The last two days have seen media barons pour scorn and outrage on Arvind Kejriwal and his Aam Aadmi Party for suggesting that the media is corrupt. The Editors Guild, a kind of industry lobby, seemed to be shaken by Kejirwal’s statement that an inquiry would be ordered into corruption in media and guilty journalists […]
Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal questioned the anti-corruption credentials of BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, claiming that he found rampant corruption in Gujarat on his recent visit there. “I was shocked by the situation there. Not one job gets done there without bribes,” he said. Kejriwal said a lot of people are buying […]
In an unprecedented act, the entire staff of Kerala’s oldest TV channel have struck work, stopping the transmission of Indiavision TV. The staff put up a statement on the website of the television channel, which has since been pulled down, accusing the management of violating several codes, to the detriment of the channel. The statement […]
The Aam Aadmi Party has clarified its stand on the subject of caste-based reservations in government jobs, saying it is in favor of abolishing reservations after social equality has been achieved. Kejriwal said the Aam Aadmi Party was not in favor of discontinuing reservations in the current circumstance as caste-based discrimination, untouchability and injustice are […]
The National Association of People’s Movements, headed by Medha Patkar, has condemned the midnight arrest of firebrand Assamese leader Akhil Gogoi and said it supports the street protest against the move. On 2nd March, 2014, Akhil Gogoi, one of the leading figures of the KMSS, was picked up from his residence in early hours of […]
Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) Ltd has denied an Economic Times report that said that quoted company officials as saying ONGC was under pressure from the government to act on concerns that Reliance Industries Ltd could have pumped out gas from a reservoir belonging to ONGC in Krishna-Godavari Basin. ONGC said it had certain […]
A Consortium led by GMR Infrastructure Limited has won construction package of rail line doubling between Jhansi and Bhimsen stations in the State of Uttar Pradesh, India., the Bangalore based infrastructure company said. The total contract is valued at approximately Rs. 267 Crore of which GMR’s share of work is about Rs. 135 Crore, it […]
Real Estate major DLF Ltd has vehemently denied a report in Times Now that said that the company had been allotted 23 acres of land 3.5 km away from the Parliament of India at a throwaway price. The report, aired last night by the news channel, had claimed that even the Prime Minister’s office had […]
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) remained the top IT firm in the country last year while HP did the most business in the Indian market, according to the 2th annual Dataquest survey of the Indian IT industry. While India’s IT services exports went back to their high-growth ways in the last year, the BPO numbers provided […]
India lobbied the US against imposing sanctions on Iran for trying to develop nuclear weapons, considered a US suggestion to put troops on the ground in Afghanistan and was concerned about Bangaldesh and the Gulf emerging as new terrorist routes into India, according to Wikileaks documents. The revelations have come in the latest batch of […]
Not everything contained in the US diplomatic cables leaked by Wikileaks is news. However, many cables are interesting not because they reveal new information about their subjects, but they give a clue about what interests the American government, what it keeps tabs on and how it views developments. The American government has great interest in […]
Lee Kwan-Yew, the World’s longest serving prime minister and the architect of modern Singapore, sees India’s rise as a welcome development, but felt the Indians were a sensitive lot who had to be handled carefully. Lee also expressed his worries about Malaysia, which he called a “divided society” thanks to race politics, according to a […]
India’s National Green Tribunal has stopped construction activity at its first drone research and manufacturing facility in Karnataka for lack of forest clearance. Justice Mr. M. Chockalingam (Judicial Member) and Prof. Dr. R. Nagendran (Expert Member) constituting the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone Bench), issued a direction on 14th February 2014 halting all construction in […]
Investigating agencies are probing irregularities at Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd in the payment of daily wages and in purchase of diesel for mobile towers in three states, the ministry of IT and communications said in a statement. The states where the irregularities have come to notice are Bihar, Karnataka and Punjab, the ministry said. “In Karnataka […]
The vote share of the Congress Party-led United Democratic Front will fall by 3% in the upcoming general elections 2014 in Kerala, while that of the Left Democratic Front will remain the same compared to 2009 – according to an opinion poll by Asianet News network and research firm C Fore. The Bhartiya Janata Party […]
The following are the key highlights of the interim Union Budget for 2014-15. The current financial year will end with the fiscal deficit at 4.6 percent (below the red line of 4.8 percent) and the revenue deficit at 3.3 percent. Fiscal Deficit in 2014-15 estimated to be 4.1 percent which will be below the target […]
Following changes in some indirect tax rates are proposed in Union Budget 2014-15. The Excise Duty on all goods falling under Chapter 84 & 85 of the Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act is reduced from 12 percent to 10 percent for the period upto 30.06.2014. The rates can be reviewed at the time […]
As expected, Arvind Kejriwal stepped down as the chief minister of Delhi on Friday protesting the decision by the Congress Party and BJP to block the Jan Lokpal bill from being introduced in the Delhi Assembly. Some have called it a master strategy, others call it premature and a poor move. Kejriwal said the two […]
The Cellular Operators’ Association of India welcomed the end of the spectrum auction, at the end of 11 days of bidding. The COAI said it was also disappointed that the prices were so high, and requested the government to reduce some of the regulatory levies that were put in place during the era of free […]
A press conference, intended to address media’s concerns over corruption and scams in the government, backfired after the opposition seized on statements made by the Prime Minister in the interaction. Opposition, including both the left and the BJP, attacked the three defenses put up by the PM when asked about scams. First, the PM Manmohan […]
