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Aug 22, 2012 Kejriwal says, Cong, BJP, CPI-M all in cahoots in Coalgate scam: "not only the Prime Minister, but the chief minister of Chhatisgarh Raman Singh should also resign for recommending allotment of coal blocks in his state." Aug 22, 2012 Leasing aircraft on loss-making routes cost AI Rs. 4,234 crore: "Key files on decision missing, internal investigation determined" Aug 22, 2012 Coalgate: CBI to file FIRs against pvt cos, govt officials: "Sources tell CNN-IBN that 20 private companies and many state and Central government officials are in the line of fire." Aug 21, 2012 What the coal scam is all about: "For the arbitrary distribution of coal blocks, a wide swathe of the political and business class is responsible." Aug 21, 2012 Delhi airport scam: GMR-led DIAL gains Rs 3,415 cr: "Government auditor CAG today slammed the government for giving out Delhi airport and its land with a potential earning capacity of Rs 1,63,557 crore to private-led operator DIAL which made a total equity contribution of only Rs 2,450 crore." Aug 21, 2012 CAG estimates: Our likely loss Rs. 38,00,00,00,00,000: "Indian taxpayers may have lost as much as Rs. 3.8 lakh crore in scams in the power, aviation and coal sectors over the past eight years, the country's state auditor said" Aug 21, 2012 Anti Corruption Bureau summons Karnataka MLA Sriramulu: "The ACB has already arrested two Karnataka MLAs - Gali Somasekhar Reddy and T H Suresh Babu." Aug 21, 2012 'India is seeing crony capitalism at present' Aug 21, 2012 CAG report: CBI may register multiple FIRs in coal 'scam': "The agency has already questioned senior bureaucrats who were overseeing allocation of coal blocks during 2006-09, CBI sources said." Aug 21, 2012 Air hostess Geetika Sharma was exploited, forced to commit suicide: NCW: "Kanda was a minister in Haryana till Geetika named him in her suicide note. He went underground and remained untraced before surrendering at a police station in Delhi on the weekend." Aug 21, 2012 Coal storm rocks LS, RS; govt says PM won't quit: "Both the Houses had to be adjourned for the day following slogan shouting by the Opposition as well as the treasury benches." Aug 21, 2012 UPA Minister caught asking RS Chair to adjourn House: "Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajiv Shukla was caught advising RS Deputy Chairman to adjourn the House for the whole day." Aug 20, 2012 40% of FDI comes from this building: "A 12-storey building in the heart of Port Louis, the capital of Mauritius, holds significance in India’s FDI inflows story. Much of the $55-billion investment into India from the island — which accounts for 40 per cent of India’s FDI — originates from just this one building." Aug 20, 2012 6,800 NE people flee Bangalore, Centre warns rumour mongers: "A day after 6,800 people from the northeast left the city by jam-packed trains, the main railway station here was chock-a-block with hundreds from the region eager to return to their homes," Aug 20, 2012 Maruti sacks 500, Manesar plant to be restarted: "The car maker will be provided 40 personal security guards by the Haryana government for employees." Aug 19, 2012 'CAG report on coal a major embarrassment for Govt': "CNN-IBN has accessed the final draft of the CAG report on coal block allocations which pegs the loss to the exchequer at Rs 1.86 lakh crore." Aug 18, 2012 Gopal Kanda's journey from footwear merchant to aircraft owner: "Gopal Kanda and his family did not own much property five years ago. However, when his assets were looked into, it was found that in the last five years, Kanda and his family had amassed properties worth hundred of crores which included acquisition of an aircraft for his MDLR (Murali Dhar Lakhpat Rai) Airlines company." Aug 18, 2012 Republic of Lootistan: CAG, and the face of ‘crony capitalism’: "Welcome to the capital of ‘crony capitalism’." Aug 17, 2012 Coal scam UPA's biggest so far: Sushma Swaraj: "Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley said that the PM must introspect and quit the office." Aug 17, 2012 CAG report on coal block allocation hits UPA hard: "The Opposition has