27, 2012 Jagan Mohan Reddy arrested, Andhra Pradesh on edge: "The 39-year-old Kadapa MP, who rebelled and left the Congress in Andhra Pradesh, was booked for criminal conspiracy, forgery, criminal breach of trust, falsification of accounts under the Indian Penal Code as well as under sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act. Efforts to produce Reddy before a magistrate were being blocked by a dharna by his family at the Dilkusha guesthouse — the CBI’s temporary office. Reddy heads a massive business empire, ranging from power generation to newspapers and TV."
May 27, 2012 ‘Satyamev Jayate’: Aamir Khan grills MCI chairman, targets greedy doctors: "The show also shed light on a number of other such medical cases where patients suffering from minor ailments were recommended to undergo surgeries on the pretext of extracting more money from them."
May 27, 2012 'Have killed, will kill': "An embarrassed CPI-M in Kerala today ticked off its senior functionary M M Mani over his controversial remarks that there have been instances of the party eliminating its political rivals."
May 27, 2012 Shocker: We have plotted and killed people, admits CPM leader: "The outspoken claim of a CPM leader in Kerala that the party has indeed plotted and killed its opponents landed the Marxists in an absolute mess."
May 27, 2012 विधायक ने रंगदारी के लिये करवाई हत्या: "विधायक ने शाह से पचास लाख रुपये रंगदारी के तौर पर दिये जाने की मांग की थी और रुपये न मिलने पर शराब दुकान बंद करने को कहा था।"
May 26, 2012 Laddoos could have saved babus from jail: "Two Rajasthan health service officials must be regretting their greed in demanding an extra Rs 25 instead of 2 kg of laddoos which a patient's relative was offering for issuing a discharge certificate from a hospital in 1994."
May 25, 2012 The malaise within: "In India, corruption is rampant in politics, administration and in most walks of life."
May 25, 2012 Grey Shades of White: "The ugly nexus between business, politics and crime represents the fountainhead of corruption in India and until and unless this nexus is weakened, it will be futile to talk about reducing the black economy."
May 25, 2012 Corruption haunts Indian democracy: "Corruption in South Asian countries has ceased to be news and people have begun living with it as if it is a normal practice."
May 25, 2012 Mum's family told 'corrupt' Goa police unlikely to solve mystery: "THE family of a Derby mother who died in mysterious circumstances in Goa have been warned that the police there are "deeply rooted in corruption.""
May 25, 2012 DA case: Massive crowd gathers as CBI grills Jagan: "Prohibitory orders have been issued in Hyderabad as policy fear that Jagan's supporters could go on the rampage if he is arrested."
May 25, 2012 B'lore: Another vigilance officer attacked: "The attack comes just days after an auditor, SP Mahantesh, was murdered in the city."
May 24, 2012 Lal battis etc: "Denying red beacons to MPs hardly dents the larger culture of VIP-cossetting", "Instead of engaging in the task of dropping privileges that do not serve the democratic purpose, instead of separating the necessary from the outdated, parliamentarians are trying to institutionalise segregation to enable a privileged few to glide through cordons. It is there in the 31 categories of VIPs"
May 24, 2012 US report cites police abuses, extrajudicial killings in India: ""The most significant human rights problems (in India) were police and security force abuses, including extrajudicial killings, torture, and rape; widespread corruption at all levels of government; and separatist, insurgent, and societal violence," the report released by US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, said."
May 24, 2012 US report slams India on corruption, social violence: "The US state department has highlighted "widespread corruption at all levels of government" and separatist, insurgent and societal violence among the most significant human rights problems in India. "Widespread impunity at all levels of government remained a serious problem,""
May 23, 2012 Mass opulence: An inside view of Jagan's palace: "Reddy's mansion is located in the Green Belt area of Yelahanka in Bangalore. It was built in 31 acres of land and valued at over Rs.100 crore. The mansion has a private helipad also.", "In his 2011 election affidavit, Jagan revealed his direct and indirect ownership of 11 companies. These are:Sandur Power, Saraswati Power, Carmel Asia Holdings, Bharathi Cement Corp, Kealawn Technologies Pvt Ltd, Marvel Infrastructure, Classic Realty, Silicon Builders, Swasti Power Engineering Ltd. Sandur Power's annual reports show that it has several subsidiaries, such as: Classic Realty, Harish Infrastructure, Capstone Infra, Silicon Builders."
May 23, 2012 This Godly Delusion: "Is the controversy over the Ambedkar cartoon warranted? Can’t we laugh at our revered?"
May 23, 2012 इलाहाबाद के करैली में धमाका, चार मरे, 15 घायल: "‘‘ इलाहाबाद के इस इलाके में बम बनाए जाते रहे हैं. ये कुटीर उद्योग जैसा है वहां पर.’’"
May 23, 2012 Petrol price hiked steeply by Rs 7.50 per litre: "The increase was on the cards with the rupee continuing its free fall against the US dollar and reaching a new low."
