| Koda says he will report to ED only after Jharkhand polls | 21-NOV-09 |
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| Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda, who has failed to appear before the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the money laundering case against him, today said he would be available for questioning only after the Assembly polls. |
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| Ticket-seeking for Jharkhand | 15-NOV-09 |
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| While ticket distribution for Jharkhand elections was on, hundreds of aspirants thronged the Congress headquarters. The Congress managers, desperate to avoid this crowd, met at various undisclosed locations. But this could not save all the leaders. One day, K Kesava Rao, the general secretary in charge of Jharkhand, came to his office at 24, Akbar Road, to take some documents when an irate crowd gheraoed him. Rao was almost physically assaulted amid a heated exchange of words as the aspirants accused him of taking bribes. Congress workers in the office had to rush in to rescue Rao. |
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| Sunil Sethi: The crisis of identity proofs | 14-NOV-09 |
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| Bhim Mahto, a tribal from Hazaribagh in Jharkhand, had his wallet pickpocketed on a Delhi bus recently. He lost cash, his driving licence and his voter’s identity card. In more than 20 years that he has worked for me, I have rarely seen him in such distress. It wasn’t the theft of the money or the driving licence he was agitated about — these could be acquired again with some effort — but the loss of the pehchan patra, his voter’s ID, was incalculable. |
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| Mining political rents | 10-NOV-09 |
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| A common thread runs through the political crisis in Karnataka and the investigations into the money-laundering by Jharkhand’s former chief minister Madhu Koda. This is the rising influence of resource extracting contractors and other moneyed interests in national politics. The ancient regime of the “Licence-Permit Raj” was supposed to end the role of money power in politics. But India’s unreformed party political funding system and the new opportunities for politicians to seek kickbacks from business interests have contributed to a snowballing of rent-seeking. Most political parties are guilty of contributing to this syndrome. |
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| Koda aide surrenders before I-T | 09-NOV-09 |
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| Devendra Mukhia, an alleged aide of former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda, today surrendered before the Income Tax department here which wants to probe his involvement in the alleged hawala and illegal investments case. |
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| ED makes first arrest in Koda case | 06-NOV-09 |
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| The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today arrested Vikas Sinha, brother of Binod Kumar Sinha, an associate of former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, for his alleged involvement in investing and routing Koda's money through hawala transactions. |
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| Koda aides fail to show up as I-T deadline ends | 06-NOV-09 |
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| The deadline set by the Income Tax (I-T) Department to record the statements of at least six associates of former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda today expired without them appearing. |
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| BJP, JD-U to contest jointly in J'khand | 05-NOV-09 |
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| After some initial differences over seat-sharing for Assembly elections in Jharkhand, the BJP and JD(U) today reached an understanding on contesting the polls together with JD(U) likely to contest 14 of the 81 seats. |
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| Koda not cooperative, says I-T DG | 03-NOV-09 |
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| As raids continued in the premises of former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda for the fourth day today, a top income tax official alleged non-cooperation by him resulting in delay in the conclusion of investigation into alleged huge 'hawala transactions' and 'illegal investments'. |
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