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Mar 28, 2012 Probe Harshad Mehta-like scam: ASSOCHAM: "“The situation is akin to the Harshad Mehta scam in securities whereby a few manipulators have hijacked the NCDEX,” said S.K. Jindal, chairman of investments committee at The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM)."
Mar 28, 2012 A band-aid for Brand India: "What is Brand India all about today? It is about misgovernance; the politics of vendetta; endemic corruption; the dissatisfaction of the average citizen with those who rule him;"
Mar 28, 2012 Democratic India lost control over Army Chief: "During his tenure more than 20 senior officers (Brigadier or above) faced charges of corruption or moral turpitude but only few have been punished jailed due to political pressure."
Mar 28, 2012 TCI Seeks Redress For Alleged Corruption In India: "London-based TCI yesterday formally accused the Indian government of violating trade treaties between it and the U.K. and Cyprus"
Mar 28, 2012 Air India losing Rs 10 crore daily, employees threaten to go on strike: "Government owes over Rs 574 crore to cash-strapped Air India with Prime Minister's Office having an outstanding of more than Rs 200 crore"
Mar 28, 2012 Mamata's selective media gag in Bengal: "the West Bengal government has banned English and mass-circulation Bengali dailies at state-sponsored and aided libraries in the state which will make available only eight selected newspapers."
Mar 28, 2012 Army chief bribe row and the shady world of arms deals: "Tejinder Singh, he writes, “operates in tandem” with a retired major and his son, “both of whom are well-known” to Home Minister P Chidambaram’s son Karthi Chidambaram. Subramanian Swamy too has pointed to connections between the “triumvirate” of Tejinder Singh, the retired Major, and Karthi Chidambaram."
Mar 28, 2012 India's biggest defence deal in jeopardy?: "certain senior officials in the Ministry of Defence have raised reservations over the Rafale fighter jet deal. Few officials have expressed reservations about the Rs 80,000 crore deal. A bid procedure was followed in awarding the contract to Rafale, a procedure questioned by officials."
Mar 28, 2012 Digvijay targets MP Speaker on alleged nexus with mining mafia: "Madhya Pradesh Assembly Speaker Ishwar Das Rohani, was shielding some persons associated with the banned outfit SIMI, and involved in illegal mining in Jabalpur area."
Mar 27, 2012 No buyers but soaring prices: A scam called Mumbai realty: "inventory of 122 million sq ft was lying idle", "the Mumbai realty market is not driven by end-consumers but by investors. And these investors are either FIIs, non-resident Indians or even politicians channelising their black money into the sector."
Mar 27, 2012 Daily Mail UK: India must face up to its inability to deal with the murky side of arms purchases: "People and companies are caught, charged, black-listed and yet the bribery and corruption in defence deals goes on."
Mar 27, 2012 Govt stumbles upon multicrore scam: "alleged scam of over Rs 2 lakh crore, involving Wakf Board land"
Mar 27, 2012 Karnataka: Rs 2 lakh cr Wakf land scam surfaces: "The State Minorities Commission has reportedly named 38 Congress leaders among other politicians in the scam."
Mar 27, 2012 Ex-Army officer tried to bribe Gen Singh: Antony
Mar 27, 2012 Wakf land scam: Congress MLA calls for CBI probe: "Cong MLA Roshan Baig said on Tuesday that those who were found guilty in the scam, should be brought to book."
Mar 27, 2012 Bribe offer to Gen Singh was taped: Ex-officer: "The tape reportedly has Army Chief General VK Singh ordering the man out of his office after he was offered the bribe."
Mar 27, 2012 'Sons of 2 ex-CMs in 640 crore stamp duty franking scam': "a series of scams which have been allegedly perpetuated by members of the DF government."
Mar 27, 2012 IAS officer’s bail cancelled in Emaar scam: "Senior IAS officer and Andhra Pradesh Home Secretary B P Acharya was back in jail Tuesday after the High Court cancelled his bail in a corruption case."
Mar 27, 2012 VK Singh's bribe allegation opens a can of worms: "The Tatra deal was always under scrutiny for its dubious shareholding and a possible loss to the Government."
Mar 27, 2012 The other general, comfortably retired until the bribery bomb: "he was one of hundreds of senior retired personnel, with a house in South Delhi and a plush car and, like so many others of his tribe, doing a business in “consultancy”."
Mar 27, 2012 'Coalgate': CAG takes on coal minister, says we don't make mistakes: ""We are acclaimed internationally for our balanced reporting. Our officers are well trained and are so fundamentally strong that they don't do any basic errors. All our audit processes go down three-four layers, leaving no scope for mistakes.""
Mar 27, 2012 Bribe offer taped, more proof soon, warn Army chief's friends: "there is a tape of the conversation between Gen Singh and Lt Gen Tejinder Singh, retired chief of the Defence Intelligence Agency, where the latter offered a bribe of Rs 14 crore for facilitating purchase of 600 substandard Tatra trucks by the Army."
Mar 26, 2012 Voice of America: New Corruption Allegations Rock Indian Government
Mar 26, 2012 Corruption in the selection of mid-size 4x4 vehicles for the Indian Army: "the IAS couple, Tinoo and Arvind Joshi. Mr Joshi's tenure in the ministry of defence during the NDA government and the purchase decisions made by him then in his capacity of joint secretary are the talk of the town. "
Mar 26, 2012 THE FINANCIAL TIMES: Corruption besets India: "it is alleged the government lost $210bn by selling its coalfields too cheaply in a privatisation."
Mar 26, 2012 The Last Word: Has VK Singh lifted the lid on corruption in the Army?: "In a startling revelation Army Chief General VK Singh claimed that he was offered bribe to clear the purchase of vehicles for the forces."
