Anna Hazare has rebutted government’s arguments against including all government servants under the upcoming anti-corruption ombudsman, Lokpal. He also reaffirmed that the second round of agitations will begin on August 16. He pointed out that unless all the officials of the Government are brought under the watchful gaze of the Lokpal, India cannot get rid […]
The Home Ministry headed by P Chidambaram has written to the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), under the Finance Ministry, seeking information about the assets owned by former chief justice of India KG Balakrishnan and his dependents and relatives. The move has come after the Law Ministry said that since the allegations against KG […]
Gopinath Munde, the rebel Maharashtrian leader of the Bhartiya Janata Party has said he does not intend to leave the Bhartiya Janata Party. He has been in talks with Congress and NCP leaders, allegedly to explore the option of joining them, but seems to have found nothing worthwhile to take up in those parties. “I […]
Both the Civil Society and the government seem to be playing the game of brinkmanship, with Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh now saying that the government may deal with Anna in the same way it dealt with Baba Ramdev. “Anna saheb says he will again sit on fast. If he does, he may get the […]
The Mumbai police have arrested one suspect in the investigation of the journalist J Dey, charging him with trying to cheat the reporter by posing as a Government officer. Nihal Tanna has been sent to police custody for three days, during which time he will be interrogated for getting any leads about the murder. He […]
Santosh Hegde, Karnataka Lokayukta and one of five people representing the people’s movement against corruption on the Lokpal panel, has again reiterated his stand that the issue of the Prime Minister’s inclusion under the Lokpal may be a diversion tactic. He pointed out that the way the Congress and the Government have suddenly highlighted the […]
The investigation into the murder of the crime journalist J Dey seems set to be handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) after the Maharashtra home minister RR Patil said the police have not been unearth any clues in the investigation so far. “The criminals have not left any evidence for us to […]
BJP leader and chairman of the Public Accounts Committee of the Parliament — which examines the revenue and expenditure of the government — Murli Manohar Joshi has urged the petroleum ministry to reply to the draft report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) as soon as possible. He questioned the statement by […]
The CBI has replied to the recent Supreme Court on its question about where the money allegedly paid to Kanimozhi as a bribe is located and how much is the loss caused by the 2G scam. According to the 80-page affidavit filed by the CBI in the Supreme Court today, the Rs 214 crore bribe […]
If the Congress is in a mood to share some of the flak for ‘blocking’ a strong Lokpal through an All Party meet, the opposition seems to be in no mood to share the burden of resisting an increasingly focused anti-corruption movement. The Congress, after a brainstorming session of the top leaders at the PM […]
Three days after competitor Futurebazaar.com opened booking for the blackberry playbook, India’s premier digital e-tailer Letsbuy.com too has started offering Blackberry Playbook on its site. The entry model, with 16 GB of onboard memory, has been priced at around Rs 28,000 while the 32 GB model will cost Rs 32,990 and 64 GB will set […]
The Supreme Court has finished hearing the arguments on Karunanidhi’s daughter Kanimozhi’s bail plea in the 2G scam case. It reserved the order for 12:30 pm. Kanimozhi’s main argument in the case has been that she is a woman and the primary care-giver to a 10-year-old child. On Legal grounds, she has argued that since […]
The BJP has jumped into the Brahmaputra controversy, with senior leader Rajnath Singh writing to the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh warning of a ‘devastating’ effect on people living in Assam and the North East if China diverts water from the Brahmaputra. “Brahmaputra is an international river. According to international law, its waters cannot be diverted […]
As the tussle over getting admission into Delhi colleges worsens, one of India’s top two industry associations, the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) has reminded the government about the several education reform bills catching dust in Human Resources Development ministry’s cabinets The industry organization, whose opinions tend to reflect those of […]
The withdrawal of the two Supreme Court judges hearing the Kanimozhi bail plea has once again raised questions about the safety of senior judges who deal with ultra-sensitive cases. The two judges, Justices P Sathasivam and AK Patnaik, withdrew themselves from the case just one working day before Kanimozhi’s bail plea was supposed to be […]
With the Supreme Court ordering Kanimozhi to re-apply for bail after the framing of charges, all eyes are now on the special Court of OP Saini in Patiala House courts of Delhi. The Supreme Court’s intention to effectively post-pone the bail hearing was visible a week ago, when a different bench heard the bail plea […]
The last ten days have been a treat for those looking to upgrade their phone to the latest and greatest in India — seeing the launch of the best of HTC, Apple and Samsung. The three phones represent the next generation of big-screened phones that are unabashedly geared towards media, media and more media. Unlike […]
Kanimozhi’s bail plea application before the Supreme Court has been rejected. She has been asked to re-apply for bail after charges are framed against her in the trail court at Patiala House — the trial court. The move means that Kanimozhi may spend quite a few days more in jail as she awaits charges to […]
Taking a leaf from competitors such as Asianet Cable, Bharti Airtel, one of India’s biggest private sector Internet providers, has upgraded all its volume-based broadband customers to 2 Mbps in the big cities and to 1 Mbps in others. Customers, such as those who have been using 256 Kbps connections, need not pay anything to […]
India Against Corruption, the grand alliance of NGOs and activists leading the struggle for a strong Lokpal bill, the campaigners welcomed the government’s move to hold an all-party meet on the bill. “We have always been asking for more and more inputs into the process,” pointed out Prashant Bhushan, one of the five representatives of […]
