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Sep 5, 2012 At least 54 killed, 50 injured in fire at Sivakasi cracker unit: "In October 2009, 32 people, most of them Diwali shoppers, were killed at a cracker godown fire in Pallipattu in Tiruvallur district."
Sep 5, 2012 Government to seek apology from Washington Post for calling Manmohan a 'tragic figure': "US daily that published an article calling Prime Minister Manmohan Singh a "tragic figure".", "He has been described as "a dithering, ineffectual bureaucrat presiding over a deeply corrupt government"."
Sep 5, 2012 CVC examining ex-IA chief's letter alleging scam in civil aviation ministry: "the former chairman-and-managing director of Indian Airlines, to the then cabinet secretary alleging that the national carrier was arm-twisted into taking several decisions that led to the financial crisis in the company."
Sep 4, 2012 CBI raids Cong, BJP-linked firms, files 5 coal FIRs: "The CBI conducted raids at 30 locations in 11 cities, including Nagpur, Kolkata, Bhilai, Ranchi, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Delhi-NCR"
Sep 4, 2012 TN: Court to hear bail plea of Alagiri's son: "The police had issued a look out notice against him and several others for their alleged roles in the multi-crore granite mining scam."
Sep 4, 2012 Now Cong MP linked to Coalgate: "The CBI today carried out raids in 30 locations across the country after filing cases against five companies for alleged criminal conspiracy to get coal blocks by fudging their net worth figures and misrepresentation of facts and named Congress MP Vijay Darda in one of the FIRs."
Sep 4, 2012 Mining baron's cos named in CBI FIR: "There are shockwaves after mining baron Manoj Jaiswal's companies were found to be among those named in the CBI FIR on Coalgate today (September 4). However, the Coal Minister Shriprakash Jaiswal distanced himself from Manoj Jaiswal after CBI filed the FIR."
Sep 4, 2012 Coalgate CBI raids: The big questions: "CBI raids were on at 31 locations in 10 cities including Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Hyderabad."
Sep 4, 2012 Coalgate: Mining firms with Cong, BJP links raided: "CBI raids were on at 30 locations in ten cities including Kolkata, Patna, Hyderabad, Dhanbad, Nagpur and Mumbai."
Sep 4, 2012 Coalgate: CBI files FIR against five companies: "CBI raids were on at 30 locations in ten cities including Kolkata, Patna, Hyderabad, Dhanbad, Nagpur, Mumbai and Delhi."
Sep 4, 2012 Coalgate: Who was the real beneficiary?: "In the battle between the UPA and the BJP, the role of the private companies who misused their coal allotments has been lost."
Sep 4, 2012 BBC: 'Coalgate' row: India police raid coal firms: "Government officials and company employees are also under investigation. State auditors say India lost $33bn (£20bn) allotting coalfields at below market rates in the years up to 2009."
Sep 4, 2012 GAIL Gave Rs 246 Cr Undue Benefit to Pvt Power Cos: CAG: "GAIL was also criticised for failure to check subsidised gas being used by fertiliser companies for manufacturing non-fertiliser products."
Sep 4, 2012 Akhilesh govt transfers over 400 engineers on party leaders’ orders: "In a move considered unprecedented even by the political benchmarks of Uttar Pradesh, more than 400 junior engineers in the state’s Public Works Department were transferred last month in violation of the Akhilesh Yadav government’s new transfer policy, a majority of them on the recommendation of Samajwadi Party politicians."
Sep 4, 2012 CBI names Cong MP Vijay Darda in coal FIRs: "The Central Bureau of Investigation Tuesday filed its first set of cases in the coal blocks allotment scandal, accusing Congress MP Vijay Darda and his brother Rajendra Darda, who is a minister in Maharashtra, among others, of criminal conspiracy, cheating and misrepresentation of facts."
Sep 3, 2012 Coal Scam Blackening Country's Face: Modi
Sep 3, 2012 Why was the delay for 5 years?: "TIMES NOW unearths former MoS Coal Dasari Naryana Rao's reply in the Lok Sabha in 2007, revealing how the government had rejected the state government's objections against the allocation procedure in 2007. It has raised fresh questions on the Coal Ministry's role and the reasons for the delay."
Sep 3, 2012 देश की मुंह पर कालिख पोत रहा कोयला घोटाला: मोदी
Sep 3, 2012 TIMES NOW accesses original coal note: "Eight years back, a 6-page note written by the Coal Secretary to the Minister had called for competitive bidding, warning the government of windfall gains to private companies, lack of transperancy and objectivity in the allocation process. It also mentioned that the process could lead to different kinds of pressure in allocation of the blocks."
Sep 3, 2012 The Last Word: How do India's top business leaders view the govt?: "It seems clear that Parliament will not function and the hope of reforms to revive the economy could remain unfulfilled."
Sep 3, 2012 WB: Book criticises Mamata, publisher raided: "Dr Nazrul Islam, in his book 'Musalmander ki Karaniya', has indirectly criticised Mamata's minority politics."
Sep 2, 2012 Corruption allegations plague Thane road project: "officially known as Barrister Nath Pai road, is tarred with allegations of inflated project costs, corruption and collusion between Thane civic officials, contractors and politicians."
