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Aug 1, 2012 FTN: Are Railways becoming death traps?: "32 passengers were killed after a coach of the Delhi-Chennai Tamil Nadu Express caught fire at Nellore in Andhra Pradesh."
Aug 1, 2012 CNN: Most power restored after India hit by second, even larger outage
Aug 1, 2012 भारत में बिजली: 10 तथ्य: "पूरी दुनिया में औसतन बिजली की खपत 2429 यूनिट है जबकि भारत में यह 734 यूनिट है. आप कह सकते हैं कि भारत में बिजली की खपत नहीं के बराबर है. कनाडा में बिजली की खपत सबसे अधिक 18, 347 यूनिट है जबकि अमरीका में यह 13,647 यूनिट और चीन में 2456 यूनिट है."
Aug 1, 2012 40 officials named in mining report suspended: "The State government has suspended 40 officials and issued show cause notices to 257 others who have been named in Lokayukta report on illegal mining"
Aug 1, 2012 World's biggest blackout: 67 crore Indians without power: "About 22 states and UTs have been impacted by the failure of 3 power grids"
Jul 31, 2012 ‘Probe officers in bogus bill scam’: "The scam was unearthed in the first week of July and so far more than 150 companies that have claimed input tax credit after presenting bogus bills have been sent notices."
Jul 31, 2012 CBI's whistleblower arrested for betel nut scam: "The duo has been accused of evading Rs 4.4 crore duty in betel nut imports."
Jul 31, 2012 DTE shielding the powerful in bogus marksheet scam?: "Sources revealed Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) was under tremendous pressure from politicians for not taking action against erring engineering colleges where large-scale irregularities related to the scam were found."
Jul 30, 2012 No watchdog to check graft in DGCA: "The ministry of civil aviation has not felt the need to create such a post and monitor DGCA officials despite the civil aviation regulator being plagued by a host of scams including fake pilot licences and officials breaking the law to favour their spouses and children."
Jul 30, 2012 BBC: Power cut hits northern India causing major disruption
Jul 30, 2012 Worst crisis in 10 yrs leaves north India powerless for several hours: "In the wee hours of Monday, a massive grid collapse left over 35 crore people without electricity in Delhi and in much of the northern region for several hours in the worst blackout reported in over a decade."
Jul 29, 2012 Is UP government going slow in corruption cases?: "health department officials allege the files for approving a the CBI inquiry into the multi-crore scam is merely being passed from table to table."
Jul 29, 2012 Vigilance grills Achuthanandan aide in land allotment case: "Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) on Saturday grilled A Suresh, personal assistant to opposition leader VS Achuthanandan, in a case related to allotment of land to the CPM leader's relative in Kasaragod district."
Jul 29, 2012 Anti-corruption bureau lens on water resources minister’s deals: "Somaiya claimed Tatkare created front companies with bogus addresses and forged documents to route black money through 'a web of companies'."
Jul 29, 2012 Akhilesh govt mulling to give VVIP status to scam-tainted Babu Singh Kushwaha: "the infamous Babu Singh Kushwaha, the former family welfare minister who is in jail for his alleged involvement in the 5700 crore National Rural Health Mission scam which had resulted in the murders of two CMOs and one deputy CMO of Lucknow."
Jul 29, 2012 Don't see things progressing in India, no plan to invest there: Lakshmi Mittali: "his recent attempts to build steel plants in Jharkhand and Odisha reportedly face local opposition and wrangles over land acquisition"
Jul 25, 2012 Archaic labour law returns to haunt Indian IT sector: ""This is a retrograde step. This law belongs to the 19th century and does not take into account the ground realities of a globalised world,"", ""Originally, the exemption was secured to stop harassment from the labour department and the inspector raj.""
Jul 25, 2012 Adarsh scam: Forged rent receipt got Chavan's kin a flat: "former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan, his relative today told a judicial panel that he secured a flat in Adarsh society on the strength of a forged receipt showing him as living in a rented accomodation when he owned an apartment in the city."
Jul 24, 2012 Maruti’s woes piling up, Haryana asks company to pay Rs 235 crore to farmers: "Haryana State Industries and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC), in a notice issued on June 25, warned the company that if it did not deposit the amount within three months, the land allotted for the Manesar plant "shall become liable for resumption and further action would be taken"."
Jul 24, 2012 Maruti violence sign of building social unrest, says Premji: "The recent violence at the Maruti car plant at Manesar in Haryana was a sign “of the social unrest that is building up in the country”, Wipro Ltd chairman Azim Premji said today. "
Jul 24, 2012 Netas ‘protecting’ errant Maruti staff: "nearly all the workers fled from their rented accommodations from nearby villages to their native districts. “They knew nobody would touch them in their own villages, including the police”"
Jul 23, 2012 गुड़गाँव बनी अमीरों की झुग्गी?- पार्ट 1: "दत्त परिवार जैसे कितने ही समृद्घ परिवार हैं यहां, जो पानी की ज़रूरत को पूरा करने के लिए हर महीने आठ से दस हज़ार रुपए खर्च करने को मजबूर हैं. कभी-कभी तो आलम ये होता है कि यहां के पढ़े-लिखे समृद्ध लोग भी टैंकरों से पानी लेने के लिए आपस में तू-तू मैं-मैं पर उतर आते हैं."
Jul 23, 2012 Loan agents whisk away woman in car: "police allegedly took no action for 38 days. The charges slapped against the accused were so weak that all of them surrendered and walked free on bail last Friday."
