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2012
Greed
Vol 9, Issue 40, Dated - October 06, 2012
By Ashish Khetan
The game. The players. And why the BJP-Shiv Sena is silent on this mega NCP-Congress irrigation scam in Maharashtra. Ashish Khetan investigates READ »
The plunder under his watch
Vol 9, Issue 39, Dated - September 29, 2012
By Ashish Khetan
Chhattisgarh is blessed with natural resources. But the only people who seem to be profiting from the state’s bounty are BJP CM Raman Singh’s cronies. Ashish Khetan investigates READ »
Where do the missing children of Delhi go?
Vol 9, Issue 34, Dated - August 25, 2012
By Priyanka Dubey
Into forced farm labour in western Uttar Pradesh, finds Priyanka Dubey READ »
Coal Spill
Vol 9, Issue 32, Dated - August 11, 2012
By Ashish Khetan
By choosing to look the other way, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yielded to vested interests who looted the country of its valuable natural resource. Ashish Khetan on how inaction bred corruption READ »
Jailhouse Rock
Vol 9, Issue 25, Dated - June 23, 2012
By Ashish Khetan
Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav had promised a regime without criminals. Three months later, some of the most dreaded ganglords in the state are strolling in and out of prison as they wish. Ashish Khetan exposes a disturbing trend READ »
Ghost of Fake Encounters Comes Back to Haunt Gujarat. Top Cops Under CBI Scanner
June 08, 2012
By Rana Ayyub
A CBI progress report on the four fake encounters of 2004-2007 in Gujarat establishes what TEHELKA has been saying all along. Now, senior policemen and IB officials face arrests in these cases, says Rana Ayyub READ »
How the rich are destroying Corbett & Kaziranga
Vol 9, Issue 19, Dated - May 12, 2012
By Ratnadip Choudhury and Jay Mazoomdaar
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Guilty. Not guilty. Guilty...?
Vol 9, Issue 18, Dated - May 05, 2012
By Ashish Khetan
The CBI has been shifting position on Mulayam Singh Yadav’s disproportionate assets case, based on the UPA’s political cues. With the presidential election on the horizon, this case could become pivotal. Ashish Khetan tracks the curious political game READ »
The rapes will go on
Vol 9, Issue 15, Dated - April 14, 2012
By Abhishek Bhalla and G Vishnu
In a two-week long investigation, Abhishek Bhalla and G Vishnu spoke to more than 30 senior cops in the Delhi-NCR region. More than half had shockingly ugly views on rape victims. This is the face of law exposed. How can the system effect justice through men like these? READ »
The manufacturing of dangerous lies
Vol 9, Issue 12, Dated - March 24, 2012
By Ashish Khetan
The killing of noted crime journalist Jyotirmoy Dey and the events following it make for one of the most bewildering stories of our time. On paper, the Mumbai Police have “solved” the case. But scratch the surface and what emerge are mere theories, so perverse and sinister that they warrant an urgent intervention at the highest levels. Ashish Khetan reports READ »
The case against the AG
Vol 9, Issue 06, Dated - February 11, 2012
By Ashish Khetan
The case against A Raja might collapse if the questions about Goolam Vahanvati’s role in the 2G scam remain unanswered. Ashish Khetan explains why READ »
2011
The Madness in the CBI’s Method
Vol 8, Issue 52, Dated - December 31, 2011
By Ashish Khetan
A year into the high-profile telecom scam, selective chargesheets and investigations place the CBI in dubious light and raise questions about its fair play and efficiency. Ashish Khetan dissects the latest chargesheet and the questions the agency needs to answer READ »
NREGA Lines Pockets. Not of the Poor
Vol 8, Issue 49, Dated - December 10, 2011
By Abhishek Bhalla
Captive job cards. Fake bank accounts. Coercion by pradhans. In Uttar Pradesh, ingenious methods are employed to deprive the poor of MGNREGA benefits, reports Abhishek Bhalla READ »
Highway Robbery
Vol 8, Issue 43, Dated - October 29, 2011
By Ashish Khetan
There is corruption beyond the 2G scam. India’s highways and road construction projects are mired in multi-million financial scandals. Ashish Khetan exposes the builder-official nexus that plagues our roads READ »
The sacred and the profane. All rolled into one
Vol 8, Issue 36, Dated - September 10, 2011
By Ashish Khetan and Sai Manish
Kanchipuram temple manager Sankararaman was killed by hitmen inside the Varadaraja Perumal temple seven years ago. All the key witnesses in the case have turned hostile. Ashish Khetan & Sai Manish investigate an unholy nexus READ »
Delhi’s posh Hotels are Five-star Defaulters
Vol 8, Issue 35, Dated - September 03, 2011
By G Vishnu
Eight hotels in New Delhi owe the government Rs 516.19 crore in lease dues, but nobody is in a hurry to collect the money. G Vishnu uncovers a scam in the heart of the Capital READ »
Where did Rs 8,500 cr of UP's health funds go?
