New Delhi: With the 2G spectrum issue getting caught in logjam in the JPC, the BJP on Friday sought to bring the matter to the forefront of Parliament's Public Accounts Committee saying the matter is pending and should be disposed of. The demand to settle the pending issue came at the first meeting of the newly-constituted PAC.
BJP member Prakash Javadekar raised the issue of PAC's draft report on 2G scam, saying it was still a pending agenda and sought to know when would it be taken up. PAC Chairman Murli Manohar Joshi has kept the 2G issue alive by mentioning in the documents circulated to the members that the "draft report on 'recent developments in the telecom sector, including allocation of 2G and 3G spectrum' was also circulated to members of the PAC (2011-12)."
When the previous committee came into being, Joshi had mentioned the draft report as a "pending agenda" of PAC. The draft report of the JPC on 2G scam had given a clean chit to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram. It had charged former Telecom Minister A Raja of misleading the PM on the issue of 2G spectrum allocation.
The JPC has not met after the draft report was circulated last month amid sharp differences between opposition and UPA members. Fifteen opposition members in the 30-member committee had rejected the draft and had expressed no confidence in panel chief PC Chacko....
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09:35 PM, May 17, 2013
New Delhi: The Tihar jail authorities on Thursday told a special court here that one of the accused in the December 16 gangrape case is being given proper medical care in the hospital where he is admitted and the doctors there are not on strike. "It has been confirmed from the guard, who is escorting guarding the accused Vinay Sharma at LNJP Hospital that the doctors of the hospital are...
09:52 PM, May 16, 2013
San Francisco: Google launched a music service on Wednesday that allows users to listen to unlimited songs for $9.99 a month, challenging smaller companies like Pandora and Spotify in the market for streaming music. With its new service, announced at its annual developers' conference in San Francisco, Google has adopted the streaming music business model ahead of rival Apple, which pioneered online music purchases with iTunes. Google's "All Access" service...
02:53 PM, May 16, 2013
New Delhi: An accused in December 16 gangrape case has been vomiting blood as his "food was being poisoned" over several weeks in Tihar Jail, his lawyer told a fast-track court on Wednesday, adding that he was critically ill. Additional Sessions Judge directed Tihar Jail authorities to ensure that proper medical care is given to him. The accused, Vinay Sharma, was admitted to Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital, where he was...
12:46 AM, May 16, 2013
Venkatesh and Ram will feature in Telugu remake of Bollywood blockbuster 'Bol Bachchan'. Venkatesh will reprise the role of Ajay Devgn and Ram will be seen in the role of Abhisekh Bachchan in the film. Anjali will play the lady love to Venkatesh and Shazahn Padamsee is roped in to co-star Ram. The latest buzz is that the film has been titled as 'Garam Masala'. Vijay Bhaskar of 'Nuvvu Naku...
04:37 PM, May 14, 2013
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir State Accountability Commission (SAC) has ordered a regular enquiry into the alleged role of Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand in the illegal appointments in urban local bodies. A Division bench of the Commission, comprising chairman Justice (retd) YP Nargotra and Justice (retd) Hakim Imtiyaz Hussain, on Monday directed for a regular enquiry into the allegations of misuse of official position by Chand in the illegal recruitments...
12:58 PM, May 14, 2013
Mumbai: The sessions court in Mumbai on Friday directed the Gujarat police to produce a recently arrested accused of 2002 Best Bakery case. Vadodara police's Crime Branch has moved an application before the sessions judge UB Hejib saying that a warrant was pending against Jayanti Gohil, an accused, who did not face trial in the case after a re-trial was ordered. "Gohil had faced the trial in Gujarat but he...
03:24 AM, May 11, 2013
New Delhi: CAG report commands respect and cannot be brushed aside but it cannot be the final word on an issue, the Supreme Court said on Thursday while noting that the auditor's findings cannot be gospel truth as it is subject to scrutiny by Parliament. A bench of justices KS Radhakrishnan and Dipak Misra said that CAG's report is always subject to parliamentary debates and it is possible that Public...
10:40 PM, May 09, 2013
Bhubaneswar: Six people were killed and three others injured, some of them critically, when a passenger train rammed into their vehicle in Odisha's Dhenkanal district on Wednesday, police said. The accident took place at an unmanned level crossing near Dhalapur village, about 130 km from state capital Bhubaneswar, when the vehicle, packed with passengers, was crossing the railway track. Five people, including three women, died on the spot. The injured...