Jul 23, 2012 Coal mine allocation: 9 companies under the scanner: "Several mines have been allegedly sold to companies with almost no experience in the sector."
Jul 23, 2012 Chhagan Bhujbal kin’s company sold shares at 9,800% premium: "From owning mines and vineyards to holding stakes in power, infrastructure and construction companies, the family of NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal, who started life in Mumbai as a vegetable vendor, has come a long way.", "Last week TOI had exposed how the public works department (ministry headed by Chhagan Bhujbal) favoured a little-known contractor by awarding him a contract to build the Maharashtra Sadan guesthouse in Delhi and two public buildings in Mumbai without inviting tenders"
Jul 23, 2012 Maruti Suzuki workers brutally hunted company brass: "At least 26 executives have sustained fractures, with several having multiple injuries, as the protesters used everything from rods to car parts. General manager, human resources, Awanish Kumar Dev died in the fire after both his legs were fractured in the thrashing by workers and he was left helpless in an office that was set ablaze."
Jul 22, 2012 Pharma firms funding foreign trips for doctors: "The government has called a high-level meeting to form a code of conduct for doctors and pharmaceutical companies."
Jul 22, 2012 Bangalore: RTE quota students face discrimination: "Some students admitted under the RTE Act say they have been tormented everyday by both school officials and classmates."
Jul 22, 2012 People starve as grains rot; UPA unmoved
Jul 22, 2012 Maharashtra Sadan: Did Bhujbal flout PWD norms?: "President Pratibha Patil had refused to inaugurate the new building after controversy surfaced."
Jul 22, 2012 Delhi: Bhujbal, relatives in M'rashtra Sadan scam?: "The PWD Minister allegedly awarded the Sadan's contract to a company which in return awarded companies run by his relatives."
Jul 22, 2012 Maruti likely to shift production out of Manesar: "The company's most important plant in Manesar is facing a shutdown after workers set the factory ablaze and left a GM dead."
Jul 22, 2012 Gujarat: 10 people lose vision after eye check-up: "Further check-ups at the Ravi Shankar Eye Hospital revealed that the patients caught infection during operation."
Jul 17, 2012 Higher your education, harder it is getting a job
Jul 16, 2012 Saviour or Sonia's poodle, asks UK paper about PM Manmohan Singh: "British daily, The Independent, critiquing his tenure under a disparaging headline "Manmohan Singh - India's saviour or Sonia's poodle?""
Jul 16, 2012 SC pulls up MP govt for drug trials on humans: "The court slammed the MP government for treating people like guinea pigs and causing the deaths of almost 2,000 people."
Jul 15, 2012 Coal mafia exploits ex-Army officers: "They have take over the coal transportation companies, alloted to ex-Army officer making huge profits through the resettlement scheme."
Jul 15, 2012 Extortionist on the prowl in Delhi: "This man Vikas Lagarpuria, a wanted criminal in Haryana for more than a dozen crimes, unfearful, unabated, clearly seen in the CCTV footage along with his aides standing outside Tejvir's house demanding a ransom of Rs 50 lakh."
Jul 15, 2012 India limits foreign investment, needs economic reform: Obama
Jul 15, 2012 Ramadoss in yet another medical college scam: "In a blatant misuse of power, a little known medical college in central UP was reportedly sanctioned by Ramadoss."
Jul 15, 2012 Rape bid on mother-to-be in hospital
Jul 13, 2012 DGCA chief sacked: Is air safety being compromised?: "The letter accessed by CNN-IBN reveals that the Vijay Mallya-owned airline had been served a notice of 15 days to pay the salaries and dues of its employees."
Jul 13, 2012 92% Indians blame govt for economic problems: Survey
Jul 10, 2012 Congress raises Rs 1,662 crore in 5 years, BJP Rs 852 crore: "Mayawati's party received more than Rs 425 crore, mostly through cash donations", "CPM stood fourth in the list, having collected Rs 335 crore in the five years up to 2011-12. SP made only Rs 200 crore during this period and NCP was far behind with Rs 140 crore."
Jul 9, 2012 Sweepers stitch wounds, ward boys administer injections in Bulandshahr government hospital: "reports of fourth class staff performing work of a surgeon and doctors in the district hospital of Bulandshar."
Jul 9, 2012 Govt's counter attack: Cover vs Cover: "The BJP today hit out at Congress President Sonia Gandhi, saying she should share the blame for the government's performance and the current economic ills the country faced."
Jul 9, 2012 The business-politics nexus: "Money can’t really decide elections. But why does India’s poll finance remain so murky?"
Jul 8, 2012 Pranab, PC let economy decline: Yashwant: "The senior BJP leader said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was also complicit in the lack of action on economic slowdown."
Jul 8, 2012 Delhi: Russian woman alleges she was raped: "The Delhi Police have registered a case of rape following the complaint by the woman."
Jul 7, 2012 DA case: CBI court allows ED to question Jagan: "The ED had on Monday sought permission to question the Kadapa MP as a suspect and not as an accused in the case."
Jul 7, 2012 CBI questions Yeddyurappa in illegal mining case: "The Supreme Court has ordered CBI probe into Yeddyurappa's involvement in illegal mining."
Jul 6, 2012 PM is an overrated economist: Yashwant Sinha: "Yashwant Sinha blamed the UPA government for creating a financial mess in the country."
Jul 6, 2012 'Untested drugs being sold freely in markets': "According to a Parliamentary committee report, 33 new drugs were approved between 2008-10 without mandatory trials."
Jul 6, 2012 DA case: CBI court allows ED to question Jagan: "The ED had on Monday sought permission to question the Kadapa MP as a suspect and not as an accused in the case."
