Festivities with a purpose
Deepak Chavan, an artiste who’s been lending his voice to dozens of Ganesh pandals for 22 years, has noted a definite shift in themes. “Earlier, it was only about mythological stories and morality...
View ArticleBending it like customs officers
“They opened my suite case with a screwdriver and looked in. Then stuck it back with packing tape. The officer then told me there is no provision to bring in Baby clothes. So i told him he can keep it...
View ArticleCan corruption ridden economies be competitive?
By Venkatesh Kannaiah The recent World Economic Forum report on Global Competitiveness got the short shrift in India. Muzzafarpur riots and Ganesh Chaturthi hogged the limelight. There were the some...
View ArticleWhy political parties oppose being under RTI Act?
IANS New Delhi: One of the main reasons why the six national political parties are opposed to being brought under the RTI Act transparency law is that around 75 percent of their funds come from...
View ArticleCPI-M says it has no hidden income
IANS New Delhi: The CPI-M Sunday said it had nothing to hide about its income and related details after a published report claimed that a major share of its income was from "unknown" sources. The...
View ArticleIt doesn't happen only in India
If it is any consolation to Indians fed up with repeated bombardment of corruption reports, here is a report comprising names of several other nations that are a part of the brigade of most corrupt...
View ArticleCBI files charge sheet in Karnataka's illegal mining case
IANS The CBI has filed a charge sheet here against two retired IAS officers in Karnataka, the chief executive and managing director of Deccan Mining Syndicate Ltd (DMS) and two other officials for...
View ArticleCoal ministry submits report on missing files to CBI
New Delhi,(IANS) The coal ministry Monday submitted a report to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on the missing files pertaining to the coal block allocations, said a probe agency official....
View ArticleGovernment acts on an I Paid A Bribe complaint: Aadhaar operator blacklisted
Shubham Khandelwal of Chennai is not your average citizen. He has dutifully gone ahead and taken the trouble to get himself enrolled for the Aadhaar card at an Aadhaar centre in Chennai. Impressed...
View ArticleGovernance chaotic as steel frame has rusted, says SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday said India's governance would not have faced a chaotic situation had the bureaucracy not allowed itself - the "steel frame" of the state - to be rusted. "We have...
View ArticleKarnataka lawmaker arrested in illegal ore export case
Bangalore, Sep 19 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Thursday arrested Karnataka lawmaker T.S. Suresh Babu for his alleged involvement in the illegal export of iron ore from Belekeri port...
View ArticleDurga Shakti's suspension revoked
The suspension of IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal, which had created a media campaign in support of whistleblowers, has been revoked by the Uttar Pradesh government, an official statement issued here...
View ArticleOrdinance to negate SC order disqualifiying MPs, MLAs approved
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) The cabinet Tuesday approved an ordinance to negate a Supreme Court (SC) order disqualifying MPs and MLAs if convicted in a criminal case, sources said. According to the...
View ArticleSC rejects Swamy's plea against Chidambaram
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy seeking the prosecution of Finance Minister P. Chidambaram along with former telecom minister A. Raja in...
View ArticleModi attacks Congress over CBI âmisuseâ
BJP veteran L.K. Advani Wednesday shared the dais with Narendra Modi at a rally here in a show of party unity ahead of crucial assembly polls as the Gujarat chief minister lambasted Congress saying it...
View ArticleOpposition slams, Congress defends ordinance on convicted lawmakers
A day after the union cabinet approved an ordinance to save convicted lawmakers from being disqualified, a political storm blew over the issue with the opposition slamming the government move and the...
View ArticleOrdinance on convicted lawmakers kicks in a controversy
It is easy to be brazen in India. One can get away with anything, or almost anything. The government under a cloud for various scams has now come up with an ordinance saving convicted lawmakers from...
View ArticleConcern over ordinance on convicted lawmakers reaches President
The concern over a controversial ordinance that seeks to save convicted lawmakers from immediate disqualification Thursday reached Rashtrapati Bhavan with BJP leaders urging President Pranab Mukherjee...
View ArticleAnna Hazare first recipient of new Canadian award
Indian anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare is the inaugural recipient of a new Canadian award that recognises individuals who fight abuse of power and suppression of human rights. The University of...
View ArticleVoter has right to negative voting: SC
In a significant verdict, the Supreme Court Friday said that for a vibrant democracy the voter has the right to negative voting by rejecting all the candidates in fray by exercising the option of None...
View ArticleModi welcomes SC decision on negative voting
BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Friday welcomed Supreme Court decision on negative voting, calling it a "great step" for political reforms."I wholeheartedly welcome this. I am sure it...
View ArticleIndia to be newest country to have negative voting
India on Friday was set to join a select club of nations, including France, Brazil,Finlandand the US, where the electorate have the option of negative voting. The other countries are Belgium, Greece,...
View ArticleLalu Prasad held guilty in fodder scam
The multi-million animal husbandry department scam, popularly known as the fodder scam, accuses Lalu Prasad and Jagannath Mishra, both former chief ministers of Bihar, and ministers from the...
View ArticleTN CM'S assets: SC quashes prosecutor's withdrawal
In a relief to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, the Supreme Court on Monday quashed the withdrawal of Special Public Prosecutor Bhavani Singh in a disproportionate assets case against her. The...
View ArticleLalu Prasad: A maverick who made waves - in and beyond politics
He milked cows at his official residence, dressed only in his undergarments. He was photographed eating rotis being baked by his wife in the kitchen. He was a maverick, a jester, a crowd puller par...
