Indian Express investigation

Express Investigation-Part 3 | Little or zero recovery: Why money lost in a digital scam falls down a black hole

July 03, 2025 10:09 am

For victims, recovery hampered by delayed reporting, traceless withdrawals, fictitious mule addresses — and redressal process of ‘first-come-first-serve’.

Court set bed quota for poor patients at Delhi Apollo, hospital uses only one-fifth

May 06, 2025 2:50 pm

Severe shortfall in commitment hospital made to get land lease for Re 1; hospital says will provide details in court, deliver quality care to eligible EWS patients.

Rs 163 crore BMC special fund follows party line: switch sides, get money

February 05, 2024 9:26 pm

BMC MLA Funding Part 2 Indian Express Exclusive News: In the 10 months between February 2023 and December 31, 2023, the BMC allotted Rs 163.29 crore from its Rs 900-crore contingency fund to 31 of the 227 “corporator wards” in Mumbai for carrying out civic works.

Irregularities in Centre’s drip irrigation scheme in Jharkhand: How the Express investigation progressed, what it showed

June 21, 2023 12:02 pm

The investigation found numerous violations — Aadhaar cards were misused to create “ghost” beneficiaries with farmers completely unaware that money was being collected by private companies in their name; brand new equipment was gathering dust; and third-party verification by Nabcons was repeatedly falsified to beat the system.

Cabinet set deadline for Ken-Betwa link before it got clearances in place

February 04, 2022 7:19 am

KBLP got wildlife, environment and preliminary forest clearances on condition that no units of the proposed 78-MW powerhouse would be constructed in “the forest area...to avoid constant disturbance in the Panna” tiger reserve.

Ignoring green commitments: Weak political will, lack of a monitoring system

February 05, 2022 10:58 pm

The Union Environment Ministry has less than 80 officials for field verification under green laws, who are expected to visit thousands of project sites at least once a year. At the same time, between 2014 and 2019 alone, the Ministry granted over 11,500 environment and forest clearances.

Ken Betwa link to new Goa airport to Odisha mine: 6 mega projects ignore green commitments they made

February 05, 2022 11:42 am

There are six mega projects across key sectors, cleared between 2004 and 2020. In each, stringent conditions to compensate for the project's high environmental impact have been sidestepped, ignored or, in some cases, met only on paper, an investigation of their records by The Indian Express revealed.

Explained: Dalit land transfers in Ayodhya scrapped, what happens now?

January 08, 2022 2:24 pm

🔴 UP CM Yogi Adityanath ordered an inquiry on December 22, 2021 after an investigation by The Indian Express revealed purchases of land in Ayodhya by politicians and relatives of state officials that raise serious questions of propriety and conflict of interest.

Regulator’s high table to company boardroom: India Inc’s prize pickings

July 02, 2021 11:44 am

Among top regulators, markets monitor Securities and Exchange Board of India has a one-year period before its chairman or whole-time member can accept other employment after tenure. The Reserve Bank of India also has a cooling-off period of one year for its Governor and Deputy Governors.

China is watching — Political Establishment: 5 PMs, two dozen CMs, 350 MPs across all parties dominate key influencers tracked

September 14, 2020 6:35 pm

China is Watching: From Ministers to Mayors, sarpanches, and legislators to Members of Parliament, the database includes at least 1,350 politicians and lawmakers across parties.

The extent of damage done by faulty implants: News in Numbers

June 22, 2020 6:10 pm

An Indian Express investigation with ICIJ reveals that global pharma majors are operating with no oversight for medical devices for quality, clinical testing, pricing or performance. This is leading to dangerous surgeries and faulty implants risking

Opinion | Why Is The CPM-RSS Political Rivalry In Kerala Leading To Violence?

June 22, 2020 6:56 pm