Jul 6, 2012 Toilets are being used for storing food grain: Jairam Ramesh
Jul 5, 2012 Powai land case: FIR filed against Hiranandani: "Niranjan Hiranandani allegedly built luxury apartments on government land meant for EWS and sold them at a premium."
Jul 5, 2012 Is only Ashok Chavan accountable for the Adarsh scam?: "The CBI chargesheets former Maharashtra CM Ashok Chavan and 12 others in the Adarsh Housing scam."
Jul 5, 2012 Rajasthan: Grain rot continues amidst govt apathy: "Nearly Rs 2 crore worth of wheat has been found to be rotting in the open in the state."
Jul 5, 2012 Chavan named in Adarsh chargesheet: "Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan was among 13 people chargesheeted by CBI in the Adarsh scam today with the Congress leader being accused of granting some approvals to the upscale Housing society in Mumbai as a quid pro quo for allotment of two flats for his kin."
Jul 5, 2012 Kashmir moral police against tourists: "The Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir has asked tourists visiting the Valley to desist from wearing skimpy clothes and warned them of an angry reaction if they failed to do so."
Jul 5, 2012 Adarsh scandal: Why fast-track courts are a must to net big fish: "it brought into glaring light the shady activities people in power, their conniving ways and sheer disregard for rules. A gaggle of politicians, bureaucrats, ex-armymen and otherwise influential people allowed the housing society to come up on a piece of defence land and used the pretext of Kargil war victims to promote their own interest in a brazen display of a combination of political and bureaucratic mite."
Jul 5, 2012 Jaganmohan Reddy's bail plea rejected: "The Andhra Pradesh High Court today dismissed a bail petition filed by YSR Congress chief Jaganmohan Reddy in an alleged disproportionate assets case."
Jul 5, 2012 Police lathicharge in Ranchi: "Police lathicarged in the Nagadi area of Ranchi on people who were protesting against the aquistion of a 271-acre land by the Jharkhand government for an educational institution."
Jul 5, 2012 Adarsh case: CBI charges Chavan, ex-Army officers: "Former Maharashtra Chief Ministers Vilasrao Deshmukh and Sushil Kumar Shinde have not been named in the chargesheet."
Jul 5, 2012 Why is India powerless this summer?: "Several parts of India are reeling under a severe power crisis. Delhi, Punjab, Haryana and UP are the worst hit."
Jul 5, 2012 Kashmiri religious group issues dress code for tourists: "A Kashmiri religious group Jamaat-e-Islami has asked tourists visiting the valley to follow a "proper dress code" and told the tourism department to enforce it."
Jul 5, 2012 Ashok Chavan charged in Adarsh housing scam: "Former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan was among 13 people charged by CBI today in the multi-crore Adarsh Housing scam.", "The nine arrested accused are - R C Thakur, secretary of Adarsh, retired brigadier M M Wanchoo, former Congress MLC Kanhaiyalal Gidwani, both promoters of the society, former deputy secretary of urban development department P V Deshmukh, IAS officers Ramanand Tiwari and Jairaj Phatak, retired major generals A R Kumar and T K Kaul and former city collector Pradeep Vyas."
Jul 5, 2012 Power crisis: India faces a shortage of 17,000 MW: "As summer hits a peak in most parts of India, the demand for power has gone up. It has hit a staggering level of 2,17,000 MW."
Jul 5, 2012 Mediator received Rs.9.5 crore to arrange bail for Reddy: "A rowdy sheeter arrested in cash-for-bail scam involving former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhana Reddy received Rs.9.5 crore as advance for a deal between Reddy's relatives and judge T. Pattabhirama Rao, police said Tuesday."
Jul 5, 2012 India should be ashamed of graft: Basu: "An ordinary man is facing "a mountain of bureaucracy and demands for bribes" in the country, Chief Economic Adviser Kaushik Basu said"
Jul 2, 2012 Dilip Sanghani is involved in 12 scams worth Rs500 crore': "RTI activist from Amreli, Nathalal Sukhadia, has alleged Amreli BJP MLA and state cooperative minister, Dilip Sanghani’s involvement in Rs500 crore worth scams in the district.", "the BJP-ruled Amreli Municipality has sold a parcel of land to Sanghani’s cousin, Haresh Ramani, at throwaway price of just Rs94,000 only. However, the market value of the land is pegged at around Rs1.35 crore."
Jul 2, 2012 As crops rot, millions go hungry in India: "Lack of storage facilities and inefficient, corrupt public distribution system fails millions of impoverished people."
Jul 2, 2012 CBI to chargesheet former CM?: "Chavan is among the 14 accused in the case in which Union Ministers Vilasrao Deshmukh and Sushilkumar Shinde are also under the scanner."
Jul 1, 2012 Adarsh scam: Ashok Chavan blames Vilasrao: "Vilasrao, during his interrogation in the scam on Wednesday, had blamed Chavan for the controversial allotments."
Jul 1, 2012 Another judge figures in bail-for-sale scam: "While Chalapati offered Rs 5 crore for bail to Gali, Prabhakar offered Rs 10 crore. But Pattabhi struck the deal with trusted friend Chalapathi Rao, who retired and settled down in Chilakaluripet of Guntur district."
Jul 1, 2012 CVC plans enquiry to check flaws in Tatkal scheme: "The CVC is considering launch of an enquiry to ascertain whether Railway officials are involved in malpractices."
