This comment first appeared on this website way back in April 2010, when the season of scams was just beginning. We are reposting it after the supreme court`s harsh criticism of the way CBI functions and th
The finance ministry has directed all secretaries to the government of India to ensure that their ministries or departments spend no more than their authorised allocation as passed by the Parliament, “The public accounts committee (2
Delhi`s PWD minister Raj Kumar Chouhan has ordered holding back a Rs 15 crore payment to AFCONS, a contractor of one of the Commonwealth Games projects. The minister has also warned all contractors that they would be blacklisted for failing to mee
The national human rights commission (NHRC) has ordered a relief of Rs 3 lakh to the family of Suresh Jaiswal, an undertrial prisoner in Mirzapur District Jail in Uttar Pradesh who died for want of proper medical treatment on May 13, 2007, a repor
An ambitious scheme for supplying wheat to Below Poverty Line (BPL) families in Rajasthan at Rs 2 a kg is likely to benefit about 36.57 lakh families across the state, a recent report in The Hindu said. The state government will incur an additiona
As the 16th SAARC summit opens up in Thimpu, Bhutan, former information minister of Pakistan Sherry Rehman has questioned why the quality of governance is not on summit agenda. “We are in another SAARC Summit, the issue of good and transpare
BJP`s four-month honeymoon with Shibu Soren ended abruptly on Wednesday with the party withdrawing support to the JMM-led government, a day after the Jharkhand Chief Minister sided with the UPA in the Lok Sabha. A meeting of the BJP top bra
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived here today on a two-day visit to participate in the 16th SAARC Summit that begins today. He was received at the Paro International airport, 60 km from the capital, by Bhutanese Prime Minister Ji
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) vice chancellor B B Bhattacharya will not get extension in his tenure beyond one term. The decision was taken in the Executive Council meeting held here on Tuesday. His term ends on June 30. The JNU Teach
The central vigilance commission (CVC) has reconstituted its vigilance advisory council whose members include Infosys’ N.R. Narayana Murthy, former police commissioner of Mumbai Julio F. Ribeiro, and Delhi-based social activist Arvind Kejriw
In the midst of a tax probe into finances of Indian Premier League (IPL), authorities have issued notices to several sponsors of the first edition of the Twenty20 event, including DLF, Adidas and Religare, for non-payment of service tax. The compa
In a sensational development shocking the external affairs ministry, Madhuri Gupta, an Indian female employee of the Indian high commission in Islamabad has been arrested here as an alleged mole of the Pakistan government. The 53-year-old woman, w
The ministries of human resource development and urban development jointly launched the national school sanitation programme here on Tuesday. Aamir Khan was declared the brand ambassador for the programme. Over 1,000 students and teachers from va
To manage public expenditure efficiently, the Planning Commission has set up a high level expert committee with Dr C Rangarajan, chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, as its head. The 18-member committee will suggest an acti
After HSBC signed an MoU with the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) to finance energy efficiency projects, it is now YES bank’s turn. “We will be signing an MoU with YES Bank in the very near future,” an official from BEE told Go
Bolstering the government ahead of voting on opposition-sponsored cut motion in Lok Sabha, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), with 21 MPs, on Tuesday came out openly in support of the ruling UPA. "We are supporting the government since the day
The centre has decided to permit beach resorts and hotels on the seaside under a new dispensation except in the ecologically sensitive areas like marine parks, mangroves, coral reefs, wildlife habitats and breeding and spawning grounds of fish.
A 12-hour nation-wide bandh called by 13 non-NDA and non-UPA parties on Tuesday to protest against price rise hit normal life and affected air and rail services only in Left-ruled states of West Bengal, Kerala and Tripura. The `Bharat Bandh` which
In Mario Puzo`s ‘Godfather’, the Sicilian mafia thrives on the culture of Omerta, or the code of silence. The consequence of violating this code is invariably a swift and ruthless execution of the non-conformist. The Indian political c
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has sought a detailed report on the corruption charges against Medical Council of India (MCI) chief Ketan Desai from Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, reports the Indian Express. The PM wants to know what acti
