corruption

Corruption rate in India is double of global average Kounteya Sinha, TNN - Jul 9, 2013, 05.22 PM IST LONDON: Corruption in India has reached an all-time high with rates being exactly double of the global prevalence. Globally, 27% people say they paid bribe when accessing public...

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US report slams India on corruption, social violence IANS - May 25, 2012, 01.34AM IST Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said widespread impunity at all levels of government remained a serious problem. WASHINGTON: The US state department has highlighted "widespread...

August 22, 2011 Panthic Morcha harps on transparency, corruption Dharmendra Rataul - EXPRESS INDIA - Posted: Aug 22, 2011 at 0127 hrs Amritsar : Transparency in working of the religious body, political interference, corruption and NRI-related issues have been raked up by Panthic...

August 2, 2011 For India’s prime minister, corruption refuses to stay ‘at arm’s length’ By Simon Denyer, Published: August 2 - The Washington Post NEW DELHI — Like an honest man surrounded by thieves, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is finding that his own reputation for personal...

Ramdev threatens armed rebellion, Govt issues stern warning June 08, 2011 7:42:28 PM - PTI | Haridwar/New Delhi AP Photo/ Gurinder Osan Baba Ramdev, center, addresses followers at his ashram in Haridwar. Threatening an armed rebellion, yoga guru Ramdev today said he will raise a 11,000...

May 13, 2011 India ratify UN conventions against transnational organised crime, corruption Friday - May 13, 2011, 07:24pm New Delhi - India has ratified the United Nations convention against transnational organised crime and its three protocols and the United Nations convention...

http://janataparty. org/pressdetail. asp?rowid= 60 April 15,2011 PRESS RELEASE Dr.Subramanian Swamy, Janata Party President and former Union Cabinet Minister for Law &Justice, today submitted a Petition of 206 pages, seeking from the Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh the required Sanction to...

http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/anna-hazares-fast-against-corruption-strikes-huge-chord-96593 New Delhi: In two hundred cities across India on Tuesday, thousands of college students, young executives and housewives joined a campaign that asks the government to enact an important new law to...

February 16, 2011 India’s Prime Minister Vows to Fight Corruption By JIM YARDLEY - The New York Times NEW DELHI — Faced with broad criticism of his government and of his own performance, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India on Wednesday vowed to complete his term while promising to crack...

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar seeks corruption watchdog <SMALL>India Gazette Wednesday 12th January, 2011 (IANS)</SMALL> Spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Wednesday said there was a need to set up an 'independent body' to keep a check on corruption and financial scams. 'Agencies that are...

WASHINGTON: US investigators, who arrested an Indian-American couple on charges of bribing government officials, have seized an estimated $400,000 hidden inside a closet in their home. Owner of a number of liquor stores in Langley Park and surrounding neighbourhoods in Maryland, Amrik...

Badal, family acquitted in 7-year-old corruption case PTI, Oct 1, 2010, 01.37pm IST MOHALI (Punjab): In a reprieve for Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal, a local court in Mohali on Friday acquitted him along with his wife, son and deputy chief minister Sukhbir and eight others in a...

Rampant corruption has devoided India of economic equality: Report September 15, 2010 IANS - Washington More than $125 billion worth of funds meant for the uplift of Indians were illegally siphoned out of the country by corrupt politicians and corporates between 2000 and 2008, hindering...

MUMBAI: A Right to Information (RTI) activist who was in the forefront in exposing corruption in PDS, foodgrain and fuel distribution in the Marathwada region has been found dead in Nanded. The circumstances behind how 43-year-old Ramdas Ghadegavkar, a local Shiv Sena leader, died are...

Cant order probe into corruption charges: CJI Bench :: The Pioneer ePaper :: In a judgement that will come as major relief to corrupt politicians and babus, the Supreme Court has held that courts cannot order probe into corruption allegations but simply monitor investigation in the ongoing...

Pakhandi Sant Baba Prithpal Sinh Arrested in Punjab Chandigarh, Jan 2 : A Sikh preacher who heads a prominent gurdwara here and who is wanted in cases of cheating and fraud was arrested in a Punjab town Saturday, police said. "We arrested Prithpal Sinh from Machhiwara town (near Punjab's...

source: PunjabNewsline.com - Corruption has become way of life in India, says Punjab CM Corruption has become way of life in India, says Punjab CM SATINDER BAINS Wednesday, 14 October 2009 Only five percent people may not be taking bribes CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash...

source: The Seoul Times Corruption, No Less Dangerous than Communalism By Tanveer Jafri Contributing Writer Friday, September 18, 2009 While India, the world’s largest secular democracy, on one hand, is rapidly moving towards becoming a developed nation and on the other hand, there...

Terming corruption as an insidious plague that has wide range of corrosive effects on societies including national threat, K G Balakrishnan, Chief Justice of India today said the menace could be checked if the public servant involved is certain of punitive action against him. “We should focus...