slammed the government on issues of transparency and accountability." Aug 17, 2012 CAG reports: Congress, BJP blame each other for corruption: "The all-too-familiar political blame game has begun following the CAG reports that said that losses worth lakhs of crores of rupees were caused to the national exchequer by the Centre." Aug 17, 2012 CAG slams Govt policy on coal, power, aviation: "The report on coal questions the role of PM, who allegedly allotted mines with 44 bn tonnes of coal at throwaway prices when he was coal minister." Aug 17, 2012 CAG blackens UPA II with coal: "The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India laid bare the manner in which the biggest-ever loot of India’s scarce natural resources took place in its report tabled in Parliament on Friday, when it emphasised that opaque bidding process of coal mining cost the nation a whopping Rs 1.86 lakh crore." Aug 17, 2012 CAG reveals greatest national loss?: "A whopping gain of Rs 1.86 lakh crore is likely to accrue to private companies, including Tata Steel, Essar Power, JSPL, Hindalco and Adani Power from allocation of 57 coal blocks without competitive bidding, a CAG report said today." Aug 17, 2012 Hyderabad: '45 pc Northeast people have fled already': "Top police officials have been holding meetings to assess the situation and build confidence among the people." Aug 17, 2012 Scared northeast people continue to flee Bangalore: "About 1,100 people from Northeast are leaving Bangalore on Friday; a total of 17,000 have left the city in three days." Aug 17, 2012 Mob targets media in Lucknow: "After the attack on the media in Mumbai, a mob targeted the media again, this time in Lucknow. A violent mob attacked the media as cops watched on today (August 17) in Akhilesh Yadav's Uttar Pradesh." Aug 17, 2012 Undue benefits of Rs 3.8 lakh crore to private parties under UPA government: CAG: "Already under attack over various scams, government on Friday faced a fusillade from the comptroller and auditor general (CAG), which has estimated "undue benefits" of over Rs 3.8 lakh crore to private parties in coal blocks allotment without bidding, Delhi airport development and diversion of coal to a power project." Aug 14, 2012 Exposed Shivpal threatens media: "After Uttar Pradesh PWD Minister Shivpal Singh Yadav, uncle of the Chief Minister of the state Akhilesh Yadav, claimed the media had quoted him out of context over his remarks on 'official sanction' to officials in thestate to indulge in little bit of corruption, today (Aug 14) threatens media telling them to leave a meeting or that he will get them arrested." Aug 14, 2012 Coalgate caused a loss of Rs 1.86 lakh crore: CAG: "The final draft of the CAG report, accessed by CNN-IBN, says that the allocation from 2004 to 2006 was not transparent." Aug 14, 2012 DRDO refutes secret audit report, says will file its response: "A top secret audit of DRDO ordered by Defence Minister AK Antony himself has revealed that the country's premier body for defence research has allegedly spent crores of rupees on technology without any positive outcome." Aug 14, 2012 On Ramdev dais, Jethmalani accuses Rahul Gandhi of stashing blackmoney abroad: ""Many in government have black money stashed abroad. One of them is Rahul Gandhi," he said. He went on to challenge Gandhi by saying, "Sue me if you want!"." Aug 13, 2012 Going from bad to worse: "UPA is clueless on how to fix the economy" Aug 13, 2012 CBI’s fourth chargesheet against Jagan includes AP minister, IAS officers: "They were followed in that order by Nimmagadda Prasad, who controlled VANPIC Projects Private Limited, former minister Mopidevi Ventakaramana Rao, R&B Minister Dharmana Prasada Rao, former Special Secretary K.V. Brahmananda Reddy, now Principal Secretary Manmohan Singh, now Principal Secretary M. Samuel, Nimmagadda Prasad’s younger brother N. Prakash, VANPIC Projects Private Limited, Jagati Publications, Bharati Cement, Carmel Asia Holdings and Silicon Builders." Aug 13, 2012 DRDO spending crores, but no positive outcome: "A top secret audit of DRDO reveals that financial sanctions are being split so that they don't have to go to higher authorities." Aug 