View ArticleOrdinance may be scrapped but PM unlikely to resign: Former bureaucrats
The controversial ordinance on convicted lawmakers may be junked by the government in the next few days, but Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is unlikely to resign over the perceived undermining of his...
View ArticleAllies unhappy over bill withdrawal
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) UPA allies supported the decision to withdraw the ordinance to protect convicted lawmakers, but expressed reservations over the bill when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh spoke to...
View ArticleRasheed Masood jailed for four years, MP no more
Congress MP Rasheed Masood was sentenced to four years in jail here Tuesday for fraudulently nominating undeserving students for MBBS seats when he was a minister in 1990, becoming the first MP set to...
View ArticleLalu gets five years in jail, no more MP
Former Biharchief minister Lalu Prasadwas Thursday sentenced to five years in prison and fined Rs.25 lakh for his involvement in the fodder scam that surfaced 17 years ago. The sentencing took away...
View ArticleFor Lalu Prasad, jail not a new experience
Jail will not be new for former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad, who has spent time, held court, cooked food and virtually run the party and the state government from behind bars in his over four...
View ArticleCompromises and settlements can change Indian polity: Rajmohan Gandhi
Noted historian Rajmohan Gandhi sees a parallel between the lack of leadership in undivided Punjabthat led to the horrific massacres during the partition of the sub-continent in 1947 and the current...
View ArticleAtithi Devo Bhava- Take II
“I wasn't asked openly to pay a bribe, but many times, indirectly and also through all these funny things they were asking us to bring, I got to know, that if I don't pay, I won't receive my visa...
View ArticleBihar to confiscate corrupt official's assets
The Bihar government Friday decided to confiscate the assets of a transport department official sacked for corruption. The special vigilance court Thursday ordered the confiscation of assets of motor...
View ArticleThe 'necessary' agent
Want to buy a house? Get an agent. Want to get a railway ticket? Get an agent. Want to make passport? Get an agent. And now, don’t want the authorities to stop you from boarding your flight? Well,...
View ArticleLalu still a factor in Bihar
Whichever way one looks at it, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad, jailed for five years for siphoning off government money, will remain a strong influence on the politics of Bihar. With Lalu...
View ArticleCongress stuck over minister accused of illegal mining
Karnataka's ruling Congressand the opposition are on a collision course over the latter's demand to sack mining baron Santosh Lad from the ministry on charges of illegally mining iron ore. The...
View ArticleAdvani welcomes SC ruling on negative vote
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party leader L.K. Advani Sunday welcomed the Supreme Court verdict that offers people the option of casting their votes for "None of the Above" (NOTA), thus...
View ArticleRetired teacher anticipated NOTA, readied machine
Malappuram (Kerala), Oct 6 (IANS): A 63-year-old retired school teacher in Kerala is rejoicing at the decision to introduce negative voting -- the "None of The Above" (NOTA) option was one he made...
View ArticleCBI to close corruption case against Mayawati
The CBI on Tuesday said it will close its investigation into alleged corruption charges against Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati, officials said. The decision comes over a fortnight after the...
View ArticleSC names fresh panel to probe IPL spot-fixing
The Supreme Court Tuesday appointed a three-member committee headed by former Punjab and Haryana High Court Chief Justice Mukul Mudgal to investigate the allegations of spot-fixing and betting in the...
View ArticleDikshit trashes BJP allegations of corruption
New Delhi Oct 8 (IANS): Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Tuesday dismissed the allegations of corruption against her party by the BJP, saying they are "baseless" and would be "countered"...
View ArticleFormer Himachal CM's son questions Virbhadra's income
Shimla, Oct 8 (IANS) Former Himachal Pradesh chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal's son Tuesday questioned the increase in Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh's income from apple orchards between 2008 to 2011...
View ArticleLook into properties acquired by Mulayam's wife, CBI to IT
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) The CBI has written to the Income Tax Department to look into "acquisition of certain properties" by Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav's wife Sadhna in her son...
View ArticleKochi customs officer held for aiding gold smuggling
Kochi, Oct 9 (IANS) A senior customs official based in Kochi was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) here Wednesday while a few others are under the CBI radar, officials said. C....
View ArticleKerala High Court clean chit for Chandy
The Kerala High Court Friday gave Chief Minister Oommen Chandy a clean chit in what has come to be called the "solar scam". This comes just a day after Chandy announced the terms of reference for a...
View Article'BJP will ensure auctioning of mines if voted to power'
The BJP would favour auctioning of mining resources on the lines of the 3G spectrum auction if it comes to power at the Centre post-2014 general elections, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said Friday....
View ArticleDelhi's police stations are repository of seized drugs
Delhi's police stations are apparently overflowing with seized drugs, valued at crores of rupees in the narcotic market, as there is no place to keep them. With many quintals of cannabis, opium,...
View ArticleTo avoid jail, health official pays compensation
Faced with the prospect of imprisonment for violating orders in a consumer case, an officer of Chandigarh'shealth department, Monday paid Rs.4.38 lakh in compensation to a woman who lost her foetus and...
View ArticleA 'kind' bribe
She went to closest police station in Dahisar to launch complaint and she was asked to pay rs 500.00 cash or bundle of A4 size printing paper and then only complaint will be accepted. What is a movie...
View ArticleBlurring the line between giving and taking
Judging by the number of reports we get against the police department from across the country, it wouldnât be hard for one to assume that the department is thoroughly corrupt. We often overlook the...
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