New Delhi: Even as Law Minister Kapil Sibal proposed a new law to fight fixing in sports, his Cabinet colleagues Rajiv Shukla and Ajay Maken spoke in two different voices over the exemption of BCCI from the Right to Information Act. Union Minister Ajay Maken, who earlier held the sports portfolio, wants the BCCI brought under the Right to Information Act.
He tweeted, "BCCI should agree to come under RTI. Any organisation entrusted with job of selecting a National Team can not call itself a Private Body!"
But Maken's call was rejected by his Cabinet colleague and IPL chief Rajiv Shukla. "A private body cannot be brought under RTI. Bringing BCCI under RTI will not check spot-fixing," Shukla said.
Maken, who holds Housing portfolio at present, said the Centre has already taken a stand before Central Information Commission (CIC) that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) should be under the ambit of the Information law. During his stint in the Sports Ministry, Maken had tried to bring transparency in sports bodies through the Sports Bill....
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07:56 AM, May 20, 2013
New Delhi: Against the backdrop of allegations of spot-fixing during IPL matches, Union Minister Ajay Maken Sunday said the BCCI - the national governing body for cricket in India - should come under the ambit of the RTI Act. "BCCI should agree to come under RTI. Any organisation entrusted with job of selecting a National Team can not call itself a Private Body!," Maken, who till recently held the Sports...
06:26 PM, May 19, 2013
Hyderabad: The Central Government would soon come up with a new policy of National Urban Livelihood Mission (NULM) to alleviate poverty in urban areas, Union Minister Ajay Maken said in Hyderabad on Friday. Maken, Union Minister for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, is on a two-day visit to the Andhra Pradesh capital to study and review the urban poverty alleviation programmes in urban areas implemented by the state government. He...
12:55 AM, May 11, 2013
Government plans to set up a tough regulator for the real estate sector with provisions for even jail term for the developer for putting out misleading advertisements about projects. The proposed regulator will also make it mandatory for developers to launch projects only after acquiring all the statutory clearances from relevant authorities, Minister for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Ajay Maken said at the National Editors' Conference in New Delhi....
03:50 AM, Mar 25, 2013
The central government will monitor the periodical up-gradation of slums in the country by making a "slum upgradation index", a union minister said on Thursday. ...
03:51 AM, Mar 22, 2013
In a further indication of his increasing role in the day to day affairs of the Congress, Rahul Gandhi on Monday held separate meetings with party MPs from Delhi and Tamil Nadu in Parliament House, an exercise earlier done by party president Sonia Gandhi during every session. ...
07:32 PM, Mar 04, 2013
A bill to regulate street vendors in public areas and protect their rights is likely to be passed in the ongoing Budget Session. The Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood & Regulation of Street Vending) Bill is likely to be passed in this ongoing Budget Session, Union Housing Development and Urban Poverty Alleviation Minister Ajay Maken said in Mumbai on Tuesday. ...
06:53 PM, Feb 26, 2013
A bill will be introduced in the Budget session of Parliament to grant rights to street vendors for ensuring their livelihood without any harassment by various agencies, Union Minister Ajay Maken said on Sunday. ...
02:56 AM, Jan 28, 2013
AIFF has been given time till March and if it fails FIFA will make the open the bid for other interested nations as well. ...
05:00 PM, Jan 14, 2013
Union Minister for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Ajay Maken on Saturday questioned the feasibility of Chief Minister Narendra Modi's claim to build 50 lakh low-cost houses in the next five years, and said that he was misleading the poor in Gujarat with such promises. "I was really surprised to know that in the manifesto of BJP which was released by Modi, they have announced to build 50 lakh houses...
01:31 AM, Dec 09, 2012
Union Minister for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Ajay Maken on Saturday mounted a scathing attack on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for consistently making false promises on homes for the poor in the state. "While in 2002, Modi had promised to make 15 lakh houses, a promise totally unfulfilled, he has again promised to build 50 lakh houses in the run-up to the current elections," Maken said. ...
11:51 PM, Dec 08, 2012
New Delhi: Sports Minister Jitendra Singh on Friday said the Ministry is planning to open sports schools, sports universities and 30 centres of excellence across the country to ensure better facilities for the sportspersons. Stating that the Ministry in keen on identifying and nurturing the talent at grassroots level, Singh said, "Ministry is working on a plan to open sports schools, sports universities and centre of excellence. The ministry is...
02:03 PM, Nov 16, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's imprint on the Sunday reshuffle in the Council of Ministers is evident with several leaders who are in favour of more economic reforms now a part of his new core team. In the biggest reshuffle of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance Cabinet, Manmohan Singh inducted 17 new faces and a total of 22 ministers giving several new and young faces a chance to prove...
05:01 PM, Oct 28, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Sunday that he had always wanted Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi in the government but that he wanted to work for the party and strengthen it. Rahul Gandhi has not gotten any Cabinet post or elevated within the party amidst the mega reshuffle that took place on Sunday. The rumour mill had gone on an overdrive in the days leading up to...
02:05 PM, Oct 28, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh effected a major Cabinet reshuffle on Sunday, giving away the major share to Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal to counter the Telangana forces in the former and ex-ally Mamata Banerjee of the Trinamool Congress in the latter. Several ministers were elevated to the Cabinet rank, with many new faces being included at the MoS level, even as portfolios of several ministers were changed. Below...
01:37 PM, Oct 28, 2012
New Delhi: 2.52 pm: New External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid to immediately take charge, will meet officers at 3 pm. All joint secretaries, additional secretaries, the foreign secretary trooping into work. New Cabinet Ministers: K Rahman Khan: Minority Affairs Dinsha J Patel: Mines Ajay Maken: Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation MM Pallam Raju: Human Resource Development Ashwani Kumar: Law & Justice Harish Rawat: Water Resources Chandresh Kumari Katoch: Culture Ministers...
12:24 PM, Oct 28, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh effected a major Cabinet reshuffle on Sunday, giving away the major share to Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal to counter the Telangana forces in the former and ex-ally Mamata Banerjee of the Trinamool Congress in the latter. Several ministers were elevated to the Cabinet rank, with many new faces being included at the MoS level, even as portfolios of several ministers were changed. The...
11:42 AM, Oct 28, 2012
New Delhi: 12:10 pm: Minister of State: Lalchand Kataria from Rajasthan. 12:08 pm: Minister of State: Dr Smt Kruparani Killi from Andhra Pradesh. 12:04 am: Minister of State: Porika Balram Naik from Andhra Pradesh. 12:03 am: Minister of State: Deepa Dasmunsi from West Bengal. 12:01 pm: Minister of State: Ninong Ering from Arunachal Pradesh. 11:59 am: Minister of State: Sarve Satyanarayana from Andhra Pradesh. 11:57 am: Minister of State: Abu...
11:41 AM, Oct 28, 2012
New Delhi: 12.30 pm: The Bharatiya Janata Party slams the reshuffle, saying that it will not make any change. BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said, "Nothing new has come from the scrapyard." 12.23 pm: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says the new Cabinet is a mix of youth and experience. Upon being asked about Rahul Gandhi, the PM said that he had always wanted him in government but that the Congress...
09:51 AM, Oct 28, 2012
Greater Noida: Veteran cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, who waved the chequered flag at the inaugural Indian Grand Prix, will miss the second edition of the Formula One race to play a Ranji match for his Mumbai team. It has been learnt that Tendulkar, who is a motorsports enthusiast, decided to prefer practising with the team in Mumbai than coming here. Tendulkar, who is going through a lean patch, is scheduled to...
12:09 PM, Oct 26, 2012