May 22, 2012 Sending out wrong signals: "The death of SP Mahantesh, a 48-year-old Karnataka administrative officer who exposed scams in cooperative societies in Bangalore, is not a one-off case; such cases are taking place with alarming regularity in India, a country that boasts of a Right to Information Act (RTI)."
May 22, 2012 Gen VK Singh: In India we have a tendency to shoot the whistleblower
May 22, 2012 Haryana: 80,000 sacks of wheat rot in the open: "Palwal is facing an acute shortage of storage space. With a covered capacity of just 5000 MT, a staggering 59,000 MT of wheat is lying in the open."
May 22, 2012 प्रधानाध्यपक को पीट कर मार डाला: "मुंगेर, बिहार के मुंगेर जिले में एक सरकारी मध्य विद्यालय के छात्रों ने आज प्रधानाध्यापक की पीट-पीट कर हत्या कर दी।"
May 22, 2012 'Get justice for Mahantesh': "There was a huge protest in Bangalore on Tuesday (May 22) by activists demanding justice for Mahantesh. No headway has been made in the murder probe of Karnataka Co-operative Society Department audit officer Mahantesh."
May 22, 2012 Poverty forces Bengal mother to sell child for Rs.2000: "Unable to take care of her seven-month-old child due to extreme poverty, a mother in West Bengal's Nadia district sold her infant to a meat seller for Rs.2000."
May 22, 2012 3 yrs of UPA2: Is there anything to celebrate?: "On a day that the UPA2 finishes 3 years and is expected to come out with a report card, opposition parties have taken on the Government. The BJP and the Left tear into the Government's performance."
May 22, 2012 Hampi Express accident: 24 dead, probe ordered: "Helpline numbers - Bangalore: 080 22371166, 22156553, 22156554, Bellary: 08392 277704, Hubli: 0836-2345338."
May 22, 2012 Women perform nude worship near Tumkur: "As per tradition, women wear neem leaves, and with a lock on their mouths, go once around the village. On Friday night, over 100 women worshipped the goddess in this manner, with men looking on. "
May 22, 2012 'My mother is pushing me into prostitution'
May 22, 2012 Hampi Express accident: Gory sight to see people aflame, say passengers: "It was an unbearable and gory sight to see fellow passengers burning and screaming for help as they stood helpless due to the searing heat"
May 22, 2012 The Last Word: Govt spending on political anniversaries wrong?: "On The Last Word, Karan Thakar asks a panel of experts, is the Indian tradition of taking out multiple large advertisements in all newspapers to commemorate political birth, death or other anniversaries acceptable or morally wrong?"
May 21, 2012 MPs set to get status symbol: Beacons: "Bowing to unprecedented pressure from parliamentarians, the Centre is considering allowing red beacons on cars of MPs across the country with the exception of the "VIP area" in the national capital."
May 21, 2012 'A Threat To Free Speech': "The BJP leader of opposition speaking on the statutory motion for resolution that the Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules, 2011 be annulled."
May 21, 2012 Hospital or death trap?: "42 infants have been reported dead in the last 14 days at the only speciality children's hospital in the Kashmir Valley. Under equipped and over worked, the state of this hospital has once again raised the question- is this how we treat the youngest of the poorest?"
May 21, 2012 Delhi Police arrests robbers donating part of booty to Shirdi Sai shrine: "The gang members used to commit robberies in Delhi, Mumbai and Gujarat. They had an affluent lifestyle, moved around with their girlfriends in stolen luxury cars and stayed in 5-star hotels."
May 21, 2012 School textbooks: Pakistan is part of India, P V Narasimha Rao is country's PM: "only 15 per cent of graduates are suitable for employment and it is a sorry state of affairs. It reflects the poor quality of education at all levels, from primary to higher levels."
May 21, 2012 Who murdered Assam engineer?: "Bullet ridden body of an engineer found in Bogaigaon District in Assam on the 3rd of May, 2012. But today -- two weeks later -- no one knows who killed Godapani Pathak nor are there any leads into what happened to his colleague Faisul Islam who was abducted along with him."
May 21, 2012 Kicking the book out of syllabus: blame it on Sonia: "At least 17 books have been taken off the shelves because they `offended’ sentiments. The country certainly owes an explanation from the authorities."
May 21, 2012 When Laughter Becomes A Laughing Matter: "'We condemn the somber Indian politicians’ and their lathi-wielding goons’ zeal to persecute persons committed to the cause of irony, irreverence and critical humour in public life'"
May 21, 2012 A mockery of justice: "Rape witness dies in mysterious circumstances"
May 21, 2012 FTN: Are doctors compromising public safety by lobbying for drug companies?: "A parliamentary panel says some doctors are colluding with big pharmaceutical companies to sell unsafe drugs to the Indian consumers."
May 21, 2012 62 infants dead in 90 days in a Srinagar hospital: "Srinagar's only paediatric hospital has been facing an acute shortage of trained staff and medical equipment."
May 21, 2012 Rescue the nation: "We see our nation being plundered and mismanaged by the politicians in power. Even as the rupee collapses and industrial production growth turns negative, our top leadership discusses 60-year-old cartoons in Parliament."
