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Apr 21, 2012 Indian economy in a mess because of Congress: BJP: "The PM's Economic Advisor, Kaushik Basu, said on Friday that economic reforms were unlikely in India before the 2014 polls."
Apr 21, 2012 CM orders probe into realty scam: "Munda has ordered the setting up of a special investigation team after several builders of the state were unable to hand over land or flats to purchasers after taking money from them."
Apr 21, 2012 Probe Yeddyurappa's role in mining scam: SC panel: "The panel said that there were gross irregularities and the former CM and his relatives benefited from mining allotments."
Apr 21, 2012 Tatra deal: CBI records Army Chief's statement: "General VK Singh has alleged that he was offered a bribe to clear the purchase of sub-standard Tatra trucks."
Apr 21, 2012 MHADA official owns assets worth Rs 200 cr: "Maharashtra Housing Board official Nitesh Thakur allegedly ran a real estate business in his brother's name."
Apr 21, 2012 New book tells how C M Ibrahim blocked Tata airline, Bangalore airport: "In 1997, then civil aviation minister C.M. Ibrahim acted under pressure from Jet Airways to thwart the Tata group's bid to start an airline in India in association with Singapore Airlines, a former top bureaucrat has said in a tell-all book."
Apr 21, 2012 J'khand: 1 dead as workers of 2 parties clash: "The clashes broke out over awarding of contracts at Bharat Coking Coal Ltd. A mob smashed several vehicles during the violence.", "the cops were present when this entire incident happened and still they could not do anything", "murders for money and these types of clashes are quite common"
Apr 21, 2012 Illegal mining: SC panel recommends CBI probe against Yeddyurappa kin: "The Supreme Court's high powered environment panel on Friday recommended a CBI probe into the alleged massive illegal mining activities in Karnataka permitted by then chief minister B S Yeddyurappa which enabled his close relatives to reap "windfall profits"."
Apr 21, 2012 Farmers left power-less in Karnataka villages: "The farmers in Karnataka are bearing the brunt of a twin crisis of drought and severe power scarcity this year."
Apr 20, 2012 Burning money in the sky: "Recently, the civil aviation ministry announced a Rs 30,000 crore bailout plan for Air India. This, after half a dozen previous bailout plans have not worked."
Apr 19, 2012 Mining mafia flexes muscle again: "The suspected mining mafia member, who tried to mow down Meena Pal, posted as Tehsildar at Kannod, when she was inspecting the illegal mining of stones at the site yesterday, is local BJP leader Dhara Singh Patel, they said."
Apr 19, 2012 How Siemens cracked down on corruption & what India Inc can learn from it: "Investigations between 2003 and 2008 revealed the German firm made 4,283 illegal payments totalling $1.4 billion for 332 projects from 2001 to 2007."
Apr 19, 2012 Market Watch: India’s economic star is fading: "Once-promising nation has only itself to blame"
Apr 19, 2012 CBI books BEML chief on charges of cheating, corruption: "carried out searches at several locations including his residence in Bangalore."
Apr 19, 2012 Rush makes Mumbai's lifeline a deathline: "Three people died and 15 others got injured after people fell on the tracks due to overcrowding in local train."
Apr 19, 2012 Mumbai: 18 fall off crowded local train, 3 dead: "A technical snag de-railed the Central Line, and worse, over crowding led to three deaths and at least 15 injuries so far."
Apr 19, 2012 Chinese hardware used in Army's system a threat: "The Army has told the government that components used by the force in Project Shakti have Chinese IT hardware."
Apr 19, 2012 Maharashtra: Power shortage takes a toll on industries: "Power shortage of 1500 to 2000 MW of electricity in Maharashtra is taking a toll on the industries across the state."
Apr 19, 2012 Mumbai: 3 dead after falling from local train: "Many people fell from a local train between Nahur and Bhandup stations (central line) due to overcrowding."
Apr 19, 2012 FTN: Are TV babas deluding the public?: "The controversies related to TV guru Nirmal Baba doesn't seen to end. In another revelation, the spiritual guru has been accused of purchasing a hotel with the donation money collected from his followers."
Apr 19, 2012 Genelia D'Souza to appear in Andhra court in cheating case: "in a cheating case related to the purchase of a house from a company for which she was the brand ambassador."
Apr 19, 2012 Two killed after falling from overcrowded Mumbai train: "as the Central Railway's suburban services continued to be disrupted by signalling woes, leading to chaos in the city."
Apr 19, 2012 Corporate America writes to Obama about 'vacuum' in India: "corporate America has told the White House there is a "vacuum" at the Centre and political power is devolving to strong state leaders."
Apr 19, 2012 Tikku, Kakkar murders: Bollywood-underworld nexus back?: "The brutal murders of Arunkumar Tikku and Karan Kakkar seem to suggest a return of the Bollywood-underworld nexus in Mumbai."
Apr 19, 2012 CBI books BEML chief on charges of cheating, corruption: "The CBI on Thursday booked BEML chairman V R S Natarajan for alleged cheating, criminal conspiracy and corruption in connection with tendering process for hiring a private consultancy firm and carried out searches at several locations including his residence."
