Indicating that official auditor CAG will be permitted to look into the books of public-private partnership (PPP) projects, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today underscored the need to ensure transparency in these infrastructure schemes.
The deputy comptroller and auditor general (CAG) Rekha Gupta on Monday stated that the CAG audit report on issuance and allocation of 2G spectrum has been tabled in the Parliament and any further action on the same rests with the Public Acco
Central information commission (CIC) has issued a show cause notice to central public information officer of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) for not responding to the RTI query related to Suresh Kalmadi’s tours details. C
The Delhi Government today directed the Municipal Corporation of Delhi to make an emergency survey of all buildings in the Laxmi Nagar area to determine their structural deficiencies. At a high-level meeting attended by top official
‘Product of the Year’ is not just a concept but also name of a French company that votes the best innovative consumer product of the year. The certification agency recognises and rewards new consumer products across various categories
A RSS activist has filed a defamation case against Congress general secretaries Rahul Gandhi and Digvijay Singh at a court here for comparing the saffron outfit with terrorist organisations. RSS activist Mukesh Pedwa has filed a cas
The Bharatiya Janata Party seems to have taken inspiration from Marx – Groucho, not Karl. “These are my principles, and if you don`t like them... well, I have others,” said the famous wag. As H D Kumaraswamy, the JD-S chief in Karnataka, pres
Stepping up their attack on police establishments and government structures, armed Maoists blew up a police station in Orissa`s Koraput district, police said today. Around 30 heavily armed rebels raided the police station at Kakirig
The CAG today indicted former telecom minister A Raja for ignoring the advice of Prime Minister, Finance and Law ministries to allocate 2G spectrum to new players in 2008 causing a whopping revenue loss of over Rs 1.76 lakh crore.
Over one lakh employees of the local civic body have threatened to go on strike from November 21 as they are unhappy about the proposed hike in the salary. Civic employee unions led by Sharad Rao as well as Shiv Sena union Bhartiya
Even as the death toll in the east Delhi building collapse mounted, the Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit was heard expressing her helplessness in bringing the guilty to book. “Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) gives no-ob
The Plan panel on Sunday said the government is likely to come out with a new water policy within 3-4 months to tackle scarcity of the natural resource, and may levy new charges on consumers for sewerage treatment. It also said that
Improper and irrelevant questioning by policemen to doctors examining a rape victim in sexual assault cases is leading to miscarriage of justice, a study has said. The 67-page study, conducted by Dr Indrajit Khandekar, submitted to
The death toll in the east Delhi building collapse today mounted to 64 as scores of rescue workers struggled to pull out those trapped in the debris of one of the worst such incidents in the capital. At least 80 people were also inj
A Raja is gone. The UPA government is taking concrete measures to stem corruption. End of the story? No. Because all the real questions are, well, yet to be raised. Questions like why it took the Congress and the prime minister so long to ease ou
The World Bank will fund road safety projects in three states - Assam, Gujarat and Karnataka. The global public projects financer has said that provision of training, technology and support boosting road safety capacity in the states` publ
Microfinance institutions drew some sharp raps from the government on Monday in the backdrop of the suicides in Andhra Pradesh linked to the strongarm tactics of MFIs in recovering debts. The prime minister`s economic advisory council (PMEAC) chai
Painting a dismal picture, a government survey today revealed that only 30 per cent of rural population had access to safe drinking (tap) water in the country. It said 55 per cent depend on tube well or hand pumps to meet their drin
The Adarsh scam has become a downward spiral for the Congress in Maharashtra with another chief minister being named in connection with it. Ex- IPS officer and advocate Y P Singh has named former chief minister Sushil Kumar Shinde
The Delhi cabinet has decided to lay the Delhi Prevention of Touting and Malpractices against Tourists Ordinance 2010 before the legislative assembly. It will be placed before the assembly in the winter session which commences on November 23