May 21, 2012 An increment of Rs1,000 is all he got in 18 years: "Corruption is a disease that plagues India from inside. There is widespread belief that nobody is serious enough to completely weed out corruption in the country"
May 21, 2012 Evangelist K A Paul arrested while offering Rs 1 cr for fake encounter in AP police sting: "the evangelist had conspired to abduct and murder his associate Koteswara Rao, the main accused in the murder of his brother K David Raju, in Mahaboobnagar district in 2010. The SP said the evangelist had offered Rs. 1 crore to the Ongole Taluka Police Inspector to assist him in the crime and paid an advance of Rs 3 lakh."
May 21, 2012 The austerity of the affluent: "A rural Indian spending Rs. 22.50 a day would not be considered poor by a Planning Commission whose Deputy Chairman's foreign trips between May and October last year cost a daily average of Rs. 2.02 lakh"
May 20, 2012 'Dictatorships Cannot Afford Laughter' : "'Because people may laugh at the dictator and that wouldn’t do. In all the years of Hitler, there never was a good comedy, not a good cartoon, not a parody, or a spoof'"
May 20, 2012 Roads to disaster: "In the last decade alone, road accidents have claimed more than 8,500 lives. Since 2000, the City has recorded over 66,327 accidents."
May 19, 2012 भारतीय कश्मीर: चार महीने में 400 नवजात शिशुओं की मौत: "बच्चों के इलाज के लिए स्थापित इकलौते अस्पताल में जनवरी 2012 से अब तक यानी पिछले चार महीनों में 400 से ज्यादा नवजात बच्चों की मौत हो गई है."
May 19, 2012 Mamata faces flak for calling students Maoists: "Refusing to answer a question on the increasing crime rate in West Bengal, Mamata walked out of CNN-IBN's show."
May 19, 2012 ममता से सवाल करने वालों की जानकारी मांगी: "कोलकाता में एक टीवी चैनल के कार्यक्रम के दौरान पश्चिम बंगाल की मुख्यमंत्री ममता बनर्जी से कड़े सवाल करने वाले लोगों के बारे में पुलिस ने जानकारी मांगी थी."
May 17, 2012 Ramalinga Raju too routed funds via industrialist Nimmagadda Prasad into Jagan’s firm: "Satyam's Ramalinga Raju had invested Rs 20 crore in Jagati publications belonging to Jaganmohan Reddy through industrialist Nimmagadda Prasad. Raju made this investment through Maytas Infra -- as a quid pro quo for the YSR regime having allotted a Rs 121-crore road-widening project in Kadapa district to the infrastructure company on a nomination basis."
May 15, 2012 'क्यों बच्ची को जिंदा दफनाने की कोशिश की': "दिल्ली के नजदीक पिलखुआ में एक दो महीने की बच्ची के माता-पिता ने तांत्रिक के कहने पर उसे जिंदा दफनाने की कोशिश की."
May 15, 2012 Should cartoon and politician satire be censored?: "CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose discusses the BR Ambedkar cartoon row on Face The Nation."
May 15, 2012 2 Maoist attacks in 24 hours, 8 killed: "Eight persons, including seven jawans of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), were killed last night (May 13) in an ambush by Naxals in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district."
May 15, 2012 'Defence Of Politics': "'We were shocked to learn that these books were presented in the Lok Sabha as an attack on politics, politicians and democracy. Nothing can be farther from the truth' "
May 15, 2012 Is India heading towards fascism?: "surveys have pointed out 50 per cent of Indians are corrupt. "
May 15, 2012 वो बेचती दारू.....: "ऐसी ही एक हॉकी खिलाड़ी हैं नोरी मुंडू जो आज घर में शराब चुलाई कर अपना और अपने घर वालों का पेट पालने पर मजबूर हैं."
May 15, 2012 No arrest in murder of teen who witnessed mother's rape: "All the nine accused roamed free Monday, a day after they shockingly burnt alive a teenager who was the main witness in his mother's rape in 2006", "They also told me time and again to shell out Rs.1 crore to police and officials, including the judge."
May 15, 2012 Dangers of deletion: "The Ambedkar cartoon has been misread. And this could just be the beginning"
May 15, 2012 7-year-old who saw his mother raped burnt alive: "The victim's mother was allegedly gangraped in 2006 by five men of her village. He was being threatened to withdraw the case and not appear as a witness in the court"
May 14, 2012 27% of India’s doctors exist only on paper: "Union health ministry's scrutiny has found that two lakh of the registered doctors aren't working anymore. Of the 10.7 lakh nurses registered, six lakh don't exist."
May 13, 2012 23 tax tribunal members under CBI scanner for ‘fixing’ verdicts: "Jugal Kishore, an ITAT member from Kolkata, for allegedly receiving a bribe from the bosses of S K Tulsiyan and Co., for delivering “pre-decided’’ judgments. The CBI recovered Rs 28 lakh from Kishore’s residence."