Sep 2, 2012 Coal scam: UPA govt is a national security risk, says Yashwant Sinha
Sep 2, 2012 BJP calls Congress multinational company of scams: ""The history-sheeter party of corruption, is now converted into a multi national company of Scams" whose chairperson is Sonia Gandhi and the CEO is Manmohan Singh."
Sep 2, 2012 Former internal security czar Arun Nehru faces graft charge: "Today Arun Nehru, who has been in political exile for nearly two decades, faces a 24-year-old Rs.25 lakh graft charge for wrongfully permitting the import of 9mm pistols for police forces."
Sep 2, 2012 Subodh Kant Sahai remains defiant: "Tourism minister Subodh Kant Sahai has been exposed repeatedly by TIMES NOW over the 'coalgate' scam, but he remains defiant"
Sep 2, 2012 Documents nail Alagiri's son: "how son of Union Minister MK Alagiri, Durai Dhayanidhi Alagiri, is involved in a 16,000 Cr illegal quarrying scam."
Sep 2, 2012 ‘Neither BJP nor Congress wants a discussion (on coal allocation). Because many skeletons from many cupboards are going to tumble out’
Sep 1, 2012 PM Directly Responsible for Coal Scam: Jaitley
Sep 1, 2012 Public-Private Perplexity: "Touted as a panacea for all ills in infrastructure projects, many PPPs are now being questioned for scam potential"
Sep 1, 2012 Excl: 58 coal blocks under scanner: "the Government is adamant on defending the allocation of 142 coal blocks, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) says led to a presumptive loss of Rs 1.86 lakh crore even boasting of the policy adopted."
Aug 31, 2012 Cong Alleges Scam in Coal Mine Allocation in Chhattisgarh
Aug 31, 2012 India to USA: 'Coal-Gate' is Everywhere: "A $33 billion 'Coal-Gate' scandal is rocking the Indian government. This 'mother of all scams' created a windfall for private developers who secured public resources at rock bottom prices."
Aug 31, 2012 Trouble for Alagiri's son: "A lookout notice has been issued against Union Minister MK Alagiri's son, Durai Dhayanidhi Alagiri, for his alleged involvement in a multi-crore granite mining scam. TIMES NOW has accessed the initial probe report into what is estimated to be a Rs. 16000 crore scam, clearly showing that one such company that was allegedly drawing benefits from the illegal mining was headed by Alagiri's son till 2010."
Aug 31, 2012 Will Sahai resign on propriety?: "A day after Tourism Minister Subodh Kant Sahai was forced to admit that he infact lobbied for his brother with the Prime Minister for coal block allocation"
Aug 31, 2012 Delays caused Rs 14,000 cr cost overruns in 16 hydro projs:CAG: "Delay in implementing 16 hydro power projects by four state-run generators, including NHPC and SJVN, resulted in cost overruns of more than Rs 14,700 crore, CAG said"
Aug 31, 2012 2 Delhi cops detained for Rs 3cr robbery: "two crime branch cops connived with real estate racketeers and extorted Rs 1.25 crore from him by threatening to eliminate him in an "encounter"."
Aug 30, 2012 Anti-Corruption Bureau trap deputy commercial tax officer: "A deputy commercial tax officer (DCTO) was trapped by Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuths while he was taking a bribe of Rs 50,000 from the complainant at his office"
Aug 30, 2012 Another Day, Another Scam: How the CAG Report Impacts India's Overall Outlook
Aug 30, 2012 Coalgate: Who is Sudhir K Sahay?: "TIMES NOW reveal a mystery man who attended Coal screening committee meetings as a SKS director. Who is Sudhir K Sahay and why was he part of meetings where coal block allocations were being decided?"
Aug 30, 2012 Coalgate: People with Cong, BJP links got mines: "Details of the first FIR to be filed by the CBI show how those with political connections were favoured in the coal mine allocations."
Aug 30, 2012 Coalgate: '25 firms under scanner': "a number of private firms and government officials are likely to be named in the FIR. According to the CBI source, the agency found irregularities in nearly 25 companies. CBI sources confirmed that steel and cement ministries too are under scanner."
Aug 30, 2012 Congress treasurer lobbied with BJP CM?: "In the first clear indication that the Congress and BJP actually co-operated on these questionable allotments we reveal the letter written by Congress's national treasurer Motilal Vora to the BJP chief minister in Chhattisgarh, Raman Singh."
Aug 30, 2012 FTN: A classroom on coal scam: "The CAG in its report on coal blocks allocation had suggested that there was a lost of Rs 1.86 lakh crore due to lack of bidding."
Aug 30, 2012 The Last Word: Could the CAG report on coal develop into a bofors?: "With the paralysis in Parliament, could the CAG report on an alleged coal scam develop into a second bofors?"
Aug 30, 2012 Reddy brothers paid huge bribe to BJP: Lalu: "Most of the mines owned by Reddy’s are in Andhra Pradesh."
Aug 30, 2012 Why Coal Minister Jaiswal’s heart isn’t in auctions: "If politics is the last refuge of the scoundrel, consumer interest is the last justification for flawed policies."
