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December 21, 2011 10:20 AM

Montek says scrap oil subsidy to offset burden on Food Security Bill

Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia has said that the government should end the oil subsidy to offset the additional subsidy burden arising out of the new Food Security Bill. Mr. Ahluwalia was speaking to reporters at the sidelines of an award function in Mumbai last evening.S...

December 21, 2011 8:51 AM

India and Bhutan poised to forge greater partnership:PM

The Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has expressed confidence that India and Bhutan are poised to forge greater partnership that will bring added prosperity to the people of the two countries.In his remarks at the Hiren Mukherjee Memorial lecture in New Delhi on Tuesday, Dr. Singh said that the par...

December 21, 2011 8:49 AM

Citizens' Right to Grievance Redressal Bill introduced in LS

The Government today introduced a Bill in the Lok Sabha that seeks a time-bound redressal of citizen's complaints. The Bill is intended to curb corruption among government offices.The Citizens Right to Grievance Redress Bill, 2011, introduced in the House by the Minister of State in the Prime M...

December 21, 2011 8:43 AM

NHRC issues notices to 3 states on farmer suicides

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday issued notices to Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala governments on farmer suicide cases.A release of the Commission said that the notices were issued following the NHRC taking suo motu cognisance of a media report alleging a fresh wave of f...

December 20, 2011 9:08 PM

NHRC issues notices to 3 states on farmer suicides

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday issued notices to Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala governments on farmer suicide cases.A release of the Commission said that the notices were issued following the NHRC taking suo motu cognisance of a media report alleging a fresh wave of f...

December 20, 2011 6:36 PM

Courts can interfere in the cases of contractual job: SC

The Supreme Court today ruled that courts can interfere in the case of contractual job if the decision taken by the management is arbitrary.A bench of the apex court, however, said that scope of such judicial review is not all pervasive. It said a writ Court is entitled to judicially review the acti...

December 20, 2011 6:11 PM

Citizens' Right to Grievance Redressal Bill introduced in LS

The Government today introduced a Bill in the Lok Sabha that seeks a time-bound redressal of citizen's complaints. The Bill is intended to curb corruption among government offices.The Citizens Right to Grievance Redress Bill, 2011, introduced in the House by the Minister of State in the Prime M...

December 20, 2011 5:47 PM

Charge sheet within 8 weeks in Adarsh Housing scam

The CBI will file charge sheet in the Adarsh Housing Society scam within eight weeks. CBI counsel D.N. Salvi informed the Bombay High Court today that charge sheet in the main scam would be filed against 14 people and in the missing files case within four weeks. Four persons had been arrested in con...

December 20, 2011 5:29 PM

PM advocates heritage conservation in big way

The Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today said a centrally-sponsored scheme is in the offing to provide for professional and financial support to state archaeology departments involved in conservation of historical monuments. Speaking at the 150th anniversary celebrations of Archaeological Survey ...

December 20, 2011 4:43 PM

Allow broadcast of ETV channel : SC tells Chattisgarh

The Supreme Court today directed Chhattisgarh government to allow broadcast of ETV channel in the state. The channel was blacked out by the state government for running a news report about alleged involvement of Chief Minister Raman Singh's relatives in getting illegal allocation of mines. Whil...

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