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September 14, 2011 12:43 PM

CAG to audit accounts of private discoms: Delhi govt

Delhi Government has ordered a thorough scrutiny of the accounts of the three private power distribution company, Discoms by the Comptroller and Auditor General since financial year 2007-08.Power regulator Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) while announcing 22 per cent increase in tariff...

September 14, 2011 12:03 PM

Home grown militants may be behind Delhi HC blast: HM

Home Minister P Chidambaram has indicated that the blast in the Delhi High Court could have been carried out by home grown militants groups. Chidambaram told this to the BBC in an interview. Mr Chidambaram said the authorities were still trying to verify emails allegedly sent by two groups claiming ...

September 14, 2011 11:38 AM

Home grown militants likely behind Delhi HC blast: HM

Home Minister P Chidambaram has indicated that the blast in the Delhi High Court could have been carried out by home grown militants groups. Chidambaram told this to the BBC in an interview. Mr Chidambaram said the authorities were still trying to verify emails allegedly sent by two groups claiming ...

September 14, 2011 11:04 AM

Farmers be compensated for plantation also in land acquisition: SC

The Supreme Court has said farmers, whose land is being acquired by government, should be compensated not only for their land but also for the plantation on the land.V Raveendran H L Gokhale and Gyan Sudha Misra, set aside the order of the Bombay High Court which had held that once the compensation ...

September 14, 2011 10:56 AM

National conference on agriculture begins in New Delhi

A two day national conference on agriculture has begun in New Delhi today to discuss the rabi crop prospects this year. An official press release says, there will be broad-based discussions with state agriculture officers on preparedness for the rabi season.The main rabi crops are wheat, barley, gra...

September 14, 2011 10:11 AM

Govt announces ad-hoc bonus to central govt employees

The Government announced an ad-hoc bonus of up to Rs 3,500 to Group C and D central government employees and personnel of the armed and Para military forces ahead of the festival season. A Finance Ministry's office memorandum said that the government has sanctioned grant of non-productivity lin...

September 14, 2011 10:04 AM

Delhi HC stays CIC’s order against SC registry

The Delhi High Court stayed the Central Information Commission's order. The order asked the Supreme Court registry to compile and maintain data on period for which the apex court keeps its verdicts reserved before pronouncing them and supply the same to information seeker. While staying the CIC...

September 14, 2011 9:44 AM

Bombay HC prohibits court employees from continuing strike

Bombay High Court prohibited court employees in Maharashtra, from continuing the strike. The Court said government employees can not hold society for "ransom".A total of 40,000 Class-C staff of the lower courts in the state resorted to indefinite strike yesterday by abstaining from work demanding be...

September 14, 2011 9:34 AM

DDA to distribute 1981 housing scheme plots

The Delhi Development Authority has told the Delhi High Court that it will give physical possession of the plots to successful applicants within one and half years. This is like a ray of hope to 25,000 home seekers who had applied in a DDA housing scheme 30 years ago.G S Patnaik, Vice Chairman of DD...

September 14, 2011 8:58 AM

Home grown militants likely behind Delhi HC blast

Home Minister P Chidambaram has indicated that the blast in the Delhi High Court could have been carried out by home grown militants groups. Chidambaram told this to the BBC in an interview. Mr Chidambaram said the authorities were still trying to verify emails allegedly sent by two groups claiming ...

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