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CB-CID probe ordered into fake GO

 The Uttar Pradesh government has ordered a CB-CID probe into the alleged fake order regarding revision of the pay scale of the employees under the sixth pay commission, an official spokesman said here. "The CB-CID has bee

Food inflation finally drops to single-digit figure

Food inflation fell to single digit at 9.67 per cent for the first time this year at a time when the government is facing a concerted Opposition attack on rising food and fuel prices. Inflation fell by 2.80 percentage points for the

Price-rise limbo claims third day at Parl

The issue of price rise stalled proceedings in both Houses of Parliament for the third consecutive day today with the opposition demanding discussion under a rule

Orissa halts Posco land acquisition

Orissa government on Wednesday halted the land acquisition process overnight for Posco`s Rs 51,000 crore mega steel project near here after facing stiff opposition from villagers. "The land acquisition and verification work, which beg

Parl update: Lok Sabha adjourned for the third day running

12.10 pm - Lok Sabha adjourned till 11.00 am on 30.07.2010. 11.14 am - Both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha adjourn till noon as opposition stall proceedings in both Houses over price-rise. Parl

Cracks in Opposition unity in LS

Fissures in opposition unity came to the fore in the Lok Sabha today with RJD supremo Lalu Prasad making a veiled attack on BJP President Nitin Gadkari for targetting him and SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav over the issue of CBI probe against them.

Thursday won`t be much different in parliament

The fuel price hike continued to haunt parliament that was adjourned for the second day on Wednesday and the opposition vowed not to relent on Thursday either even as Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar and Rajya Sabha chairman Hamid Ansari rejected the

Amit Shah not on BJP`s priority list of issues

Much to the chagrin of Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, the Bharatiya Janata Party has put on the back burner the issue of his home minister and close aide Amit Shah`s arrest by CBI. It is not that the BJP no longer wants to de

POSCO’s land acquisition in Orissa is illegal

South Korean steel major, POSCO, has begun acquiring land for its Rs 54,000 crore plant in Orissa in gross violation of law. Firstly, its MoU with the Orissa government lapsed on June 22 this year and hence, the project has no legal status

Mumbai airport a high-flier in international rankings

At a time when most Indian cities are being damned for infrastructural problems, this comes as a much-needed cheer . With a handling capacity of 1.5 crore to 2.5 crore passengers per year, Mumbai’s airport - Chhatrapati Shivaji Internatio

Failed to check price rise, what`s the point in debating!

The opposition parties may, at first glance, seem unreasonable and worse by paralysing parliament for the second consecutive day today with their insistence on an adjournment motion that entails voting to discuss the issue of price rise. B

Hockey India elections postponed by three weeks

Compounding the problems for Hockey India, the Bombay High Court today stayed the HI elections for three weeks on a petition filed by Mumbai Hockey Association. MHA lawyer Vijendra Jabra told PTI that a stay has been granted on the electio

Opposition slams govt over price-rise

Pressing for admission of an adjournment motion on price rise issue, opposition today slammed the government in the Lok Sabha for its "failure" to control the hike. In an impassioned plea to the chair to take up the notice

HC raps Centre over status of Hockey India

The Delhi high court today came down heavily on the central government for not complying with its order regarding recognition of Hockey India (HI) and said that elections in it might be postponed. Despite the high court`s order that HI is

Govt for OBC reservations for Muslims

Government is actively considering reservation for Muslims through the Other Backward Castes (OBC) route, minority affairs minister Salman Khurshid has said. "We are actively looking at the reservation issue. We have a commitment in o

Parl update: RS adjourned for the day over price-rise issue

02.23 pm - Speaker Meira Kumar rejects move for adjournment motion saying price-rise is a sensitive issue and may be discussed in any form other than the adjournmnet mottion. 01.13 pm - Rajya Sabha adjourn

PM promotes 43 officers of 1980 batch to addl secretary

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday signed the files to promote 43 IAS officers of the   1980 batch as additional secretaries to the Government of India. On Tuesday the prime minister consulted his aide TKA Nair and c

Metro snag paralyses commuters

The metro line from Central Secretariat to Jahangirpuri remained disrupted for almost one-and-a-half hours on Tuesday following some technical snag. The panto (device installed on the engine of the train from where power is supplied to the

Non-compliant SFs to lose govt recognition

Furious with National Sports Federations for not complying with its tenure and age limitation guidelines, the sports ministry today threatened to deny annual recognition to NSFs which refuse to fall in line. In a written reply to a

Land acquisition for Posco illegal: Centre

The Orissa government today began land acquisition for the proposed Rs 51,000 crore Posco steel project in Jagathsinghpur district, even as a central team termed the process as "illegal" saying that the Forest Rights Act had been violate

Visionary Talk: Amitabh Gupta, Pune Police Commissioner with Kailashnath Adhikari, MD, Governance Now


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