Telangana : `Best constable’ caught accepting bribe

In 24 hours, this hero became a case file number in Telangana. Palle Thirupati Reddy, a constable at I Town police station of Mahbubnagar district was awarded `best constable' on Independence Day. He received his citation from Excise minister V Srinivas Goud. The following day, the Anti-Corruption Bureau trapped him while accepting a bribe of …

The 5Ws and 1H of India’s Election Jandhan Yojana

About two weeks back, the chief minister of a prominent state in India laughed aloud in a mocking way when asked during a private meeting if candidate of mainstream parties were spending up to Rs 25 crore each this Lok Sabha election.  ``It is much, much more,'' he whispered. It was subsequently revealed that the …