Soon after issuing a detailed guideline on the effective implementation of section 4 of the RTI Act-2005, the department of personnel and training (DoPT) is setting up a project monitoring unit (PMU) to monitor its compliance from all the central
The government will have to consult people before making a law, if a proposal from the national advisory council (NAC) is implemented. While it will be a revolutionary measure and make democracy meaningful, details of the consultation mechanism ar
That Uttar Pradesh runs on a bit of whim and oodles on fancy of the ruling dispensation is perhaps not a theme open for debate any longer. So days after the state’s textile minister, Shiv Kumar Beria, warned that any police official who does
Goa today launched a Krishi Card, a digital card which would be a gateway for farmers to avail benefits like subsidies and loans given by the state government. Chief minister Manohar Parrikar officially launched this card based on the data
A day after the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) sent what it claims were 10.5 lakh letters from the aam Delhiites to Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit, protesting against the “unfair” hike in water and electricity tariffs in the national capital, we l
The Delhi high court on Monday said "further hearing is required" in the plea of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, who had challenged the trial court order framing charges against him in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case related to the killings of
The government and BJP were on Monday engaged in a war of words over disruption of parliament for the past one week. Hitting out at prime minister Manmohan Singh for his remarks that the world is laughing at India due to frequent disruptio
A day after son Rahul Gandhi took the attack to the BJP camp in Karnataka, charging the incumbent government of setting a “world record” in corruption, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday drove the knife in further while addres
It was not about getting a few thousand rupees more but a question of justice that drove him to bring to light "the sloppy attitude of banks in disbursing pension to ex-servicemen" as per revised norms, says commodore Lokesh Batra (retir
In a thumb-down for India Inc, a survey has found that jobs in public sector undertakings (PSUs) and central government are the first choice for many business school (B-school) graduates. The survey, conducted by the associated chambers of
Law minister Ashwani Kumar on Friday won the Boscars, the Oscars for mouthing the year’s most boring lines. The award, though, was split between Kumar and prime minister Manmohan Singh after a controversy was sparked off by reports that Sing
Sharpening his attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party government in Karnataka, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused it of having created a “world record” in corruption. Addressing a rally in Haveri in Karnataka
Amid a raging controversy over alleged cheating of gullible investors by Saradha group, the regulators have found that West Bengal and North-Eastern states have become a hot-bed of such frauds and NRIs from these regions account for a large chunk
The central bureau of investigation (CBI) is not an independent probe agency, as it was supposed to be. It very much wishes to remain a handmaiden of the ruling dispensation. That is what the agency’s chief, Ranjit Sinha, admitted before the
The central bureau of investigation (CBI) is not an independent probe agency, as it was supposed to be. It very much wishes to remain a handmaiden of the ruling dispensation. That is what the agency’s chief, Ranjit Sinha, admitted before the
Setting off a political bombshell, CBI director Ranjit Sinha on Friday submitted before the supreme court that the agency`s status report on coal allocation scam was "shared" with law minister Ashwani Kumar "as desired by him"
President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday expressed confidence that the country would be able to return to the 7 to 8 per cent growth level in the next two to three years. "I am confident that with the measures being taken, we wou
Voicing concern over "alarming" increase in rape cases in the national capital, the Delhi high court on Thursday asked the centre and the city police to find out the "root cause" of such incidents. "It is surprisin
Taking strong exception to a police officer slapping a young girl during a recent protest against rape of a minor, the supreme court oThursday sought explanation from the Delhi Police chief on the incident. A bench headed by justice G S Si
The corporate affairs ministry on Thursday decided to order a probe into the affairs of Saradha group companies, amid a growing controversy over alleged defrauding of investors by the Kolkata-based entity. The decision to conduct a probe f
