-IANS The Lokpal bill which is before parliament is only one of the many ways of tackling the menace of corruption, said Nandan Nilekani, chairperson of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) Friday. 'I think if we want to do something about corruption, we have to do it in a much broader manner, where the Lokpal bill just becomes one of many things (tackling corruption),' said Nilekani in an interview to...
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India's Selective Rage Over Corruption by Manu Joseph
The best thing about Indian politicians is that they make you feel you are a better person. Not surprisingly, Indians often derive their moral confidence not through the discomfort of examining their own actions, but from regarding themselves as decent folks looted by corrupt, villainous politicians. This is at the heart of a self-righteous middle-class uprising against political corruption, a television news drama that reached its inevitable climax in Delhi on...
More »Advocate’s history catches up with judge by Kanchan Chakraborty
On April 10, 2006, Justice Kalyan Jyoti Sengupta of the Calcutta High Court directed a colleague, Justice Soumitra Sen, to return an amount that he had collected in 1993 as a court receiver. Newspapers in Kolkata reported the order in November, setting off a chain of events that saw the matter reaching Rajya Sabha in 2009 and Justice Sen facing impeachment proceedings on Wednesday. The amount of Rs 33,22,800 — Rs...
More »Farmers in Uttar Pradesh threaten to resume agitation against Yamuna Expressway project
-PTI Farmers affected by the Yamuna Expressway project have threatened to resume their agitation if the Uttar Pradesh government fails to respond to their demands by September 5. In a memorandum sent to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati, the Kisan Sangharsh Samiti, which has been leading the agitation for more than two years now, has demanded that there should be a parity in compensation rates for all districts through which the expressway...
More »UP Lokayukta seeks dismissal of Awadhpal by Arvind Singh Bisht
In a blow to the Mayawati government, UP Lokayukta N K Mehrotra on Tuesday recommended dismissal of UP minister for dairy and animal husbandry Awadhpal Singh Yadav after finding him guilty of largescale corruption and misuse of office for extending favour to his kin. This is the state's first case where dismissal has been recommended on charges of corruption by the Lokayukta. "The conduct of Awadhpal Singh Yadav is highly mischievous and not...
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