New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday conducted raids in three places in Uttar Pradesh in connection with the NRHM scam. The raids were conducted at the residential premises of former UP health minister Anant Mishra in Lucknow and Kanpur. The action came after an FIR was filed by the CBI nearly two days ago in connection with the appointment of nearly 100 Chief Medical Officers (CMOs)....
08:48 AM, Jun 02, 2012
Chennai/Madurai: The war of words between controversial Karnataka-based spiritual leader Nithyananda and those opposing his anointment as the 293rd pontiff of the over 1500-year-old Madurai Aadheenam Mutt late last month is turning murkier by the day. The latest is the decision of actor Ranjitha Menon to file a defamation suit against the Hindu seer Kanchi Sankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi for his comments on the selection of Nithyananda as junior pontiff of...
12:22 PM, May 14, 2012
BANGALORE: After the Supreme Court upheld the appointment of Shankar Mahadev Bidari as state DGP&IGP, Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda said that all appointments made by his government until now are legal and will be the same for all future appointments too.The appointment has been vindicated by the apex court.The next course of action will be decided upon after obtaining a copy of the Supreme Courts verdict, he said...
08:49 AM, Apr 25, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: In a setback to CPI-M veteran VS Achuthanandan, a probe by a Joint Legislature Committee of the Kerala Assembly has found serious irregularities and nepotism in the appointment of his son to a key post when he was the chief minister. The report of the panel, headed by Congress MLA VD Satheesan, was tabled in the state Assembly on Thursday amid protests by LDF members who wanted the opposition's...
03:02 PM, Mar 08, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Leader of Opposition in the Kerala assembly V.S. Achuthanandan on Tuesday appeared before a house committee probing if rules were flouted to appoint his son V.A. Arunkumar as a state-run IT institute's director when the veteran Marxist was the chief minister. A committee member told IANS that Achuthanandan at one point of time during the sitting said the panel was going beyond its brief. "He was there for half...
04:53 PM, Feb 14, 2012
New Delhi: The Gujarat government on Thursday approached the Supreme Court challenging the Gujarat High Court order upholding the appointment of Lokayukta in the state. Gujarat government has told the apex court that in the appointment of the Lokayukta, the Gujarat governor acted without the aide and advise of the council of ministers and due process of law was not followed by the Governor in the appointment of Lokayukta. The...
11:34 AM, Jan 19, 2012
New Delhi: Sources have told CNN-IBN that the Centre has begun its search for a new Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC). A month after the removal of controversial P J Thomas as Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC), the government on Wednesday set the ball rolling for appointing a new person as the head of the top anti-corruption watchdog by writing to all Ministries, Departments and PSUs to suggest names for it. The...
06:50 PM, Apr 06, 2011
New Delhi: President Pratibha Patil on Monday night cancelled the appointment of P J Thomas as Central Vigilance Commissioner, 11 days after the Supreme Court quashed his selection by a high-power committee (HPC) headed by Prime Miniser Manmohan Singh. A Rashtrapati Bhavan spokesperson said in a brief statement that "the President has signed the warrant of cancellation of appointment of P J Thomas as CVC today." The Supreme Court had...
10:52 PM, Mar 14, 2011
New Delhi: The Government has forwarded a request for annulment of CVC PJ Thomas' appointment to President Prathibha Patil. Sources say the request was sent by the Law Ministry to the Department of Personnel and Training on Thursday and this was then forwarded to the Rashtrapati Bhawan. However, no independent confirmation from President's House was there whether it has been signed by President Patil. The Supreme Court on March 03,...
09:11 AM, Mar 11, 2011
New Delhi: After PJ Thomas on Thursday ejected out, it's time to fix the blame for his appointment as the Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC). And under fire from the Opposition, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the chairperson of the high powered committee, really had no option but to say, "I accept responsibility". "I disagree" was what Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj had written on the letter appointing Thomas as the CVC,...
10:04 PM, Mar 04, 2011
Jammu: A day after the apex court struck down the controversial appointment of PJ Thomas as the Central Vigilance Commissioner, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday accepted responsibility for the controversy. "I respect the judgement of the Supreme Court and I accept my responsibility," Singh said at a press conference on being asked about his future course of action on the issue. "It is necessary to ensure that such things...
07:00 PM, Mar 04, 2011
New Delhi: Tunku Varadarajan, writer-at-large for the Daily Beast website and an alumnus of Forbes, has been appointed Newsweek's editor of international editions, the editor of the news weekly announced on Tuesday. Varadrajan, 48, joined the Daily Beast from Forbes where he was executive editor of opinion. He has worked as assistant managing editor at the Wall Street Journal and bureau chief in New York and Madrid for the Times...
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