User: fredericknoronha Topic: Corruption
Category: Corruption
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Transparency Key to Achieve High Growth Rate: Vinod Rai (Cached) 4.11.2012 Outlook Wires
Concerned over corruption, Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Vinod Rai today cautioned that India cannot achieve and sustain high growth rate without transparency and accountability.
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Govt, House panel spar over Lokpal bill fine print (Cached) 3.11.2012 Hindustan Times: India
Govt, House panel spar over Lokpal bill fine print
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MP lokayukta raids prison DIG's house, nets Rs. 20 cr (Cached) 3.11.2012 Hindustan Times: Top Stories
MP lokayukta raids prison DIG's house, nets Rs. 20 cr
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Advocates' Association secretary Ranganath 'lands' in trouble 3.11.2012 deccanherald.com
The secretary of the Bangalore Advocates' Association A P Ranganath, his parents and his sister were reportedly granted four acres of land each by Deputy Chief Minister R Ashoka, in his capacity as the Chairperson of the Bagair Hukum Land Grant Committee. The murky Bagair Hukum land deal, which is already haunting Mayor D Venkatesh Murthy and his wife K Prabha, has landed Ranganath, his father Padmanabhaiah, mother Lakshmidevamma and sister A P Mamatha in trouble. Also in soup is R Ashoka who has been made the prime accused in a case registered by the Bangalore Metropolitan Task Force (BMTF). Documents show that Ranganath and his family members were given four acres of land each in survey number 35 of BM Kaval village in Kengeri hobli of Bangalore South taluk under a government scheme meant to provide land to only those families which own less than five acres of land. Another criteria is that the annual family income should not exceed Rs 20,000. And when Ranganath applied for land in 1998, ...
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BMTF registers FIR against Suresh Kumar, Krishnaiah Setty 3.11.2012 deccanherald.com
The Bangalore Metropolitan Task Force has registered an FIR against Minister for Urban Development Suresh Kumar, former Housing Minister M Krishnaiah Setty and senior IAS officer V P Baligar for allegedly returning four acres 20 guntas of land, which was acquired by the government under the Karnataka Urban Land Ceiling Act to construct houses for the slum dwellers at Laggere, to the original owner. The case was lodged based on a complaint by DineshKallalli, a social worker, who stated that Kumar, in his capacity as Urban Development Minister, granted permission to return the land to the original owner, while then Housing Minister Krishnaiah Setty halted the process of constructing houses for the urban poor. The BMTF has registered a case against the trio under Sections 13 (1) and 13 (2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and Section 157 of the CrPC on Saturday. Kallalli told Deccan Herald that in 1982, the government acquired 4.2 acres of excess land in survey number 19/2, which belonged ...
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MP top cop worth crores of rupees 3.11.2012 deccanherald.com
MP top cop worth crores of rupees
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CBI conviction rate stands at a lowly 4%, reveals study (Cached) 3.11.2012 Hindustan Times: India
CBI conviction rate stands at a lowly 4%, reveals study
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IAC's appeal for lights-off evokes mixed response (Cached) 3.11.2012 Hindustan Times: India
IAC's appeal for lights-off evokes mixed response
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Himachal ready for assembly elections today 3.11.2012 India News, Latest News in India, Live News India, India Breaking News - Times of India
Himachal ready for assembly elections today
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PM, Sonia to push reforms agenda at Sunday mega rally (Cached) 3.11.2012 Asian Age: India
Seeking to push the ruling UPA's economic reforms agenda amid a slew of corruption allegations, the Congress' top leadership, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and party chief Sonia Gandhi, will address a mega rally of party workers at the Ramlila ground here Sunday. According to informed sources, the Congress leadership, including general secretary Rahul Gandhi, is expected to explain the government's recent moves to open the economy, especially allowing foreign equity in retail despite intense opposition to the move. The Congress Working Committee, the party's highest decision making body, had also endorsed FDI in retail in September while highlighting the need for social welfare schemes. Hit by a series of corruption allegations over the past one year and an economic slowdown, the Congress is expected to flag the need for high economic growth that in turn will fund its social welfare agenda, according to sources. Ahead of the next general ...