Mar 26, 2012 Telenor seeks arbitration, claims damages of $14bn from govt in 2G case: "served a notice on the government, threatening international arbitration and claiming damages of nearly $14 billion"
Mar 26, 2012 CIL’s ‘board of shame’: Is govt any better than Satyam’s Raju?: "The government is behaving even worse than a crooked private sector promoter.Reuters", "After Vodafone, it now has all its disgruntled 2G licensees and TCI tom-tomming the unreliability of the Indian system."
Mar 26, 2012 Scams that rocked defence ministry since 2007: "Army chief General V.K. Singh Monday dropped a bombshell by revealing that a retired lieutenant general had offered him a bribe of Rs.14 crore (Rs.140 million) for approving the supply of 600 sub-standard vehicles to the army."
Mar 26, 2012 I was offered a Rs 14 crore bribe: Army Chief: "Army Chief Gen VK Singh has alleged that he was offered a bribe of Rs14 crore by an equipment lobbyist in order to have a tranche of 600 sub-standard vehicles of a particular make cleared for purchase. Army Chief in an interview to 'The Hindu' also claimed that he was targeted on his date of birth because he had cracked down on corruption cases."
Mar 26, 2012 Many government departments 'suck blood' like mosquitoes: Jaiswal: "Like mosquitoes in the night, in our country there are some departments that also suck blood,""
Mar 26, 2012 Govt orders CBI probe into Army chief’s graft charges: "into the allegation made by Army chief Gen V K Singh that he was offered a Rs 14 crore bribe by a lobbyist."
Mar 25, 2012 I was offered Rs 14 crore bribe: Army Chief: "In an interview to 'The Hindu', General VK Singh said he was offered a bribe to have a tranche of 600 sub-standard vehicles cleared."
Mar 25, 2012 Corruption: 'It will take a hundred Hazares to even make a dent': "Dr Vijaypat Singhania, noted industrialist and Chairman, Board of Governors, Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad, has said India will need hundreds of Hazares to even make a dent in deep-rooted corruption."
Mar 25, 2012 Without political support mining mafia can't function: Hegde: ""While investigating the Karnataka mining scam, I received information on mafia from across the country and who help them. Without political support, they cannot function,""
Mar 25, 2012 Kejriwal attacks Union ministers: "Kejriwal took the names of around 25 politicians, including ministers Sharad Pawar, S M Krishna, P Chidambaram, Praful Patel, Kapil Sibal, Kamal Nath, Farooq Abdullah, Ajit Singh, Sri Prakash Jaiswal, Sushil Kumar Shinde, Vilasrao Deshmukh, MK Azhagiri and G K Vasan. "If Lokpal Bill comes into force, FIRs will be lodged against 14 ministers of the Union Government,""
Mar 24, 2012 Off The Blocks Adarsh scam probe sees first arrests : " Why has the CBI been delaying and soft-pedalling the case? Why did it take 14 months after the FIR for the first arrests? Why were key papers, stolen from the secretariat, not taken into safe-keeping earlier? Why were the notings on hard disk drives not sent for de-coding or forensic analysis for months? Why was disciplinary action not taken against bureaucrats and others named in the case? How did some of them get promoted?"
Mar 24, 2012 Lokayukta court orders probe against Karna minister: "Lokayukta Court today ordered a probe against Karnataka Excise Minister M P Renukacharya for alleged violation of excise rules,", "the claims made by Deputy Commissioner of Excise (Bangalore) Mohan Kumar that 16 bottles of foreign liquor seized during a recent raid were meant for Renukacharya."
Mar 23, 2012 2G scam: Manmohan Singh and P Chidambaram approved mobile licences, Uninor tells Supreme Court: "The Indian unit of Norway's Telenor has claimed that the controversial issuance of mobile licences by A Raja had the approval of leaders at levels higher than the incarcerated former minister"
Mar 23, 2012 Lokayukta: Sheila guilty of misconduct: "The Delhi Lokayukta has sent a report to LT Governor Tejinder Khanna seeking a review of its earlier recommendation for censuring Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit for allegedly misrepresenting facts about construction of low-cost flats ahead of assembly polls in 2008."
Mar 23, 2012 Andhra liquor scam: HC notice to CM, others: "The notice comes after a PIL was filed seeking a court-monitored probe into the scam."
Mar 23, 2012 ‘Amendment delayed to allot coal blocks free’: "Flouting all norms, few private companies went on to sell the blocks to other private companies at a premium rate while the blocks were allotted free of cost."
Mar 23, 2012 'Coalgate': PM must clarify on father of all scams, demands opposition in Rajya Sabha: "the prime minister was in charge of coal portfolio when the alleged scam took place"
Mar 23, 2012 Market Watch: India Coal Scam: $210 Billion Lost: "Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. as well as many other companies unfairly benefited in the allocation of 155 coal fields in the past few years."
Mar 23, 2012 Yara Faces Third Case Of Possible Corruption In A Year: "“It is already known that we are investigating the company’s projects in Libya and India,"
Mar 23, 2012 Singapore firm banned from Indian defense contacts
Mar 23, 2012 Corporates are active collaborators of corruption: "Contrary to the image the corporate sector tries to project, it is not a victim of corruption but rather an active collaborator and beneficiary."
Mar 23, 2012 A Blatant Example Of How Corruption Is Destroying The Indian Economy: "India's comptroller and auditor general (CAG) has accused the government of losing $210 billion in potential revenues by selling coal fields to top industrialists and giving the companies "undue benefits"."
Mar 23, 2012 Yara unveils unacceptable payments in Swiss JV: "Yara has also been charged with suspected corruption involving a possible $1 million bribe in India during efforts to create a joint venture."