Apr 18, 2012 Three State Bank of India officials in CBI net for fraud: "A deputy manager of audit section of State Bank of India's zonal office at Kingsway branch is among the three arrested on Tuesday by the anti-corruption wing of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for an alleged 1.44 crore scam in the banks NRI section."
Apr 18, 2012 VIP quota, reason for rail ticket scam: Dinesh Trivedi: "found that VIPs were the source of such frauds."
Apr 18, 2012 Private sector should also fight against corruption: "Head of Transparency and Anti-corruption Initiatives of UNGC, Olajobi Makinwa, told Business Line in an interview that corruption in India was “pertinent” considering the level of poverty here."
Apr 18, 2012 Fresh raids by CBI in Tatra trucks deal: "The CBI today carried out searches at the residential premises of two retired Army officers and a Vectra official in connection with its probe into alleged irregularities in the procurement and supply of Tatra all-terrain vehicles to the Army."
Apr 18, 2012 Tamil Nadu suffers from acute power crisis: "Tamil Nadu's leather belt have been hit by power shortages, leading to as much as a 25 per cent increase in production costs."
Apr 18, 2012 Govt is keeping away foreign investments from India: Parekh: "HDFC Chairman Deepak Parekh has lashed out at the government for it's policy flip flops.", "Huge amount of negativity about India among foreign investors"
Apr 18, 2012 Tatra deal: CBI carries out raids in Delhi, NCR: "The CBI for the first time questioned Defence PSU BEML Chairman VRS Natarajan on Tuesday."
Apr 18, 2012 Tatra scam: CBI searches homes of two ex army officers: "The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday conducted search operations at the homes of two former army officers in Delhi and Noida and recovered key documents related to its probe into alleged irregularities in the procurement of Tatra trucks"
Apr 18, 2012 Gujarat HC quashes sedition cases against TOI Ahmedabad: "The cases had been filed after a series of investigative reports had exposed Mathur's dubious background and questioned if Ahmedabad was safe in his hands as police commissioner."
Apr 17, 2012 To sue Coal India despite lower penalty in pact: TCI Fund
Apr 17, 2012 Inquiry into Indian defence bribe over US$1bn lorries deal: ""There have been large amounts of corruption" in the defence department,"
Apr 17, 2012 Graft in armed forces: Antony warns strict action
Apr 17, 2012 India fines IMI $70m for alleged bribery: "India's Ministry of Defense seized a $70 million bank guarantee from Israel Military Industries."
Apr 17, 2012 No transparency in Lavasa: CAG report: "The report also says that the Lavasa project is driven by private interest rather than public interest."
Apr 17, 2012 Vodafone issues notice to India over tax proposal: "It says the proposal in the budget to tax transactions with retrospective effect amounts to a denial of justice."
Apr 17, 2012 Industries suffering due to power cuts in Punjab: "Punjab is suffering from a shortage of about 2500 megawatt of electricity presently."
Apr 17, 2012 How to tackle coal crisis?: "The Central electricity authority has sent out a warning, over 55 power stations that supply electricity to Indian metros have coal to last for just 6 days."
Apr 17, 2012 BEML chief quizzed by CBI: "BEML Chairman and Managing Director V R S Natarajan today appeared before the CBI as the agency had asked him to come for giving clarifications pertaining to procurement and supply of Tatra all-terrain trucks to the Army"
Apr 17, 2012 Vodafone serves notice to India: "Vodafone today threatened to drag the government to international arbitration over retrospective tax legislation under the bilateral investment treaty (BIT) between India and the Netherlands."
Apr 17, 2012 बंगाल की पुलिस ने फेसबुक को लिखी चिट्ठी: "सीआईडी ने मुख्यमंत्री ममता बनर्जी के ख़िलाफ़ आपत्तिजनक टिप्पणियों और तस्वीरों के स्रोत का भी पता लगाने को कहा है."
Apr 17, 2012 Bureaucrats stalling India's progress: E Sreedharan: "The 'metro man' said that the state of Railways today is at least 25 to 30 years behind the rest of the world.", "There is really no government functioning today"
Apr 17, 2012 WB: Cartoon not the reason behind Professor's arrest?: "Reports say that it's not free speech which is at stake, in fact Ambikesh Mahapatra was arrested because of the nexus between the TMC and builders lobby."
Apr 17, 2012 Vodafone issues notice to Indian government over tax proposal: "Vodafone on Tuesday threatened to drag the government to international arbitration over retrospective tax legislation under the bilateral investment treaty (BIT) between India and the Netherlands."
Apr 17, 2012 Embarrassment for Andhra Congress: "the Andhra Pradesh High Court today asked it to reconsider the transfer of the Anti-Corruption Bureau(ACB) officer who was heading the probe into the dealings and links of the liquor syndicate."
Apr 17, 2012 Review transfer of SIT chief: Andhra HC to govt: "IPS officer K Sreenivasa Reddy had busted the liquor scam in Andhra Pradesh involving several politicians."
Apr 17, 2012 Maharaja can’t rule: "Instead of using taxpayer money to bail out Air India again, read the writing on the wall"
Apr 17, 2012 Lokayukta orders probe against former Karnataka CM Dharam Singh: "this 10 acres 17 guntas, 2 acres 20 guntas was sold to Kavita for Rs 50 lakh for which the sale deed was executed on December 9, 2005. Kavita in turn sold this to Sobha developers on August 1, 2006 for Rs four crore."