Aug 30, 2012 BJP's fresh salvo, takes on Tourism Minister: "alleged that Prime Minister's Office had favoured Union Minister Subodh Kant Sahay by allotting two coal blocks on his request to a company."
Aug 30, 2012 Coalgate: How PMO cut red tape to favour minister: "Crony capitalism in the coal block allocations was not limited to private companies with right connections only, it extended to at least one of the ministers of the government."
Aug 30, 2012 Coalgate: The screening commitee papers: "TIMES NOW has unearthed more startling revelations on the 1.86 lakh crore scam. Documents of the screening committee meetings on coal block allocations from 2003 to 2008 in exclusive possession of TIMES NOW raise a number of questions."
Aug 30, 2012 BJP alleges PMO favoured Sahay on coal blocks allotment: "BJP today alleged that Prime Minister's Office had favoured Union Minister Subodh Kant Sahay by allotting two coal blocks on his request to a company."
Aug 30, 2012 Haryana: 2,592 died in road accidents between Jan-July: "In 2008, as many as 4,494 people were killed in road accidents. Last year it was 4,561"
Aug 30, 2012 Congress-BJP war on coal paralyses Parl: "Both the Houses were adjourned till Thursday as the Opposition MPs continued to demand the Prime Minister's resignation."
Aug 30, 2012 Govt says it didn't leak Radia tapes, pulled up by SC: "The court expressed displeasure and told the government that the probe report on Radia tapes leakage was hardly satisfactory."
Aug 30, 2012 ONGC's output static, drilling efficiency poor: CAG: "The CAG in its report on ONGC has slammed the PSU for poor performance, static output and lowest drilling efficiency in the sector."
Aug 30, 2012 Congress got 'mota maal' from Reddy brothers too: Sushma Swaraj: "She said the Reddy brothers, one of who is in jail, got all the mining rights "on recommendation from Congress chief ministers and it was given by the Congress government"."
Aug 30, 2012 Coalgate: PM vs CAG and PM vs BJP: "While Prime Minister Manmohan Singh blamed the Opposition-ruled states for the coal blocks allocations, the BJP dismissed the allegations and demanded a SIT probe."
Aug 30, 2012 J&K: Minister's son fined Rs 21 lakh for power theft: "Hilal Ahmed, the son of J%26K Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather, however, alleged it was a political conspiracy against his family."
Aug 30, 2012 Reddy brothers paid 'mota' money to BJP leaders: Lalu: "“Everybody knows the Reddy brothers paid huge money, 'mota (huge)' money to BJP leaders. I demand that a Parliamentary Committee be formed to probe the issue,”"
Aug 29, 2012 2G scam or coalgate: India's tale of failures
Aug 29, 2012 BBC: Foreign investors press India to stamp out corruption
Aug 29, 2012 Corruption: A challenge for managers: "Corrupt people take shelter under the age-old protection available to those facing allegations to the effect that “until proved guilty”."
Aug 29, 2012 Lolienkar in the dock, to face criminal charges: "a criminal complaint against former mines director Arvind Lolienkar and unknown junior and senior officials for criminal conspiracy in the appointment of over 200 mines field supervisors"
Aug 28, 2012 Reddy brothers paid 'mota' money to BJP leaders: Lalu: "“Everybody knows the Reddy brothers paid huge money, 'mota (huge)' money to BJP leaders. I demand that a Parliamentary Committee be formed to probe the issue,”"
Aug 27, 2012 Karnataka Cooperative Milk-Producers’ Federation’s cattle feed deal reeks of scam: "The Karnataka Cooperative Milk-Producers ' Federation (KMF) recently approved a deal for the purchase of an unprecedented quantity of cottonseed cake at inflated prices, indicating a possible multi-crore scam and a Rs 10-crore kickback."
Aug 27, 2012 Backdoor Entry to Pvt Companies Leads to Scams: Karat
Aug 27, 2012 NDTV's mid-term poll 2012: Is corruption India's biggest problem?
Aug 27, 2012 Cong benefited from coal, not the country: BJP: "Arun Jaitley said that the Prime Minister's Office first sabotaged the policy of competitive bidding in 2004."
Aug 27, 2012 Guj: Rush for cheap house, crowd lathicharged: "Chaos broke out when despite announcements for form disbursement the housing scheme forms had still not been printed."
Aug 27, 2012 Gujarat BJP's housing policy is poor: Congress: "In Ahmedabad, the Police had to resort to lathi charge when a huge crowd waiting to collect forms for cheap houses at the Gujarat housing board got impatient."
Aug 27, 2012 Coal allocations made for hefty bribes, says BJP: ""Mota maal mila hai Congress ko" (Congress got big bucks)," Swaraj said"
Aug 26, 2012 Gopal Kanda got MDLR hostesses to political rallies: "The 60 airhostesses hired by the now defunct MDLR Airlines of former Haryana minister Gopal Kanda were made to attend his political rallies in Sirsa and other parts of Haryana and even be present on the dais"
Aug 26, 2012 BBC: India coal scandal: Hundreds protest against PM Singh: "Police in the Indian capital Delhi have baton-charged hundreds of anti-corruption protesters angered by the government's sale of coalfields without open bidding. An auditors' report last week said the mis-selling cost India $33bn (£20bn)."