Mar 22, 2012 Maya renewed Ponty’s licence ahead of polls: "Those in the business of selling liquor have slammed the previous government for allegedly favouring Ponty Chadha."
Mar 22, 2012 Didn't know if 2G spectrum was limited: Ex-Trai chief: "Former TRAI Chairman Nripendra Mishra on Thursday told a special CBI court that the telecom regulator did not know if availability of 2G spectrum in 2007 was "limited" and added it had no "authentic information" about it."
Mar 22, 2012 Didn't know if 2G spectrum was limited: Ex-Trai chief: "Former TRAI Chairman Nripendra Mishra on Thursday told a special CBI court that the telecom regulator did not know if availability of 2G spectrum in 2007 was "limited" and added it had no "authentic information" about it."
Mar 22, 2012 The Telegraph: Indian government accused of 'looting the country' over coal mining contracts : "India's Congress-led government was yesterday accused of "looting the country" after a leaked report claimed it had lost $210bn (£133bn) by awarding coal mining contracts to hand-picked companies."
Mar 22, 2012 Reuters: India moves to quell $211 billion coal furor: "India lost up to $211 billion in revenue by selling coalfields too cheaply, a government auditor's draft report said,"
Mar 22, 2012 Reuters: India loses $210 bln in coal sales in "mother of all scams"
Mar 22, 2012 Entire Govt involved in coal block controversy: Swamy: "Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy said the total loss in coal blocks sale is more then the GDP of country."
Mar 22, 2012 Adarsh: Promoter Gidwani sent to police custody till Mar 26: "CBI had arrested him in Adarsh corruption case where he along with his son were held for trying to bribe a CBI counsel for diluting the case"
Mar 22, 2012 Coal blocks 'loss': Oppn guns for UPA, seeks probe: "Government sources called the CAG report an old one. Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal will make a statement in Parliament."
Mar 22, 2012 Potential coal mining scam in MP, Chhattisgarh?: "Black gold robbery", "The greal coal scam"
Mar 22, 2012 Coal scam: CAG slams Govt in report: "In another huge embarrassment to the Government after the 2G fiasco, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has estimated a Rs 10.6 lakh crore loss to the exchequer on account of allotment of coal blocks during 2004 to 2009 without auction to 100 private and public sector companies."
Mar 22, 2012 Collision between three planes at Mumbai airport averted
Mar 21, 2012 The Last Word: Is retrospective amendment to tax laws unfair?: "SC's rejection of the plea to review Vodafone judgement has made the announcement to amend the I-T act even more controversial."
Mar 21, 2012 Adarsh Housing Society scam: CBI probe too slow?: "More than 14 months after registering an FIR in the Adarsh Housing Society scam, the CBI on Tuesday made the first arrests in the case.", "a face saving exercise"
Mar 20, 2012 Adarsh scam: CBI arrests retd Army Brigadier, 3 others: "The CBI had recently been pulled up by the Bombay High Court for its ''lackadaisical approach'' in probing the multi-crore Adarsh housing scam.", "The CBI has also sought sanction to prosecute Jairaj Pathak and Pradeep Vyas, both IAS officers, who are allegedly involved in the case."
Mar 19, 2012 Hyderabad Blues: "the late YSR's son-in-law. Outlook spotted Brother Anil checking out Embraer's Legacy 650. The evangelist spent half-an-hour checking out the 13-seater luxury jet which costs $ 30 million. One wonders if Brother Anil was doing a recce of the jet which would be more useful for his politician brother-in-law Jaganmohan Reddy."
Mar 19, 2012 Multi-crore temple land scam hits J&K government: "Acres of prime land belonging to Mahavir Ji temple in Srinagar and owned by the Sanathan Dharam Pratap Sabha have been sold off."
Mar 19, 2012 Pranab defence: Retrospective changes should not be done but...: "The amendment is being moved retrospectively from 1961 only to make the legislature’s intent clear that tax is liable in all such cases from the date of enactment of the IT Act."
Mar 19, 2012 The Guardian: Global arms trade growth by a quarter is spurred by India: ""India has long been a major purchaser of weapons. Now it is the biggest in the world,", "A number of firms have been banned from selling to India by the authorities after investigations into bribery."
Mar 18, 2012 Delhi, Hyderabad airports top complaint list: "Over 2,800 complaints were registered at various airports for issues like poor service, bad food, lost luggage or other problems, with Delhi and Hyderabad topping the list."
Mar 17, 2012 The new mafia Raj: "Jaswant Singh Khalra had raked up the controversy of human rights violation by Punjab Police and had produced evidence of thousands of bodies surreptitiously burnt by the police."
Mar 17, 2012 Suffering India taxed to reward the shining India: "The fiscal deficit has been shown at about Rs.5,22,000 crore while the quantum of tax revenues foregone by the government stands around a whopping Rs.5,30,000 crore."
Mar 17, 2012 Indian takeaway for iPad gangs Gangs queue for launch to flog iPads abroad : "The iPads will be flown to India — where they have yet to be launched and can be sold to wealthy businessmen for well over the odds."
Mar 17, 2012 Withering heights: "When a multi-storey building tilted menacingly like a leaning tower near Electronics City, it appeared like it wanted to tell a story in big, bold letters: That a deadly mix of building bye-law violations, inferior construction quality, and contractor-civic agency nexus was potent enough to kill innocent residents"
Mar 16, 2012 Homing in on hot property for black deals: "Real estate is the best black money parking scheme in India. Across the country about 50% to 80% of the value of real estate transactions is not declared."
