New Delhi: Social activist Anna Hazare on Sunday said that the UPA government will have to listen to public demand for a strong Lokpal Bill. "The public plays a crucial role here. The government will have to listen to us if we all come together," he told CNN-IBN. Speaking on the issue of corruption, Anna said, "(Slain IPS officer) Narendra Kumar was killed because he was fighting against corruption. It's...
10:07 AM, Mar 25, 2012
New Delhi: Social activist Anna Hazare on Sunday said that he will organise a big protest against the "deaf and dumb" government, who is turning a blind eye to whistleblowers who are being targeted while fighting corruption. Ahead of his one-day fast to demand justice to slain IPS officer Narender Kumar and a strong law to protect whistleblowers, he said many people have sacrificed their lives while fighting corruption. He...
07:39 AM, Mar 25, 2012
Bhopal: A court in Madhya Pradesh's Morena district on Tuesday sent the tractor driver, who had crushed to death Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Narendra Kumar on Holi day, to three days' custody of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). IPS officer Narendra Kumar was killed when he was trying to stop the tractor loaded with illegally mined stones at Banmore on March 8 but instead of stopping, the driver...
06:20 PM, Mar 20, 2012
New Delhi: The wife of IPS officer Narendra Kumar Singh, who was killed for taking on illegal mining mafia in Madhya Pradesh early this month, today delivered a baby boy at a hospital in New Delhi. Kumar's wife Madhurani Tewatia, also an IAS officer of 2000 batch, was admitted to Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital on Sunday. "Madhurani has delivered a baby boy at 10.30 AM. It was a cesarean delivery....
10:59 PM, Mar 19, 2012
New Delhi: The CBI has registered a case against unknown persons in the alleged murder of IPS officer Narendra Kumar Singh who was mowed down by a tractor trolley purportedly owned by illegal sand mafia in Morena district of Madhya Pradesh on March 8. The case was registered by the CBI after Centre issued a notification for the probe by central agency on the request of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister...
03:46 PM, Mar 15, 2012
New Delhi: After a gap of more than two months, Anna Hazare will return to the national capital to stage a hunger strike on Sunday, March 18, demanding justice for slain IPS office Narendra Kumar and a strong law to protect whistleblowers. This will be the first hunger strike undertaken by 74-year-old Hazare after he called off his three-day fast for a strong Lokpal Bill in Mumbai last December owing...
10:02 AM, Mar 14, 2012
Shivraj Singh Chauhan is forced to order a CBI enquiry into the murder of IPS officer Narendra Kumar. ...
10:58 PM, Mar 13, 2012
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday accused the opposition of playing politics over the murder of young Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Narendra Kumar while announcing that the investigations into the case would be carried out by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). "The opposition is trying to defame the state and ran away from discussion on the mining issue. The opposition is only playing politics,"...
12:54 PM, Mar 13, 2012
New Delhi: The alleged murder of IPS officer Narendra Kumar in Madhya Pradesh has put the spotlight on illegal mining yet again. Not mincing words, Jairam Ramesh, part of Group of Ministers headed by Pranab Mukherjee that approved the draft mining bill says, "You cannot have illegal mining without political patronage". But, it is just not illegal mining. In an interview with CNN-IBN's Rupashree Nanda, the minister said we have...
11:48 AM, Mar 13, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress has called for a bandh in Madhya Pradesh to protest the murder of the IPS officer Narendra Kumar Singh by the mining mafia. Singh was crushed to death on the March 8 when he tried to stop a tractor carrying illegally quarried stone in Morena. The issue is expected to rock the state assembly on Tuesday. Team Anna will be organising a three-day fast in Bhopal...
06:14 AM, Mar 13, 2012
Morena: After the recent brutal killing of IPS officer Narender Kumar allegedly by the mining mafia, CNN-IBN travelled to the illegal mines of Chambal to get a first hand perspective of what really happens. Any voice against the lucrative trade is silenced with bullets. "One honest officer stood up to the mafia, but you saw the result of his actions," said Betaal Singh Yadav, brother of one of the Mafia...
09:17 PM, Mar 12, 2012
HYDERABAD: The recent killing of Narendra Kumar Singh, an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, by the mining mafia in Madhya Pradesh has not taken the sheen off the coveted services. When someone is selected for IPS, it is expected that they join the services with a realistic expectation of responsibilities the job entails.There have been blasts and attacks all over the world but it does not stop people from living...
08:18 AM, Mar 12, 2012
Morena: All sand mining activities in Chhatarpur district have been cancelled following the killing of an IPS officer Narendra Kumar allegedly by the mining mafia in Madhya Pradesh. On Sunday, the police detained Kuber Singh - the main suspect in the incident. IPS Officer Kumar was crushed to death when he tried to stop a tractor loaded with illegally quarried stones in Morena on Thursday. On Saturday, an SDM and...
07:54 AM, Mar 12, 2012
Bhopal: Under attack for the murder of an IPS officer allegedly by the mining mafia, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday night said there was no mafia in the state and accused the Congress of making an issue of a non-issue. "There is nothing by the name of mafia here. Congress is trying to bring bad name to us. Incidents may happen. It is a big state...
03:44 AM, Mar 12, 2012
CNN-IBN brings you the first ground report from the mining mafia zone of Madhya Pradesh. ...
07:29 PM, Mar 11, 2012
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