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Apr 29, 2012 BITTEN BY THE CORRUPTION BUG: "There are several common traits in the culture of corruption that has afflicted South Asia,"
Apr 29, 2012 India’s latest scandal: down the pan: "Few thought the ruling class could stoop much lower. But politicians have found a way – they’ve taken financial scandal down to a whole new level: the toilet. By inflating the number of government-subsidised latrines, civil servants, bureaucrats, politicians and middlemen have pilfered the country of at least $1.7bn."
Apr 29, 2012 India’s Rogue Gallery of Corrupt Bureaucrats: "In earlier decades very few officers from the civil services were corrupt. Today, one will not find many officers of proven integrity in these services."
Apr 29, 2012 Naseer fights corruption in next film
Apr 29, 2012 Shocking incident of corporal punishment: "When a teacher in a fit of rage, forgets her duty, her job, and mercilessly thrashes a 8 year old student, shock and outrage are mild reactions. But in the capital there is proof of two such teachers unleashing their anger upon children not once, but repeatedly."
Apr 29, 2012 UP: 18-year-old girl abducted in broad daylight: "However, now over 16 hours since the incident, the vehicle and the victim remain untraceable."
Apr 28, 2012 60% of population in most states below poverty line: "the oft-repeated claim that 70% of India lives on less than $2 a day has a ring of truth in it."
Apr 28, 2012 'Dad minister, law mine': "Parvez Ali allegedly threatened district administration employee for cancelling six tenders that he had allotted to his chosen men. The Minister had written a letter to the District Magistrate, seeking certain development works in Amroha. The Minister's men, led by his son Parvez Ali, allegedly coerced Nagarpalika officials to manipulate tendering process."
Apr 28, 2012 ‘Whistleblower’ biotechnologist shown the door: "documents accessed by Roy using RTI, include alleged diversion of 11th five year plan money allocated to NIPER and drawing pension from the institute under the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research he was earlier employed with, as well as drawing full salary from NIPER."
Apr 28, 2012 1984 victim brings alive Sajjan's riot act: "“I saw Sajjan Kumar standing in a police vehicle telling the mob, ‘Ek bhi sardar zinda nahi bachna chahiye. In sardaron ko maro, inhone hamari maa ko maara hain’ (Don’t spare a single Sikh. Kill them, as they killed our mother),” Nirpreet said."
Apr 28, 2012 How the black economy subverts India’s politics: "If you go by the audited balance sheet of the Congress for 2009-10 (the latest available), the answer is Rs 525.97 crore.", "A lot of the black money which evades tax washes up at the doorstep of political parties. The resultant quid pro quo between politicians, business and middlemen lies at the root of land, mining and natural resource scams in India."
Apr 24, 2012 AP govt delaying IAS officer's prosecution in land scam: CBI: "The CBI today accused the Andhra Pradesh government of "intentionally" delaying the process to grant sanction to prosecute suspended IAS officer B P Acharya, prime accused in the APIIC-Emaar township case."
Apr 24, 2012 So retro, so UPA: "Forcing doctors to return from the US shows a state wanting to control, not cure"
Apr 24, 2012 UP food scam: Senior Congress leaders under the scanner: "Some of the party's senior state leaders are set to be questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation in the 35,000-crore foodgrains scam. Late on Monday night, the investigating agency arrested Daljeet Singh Chaudhary, a member of the All India Congress Committee, in connection with the scam."
Apr 24, 2012 Foodgrain set to rot, storage problem in sight: "If the estimates are accurate, the FCI and state agencies may have to manage the highest ever stock levels this year."
Apr 24, 2012 50 pc of world's pneumonia deaths in India: "3,70,000 Indian children die of pneumonia annually and 60,00,000 children are affected by it every year."
Apr 24, 2012 WB: Woman alleges rape by police officer: "The woman claimed that she was forcibly called by the Officer in charge (OC) to the police station and then raped."
Apr 23, 2012 Police in Indian state where Denyse died accused of massive corruption: ""Police are extremely corrupt out there. It's institutionalised corruption.", ""If you break the law, police officers will ask for your wallet and take the money."
Apr 23, 2012 CBI blames Sajjan Kumar for riots: "The CBI on Monday (April 23) concluded final arguments in Delhi cantonment riots case against Congress leader Sajjan Kumar. The investigative agency told a Delhi Court that the Congress leader incited violence in the 1984 riots."
Apr 23, 2012 Uttar Pradesh: Girl burnt alive by molesters: "An 18-year-old girl was allegedly burnt alive by four boys who had earlier molested her."
Apr 23, 2012 Sajjan conspired with police during 1984 riots: CBI: ""There was a conspiracy of terrifying proportion with the complicity of police and patronage of local MP Sajjan Kumar,""
Apr 23, 2012 Vidarbha farmer in suicide note: Don't vote for Congress, NCP: ""They (Congress-NCP) will ruin the country,""
Apr 23, 2012 CBI blames Congress leader Sajjan Kumar for 1984 anti-Sikh riots: "The CBI said Sajjan Kumar went about inciting mobs and that the killings in the Delhi cantonment area in 1984 were not spontaneous. Sajjan Kumar allegedly told mobs: Not a single Sikh should survive"
Apr 22, 2012 Bangalore woman delivers baby on road, dies: "a woman delivered a baby boy on a busy road and bled to death after she could not avail of timely medical help"
Apr 22, 2012 Mother arrested for honour killing in Patna: "Naznin was first hit on the head while asleep and then strangulated."