Mar 16, 2012 Janardhana Reddy remanded to judicial custody till Mar 24: "Former Karnataka Minister and mining baron G Janardhana Reddy and his personal assistant Ali Khan, arrested in connection with an illegal mining case, were today remanded to judicial custody till March 24 by a CBI court"
Mar 16, 2012 Bail to IAS officer in Emaar-APIIC township corruption case: "After remaining behind the bars for one-and-half months, Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer B.P. Acharya came out of jail Friday following the grant of bail by a special court"
Mar 15, 2012 ‘Miners paid Yeddyurappa Rs 339 crore’: "B S Yeddyurappa’s family had received Rs 339 crore as bribe from iron ore companies to abet illegal mining in the State."
Mar 15, 2012 Economic Survey calls for ruthless crackdown on corruption
Mar 15, 2012 2G scam: ED summons Maran brothers: "pertaining to an illegal gratification of about Rs 550 crore allegedly received by the Maran brothers in the Aircel-Maxis deal."
Mar 14, 2012 I-T raids on BJP MLA's firm in Mangalore: "Income Tax officials today conducted raids at a real estate firm run by former minister and ruling BJP MLA Krishna Palemar"
Mar 13, 2012 Job scammers sell package of lies: ""Such scams are mostly aimed at final year students. The fraudsters pose as campus recruiters and ask for personal details and a large amount of procedure fees"
Mar 13, 2012 Illegal mining at UP’s Baghpat: SP govt’s big challenge: "the mining mafia openly wields weapons while excavations go on unperturbed without any fear of law."
Mar 13, 2012 अनपढ़ हैं ज्यादातर फिल्म निर्माता: तिग्मांशु: "राष्ट्रीय खिलाड़ी से चंबल के बाग़ी बने पान सिंह तोमर के जीवन पर इसी नाम से हिट फ़िल्म बनाने वाले तिग्मांशु धूलिया ने कहा है कि मुंबई के नब्बे प्रतिशत फ़िल्म बनाने वाले अनपढ़ हैं, इसीलिए उन्हें मुबई के बाहर पूरा हिंदुस्तान देहात जैसा नज़र आता है. "
Mar 13, 2012 CBI in, can CM still deny proof?: "TIMES NOW has obtained the copy of the Joint Collector of Sehore's report which exposes how mining mafia is running rampant in the state and in chief minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan's constituency of Budhni."
Mar 13, 2012 BBC: 'Enemies of the internet' in Reporters Without Borders study: "India and Kazakhstan have also joined RWB's list of "countries under surveillance" because of concerns that they are becoming more repressive. "
Mar 13, 2012 Close shave for Air India fliers: "The DGCA has ordered a probe into the near mishap in which 121 people onboard an Air India plane had a miraculous escape when the aircraft's tail hit the runway in Mumbai while landing at high speed. The aircraft's two pilots, including a female commander, have been derostered from flying duties"
Mar 13, 2012 Kargil for profit: Back and bigger: "After Ashok Chavan, another former Maharashtra Chief Minister has come under the scanner in the multi-crore Adarsh housing scam"
Mar 13, 2012 Political patronage helps illegal mining: Ramesh: "we have to worry about legal mining"
Mar 13, 2012 Graft, policy drift hurting the economy: "Rampant corruption and a policy paralysis in the government have emerged as the biggest problems confronting the country today. Scams are breaking out every other day, either involving the Central government or the state governments, and even ministers are landing up in jail."
Mar 13, 2012 FIR filed in bomb disposal suit scam case: "a departmental probe be launched against then deputy commissioner Shrikant Tarwade for dereliction of duty. The ACB found that he had no authority but released Rs 6.25 crore to Agarwal's firm."
Mar 13, 2012 Is Your Pilot Getting a Paycheck?: "If you’re flying an Indian airline these days, that’s a legitimate question."
Mar 13, 2012 Don’t work after 8pm, Gurgaon tells women: "the Gurgaon administration on Monday passed an order virtually abdicating its responsibility of ensuring women are safe. The administration has told all malls, commercial establishments and pub owners that they cannot have women employees working beyond 8pm."
Mar 12, 2012 Time Ticking to Fix Indian Economy
Mar 12, 2012 Etisalat winds up India operation: "a total breakdown in the relationship between Etisalat and its Indian partners, Shahid Balwa and Vinod Goenka, who face various charges of corruption associated with Swan's acquisition of its UAS licences."
Mar 12, 2012 CAG admits NTRO scam: "RTI copy from CAG which confirms TIMES NOW reports on the NTRO scam highlighting the instances of misuse of official positions and non-compliance of rules in procurement of UAVs which resulted in wasteful expenditure and massive loss to exchequer."
Mar 12, 2012 'Withdraw The Proceedings Against The Mediapersons' : "'And instead take strong action against the MLAs who have brought disgrace to the House,' writes the chairman of the Press Council of India to the speaker of the Karntaka legislative assembly against the crackdown on the media in Karnataka following the Porngate expose."
Mar 12, 2012 Jaganmohan's assets case: SC notice to 6 Andhra ministers, 8 IAS officers: "on a plea alleging that the CBI was not proceeding against them despite having sufficient evidence that they helped former Congress leader Y Jaganmohan Reddy accumulate massive illegal assets."
Mar 11, 2012 Court to frame charges against 6 in CWG street lightning scam: "MCD Superintendent Engineer Sugan, the senior-most official, as the "kingpin" of the conspiracy, and said tenders were opened in his office on May 14, 2008 and he allowed fudging of Sweska's tender papers."
Mar 11, 2012 Liquor mafia nexus: 7 AP cops booked for graft: "Andhra Pradesh Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) today arrested seven police officials on charges of receiving illegal gratifications in lieu of official favour to liquor mafia"
Mar 11, 2012 Ex-dacoit, BJP man held for sand mafia link: "arrested Kuber Singh, a former dacoit who is the lynchpin of the sand mafia, and Morena district's ex-BJP chief Hamir Singh Patel"
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Mar 28, 2012 Probe Harshad Mehta-like scam: ASSOCHAM: "“The situation is akin to the Harshad Mehta scam in securities whereby a few manipulators have hijacked the NCDEX,” said S.K. Jindal, chairman of investments committee at The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM)."