Jun 29, 2012 CBI to close CWG broadcast case?: "19 months ago, TIMES NOW had exposed the Rs 246 crore CWG broadcast scam, which had forced the CBI to register a case against suspended Prasar Bharti Chairman BS Lalli. But today TIMES NOW is in possession of documents which prove that the CBI wants to file closure report in the case without even questioning the whistleblower."
Jun 29, 2012 Railway acts after Tatkal ticket scam expose: "An expose by IBN7 had showed how touts cornered bulk of the tickets meant for emergency travel and then sold them at a premium."
Jun 29, 2012 Why NAC should be funded by Congress, not taxpayers: "the NAC be relocated to the Congress headquarters. There will be no lack of private businessmen willing to fund it."
Jun 29, 2012 Watch: ACP Vasant Dhoble detains German women: "The video shows the constables including Vasant Dhoble attempting to herd four German girls into a police van."
Jun 29, 2012 Open bribery in land registration offices: "our reporter visited some land registration offices in Chennai and what he found was shocking- touts are running amok in these government offices, helping customers to bend laws and evade tax and funneling bribe for government officials. A thriving real estate industry in Chennai is supporting the greed of these officers in the dark corridors of government departments."
Jun 27, 2012 FIR against 12 Bihar officials on corruption charge: "The Vigilance Bureau has lodged an FIR against 12 officials on charges of corruption and criminal conspiracy for illegal allotment of 182.07 acre of government land to 44 persons in Kishanganj district of Bihar."
Jun 27, 2012 HIV infection: CBI probe against Gujarat hospital: "Advocate Girish Das had filed a PIL last year demanding a probe into the compensation."
Jun 27, 2012 Charges framed against ex-Himachal CM in a CD case: "Virbhadra Singh was allegedly heard in the CD speaking to some with industrialists to grant them favours."
Jun 27, 2012 Adarsh scam: Vilasrao Deshmukh to depose: "Sushil Shinde deposed before the Adarsh probe panel on Monday and passed the buck on Deshmukh."
Jun 27, 2012 Virbhadra quits Cabinet after corruption charge: "Virbhadra Singh's resignation, submitted to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, is aimed at taking the sting out of BJP's charge."
Jun 27, 2012 Exposed: The big Railway Tatkal ticket scam: "An IBN7 expose has revealed how touts corner tickets meant for emergency travel and sell them at a huge premium."
Jun 27, 2012 British travel advisory on theft, drugs in Goa: "A British travel advisory has identified the Goan beach villages of Calangute and Candolim as hubs of theft and bag-snatching gangs.", "It also advised British nationals to "avoid beaches after dark, because of the risk of being attacked by packs of stray dogs, robbed or sexually assaulted."
Jun 27, 2012 Virbhadra Singh resigns; 3rd minister in UPA-II to quit: "Union Minister Virbhadra Singh resigned today in the wake of a Himachal Pradesh court framing corruption charges against him, the third minister in UPA-II to step down on similar grounds."
Jun 25, 2012 Corruption case: Should Virbhadra Singh resign?: "A CD reportedly contains conversations between Singh, his wife, an IAS officer and industrialists over exchange of money for alleged benefits."
Jun 25, 2012 Excl: Indian Army hit by twin scams: "The Indian Army is hit by twin cases of corruption maligning the uniform. In one of the cases shocking revelations by a firm alleging that National Defence Academy (NDA) is asking for cash for sponsoring an event. In the other case a Major General reportedly getting caught red handed while accepting a bribe from a local contractor."
Jun 25, 2012 Tamil Nadu: Marks scandal rocks Anna University: "A thriving exam marks racket involving some faculty members and officials has come to light in the premier Anna University in Chennai. The racket has helped children of influential parents who failed in semester examinations to pass with flying colours in two of the university’s four renowned campuses — the College of Engineering in Guindy (CEG) and the Madras Institute of Technology (MIT) in Chromepet."
Jun 25, 2012 Bollywood songs turn vulgar: "Replete with double meanings, this song has brought back to focus the obsession of the Hindi movie industry with songs that have catchy music and extremely vulgar lyrics. But the larger issue here is that most of these songs pass the test of the censor board and become the anthem of the nation. But what kind of an impact do these songs have on the younger generation."
Jun 25, 2012 Cost of lost childhood is merely Rs.100: "A penalty not exceeding Rs.100 has been the only ‘punishment’ imposed on nearly 12,000 employers of child labour across Andhra Pradesh over the past 16 years."
Jun 25, 2012 Audience in India does not endorse good cinema: Anurag Kashyap: "maverick director Anurag Kashyap has said good cinema in India is suffering only because the audience here does not endorse them."
Jun 25, 2012 Sushil Kumar Shinde appears before Adarsh Commission: "Shinde was the chief minister (2001 to 2003) when he cleared many files including allotment of land to Adarsh."
Jun 24, 2012 Is the Benami Bill targeted at corruption and black money futile?: "In England and America the favourite device employed is the trust; in India...the favourite device is the Benami transaction.""
Jun 24, 2012 Andhra Pradesh Anti-Corruption Bureau officials question Janardhana Reddy: "A team of officials from Andhra Pradesh Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) today questioned former Karnataka minister G Janardhana Reddy in connection with the cash-for-bail scam."
Jun 24, 2012 Sex determination on in J&K despite crackdown: "In 2011, the state government came down heavily on the diagnostic centres suspected of conducting sex determination."