Apr 21, 2012 Corruption of spirit far more serious: Jaswant
Apr 21, 2012 More sedition cases against anti-nuke protestors than Maoists, militants
Apr 21, 2012 pratibha patil Where Mum Is the Word In Amravati, Rajendra Shekhawat’s writ runs on the strength of his mother’s exalted position: "The Amravati Municipal Corporation, say sources, has been rocked by a land scam that could have “cost it nearly Rs 200 crore”. Under the scanner are the city municipal commissioner and collector, both IAS officers, who reportedly connived with a select set of real estate developers to transfer development rights (TDR) in the last two-three years."
Apr 21, 2012 the next president The Giani’s Riot Act : "The Giani, who had no formal secular education, would later say, with evident satisfaction, that he had repaid a debt. Loyal to the Gandhi family, he had at one point caused a furore by asserting that he’d have even accepted the post of a sweeper from Indira."
Apr 21, 2012 pratibha patil The Tai Of Fizzle - Pratibha Patil leaves no lasting impression on her office: "As President Pratibhatai Patil’s tenure draws to a close, it might be pertinent to ask what her five years in Rashtrapati Bhavan would be best remembered by. Would it be her surprise selection for the job, or her controversial appointment marked by PILs, or her numerous trips abroad that cost the exchequer Rs 205 crore. Or would it be the men in her life—her husband and son—who allegedly leveraged her office to suit themselves?"
Apr 21, 2012 A cobbler who turned journalist to fight for justice: "The class 10 dropout from Bhopal is the writer, printer and publisher of the magazine 'Baal Ki Khaall'."
Apr 21, 2012 President's retirement home controversy blows up: "Whistleblower ex-Army man alleges he's being targeted for filing RTI. Earlier, an RTI filed by him revealed irregularities in the allotment and construction of President Pratibha Patil's retirement home in Pune. President's home is being built on 5 acres of prime defence land classified as A1."
Apr 21, 2012 CJ throws light on commuter woes on Mumbai local trains: "On Thursday morning, three commuters in an overcrowded Kalyan-CST local hit a signal pole and fell to their death."
Apr 21, 2012 J'khand: 1 dead as workers of 2 parties clash: "The clashes broke out over awarding of contracts at Bharat Coking Coal Ltd. A mob smashed several vehicles during the violence.", "the cops were present when this entire incident happened and still they could not do anything", "murders for money and these types of clashes are quite common"
Apr 21, 2012 Dilson murder: Retd Army officer gets life term for killing Chennai teenager: "he was convicted of shooting dead 13-year-old K Dilson on July 3, 2011. The boy had gone to the Fort Glacis Army Officers' Enclave near Secretariat to gather almonds along with his friends"
Apr 21, 2012 Farmers left power-less in Karnataka villages: "The farmers in Karnataka are bearing the brunt of a twin crisis of drought and severe power scarcity this year."
Apr 20, 2012 India seeks a President, merit not needed: "It’s that time again. The time when the next President of India will be elected and the lobbying, jostling and campaigning have begun."
Apr 19, 2012 Canadian roughed up in melee as Indian police tear down ashram: "three Canadians stood facing the throng of Indian police", "they were acting on behalf of the thoroughly corrupt Allahabad Development Authority, which sent them to demolish a building because he refuses to pay bribes to government officials. "
Apr 19, 2012 Rush makes Mumbai's lifeline a deathline: "Three people died and 15 others got injured after people fell on the tracks due to overcrowding in local train."
Apr 19, 2012 Odisha: Abducted BJD MLA produced in people's court: "According to the Maoists, the people's court will decide BJD MLA Jhina Hikaka's fate. Hikaka was taken hostage on March 24."
Apr 19, 2012 Mumbai: 18 fall off crowded local train, 3 dead: "A technical snag de-railed the Central Line, and worse, over crowding led to three deaths and at least 15 injuries so far."
Apr 19, 2012 Mumbai: Student beaten to death by classmates: "The student was killed by his classmates allegedly because he objected to lewd texts sent to his girlfriend."
Apr 19, 2012 CJ speaks out against Bengal's bandh culture: "Adrita, a student turned citizen journalist speaks out against the bandh culture in the state."
Apr 19, 2012 Is this the 'change', aggrieved people ask Mamata: "The arrest of Professor Ambikesh Mahapatra is being seen as a complete violation of freedom of speech."
Apr 19, 2012 Mumbai: 3 dead after falling from local train: "Many people fell from a local train between Nahur and Bhandup stations (central line) due to overcrowding."
Apr 19, 2012 Mumbai: Student beaten to death, 8 teens arrested: "Around 30 students allegedly beat up Ansh Agarwal with hockey sticks and smashed his head with a stone in Andheri."
Apr 19, 2012 FTN: Are TV babas deluding the public?: "The controversies related to TV guru Nirmal Baba doesn't seen to end. In another revelation, the spiritual guru has been accused of purchasing a hotel with the donation money collected from his followers."
Apr 19, 2012 Two killed after falling from overcrowded Mumbai train: "as the Central Railway's suburban services continued to be disrupted by signalling woes, leading to chaos in the city."
Apr 19, 2012 Tikku, Kakkar murders: Bollywood-underworld nexus back?: "The brutal murders of Arunkumar Tikku and Karan Kakkar seem to suggest a return of the Bollywood-underworld nexus in Mumbai."