09:28 PM, May 08, 2013
Mumbai: Ramcharan Teja, who was in the run-in on a road in Hyderabad with two software engineers who were allegedly roughed up by the Telugu star's bodyguards for obstructing his car, says the two did it to grab his attention and later apologised. The incident took place Sunday and a case has been registered against the actor at the Banjara Hills police station. "The two boys came and apologised for...
01:12 PM, May 08, 2013
New Delhi: As many as 10,553 people were killed in road accidents due to drunken driving in 2011, parliament was told on Tuesday. Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways Sarvey Sathyanarayana told the Lok Sabha in a written reply that road accidents occur due to the complex interaction of a number of factors which also include intake of alcohol and drugs. "Intake of alcohol/drugs by drivers resulted in...
10:55 PM, May 07, 2013
Lahore: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Imran Khan suffered a severe head injury after falling off a lift that was taking him up to a 14-feet high stage at an election rally in Lahore on Tuesday evening. Two of Imran's supporters were also injured in the fall. Imran Khan was immediately rushed to a hospital and his close aides said he had regained consciousness and would require a few stitches. Pakistan...
08:10 PM, May 07, 2013
Patna: The RJD on Monday demanded a high level inquiry into the Friday night's accident of party chief Lalu Prasad and accused the Bihar government for neglecting security of the former state chief minister. "Prasad enjoys Z Plus security net. Despite this he was not given any police escort though the DM and SP of Vaishali were given prior intimation of his visit to the district," Leader of Opposition in...
11:50 PM, May 06, 2013
Hyderabad: At least ten people were killed and four others got injured when a lorry in which they were travelling overturned in Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh in the wee hours on Monday, police said. The incident occurred near Singarayakonda at around 1:30 AM when the cement-laden lorry was on its way from Nalgonda towards Puducherry. All the ten victims died on the spot, they said. The victims belonging to...
10:50 AM, May 06, 2013
New Delhi: Ahead of the Supreme Court verdict on the Kudankulam nuclear reactor, sources confirm that the reactor has been fully loaded and tests are presently underway. The reactor is expected to start functioning sometime in May, but full production of 1,000 megawatts will take between six to eight months as the power generation will be in phases beginning with 50 megawatts which will then be gradually scaled up. Meanwhile,...
07:21 AM, May 06, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday is expected to pronounce its verdict on a plea seeking halt to the commissioning of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant till the implementation of key additional safety measures suggested after an n-accident in Japan. The petitioner, Chennai-based IT professional G Sunderrajan, wants the government to implement 11 of the 17 additional safety measures recommended for the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) by a...
11:15 PM, May 05, 2013
Bilaspur: A man has been sentenced to death by a local court in Bilaspur for abducting and killing three minor siblings in February 2011 in Ratnapur town of the district. First Additional District and Sessions Judge Neeta Yadav on Saturday sentenced - Manoj Suryawanshi - to death for abducting and killing the children from his neighbourhood. According to police, Suryawanshi had kidnapped his neighbour Shivlal Dhivar's children - Vijay (8),...
02:31 PM, May 05, 2013
Mumbai: A minor fire broke out in a chawl at Khetwadi near Gol Deval temple, Grant Road on Saturday night. Eight fire engines and four ambulances also at the spot. There are no reports of casualties or injuries yet. More details are awaited. ...
11:34 PM, May 04, 2013
Islamabad: A special Pakistani anti-terrorism court in Islamabad on Saturday extended the judicial remand of former military ruler Pervez Musharraf by 14 days, in connection with his decision to place judges under house arrest during the 2007 emergency. "Pervez Musharraf's remand is extended for judicial lock-up for 14 days, he should be presented before the court on May 18," Judge Kausar Abbas Zaidi ordered. Musharraf's lawyers filed a bail application...
08:46 PM, May 04, 2013
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday enquired about the health of former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, who was injured in a freak accident on Friday night. "Spoke to Lalu ji this morning asking him about his health after an accident yesterday. Hope he gets back to the best of the health soon," Modi tweeted. RJD president Lalu Prasad had sustained injuries on his head and face...
04:10 PM, May 04, 2013