Jun 23, 2012 ‘He Won’t Be A Dynamic Figurehead’: "Pranab Mukherjee is closely related to the meteoric rise of Dhirubhai Ambani. We spoke to the latter's biographer"
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Aug 1, 2012 FTN: Are Railways becoming death traps?: "32 passengers were killed after a coach of the Delhi-Chennai Tamil Nadu Express caught fire at Nellore in Andhra Pradesh."
Aug 1, 2012 CNN: Most power restored after India hit by second, even larger outage
Aug 1, 2012 भारत में बिजली: 10 तथ्य: "पूरी दुनिया में औसतन बिजली की खपत 2429 यूनिट है जबकि भारत में यह 734 यूनिट है. आप कह सकते हैं कि भारत में बिजली की खपत नहीं के बराबर है. कनाडा में बिजली की खपत सबसे अधिक 18, 347 यूनिट है जबकि अमरीका में यह 13,647 यूनिट और चीन में 2456 यूनिट है."
Aug 1, 2012 40 officials named in mining report suspended: "The State government has suspended 40 officials and issued show cause notices to 257 others who have been named in Lokayukta report on illegal mining"
Aug 1, 2012 World's biggest blackout: 67 crore Indians without power: "About 22 states and UTs have been impacted by the failure of 3 power grids"
Jul 31, 2012 ‘Probe officers in bogus bill scam’: "The scam was unearthed in the first week of July and so far more than 150 companies that have claimed input tax credit after presenting bogus bills have been sent notices."
Jul 31, 2012 CBI's whistleblower arrested for betel nut scam: "The duo has been accused of evading Rs 4.4 crore duty in betel nut imports."
Jul 31, 2012 DTE shielding the powerful in bogus marksheet scam?: "Sources revealed Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) was under tremendous pressure from politicians for not taking action against erring engineering colleges where large-scale irregularities related to the scam were found."
Jul 30, 2012 No watchdog to check graft in DGCA: "The ministry of civil aviation has not felt the need to create such a post and monitor DGCA officials despite the civil aviation regulator being plagued by a host of scams including fake pilot licences and officials breaking the law to favour their spouses and children."
Jul 30, 2012 BBC: Power cut hits northern India causing major disruption
Jul 30, 2012 Worst crisis in 10 yrs leaves north India powerless for several hours: "In the wee hours of Monday, a massive grid collapse left over 35 crore people without electricity in Delhi and in much of the northern region for several hours in the worst blackout reported in over a decade."
Jul 29, 2012 Is UP government going slow in corruption cases?: "health department officials allege the files for approving a the CBI inquiry into the multi-crore scam is merely being passed from table to table."
Jul 29, 2012 Vigilance grills Achuthanandan aide in land allotment case: "Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) on Saturday grilled A Suresh, personal assistant to opposition leader VS Achuthanandan, in a case related to allotment of land to the CPM leader's relative in Kasaragod district."
Jul 29, 2012 Anti-corruption bureau lens on water resources minister’s deals: "Somaiya claimed Tatkare created front companies with bogus addresses and forged documents to route black money through 'a web of companies'."
Jul 29, 2012 Akhilesh govt mulling to give VVIP status to scam-tainted Babu Singh Kushwaha: "the infamous Babu Singh Kushwaha, the former family welfare minister who is in jail for his alleged involvement in the 5700 crore National Rural Health Mission scam which had resulted in the murders of two CMOs and one deputy CMO of Lucknow."
Jul 29, 2012 Don't see things progressing in India, no plan to invest there: Lakshmi Mittali: "his recent attempts to build steel plants in Jharkhand and Odisha reportedly face local opposition and wrangles over land acquisition"
Jul 25, 2012 Archaic labour law returns to haunt Indian IT sector: ""This is a retrograde step. This law belongs to the 19th century and does not take into account the ground realities of a globalised world,"", ""Originally, the exemption was secured to stop harassment from the labour department and the inspector raj.""
Jul 25, 2012 Adarsh scam: Forged rent receipt got Chavan's kin a flat: "former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan, his relative today told a judicial panel that he secured a flat in Adarsh society on the strength of a forged receipt showing him as living in a rented accomodation when he owned an apartment in the city."
Jul 24, 2012 Maruti’s woes piling up, Haryana asks company to pay Rs 235 crore to farmers: "Haryana State Industries and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC), in a notice issued on June 25, warned the company that if it did not deposit the amount within three months, the land allotted for the Manesar plant "shall become liable for resumption and further action would be taken"."
Jul 24, 2012 Maruti violence sign of building social unrest, says Premji: "The recent violence at the Maruti car plant at Manesar in Haryana was a sign “of the social unrest that is building up in the country”, Wipro Ltd chairman Azim Premji said today. "
Jul 24, 2012 Netas ‘protecting’ errant Maruti staff: "nearly all the workers fled from their rented accommodations from nearby villages to their native districts. “They knew nobody would touch them in their own villages, including the police”"
Jul 23, 2012 गुड़गाँव बनी अमीरों की झुग्गी?- पार्ट 1: "दत्त परिवार जैसे कितने ही समृद्घ परिवार हैं यहां, जो पानी की ज़रूरत को पूरा करने के लिए हर महीने आठ से दस हज़ार रुपए खर्च करने को मजबूर हैं. कभी-कभी तो आलम ये होता है कि यहां के पढ़े-लिखे समृद्ध लोग भी टैंकरों से पानी लेने के लिए आपस में तू-तू मैं-मैं पर उतर आते हैं."
Jul 23, 2012 Loan agents whisk away woman in car: "police allegedly took no action for 38 days. The charges slapped against the accused were so weak that all of them surrendered and walked free on bail last Friday."
