Delhi: The Delhi government has ordered an inquiry into an IBN7 sting operation showing private bus drivers procuring licences based on fake addresses. Delhi Transport Minister Ramakant Goswami said, "We will take strict action against those who are found guilty, even if they are people of the transport department. I have already told the transport commissioner to order an inquiry into the matter."
CNN-IBN's sister channel IBN7 has conducted a special investigation showing that fake licences based on fake addresses are still being issued to bus drivers. The Delhi gangrape of December 2012 was committed on board a private bus, which had a fake licence issued on a fake address. But four months after the incident, the government still hasn't clamped down on fake bus licences, found an IBN7 investigation.
At Delhi Transport's Loni office where private buses are registered and drivers verified, IBN7 met touts almost instantly promising to help them. IBN7's demand was commercial licences for six drivers, who had no address proof nor a one-year-old licence, which is mandatory by law. The tout, Sudhir Sharma had a simple solution for address proof, that he would get the reporter a fake ration card.
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07:47 PM, Apr 08, 2013
New Delhi: The Delhi government has ordered an inquiry into an IBN7 sting operation showing private bus drivers procuring licences based on fake addresses. The Delhi transport secretary said, "The story shows how touts are doing this, we need to check if and how many officials are involved." CNN-IBN's sister channel IBN7 has conducted a special investigation showing that fake licences based on fake addresses are still being issued to...
03:48 PM, Apr 08, 2013
Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Saturday said the government wants to introduce the Direct Tax Code (DTC) bill in the Budget session of Parliament. He also said that Goods and Service Tax (GST) would become a reality within 2013, if all state governments come on board. ...
10:59 PM, Mar 09, 2013
Under attack for loopholes in regulation of public transport in the city, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Tuesday issued directions to install alarm system in all DTC buses so that women travelling on them can use the facility whenever in distress. While reviewing the functioning of the Transport department at a meeting, Dikshit asked it to improve enforcement of various laws to ensure better regulation of public transport in...
05:31 AM, Jan 30, 2013
A 25-year-old woman home guard was molested inside a Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) bus in New Delhi on Wednesday, police said. The accused was thrashed by a mob, hospitalised and later booked. ...
10:57 PM, Jan 09, 2013
School buses will be allowed to ply in Delhi only after police verification and all discotheques have been ordered to close by 1 am by the government in a bid to beef up security in the capital. ...
07:11 PM, Jan 09, 2013
A 19-year-old boy who had allegedly harassed two girls on a Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) bus committed suicide on Monday, fearing public anger and ignominy. ...
01:35 AM, Jan 01, 2013
A Delhi Home Guard, who was found sleeping during his duty on a night bus, was on Sunday dismissed from service, while the driver of the vehicle was placed under suspension. ...
01:55 AM, Dec 31, 2012
A Delhi home guard, who was found sleeping during his duty on a night bus, was on Sunday dismissed from service, while the driver of the vehicle was placed under suspension. The Delhi Transport Corporation bus was plying between Kashmere Gate to Najafgarh on route number 72 Saturday night when a woman found the Home guard on duty sleeping. ...
10:37 PM, Dec 30, 2012
In the backdrop of gangrape of a 23-year-old girl in a moving bus, Delhi government on Thursday began deploying home guards in 89 Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) night service buses. These 89 buses will cover almost all parts of the city and run between 11 pm and 5am. ...
10:57 PM, Dec 27, 2012
In a case similar to the Delhi gangrape in 1988, a woman was attacked by 4 men in a DTC bus. However, she had jumped off the bus and escaped. ...
08:15 PM, Dec 26, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday directed a fresh trial of a terror accused whose conviction and sentencing had been set aside by a court bench on grounds that the accused was not provided with legal assistance but was split on the future course of action. Directing the de novo trial of Mohammad Hussain alias Zulfikar Ali, accused in 1997 bomb blast in Delhi, the court said, "The nature...
10:32 AM, Sep 01, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday directed a fresh trial of a terror accused whose conviction and sentencing had been set aside by a court bench on grounds that the accused was not provided with legal assistance but was split on the future course of action. Directing the de novo trial of Mohammad Hussain alias Zulfikar Ali, accused in 1997 bomb blast in Delhi, the court said: "The nature...
10:57 PM, Aug 31, 2012
New Delhi: Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Monday said her government was not mulling any proposal to hike fare of DTC buses and was instead making efforts to increase revenue generation by brining down the number of ticketless passengers on the network. "There is no proposal to hike the tariff. We are making efforts to increase revenue generation by brining down the number of ticketless travellers," she said. The Chief...
01:38 AM, Jul 17, 2012
New Delhi: The bandh called by NDA and Left parties to protest the hike in petrol prices did not evoke much response in the national capital though party supporters blocked traffic in some places. Small shops were seen open in many areas in the morning while commuters complained that there were less autos on roads as number of auto and taxi unions have joined the protest. BJP activists led by...
11:04 AM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: A 25-year-old biker was crushed to death between two Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) buses in east Delhi's New Ashok Nagar, police said on Tuesday. A bus driver was arrested for rash driving. Vikendra Singh, a native of Pauri Garhwal in Uttarakhand, was killed around 7 pm on Monday near a bus stop seconds after his motorcycle was hit by a third DTC bus. Singh, who worked in a...
10:04 PM, May 22, 2012
Singapore: Non-Resident Indian (NRI) industrialists in Singapore have expressed apprehensions about the proposed Direct Tax Code (DTC), which may tax their properties and foreign currency deposits in India. "Such new taxes will discourage NRI's participation in the Indian economy," said R Narayanamohan, chairman, Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI) after addressing a seminar on India's Union Budget 2012-2013 in Singapore. Though the new tax code awaits legislative approvals...
04:03 PM, Mar 23, 2012
New Delhi: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday expressed hope that the direct tax regime would become effective from 2013-14. Responding to a query in a post-budget interaction with industry leaders, he said the DTC legislation would be in place in 2012-13, but "effect would be from the next year onwards". Standing Committee on Finance headed by senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha scrutinised the DTC Bill and submitted the report...
05:22 PM, Mar 18, 2012
New Delhi: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, while presenting the Union Budget on Friday, stressed on the need of speedy reforms and said that the Goods and Service Tax (GST) will be implemented from August. "The Economy is now turning around, manufacturing appears to be on revival. We have to accelerate the pace of reforms," said the Finance Minister. The disinvestment target of PSUs stake has been set at Rs 30,000...
12:51 PM, Mar 16, 2012
The corporate India wishes that Pranab Mukherjee's Union Budget 2012 should be heavy on reforms. ...
11:43 AM, Mar 16, 2012