Apr 15, 2012 India’s Bofors scam: A few lessons, 25 years later: "In the past 25 years, one has lost count of the number of scams that have surfaced."
Apr 15, 2012 Tatra: Scams test BEML chief’s staying power: "Fifty-nine year-old Natarajan is the longest serving head of the organisation, remaining at the helm of affairs for an uninterrupted 10 years, quite a feat given the many close shaves with infamy he has had."
Apr 15, 2012 Taipeitimes: India market sours for foreign investors: "Companies have long griped about India’s byzantine rules and suffocating bureaucracy, but recent policy flip-flops have further soured the investor mood."
Apr 15, 2012 Pune: Agricultural land marketed as hill station: "In a strong reminder of the Lavasa controversy, Girivan, an agricultural land in MP, is being marketed as a private hill station."
Apr 15, 2012 Tatra deal: CBI calls BEML chief for questioning: "The agency had filed an FIR against BEML and Vectra Group chief Ravi Rishi in connection with the deal."
Apr 14, 2012 We Are The Higher-Ups: "Using discretionary powers, the government gives away hillsides to the rich and powerful ", "Priyanka Gandhi Owns more than an acre in Charabra, on the outskirts of Shimla, not far from the presidential retreat"
Apr 14, 2012 15 former BSP ministers under lens for funds fraud: "a probe was on into charges of corruption against 15 former ministers in the Mayawati government and 37 ex-MLAs in this and several other schemes."
Apr 14, 2012 Postal assistant gets one-year jail term in corruption case: "He was charged with regularly deducting 20% from the commission amount payable to one Vimla Kumari, an agent for procuring fixed deposits", "The CBI had registered a case against Habib Ansari in 1988 under the Prevention of Corruption Act on a complaint from Vimla "
Apr 14, 2012 Corruption tag hits India mammoth anti-polio campaign: "anti corruption sleuths nabbed a health department official of taking kickbacks for allotment of ‘pulse polio’ kits."
Apr 14, 2012 2G Wireless Spectrum Scam now for Presidential Reference – Congress @ its Worst
Apr 14, 2012 Daily Mail UK: Corruption confession: Government paper admits institutionalised graft plagues entire bureaucracy and plays havoc on the citizen: "'At senior levels, it (corruption) is usually a result of strong nexus between politicians and civil servants and, at lower levels, it is a result of poor systems and ill-defined public service levels,' the government paper points out candidly."
Apr 14, 2012 To check roads graft, link payments to output: WB: "Following repeated allegations of corruption in highway projects funded by it in India, the World Bank has sought a new system of contracts under which road builders are paid only after they produce a pre-specified quantum and quality of work."
Apr 14, 2012 'India must remove nightmarish rules to attract investments': "Lord Swraj Paul today said India should get rid of its "nightmarish" rules and regulations and hasten the decision-making process to attract more investments."
Apr 14, 2012 India needs to remove hurdles in its rules and regulations: US Commerce Secretary Bryson: ""We still have challenges in regards to transparency, accountability, and openness in India," Bryson told"
Apr 14, 2012 India's Grain Storage Comes Up Short: "in the past red tape has delayed such plans, leaving food out in the open to rot."
Apr 13, 2012 The Last Word: Is the govt doing enough to secure Air India?: "The Govt's plans to restructure AI involves re-structuring Rs 18,000 crore by converting Rs 10,500 crore into long-term debt with a lower interest rate.", "30,000 crore can be usefully used for a whole lot of other things rather than building up Air-India. Why not shut down Air-India and say good-buy to it? we have got other airlines, they can do the job equally well, why do we need Air-India at all?"
Apr 13, 2012 President Pratibha Patil lands in new row: "While an RTI plea showed that a defence land was allotted to President Pratibha Patil, her office denied any land grab.", "Prez violated land rules?"
Apr 13, 2012 Tatra trucks: Money laundering case registered against Ravinder Rishi: "Army chief General VK Singh had alleged that Lt Gen (retd) Tejinder Khanna offered him a bribe on behalf of Ravi Rishi to clear a tranche of Tatra trucks for the Army.", "if these defence deals and those involved in the execution of the agreements had 'off the book' or overpriced transactions leading to generation of illegal funds which could have been subsequently laundered in other investment avenues."
Apr 13, 2012 2G case: Judge warns accused not to play 'tricks' in court: "out of 410 applications being filed by the defence counsel till date in the case, around 200 pleas contained major mistakes.", he said adding Morani was required to attend upcoming IPL matches of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) team scheduled on April 15 and April 18."
Apr 13, 2012 NHRM scam: CBI raids Noida CMO's office: ""investigations so far have revealed that drugs and medical equipment purchased under the programme were not only sub-standard but were also heavily over-priced, which made it obvious that a whole lot of money went into kickbacks.""
Apr 13, 2012 Bangalore residential rentals stabilise: "Rentals range from Rs 20,000 to Rs 2 lakh per month for 2 BHK units depending on the location, proximity to landmark areas and amenities offered in the project. Similarly rentals for 3 BHK units range from Rs 45,000 to Rs 2 lakh per month"
Apr 13, 2012 I-T probes Joshi's connection with Vectra chief: "The probe comes after the department found an entry of Rs 2.5 crore against the code RR in the diary of Joshi.", "Rs. 3 CR bribe to IAS officer?"
