Do we, the Indian middle class, see the corruption within us? I was too busy being corrupt to join Anna Hazare’s camp last week. For four days, I heard nothing but stories of our Tahrir Square-like revolution against the corrupt unfurling right under our noses in Delhi’s Jantar Mantar. But it was school admission time and I had some serious palm-greasing, document-fudging, string-pulling, weight-throwing and tout-chasing to do. I had...
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BJP blames Naveen for NREGS scam by Debabrata Mohanty
The Opposition BJP on Tuesday held Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik responsible for the NREGS scam in Orissa, which would now be investigated by the CBI following a direction by the Supreme Court. “The Chief Minister is the head of the state council which monitors and supervises execution of work under MGNREGA. So he cannot escape responsibilities. What is really shameful is that the Supreme Court singled out Orissa for the CBI...
More »CBI to probe NREGS scam in Orissa: Govt to SC
The government on Monday told the Supreme Court that it had given its consent for a CBI probe into alleged corruption in the utilisation of National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) funds in Orissa. “The consent to have an investigation into the alleged misappropriation and diversion of funds for the scheme has been given by the minister concerned (Ministry of Rural Development),” Additional Solicitor General Indira Jaising told a bench headed...
More »Swami Agnivesh opens talks for IAS officer's release with Maoists by Rakhi Chakrabarty
Social activist Swami Agnivesh established contact with the Maoists late on Thursday after the Orissa government requested him to negotiate the release of abducted Malkangiri district collector RV Krishna. Based on their conversation with Agnivesh, the Maoists extended the deadline for the release of the officer. ( Read: To free Orissa IAS officer, Maoists want 700 in return ) ''I insist chief minister Naveen Patnaik should now take the initiative and...
More »No Rs. 2-a-kg rice for affluent APL
The Naveen Patnaik Government has made a major course correction in its populist scheme. The rice Rs. 2-a-kg scheme would no longer include a privilege section - the above poverty line (APL) families in the backward KBK region. The privilege section enjoying the largesse included income tax payers, members of royal families, ministers, MPs, MLAs, government officials and big businessmen. Though belated, the decision will save about Rs. 34 crore to the...
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