Aug 26, 2012 Cash for coal blocks: BJP hints at payoffs for Congress: "the allocations were tied to political payoffs for the Congress"
Aug 26, 2012 Cong using Parliament to legitimise corruption: BJP
Aug 26, 2012 Coalgate: PM has a criminal liability, says Sinha: "Reiterating his party's demand, BJP leader Yashwant Sinha says Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should resign on moral grounds."
Aug 26, 2012 Adarsh scam scares Kerala govt: "The state revenue department has turned down a proposal by the Air Force Naval Housing Board (AFNHB), requesting land for coming up with a housing project for serving and retired Air Force and Navy personnel, citing that "it may lead to Adarsh-like scams"."
Aug 26, 2012 Scams, labour unrest create uncertainty for investors: Godrej
Aug 26, 2012 Mitra probes 'housing scam': "there were accusations of government flats being handed over to CPM leaders at a rate much lower than the market price."
Aug 26, 2012 CII calls for transparency in governance to return to high GDP rates of growth
Aug 26, 2012 Scams will impact foreign investments: CII
Aug 26, 2012 India Against Corruption activists gherao Naveen Patnaik's residence: "They also hit out at the BJD government in Odisha alleging large scale corruption in mining activities and allotment of coal blocks."
Aug 26, 2012 Mining group Vedanta paid Rs 28 crore donation to political parties in last 3 years: "Its subsidiaries include Sterlite Industries, Sesa Goa, Cairn India and Hindustan Zinc."
Aug 26, 2012 Hazare targets Congress and BJP, says both have corruption-blackened hands: "he alleged that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was "misleading" the country on the Lokpal Bill issue."
Aug 26, 2012 Voice of America: Indian PM Asked to Resign Over Corruption Charge: "The auditor estimated that private companies made profits of more than $34 billion, money that could have been "accrued to the national exchequer.""
Aug 26, 2012 The China Post: India FDI slumps 78 percent in June over corruption, bureaucracy, reform
Aug 25, 2012 Advocate wages 18-year battle for Rs 9 refund from MTNL: "In 1994, an advocate took on MTNL for charging extra service tax on his telephone bill. The case slowly inched forward in the high court and then the Supreme Court, but he didn't give up. Eighteen years later, he got his due: an MTNL refund cheque for Rs 9 that he received earlier in August."
Aug 24, 2012 Chimpanzee Ai knows what zero means, but does Chidambaram?: "Even chimpanzees do. But one individual who does not seem to understand the concept of zero is Finance Minister P Chidambaram."
Aug 24, 2012 BJP punches holes in Govt's argument: "even in cases where no mining was done, the allotee gained as his worth in the market went up due to the blocks he owned."
Aug 24, 2012 J&K minister's son accused of power theft: "He is also accused of not obtaining a proper permit and there was no meter at the building."
Aug 24, 2012 The Last Word: What is happening to India?: "Parliament paralysed, reforms postponed, grid failures and scams, mass killing and an exodus - What's happening to India?"
Aug 24, 2012 Manmohan no less than Raja: BJP on coalgate: "The BJP hasn't allowed the Parliament to function for the last three days demanding the Prime Minister's resignation over the coal report."
Aug 23, 2012 Coal Scam: Activists to Gherao Residence of PM: ""Congress and BJP have got together to loot Rs 1.86 lakh crore in coal scam. (There will be) gherao of Prime Minister's and Nitin Gadkari's residences."
Aug 23, 2012 Cong, BJP colluded in coal-gate: Kejriwal: "the Communist Party of India-Marxist and Biju Janata Dal also played a major role in the plunder of coal."
Aug 23, 2012 'India Mauritius tax treaty being abused': "Of the total USD 65.3 billion FDI in India in the past 12 years, Mauritius accounted for 38 per cent."
Aug 23, 2012 No one leaked Niira Radia tapes?: "The Government on Thursday (August 23) told the Supreme Court that it has not been able to track the source from where the controversial tapped telephonic conversation between corporate lobbyist Niira Radia and others including Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata was leaked."
Aug 23, 2012 SC shocked over magnitude of Karnataka's illegal mining: "Expressing shock at the magnitude of the alleged illegal export of 35 lakh metric tons (MTs) of iron ore by private firms in Karnataka"
Aug 23, 2012 CBI botch up NRHM scam probe: "A Government scheme misused, Rs 5,755 crore looted, six murders to cover it up and two years later, the investigation is frozen. At the centre of it all is powerful politicians who have not faced any action."
Aug 23, 2012 CBI going slow in the Maran case?: "While no arrests have been made in the case, the accused former Union Telecom Minister has been questioned only one in the Rs 550 crore scam."
Aug 23, 2012 Rs 500 penalty for nuke disasters: "In a report tabled in Parliament yesterday (August 22), the auditor observed that nuclear regulatory bodies have learnt no lessons from Fukushima or Chernobyl disasters and continues to exercise weak punitive action like a Rs 500 penalty for any infringement of the law."