Apr 13, 2012 MoD to assist CBI in Tatra probe: "It is also said by sources that the Army Chief, Lt Gen (retd) Tejinder Singh and Vectra chief Ravi Rishi will be questioned during the investiation."
Apr 13, 2012 How to cut 18,000 staff the Air India way: Just hive them off!: "Air India has the most bloated workforce in the industry. But can just hiving them off into separate companies work?"
Apr 13, 2012 Air India to get Rs 30,000 cr, govt to restructure airline: "The airline will receive first dreamliner aircraft in two weeks"
Apr 11, 2012 1600 Illegal colonies an MCD election issue: "Regularisation and development work in the unauthorised colonies of Delhi is a contentious issue on which political parties fight their local-body elections."
Apr 11, 2012 US busts another scam by India-based call centers: "they have busted another payday scam, worth several million dollars, conducted on US citizens"
Apr 11, 2012 Tatra, corruption, snooping: Army Chief tells all
Apr 11, 2012 SBI officials, others to be charged for cheating bank of Rs 30 cr: "a senior official of the State Bank of India (SBI) and 10 others for allegedly using forged documents to cheat the bank's Industrial Finance Branch to the tune of Rs 30.5 crores in the matter of credit facilities."
Apr 10, 2012 India Cabinet OKs Presidential Reference in Telecom Ruling : "The Supreme Court of India on Feb. 2 ordered the scrapping of 122 licenses for second-generation phone services issued to several companies--both domestic and foreign firms with local tie ups--in 2008 on complaints of corruption in their allotment."
Apr 10, 2012 Maharashtra government to probe Mukesh Ambani home extension: "It was decided at the Ambani-Kumar meeting that the civic body would levy Rs 2.82 lakh as 'pay and park charges' and another 1.7 lakh as rent every year."
Apr 10, 2012 Who has the fairest vagina of them all?: "the fairness feminine douche! Clean and Dry intimate wash “offers protection, fairness and freshness” for colour-challenged vaginas everywhere."
Apr 10, 2012 Army Chief sends complaint to CBI on alleged bribery offer: "Army Chief General V K Singh today (April 10) sent his complaint to the CBI regarding Rs 14 crore alleged bribery offer made to him by a retired officer to clear the supply of a tranche of 600 vehicles."
Apr 10, 2012 General VK Singh writes to CBI on Tatra bribe offer: "The investigating agency has not ruled out registering a complaint against Lt Gen (retired) Tejinder Singh."
Apr 10, 2012 Chhattisgarh: Gadkari's aide in coal scam?: "The CAG report states that a coal block was given to Sancheti's company at a throw away price of Rs 129.60 per metric ton."
Apr 10, 2012 Is govt indifferent to the plight of sailors held hostage?: "The Somali pirates have hijacked a merchant oil tanker, MT Royal Grace, with 17 Indians on board."
Apr 10, 2012 BEML-Tatra deal: CBI questions senior officials: "The CBI on Monday questioned vigilance and finance officials of the public sector unit BEML in connection with the Tatra truck deal."
Apr 10, 2012 Reuters: India's Loop Telecom latest casualty of 2G scam-report: "India's Loop Telecom will close down its operations and seek a 38 billion rupee ($740.81 million) refund from the government"
Apr 10, 2012 Views | Reining in corporate bribery in a police state
Apr 9, 2012 Mihir S Sharma: As bad as it gets?: "Everyone is either corrupt or ineffectual, rapacious capitalists cart off our natural resources unimpeded in large trucks marked “swag”, the world’s laughing at the India growth story"
Apr 9, 2012 Madhu Koda gets bail in one case, but still in jail for others: "Jharkhand High Court granted bail to former state Chief Minister Madhu Koda, who has been in prison after his arrest over two years in connection with illegal investments and hawala transaction case."
Apr 9, 2012 CBI arrests ex-Rajasthan Minister: "CBI on Thursday (April 5) arrested BJP MLA Rajendra Rathore in connection with the fake encounter of local liquor smuggler Dara Singh in 2006."
Apr 9, 2012 Maharashtra land row: CAG report names Vilasrao: "The CAG report on the land row also puts several serving Maharashtra ministers in the dock."
Apr 9, 2012 Maharashtra land row: CAG report names Vilasrao: "The CAG report on the land row also puts several serving Maharashtra ministers in the dock."
Apr 9, 2012 AP liquor scam: Officer heading probe transferred: "Police sources have alleged political pressure to scuttle probe in the Andhra Pradesh liquor scam."
Apr 9, 2012 Maharashtra land row: Oppn guns for Deshmukh: "The CAG report, which is yet to be released, names five politicians for alleged irregularities in land allotments."
Apr 9, 2012 Maharashtra Cong leaders in new land row: report: "A CAG report indicting 5 senior politicians for alleged irregularities in land allotments has been leaked."
Apr 9, 2012 SC asks Ghai to return film institute land: "The Supreme Court quashed the state government's decision to allot 20 acre land to his film institute."