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Jun 6, 2012 Criminal waste by Planning Comm?: "At a time when the economy is in a downward spiral, the government is battling an economic crisis and announcing austerity measures. But all of this seems to be lost upon the Planning Commission, which has spent Rs. 35 lakhs on the renovation of just two toilets. The swanky toilets can only be accessed with smart cards. The Opposition has hit out at the Planning Commision for its exorbitant refurbishment."
Jun 6, 2012 Rs 35 lakh toilet renovation routine maintenance: Plan Panel: "Facing flak over expenditure of Rs 35 lakh on toilets, the Planning Commission today termed it as routine maintenance and upgradation work and said it was "unfortunate" to call it a wasteful expenditure."
Jun 6, 2012 Rs 32 cr cash seized ahead of bypolls in Andhra: "The amount is higher than the cash seized during the election campaigns in the 2009 Lok Sabha and Assembly polls."
Jun 6, 2012 Rajasthan: 40,000 tonnes of rotting grain ignored: "The farmers in Ganganagar claim they were assured that their produce would be procured."
Jun 6, 2012 'Toilets upgraded for Rs 35 lakh are for public': "The Planning Commission has slammed the reports of wasteful expenses calling it a routine maintenance."
Jun 6, 2012 Montek justifies toilets upgrade for Rs 35 lakh: "The Planning Commission Deputy Chairman said that the toilet upgradation was within the budget and not wrong."
Jun 5, 2012 President Patil commutes 30 death sentences to life: "The president on Monday commuted 30 death sentence into life — something that has never happened before. “The 30 whose death sentence has been commuted to life term were found guilty of barbarically murdering 60 persons by the Supreme Court. 22 of those killed were women and children,”"
Jun 5, 2012 Ranbir Singh fake encounter: 11 Dehradun cops surrender, sent to jail: "They were arrested in wake of evidence that 22-year-old Singh, an MBA student from Ghaziabad, was allegedly gunned down by Uttarakhand Police after being caught at Mohini Road"
Jun 5, 2012 Minor girl set afire after gang rape in Sagar, 4 boys held
Jun 5, 2012 15-year-old gangraped, set on fire: "In another horrifying case, a 15-year-old rape victim recounts her tale of shock and horror where she was set of fire after being gangraped by four teenage boys. The victim is currently admitted in a hospital with 95 % burns and is fighting for her life."
Jun 5, 2012 MPs or flying Maharajas?: "At a time when the aviation industry is battling its worst crisis ever, Air India has come up with a high quality handling protocol for Member of Parliament (MPs). A protocol that ensures special treatment for MPs from take off to arrival. The protocol will ensure a royal treatment for MPs onboard any Air India flight. But the question is in the India of 2012, why should 800 MPs be treated as Maharajas by the national carrier?"
Jun 2, 2012 Ruchika's family gives up fight: "The family of Ruchika Girhotra, who committed suicide after being molested by former Haryana DGP SPS Rathore, has raised no objection to CBI's closure reports dropping torture charges against the cop."
Jun 2, 2012 Suspended CBI judge faces arrest: "2 days after he was suspended for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 5 crore to grant bail to mining baron Gali Janardhan Reddy, CBI court Judge T P Rao and his son are likely to be arrested today"
Jun 2, 2012 Power shortage continues to trouble India: "CNN-IBN has learned that 30 power stations have just about a week's coal left to fuel the power plants."
Jun 2, 2012 आरा से पटना तक भारी उत्पात: "पटना, जातीय संगठन रणवीर सेना के संस्थापक ब्रह्मेश्वर मुखिया की शव यात्रा में आज आरा से लेकर पटना तक भारी उत्पात मचाया। मुखिया समर्थकों ने जहां चाहा, तोड़फोड़ की, वाहनों में आग लगाये। हर तरफ उपद्रवियों का आतंक छाया रहा। उपद्रवी आगे बढ़ते रहे और पुलिस पीछे हटती रही। आरा से शव यात्रा शुरू होने के बाद रास्ते में जो भी वाहन मिले उनमें तोड़फोड़ की गयी, पुलिस के वाहनों में आग लगा दी गयी। मीडिया के वाहनों को भी क्षति पहुंचायी गयी। कुछ राजनीतिज्ञ शव यात्रा में शामिल होने की कोशिश की तो उनके साथ बदसलूकी की गयी। सबसे ज्यादा उत्पात राजधानी पटना में मचाया गया। तारा मंडल के पास तोड़फोड़ की गयी। आईटी गेट पर झड़प हुई। राजा बाजार में हंगामा मचाया गया। सचिवालय के पास ट्रैफिक गेट में आग लगा दी गयी। सड़क के किनारे खड़ी गाड़ियों को भी आग के हवाले कर दिया। पुलिसकर्मियों ने कड़ी कार्रवाई का आदेश मांगा लेकिन उन्हें पीछे हटने के लिये कहा गया। इससे उपद्रवियों का हौसला बढ़ता गया और वह और उग्र होते चले गये। हड़ताली चौक पर स्थानीय लोग उपद्रवियों की कार्रवाई से आक्रोशित होकर मुखिया समर्थकों का प्रतिरोध किया। पूरा पटना पुलिस छावनी में तब्दील होने के बावजूद पूरी तरह असुरक्षित रहा। दुकानें बंद रही, लोग घरों से बाहर नहीं निकले।"
Jun 2, 2012 Army clerk tried to sell secrets to ISI, held: "The Army headquarters is awaiting the completion of inquiry and full report which names a clerk level official."