Apr 18, 2012 Labour court judge booked for rape, offences under Atrocity Act: "Atique Mohammad Khan (52), a judge of the district labour court, for allegedly raping his domestic help. The cops have also booked Khan under the Prevention of Atrocity (SC/ST) Act."
Apr 18, 2012 VIP quota, reason for rail ticket scam: Dinesh Trivedi: "found that VIPs were the source of such frauds."
Apr 18, 2012 Clash in Meerut jail: "protesting against extortion by jail employees"
Apr 18, 2012 Scientist assaulted, daughter stripped?: "The scientist and his daughter were evicted from their rented house after the assault allegedly over a property dispute. Cops at Baruipur police station allegedly refused to record the victims' complaint or take them to a hospital. The victims approached West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for justice, but allege that no help was offered by her."
Apr 18, 2012 Scientist freed, hits back at Mamata: "A city court granted him bail after 10 days in jail custody. Ray's arrest was condemned by students and rights activists from across the globe. Partha Sarathi Roy says there was a deliberate attempt to harrass him."
Apr 18, 2012 Tamil Nadu suffers from acute power crisis: "Tamil Nadu's leather belt have been hit by power shortages, leading to as much as a 25 per cent increase in production costs."
Apr 18, 2012 Banerjee shiould behave in a more mature manner: Katju: "West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee must learn to function in a democratic and more mature manner as she is no more a street fighter."
Apr 18, 2012 Math for dummies: Why pay Rs 1 cr for a medical seat?: "If you had that kind of money after school, would you even have to work to earn a living?"
Apr 18, 2012 No party leader will share stage with CPM: TMC: "When asked if he would mix socially with a CPM member, Trinamool's Derek O'Brien said 'No'."
Apr 18, 2012 पश्चिम बंगाल में पैसों के लिए गुर्दे बेच रहे हैं लोग: ""कुछ साल पहले मैंने खुद अपना गुर्दा बेचा था. तभी से गाँव में ये खबर फैल गई कि लोग अपने गुर्दे भी बेच सकते हैं. और फिर लोगों ने मुझसे अपने गुर्दे बेचने का आग्रह करना शुरू कर दिया."", "गाँव वाले और खुद रज्जाक ऐसे तमाम मशहूर अस्पतालों का नाम बताते हैं जहां गैरकानूनी तरीके से गुर्दे का प्रत्यारोपण होता है. इन अस्पतालों में मध्य कलकत्ता का एक मशहूर नर्सिंग होम भी शामिल है."
Apr 18, 2012 Two deaths add to the unwanted girl child story: "In Punjab, a man 'killed' his wife for having a baby girl, while in Haryana, a father 'beat' his daughter to death."
Apr 18, 2012 New-born girl killed in Jharkhand, woman blames husband: "She also told the police that her husband was unhappy about the birth of a girl."
Apr 18, 2012 Mumbai: Senior police official faces rape charges: "The FIR was filed by the victim who accused ACP Anil Mahabole of raping her after offering her food laced with sedatives."
Apr 18, 2012 Kurukshetra: Class X girl set on fire by classmate: "While the boy fled the scene, the girl suffered 55 per cent burns and was in a critical condition."
Apr 18, 2012 It's dark days in Bengal, says released scientist: "Scientist Parth Sarothi Roy, who was released after being in jail for 10 days, accused Mamata of targeting intellectuals."
Apr 18, 2012 ACP booked for rape, faces arrest: "Mahabole allegedly shot a video of her in a compromising position and used it to blackmail and sexually exploit her."
Apr 18, 2012 Woman 'molested' for refusing to join Trinamool Congress: "A woman in West Bengal attempted suicide after she was molested and her family members were beaten up by a group of people for her refusal to join the Trinamool Congress"
Apr 17, 2012 What You Said: Starving in India: "India with a dark underbelly of thousands of poor dying or living in chronic hunger"
Apr 17, 2012 FTN: Are Indian leaders intolerant of dissent.: "A Jadavpur University professor was arrested after he forwarded some 'anti-Mamata' cartoons to his friends.", "India's great dictators?"
Apr 17, 2012 'Violent Suppression Of Protest': "Letter to the PM protesting against the developments in West Bengal — arrest of Dr. Partho Sarothi Roy, a young molecular biologist, and the treatment meted out to Professor Ambikash Mahapatra"
Apr 17, 2012 क्या ममता तानाशाह हो गई हैं?: "तृणमूल नेता ममता बनर्जी जब से पश्चिम बंगाल की सत्ता पर काबिज हुई हैं उनकी सरकार के कई फैसलों को लोगों की आलोचना का सामना करना पड़ रहा है."
Apr 17, 2012 Scientists write to PM on Didi’s arrest of critics: "Leading scientists and social activists from India and top institutions overseas have written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh condemning the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government’s “high-handed arrests” of a university professor and a molecular biologist, and seeking his intervention."
Apr 17, 2012 Kolkata: Goons thrash retd scientist, strip daughter: "Worse, officers of Baruipur police station, who reached the spot more than two and a half hours after the incident, refused to record the victims' complaint or take them to hospital."
Apr 17, 2012 WB: Cartoon not the reason behind Professor's arrest?: "Reports say that it's not free speech which is at stake, in fact Ambikesh Mahapatra was arrested because of the nexus between the TMC and builders lobby."