12, 2012 FTN: Do Government hospitals need shock treatment?: "UP's healthcare system stands exposed. After Bulandshahr, it is now a government hospital in Ballia, where a sweeper was found attending to patients in the emergency ward." Aug 12, 2012 Is there more black money within India than outside?: "A sting operation by IBN Network and Cobrapost has revealed the rampant use of black money in the Indian film industry." Aug 12, 2012 Black money sting: I-T acts, Bollywood reacts: "The I-T department sends tapes for investigation while Payal Rohatgi, like Anees Bazmee, comes up with a bizarre line of defence." Aug 12, 2012 Black money sting: Bollywood expresses shock: "Mukesh Bhatt and Kabir Bedi said they were shocked, but defended the industry saying there was a corporate structure now." Aug 12, 2012 Sweeper turns doctor at another UP govt hospital: "A sweeper at a hospital in Ballia was found administering stitches and injections to patients in the emergency ward." Aug 12, 2012 Black money sting: Payal Rohatgi gives bizarre defence: "The actor Payal Rohatgi has come up with a similar line of defence as others. She claims that she and her partner asked for cash only to tick off a persistent reporter." Aug 12, 2012 Exposed: What black money buys in Bollywood: "Vashu Bhagnani, Anubhav Sinha and Anees Bazmee reveal how black money funds their films and how they launder it for their investors." Aug 12, 2012 Is black money still rampant in Bollywood?: "A IBN-Cobrapost sting operation exposes how some of the biggest names in Bollywood are openly willing to operate with black money." Aug 12, 2012 Black money in Bollywood: Swamy demands SC probe: "Subramanian Swamy said the sting was a courageous effort as Bollywood is partly connected with the underworld." Aug 12, 2012 After shocker, bizarre justification: "After shocking reports of ward boys performing surgical procedures at Uttar Pradesh's Bulundsahar district hospital, an inquiry team reviewing the matter has found the hospital guilty of charges ordering immediate action against hospital authorities. The Chief medical superintendent when confronted offered a bizarre justification saying surgical procedures was being conducted under his supervision." Aug 12, 2012 Anarchy in hospital, CM on holiday: "Ayub is a cleaner at the Bulandshahr govt hospital. But Ayub, without any hesitation administered an injection to a patient. But if a cleaner turning doctor was not enough, what is even more shocking is the chief medical superintendent was looking on, and later gave an appalling justification. " Aug 12, 2012 Sweeper caught treating patients in UP hospital: "The hospital in Bulandshahr has 23 trained doctors, but a sweeper was caught on camera giving stitches to a patient." Aug 12, 2012 DGCA chief Bharat Bhushan dismissed Aug 12, 2012 'Ward boys doubling up as doctors isn't uncommon': "Dr Devi Shetty from Narayan Hrudalaya admits that the Indian healthcare system is facing an acute shortage of qualified doctors and other medical staff." Aug 12, 2012 I assist doctors in treating patients: UP sweeper: "A sweeper has been caught on camera attending to patients in the emergency ward of a government hospital in Ballia." Aug 12, 2012 UP: Now, CMO's driver plays doctor in govt hospital: "The Chief Medical Officer's driver was caught on camera administering saline drips to patients in Kushinagar." Aug 12, 2012 Meghalaya coal mines: where death is a part of job: "In Jaintia Hills in Meghalaya, everyday children are sent into mine pits more than 100 feet deep for mining work." Aug 12, 2012 I-T department to probe stung filmmakers, actors: "I-T Commissioner, film circle, Akhilesh Ranjan hailed the sting operation, saying it had been very helpful." Aug 12, 2012 Bulandshahr hospital shocker: Hospital staff stage protest: "The Chief Medical Superintendent of the district hospital in Bulandshahr, Shishir Kumar, has been shifted out." Aug 12, 2012 Do UP government hospitals need shock treatment?: "CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose discusses the issue of Class 4 employees posing as doctors with experts." Aug 12, 2012 Higher your education, harder it is getting a job