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Sep 5, 2012 At least 54 killed, 50 injured in fire at Sivakasi cracker unit: "In October 2009, 32 people, most of them Diwali shoppers, were killed at a cracker godown fire in Pallipattu in Tiruvallur district."
Sep 5, 2012 Government to seek apology from Washington Post for calling Manmohan a 'tragic figure': "US daily that published an article calling Prime Minister Manmohan Singh a "tragic figure".", "He has been described as "a dithering, ineffectual bureaucrat presiding over a deeply corrupt government"."
Sep 5, 2012 CVC examining ex-IA chief's letter alleging scam in civil aviation ministry: "the former chairman-and-managing director of Indian Airlines, to the then cabinet secretary alleging that the national carrier was arm-twisted into taking several decisions that led to the financial crisis in the company."
Sep 4, 2012 CBI raids Cong, BJP-linked firms, files 5 coal FIRs: "The CBI conducted raids at 30 locations in 11 cities, including Nagpur, Kolkata, Bhilai, Ranchi, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Delhi-NCR"
Sep 4, 2012 TN: Court to hear bail plea of Alagiri's son: "The police had issued a look out notice against him and several others for their alleged roles in the multi-crore granite mining scam."
Sep 4, 2012 Now Cong MP linked to Coalgate: "The CBI today carried out raids in 30 locations across the country after filing cases against five companies for alleged criminal conspiracy to get coal blocks by fudging their net worth figures and misrepresentation of facts and named Congress MP Vijay Darda in one of the FIRs."
Sep 4, 2012 Mining baron's cos named in CBI FIR: "There are shockwaves after mining baron Manoj Jaiswal's companies were found to be among those named in the CBI FIR on Coalgate today (September 4). However, the Coal Minister Shriprakash Jaiswal distanced himself from Manoj Jaiswal after CBI filed the FIR."
Sep 4, 2012 Coalgate CBI raids: The big questions: "CBI raids were on at 31 locations in 10 cities including Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Hyderabad."
Sep 4, 2012 Coalgate: Mining firms with Cong, BJP links raided: "CBI raids were on at 30 locations in ten cities including Kolkata, Patna, Hyderabad, Dhanbad, Nagpur and Mumbai."
Sep 4, 2012 Coalgate: CBI files FIR against five companies: "CBI raids were on at 30 locations in ten cities including Kolkata, Patna, Hyderabad, Dhanbad, Nagpur, Mumbai and Delhi."
Sep 4, 2012 Coalgate: Who was the real beneficiary?: "In the battle between the UPA and the BJP, the role of the private companies who misused their coal allotments has been lost."
Sep 4, 2012 BBC: 'Coalgate' row: India police raid coal firms: "Government officials and company employees are also under investigation. State auditors say India lost $33bn (£20bn) allotting coalfields at below market rates in the years up to 2009."
Sep 4, 2012 GAIL Gave Rs 246 Cr Undue Benefit to Pvt Power Cos: CAG: "GAIL was also criticised for failure to check subsidised gas being used by fertiliser companies for manufacturing non-fertiliser products."
Sep 4, 2012 Akhilesh govt transfers over 400 engineers on party leaders’ orders: "In a move considered unprecedented even by the political benchmarks of Uttar Pradesh, more than 400 junior engineers in the state’s Public Works Department were transferred last month in violation of the Akhilesh Yadav government’s new transfer policy, a majority of them on the recommendation of Samajwadi Party politicians."
Sep 4, 2012 CBI names Cong MP Vijay Darda in coal FIRs: "The Central Bureau of Investigation Tuesday filed its first set of cases in the coal blocks allotment scandal, accusing Congress MP Vijay Darda and his brother Rajendra Darda, who is a minister in Maharashtra, among others, of criminal conspiracy, cheating and misrepresentation of facts."
Sep 3, 2012 Coal Scam Blackening Country's Face: Modi
Sep 3, 2012 Why was the delay for 5 years?: "TIMES NOW unearths former MoS Coal Dasari Naryana Rao's reply in the Lok Sabha in 2007, revealing how the government had rejected the state government's objections against the allocation procedure in 2007. It has raised fresh questions on the Coal Ministry's role and the reasons for the delay."
Sep 3, 2012 देश की मुंह पर कालिख पोत रहा कोयला घोटाला: मोदी
Sep 3, 2012 TIMES NOW accesses original coal note: "Eight years back, a 6-page note written by the Coal Secretary to the Minister had called for competitive bidding, warning the government of windfall gains to private companies, lack of transperancy and objectivity in the allocation process. It also mentioned that the process could lead to different kinds of pressure in allocation of the blocks."
Sep 3, 2012 The Last Word: How do India's top business leaders view the govt?: "It seems clear that Parliament will not function and the hope of reforms to revive the economy could remain unfulfilled."
Sep 3, 2012 WB: Book criticises Mamata, publisher raided: "Dr Nazrul Islam, in his book 'Musalmander ki Karaniya', has indirectly criticised Mamata's minority politics."
Sep 2, 2012 Corruption allegations plague Thane road project: "officially known as Barrister Nath Pai road, is tarred with allegations of inflated project costs, corruption and collusion between Thane civic officials, contractors and politicians."