Apr 17, 2012 Trinamool's latest party rule: Don't marry CPM members, don't even talk to them: "he state minister said: "Our workers must make sure that nobody in their family enters into any marital relationship with any CPM leader or supporter.""
Apr 17, 2012 The great domestic help debate: Hapless victim or ruthless ingrate?
Apr 17, 2012 'We Are Stuck With A Nut': "The arrest of a professor and his 72-year old neighbour in Calcutta for forwarding an e-mail with a cartoon revives the demand for the annulment of the Internet Rules 2011", "Professor Ashis Nandy said, inter alia: "I would advise Ms Banerjee to seek the help of psychiatrists in Calcutta. I would diagose her as suffering from incipient paranoia."
Apr 17, 2012 Contrast shows personal liberty is enslaved by masters of FIR: "Nothing illustrates the threat that the FIR raj poses to personal liberty more starkly than the arbitrary manner in which two complaints in the cartoon case were pursued."
Apr 17, 2012 Communal politics to the fore in UP after Assembly poll: "Delhi’s Shahi Imam wants a slice of the pie which SP leader Azam Khan wants all for himself. The pie, of course, is the vast and rapidly increasing Muslim constituency of the State"
Apr 17, 2012 Outrage over Mamata's intolerance: "A number of scietists from across the country and some parts of the world have written to Singh voicing concern on the "crack down on human rights activists and citizens who are attempting to raise issues of concern"."
Apr 17, 2012 Baby bazaar: FIR against 7 hospital employees: "The action comes after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav took note of the investigation."
Apr 16, 2012 Indian immigrants' 3rd child more likely to be a boy: "the third-child births of Indian-born women were at a ratio of 136 boys to 100 girls."
Apr 16, 2012 Pregnant woman stripped, assaulted by ex-husband
Apr 15, 2012 Fighting graft
Apr 15, 2012 Can't do much to prevent corruption in National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme: Jairam: "Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has conceded that he can't do much to prevent large-scale corruption in the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS)"
Apr 15, 2012 Serving people or own interest?: "BBMP council now wants honorary membership for all 198 corporators and other top officials to sports associations in Karnataka. The Karnataka Hockey association hits back, saying that it will prefer giving membership to the Mayor only. The secretary of the K'taka Hockey Association has said that membership for corporates is asking for too much."
Apr 15, 2012 Spirituality on TV: The rise and fall of Nirmal Baba
Apr 14, 2012 Inside Slave City: "What is it that makes the Indian middle class treat their domestic help with such derision and abuse?", "90 million is the estimated official number of domestic workers in India;"
Apr 14, 2012 The spectre of FIR raj Proxy device easy to plant and detonate to settle scores: "The manner in which a professor and a retired engineer were arrested and locked up for over 16 hours in Calcutta has blown the lid off a tactic increasingly being employed in Bengal to intimidate or settle scores with dissenters."
Apr 14, 2012 Govt official turns predator in K'taka?: "A rape case has been filed against a Child & Women Welfare Department official in Karnataka. Radhakrishna, the Deputy Director of Women and Child Development Dept in Tumkur, is accused of demanding sexual favours for granting government grants to a school for mentally challenged children. He was arrested after a complaint was filed at the Yelahanka police station of luring the victim to a lodge and committing rape."
Apr 14, 2012 9 schoolboys arrested for ‘raping’ Class X girl: "Three girls managed to flee from the spot while the boys forcibly took the fourth one to a nearby forest area where she was raped."
Apr 14, 2012 Kripashankar booked under Arms Act now: "Special Investigating Team (SIT) found nearly 400 live rounds of ammunition from Singh’s house in March last month."
Apr 14, 2012 Cartoon row: Mamata banning free speech?: "A significant section of the urban intelligentsia feels that the situation in WB is moving from abnormal to scary."
Apr 14, 2012 Manual scavenging remains a reality despite ban: "The latest census reveals that there are nearly 8 lakh homes that rely on human beings to clean their dry toilets."
Apr 14, 2012 Bangalore: Top govt official booked for rape
Apr 14, 2012 Why India lacks scientific vigour?: "Centuries of servitude, right up until 1947, have made the average Indian docile, obedient and sycophantic. ‘Behave yourself and be rewarded’, is the pragmatic mantra. I believe this feudal–colonial mentality has had far-reaching and debilitating consequences for research."
Apr 14, 2012 Corruption tag hits India mammoth anti-polio campaign: "anti corruption sleuths nabbed a health department official of taking kickbacks for allotment of ‘pulse polio’ kits."
Apr 14, 2012 Daily Mail UK: Corruption confession: Government paper admits institutionalised graft plagues entire bureaucracy and plays havoc on the citizen: "'At senior levels, it (corruption) is usually a result of strong nexus between politicians and civil servants and, at lower levels, it is a result of poor systems and ill-defined public service levels,' the government paper points out candidly."
Apr 14, 2012 AICTE needs to be looked at positively: S S Mantha: "trying hard to clean up the image of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), an institution that had, at one point, become synonymous with corruption."
Apr 14, 2012 India's Grain Storage Comes Up Short: "in the past red tape has delayed such plans, leaving food out in the open to rot."
Apr 13, 2012 Mamata Banerjee defends arrest of professor over cartoon, political parties slam her: "flay the Mamata Banerjee government for setting a "dangerous trend of silencing cartoonists"", ""Are we really heading for a party-sponsored emergency?""