Jun 2, 2012 Bihar burns as Ranvir Sena chief is cremated: "Founder of the long defunct private army of landlords, Singh had masterminded several bloody massacres and named in 22 cases."
Jun 2, 2012 Stop telecast of Nirmal Baba show, arrest him: Court: "A magistrate court in Bina, Madhya Pradesh, directed the information and broadcasting ministry to stop telecast of the godman Nirmal Baba’s programme ‘Nirmal Darbar’ till further orders. The court also issued an arrest warrant against Nirmal Baba on Saturday. If legal action is not taken against such persons, common people would be asking us – does law exist only for weak or the poor?"
Jun 2, 2012 Ruchika Girhotra case: Family gives up fight against ex-Haryana DGP: "The family of Ruchika Girhotra, a minor girl who allegedly committed suicide after molestation by former Haryana director general of police (DGP) SPS Rathore, has given up its fight for justice in the court of law after 22 years.", ""I do not see any hope now. We feel cheated. My family is vulnerable. The circumstances have pushed us back by 20 years.""
Jun 1, 2012 Mom pushes minor girls into flesh trade, arrested
May 29, 2012 CBI lists 23 men babus must shun: "The Central Bureau of Investigation, which prepares the UCM list, believes that these individuals are involved in manipulating government contracts, bribing officials and are a negative influence on good governance."
May 29, 2012 Slowing growth hits India's poorest: "New Delhi estimates that an urban dweller needs only Rs 28 a day - 50 US cents - to survive."
May 29, 2012 Corruption Destroying Indian Education Sector Growth: "Parents with good income are willing to spend crores for their children by sending them to foreign universities."
May 29, 2012 Bridging India’s identity divide with a number: "some 40% of people living in villages don't have bank accounts"
May 29, 2012 India’s most Googled: Graft, sex, movies: "“corruption” and “sex” appear to be popular topics – where India ranks 2nd and 3rd. In fact, “sex” appears to be an all-time favourite keyword for India – the only country which precedes it being Pakistan."
May 29, 2012 Police lathicharge KKR fans outside Eden Gardens: "Several fans near Gate No. 3 of Eden Gardens tired to enter the stadium to get a glimpse of the KKR players."
May 29, 2012 'Katara killers' long hospital stays unjustified': "An Army medical board, set up by the Delhi HC, has alleged that the Yadav brothers were using flimsy medical grounds to stay out of jail."
May 29, 2012 NBWs against cops in Ranbir fake encounter case: "A Delhi court has issued non-bailable warrants against 11 Uttarakhand policemen accused in the 2009 fake encounter case in which an MBA student Ranbir Singh was murdered allegedly by the cops in Dehradun."
May 29, 2012 Bangalore woman hacked in public view: "A young woman was hacked to death on Monday evening by two bike-borne assailants in full public view on 7th Cross, BTM Layout.", "The incident took place a stone's throw away from the IPS officers' colony, where senior officers, including DG&IGP-in-charge A R Infant and former city police commissioner Shankar Bidari, reside."
May 28, 2012 Girl raped, cop watches on?: "In another shocker from Uttar Pradesh, an 18-year-old girl was allegedly raped at a police outpost in Kotwali in Uttar Pradesh, even as a policeman kept a watch outside."
May 28, 2012 Political murder charge: Kerala CPM split wide open: "TP Chandrasekharan's murder earlier this month has rekindled memories of violent political retribution in Kerela."
May 28, 2012 CPM leader faces murder charges for his speech: "The police have registered a case of murder, abetment to murder and concealing information against MM Mani."
May 28, 2012 Celebration of the corrupt: "Today, nothing moves in any Government department unless it is greased with currency notes. Gone are the days when a few hundred or even thousand rupees could turn the decision in the favour of the petitioner. These are days when investigating authorities have discovered property and recovered cash amounting to several crores of rupees from even peons and clerks."
May 28, 2012 Engineer sent to judicial custody for ‘torturing’ maid: "The 14-year-old girl, who was hired as domestic help through a Delhi-based placement agency by Meenakshi Singh, has alleged that she was beaten up by her employer over small mistakes."