Jul 23, 2012 Coal mine allocation: 9 companies under the scanner: "Several mines have been allegedly sold to companies with almost no experience in the sector."
Jul 23, 2012 Chhagan Bhujbal kin’s company sold shares at 9,800% premium: "From owning mines and vineyards to holding stakes in power, infrastructure and construction companies, the family of NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal, who started life in Mumbai as a vegetable vendor, has come a long way.", "Last week TOI had exposed how the public works department (ministry headed by Chhagan Bhujbal) favoured a little-known contractor by awarding him a contract to build the Maharashtra Sadan guesthouse in Delhi and two public buildings in Mumbai without inviting tenders"
Jul 23, 2012 Maruti Suzuki workers brutally hunted company brass: "At least 26 executives have sustained fractures, with several having multiple injuries, as the protesters used everything from rods to car parts. General manager, human resources, Awanish Kumar Dev died in the fire after both his legs were fractured in the thrashing by workers and he was left helpless in an office that was set ablaze."
Jul 22, 2012 Pharma firms funding foreign trips for doctors: "The government has called a high-level meeting to form a code of conduct for doctors and pharmaceutical companies."
Jul 22, 2012 Bangalore: RTE quota students face discrimination: "Some students admitted under the RTE Act say they have been tormented everyday by both school officials and classmates."
Jul 22, 2012 People starve as grains rot; UPA unmoved
Jul 22, 2012 Maharashtra Sadan: Did Bhujbal flout PWD norms?: "President Pratibha Patil had refused to inaugurate the new building after controversy surfaced."
Jul 22, 2012 Delhi: Bhujbal, relatives in M'rashtra Sadan scam?: "The PWD Minister allegedly awarded the Sadan's contract to a company which in return awarded companies run by his relatives."
Jul 22, 2012 Maruti likely to shift production out of Manesar: "The company's most important plant in Manesar is facing a shutdown after workers set the factory ablaze and left a GM dead."
Jul 22, 2012 Gujarat: 10 people lose vision after eye check-up: "Further check-ups at the Ravi Shankar Eye Hospital revealed that the patients caught infection during operation."
Jul 17, 2012 Higher your education, harder it is getting a job
Jul 16, 2012 Saviour or Sonia's poodle, asks UK paper about PM Manmohan Singh: "British daily, The Independent, critiquing his tenure under a disparaging headline "Manmohan Singh - India's saviour or Sonia's poodle?""
Jul 16, 2012 SC pulls up MP govt for drug trials on humans: "The court slammed the MP government for treating people like guinea pigs and causing the deaths of almost 2,000 people."
Jul 15, 2012 Coal mafia exploits ex-Army officers: "They have take over the coal transportation companies, alloted to ex-Army officer making huge profits through the resettlement scheme."
Jul 15, 2012 Extortionist on the prowl in Delhi: "This man Vikas Lagarpuria, a wanted criminal in Haryana for more than a dozen crimes, unfearful, unabated, clearly seen in the CCTV footage along with his aides standing outside Tejvir's house demanding a ransom of Rs 50 lakh."
Jul 15, 2012 India limits foreign investment, needs economic reform: Obama
Jul 15, 2012 Ramadoss in yet another medical college scam: "In a blatant misuse of power, a little known medical college in central UP was reportedly sanctioned by Ramadoss."
Jul 15, 2012 Rape bid on mother-to-be in hospital
Jul 13, 2012 DGCA chief sacked: Is air safety being compromised?: "The letter accessed by CNN-IBN reveals that the Vijay Mallya-owned airline had been served a notice of 15 days to pay the salaries and dues of its employees."
Jul 13, 2012 92% Indians blame govt for economic problems: Survey
Jul 10, 2012 Congress raises Rs 1,662 crore in 5 years, BJP Rs 852 crore: "Mayawati's party received more than Rs 425 crore, mostly through cash donations", "CPM stood fourth in the list, having collected Rs 335 crore in the five years up to 2011-12. SP made only Rs 200 crore during this period and NCP was far behind with Rs 140 crore."
Jul 9, 2012 Sweepers stitch wounds, ward boys administer injections in Bulandshahr government hospital: "reports of fourth class staff performing work of a surgeon and doctors in the district hospital of Bulandshar."
Jul 9, 2012 Govt's counter attack: Cover vs Cover: "The BJP today hit out at Congress President Sonia Gandhi, saying she should share the blame for the government's performance and the current economic ills the country faced."
Jul 9, 2012 The business-politics nexus: "Money can’t really decide elections. But why does India’s poll finance remain so murky?"
Jul 8, 2012 Pranab, PC let economy decline: Yashwant: "The senior BJP leader said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was also complicit in the lack of action on economic slowdown."
Jul 8, 2012 Delhi: Russian woman alleges she was raped: "The Delhi Police have registered a case of rape following the complaint by the woman."
Jul 7, 2012 DA case: CBI court allows ED to question Jagan: "The ED had on Monday sought permission to question the Kadapa MP as a suspect and not as an accused in the case."
Jul 7, 2012 CBI questions Yeddyurappa in illegal mining case: "The Supreme Court has ordered CBI probe into Yeddyurappa's involvement in illegal mining."
Jul 6, 2012 PM is an overrated economist: Yashwant Sinha: "Yashwant Sinha blamed the UPA government for creating a financial mess in the country."
Jul 6, 2012 'Untested drugs being sold freely in markets': "According to a Parliamentary committee report, 33 new drugs were approved between 2008-10 without mandatory trials."
Jul 6, 2012 DA case: CBI court allows ED to question Jagan: "The ED had on Monday sought permission to question the Kadapa MP as a suspect and not as an accused in the case."