Vol 8, Issue 33, Dated - August 20, 2011
By Ashish Khetan
Rs 8,500 cr in grants, and this is where women in UP are supposed to deliver their babies. You knew there was a scam. Now read the details. And be staggered. Fudged records. Imaginary mothers. Money stolen from the blind. Ashish Khetan exposes the ugly story of how health funds were embezzled under Mayawati’s watch READ »
Doctored Processes, Compromised Students
Vol 8, Issue 32, Dated - August 13, 2011
By G Vishnu
In July, TEHELKA exposed the rotten conditions at four private medical colleges.G Vishnu goes undercover to lay bare the truth at two more READ »
High profits of ghost hotels
Vol 8, Issue 29, Dated - July 23, 2011
By Ashish Khetan
Hotels, software, tourism, real estate, manufacturing — and money-laundering. The Panoramic Group ran a complex cross-country operation. Ashish Khetan digs up the evidence on a huge black money racket READ »
Medical Council of India: Where Munna gets his MBBS
Vol 8, Issue 28, Dated - July 16, 2011
By Etmad Khan and G Vishnu
The MCI denied approval to four private medical colleges in 2009-10. But within six months, they got the nod. Etmad Khan and G Vishnu went undercover to find what had changed. And stumbled upon a web of lies READ »
Hell in holy land
Vol 8, Issue 26, Dated - July 02, 2011
By Ashish Khetan & Manoj Rawat
In the battle between the sadhus and the mining mafia over the Ganga, the BJP government in Uttarakhand has repeatedly and blatantly taken sides with the latter. Ashish Khetan & Manoj Rawat Manoj Rawat uncover the murky story that led to Swami Nigamananda’s death READ »
Baba’s black sheep and the golden fleece
Vol 8, Issue 24, Dated - June 18, 2011
By Brijesh Pandey and Manoj Rawat
Ramdev and his aide Balkrishna seem to have spun an unholy empire using all kinds of means. Brijesh Pandey and Manoj Rawat reports from Haridwar READ »
Hello? Who will bell this cat
Vol 8, Issue 22, Dated - June 04, 2011
By Ashish Khetan
Much bigger than the A Raja-Kalaignar TV kickback is the Rs 700 crore that the Maran brothers got from Maxis. Ashish Khetan traces the money trail with Raman Kirpal READ »
Bluff Master Ali
Vol 8, Issue 15, Dated - April 16, 2011
By Ashish Khetan
Ashish Khetan scoops over 1,000 documents, including classified correspondence between Swiss bank UBS and the ED. These show the black money don may just be the biggest con. Ever. READ »
Cash-for-Votes Scandal: A trap. And a cover-up
Vol 8, Issue 13, Dated - April 02, 2011
By Ashish Khetan
The true story of one of the biggest scandals in recent Indian parliamentary history READ »
Whose Amicus Is Harish Salve?
Vol 8, Issue 10, Dated - March 12, 2011
By Ashish Khetan
Can the renowned lawyer do justice to the 2002 Gujarat riot victims while referring business deals to the Narendra Modi government? Ashish Khetan has the evidence of impropriety and conflict of interest READ »
Burn After Reading
Vol 8, Issue 09, Dated - March 05, 2011
By Ashish Khetan
If there was a “conspiracy” in Godhra, it was not by the Muslims. Ashish Khetan picks apart Judge Patel’s verdict and shows how a devious lie was constructed READ »
The House We blew down
Vol 8, Issue 07, Dated - February 19, 2011
By Gaurav Jain
The CBI had moved for closure. In a shocking twist, the court has formally charged the Talwars for murder. Read this and you will doubt the father killed the daughter. Gaurav Jain spent weeks unravelling the painful story of what we have done to Aarushi Talwar and her parents READ »
Fresh money trail emerges in 2G spectrum case
February 16, 2011
By Ashish Khetan
CBI thinks this might involve the ADAG, a Delhi realty group, and Shahid Balwa READ »
Who will pay for injustice done to these nine men?