May 28, 2012 Assets case: 14-day custody for Jagan; he looted poor, says CBI: "He cannot seek public sympathy. He has deprived poor people and caused them irreparable loss and in turn enriched himself by dubious mechanism by sending the funds abroad and getting the same invested in his companies"
May 28, 2012 Fake Indian Revenue Services officer arrested in Chennai
May 28, 2012 Girl raped in police custody in Uttar Pradesh
May 27, 2012 Jagan Mohan Reddy arrested, Andhra Pradesh on edge: "The 39-year-old Kadapa MP, who rebelled and left the Congress in Andhra Pradesh, was booked for criminal conspiracy, forgery, criminal breach of trust, falsification of accounts under the Indian Penal Code as well as under sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act. Efforts to produce Reddy before a magistrate were being blocked by a dharna by his family at the Dilkusha guesthouse — the CBI’s temporary office. Reddy heads a massive business empire, ranging from power generation to newspapers and TV."
May 27, 2012 ‘Satyamev Jayate’: Aamir Khan grills MCI chairman, targets greedy doctors: "The show also shed light on a number of other such medical cases where patients suffering from minor ailments were recommended to undergo surgeries on the pretext of extracting more money from them."
May 27, 2012 'Have killed, will kill': "An embarrassed CPI-M in Kerala today ticked off its senior functionary M M Mani over his controversial remarks that there have been instances of the party eliminating its political rivals."
May 27, 2012 Shocker: We have plotted and killed people, admits CPM leader: "The outspoken claim of a CPM leader in Kerala that the party has indeed plotted and killed its opponents landed the Marxists in an absolute mess."
May 27, 2012 विधायक ने रंगदारी के लिये करवाई हत्या: "विधायक ने शाह से पचास लाख रुपये रंगदारी के तौर पर दिये जाने की मांग की थी और रुपये न मिलने पर शराब दुकान बंद करने को कहा था।"
May 26, 2012 Laddoos could have saved babus from jail: "Two Rajasthan health service officials must be regretting their greed in demanding an extra Rs 25 instead of 2 kg of laddoos which a patient's relative was offering for issuing a discharge certificate from a hospital in 1994."
May 25, 2012 The malaise within: "In India, corruption is rampant in politics, administration and in most walks of life."
May 25, 2012 Grey Shades of White: "The ugly nexus between business, politics and crime represents the fountainhead of corruption in India and until and unless this nexus is weakened, it will be futile to talk about reducing the black economy."
May 25, 2012 Corruption haunts Indian democracy: "Corruption in South Asian countries has ceased to be news and people have begun living with it as if it is a normal practice."
May 25, 2012 Mum's family told 'corrupt' Goa police unlikely to solve mystery: "THE family of a Derby mother who died in mysterious circumstances in Goa have been warned that the police there are "deeply rooted in corruption.""
May 25, 2012 DA case: Massive crowd gathers as CBI grills Jagan: "Prohibitory orders have been issued in Hyderabad as policy fear that Jagan's supporters could go on the rampage if he is arrested."
May 25, 2012 B'lore: Another vigilance officer attacked: "The attack comes just days after an auditor, SP Mahantesh, was murdered in the city."
May 24, 2012 Lal battis etc: "Denying red beacons to MPs hardly dents the larger culture of VIP-cossetting", "Instead of engaging in the task of dropping privileges that do not serve the democratic purpose, instead of separating the necessary from the outdated, parliamentarians are trying to institutionalise segregation to enable a privileged few to glide through cordons. It is there in the 31 categories of VIPs"
May 24, 2012 US report cites police abuses, extrajudicial killings in India: ""The most significant human rights problems (in India) were police and security force abuses, including extrajudicial killings, torture, and rape; widespread corruption at all levels of government; and separatist, insurgent, and societal violence," the report released by US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, said."
May 24, 2012 US report slams India on corruption, social violence: "The US state department has highlighted "widespread corruption at all levels of government" and separatist, insurgent and societal violence among the most significant human rights problems in India. "Widespread impunity at all levels of government remained a serious problem,""
May 23, 2012 Mass opulence: An inside view of Jagan's palace: "Reddy's mansion is located in the Green Belt area of Yelahanka in Bangalore. It was built in 31 acres of land and valued at over Rs.100 crore. The mansion has a private helipad also.", "In his 2011 election affidavit, Jagan revealed his direct and indirect ownership of 11 companies. These are:Sandur Power, Saraswati Power, Carmel Asia Holdings, Bharathi Cement Corp, Kealawn Technologies Pvt Ltd, Marvel Infrastructure, Classic Realty, Silicon Builders, Swasti Power Engineering Ltd. Sandur Power's annual reports show that it has several subsidiaries, such as: Classic Realty, Harish Infrastructure, Capstone Infra, Silicon Builders."
May 23, 2012 This Godly Delusion: "Is the controversy over the Ambedkar cartoon warranted? Can’t we laugh at our revered?"
May 23, 2012 इलाहाबाद के करैली में धमाका, चार मरे, 15 घायल: "‘‘ इलाहाबाद के इस इलाके में बम बनाए जाते रहे हैं. ये कुटीर उद्योग जैसा है वहां पर.’’"
May 23, 2012 Petrol price hiked steeply by Rs 7.50 per litre: "The increase was on the cards with the rupee continuing its free fall against the US dollar and reaching a new low."