Mar 28, 2012 A band-aid for Brand India: "What is Brand India all about today? It is about misgovernance; the politics of vendetta; endemic corruption; the dissatisfaction of the average citizen with those who rule him;"
Mar 28, 2012 Democratic India lost control over Army Chief: "During his tenure more than 20 senior officers (Brigadier or above) faced charges of corruption or moral turpitude but only few have been punished jailed due to political pressure."
Mar 28, 2012 TCI Seeks Redress For Alleged Corruption In India: "London-based TCI yesterday formally accused the Indian government of violating trade treaties between it and the U.K. and Cyprus"
Mar 28, 2012 Air India losing Rs 10 crore daily, employees threaten to go on strike: "Government owes over Rs 574 crore to cash-strapped Air India with Prime Minister's Office having an outstanding of more than Rs 200 crore"
Mar 28, 2012 Mamata's selective media gag in Bengal: "the West Bengal government has banned English and mass-circulation Bengali dailies at state-sponsored and aided libraries in the state which will make available only eight selected newspapers."
Mar 28, 2012 Army chief bribe row and the shady world of arms deals: "Tejinder Singh, he writes, “operates in tandem” with a retired major and his son, “both of whom are well-known” to Home Minister P Chidambaram’s son Karthi Chidambaram. Subramanian Swamy too has pointed to connections between the “triumvirate” of Tejinder Singh, the retired Major, and Karthi Chidambaram."
Mar 28, 2012 India's biggest defence deal in jeopardy?: "certain senior officials in the Ministry of Defence have raised reservations over the Rafale fighter jet deal. Few officials have expressed reservations about the Rs 80,000 crore deal. A bid procedure was followed in awarding the contract to Rafale, a procedure questioned by officials."
Mar 28, 2012 Digvijay targets MP Speaker on alleged nexus with mining mafia: "Madhya Pradesh Assembly Speaker Ishwar Das Rohani, was shielding some persons associated with the banned outfit SIMI, and involved in illegal mining in Jabalpur area."
Mar 27, 2012 No buyers but soaring prices: A scam called Mumbai realty: "inventory of 122 million sq ft was lying idle", "the Mumbai realty market is not driven by end-consumers but by investors. And these investors are either FIIs, non-resident Indians or even politicians channelising their black money into the sector."
Mar 27, 2012 Daily Mail UK: India must face up to its inability to deal with the murky side of arms purchases: "People and companies are caught, charged, black-listed and yet the bribery and corruption in defence deals goes on."
Mar 27, 2012 Govt stumbles upon multicrore scam: "alleged scam of over Rs 2 lakh crore, involving Wakf Board land"
Mar 27, 2012 Karnataka: Rs 2 lakh cr Wakf land scam surfaces: "The State Minorities Commission has reportedly named 38 Congress leaders among other politicians in the scam."
Mar 27, 2012 Ex-Army officer tried to bribe Gen Singh: Antony
Mar 27, 2012 Wakf land scam: Congress MLA calls for CBI probe: "Cong MLA Roshan Baig said on Tuesday that those who were found guilty in the scam, should be brought to book."
Mar 27, 2012 Bribe offer to Gen Singh was taped: Ex-officer: "The tape reportedly has Army Chief General VK Singh ordering the man out of his office after he was offered the bribe."
Mar 27, 2012 'Sons of 2 ex-CMs in 640 crore stamp duty franking scam': "a series of scams which have been allegedly perpetuated by members of the DF government."
Mar 27, 2012 IAS officer’s bail cancelled in Emaar scam: "Senior IAS officer and Andhra Pradesh Home Secretary B P Acharya was back in jail Tuesday after the High Court cancelled his bail in a corruption case."
Mar 27, 2012 VK Singh's bribe allegation opens a can of worms: "The Tatra deal was always under scrutiny for its dubious shareholding and a possible loss to the Government."
Mar 27, 2012 The other general, comfortably retired until the bribery bomb: "he was one of hundreds of senior retired personnel, with a house in South Delhi and a plush car and, like so many others of his tribe, doing a business in “consultancy”."
Mar 27, 2012 'Coalgate': CAG takes on coal minister, says we don't make mistakes: ""We are acclaimed internationally for our balanced reporting. Our officers are well trained and are so fundamentally strong that they don't do any basic errors. All our audit processes go down three-four layers, leaving no scope for mistakes.""
Mar 27, 2012 Bribe offer taped, more proof soon, warn Army chief's friends: "there is a tape of the conversation between Gen Singh and Lt Gen Tejinder Singh, retired chief of the Defence Intelligence Agency, where the latter offered a bribe of Rs 14 crore for facilitating purchase of 600 substandard Tatra trucks by the Army."
Mar 26, 2012 Voice of America: New Corruption Allegations Rock Indian Government
Mar 26, 2012 Corruption in the selection of mid-size 4x4 vehicles for the Indian Army: "the IAS couple, Tinoo and Arvind Joshi. Mr Joshi's tenure in the ministry of defence during the NDA government and the purchase decisions made by him then in his capacity of joint secretary are the talk of the town. "
Mar 26, 2012 THE FINANCIAL TIMES: Corruption besets India: "it is alleged the government lost $210bn by selling its coalfields too cheaply in a privatisation."
Mar 26, 2012 The Last Word: Has VK Singh lifted the lid on corruption in the Army?: "In a startling revelation Army Chief General VK Singh claimed that he was offered bribe to clear the purchase of vehicles for the forces."