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Apr 29, 2012 BITTEN BY THE CORRUPTION BUG: "There are several common traits in the culture of corruption that has afflicted South Asia,"
Apr 29, 2012 India’s latest scandal: down the pan: "Few thought the ruling class could stoop much lower. But politicians have found a way – they’ve taken financial scandal down to a whole new level: the toilet. By inflating the number of government-subsidised latrines, civil servants, bureaucrats, politicians and middlemen have pilfered the country of at least $1.7bn."
Apr 29, 2012 India’s Rogue Gallery of Corrupt Bureaucrats: "In earlier decades very few officers from the civil services were corrupt. Today, one will not find many officers of proven integrity in these services."
Apr 29, 2012 Naseer fights corruption in next film
Apr 29, 2012 Shocking incident of corporal punishment: "When a teacher in a fit of rage, forgets her duty, her job, and mercilessly thrashes a 8 year old student, shock and outrage are mild reactions. But in the capital there is proof of two such teachers unleashing their anger upon children not once, but repeatedly."
Apr 29, 2012 UP: 18-year-old girl abducted in broad daylight: "However, now over 16 hours since the incident, the vehicle and the victim remain untraceable."
Apr 28, 2012 60% of population in most states below poverty line: "the oft-repeated claim that 70% of India lives on less than $2 a day has a ring of truth in it."
Apr 28, 2012 'Dad minister, law mine': "Parvez Ali allegedly threatened district administration employee for cancelling six tenders that he had allotted to his chosen men. The Minister had written a letter to the District Magistrate, seeking certain development works in Amroha. The Minister's men, led by his son Parvez Ali, allegedly coerced Nagarpalika officials to manipulate tendering process."
Apr 28, 2012 ‘Whistleblower’ biotechnologist shown the door: "documents accessed by Roy using RTI, include alleged diversion of 11th five year plan money allocated to NIPER and drawing pension from the institute under the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research he was earlier employed with, as well as drawing full salary from NIPER."
Apr 28, 2012 1984 victim brings alive Sajjan's riot act: "“I saw Sajjan Kumar standing in a police vehicle telling the mob, ‘Ek bhi sardar zinda nahi bachna chahiye. In sardaron ko maro, inhone hamari maa ko maara hain’ (Don’t spare a single Sikh. Kill them, as they killed our mother),” Nirpreet said."
Apr 28, 2012 How the black economy subverts India’s politics: "If you go by the audited balance sheet of the Congress for 2009-10 (the latest available), the answer is Rs 525.97 crore.", "A lot of the black money which evades tax washes up at the doorstep of political parties. The resultant quid pro quo between politicians, business and middlemen lies at the root of land, mining and natural resource scams in India."
Apr 24, 2012 AP govt delaying IAS officer's prosecution in land scam: CBI: "The CBI today accused the Andhra Pradesh government of "intentionally" delaying the process to grant sanction to prosecute suspended IAS officer B P Acharya, prime accused in the APIIC-Emaar township case."
Apr 24, 2012 So retro, so UPA: "Forcing doctors to return from the US shows a state wanting to control, not cure"
Apr 24, 2012 UP food scam: Senior Congress leaders under the scanner: "Some of the party's senior state leaders are set to be questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation in the 35,000-crore foodgrains scam. Late on Monday night, the investigating agency arrested Daljeet Singh Chaudhary, a member of the All India Congress Committee, in connection with the scam."
Apr 24, 2012 Foodgrain set to rot, storage problem in sight: "If the estimates are accurate, the FCI and state agencies may have to manage the highest ever stock levels this year."
Apr 24, 2012 50 pc of world's pneumonia deaths in India: "3,70,000 Indian children die of pneumonia annually and 60,00,000 children are affected by it every year."
Apr 24, 2012 WB: Woman alleges rape by police officer: "The woman claimed that she was forcibly called by the Officer in charge (OC) to the police station and then raped."
Apr 23, 2012 Police in Indian state where Denyse died accused of massive corruption: ""Police are extremely corrupt out there. It's institutionalised corruption.", ""If you break the law, police officers will ask for your wallet and take the money."
Apr 23, 2012 CBI blames Sajjan Kumar for riots: "The CBI on Monday (April 23) concluded final arguments in Delhi cantonment riots case against Congress leader Sajjan Kumar. The investigative agency told a Delhi Court that the Congress leader incited violence in the 1984 riots."
Apr 23, 2012 Uttar Pradesh: Girl burnt alive by molesters: "An 18-year-old girl was allegedly burnt alive by four boys who had earlier molested her."
Apr 23, 2012 Sajjan conspired with police during 1984 riots: CBI: ""There was a conspiracy of terrifying proportion with the complicity of police and patronage of local MP Sajjan Kumar,""
Apr 23, 2012 Vidarbha farmer in suicide note: Don't vote for Congress, NCP: ""They (Congress-NCP) will ruin the country,""
Apr 23, 2012 CBI blames Congress leader Sajjan Kumar for 1984 anti-Sikh riots: "The CBI said Sajjan Kumar went about inciting mobs and that the killings in the Delhi cantonment area in 1984 were not spontaneous. Sajjan Kumar allegedly told mobs: Not a single Sikh should survive"
Apr 22, 2012 Bangalore woman delivers baby on road, dies: "a woman delivered a baby boy on a busy road and bled to death after she could not avail of timely medical help"
Apr 22, 2012 Mother arrested for honour killing in Patna: "Naznin was first hit on the head while asleep and then strangulated."