Jul 6, 2012 Toilets are being used for storing food grain: Jairam Ramesh
Jul 5, 2012 Powai land case: FIR filed against Hiranandani: "Niranjan Hiranandani allegedly built luxury apartments on government land meant for EWS and sold them at a premium."
Jul 5, 2012 Is only Ashok Chavan accountable for the Adarsh scam?: "The CBI chargesheets former Maharashtra CM Ashok Chavan and 12 others in the Adarsh Housing scam."
Jul 5, 2012 Rajasthan: Grain rot continues amidst govt apathy: "Nearly Rs 2 crore worth of wheat has been found to be rotting in the open in the state."
Jul 5, 2012 Chavan named in Adarsh chargesheet: "Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan was among 13 people chargesheeted by CBI in the Adarsh scam today with the Congress leader being accused of granting some approvals to the upscale Housing society in Mumbai as a quid pro quo for allotment of two flats for his kin."
Jul 5, 2012 Kashmir moral police against tourists: "The Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir has asked tourists visiting the Valley to desist from wearing skimpy clothes and warned them of an angry reaction if they failed to do so."
Jul 5, 2012 Adarsh scandal: Why fast-track courts are a must to net big fish: "it brought into glaring light the shady activities people in power, their conniving ways and sheer disregard for rules. A gaggle of politicians, bureaucrats, ex-armymen and otherwise influential people allowed the housing society to come up on a piece of defence land and used the pretext of Kargil war victims to promote their own interest in a brazen display of a combination of political and bureaucratic mite."
Jul 5, 2012 Jaganmohan Reddy's bail plea rejected: "The Andhra Pradesh High Court today dismissed a bail petition filed by YSR Congress chief Jaganmohan Reddy in an alleged disproportionate assets case."
Jul 5, 2012 Police lathicharge in Ranchi: "Police lathicarged in the Nagadi area of Ranchi on people who were protesting against the aquistion of a 271-acre land by the Jharkhand government for an educational institution."
Jul 5, 2012 Adarsh case: CBI charges Chavan, ex-Army officers: "Former Maharashtra Chief Ministers Vilasrao Deshmukh and Sushil Kumar Shinde have not been named in the chargesheet."
Jul 5, 2012 Why is India powerless this summer?: "Several parts of India are reeling under a severe power crisis. Delhi, Punjab, Haryana and UP are the worst hit."
Jul 5, 2012 Kashmiri religious group issues dress code for tourists: "A Kashmiri religious group Jamaat-e-Islami has asked tourists visiting the valley to follow a "proper dress code" and told the tourism department to enforce it."
Jul 5, 2012 Ashok Chavan charged in Adarsh housing scam: "Former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan was among 13 people charged by CBI today in the multi-crore Adarsh Housing scam.", "The nine arrested accused are - R C Thakur, secretary of Adarsh, retired brigadier M M Wanchoo, former Congress MLC Kanhaiyalal Gidwani, both promoters of the society, former deputy secretary of urban development department P V Deshmukh, IAS officers Ramanand Tiwari and Jairaj Phatak, retired major generals A R Kumar and T K Kaul and former city collector Pradeep Vyas."
Jul 5, 2012 Power crisis: India faces a shortage of 17,000 MW: "As summer hits a peak in most parts of India, the demand for power has gone up. It has hit a staggering level of 2,17,000 MW."
Jul 5, 2012 Mediator received Rs.9.5 crore to arrange bail for Reddy: "A rowdy sheeter arrested in cash-for-bail scam involving former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhana Reddy received Rs.9.5 crore as advance for a deal between Reddy's relatives and judge T. Pattabhirama Rao, police said Tuesday."
Jul 5, 2012 India should be ashamed of graft: Basu: "An ordinary man is facing "a mountain of bureaucracy and demands for bribes" in the country, Chief Economic Adviser Kaushik Basu said"
Jul 2, 2012 Dilip Sanghani is involved in 12 scams worth Rs500 crore': "RTI activist from Amreli, Nathalal Sukhadia, has alleged Amreli BJP MLA and state cooperative minister, Dilip Sanghani’s involvement in Rs500 crore worth scams in the district.", "the BJP-ruled Amreli Municipality has sold a parcel of land to Sanghani’s cousin, Haresh Ramani, at throwaway price of just Rs94,000 only. However, the market value of the land is pegged at around Rs1.35 crore."
Jul 2, 2012 As crops rot, millions go hungry in India: "Lack of storage facilities and inefficient, corrupt public distribution system fails millions of impoverished people."
Jul 2, 2012 CBI to chargesheet former CM?: "Chavan is among the 14 accused in the case in which Union Ministers Vilasrao Deshmukh and Sushilkumar Shinde are also under the scanner."
Jul 1, 2012 Adarsh scam: Ashok Chavan blames Vilasrao: "Vilasrao, during his interrogation in the scam on Wednesday, had blamed Chavan for the controversial allotments."
Jul 1, 2012 Another judge figures in bail-for-sale scam: "While Chalapati offered Rs 5 crore for bail to Gali, Prabhakar offered Rs 10 crore. But Pattabhi struck the deal with trusted friend Chalapathi Rao, who retired and settled down in Chilakaluripet of Guntur district."
Jul 1, 2012 CVC plans enquiry to check flaws in Tatkal scheme: "The CVC is considering launch of an enquiry to ascertain whether Railway officials are involved in malpractices."
