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November 30, 2012 9:05 AM

Govt issues new guidelines to make arrests under IT Act harder

The government has issued new guidelines to stop misuse of a particular section of the Information Technology Act. Now the cases dealing with spreading messages of reported hatred by electronic medium will be decided by a senior police officer not below the rank of DCP in rural and urban areas. An I...

November 29, 2012 8:51 PM

Govt to continue export of wheat, non-basmati rice

The government has decided to continue the export of wheat and non-basmati rice. The decision was taken by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, CCEA, this evening. Talking to media in New Delhi after the CCEA meeting, Information and Broadcasting minister Manish tewari said the decision was ta...

November 29, 2012 8:50 PM

Parl stalemate over, both houses to discuss & vote on FDI

The stalemate over the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) issue came to an end today with the government agreeing to a discussion in both the Houses of Parliament under Rules that entail voting. In the Lok Sabha, Speaker Meira Kumar said that she has received 30 notices for discussion on FDI under the ...

November 29, 2012 8:48 PM

TN, K’taka CMs talks on Cauvery water fail to evolve consensus

The talks on Cauvery river water sharing issue between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu failed to arrive at any conclusion. The Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shetter held discussions with his Tamil Nadu counterpart Ms. J. Jayalalitha on the issue as per the directions of the Supreme Court. Tamil Nadu de...

November 29, 2012 8:36 PM

Parl logjam over FDI ends, LS to discuss issue on Dec 4 & 5

The stalemate over the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) issue came to an end today with the government agreeing to a discussion in both the Houses of Parliament under Rules that entail voting. In the Lok Sabha, Speaker Meira Kumar said that she has received 30 notices for discussion on FDI under the ...

November 29, 2012 8:10 PM

Govt issues new guidelines to stop misuse of section 66(a) of IT Act

The government today issued new guidelines to stop misuse of a particular section of the Information Technology Act. Now the cases dealing with spreading messages of reported hatred by electronic medium will be decided by a senior police officer not below the rank of DCP in rural and urban areas. An...

November 29, 2012 8:04 PM

Parl to discuss FDI issue with provision of voting next week

The stalemate over the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) issue came to an end today with the government agreeing to a discussion in both the Houses of Parliament under Rules that entail voting. In the Lok Sabha, Speaker Meira Kumar said that she has received 30 notices for discussion on FDI under the ...

November 29, 2012 6:02 PM

Parl to discuss FDI issue with provision of voting next week

Parliament will discuss FDI in multi-brand retail issue with a provision of voting next week. The Lok Sabha will take up a motion to this effect. Speaker Meira Kumar informed the House today that she has received 30 notices for discussion under a rule that entails voting. The decision to hold discus...

November 29, 2012 1:57 PM

LS Speaker allows debate with vote on FDI

A motion to discuss Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail sector with a voting provision, has been allowed in the Lok Sabha. Admitting the motion today, Speaker Meira Kumar said that she has received 30 notices for discussion under Rule 184 that entails voting. She said the date and ...

November 29, 2012 1:55 PM

Govt issues new guidelines on section 66 A of IT Act

The Government has issued new guidelines to the states that an officer not below the rank of DCP will decide on filing of cases under section 66A of IT Act. Our correspondent reports, the guidelines come in the wake of alleged misuse of the section in recent few cases. Communications & IT Minist...

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