May 22, 2012 Sending out wrong signals: "The death of SP Mahantesh, a 48-year-old Karnataka administrative officer who exposed scams in cooperative societies in Bangalore, is not a one-off case; such cases are taking place with alarming regularity in India, a country that boasts of a Right to Information Act (RTI)."
May 22, 2012 Gen VK Singh: In India we have a tendency to shoot the whistleblower
May 22, 2012 Haryana: 80,000 sacks of wheat rot in the open: "Palwal is facing an acute shortage of storage space. With a covered capacity of just 5000 MT, a staggering 59,000 MT of wheat is lying in the open."
May 22, 2012 प्रधानाध्यपक को पीट कर मार डाला: "मुंगेर, बिहार के मुंगेर जिले में एक सरकारी मध्य विद्यालय के छात्रों ने आज प्रधानाध्यापक की पीट-पीट कर हत्या कर दी।"
May 22, 2012 'Get justice for Mahantesh': "There was a huge protest in Bangalore on Tuesday (May 22) by activists demanding justice for Mahantesh. No headway has been made in the murder probe of Karnataka Co-operative Society Department audit officer Mahantesh."
May 22, 2012 Poverty forces Bengal mother to sell child for Rs.2000: "Unable to take care of her seven-month-old child due to extreme poverty, a mother in West Bengal's Nadia district sold her infant to a meat seller for Rs.2000."
May 22, 2012 3 yrs of UPA2: Is there anything to celebrate?: "On a day that the UPA2 finishes 3 years and is expected to come out with a report card, opposition parties have taken on the Government. The BJP and the Left tear into the Government's performance."
May 22, 2012 Hampi Express accident: 24 dead, probe ordered: "Helpline numbers - Bangalore: 080 22371166, 22156553, 22156554, Bellary: 08392 277704, Hubli: 0836-2345338."
May 22, 2012 Women perform nude worship near Tumkur: "As per tradition, women wear neem leaves, and with a lock on their mouths, go once around the village. On Friday night, over 100 women worshipped the goddess in this manner, with men looking on. "
May 22, 2012 'My mother is pushing me into prostitution'
May 22, 2012 Hampi Express accident: Gory sight to see people aflame, say passengers: "It was an unbearable and gory sight to see fellow passengers burning and screaming for help as they stood helpless due to the searing heat"
May 22, 2012 The Last Word: Govt spending on political anniversaries wrong?: "On The Last Word, Karan Thakar asks a panel of experts, is the Indian tradition of taking out multiple large advertisements in all newspapers to commemorate political birth, death or other anniversaries acceptable or morally wrong?"
May 21, 2012 MPs set to get status symbol: Beacons: "Bowing to unprecedented pressure from parliamentarians, the Centre is considering allowing red beacons on cars of MPs across the country with the exception of the "VIP area" in the national capital."
May 21, 2012 'A Threat To Free Speech': "The BJP leader of opposition speaking on the statutory motion for resolution that the Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules, 2011 be annulled."
May 21, 2012 Hospital or death trap?: "42 infants have been reported dead in the last 14 days at the only speciality children's hospital in the Kashmir Valley. Under equipped and over worked, the state of this hospital has once again raised the question- is this how we treat the youngest of the poorest?"
May 21, 2012 Delhi Police arrests robbers donating part of booty to Shirdi Sai shrine: "The gang members used to commit robberies in Delhi, Mumbai and Gujarat. They had an affluent lifestyle, moved around with their girlfriends in stolen luxury cars and stayed in 5-star hotels."
May 21, 2012 School textbooks: Pakistan is part of India, P V Narasimha Rao is country's PM: "only 15 per cent of graduates are suitable for employment and it is a sorry state of affairs. It reflects the poor quality of education at all levels, from primary to higher levels."
May 21, 2012 Who murdered Assam engineer?: "Bullet ridden body of an engineer found in Bogaigaon District in Assam on the 3rd of May, 2012. But today -- two weeks later -- no one knows who killed Godapani Pathak nor are there any leads into what happened to his colleague Faisul Islam who was abducted along with him."
May 21, 2012 Kicking the book out of syllabus: blame it on Sonia: "At least 17 books have been taken off the shelves because they `offended’ sentiments. The country certainly owes an explanation from the authorities."
May 21, 2012 When Laughter Becomes A Laughing Matter: "'We condemn the somber Indian politicians’ and their lathi-wielding goons’ zeal to persecute persons committed to the cause of irony, irreverence and critical humour in public life'"
May 21, 2012 A mockery of justice: "Rape witness dies in mysterious circumstances"
May 21, 2012 FTN: Are doctors compromising public safety by lobbying for drug companies?: "A parliamentary panel says some doctors are colluding with big pharmaceutical companies to sell unsafe drugs to the Indian consumers."
May 21, 2012 62 infants dead in 90 days in a Srinagar hospital: "Srinagar's only paediatric hospital has been facing an acute shortage of trained staff and medical equipment."
May 21, 2012 Rescue the nation: "We see our nation being plundered and mismanaged by the politicians in power. Even as the rupee collapses and industrial production growth turns negative, our top leadership discusses 60-year-old cartoons in Parliament."