Aug 12, 2012 India investigates Chhattisgarh 'womb removal insurance scam': "India's Chhattisgarh state is investigating reports that thousands of women had unnecessary hysterectomies so hospitals could make insurance claims.", "The money was claimed by the medical centres under the terms of an Indian government health insurance scheme launched in 2007. It allows hospitals and clinics to claim 30,000 rupees ($545/£348) per family when required to treat any of the 60 million people living below the poverty line in India." Aug 12, 2012 MCI allowing sub-standard medical colleges: CBI: "The CBI has filed a chargesheet against six medical colleges, saying they were given permission despite flouting norms." Aug 12, 2012 Congress, dynasty responsible for black money, graft: Ramdev: "Congress has proved by its behaviour that it is linked with the black money. It is not willing because it is possible that the money is related with the party leaders and with the (Gandhi) dynasty,”" Aug 12, 2012 Dear PM, speak the truth this Independence Day: "The Independence Day speech perhaps sees you spouting more words than the sum of all the words we hear from you during the rest of the year." Aug 12, 2012 Chances of lowering India rating high: Fitch: "Fitch Ratings, which recently lowered India’s credit outlook to negative, has said that possibility of downgrading the country’s sovereign rating is more than 50 percent in the next 12-24 months." Aug 12, 2012 Verma wanted to park graft money in land deal: "Controversial arms dealer Abhishek Verma wanted to invest the money he had allegedly conned from Swiss arms manufacturer Rheinmetall Air Defence AG (RAD) in a land deal along the Yamuna Expressway in Greater Noida" Aug 12, 2012 Former Army chief Gen VK Singh joins Ramdev's protest, calls government 'property dealer': "former Army chief VK Singh today joined yoga guru Ramdev's protest here, dubbing the government as a "property dealer" which takes over farmers' land in the name of development." Aug 11, 2012 Odisha: Slum dwellers dig up, eat rotten grain: "Hunger has driven slum dwellers in Odisha to dig up wasted food grain by the Food Corporation of India and eat it for their survival." Aug 10, 2012 Is the railway ticketing system in complete shambles?: "In a shocking revelation, IBN Network and Cobrapost has exposed a nexus between rail ticket touts, police and railway officials wherein the touts are allowed to buy tickets in bulk against false names." Aug 10, 2012 Exposed: Police, rail staff involved in big ticket scam: "IBN Network and Cobrapost expose how touts, with the help of policemen and officials, get to buy tickets in bulk against false names." Aug 10, 2012 B'lore: IT hub 'cheats' govt, may be taken over: "The essence of the problem may not be in who controls Electronic City, but in who benefits at the end of the day." Aug 9, 2012 CPM coffers bulge with capitalist cash, reveals data given to EC: "In these five years, the top grosser was, of course, Congress with Rs 1,662 crore, followed by the BSP (Rs 1,226 crore) and the BJP (Rs 852 crore)." Aug 9, 2012 News 360: Praful Patel, GMR caused Rs 3,000 crore loss: "The CAG report blames Praful Patel and GMR for causing over Rs 3,000 crore losses in the Delhi airport deal. GMR denies the charges." Aug 9, 2012 Centre favoured GMR in Delhi airport deal: CAG: "The CAG report says the deal has led to losses in taxes and damages to passengers worth Rs 3,750 crore." Aug 9, 2012 Karnataka mining scam may have cost exchequer Rs 50,000 crore: "The scale of the Karnataka mining scam seems to be getting bigger with the estimates of an expert committee suggesting that the alleged robber barons who engaged in illicit mining may have cheated the state of Rs 50,000 crore in taxes and other levies." Aug 8, 2012 Anti-Corruption Bureau notices to three liquor manufacturers: "The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) probing the liquor syndicate scam" Aug 7, 2012 Coal scam report buried?: "TIMES NOW is in possession of a reciept letter which reveals that the government had received the coal scam report during the budget session, and chose not to table it in the Parliament, despite a