The government may announce an amnesty scheme for citizens having unaccounted wealth abroad and also permit taxmen to dig into income tax filings of past 16 years of suspected assessees, based on the suggestions made by a high-powered panel.
Budging to Tamil Nadu`s pressure, the Centre has kept in abeyance the National Disaster Management Authority`s decision to form an expert panel to prepare a contingency plan on Mullaperiyar dam, till the Supreme Court appointed Empowered Committee
Anna Hazare on Tuesday faced a low turnout as he launched his three-day fast against a "weak" Lokpal Bill asking people to be ready for an `aar paar ki ladai` (fight to finish) to stamp out corruption and ensure that "goondas"
Social movements defy description. If a section of academics or political leaders are at their wits’ end to find an apt expression to describe the Anna phenomenon, it reflects their cognitive deficiency to grasp this complex process of socia
Amid concerns of a slowdown, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee has said the Indian economy will soon revert to a higher growth trajectory. The present downturn is only temporary, Mukherjee said in his address at the fourth meeting of the C
`Jana Gana Mana`, the country`s national anthem penned by Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, turned 100 today as it was first sung on this day a century ago at the 1911 Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress. Written in highly S
Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday demanded that the government should withdraw its "weak" Lokpal Bill and enact the Jan Lokpal Bill to free the country from corruption. "The three-day protest is not aimed at underm
State-owned agencies -- MMTC, STC, NAFED and PEC -- suffered losses of Rs 1,201 crore on import and sale of pulses between 2006 and 2011 without succeeding in price stabilisation in the market, government auditor CAG has said. In its repor
The arrest of bigwigs like former union minister A Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi, sports czar Suresh Kalmadi, mining barons Reddy brothers in high-profile corruption cases kept the CBI in headlines during the year as it battled to keep its current organi
India on Tuesday conveyed to Russia its concerns over the "sensitive" issue of a Siberian court hearing a petition seeking a ban on Bhagavad Gita and asked it to help resolve the matter. Ahead of the court hearing on Wednesday in
In order to curb the use of black money during assembly polls in five states, the Election Commission has written to all political parties asking them to avoid cash transactions and instruct their cadres not to carry huge cash during elections.
BJP today sought to drive a wedge among supporters of the government on the Lokpal Bill by telling RJD chief Lalu Prasad that Congress has played a fraud on backward leaders like him by carving out a sub-quota for minorities out of the OBC quota i
Bombay High Court posted the hearing on a PIL, seeking social activist Annna Hazare`s fast to be declared as "illegal" till Wednesday, saying agitation is the right of every citizen and the persons staging a protest are well aware of the
Anna Hazare finally spoke to his supporters at MMRDA ground in Mumbai on Tuesday afternoon. He accused the government of "cheating the country" with the Lokpal bill. Recalling the martyrdom of Bhagat Singh and Sukhdev, he said s
CPI on Tuesday said the Lokpal Bill in the present form was not "adequately strong" and it has decided to move a few amendments to strengthen it. "Lokpal Bill in the present form is not to our satisfaction. It is not adequat
Parliament on tuesday passed a bill that would enable the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research to start an academy to award post-graduate and doctoral degrees after making certain amendments. The Lok Sabha agreed to the amendments
Team Anna`s protest in the national capital against a "weak" Lokpal Bill on Tuesday elicited a lukewarm response with supporters blaming the winter chill and absence of Anna Hazare for the low turnout at Ramlila Maidan. It was a
As Lok Sabha is all set to discuss Lokpal Bill, Congress leader Digvijay Singh today said it was an opportunity for MPs to show to the world that they are united in the fight against corruption even as he took a dig at Team Anna for "making&q
In the wake of questions over the fate of Lokpal Bill, prime minister Manmohan Singh expressed confidence that it will be passed by parliament. "Had we not been confident, we would not have introduced it," he told reporters while
Minister for communications and information technology Kapil Sibal today tabled the Electronic Delivery of Services (EDS), 2011 in parliament. The bill aims to provide a mechanism for better government services to citizens. If passed, it will reva