May 21, 2012 An increment of Rs1,000 is all he got in 18 years: "Corruption is a disease that plagues India from inside. There is widespread belief that nobody is serious enough to completely weed out corruption in the country"
May 21, 2012 Evangelist K A Paul arrested while offering Rs 1 cr for fake encounter in AP police sting: "the evangelist had conspired to abduct and murder his associate Koteswara Rao, the main accused in the murder of his brother K David Raju, in Mahaboobnagar district in 2010. The SP said the evangelist had offered Rs. 1 crore to the Ongole Taluka Police Inspector to assist him in the crime and paid an advance of Rs 3 lakh."
May 21, 2012 The austerity of the affluent: "A rural Indian spending Rs. 22.50 a day would not be considered poor by a Planning Commission whose Deputy Chairman's foreign trips between May and October last year cost a daily average of Rs. 2.02 lakh"
May 20, 2012 'Dictatorships Cannot Afford Laughter' : "'Because people may laugh at the dictator and that wouldn’t do. In all the years of Hitler, there never was a good comedy, not a good cartoon, not a parody, or a spoof'"
May 20, 2012 Roads to disaster: "In the last decade alone, road accidents have claimed more than 8,500 lives. Since 2000, the City has recorded over 66,327 accidents."
May 19, 2012 भारतीय कश्मीर: चार महीने में 400 नवजात शिशुओं की मौत: "बच्चों के इलाज के लिए स्थापित इकलौते अस्पताल में जनवरी 2012 से अब तक यानी पिछले चार महीनों में 400 से ज्यादा नवजात बच्चों की मौत हो गई है."
May 19, 2012 Mamata faces flak for calling students Maoists: "Refusing to answer a question on the increasing crime rate in West Bengal, Mamata walked out of CNN-IBN's show."
May 19, 2012 ममता से सवाल करने वालों की जानकारी मांगी: "कोलकाता में एक टीवी चैनल के कार्यक्रम के दौरान पश्चिम बंगाल की मुख्यमंत्री ममता बनर्जी से कड़े सवाल करने वाले लोगों के बारे में पुलिस ने जानकारी मांगी थी."
May 17, 2012 Ramalinga Raju too routed funds via industrialist Nimmagadda Prasad into Jagan’s firm: "Satyam's Ramalinga Raju had invested Rs 20 crore in Jagati publications belonging to Jaganmohan Reddy through industrialist Nimmagadda Prasad. Raju made this investment through Maytas Infra -- as a quid pro quo for the YSR regime having allotted a Rs 121-crore road-widening project in Kadapa district to the infrastructure company on a nomination basis."
May 15, 2012 'क्यों बच्ची को जिंदा दफनाने की कोशिश की': "दिल्ली के नजदीक पिलखुआ में एक दो महीने की बच्ची के माता-पिता ने तांत्रिक के कहने पर उसे जिंदा दफनाने की कोशिश की."
May 15, 2012 Should cartoon and politician satire be censored?: "CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose discusses the BR Ambedkar cartoon row on Face The Nation."
May 15, 2012 2 Maoist attacks in 24 hours, 8 killed: "Eight persons, including seven jawans of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), were killed last night (May 13) in an ambush by Naxals in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district."
May 15, 2012 'Defence Of Politics': "'We were shocked to learn that these books were presented in the Lok Sabha as an attack on politics, politicians and democracy. Nothing can be farther from the truth' "
May 15, 2012 Is India heading towards fascism?: "surveys have pointed out 50 per cent of Indians are corrupt. "
May 15, 2012 वो बेचती दारू.....: "ऐसी ही एक हॉकी खिलाड़ी हैं नोरी मुंडू जो आज घर में शराब चुलाई कर अपना और अपने घर वालों का पेट पालने पर मजबूर हैं."
May 15, 2012 No arrest in murder of teen who witnessed mother's rape: "All the nine accused roamed free Monday, a day after they shockingly burnt alive a teenager who was the main witness in his mother's rape in 2006", "They also told me time and again to shell out Rs.1 crore to police and officials, including the judge."
May 15, 2012 Dangers of deletion: "The Ambedkar cartoon has been misread. And this could just be the beginning"
May 15, 2012 7-year-old who saw his mother raped burnt alive: "The victim's mother was allegedly gangraped in 2006 by five men of her village. He was being threatened to withdraw the case and not appear as a witness in the court"
May 14, 2012 27% of India’s doctors exist only on paper: "Union health ministry's scrutiny has found that two lakh of the registered doctors aren't working anymore. Of the 10.7 lakh nurses registered, six lakh don't exist."
May 13, 2012 23 tax tribunal members under CBI scanner for ‘fixing’ verdicts: "Jugal Kishore, an ITAT member from Kolkata, for allegedly receiving a bribe from the bosses of S K Tulsiyan and Co., for delivering “pre-decided’’ judgments. The CBI recovered Rs 28 lakh from Kishore’s residence."
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