Apr 21, 2012 Corruption of spirit far more serious: Jaswant
Apr 21, 2012 More sedition cases against anti-nuke protestors than Maoists, militants
Apr 21, 2012 pratibha patil Where Mum Is the Word In Amravati, Rajendra Shekhawat’s writ runs on the strength of his mother’s exalted position: "The Amravati Municipal Corporation, say sources, has been rocked by a land scam that could have “cost it nearly Rs 200 crore”. Under the scanner are the city municipal commissioner and collector, both IAS officers, who reportedly connived with a select set of real estate developers to transfer development rights (TDR) in the last two-three years."
Apr 21, 2012 the next president The Giani’s Riot Act : "The Giani, who had no formal secular education, would later say, with evident satisfaction, that he had repaid a debt. Loyal to the Gandhi family, he had at one point caused a furore by asserting that he’d have even accepted the post of a sweeper from Indira."
Apr 21, 2012 pratibha patil The Tai Of Fizzle - Pratibha Patil leaves no lasting impression on her office: "As President Pratibhatai Patil’s tenure draws to a close, it might be pertinent to ask what her five years in Rashtrapati Bhavan would be best remembered by. Would it be her surprise selection for the job, or her controversial appointment marked by PILs, or her numerous trips abroad that cost the exchequer Rs 205 crore. Or would it be the men in her life—her husband and son—who allegedly leveraged her office to suit themselves?"
Apr 21, 2012 A cobbler who turned journalist to fight for justice: "The class 10 dropout from Bhopal is the writer, printer and publisher of the magazine 'Baal Ki Khaall'."
Apr 21, 2012 President's retirement home controversy blows up: "Whistleblower ex-Army man alleges he's being targeted for filing RTI. Earlier, an RTI filed by him revealed irregularities in the allotment and construction of President Pratibha Patil's retirement home in Pune. President's home is being built on 5 acres of prime defence land classified as A1."
Apr 21, 2012 CJ throws light on commuter woes on Mumbai local trains: "On Thursday morning, three commuters in an overcrowded Kalyan-CST local hit a signal pole and fell to their death."
Apr 21, 2012 J'khand: 1 dead as workers of 2 parties clash: "The clashes broke out over awarding of contracts at Bharat Coking Coal Ltd. A mob smashed several vehicles during the violence.", "the cops were present when this entire incident happened and still they could not do anything", "murders for money and these types of clashes are quite common"
Apr 21, 2012 Dilson murder: Retd Army officer gets life term for killing Chennai teenager: "he was convicted of shooting dead 13-year-old K Dilson on July 3, 2011. The boy had gone to the Fort Glacis Army Officers' Enclave near Secretariat to gather almonds along with his friends"
Apr 21, 2012 Farmers left power-less in Karnataka villages: "The farmers in Karnataka are bearing the brunt of a twin crisis of drought and severe power scarcity this year."
Apr 20, 2012 India seeks a President, merit not needed: "It’s that time again. The time when the next President of India will be elected and the lobbying, jostling and campaigning have begun."
Apr 19, 2012 Canadian roughed up in melee as Indian police tear down ashram: "three Canadians stood facing the throng of Indian police", "they were acting on behalf of the thoroughly corrupt Allahabad Development Authority, which sent them to demolish a building because he refuses to pay bribes to government officials. "
Apr 19, 2012 Rush makes Mumbai's lifeline a deathline: "Three people died and 15 others got injured after people fell on the tracks due to overcrowding in local train."
Apr 19, 2012 Odisha: Abducted BJD MLA produced in people's court: "According to the Maoists, the people's court will decide BJD MLA Jhina Hikaka's fate. Hikaka was taken hostage on March 24."
Apr 19, 2012 Mumbai: 18 fall off crowded local train, 3 dead: "A technical snag de-railed the Central Line, and worse, over crowding led to three deaths and at least 15 injuries so far."
Apr 19, 2012 Mumbai: Student beaten to death by classmates: "The student was killed by his classmates allegedly because he objected to lewd texts sent to his girlfriend."
Apr 19, 2012 CJ speaks out against Bengal's bandh culture: "Adrita, a student turned citizen journalist speaks out against the bandh culture in the state."
Apr 19, 2012 Is this the 'change', aggrieved people ask Mamata: "The arrest of Professor Ambikesh Mahapatra is being seen as a complete violation of freedom of speech."
Apr 19, 2012 Mumbai: 3 dead after falling from local train: "Many people fell from a local train between Nahur and Bhandup stations (central line) due to overcrowding."
Apr 19, 2012 Mumbai: Student beaten to death, 8 teens arrested: "Around 30 students allegedly beat up Ansh Agarwal with hockey sticks and smashed his head with a stone in Andheri."
Apr 19, 2012 FTN: Are TV babas deluding the public?: "The controversies related to TV guru Nirmal Baba doesn't seen to end. In another revelation, the spiritual guru has been accused of purchasing a hotel with the donation money collected from his followers."
Apr 19, 2012 Two killed after falling from overcrowded Mumbai train: "as the Central Railway's suburban services continued to be disrupted by signalling woes, leading to chaos in the city."
Apr 19, 2012 Tikku, Kakkar murders: Bollywood-underworld nexus back?: "The brutal murders of Arunkumar Tikku and Karan Kakkar seem to suggest a return of the Bollywood-underworld nexus in Mumbai."