Mar 26, 2012 Telenor seeks arbitration, claims damages of $14bn from govt in 2G case: "served a notice on the government, threatening international arbitration and claiming damages of nearly $14 billion"
Mar 26, 2012 CIL’s ‘board of shame’: Is govt any better than Satyam’s Raju?: "The government is behaving even worse than a crooked private sector promoter.Reuters", "After Vodafone, it now has all its disgruntled 2G licensees and TCI tom-tomming the unreliability of the Indian system."
Mar 26, 2012 Scams that rocked defence ministry since 2007: "Army chief General V.K. Singh Monday dropped a bombshell by revealing that a retired lieutenant general had offered him a bribe of Rs.14 crore (Rs.140 million) for approving the supply of 600 sub-standard vehicles to the army."
Mar 26, 2012 I was offered a Rs 14 crore bribe: Army Chief: "Army Chief Gen VK Singh has alleged that he was offered a bribe of Rs14 crore by an equipment lobbyist in order to have a tranche of 600 sub-standard vehicles of a particular make cleared for purchase. Army Chief in an interview to 'The Hindu' also claimed that he was targeted on his date of birth because he had cracked down on corruption cases."
Mar 26, 2012 Many government departments 'suck blood' like mosquitoes: Jaiswal: "Like mosquitoes in the night, in our country there are some departments that also suck blood,""
Mar 26, 2012 Govt orders CBI probe into Army chief’s graft charges: "into the allegation made by Army chief Gen V K Singh that he was offered a Rs 14 crore bribe by a lobbyist."
Mar 25, 2012 I was offered Rs 14 crore bribe: Army Chief: "In an interview to 'The Hindu', General VK Singh said he was offered a bribe to have a tranche of 600 sub-standard vehicles cleared."
Mar 25, 2012 Corruption: 'It will take a hundred Hazares to even make a dent': "Dr Vijaypat Singhania, noted industrialist and Chairman, Board of Governors, Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad, has said India will need hundreds of Hazares to even make a dent in deep-rooted corruption."
Mar 25, 2012 Without political support mining mafia can't function: Hegde: ""While investigating the Karnataka mining scam, I received information on mafia from across the country and who help them. Without political support, they cannot function,""
Mar 25, 2012 Kejriwal attacks Union ministers: "Kejriwal took the names of around 25 politicians, including ministers Sharad Pawar, S M Krishna, P Chidambaram, Praful Patel, Kapil Sibal, Kamal Nath, Farooq Abdullah, Ajit Singh, Sri Prakash Jaiswal, Sushil Kumar Shinde, Vilasrao Deshmukh, MK Azhagiri and G K Vasan. "If Lokpal Bill comes into force, FIRs will be lodged against 14 ministers of the Union Government,""
Mar 24, 2012 Off The Blocks Adarsh scam probe sees first arrests : " Why has the CBI been delaying and soft-pedalling the case? Why did it take 14 months after the FIR for the first arrests? Why were key papers, stolen from the secretariat, not taken into safe-keeping earlier? Why were the notings on hard disk drives not sent for de-coding or forensic analysis for months? Why was disciplinary action not taken against bureaucrats and others named in the case? How did some of them get promoted?"
Mar 24, 2012 Lokayukta court orders probe against Karna minister: "Lokayukta Court today ordered a probe against Karnataka Excise Minister M P Renukacharya for alleged violation of excise rules,", "the claims made by Deputy Commissioner of Excise (Bangalore) Mohan Kumar that 16 bottles of foreign liquor seized during a recent raid were meant for Renukacharya."
Mar 23, 2012 2G scam: Manmohan Singh and P Chidambaram approved mobile licences, Uninor tells Supreme Court: "The Indian unit of Norway's Telenor has claimed that the controversial issuance of mobile licences by A Raja had the approval of leaders at levels higher than the incarcerated former minister"
Mar 23, 2012 Lokayukta: Sheila guilty of misconduct: "The Delhi Lokayukta has sent a report to LT Governor Tejinder Khanna seeking a review of its earlier recommendation for censuring Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit for allegedly misrepresenting facts about construction of low-cost flats ahead of assembly polls in 2008."
Mar 23, 2012 Andhra liquor scam: HC notice to CM, others: "The notice comes after a PIL was filed seeking a court-monitored probe into the scam."
Mar 23, 2012 ‘Amendment delayed to allot coal blocks free’: "Flouting all norms, few private companies went on to sell the blocks to other private companies at a premium rate while the blocks were allotted free of cost."
Mar 23, 2012 'Coalgate': PM must clarify on father of all scams, demands opposition in Rajya Sabha: "the prime minister was in charge of coal portfolio when the alleged scam took place"
Mar 23, 2012 Market Watch: India Coal Scam: $210 Billion Lost: "Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. as well as many other companies unfairly benefited in the allocation of 155 coal fields in the past few years."
Mar 23, 2012 Yara Faces Third Case Of Possible Corruption In A Year: "“It is already known that we are investigating the company’s projects in Libya and India,"
Mar 23, 2012 Singapore firm banned from Indian defense contacts
Mar 23, 2012 Corporates are active collaborators of corruption: "Contrary to the image the corporate sector tries to project, it is not a victim of corruption but rather an active collaborator and beneficiary."
Mar 23, 2012 A Blatant Example Of How Corruption Is Destroying The Indian Economy: "India's comptroller and auditor general (CAG) has accused the government of losing $210 billion in potential revenues by selling coal fields to top industrialists and giving the companies "undue benefits"."
Mar 23, 2012 Yara unveils unacceptable payments in Swiss JV: "Yara has also been charged with suspected corruption involving a possible $1 million bribe in India during efforts to create a joint venture."