Vol 8, Issue 04, Dated - January 29, 2011
By Ashish Khetan
Ashish Khetan exposes the elaborate and cynical charade of the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad to implicate a bunch of Muslim men in terrorist strikes aimed at members of their own community READ »
2010
We broke into a poacher network and found one tiger is killed every two weeks…
Vol 7, Issue 51, Dated - December 25, 2010
By Manmohan Gupta and VK Shashikumar
The Indo-Nepal border. Dangerous men. Small hideouts. And rampant trade. Manmohan Gupta and VK Shashikumar spent two risky months in the field to capture poachers on camera. Will the government take action now? READ »
In the Court of the Father
Vol 7, Issue 50, Dated - December 18, 2010
By Brijesh Pandey and Kunal Majumder
The Allahabad High Court, India’s oldest and biggest, is awash with families practising in the same court, casting doubts over the impartiality of justice. Brijesh Pandey and Kunal Majumder investigate READ »
One for my officer, one for my boy...
Vol 7, Issue 48, Dated - December 04, 2010
By Jeemon Jacob
Land and property are coveted assets. So why are chief ministers allowed to give these away as favours? Jeemon Jacob tracks how Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi has been using his quotas READ »
Servants. Drivers. Maids. Partymen. Every party CM gave them prime land under a dubious quota
Vol 7, Issue 48, Dated - December 04, 2010
By Imran Khan
Here’s a short list of those who benefited from a scam running into thousands of crores over 20 years. Imran Khan unearths the evidence in an open season of corruption in Bengaluru READ »
The Land of No Denial
Vol 7, Issue 47, Dated - November 27, 2010
By Rohini Mohan
It’s not just CM Yeddyurappa. Few politicians in Karnataka try to hide land fraud. The money is big, the greed is raw. Rohini Mohan finds how personal favours are written into the law READ »
Lost Children of the Prophet
Vol 7, Issue 36, Dated - September 11, 2010
By Neha Dixit
Madrassas are the cornerpiece of Muslim community life. In a disturbing twist, some of them are being used as transit shelters for child trafficking. Or worse, doubling up as sweatshops themselves. Neha Dixit reports READ »
So why is Narendra Modi protecting Amit Shah?
Vol 7, Issue 28, Dated - July 17, 2010
By Rana Ayyub
‘The calls made by the minister are not part of official decorum. Their frequency is unnatural and uncommon in nature.’ — Gujarat CID report on Amit Shah’s calls to encounter cops READ »
Half-life of the Coal Child
Vol 7, Issue 26, Dated - July 03, 2010
By Kunal Majumder
Not many know that the dangerous and suffocating rat mines of Meghalaya are worked by 70,000 child miners. Following them into hellish pits, Kunal Majumder exposes the dark veins of an exploitative industry. Photographs by Shailendra Pandey READ »
More Than A Pinprick
Vol 7, Issue 24, Dated - June 19, 2010
By Vijay Simha
A Sly Fudging Of Facts Is Pushing India Into Buying Vaccines Backed By The Who That May Have Killed Children In Other Countries READ »
Cash For Chaos
Vol 7, Issue 20, Dated - May 22, 2010
By Pushp Sharma ,
Sanjana and K Ashish
For the right price, you can get the Sri Ram Sene to organise a riot anywhere. An exposé By Pushp Sharma. Written By Sanjana. Additional Reporting By K Ashish READ »
An Uncivil Trespass
Vol 7, Issue 14, Dated - March 10, 2010
By Kunal Majumder
He Indian Army has grabbed 69 acres of prime private property in Pune, reports Kunal Majumder READ »
Presumed Guilty
Vol 7, Issue 10, Dated - March 13, 2010
By Brijesh Pandey
In The Third Part Of Our Series On The Dreaded Special Cell, Tehelka Profiles Two Kashmiris Whose Lives Have Been Destroyed By False Cases READ »
Coming To Grips With Freedom
Vol 7, Issue 09, Dated - March 06, 2010
By Brijesh Pandey
Last Week, TEHELKA published stories of four ordinary men branded as terrorists and jailed by the Special Cell of Delhi Police. Continuing with the series, Brijesh Pandey profiles two more “terrorists”, recently freed by the lower courts, who are struggling to overcome their trauma READ »
Terror That Wasn’t
Vol 7, Issue 08, Dated - February 27, 2010
By Brijesh Pandey
The Special Cell of the Delhi Police was formed in 1986 as a counter-terrorism force. It shot into prominence in the late 1990s, claiming to have killed many terrorists and to have solved several cases. In time, some of its officers began to figure in extortion cases and dubious encounters. Says noted lawyer Prashant Bhushan: “Unfortunately, whenever the courts have found that they [the Special Cell] have been framing people by fabricating evidence, they have not suggested any action to be taken. Unless they are punished very severely by law, police officers will keep on framing innocents as terrorists.” Tellingly, over the last four months, lower courts in Delhi have acquitted nine “terrorists” arrested by the Special Cell. Four such “terrorists” were arrested after an encounter in southwest Delhi in March 2005. Police claimed they had averted a major terrorist attack on the Indian Military Academy (IMA), Dehradun. Five years later, all four men were acquitted. Brijesh Pandey profiles the four terrorists who never were. READ »