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Apr 21, 2012 Indian economy in a mess because of Congress: BJP: "The PM's Economic Advisor, Kaushik Basu, said on Friday that economic reforms were unlikely in India before the 2014 polls."
Apr 21, 2012 CM orders probe into realty scam: "Munda has ordered the setting up of a special investigation team after several builders of the state were unable to hand over land or flats to purchasers after taking money from them."
Apr 21, 2012 Probe Yeddyurappa's role in mining scam: SC panel: "The panel said that there were gross irregularities and the former CM and his relatives benefited from mining allotments."
Apr 21, 2012 Tatra deal: CBI records Army Chief's statement: "General VK Singh has alleged that he was offered a bribe to clear the purchase of sub-standard Tatra trucks."
Apr 21, 2012 MHADA official owns assets worth Rs 200 cr: "Maharashtra Housing Board official Nitesh Thakur allegedly ran a real estate business in his brother's name."
Apr 21, 2012 New book tells how C M Ibrahim blocked Tata airline, Bangalore airport: "In 1997, then civil aviation minister C.M. Ibrahim acted under pressure from Jet Airways to thwart the Tata group's bid to start an airline in India in association with Singapore Airlines, a former top bureaucrat has said in a tell-all book."
Apr 21, 2012 J'khand: 1 dead as workers of 2 parties clash: "The clashes broke out over awarding of contracts at Bharat Coking Coal Ltd. A mob smashed several vehicles during the violence.", "the cops were present when this entire incident happened and still they could not do anything", "murders for money and these types of clashes are quite common"
Apr 21, 2012 Illegal mining: SC panel recommends CBI probe against Yeddyurappa kin: "The Supreme Court's high powered environment panel on Friday recommended a CBI probe into the alleged massive illegal mining activities in Karnataka permitted by then chief minister B S Yeddyurappa which enabled his close relatives to reap "windfall profits"."
Apr 21, 2012 Farmers left power-less in Karnataka villages: "The farmers in Karnataka are bearing the brunt of a twin crisis of drought and severe power scarcity this year."
Apr 20, 2012 Burning money in the sky: "Recently, the civil aviation ministry announced a Rs 30,000 crore bailout plan for Air India. This, after half a dozen previous bailout plans have not worked."
Apr 19, 2012 Mining mafia flexes muscle again: "The suspected mining mafia member, who tried to mow down Meena Pal, posted as Tehsildar at Kannod, when she was inspecting the illegal mining of stones at the site yesterday, is local BJP leader Dhara Singh Patel, they said."
Apr 19, 2012 How Siemens cracked down on corruption & what India Inc can learn from it: "Investigations between 2003 and 2008 revealed the German firm made 4,283 illegal payments totalling $1.4 billion for 332 projects from 2001 to 2007."
Apr 19, 2012 Market Watch: India’s economic star is fading: "Once-promising nation has only itself to blame"
Apr 19, 2012 CBI books BEML chief on charges of cheating, corruption: "carried out searches at several locations including his residence in Bangalore."
Apr 19, 2012 Rush makes Mumbai's lifeline a deathline: "Three people died and 15 others got injured after people fell on the tracks due to overcrowding in local train."
Apr 19, 2012 Mumbai: 18 fall off crowded local train, 3 dead: "A technical snag de-railed the Central Line, and worse, over crowding led to three deaths and at least 15 injuries so far."
Apr 19, 2012 Chinese hardware used in Army's system a threat: "The Army has told the government that components used by the force in Project Shakti have Chinese IT hardware."
Apr 19, 2012 Maharashtra: Power shortage takes a toll on industries: "Power shortage of 1500 to 2000 MW of electricity in Maharashtra is taking a toll on the industries across the state."
Apr 19, 2012 Mumbai: 3 dead after falling from local train: "Many people fell from a local train between Nahur and Bhandup stations (central line) due to overcrowding."
Apr 19, 2012 FTN: Are TV babas deluding the public?: "The controversies related to TV guru Nirmal Baba doesn't seen to end. In another revelation, the spiritual guru has been accused of purchasing a hotel with the donation money collected from his followers."
Apr 19, 2012 Genelia D'Souza to appear in Andhra court in cheating case: "in a cheating case related to the purchase of a house from a company for which she was the brand ambassador."
Apr 19, 2012 Two killed after falling from overcrowded Mumbai train: "as the Central Railway's suburban services continued to be disrupted by signalling woes, leading to chaos in the city."
Apr 19, 2012 Corporate America writes to Obama about 'vacuum' in India: "corporate America has told the White House there is a "vacuum" at the Centre and political power is devolving to strong state leaders."
Apr 19, 2012 Tikku, Kakkar murders: Bollywood-underworld nexus back?: "The brutal murders of Arunkumar Tikku and Karan Kakkar seem to suggest a return of the Bollywood-underworld nexus in Mumbai."
Apr 19, 2012 CBI books BEML chief on charges of cheating, corruption: "The CBI on Thursday booked BEML chairman V R S Natarajan for alleged cheating, criminal conspiracy and corruption in connection with tendering process for hiring a private consultancy firm and carried out searches at several locations including his residence."