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M.P. Lokayukta uncovers crores from DIG’s premises 3.11.2012 Hindu: Home
In raids conducted on Saturday, the Madhya Pradesh Lokayukta found crores of rupees worth of disproportionate assets from the residence of a serving IPS officer. The raids, on the residential prem...
Case against Karnataka Law Minister Suresh Kumar for allegedly denotifying land meant for slum-dwellers (Cached) 3.11.2012 NDTV National
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Swamy seeks Congress' de-recognition; party says Herald emotional issue (Cached) 3.11.2012 Hindustan Times: News
Swamy seeks Congress' de-recognition; party says Herald emotional issue
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Sikh riot victims seek justice from PM 3.11.2012 deccanherald.com
Thousands of Sikhs marched to Parliament Street here Friday on the 29th anniversary of the anti-sikh riots to seek justice for the victims of those killed during the violence. They also submitted a memorandum to the prime minister to reopen cases. A three-member delegation submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister's Office. The memorandum was signed by 40,000 people Justice Krishna Iyer, senior advocate of the Supreme Court Fali Nariman, former law minister Shanti Bhushan and former Chief Justice Rajinder Sachar. The memorandum asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to facilitate reopening of cases which have been closed by the police without any trial and appointment of special investigation agency and constituting fast track courts. Organisations such as Lok Raj Sangathan, Bachpan Bachao Andolan, Sikh Forum, Better Sikh Schools, senior advocate of the Supreme Court H.S Phoolka and writer Jarnail Singh also launched a campaign called 'Forgotten Citizens 1984' on the occasion. "The ...
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Jan Lokpal envisaged by Kejriwal too draconian: Justice Shah - Hindustan Times 3.11.2012 Google News India
Jan Lokpal envisaged by Kejriwal too draconian: Justice Shah Hindustan Times Former chief justice of Delhi high court AP Shah, who was named by Arvind Kejriwal as an internal Lokpal of India Against Corruption (IAC), on Saturday termed the Jan Lokpal Bill drafted by erstwhile Team Anna as "too draconian". Addressing a conference ... IAC claims shoe thrower close to Gandhi family Deccan Herald We have to completely overthrow this system: Kejriwal Firstpost Show-thrower close to Gandhis: IAC Daily Pioneer Parda Phash all 31 news ...
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PM, Sonia to push reforms agenda at tomorrow's rally - Hindustan Times 3.11.2012 Google News India
PM, Sonia to push reforms agenda at tomorrow's rally Hindustan Times Seeking to push the ruling UPA's economic reforms agenda amid a slew of corruption allegations, the Congress' top leadership, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and party chief Sonia Gandhi, will address a mega rally of party workers at the Ramlila ... Reviving Nehru's newspaper an emotional issue: Congress NDTV Sonia and Rahul in poll mode, to rally troops at Ramlila tomorrow Firstpost Swamy moves poll panel to derecognise Congress The Hindu IBNLive Mizo News all 503 news ...
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Properties of corrupt babus would now house schools in MP (Cached) 3.11.2012 Zee News : States
MP govt has decided that confiscated premises of officials found guilty of corruption would be turned into schools or `anganwadi` centres.
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Transparency key to achieve high economic growth: Vinod Rai (Cached) 3.11.2012 Zee News : States
CAG Vinod Rai on Saturday cautioned that India cannot achieve and sustain high growth rate without transparency and accountability.
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Herald House row: Congress says emotional issue 3.11.2012 India News, Latest News in India, Live News India, India Breaking News - Times of India
Herald House row: Congress says emotional issue
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PM, Sonia Gandhi to push reforms agenda at mega rally on Sunday (Cached) 3.11.2012 DNA: Top News
The rally would be attended by all Congress chief ministers, state unit chiefs, heads of block and district units, MPs, legislators and office bearers of the party's frontal organisations.
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