Government has served show-cause notices to two senior IPS officers and several others asking them to explain why action should not be initiated against them for alleged dereliction of duty in connection with the December 16, 2012 gangrape incident in New Delhi. The show-cause notices were served against the then Delhi Police Special Commissioner (Operations) Deepak Mishra, the then Joint Commissioner (Traffic) Satyendra Garg besides a DCP and an Additional...
03:59 AM, Apr 02, 2013
In the eye of a storm over his family-owned trust allegedly receiving grants from corporates, Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily on said he had at no point extended any help or favour to any company for seeking aid. ...
04:20 PM, Mar 20, 2013
CNN-IBN's Real Heroes Awards in partnership with Reliance Foundation is an honour that recognises and acknowledges ordinary Indians doing extraordinary things. One such story is that of Dr Laxmi Gautam, a professor by profession, who is transforming the lives of the widows of Vrindavan. ...
09:37 AM, Mar 12, 2013
New Delhi: Suspended BJP MP Ram Jethmalani on Monday adopted a dismissive stance towards the show cause notice issued to him by the party asking why he should not be expelled and said he is too busy with his law practice to answer such documents. "I have only heard about it (the show cause notice) from the media this evening. I have not read the great document which is coming...
12:27 AM, Nov 27, 2012
New Delhi: Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy on Tuesday clarified that no funds were donated to the Public Cause Research Foundation, an organisation led by IAC leader Arvind Kejriwal for any political activities as reported by a section of the media. "When Kejriwal approached me in September 2012 asking for financial assistance, I declined. Hence, I have not financially supported Mr Kejriwal's political activities," stated Murthy. A released statement had...
03:58 PM, Nov 06, 2012
New Delhi: The Tata Social Welfare Trust (TSWT) on Monday said it did not donate any money for political activities to the Arvind Kejriwal founded NGO -- Public Cause Research Foundation. It, however, said TSWT had in 2008 agreed to grant Rs 1.25 crore for a five-year period to institute National RTI Awards by the NGO but turned down request for using some of the money for other purposes. TWST...
07:40 PM, Nov 05, 2012
New Delhi: Every year 7.6 million people die because of cancer. In response to this shocking figure, this year a group of people including Indian celebrities, from fields like entertainment and business, decided to unite people to fight against cancer. To inspire people to come out and fight against cancer, the group decided to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, which is world's tallest free standing mountain. It is also called the the...
07:00 PM, Nov 05, 2012
The former spinner had been sent a showcause notice for criticising team's performance while being on the PCB's payroll. ...
10:28 AM, Oct 10, 2012
Panaji: Goa Mines and Geology Department has issued show-cause notices to around 100 mining firms for allegedly encroaching outside their mining leases, which has been pointed out in the Justice MB Shah Commission report on illegal iron ore mining. The notices, issued on Tuesday by the department have asked all the 100 mine owners why action should not be initiated against them for encroaching outside their mining leases. They have...
01:18 AM, Oct 10, 2012
Hyderabad: Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh on Sunday reiterated that the crisis-ridden Kingfisher Airlines would have to satisfy aviation regulator DGCA on all aspects including safety and issue of non-payment of salaries to its employees in reply to the show cause notice. "DGCA has served a show-cause notice to Kingfisher to reply within 15-days... They (Kingfisher) have to come out with concrete plans on (how they are) arranging the finance...
01:50 AM, Oct 08, 2012
New Delhi: Adding woes for liqour baron and owner of cash-strapped Kingfisher Airlines Vijay Mallya is main lender SBI which has said that it cannot release any more funds. SBI Chairman Pratip Chaudhuri said that the tax department has freed 80 per cent of Kingfisher Airlines' funds and the loans to the airline are fully provided for. And there is no room for more loans to the airline. This means...
10:58 AM, Oct 06, 2012
Virudhunagar: As many as 233 firecracker units in Virudhunagar district were being issued show-cause notice by the district administration for violations. Also, the licenses of 48 units were suspended so far, said R Raju, District Revenue Officer of Virudhunagar. In the wake of the fire tragedy at a cracker unit in Mudalippatti village near Virudhunagar that claimed 39 lives, the State Government intensified inspections of cracker factories located in the...
12:33 PM, Sep 25, 2012
New Delhi: Cracking the whip on the Paralympic Committee of India after receiving complaints from the participants in the London Games, sports minister Ajay Maken Friday issued a show cause notice to the body. "On the basis of petitions received from participating paralympic athletes and others, show cause notice being issued to the PCI," Maken wrote on his twitter page. Arjuna awardee powerlifter Farman Basha is among the parathletes who...
02:35 PM, Sep 07, 2012
THE SUBTEXT OF OUR ANGER I met MT recently at a friend's 40th birthday. I always look forward to greeting and chatting with him. He's pleasant and affable, and easy to talk to. Well, always, till this last meeting. This time when we met, something had been triggered in him. He ranted about everything " work, the weather, the city, people, his mobile phone, fuel prices, and the incessant demands...
10:49 AM, Aug 28, 2012
Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh Forensic Science Laboratory experts have found traces of chemicals used in fire-crackers from the samples collected from the ill-fated Tamil Nadu Express which caught fire on Monday last, killing 34 passengers till date. The experts are, however, are not forthcoming whether crackers caused the fire in coach S-11. An APFSL team visited the train and collected samples. Among other pieces of evidence, the forensic team is...
10:27 AM, Aug 06, 2012
Nellore: Mystery continues to shroud the cause of fire in the ill-fated Tamil Nadu express that claimed 32 lives on Monday even as the investigators doubled their efforts to come to a conclusion on what could have started the fire in the S11 bogie. Though the AP Forensic Science Laboratories (APFSL) team ruled out the possibility of sabotage on Tuesday, they were unable to ascertain whether any inflammable material was...
01:03 PM, Aug 02, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Housed in a makeshift thatched hut was Thattukada Reloaded and a few steps ahead was Ustad Hotel'. Kappa and Karimeen pollichathu sat alongside yummy chocolate pudding and the Plantain stem punch served for a delectable nadan thirst quencher. The roofed patio of Bhavani building in Technopark resembled a busy food street on Monday morning as techies queued up at the stalls put up by UST Global employees as part...
04:09 PM, Jul 10, 2012
Karimnagar: Barely a week after an MBA student from Warangal in Andhra Pradesh allegedly ended his life over separate Telangana state, a 23-year-old youth from the district has committed suicide over "inaction" on part of politicians from the region in pursuing the cause, sources said on Sunday. L Nagaraju of Seethampet village under Mutharam police station limits, jumped to death before a moving train from a railway overbridge last night...
05:26 PM, Apr 01, 2012
New Delhi: In his reply to Election Commission's showcause notice over the minorities' sub-quota remark, Union Steel Minister and Congress leader Beni Prasad Verma on Monday said that the quota remark was part of the party manifesto. Verma also said that he didn't mean to violate the model code of conduct and expressed his regret that such an impression is created. The Congress leader also said that he respects the...
04:46 PM, Feb 20, 2012
Bangalore: The three tainted MLAs of Karnataka, in their reply to the Karnataka Vidhan Sabha Speaker in the obscene video case, on Thursday told Joint House Committee that they had no intention of watching obscene content on their mobile, and it opened up accidentally. Denying any intentional role, one of the three ministers even said he doesn't know how to send SMS and pictures on the mobile. Speaker KG Bopaiah...
09:33 PM, Feb 16, 2012