Apr 18, 2012 Labour court judge booked for rape, offences under Atrocity Act: "Atique Mohammad Khan (52), a judge of the district labour court, for allegedly raping his domestic help. The cops have also booked Khan under the Prevention of Atrocity (SC/ST) Act."
Apr 18, 2012 VIP quota, reason for rail ticket scam: Dinesh Trivedi: "found that VIPs were the source of such frauds."
Apr 18, 2012 Clash in Meerut jail: "protesting against extortion by jail employees"
Apr 18, 2012 Scientist assaulted, daughter stripped?: "The scientist and his daughter were evicted from their rented house after the assault allegedly over a property dispute. Cops at Baruipur police station allegedly refused to record the victims' complaint or take them to a hospital. The victims approached West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for justice, but allege that no help was offered by her."
Apr 18, 2012 Scientist freed, hits back at Mamata: "A city court granted him bail after 10 days in jail custody. Ray's arrest was condemned by students and rights activists from across the globe. Partha Sarathi Roy says there was a deliberate attempt to harrass him."
Apr 18, 2012 Tamil Nadu suffers from acute power crisis: "Tamil Nadu's leather belt have been hit by power shortages, leading to as much as a 25 per cent increase in production costs."
Apr 18, 2012 Banerjee shiould behave in a more mature manner: Katju: "West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee must learn to function in a democratic and more mature manner as she is no more a street fighter."
Apr 18, 2012 Math for dummies: Why pay Rs 1 cr for a medical seat?: "If you had that kind of money after school, would you even have to work to earn a living?"
Apr 18, 2012 No party leader will share stage with CPM: TMC: "When asked if he would mix socially with a CPM member, Trinamool's Derek O'Brien said 'No'."
Apr 18, 2012 पश्चिम बंगाल में पैसों के लिए गुर्दे बेच रहे हैं लोग: ""कुछ साल पहले मैंने खुद अपना गुर्दा बेचा था. तभी से गाँव में ये खबर फैल गई कि लोग अपने गुर्दे भी बेच सकते हैं. और फिर लोगों ने मुझसे अपने गुर्दे बेचने का आग्रह करना शुरू कर दिया."", "गाँव वाले और खुद रज्जाक ऐसे तमाम मशहूर अस्पतालों का नाम बताते हैं जहां गैरकानूनी तरीके से गुर्दे का प्रत्यारोपण होता है. इन अस्पतालों में मध्य कलकत्ता का एक मशहूर नर्सिंग होम भी शामिल है."
Apr 18, 2012 Two deaths add to the unwanted girl child story: "In Punjab, a man 'killed' his wife for having a baby girl, while in Haryana, a father 'beat' his daughter to death."
Apr 18, 2012 New-born girl killed in Jharkhand, woman blames husband: "She also told the police that her husband was unhappy about the birth of a girl."
Apr 18, 2012 Mumbai: Senior police official faces rape charges: "The FIR was filed by the victim who accused ACP Anil Mahabole of raping her after offering her food laced with sedatives."
Apr 18, 2012 Kurukshetra: Class X girl set on fire by classmate: "While the boy fled the scene, the girl suffered 55 per cent burns and was in a critical condition."
Apr 18, 2012 It's dark days in Bengal, says released scientist: "Scientist Parth Sarothi Roy, who was released after being in jail for 10 days, accused Mamata of targeting intellectuals."
Apr 18, 2012 ACP booked for rape, faces arrest: "Mahabole allegedly shot a video of her in a compromising position and used it to blackmail and sexually exploit her."
Apr 18, 2012 Woman 'molested' for refusing to join Trinamool Congress: "A woman in West Bengal attempted suicide after she was molested and her family members were beaten up by a group of people for her refusal to join the Trinamool Congress"
Apr 17, 2012 What You Said: Starving in India: "India with a dark underbelly of thousands of poor dying or living in chronic hunger"
Apr 17, 2012 FTN: Are Indian leaders intolerant of dissent.: "A Jadavpur University professor was arrested after he forwarded some 'anti-Mamata' cartoons to his friends.", "India's great dictators?"
Apr 17, 2012 'Violent Suppression Of Protest': "Letter to the PM protesting against the developments in West Bengal — arrest of Dr. Partho Sarothi Roy, a young molecular biologist, and the treatment meted out to Professor Ambikash Mahapatra"
Apr 17, 2012 क्या ममता तानाशाह हो गई हैं?: "तृणमूल नेता ममता बनर्जी जब से पश्चिम बंगाल की सत्ता पर काबिज हुई हैं उनकी सरकार के कई फैसलों को लोगों की आलोचना का सामना करना पड़ रहा है."
Apr 17, 2012 Scientists write to PM on Didi’s arrest of critics: "Leading scientists and social activists from India and top institutions overseas have written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh condemning the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government’s “high-handed arrests” of a university professor and a molecular biologist, and seeking his intervention."
Apr 17, 2012 Kolkata: Goons thrash retd scientist, strip daughter: "Worse, officers of Baruipur police station, who reached the spot more than two and a half hours after the incident, refused to record the victims' complaint or take them to hospital."
Apr 17, 2012 WB: Cartoon not the reason behind Professor's arrest?: "Reports say that it's not free speech which is at stake, in fact Ambikesh Mahapatra was arrested because of the nexus between the TMC and builders lobby."
