New Delhi: The CAG report on the controversial Devas-Antrix deal which had slammed the Department of Space for policy violations, will be taken up by the newly constituted Public Accounts Committee. The decision in this regard was taken on Friday. It was also decided in the first meeting of the PAC that the latest CAG report on revenue losses to the Railways will be taken up by it in the...
05:09 PM, Jun 01, 2012
New Delhi: Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh on Friday made public the Dharmadhikari Report and said that the demands of striking Air India pilots will be looked into only after they end their strike unconditionally. Singh also said that the ministry has set up a core panel to implement the recommendations of the Dharmadhikari report on the merger of Indian Airlines and Air India. There will be parity between the...
01:59 PM, Jun 01, 2012
New Delhi: Rubbishing Team Anna's charges of irregularities in allocation of coal blocks when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held the portfolio, the government on Wednesday insisted that it was not aware of any report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) on the basis of which the allegations were levelled. A day after the Prime Minister offered to quit public life if allegations of corruption against him were proven, Coal...
08:31 PM, May 30, 2012
London: Britain's Supreme Court is expected to rule on Wednesday on whether to approve the extradition of WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange to Sweden, a potential turning point in the Internet activist's controversial career. Assange, 40, has spent the better part of two years fighting attempts to send him to the Scandinavian nation, where he is accused of sex crimes. At least one extradition expert said that his long-running legal campaign...
08:21 AM, May 30, 2012
Does the Kashmir interlocutors' report make proposals that could turn around India's troubled state? ...
09:51 PM, May 29, 2012
New Delhi: In what may prove to be more trouble for Nitish Katara's killers, CNN-IBN has accessed the Army Medical Board report on their medical records that questions their prolonged stays in hospitals using flimsy medical grounds and staying out of jail thus. In November 2011, CNN-IBN had reported how Vikas and Vishal Yadav, convicted for the murder of Nitish Katara, were regularly out of jail on flimsy medical grounds....
06:15 PM, May 28, 2012
New Delhi: The first national security review since Kargil has been submitted to the Prime Minister. CNN-IBN has accessed the Naresh Chandra Committee report that reviewed India's future security needs. The report submitted to the Prime Minister last week is the first security review in ten years. The report has suggested the creation of a permanent post of Chairman of Chiefs of Staff without affecting the autonomy of the three...
01:25 PM, May 26, 2012
San Francisco: Google's Internet search engine receives more complaints about websites believed to be infringing on Microsoft's copyrights than it does about material produced by entertainment companies pushing for tougher online piracy laws. A snapshot of Microsoft's apparently chronic copyright headaches emerged in new data that Google released Thursday to provide a better understanding of the intellectual property abuses on the Internet. Google has a good vantage point on the...
11:56 AM, May 25, 2012
New Delhi: Ruling out a return to the pre-1953 position, Centre's interlocutors on Jammu and Kashmir have favoured setting up a Constitutional Committee to review all Central Acts and Articles of the Constitution of India to the state extended after 1952. The report of the interlocutors - Dileep Padgaonkar, Radha Kumar and MM Ansari - which was made public on Thursday, proposed a 'New Compact' with the people of Jammu...
01:29 PM, May 24, 2012
New Delhi: Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh on Wednesday refused to comment on the leaked Comptroller and Auditor General's (CAG) report that hinted at financial irregularities in allocating the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport to a conglomerate led by infrastructure major GMR Group. The CAG report questioned the rationale behind allowing Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL), the company which runs the IGI airport, to levy user charges on passengers, which...
01:32 AM, May 24, 2012
New Delhi: Battling perception of policy paralysis, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday acknowledged that the ruling alliance can earn another mandate only on the basis of its actions in coming two years and not promises. Speaking to allies at a dinner to mark the completion of three years of UPA-II, she accused the opposition of being aggressive and making irresponsible statements. "We are aware that only two years are...
02:49 AM, May 23, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said he would visit Pakistan at an "appropriate time". "They have extended the invitation. I have accepted it. They are keen and I am waiting for an appropriate time," he said after releasing UPA II's report card to the people on the government's completion of three years in office. Asked about cabinet reshuffle, he said "you would come to know when it...
02:31 AM, May 23, 2012
New Delhi: Acknowledging public frustration and anger on corruption, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said he was working sincerely to address the issue through both legislative and administrative measures. "We know there is public frustration and anger on the issue of corruption," he said at a function to mark three years of UPA-II government. Singh's remarks come a day after the much-talked about Lokpal Bill was referred to a...
01:44 AM, May 23, 2012
New Delhi: The UPA has enumerated several projects it had sanctioned during 2011-12 through Jawahar Lal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) and other schemes as the highlights of its endeavours in developing Urban India. "Twenty Seven projects have been approved during the year at an approved cost of Rs 2069.48 crore and Additional Central Assistance (ACA) commitment of Rs 955.31 crore under the Urban Infrastructure and Governance component of Jawahar...
01:30 AM, May 23, 2012
New Delhi: On completion of three years in office on Tuesday, the UPA said it had taken several unique measures to empower women in the country. "National Mission for Empowerment of Women began a unique initiative in 2011 - a new model of 'convergence centres' for women called 'Poorna Shakti Kendras' dedicated to helping women access the benefits made available to them through various programmes in select districts of the...
01:11 AM, May 23, 2012
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