Sep 2, 2012 Coal scam: UPA govt is a national security risk, says Yashwant Sinha
Sep 2, 2012 BJP calls Congress multinational company of scams: ""The history-sheeter party of corruption, is now converted into a multi national company of Scams" whose chairperson is Sonia Gandhi and the CEO is Manmohan Singh."
Sep 2, 2012 Former internal security czar Arun Nehru faces graft charge: "Today Arun Nehru, who has been in political exile for nearly two decades, faces a 24-year-old Rs.25 lakh graft charge for wrongfully permitting the import of 9mm pistols for police forces."
Sep 2, 2012 Subodh Kant Sahai remains defiant: "Tourism minister Subodh Kant Sahai has been exposed repeatedly by TIMES NOW over the 'coalgate' scam, but he remains defiant"
Sep 2, 2012 Documents nail Alagiri's son: "how son of Union Minister MK Alagiri, Durai Dhayanidhi Alagiri, is involved in a 16,000 Cr illegal quarrying scam."
Sep 2, 2012 ‘Neither BJP nor Congress wants a discussion (on coal allocation). Because many skeletons from many cupboards are going to tumble out’
Sep 1, 2012 PM Directly Responsible for Coal Scam: Jaitley
Sep 1, 2012 Public-Private Perplexity: "Touted as a panacea for all ills in infrastructure projects, many PPPs are now being questioned for scam potential"
Sep 1, 2012 Excl: 58 coal blocks under scanner: "the Government is adamant on defending the allocation of 142 coal blocks, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) says led to a presumptive loss of Rs 1.86 lakh crore even boasting of the policy adopted."
Aug 31, 2012 Cong Alleges Scam in Coal Mine Allocation in Chhattisgarh
Aug 31, 2012 India to USA: 'Coal-Gate' is Everywhere: "A $33 billion 'Coal-Gate' scandal is rocking the Indian government. This 'mother of all scams' created a windfall for private developers who secured public resources at rock bottom prices."
Aug 31, 2012 Trouble for Alagiri's son: "A lookout notice has been issued against Union Minister MK Alagiri's son, Durai Dhayanidhi Alagiri, for his alleged involvement in a multi-crore granite mining scam. TIMES NOW has accessed the initial probe report into what is estimated to be a Rs. 16000 crore scam, clearly showing that one such company that was allegedly drawing benefits from the illegal mining was headed by Alagiri's son till 2010."
Aug 31, 2012 Will Sahai resign on propriety?: "A day after Tourism Minister Subodh Kant Sahai was forced to admit that he infact lobbied for his brother with the Prime Minister for coal block allocation"
Aug 31, 2012 Delays caused Rs 14,000 cr cost overruns in 16 hydro projs:CAG: "Delay in implementing 16 hydro power projects by four state-run generators, including NHPC and SJVN, resulted in cost overruns of more than Rs 14,700 crore, CAG said"
Aug 31, 2012 2 Delhi cops detained for Rs 3cr robbery: "two crime branch cops connived with real estate racketeers and extorted Rs 1.25 crore from him by threatening to eliminate him in an "encounter"."
Aug 30, 2012 Anti-Corruption Bureau trap deputy commercial tax officer: "A deputy commercial tax officer (DCTO) was trapped by Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuths while he was taking a bribe of Rs 50,000 from the complainant at his office"
Aug 30, 2012 Another Day, Another Scam: How the CAG Report Impacts India's Overall Outlook
Aug 30, 2012 Coalgate: Who is Sudhir K Sahay?: "TIMES NOW reveal a mystery man who attended Coal screening committee meetings as a SKS director. Who is Sudhir K Sahay and why was he part of meetings where coal block allocations were being decided?"
Aug 30, 2012 Coalgate: People with Cong, BJP links got mines: "Details of the first FIR to be filed by the CBI show how those with political connections were favoured in the coal mine allocations."
Aug 30, 2012 Coalgate: '25 firms under scanner': "a number of private firms and government officials are likely to be named in the FIR. According to the CBI source, the agency found irregularities in nearly 25 companies. CBI sources confirmed that steel and cement ministries too are under scanner."
Aug 30, 2012 Congress treasurer lobbied with BJP CM?: "In the first clear indication that the Congress and BJP actually co-operated on these questionable allotments we reveal the letter written by Congress's national treasurer Motilal Vora to the BJP chief minister in Chhattisgarh, Raman Singh."
Aug 30, 2012 FTN: A classroom on coal scam: "The CAG in its report on coal blocks allocation had suggested that there was a lost of Rs 1.86 lakh crore due to lack of bidding."
Aug 30, 2012 The Last Word: Could the CAG report on coal develop into a bofors?: "With the paralysis in Parliament, could the CAG report on an alleged coal scam develop into a second bofors?"
Aug 30, 2012 Reddy brothers paid huge bribe to BJP: Lalu: "Most of the mines owned by Reddy’s are in Andhra Pradesh."
Aug 30, 2012 Why Coal Minister Jaiswal’s heart isn’t in auctions: "If politics is the last refuge of the scoundrel, consumer interest is the last justification for flawed policies."
