CORRUPTION

The growth of Education in India has been a remarkable one. There is an increase in number of people seeking higher education. Many Institutes have come up with quality education in India. Though India has got all the chances to become an education superpower but the increasing business in this sector stands as a real threat for the country to achieve this goal. Besides these promising factors some untidy business and politics played in the education sector, spoils the education system.

Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian award instituted in 1954, is given in recognition of exceptional service, performance of the highest order in any field of human endeavour. Educationist Madan Mohan Malviya and former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee are the 44th and 45th distinguished personalities who have been conferred with country's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna. Early this year, Sachin Tendulkar and C N R Rao were given Bharat Ratna. The others who were conferred with Bharat Ratna are: 1) C Rajagopalachari 1954  2) Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 1954  3) C V Raman 1954 

Underlining his government's resolve to fight graft which has "ruined" the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi  expressed his willingness to take along people from various parties who have been fighting corruption. " Corruption is troubling us. People are angry. I assure that we will fight corruption and work with all those against graft. Corruption has ruined the country. I promise that we will fight against corruption with full might ," he said addressing a rally at polo ground.

A thief who failed to rob a bank later wrote a letter seeking an apology for his crime. The incident took place in Sector 6 of Noida where an amateur thief came to steal money from a Canara Bank on Sunday night but failed, he then wrote a touching letter to the bank apologising for his crime.

Justice Vibhu Bakhru held that the Central Information Commission (CIC) was in error to direct the Supreme Court Registry to provide the information sought, saying "medical records are not liable to be disclosed unless it is shown that the same is in larger public interest".

A special court Tuesday adjourned the much awaited judgement in the multi-crore rupee Satyam scam till March 9, 2015. The court was expected to pronounce Tuesday the verdict in what is billed as the country's biggest accounting fraud that had left the corporate world stunned in 2009.

Political corruption  is the use of powers by government officials for illegitimate private gain. An illegal act by an officeholder constitutes political corruption only if the act is directly related to their official duties, is done under color of law or involves trading in influence. Forms of corruption vary, but include bribery, extortion, cronyism, nepotism, patronage, graft, and embezzlement. Corruption may facilitate criminal enterprise such as drug trafficking, money laundering, and human trafficking, though is not restricted to these activities.

Ling Jihua, aide to former president Hu Jintao, investigated by Communist party inspectors over ‘suspected serious discipline violations’

After netting and questioning a host of Trinamool Congress Party leaders in connection with the Saradha scam, it is now the turn of Kolkata Police Commissioner Surajit Kar Purkayastha to be questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The allegation: "He along with Madan Mitra were seen together attending various functions organized by the Saradha group".  Further, the names of several bureaucrats and politicians numbering around 22 were named in the Serious Frauds Investigation Office (SFIO) report. The SFIO had also stated that several officials and politicians could not be questioned by them due to lack of cooperation and hence the CBI would have to probe them.

A Pune-based contractor has revealed how bribes are paid to get dam contracts in the state of Maharashtra. Almost 22 per cent of the project cost is offered as kickbacks in order to get the work done, the contractor in a letter to the Devendra Fadnavis government has revealed. From a lowly clerk to the politicians everyone have their share in the bribe paid by construction companies.

Mumbai, Dec 21: Maharashtra Congress' ongoing membership drive has so far failed to evoke an enthusiastic response from the state cadre of the party, which is still reeling under the defeats faced in Lok Sabha as well as Assembly polls this year. The membership drive ends on December 31 following which the organisational elections will be held.