Keeping up the heat, Team Anna on Wednesday attacked the government for excluding CBI out of Lokpal`s ambit, saying it "totally destroys" the anti-corruption mechanism in the country by not giving the investigating arm to the ombudsman.
If you ever wondered why our political establishment could never legislate an effective anti-corruption mechanism and has been grappling with the Lokpal bill for more than four decades, Anna Hazare notwithstanding, take a close look at the contour
The Madhya Pradesh-based United Malayalee Association has urged the centre to allow Kerala to build a new dam on the river Periyar as the present one has outlived its life. A memorandum addressed to prime minister Manmohan Singh was submit
An official US report has identified Nehru Place in New Delhi among the top 30 notorious IT markets of the world, dealing in goods and services infringing intellectual property rights (IPR). "Nehru Place is reportedly one of the many
Asserting that she will fight for the passage of the Lokpal bill in parliament, a combative Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday hit out at the opposition for "obstructionist" tactics and Team Anna for "deliberate and maliciou
The Right of Citizens for Time Bound Delivery of Goods and Services and Redressal of their Grievances Bill, 2011 introduced in parliament on Tuesday has come under attack from Team Anna and the civil society group National Campaign for People&rsqu
Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi was newsmaker of the year as he flaunted his national ambition with a Sadhbhavna mission after the Supreme Court granted him relief in a 2002 riot case while his stand-off with the governor on Lokayukta appoint
The Jharkhand government on Tuesday refused to hand over to CBI the case of alleged irregularities in conducting the second Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) examination. Replying to a query of Congress MLA Bana Gupta during quest
Uttar Pradesh has been the worst performing state when it comes to implement the Mahatama Gandhi National Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) with several cases of irregularities coming to the notice of the rural development ministry. Ac
Inflation will come down to seven per cent or even lower in March 2012 due to dwindling food inflation, which stood at 4.3 per cent in the beginning of December, prime minister`s economic advisory council (PMEAC) chairman C Rangarajan said in Bang
The government on Tuesday shot down justice M B Shah inquiry commission`s recommendation in its interim report to clamp an immediate total ban on exports of iron and manganese ore pending streamlining of procedures to curb heavy illegal mining and
Eminent Bollywood music composer Vishal Dadlani has offered to bear a day’s cost for social crusader Anna Hazare’s fast rally to be held at MMRDA grounds in BKC, Mumbai, starting December 27. The authority will charge India Against Cor
Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare`s three-day fast for a stronger Lokpal bill from December 27 may coincide with parliament discussing it on the same three days by extending the winter session up to December 29, with a four-day Christmas break
The union cabinet tonight approved a historic bill for creation a Lokpal with constitutional status that will have no control over CBI but brings within its purview the prime minister with a number of safeguards. Not succumbing to Anna Haz
Dear Ombudsman, My compliments for your sagacity in so expeditiously impleading yourself in the court proceedings against the Bhagvad Gita. A kangaroo’s court, driven by “madmen”, needs your sagacious intervention.
Parliament on Tuesday passed a bill to amend law governing Prasar Bharati, ensuring that recruitments done between November 1997 and October 2007 will be considered as "deemed deputation" till retirement. The Prasar Bharati (Broa
Strongly opposing the draft National Food Security Bill, Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday said it was replete with "confusion and inaccuracy" and asked the centre not to attempt encroaching into the domains of states.
Government on Tuesday introduced a bill in the lok sabha that makes it mandatory for every authority or department to publish a citizen`s charter and address grievances within 30 days, failing which the official concerned would face action.
As the standoff between Karnataka governor H R Bhardwaj and the state government continues over the appointment of a new Lokayukta, chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda on Tuesday said the ruling BJP would have no choice but to prepare a new list of
The government on Tuesday said it is taking action against debt-ridden Kingfisher Airlines for not depositing Rs 153 crore, which the company deducted as TDS from its employees, with the exchequer. "Proceedings have been initiated for