Aug 30, 2012 BJP's fresh salvo, takes on Tourism Minister: "alleged that Prime Minister's Office had favoured Union Minister Subodh Kant Sahay by allotting two coal blocks on his request to a company."
Aug 30, 2012 Coalgate: How PMO cut red tape to favour minister: "Crony capitalism in the coal block allocations was not limited to private companies with right connections only, it extended to at least one of the ministers of the government."
Aug 30, 2012 Coalgate: The screening commitee papers: "TIMES NOW has unearthed more startling revelations on the 1.86 lakh crore scam. Documents of the screening committee meetings on coal block allocations from 2003 to 2008 in exclusive possession of TIMES NOW raise a number of questions."
Aug 30, 2012 BJP alleges PMO favoured Sahay on coal blocks allotment: "BJP today alleged that Prime Minister's Office had favoured Union Minister Subodh Kant Sahay by allotting two coal blocks on his request to a company."
Aug 30, 2012 Haryana: 2,592 died in road accidents between Jan-July: "In 2008, as many as 4,494 people were killed in road accidents. Last year it was 4,561"
Aug 30, 2012 Congress-BJP war on coal paralyses Parl: "Both the Houses were adjourned till Thursday as the Opposition MPs continued to demand the Prime Minister's resignation."
Aug 30, 2012 Govt says it didn't leak Radia tapes, pulled up by SC: "The court expressed displeasure and told the government that the probe report on Radia tapes leakage was hardly satisfactory."
Aug 30, 2012 ONGC's output static, drilling efficiency poor: CAG: "The CAG in its report on ONGC has slammed the PSU for poor performance, static output and lowest drilling efficiency in the sector."
Aug 30, 2012 Congress got 'mota maal' from Reddy brothers too: Sushma Swaraj: "She said the Reddy brothers, one of who is in jail, got all the mining rights "on recommendation from Congress chief ministers and it was given by the Congress government"."
Aug 30, 2012 Coalgate: PM vs CAG and PM vs BJP: "While Prime Minister Manmohan Singh blamed the Opposition-ruled states for the coal blocks allocations, the BJP dismissed the allegations and demanded a SIT probe."
Aug 30, 2012 J&K: Minister's son fined Rs 21 lakh for power theft: "Hilal Ahmed, the son of J%26K Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather, however, alleged it was a political conspiracy against his family."
Aug 30, 2012 Reddy brothers paid 'mota' money to BJP leaders: Lalu: "“Everybody knows the Reddy brothers paid huge money, 'mota (huge)' money to BJP leaders. I demand that a Parliamentary Committee be formed to probe the issue,”"
Aug 29, 2012 2G scam or coalgate: India's tale of failures
Aug 29, 2012 BBC: Foreign investors press India to stamp out corruption
Aug 29, 2012 Corruption: A challenge for managers: "Corrupt people take shelter under the age-old protection available to those facing allegations to the effect that “until proved guilty”."
Aug 29, 2012 Lolienkar in the dock, to face criminal charges: "a criminal complaint against former mines director Arvind Lolienkar and unknown junior and senior officials for criminal conspiracy in the appointment of over 200 mines field supervisors"
Aug 28, 2012 Reddy brothers paid 'mota' money to BJP leaders: Lalu: "“Everybody knows the Reddy brothers paid huge money, 'mota (huge)' money to BJP leaders. I demand that a Parliamentary Committee be formed to probe the issue,”"
Aug 27, 2012 Karnataka Cooperative Milk-Producers’ Federation’s cattle feed deal reeks of scam: "The Karnataka Cooperative Milk-Producers ' Federation (KMF) recently approved a deal for the purchase of an unprecedented quantity of cottonseed cake at inflated prices, indicating a possible multi-crore scam and a Rs 10-crore kickback."
Aug 27, 2012 Backdoor Entry to Pvt Companies Leads to Scams: Karat
Aug 27, 2012 NDTV's mid-term poll 2012: Is corruption India's biggest problem?
Aug 27, 2012 Cong benefited from coal, not the country: BJP: "Arun Jaitley said that the Prime Minister's Office first sabotaged the policy of competitive bidding in 2004."
Aug 27, 2012 Guj: Rush for cheap house, crowd lathicharged: "Chaos broke out when despite announcements for form disbursement the housing scheme forms had still not been printed."
Aug 27, 2012 Gujarat BJP's housing policy is poor: Congress: "In Ahmedabad, the Police had to resort to lathi charge when a huge crowd waiting to collect forms for cheap houses at the Gujarat housing board got impatient."
Aug 27, 2012 Coal allocations made for hefty bribes, says BJP: ""Mota maal mila hai Congress ko" (Congress got big bucks)," Swaraj said"
Aug 26, 2012 Gopal Kanda got MDLR hostesses to political rallies: "The 60 airhostesses hired by the now defunct MDLR Airlines of former Haryana minister Gopal Kanda were made to attend his political rallies in Sirsa and other parts of Haryana and even be present on the dais"
Aug 26, 2012 BBC: India coal scandal: Hundreds protest against PM Singh: "Police in the Indian capital Delhi have baton-charged hundreds of anti-corruption protesters angered by the government's sale of coalfields without open bidding. An auditors' report last week said the mis-selling cost India $33bn (£20bn)."