Mar 22, 2012 Maya renewed Ponty’s licence ahead of polls: "Those in the business of selling liquor have slammed the previous government for allegedly favouring Ponty Chadha."
Mar 22, 2012 Didn't know if 2G spectrum was limited: Ex-Trai chief: "Former TRAI Chairman Nripendra Mishra on Thursday told a special CBI court that the telecom regulator did not know if availability of 2G spectrum in 2007 was "limited" and added it had no "authentic information" about it."
Mar 22, 2012 Didn't know if 2G spectrum was limited: Ex-Trai chief: "Former TRAI Chairman Nripendra Mishra on Thursday told a special CBI court that the telecom regulator did not know if availability of 2G spectrum in 2007 was "limited" and added it had no "authentic information" about it."
Mar 22, 2012 The Telegraph: Indian government accused of 'looting the country' over coal mining contracts : "India's Congress-led government was yesterday accused of "looting the country" after a leaked report claimed it had lost $210bn (£133bn) by awarding coal mining contracts to hand-picked companies."
Mar 22, 2012 Reuters: India moves to quell $211 billion coal furor: "India lost up to $211 billion in revenue by selling coalfields too cheaply, a government auditor's draft report said,"
Mar 22, 2012 Reuters: India loses $210 bln in coal sales in "mother of all scams"
Mar 22, 2012 Entire Govt involved in coal block controversy: Swamy: "Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy said the total loss in coal blocks sale is more then the GDP of country."
Mar 22, 2012 Adarsh: Promoter Gidwani sent to police custody till Mar 26: "CBI had arrested him in Adarsh corruption case where he along with his son were held for trying to bribe a CBI counsel for diluting the case"
Mar 22, 2012 Coal blocks 'loss': Oppn guns for UPA, seeks probe: "Government sources called the CAG report an old one. Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal will make a statement in Parliament."
Mar 22, 2012 Potential coal mining scam in MP, Chhattisgarh?: "Black gold robbery", "The greal coal scam"
Mar 22, 2012 Coal scam: CAG slams Govt in report: "In another huge embarrassment to the Government after the 2G fiasco, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has estimated a Rs 10.6 lakh crore loss to the exchequer on account of allotment of coal blocks during 2004 to 2009 without auction to 100 private and public sector companies."
Mar 22, 2012 Collision between three planes at Mumbai airport averted
Mar 21, 2012 The Last Word: Is retrospective amendment to tax laws unfair?: "SC's rejection of the plea to review Vodafone judgement has made the announcement to amend the I-T act even more controversial."
Mar 21, 2012 Adarsh Housing Society scam: CBI probe too slow?: "More than 14 months after registering an FIR in the Adarsh Housing Society scam, the CBI on Tuesday made the first arrests in the case.", "a face saving exercise"
Mar 20, 2012 Adarsh scam: CBI arrests retd Army Brigadier, 3 others: "The CBI had recently been pulled up by the Bombay High Court for its ''lackadaisical approach'' in probing the multi-crore Adarsh housing scam.", "The CBI has also sought sanction to prosecute Jairaj Pathak and Pradeep Vyas, both IAS officers, who are allegedly involved in the case."
Mar 19, 2012 Hyderabad Blues: "the late YSR's son-in-law. Outlook spotted Brother Anil checking out Embraer's Legacy 650. The evangelist spent half-an-hour checking out the 13-seater luxury jet which costs $ 30 million. One wonders if Brother Anil was doing a recce of the jet which would be more useful for his politician brother-in-law Jaganmohan Reddy."
Mar 19, 2012 Multi-crore temple land scam hits J&K government: "Acres of prime land belonging to Mahavir Ji temple in Srinagar and owned by the Sanathan Dharam Pratap Sabha have been sold off."
Mar 19, 2012 Pranab defence: Retrospective changes should not be done but...: "The amendment is being moved retrospectively from 1961 only to make the legislature’s intent clear that tax is liable in all such cases from the date of enactment of the IT Act."
Mar 19, 2012 The Guardian: Global arms trade growth by a quarter is spurred by India: ""India has long been a major purchaser of weapons. Now it is the biggest in the world,", "A number of firms have been banned from selling to India by the authorities after investigations into bribery."
Mar 18, 2012 Delhi, Hyderabad airports top complaint list: "Over 2,800 complaints were registered at various airports for issues like poor service, bad food, lost luggage or other problems, with Delhi and Hyderabad topping the list."
Mar 17, 2012 The new mafia Raj: "Jaswant Singh Khalra had raked up the controversy of human rights violation by Punjab Police and had produced evidence of thousands of bodies surreptitiously burnt by the police."
Mar 17, 2012 Suffering India taxed to reward the shining India: "The fiscal deficit has been shown at about Rs.5,22,000 crore while the quantum of tax revenues foregone by the government stands around a whopping Rs.5,30,000 crore."
Mar 17, 2012 Indian takeaway for iPad gangs Gangs queue for launch to flog iPads abroad : "The iPads will be flown to India — where they have yet to be launched and can be sold to wealthy businessmen for well over the odds."
Mar 17, 2012 Withering heights: "When a multi-storey building tilted menacingly like a leaning tower near Electronics City, it appeared like it wanted to tell a story in big, bold letters: That a deadly mix of building bye-law violations, inferior construction quality, and contractor-civic agency nexus was potent enough to kill innocent residents"
Mar 16, 2012 Homing in on hot property for black deals: "Real estate is the best black money parking scheme in India. Across the country about 50% to 80% of the value of real estate transactions is not declared."
