Tuesday, 4 June 2013

Congress doesn't want to be covered under RTI Act; BJP sees no wrong

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Congress doesn't want to be covered under RTI Act; BJP sees no wrong

New Delhi: The Central Information Commission (CIC) order on bringing parties under RTI ambit on Tuesday divided the political class, with Congress and few others rejecting it while main Opposition BJP saw nothing wrong in such a move. A day after the ...
Andhra cops arrest woman Naxal involved in May 25 Chhattisgarh massacre

Andhra cops arrest woman Naxal involved in May 25 Chhattisgarh massacre

Andhra Pradesh Police has arrested a suspected Naxal leader identified as Savita alias Madhvi in Khammam district of the state. According to a CNN-IBN television channel report, police suspect that Savita was involved in the May 25 attack on a Congress ...
Pawan Bansal questioned by CBI; denies involvement in bribery scam, say ...

Pawan Bansal questioned by CBI; denies involvement in bribery scam, say ...

New Delhi: Pawan Kumar Bansal, who was forced to resign last month as Railways Minister after a corruption scandal, is being questioned by the CBI in Delhi today. CBI sources say Mr Bansal has been cooperating with the investigators and has denied any ...
American Gang Raped in India, Police Say

American Gang Raped in India, Police Say

NEW DELHI – A 30-year-old American woman was gang raped by three men near the northern Indian town of Manali early Tuesday morning, a police official said. The woman told police she had accepted a truck driver's offer to take her from the village of ...
Government gearing up to bring in ordinance on Food Security: Sources

Government gearing up to bring in ordinance on Food Security: Sources

New Delhi: The government may have reached a consensus and is now gearing up to bring in an ordinance on Food Security. Sources said the Cabinet Secretary has prepared a note on the ordinance post Law Ministry's approval. Some ministers like ...
Narendra Modi as PM candidate may boost BJP

Narendra Modi as PM candidate may boost BJP's prospects in Lok Sabha polls ...

Bangalore: In a Legislature Party meeting of the Karnataka BJP MLAs on Tuesday, many were of the view that the prospects of the party would improve in the next general elections if Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is projected as the party's prime ...
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Govt can't blacklist private firm without show cause notice: Delhi High Court

A private firm cannot be barred or blacklisted from doing business with the government or its agencies without a proper show cause notice as such actions have "serious" consequences, the Delhi High Court has said. ET SPECIAL: To download ET mobile app ...
Zakia Jafri

Zakia Jafri's plea instigating & biased, says SIT lawyer

The Special Invesitgation Team (SIT) resumed its argument against the protest petition filed by 2002 riots victim Zakia Jafri, on Monday. The SIT lawyer argued before the metropolitan magistrate BJ Ganatra that the complaint filed by Zakia Jafri against ...
Govt has interfered for second time in coal scam probe: BJP

Govt has interfered for second time in coal scam probe: BJP

BJP demanded that the Supreme Court take full cognisance of the coal scam probe and appoint a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate the case. Expressing concern over government not allowing CBI to question former Coal Secretary HC Gupta, ...
Gehlot-government favoured hotel projects in Rajasthan: BJP

Gehlot-government favoured hotel projects in Rajasthan: BJP

Three five star hotels have come up and they were favoured by the Gehlot-government as the CM's son is associated with the projects. ET SPECIAL: To download ET mobile app, call 1800-200-5810. JAIPUR: BJP on Tuesday alleged that politicians, police ...