Aug 26, 2012 Cash for coal blocks: BJP hints at payoffs for Congress: "the allocations were tied to political payoffs for the Congress"
Aug 26, 2012 Cong using Parliament to legitimise corruption: BJP
Aug 26, 2012 Coalgate: PM has a criminal liability, says Sinha: "Reiterating his party's demand, BJP leader Yashwant Sinha says Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should resign on moral grounds."
Aug 26, 2012 Adarsh scam scares Kerala govt: "The state revenue department has turned down a proposal by the Air Force Naval Housing Board (AFNHB), requesting land for coming up with a housing project for serving and retired Air Force and Navy personnel, citing that "it may lead to Adarsh-like scams"."
Aug 26, 2012 Scams, labour unrest create uncertainty for investors: Godrej
Aug 26, 2012 Mitra probes 'housing scam': "there were accusations of government flats being handed over to CPM leaders at a rate much lower than the market price."
Aug 26, 2012 CII calls for transparency in governance to return to high GDP rates of growth
Aug 26, 2012 Scams will impact foreign investments: CII
Aug 26, 2012 India Against Corruption activists gherao Naveen Patnaik's residence: "They also hit out at the BJD government in Odisha alleging large scale corruption in mining activities and allotment of coal blocks."
Aug 26, 2012 Mining group Vedanta paid Rs 28 crore donation to political parties in last 3 years: "Its subsidiaries include Sterlite Industries, Sesa Goa, Cairn India and Hindustan Zinc."
Aug 26, 2012 Hazare targets Congress and BJP, says both have corruption-blackened hands: "he alleged that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was "misleading" the country on the Lokpal Bill issue."
Aug 26, 2012 Voice of America: Indian PM Asked to Resign Over Corruption Charge: "The auditor estimated that private companies made profits of more than $34 billion, money that could have been "accrued to the national exchequer.""
Aug 26, 2012 The China Post: India FDI slumps 78 percent in June over corruption, bureaucracy, reform
Aug 25, 2012 Advocate wages 18-year battle for Rs 9 refund from MTNL: "In 1994, an advocate took on MTNL for charging extra service tax on his telephone bill. The case slowly inched forward in the high court and then the Supreme Court, but he didn't give up. Eighteen years later, he got his due: an MTNL refund cheque for Rs 9 that he received earlier in August."
Aug 24, 2012 Chimpanzee Ai knows what zero means, but does Chidambaram?: "Even chimpanzees do. But one individual who does not seem to understand the concept of zero is Finance Minister P Chidambaram."
Aug 24, 2012 BJP punches holes in Govt's argument: "even in cases where no mining was done, the allotee gained as his worth in the market went up due to the blocks he owned."
Aug 24, 2012 J&K minister's son accused of power theft: "He is also accused of not obtaining a proper permit and there was no meter at the building."
Aug 24, 2012 The Last Word: What is happening to India?: "Parliament paralysed, reforms postponed, grid failures and scams, mass killing and an exodus - What's happening to India?"
Aug 24, 2012 Manmohan no less than Raja: BJP on coalgate: "The BJP hasn't allowed the Parliament to function for the last three days demanding the Prime Minister's resignation over the coal report."
Aug 23, 2012 Coal Scam: Activists to Gherao Residence of PM: ""Congress and BJP have got together to loot Rs 1.86 lakh crore in coal scam. (There will be) gherao of Prime Minister's and Nitin Gadkari's residences."
Aug 23, 2012 Cong, BJP colluded in coal-gate: Kejriwal: "the Communist Party of India-Marxist and Biju Janata Dal also played a major role in the plunder of coal."
Aug 23, 2012 'India Mauritius tax treaty being abused': "Of the total USD 65.3 billion FDI in India in the past 12 years, Mauritius accounted for 38 per cent."
Aug 23, 2012 No one leaked Niira Radia tapes?: "The Government on Thursday (August 23) told the Supreme Court that it has not been able to track the source from where the controversial tapped telephonic conversation between corporate lobbyist Niira Radia and others including Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata was leaked."
Aug 23, 2012 SC shocked over magnitude of Karnataka's illegal mining: "Expressing shock at the magnitude of the alleged illegal export of 35 lakh metric tons (MTs) of iron ore by private firms in Karnataka"
Aug 23, 2012 CBI botch up NRHM scam probe: "A Government scheme misused, Rs 5,755 crore looted, six murders to cover it up and two years later, the investigation is frozen. At the centre of it all is powerful politicians who have not faced any action."
Aug 23, 2012 CBI going slow in the Maran case?: "While no arrests have been made in the case, the accused former Union Telecom Minister has been questioned only one in the Rs 550 crore scam."
Aug 23, 2012 Rs 500 penalty for nuke disasters: "In a report tabled in Parliament yesterday (August 22), the auditor observed that nuclear regulatory bodies have learnt no lessons from Fukushima or Chernobyl disasters and continues to exercise weak punitive action like a Rs 500 penalty for any infringement of the law."
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