Mar 16, 2012 Janardhana Reddy remanded to judicial custody till Mar 24: "Former Karnataka Minister and mining baron G Janardhana Reddy and his personal assistant Ali Khan, arrested in connection with an illegal mining case, were today remanded to judicial custody till March 24 by a CBI court"
Mar 16, 2012 Bail to IAS officer in Emaar-APIIC township corruption case: "After remaining behind the bars for one-and-half months, Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer B.P. Acharya came out of jail Friday following the grant of bail by a special court"
Mar 15, 2012 ‘Miners paid Yeddyurappa Rs 339 crore’: "B S Yeddyurappa’s family had received Rs 339 crore as bribe from iron ore companies to abet illegal mining in the State."
Mar 15, 2012 Economic Survey calls for ruthless crackdown on corruption
Mar 15, 2012 2G scam: ED summons Maran brothers: "pertaining to an illegal gratification of about Rs 550 crore allegedly received by the Maran brothers in the Aircel-Maxis deal."
Mar 14, 2012 I-T raids on BJP MLA's firm in Mangalore: "Income Tax officials today conducted raids at a real estate firm run by former minister and ruling BJP MLA Krishna Palemar"
Mar 13, 2012 Job scammers sell package of lies: ""Such scams are mostly aimed at final year students. The fraudsters pose as campus recruiters and ask for personal details and a large amount of procedure fees"
Mar 13, 2012 Illegal mining at UP’s Baghpat: SP govt’s big challenge: "the mining mafia openly wields weapons while excavations go on unperturbed without any fear of law."
Mar 13, 2012 अनपढ़ हैं ज्यादातर फिल्म निर्माता: तिग्मांशु: "राष्ट्रीय खिलाड़ी से चंबल के बाग़ी बने पान सिंह तोमर के जीवन पर इसी नाम से हिट फ़िल्म बनाने वाले तिग्मांशु धूलिया ने कहा है कि मुंबई के नब्बे प्रतिशत फ़िल्म बनाने वाले अनपढ़ हैं, इसीलिए उन्हें मुबई के बाहर पूरा हिंदुस्तान देहात जैसा नज़र आता है. "
Mar 13, 2012 CBI in, can CM still deny proof?: "TIMES NOW has obtained the copy of the Joint Collector of Sehore's report which exposes how mining mafia is running rampant in the state and in chief minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan's constituency of Budhni."
Mar 13, 2012 BBC: 'Enemies of the internet' in Reporters Without Borders study: "India and Kazakhstan have also joined RWB's list of "countries under surveillance" because of concerns that they are becoming more repressive. "
Mar 13, 2012 Close shave for Air India fliers: "The DGCA has ordered a probe into the near mishap in which 121 people onboard an Air India plane had a miraculous escape when the aircraft's tail hit the runway in Mumbai while landing at high speed. The aircraft's two pilots, including a female commander, have been derostered from flying duties"
Mar 13, 2012 Kargil for profit: Back and bigger: "After Ashok Chavan, another former Maharashtra Chief Minister has come under the scanner in the multi-crore Adarsh housing scam"
Mar 13, 2012 Political patronage helps illegal mining: Ramesh: "we have to worry about legal mining"
Mar 13, 2012 Graft, policy drift hurting the economy: "Rampant corruption and a policy paralysis in the government have emerged as the biggest problems confronting the country today. Scams are breaking out every other day, either involving the Central government or the state governments, and even ministers are landing up in jail."
Mar 13, 2012 FIR filed in bomb disposal suit scam case: "a departmental probe be launched against then deputy commissioner Shrikant Tarwade for dereliction of duty. The ACB found that he had no authority but released Rs 6.25 crore to Agarwal's firm."
Mar 13, 2012 Is Your Pilot Getting a Paycheck?: "If you’re flying an Indian airline these days, that’s a legitimate question."
Mar 13, 2012 Don’t work after 8pm, Gurgaon tells women: "the Gurgaon administration on Monday passed an order virtually abdicating its responsibility of ensuring women are safe. The administration has told all malls, commercial establishments and pub owners that they cannot have women employees working beyond 8pm."
Mar 12, 2012 Time Ticking to Fix Indian Economy
Mar 12, 2012 Etisalat winds up India operation: "a total breakdown in the relationship between Etisalat and its Indian partners, Shahid Balwa and Vinod Goenka, who face various charges of corruption associated with Swan's acquisition of its UAS licences."
Mar 12, 2012 CAG admits NTRO scam: "RTI copy from CAG which confirms TIMES NOW reports on the NTRO scam highlighting the instances of misuse of official positions and non-compliance of rules in procurement of UAVs which resulted in wasteful expenditure and massive loss to exchequer."
Mar 12, 2012 'Withdraw The Proceedings Against The Mediapersons' : "'And instead take strong action against the MLAs who have brought disgrace to the House,' writes the chairman of the Press Council of India to the speaker of the Karntaka legislative assembly against the crackdown on the media in Karnataka following the Porngate expose."
Mar 12, 2012 Jaganmohan's assets case: SC notice to 6 Andhra ministers, 8 IAS officers: "on a plea alleging that the CBI was not proceeding against them despite having sufficient evidence that they helped former Congress leader Y Jaganmohan Reddy accumulate massive illegal assets."
Mar 11, 2012 Court to frame charges against 6 in CWG street lightning scam: "MCD Superintendent Engineer Sugan, the senior-most official, as the "kingpin" of the conspiracy, and said tenders were opened in his office on May 14, 2008 and he allowed fudging of Sweska's tender papers."
Mar 11, 2012 Liquor mafia nexus: 7 AP cops booked for graft: "Andhra Pradesh Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) today arrested seven police officials on charges of receiving illegal gratifications in lieu of official favour to liquor mafia"
Mar 11, 2012 Ex-dacoit, BJP man held for sand mafia link: "arrested Kuber Singh, a former dacoit who is the lynchpin of the sand mafia, and Morena district's ex-BJP chief Hamir Singh Patel"
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