Cabinet meet to clear Lokpal Bill deferred

Cabinet meet to clear Lokpal Bill deferred New Delhi: The Union Cabinet is likely to meet on Tuesday to clear the Lokpal Bill. The meeting, which was to take place in the afternoon, has now been deferred to 7:30 pm in the evening. If the Cabinet clears the bill, it is likely to be tabled in Parliament on Wednesday. But the CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) remains the main sticking point with the government refusing to bend...
07:18 AM, Dec 20, 2011

Union Cabinet clears Food Security Bill

Union Cabinet clears Food Security Bill New Delhi: The Union cabinet, which met on Sunday evening, cleared the Food Security Bill. The Bill, which had the backing of UPA Chiairperson Sonia Gandhi, will cover 63.5 per cent of the total population. I will cover 75 per cent of total rural population of which 46 per cent would be priority households. In urban areas of the 50 per cent of total population, 28 would be priority households....
08:52 PM, Dec 18, 2011

Lokpal Bill not to be discussed in Cabinet today

Lokpal Bill not to be discussed in Cabinet today New Delhi: The Union Cabinet will not discuss the Lokpal Bill on Sunday as it is not ready yet, sources said. Sources added the bill might be discussed on Monday. UPA Chief Sonia Gandhi's pet project the Food Security Bill, however, will discussed on Sunday. The meeting was originally scheduled for Monday but advanced to Sunday evening, sources said. Earlier, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had said that the government is...
02:19 PM, Dec 18, 2011
India @ 9 with Rajdeep Sardesai

India @ 9 with Rajdeep Sardesai

Catch the top stories of the day with Rajdeep Sardesai on India at 9. ...
11:54 PM, Nov 24, 2011

PM needs to make ministers attend meetings

PM needs to make ministers attend meetings New Delhi: As the speculation is growing that Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh is finally going in for a major cabinet reshuffle, one of the challenges for Dr Singh will be to get his ministers to start attending Cabinet meetings. CNN-IBN has found out that several top ministers, who've been elected to govern the country, don't even attend Cabinet meetings. They are supposed to deliberate on critical issues affecting the...
11:06 PM, Jun 28, 2011

Cabinet to discuss judicial accountability bill

Cabinet to discuss judicial accountability bill New Delhi: The Union cabinet will be meeting on Tuesday to discuss legislation on holding judges accountable for misconduct. The crucial bill, which could be passed today (Tuesday), did not come up in Parliament in the monsoon session due to considerable opposition to it. Remember Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had expressed reservations, forcing Law Minister Veerappa Moily to make some modifications to the bill. The judicial accountability bill that aims...
10:35 AM, Oct 05, 2010
Missing Cabinet meetings 'casual thing': Mamata

Missing Cabinet meetings 'casual thing': Mamata

On Tuesday, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee missed the Cabinet meeting saying it was not important. ...
08:43 PM, Jun 01, 2010
Missing Cabinet meetings 'casual thing': Mamata

Missing Cabinet meetings 'casual thing': Mamata

On Tuesday, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee missed the Cabinet meeting saying it was not important. ...
08:43 PM, Jun 01, 2010

Idle junior ministers plead PM for work

Idle junior ministers plead PM for work The Prime Minister assured them he would take up their complaints. ...
03:24 PM, Jan 19, 2010
Watch: Maldives Prez on climate change

Watch: Maldives Prez on climate change

President Nasheed talks about how it is affecting the planet. ...
07:09 PM, Oct 27, 2009

Maldives to hold global warming meet underwater

Maldives to hold global warming meet underwater Ministers are taking scuba lessons and learning underwater signs. ...
01:32 PM, Oct 17, 2009

Nitish Kumar's cabinet holds its meeting in village | Watch

Nitish Kumar's cabinet holds its meeting in village  | Watch The venue was mustard fields in the Barbighi village of Bihar. ...
01:41 PM, Feb 11, 2009
Watch: Nitish Kumar holds cabinet meeting in village

Watch: Nitish Kumar holds cabinet meeting in village

For the first time a cabinet meeting was held in public. ...
01:27 PM, Feb 11, 2009

New Year gift: Armed forces get own pay panel

New Year gift: Armed forces get own pay panel Salary of Lieutenant Colonels in combat roles will be hiked by Rs 8,000. ...
02:00 PM, Jan 01, 2009

Orissa voilence high on Union cabinet meeting list

Orissa voilence high on Union cabinet meeting list A demand for imposition of President's Rule in Orissa is likely to come up. ...
11:01 AM, Oct 08, 2008
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