Apr 18, 2012 Three State Bank of India officials in CBI net for fraud: "A deputy manager of audit section of State Bank of India's zonal office at Kingsway branch is among the three arrested on Tuesday by the anti-corruption wing of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for an alleged 1.44 crore scam in the banks NRI section."
Apr 18, 2012 VIP quota, reason for rail ticket scam: Dinesh Trivedi: "found that VIPs were the source of such frauds."
Apr 18, 2012 Private sector should also fight against corruption: "Head of Transparency and Anti-corruption Initiatives of UNGC, Olajobi Makinwa, told Business Line in an interview that corruption in India was “pertinent” considering the level of poverty here."
Apr 18, 2012 Fresh raids by CBI in Tatra trucks deal: "The CBI today carried out searches at the residential premises of two retired Army officers and a Vectra official in connection with its probe into alleged irregularities in the procurement and supply of Tatra all-terrain vehicles to the Army."
Apr 18, 2012 Tamil Nadu suffers from acute power crisis: "Tamil Nadu's leather belt have been hit by power shortages, leading to as much as a 25 per cent increase in production costs."
Apr 18, 2012 Govt is keeping away foreign investments from India: Parekh: "HDFC Chairman Deepak Parekh has lashed out at the government for it's policy flip flops.", "Huge amount of negativity about India among foreign investors"
Apr 18, 2012 Tatra deal: CBI carries out raids in Delhi, NCR: "The CBI for the first time questioned Defence PSU BEML Chairman VRS Natarajan on Tuesday."
Apr 18, 2012 Tatra scam: CBI searches homes of two ex army officers: "The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday conducted search operations at the homes of two former army officers in Delhi and Noida and recovered key documents related to its probe into alleged irregularities in the procurement of Tatra trucks"
Apr 18, 2012 Gujarat HC quashes sedition cases against TOI Ahmedabad: "The cases had been filed after a series of investigative reports had exposed Mathur's dubious background and questioned if Ahmedabad was safe in his hands as police commissioner."
Apr 17, 2012 To sue Coal India despite lower penalty in pact: TCI Fund
Apr 17, 2012 Inquiry into Indian defence bribe over US$1bn lorries deal: ""There have been large amounts of corruption" in the defence department,"
Apr 17, 2012 Graft in armed forces: Antony warns strict action
Apr 17, 2012 India fines IMI $70m for alleged bribery: "India's Ministry of Defense seized a $70 million bank guarantee from Israel Military Industries."
Apr 17, 2012 No transparency in Lavasa: CAG report: "The report also says that the Lavasa project is driven by private interest rather than public interest."
Apr 17, 2012 Vodafone issues notice to India over tax proposal: "It says the proposal in the budget to tax transactions with retrospective effect amounts to a denial of justice."
Apr 17, 2012 Industries suffering due to power cuts in Punjab: "Punjab is suffering from a shortage of about 2500 megawatt of electricity presently."
Apr 17, 2012 How to tackle coal crisis?: "The Central electricity authority has sent out a warning, over 55 power stations that supply electricity to Indian metros have coal to last for just 6 days."
Apr 17, 2012 BEML chief quizzed by CBI: "BEML Chairman and Managing Director V R S Natarajan today appeared before the CBI as the agency had asked him to come for giving clarifications pertaining to procurement and supply of Tatra all-terrain trucks to the Army"
Apr 17, 2012 Vodafone serves notice to India: "Vodafone today threatened to drag the government to international arbitration over retrospective tax legislation under the bilateral investment treaty (BIT) between India and the Netherlands."
Apr 17, 2012 बंगाल की पुलिस ने फेसबुक को लिखी चिट्ठी: "सीआईडी ने मुख्यमंत्री ममता बनर्जी के ख़िलाफ़ आपत्तिजनक टिप्पणियों और तस्वीरों के स्रोत का भी पता लगाने को कहा है."
Apr 17, 2012 Bureaucrats stalling India's progress: E Sreedharan: "The 'metro man' said that the state of Railways today is at least 25 to 30 years behind the rest of the world.", "There is really no government functioning today"
Apr 17, 2012 WB: Cartoon not the reason behind Professor's arrest?: "Reports say that it's not free speech which is at stake, in fact Ambikesh Mahapatra was arrested because of the nexus between the TMC and builders lobby."
Apr 17, 2012 Vodafone issues notice to Indian government over tax proposal: "Vodafone on Tuesday threatened to drag the government to international arbitration over retrospective tax legislation under the bilateral investment treaty (BIT) between India and the Netherlands."
Apr 17, 2012 Embarrassment for Andhra Congress: "the Andhra Pradesh High Court today asked it to reconsider the transfer of the Anti-Corruption Bureau(ACB) officer who was heading the probe into the dealings and links of the liquor syndicate."
Apr 17, 2012 Review transfer of SIT chief: Andhra HC to govt: "IPS officer K Sreenivasa Reddy had busted the liquor scam in Andhra Pradesh involving several politicians."
Apr 17, 2012 Maharaja can’t rule: "Instead of using taxpayer money to bail out Air India again, read the writing on the wall"
Apr 17, 2012 Lokayukta orders probe against former Karnataka CM Dharam Singh: "this 10 acres 17 guntas, 2 acres 20 guntas was sold to Kavita for Rs 50 lakh for which the sale deed was executed on December 9, 2005. Kavita in turn sold this to Sobha developers on August 1, 2006 for Rs four crore."