Jun 29, 2012 CBI to close CWG broadcast case?: "19 months ago, TIMES NOW had exposed the Rs 246 crore CWG broadcast scam, which had forced the CBI to register a case against suspended Prasar Bharti Chairman BS Lalli. But today TIMES NOW is in possession of documents which prove that the CBI wants to file closure report in the case without even questioning the whistleblower."
Jun 29, 2012 Railway acts after Tatkal ticket scam expose: "An expose by IBN7 had showed how touts cornered bulk of the tickets meant for emergency travel and then sold them at a premium."
Jun 29, 2012 Why NAC should be funded by Congress, not taxpayers: "the NAC be relocated to the Congress headquarters. There will be no lack of private businessmen willing to fund it."
Jun 29, 2012 Watch: ACP Vasant Dhoble detains German women: "The video shows the constables including Vasant Dhoble attempting to herd four German girls into a police van."
Jun 29, 2012 Open bribery in land registration offices: "our reporter visited some land registration offices in Chennai and what he found was shocking- touts are running amok in these government offices, helping customers to bend laws and evade tax and funneling bribe for government officials. A thriving real estate industry in Chennai is supporting the greed of these officers in the dark corridors of government departments."
Jun 27, 2012 FIR against 12 Bihar officials on corruption charge: "The Vigilance Bureau has lodged an FIR against 12 officials on charges of corruption and criminal conspiracy for illegal allotment of 182.07 acre of government land to 44 persons in Kishanganj district of Bihar."
Jun 27, 2012 HIV infection: CBI probe against Gujarat hospital: "Advocate Girish Das had filed a PIL last year demanding a probe into the compensation."
Jun 27, 2012 Charges framed against ex-Himachal CM in a CD case: "Virbhadra Singh was allegedly heard in the CD speaking to some with industrialists to grant them favours."
Jun 27, 2012 Adarsh scam: Vilasrao Deshmukh to depose: "Sushil Shinde deposed before the Adarsh probe panel on Monday and passed the buck on Deshmukh."
Jun 27, 2012 Virbhadra quits Cabinet after corruption charge: "Virbhadra Singh's resignation, submitted to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, is aimed at taking the sting out of BJP's charge."
Jun 27, 2012 Exposed: The big Railway Tatkal ticket scam: "An IBN7 expose has revealed how touts corner tickets meant for emergency travel and sell them at a huge premium."
Jun 27, 2012 British travel advisory on theft, drugs in Goa: "A British travel advisory has identified the Goan beach villages of Calangute and Candolim as hubs of theft and bag-snatching gangs.", "It also advised British nationals to "avoid beaches after dark, because of the risk of being attacked by packs of stray dogs, robbed or sexually assaulted."
Jun 27, 2012 Virbhadra Singh resigns; 3rd minister in UPA-II to quit: "Union Minister Virbhadra Singh resigned today in the wake of a Himachal Pradesh court framing corruption charges against him, the third minister in UPA-II to step down on similar grounds."
Jun 25, 2012 Corruption case: Should Virbhadra Singh resign?: "A CD reportedly contains conversations between Singh, his wife, an IAS officer and industrialists over exchange of money for alleged benefits."
Jun 25, 2012 Excl: Indian Army hit by twin scams: "The Indian Army is hit by twin cases of corruption maligning the uniform. In one of the cases shocking revelations by a firm alleging that National Defence Academy (NDA) is asking for cash for sponsoring an event. In the other case a Major General reportedly getting caught red handed while accepting a bribe from a local contractor."
Jun 25, 2012 Tamil Nadu: Marks scandal rocks Anna University: "A thriving exam marks racket involving some faculty members and officials has come to light in the premier Anna University in Chennai. The racket has helped children of influential parents who failed in semester examinations to pass with flying colours in two of the university’s four renowned campuses — the College of Engineering in Guindy (CEG) and the Madras Institute of Technology (MIT) in Chromepet."
Jun 25, 2012 Bollywood songs turn vulgar: "Replete with double meanings, this song has brought back to focus the obsession of the Hindi movie industry with songs that have catchy music and extremely vulgar lyrics. But the larger issue here is that most of these songs pass the test of the censor board and become the anthem of the nation. But what kind of an impact do these songs have on the younger generation."
Jun 25, 2012 Cost of lost childhood is merely Rs.100: "A penalty not exceeding Rs.100 has been the only ‘punishment’ imposed on nearly 12,000 employers of child labour across Andhra Pradesh over the past 16 years."
Jun 25, 2012 Audience in India does not endorse good cinema: Anurag Kashyap: "maverick director Anurag Kashyap has said good cinema in India is suffering only because the audience here does not endorse them."
Jun 25, 2012 Sushil Kumar Shinde appears before Adarsh Commission: "Shinde was the chief minister (2001 to 2003) when he cleared many files including allotment of land to Adarsh."
Jun 24, 2012 Is the Benami Bill targeted at corruption and black money futile?: "In England and America the favourite device employed is the trust; in India...the favourite device is the Benami transaction.""
Jun 24, 2012 Andhra Pradesh Anti-Corruption Bureau officials question Janardhana Reddy: "A team of officials from Andhra Pradesh Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) today questioned former Karnataka minister G Janardhana Reddy in connection with the cash-for-bail scam."
Jun 24, 2012 Sex determination on in J&K despite crackdown: "In 2011, the state government came down heavily on the diagnostic centres suspected of conducting sex determination."
Jun 23, 2012 ‘He Won’t Be A Dynamic Figurehead’: "Pranab Mukherjee is closely related to the meteoric rise of Dhirubhai Ambani. We spoke to the latter's biographer"
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