Apr 17, 2012 Trinamool's latest party rule: Don't marry CPM members, don't even talk to them: "he state minister said: "Our workers must make sure that nobody in their family enters into any marital relationship with any CPM leader or supporter.""
Apr 17, 2012 The great domestic help debate: Hapless victim or ruthless ingrate?
Apr 17, 2012 'We Are Stuck With A Nut': "The arrest of a professor and his 72-year old neighbour in Calcutta for forwarding an e-mail with a cartoon revives the demand for the annulment of the Internet Rules 2011", "Professor Ashis Nandy said, inter alia: "I would advise Ms Banerjee to seek the help of psychiatrists in Calcutta. I would diagose her as suffering from incipient paranoia."
Apr 17, 2012 Contrast shows personal liberty is enslaved by masters of FIR: "Nothing illustrates the threat that the FIR raj poses to personal liberty more starkly than the arbitrary manner in which two complaints in the cartoon case were pursued."
Apr 17, 2012 Communal politics to the fore in UP after Assembly poll: "Delhi’s Shahi Imam wants a slice of the pie which SP leader Azam Khan wants all for himself. The pie, of course, is the vast and rapidly increasing Muslim constituency of the State"
Apr 17, 2012 Outrage over Mamata's intolerance: "A number of scietists from across the country and some parts of the world have written to Singh voicing concern on the "crack down on human rights activists and citizens who are attempting to raise issues of concern"."
Apr 17, 2012 Baby bazaar: FIR against 7 hospital employees: "The action comes after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav took note of the investigation."
Apr 16, 2012 Indian immigrants' 3rd child more likely to be a boy: "the third-child births of Indian-born women were at a ratio of 136 boys to 100 girls."
Apr 16, 2012 Pregnant woman stripped, assaulted by ex-husband
Apr 15, 2012 Fighting graft
Apr 15, 2012 Can't do much to prevent corruption in National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme: Jairam: "Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has conceded that he can't do much to prevent large-scale corruption in the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS)"
Apr 15, 2012 Serving people or own interest?: "BBMP council now wants honorary membership for all 198 corporators and other top officials to sports associations in Karnataka. The Karnataka Hockey association hits back, saying that it will prefer giving membership to the Mayor only. The secretary of the K'taka Hockey Association has said that membership for corporates is asking for too much."
Apr 15, 2012 Spirituality on TV: The rise and fall of Nirmal Baba
Apr 14, 2012 Inside Slave City: "What is it that makes the Indian middle class treat their domestic help with such derision and abuse?", "90 million is the estimated official number of domestic workers in India;"
Apr 14, 2012 The spectre of FIR raj Proxy device easy to plant and detonate to settle scores: "The manner in which a professor and a retired engineer were arrested and locked up for over 16 hours in Calcutta has blown the lid off a tactic increasingly being employed in Bengal to intimidate or settle scores with dissenters."
Apr 14, 2012 Govt official turns predator in K'taka?: "A rape case has been filed against a Child & Women Welfare Department official in Karnataka. Radhakrishna, the Deputy Director of Women and Child Development Dept in Tumkur, is accused of demanding sexual favours for granting government grants to a school for mentally challenged children. He was arrested after a complaint was filed at the Yelahanka police station of luring the victim to a lodge and committing rape."
Apr 14, 2012 9 schoolboys arrested for ‘raping’ Class X girl: "Three girls managed to flee from the spot while the boys forcibly took the fourth one to a nearby forest area where she was raped."
Apr 14, 2012 Kripashankar booked under Arms Act now: "Special Investigating Team (SIT) found nearly 400 live rounds of ammunition from Singh’s house in March last month."
Apr 14, 2012 Cartoon row: Mamata banning free speech?: "A significant section of the urban intelligentsia feels that the situation in WB is moving from abnormal to scary."
Apr 14, 2012 Manual scavenging remains a reality despite ban: "The latest census reveals that there are nearly 8 lakh homes that rely on human beings to clean their dry toilets."
Apr 14, 2012 Bangalore: Top govt official booked for rape
Apr 14, 2012 Why India lacks scientific vigour?: "Centuries of servitude, right up until 1947, have made the average Indian docile, obedient and sycophantic. ‘Behave yourself and be rewarded’, is the pragmatic mantra. I believe this feudal–colonial mentality has had far-reaching and debilitating consequences for research."
Apr 14, 2012 Corruption tag hits India mammoth anti-polio campaign: "anti corruption sleuths nabbed a health department official of taking kickbacks for allotment of ‘pulse polio’ kits."
Apr 14, 2012 Daily Mail UK: Corruption confession: Government paper admits institutionalised graft plagues entire bureaucracy and plays havoc on the citizen: "'At senior levels, it (corruption) is usually a result of strong nexus between politicians and civil servants and, at lower levels, it is a result of poor systems and ill-defined public service levels,' the government paper points out candidly."
Apr 14, 2012 AICTE needs to be looked at positively: S S Mantha: "trying hard to clean up the image of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), an institution that had, at one point, become synonymous with corruption."
Apr 14, 2012 India's Grain Storage Comes Up Short: "in the past red tape has delayed such plans, leaving food out in the open to rot."
Apr 13, 2012 Mamata Banerjee defends arrest of professor over cartoon, political parties slam her: "flay the Mamata Banerjee government for setting a "dangerous trend of silencing cartoonists"", ""Are we really heading for a party-sponsored emergency?""
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