Flights Of Fancy About 9/11 Copycat
Vol 7, Issue 07, Dated - February 20, 2010
By Brijesh Pandey
The arrest of Shahzad, the alleged plotter of an Indian 9/11, was touted as a breakthrough. Brijesh Pandey tracks the case in Azamgarh and Lucknow to find a story full of holes READ
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‘MCOCA Needs Amendment To Check Its Misuse’
Vol 7, Issue 05, Dated - February 06, 2010
By Rana Ayyub
Maharashtra’s Deputy Chief Minister Chhagan Bhujbal was the state’s home minister when the anti-terror law, the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), was legislated in 1999 to end the growing underworld menace. Alleged to have links with Abdul Karim Telgi, the mastermind behind the multi-crore fake stamp paper scam, and for influencing investigations in the case, Bhujbal was also in the line of fire for having supported former Mumbai police commissioner RS Sharma who was booked under MCOCA but later discharged. Following TEHELKA’s exhaustive investigation on the abuse of MCOCA, published over the last three weeks, Bhujbal admits that the law has indeed been misused. Excerpts from an interview with Rana Ayyub READ
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Have Law Will Jail
Vol 7, Issue 04, Dated - January 30, 2010
By Ajit Sahi and Rana Ayyub
A Two-Month Investigation By Ajit Sahi and Rana Ayyub Found That MCCA Has Only Pinned The Small Fry While Failing To Nail Gangsters’ Kin READ
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How The Law Is Made An Ass
Vol 7, Issue 03, Dated - January 23, 2010
By Ajit Sahi and Rana Ayyub
MCOCA was meant to finish off the mafia dons. But a two-month investigation by Ajit Sahi and Rana Ayyub Has Found That The Police Have Failed To Get The Big Fish Convicted For The Crimes READ
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One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
Vol 7, Issue 02, Dated - January 16, 2010
By Ajit Sahi and Rana Ayyub
Confessions under duress and random accusations could get you jailed for years without bail. Ajit Sahi and Rana Ayyub tracked the misuse of the draconian MOCCA in maharashtra for two months READ
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2009
Taint At The Very Top
Vol 6, Issue 49, Dated - December 12, 2009
By Brijesh Pandey
The Indian Army faces a severe image crisis as four top officers come under vigilance scanner on corruption charges. Brijesh Pandey reports READ
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The Blood Diamond Files
Vol 6, Issue 47, Dated - November 28, 2009
By Shantanu Guha Ray
Following the trail from Johannesburg to Mumbai, Shantanu Guha Ray finds that India is an important destination for Zimba stones track the Supreme Court’s lack of urgency in investigating charges of judicial corruption READ
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Burn After Reading
Vol 6, Issue 39, Dated - October 03, 2009
By Brijesh Pandey and Sanjay Dubey
Brijesh Pandey and Sanjay Dubey track the Supreme Court’s lack of urgency in investigating charges of judicial corruption READ
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Termites In The Woodwork
Vol 6, Issue 39, Dated - October 03, 2009
By Brijesh Pandey
The government has accused top officers at the COA, India’s apex architectural body, of criminal misconduct. Brijesh Pandey tracks the issues as the CBI investigates READ
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Piloting A Disaster
Vol 6, Issue 38, Dated - September 26, 2009
By Brijesh Pandey
YSR’s chopper pilot had compromised the CM’s and the Dalai Lama’s security in the past. Why then did the state continue to employ him? Brijesh Pandey reports READ
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A Taliban Of Our Very Own
Vol 6, Issue 32, Dated - August 15, 2009
By Neha Dixit
Murder, rape and exile are routine punishments for these parallel ‘Parliaments’. Neha Dixit tracks Khap panchayats across north India. Photos by Tarun Sehrawat READ
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A Nation’s Fatal Ingratitude
Vol 6, Issue 27, Dated - July 11, 2009
By Neha Dixit
6,000 Indian soldiers fight in the minus 50 degree bitter cold of the Siachen Glacier. A callous Ministry of Defence is now giving them flimsy gear that’s fit only for minus 10 degrees READ
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Nailing The Aravalli Lie
Vol 6, Issue 11, Dated - Mar 21, 2009
By Neha Dixit
Mining continues despite a Supreme Court ban. Neha Dixit goes undercover to find out who is doing it, and why they are getting away with it READ
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