| 2026-07-02 |
Bengaluru police have said they will now inspect the functioning of day care centres across the entire city.
citywide daycare inspection
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| 2026-07-01 |
The anchor opines that Indian society and the system appear to have accepted dishonesty, such as routine GST evasion via buses, as normal.
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The anchor opines that India's system treats a peon taking leftover biscuits as a graver crime than big players who loot banks of thousands of crores and flee abroad.
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In Bokaro, Jharkhand, contract peon Ranjit Kumar Himanshu — employed since 2005 on a ₹9,950 salary — was dismissed in 2022 for taking leftover biscuits and tea leaves after officials' meetings, and the Jharkhand High Court has now quashed the dismissal, ordering reinstatement with 50% back wages.
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Cigarette and tobacco products attract the highest 40% tax, and in September 2025 Delhi enforcement teams themselves reported that buses leaving Majnu ka Tila, Akshardham, Kashmiri Gate and Anand Vihar smuggle goods to evade GST.
GST evasion via buses
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| 2026-07-01 |
A contract peon in Bokaro, Jharkhand, earning ₹9,950 a month since 2005, was sacked in 2022 for taking leftover biscuits and tea leaves after officials' meetings; the Jharkhand High Court division bench has now quashed the dismissal, ordering reinstatement with 50% back wages.
wrongful peon dismissal
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| 2026-07-01 |
Per the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, 18.14 crore traffic challans worth ₹12,631 crore were issued between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2023, yet 21.83 lakh road accidents still occurred in that period.
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The burnt bus was registered under Indore's Hans Travels but its registration and fitness certificate were issued in a remote part of Arunachal Pradesh — an alleged scheme to obtain All India permits for unfit buses without inspection.
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Champat Rai knew of the theft from May 26, and on June 5 ₹5 lakh cash was recovered from Avinash Shukla's premises — raising the question whether the trust tried to pass off a large theft as a minor one.
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150 CCTV cameras have been installed on the Delhi–Dehradun Expressway, but they are being used only for issuing challans rather than preventing road accidents.
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Between 2019 and 2023 there were 21.83 lakh (2.183 million) road accidents in India, despite the rise in challan collections.
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People are able to commit dishonesty because our system lets them do it.
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It is alleged that dilapidated buses are registered in faraway states through agents to obtain All India permits, without the buses ever being sent there for fitness inspection.
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The local administration has formed an eight-member team to investigate the incident (the anchor questions whether such an inquiry serves any purpose).
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In September 2025, Delhi enforcement teams themselves reported that buses leaving from Majnu ka Tila, Akshardham, Kashmiri Gate, and Anand Vihar for other states secretly carry goods on which GST is evaded.
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| 2026-07-01 |
The full truth is that dishonesty (corruption) is what burned these eight people to death — a dishonesty that has become like termites in society.
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This case is proof of the system's double standard: it swoops down on small people like a hawk but becomes meek before big offenders.
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Senior officials swallow crores of rupees in the name of 'chai-pani' (bribes) under the table, and the system keeps its eyes closed to it.
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The court also said that since a mistake had occurred he would not get a full clean chit, but that dismissing him from his job was outright injustice.
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The case reached the courts, and a division bench of the Jharkhand High Court rebuked the administration, saying the punishment was excessively harsh and entirely wrong.
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| 2026-07-01 |
Two months after the show-cause notice, he was dismissed from his job over the alleged theft of a few biscuits.
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A show-cause notice was issued to him in March 2022, which described the offence as 'private use of government material' rather than naming the tea leaves and biscuits.
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He was accused of private use of government property, which consisted of a few leftover biscuits and a small amount of tea leaves from an officials' meeting.
peon dismissal biscuits
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In Jharkhand, a peon lost his 17-year-old job because he picked up some leftover biscuits after an officials' meeting.
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People who defraud banks of thousands of crores and flee abroad face cases that drag on for years because the system does not treat elite financial crimes as serious offences.
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