Apr 15, 2012 India’s Bofors scam: A few lessons, 25 years later: "In the past 25 years, one has lost count of the number of scams that have surfaced."
Apr 15, 2012 Tatra: Scams test BEML chief’s staying power: "Fifty-nine year-old Natarajan is the longest serving head of the organisation, remaining at the helm of affairs for an uninterrupted 10 years, quite a feat given the many close shaves with infamy he has had."
Apr 15, 2012 Taipeitimes: India market sours for foreign investors: "Companies have long griped about India’s byzantine rules and suffocating bureaucracy, but recent policy flip-flops have further soured the investor mood."
Apr 15, 2012 Pune: Agricultural land marketed as hill station: "In a strong reminder of the Lavasa controversy, Girivan, an agricultural land in MP, is being marketed as a private hill station."
Apr 15, 2012 Tatra deal: CBI calls BEML chief for questioning: "The agency had filed an FIR against BEML and Vectra Group chief Ravi Rishi in connection with the deal."
Apr 14, 2012 We Are The Higher-Ups: "Using discretionary powers, the government gives away hillsides to the rich and powerful ", "Priyanka Gandhi Owns more than an acre in Charabra, on the outskirts of Shimla, not far from the presidential retreat"
Apr 14, 2012 15 former BSP ministers under lens for funds fraud: "a probe was on into charges of corruption against 15 former ministers in the Mayawati government and 37 ex-MLAs in this and several other schemes."
Apr 14, 2012 Postal assistant gets one-year jail term in corruption case: "He was charged with regularly deducting 20% from the commission amount payable to one Vimla Kumari, an agent for procuring fixed deposits", "The CBI had registered a case against Habib Ansari in 1988 under the Prevention of Corruption Act on a complaint from Vimla "
Apr 14, 2012 Corruption tag hits India mammoth anti-polio campaign: "anti corruption sleuths nabbed a health department official of taking kickbacks for allotment of ‘pulse polio’ kits."
Apr 14, 2012 2G Wireless Spectrum Scam now for Presidential Reference – Congress @ its Worst
Apr 14, 2012 Daily Mail UK: Corruption confession: Government paper admits institutionalised graft plagues entire bureaucracy and plays havoc on the citizen: "'At senior levels, it (corruption) is usually a result of strong nexus between politicians and civil servants and, at lower levels, it is a result of poor systems and ill-defined public service levels,' the government paper points out candidly."
Apr 14, 2012 To check roads graft, link payments to output: WB: "Following repeated allegations of corruption in highway projects funded by it in India, the World Bank has sought a new system of contracts under which road builders are paid only after they produce a pre-specified quantum and quality of work."
Apr 14, 2012 'India must remove nightmarish rules to attract investments': "Lord Swraj Paul today said India should get rid of its "nightmarish" rules and regulations and hasten the decision-making process to attract more investments."
Apr 14, 2012 India needs to remove hurdles in its rules and regulations: US Commerce Secretary Bryson: ""We still have challenges in regards to transparency, accountability, and openness in India," Bryson told"
Apr 14, 2012 India's Grain Storage Comes Up Short: "in the past red tape has delayed such plans, leaving food out in the open to rot."
Apr 13, 2012 The Last Word: Is the govt doing enough to secure Air India?: "The Govt's plans to restructure AI involves re-structuring Rs 18,000 crore by converting Rs 10,500 crore into long-term debt with a lower interest rate.", "30,000 crore can be usefully used for a whole lot of other things rather than building up Air-India. Why not shut down Air-India and say good-buy to it? we have got other airlines, they can do the job equally well, why do we need Air-India at all?"
Apr 13, 2012 President Pratibha Patil lands in new row: "While an RTI plea showed that a defence land was allotted to President Pratibha Patil, her office denied any land grab.", "Prez violated land rules?"
Apr 13, 2012 Tatra trucks: Money laundering case registered against Ravinder Rishi: "Army chief General VK Singh had alleged that Lt Gen (retd) Tejinder Khanna offered him a bribe on behalf of Ravi Rishi to clear a tranche of Tatra trucks for the Army.", "if these defence deals and those involved in the execution of the agreements had 'off the book' or overpriced transactions leading to generation of illegal funds which could have been subsequently laundered in other investment avenues."
Apr 13, 2012 2G case: Judge warns accused not to play 'tricks' in court: "out of 410 applications being filed by the defence counsel till date in the case, around 200 pleas contained major mistakes.", he said adding Morani was required to attend upcoming IPL matches of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) team scheduled on April 15 and April 18."
Apr 13, 2012 NHRM scam: CBI raids Noida CMO's office: ""investigations so far have revealed that drugs and medical equipment purchased under the programme were not only sub-standard but were also heavily over-priced, which made it obvious that a whole lot of money went into kickbacks.""
Apr 13, 2012 Bangalore residential rentals stabilise: "Rentals range from Rs 20,000 to Rs 2 lakh per month for 2 BHK units depending on the location, proximity to landmark areas and amenities offered in the project. Similarly rentals for 3 BHK units range from Rs 45,000 to Rs 2 lakh per month"
Apr 13, 2012 I-T probes Joshi's connection with Vectra chief: "The probe comes after the department found an entry of Rs 2.5 crore against the code RR in the diary of Joshi.", "Rs. 3 CR bribe to IAS officer?"
