Former telecom minister A Raja and his staff threatened and coerced officials in giving preference to Swan Telecom and Unitech over Tata group in the award of telecom licences, CBI has informed the Joint Parliamentary Committee probing the 2G scam
Union Ministry of Corporate Affairs today said it will organise a Lok Adalat for companies for the first time on June 11, with an intention of minimising litigation and avoid unnecessary prosecution against defaulting companies. "The
The BJP today gave the thumbs-up to the party-ruled government in Karnataka for its performance but said it needs an image make-over to blunt the negative campaigns of the opposition Congress and JD-S. "His (Yeddyurappa`s) performance
Among the more disturbing aspects of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s Obama Moment and its aftermath is our utter collective callousness towards the thousands of peaceful protesters who were beaten and driven out of Ramlila Maidan in the d
The `transparency revolution`, as Defence Minister A K Antony coined it, has swayed a parliamentary standing committee also to recommend extension of the Bill before Parliament to give protection to the whistle-blowers to cover everybody in the go
The Union Cabinet on Thursday lowered the age limit from 65 to 60 years for a monthly pension of Rs 200 to old persons living below poverty line (BPL) under the Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme. It raised the amount to Rs 500 for thos
Home minister P Chidambaram finally found his voice on Wednesday, four days after the police under his charge battered democratic rights of thousands of citizens gathered for a peaceful protest at New Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan. “Let him d
BJP today sought to distance itself from yoga guru Baba Ramdev`s plan to set up a force as part of his anti-corruption crusade, saying the party never propagates violence. "We will not support anything like that as the party never pro
The Bhartiya Janata Party will not project the prime ministerial candidate in the next Lok Sabha elections, said party president Nitin Gadkari. The decision has been taken to end the tussle going on between senior party leaders Sushma Swaraj and A
The World Bank administered Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) has trashed India’s total sanitation campaign (TSC) calling it low on sustainability. On a scale of 100, it awarded 58 for the total process and 48 for sustaining it.&nbs
“A land acquisition will only be successful when farmers are involved in determining the value of the land and the social package to be given to them in lieu of their land,” said Arun Jaitley, the leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha, a
Amidst growing demand of the civil society for a strong anti-graft law and confiscation of black money, the supreme court on Friday sought amendment to the Prevention of Corruption Act (PCA) to root out corruption in the country. A bench o
Facing flak from civil society for not doing enough to deal with the menace of black money, the government on Wednesday announced setting up of another panel to suggest ways to trace tax defaulters, reveal their identity to the public and recover
In a press conference held on Wednesday, P Chidambaram, the home minister, justified the crackdown on Baba Ramdev and his supporters by saying that they had defied orders. He said that the permission to Ramdev was granted only for a yoga camp.
Amid the anti-corruption campaign by civil rights activists, defence minister A K Antony on Wednesday said politicians, bureaucrats and others holding key positions are not ready for the "transition to transparency" and contended that th
“A land acquisition will only be successful when farmers are involved in determining the value of the land and the social package to be given to them in lieu of their land,” said Arun Jaitley, the leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha, a
Play and song have become a major feature of the protest against corruption. Delhi-based Asmita theatre group is among the influential groups which have supported Anna Hazare`s movement since its inception in April. The group performed on
For Pushpa, a resident of outer Delhi`s Bhalswa in her early 30s, Jantar Mantar is synonymous with protest. Pushpa was there when Anna Hazare observed the fast that made the government form a committee to help curb corruption. She is disappointed
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev, who is on an indefinite hunger strike against black money and corruption, on Thursday made public details of his business empire worth over Rs 1,100 crore, claiming everything was in order. On his sixth day of fast,
Capital punishment was on Wednesday awarded to ten people by a local court for murdering three persons including a girl after she eloped from a village under Jalesar police station area in a 2008 honour killing case. Special addition