huge uproar in the Parliament even on the last day of the budget session over the alleged Rs. 1,00,000 crore coal scam." Aug 6, 2012 Minister Deokar may be arrested soon: "for his alleged involvement in the Rs 32-crore Jalgaon housing scam." Aug 6, 2012 How corruption in coal is closely linked to political funding: ""In Goa (which was going to elections then), each candidate, whether from the Congress or the BJP (or other political parties), would be spending Rs 5-7 crore." The official Election Commission ceiling is Rs 16 lakh." Aug 6, 2012 2G Scam: RAW Informs CBI of Hawala Transactions Aug 5, 2012 Cash for bail: ACB grills Bellary MLA for day 3 Aug 5, 2012 Heavy corruption behind the privatization of water in Delhi: Sushma Aug 5, 2012 MDLR ex-staffer's suicide: Will Haryana govt act?: "Gopal Kanda's arrest could hold the key to this case. The Haryana minister has had a controversial past." Aug 5, 2012 Real estate, election campaigns routing black money: Report: "Money generated through illegal means is laundered through various means, including real estate and election campaigns, in India, a report of the US State Department has said." Aug 5, 2012 Haryana minister booked as his former employee ‘kills herself’: "In her “suicide note”, 23-year-old Geetika Sharma accused Kanda, the Chairman and Managing Director of MDLR, of “ruining” her and hurting her family." Aug 5, 2012 Bogus bank accounts keep cops from busting rackets: " these fake accounts have facilitated in the flourishing of white-collar crime and of rackets, including drug smuggling, immoral trafficking, visa scams, lottery scams, fake degrees and identity cards rackets that are being operated from the city." Aug 2, 2012 CBI seeks to attach assets in various scams Aug 2, 2012 2G scam: 'Enough evidence against Karuna's wife, Kanimozhi' Aug 2, 2012 FIR against builder, bureaucrat in Mumbai land scam Aug 2, 2012 ‘Sufficient material against developer, state officials’ Aug 2, 2012 10 percent of news paid for: Nihal Singh Aug 2, 2012 BBC: Adarsh scandal: India ex-leader Ashok Chavan charged: "The former chief minister of India's Maharashtra state has been charged in connection with a corruption scandal involving homes for war widows." Aug 2, 2012 Defence bribe deal case: Custody of Abhishek Verma, wife extended Aug 2, 2012 IB says Ketan Parekh among big players manipulating market Aug 2, 2012 Einstein and India's Inert Economy Aug 2, 2012 Rtd ACP sentenced to one year jail in corruption case: "A retired Assistant Commissioner of Police has been sentenced to one year jail by a Delhi court for accepting Rs 5,000 as bribe eight years ago from a subordinate, who used to process issuance of crackers licences for the festive season." Aug 2, 2012 5 reasons why India is the worst Asian country for entrepreneurs: "Widespread corruption, government hurdles, lack of funding and poor technology and training have resulted in low efficiency and high start-up costs in India, making the country the worst for entrepreneurship in Asia, according to a Gallup poll." Aug 2, 2012 Newswallah: The Government Is Broken: "“Superpower India: R.I.P.,”" Aug 1, 2012 'India lags other Asian countries in entrepreneurship' Aug 1, 2012 Blackout Nation: "Apart from grid discipline and setting up systems that ensure that states do not overdraw power, we will have to change our electricity generation configuration for the stability of the grid." Aug 1, 2012 Dark Night Rises: "The irony could not have been starker, as the power minister is promoted to home minister on a day when more than half the country went powerless under his watch." Aug 1, 2012 Adarsh scam: Now, a BJP MP under the scanner: "Close aide of BJP President Nitin Gadkari and RS MP Ajay Sancheti could be a common link to 10 benami flats." Aug 1, 2012 Has indiscipline led to collapse?: "the world's biggest blackout. Half of India stood powerless - as three grids collapsed - due to massive overdrawing of electricity - causing an imbalance in power injection." Aug 1, 2012 BBC: Hundreds of millions without power in India: ""More than half of India's population has ground to a halt""
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