Apr 13, 2012 MoD to assist CBI in Tatra probe: "It is also said by sources that the Army Chief, Lt Gen (retd) Tejinder Singh and Vectra chief Ravi Rishi will be questioned during the investiation."
Apr 13, 2012 How to cut 18,000 staff the Air India way: Just hive them off!: "Air India has the most bloated workforce in the industry. But can just hiving them off into separate companies work?"
Apr 13, 2012 Air India to get Rs 30,000 cr, govt to restructure airline: "The airline will receive first dreamliner aircraft in two weeks"
Apr 11, 2012 1600 Illegal colonies an MCD election issue: "Regularisation and development work in the unauthorised colonies of Delhi is a contentious issue on which political parties fight their local-body elections."
Apr 11, 2012 US busts another scam by India-based call centers: "they have busted another payday scam, worth several million dollars, conducted on US citizens"
Apr 11, 2012 Tatra, corruption, snooping: Army Chief tells all
Apr 11, 2012 SBI officials, others to be charged for cheating bank of Rs 30 cr: "a senior official of the State Bank of India (SBI) and 10 others for allegedly using forged documents to cheat the bank's Industrial Finance Branch to the tune of Rs 30.5 crores in the matter of credit facilities."
Apr 10, 2012 India Cabinet OKs Presidential Reference in Telecom Ruling : "The Supreme Court of India on Feb. 2 ordered the scrapping of 122 licenses for second-generation phone services issued to several companies--both domestic and foreign firms with local tie ups--in 2008 on complaints of corruption in their allotment."
Apr 10, 2012 Maharashtra government to probe Mukesh Ambani home extension: "It was decided at the Ambani-Kumar meeting that the civic body would levy Rs 2.82 lakh as 'pay and park charges' and another 1.7 lakh as rent every year."
Apr 10, 2012 Who has the fairest vagina of them all?: "the fairness feminine douche! Clean and Dry intimate wash “offers protection, fairness and freshness” for colour-challenged vaginas everywhere."
Apr 10, 2012 Army Chief sends complaint to CBI on alleged bribery offer: "Army Chief General V K Singh today (April 10) sent his complaint to the CBI regarding Rs 14 crore alleged bribery offer made to him by a retired officer to clear the supply of a tranche of 600 vehicles."
Apr 10, 2012 General VK Singh writes to CBI on Tatra bribe offer: "The investigating agency has not ruled out registering a complaint against Lt Gen (retired) Tejinder Singh."
Apr 10, 2012 Chhattisgarh: Gadkari's aide in coal scam?: "The CAG report states that a coal block was given to Sancheti's company at a throw away price of Rs 129.60 per metric ton."
Apr 10, 2012 Is govt indifferent to the plight of sailors held hostage?: "The Somali pirates have hijacked a merchant oil tanker, MT Royal Grace, with 17 Indians on board."
Apr 10, 2012 BEML-Tatra deal: CBI questions senior officials: "The CBI on Monday questioned vigilance and finance officials of the public sector unit BEML in connection with the Tatra truck deal."
Apr 10, 2012 Reuters: India's Loop Telecom latest casualty of 2G scam-report: "India's Loop Telecom will close down its operations and seek a 38 billion rupee ($740.81 million) refund from the government"
Apr 10, 2012 Views | Reining in corporate bribery in a police state
Apr 9, 2012 Mihir S Sharma: As bad as it gets?: "Everyone is either corrupt or ineffectual, rapacious capitalists cart off our natural resources unimpeded in large trucks marked “swag”, the world’s laughing at the India growth story"
Apr 9, 2012 Madhu Koda gets bail in one case, but still in jail for others: "Jharkhand High Court granted bail to former state Chief Minister Madhu Koda, who has been in prison after his arrest over two years in connection with illegal investments and hawala transaction case."
Apr 9, 2012 CBI arrests ex-Rajasthan Minister: "CBI on Thursday (April 5) arrested BJP MLA Rajendra Rathore in connection with the fake encounter of local liquor smuggler Dara Singh in 2006."
Apr 9, 2012 Maharashtra land row: CAG report names Vilasrao: "The CAG report on the land row also puts several serving Maharashtra ministers in the dock."
Apr 9, 2012 Maharashtra land row: CAG report names Vilasrao: "The CAG report on the land row also puts several serving Maharashtra ministers in the dock."
Apr 9, 2012 AP liquor scam: Officer heading probe transferred: "Police sources have alleged political pressure to scuttle probe in the Andhra Pradesh liquor scam."
Apr 9, 2012 Maharashtra land row: Oppn guns for Deshmukh: "The CAG report, which is yet to be released, names five politicians for alleged irregularities in land allotments."
Apr 9, 2012 Maharashtra Cong leaders in new land row: report: "A CAG report indicting 5 senior politicians for alleged irregularities in land allotments has been leaked."
Apr 9, 2012 SC asks Ghai to return film institute land: "The Supreme Court quashed the state government's decision to allot 20 acre land to his film institute."
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