The Cabinet will meet on Friday to decide on a stringent law to deal with sexual harassment. Sources had indiacted to CNN-IBN earlier that the government was considering the feasibility of an ordinance instead of waiting for the Budget Session to legislate on the recommendations made by the Justice Verma Committee. ...
02:24 PM, Feb 01, 2013
The Union Cabinet on Thursday cleared a revised draft Lokpal Bill that allows states to appoint Lokayuktas. However, the contentious issue of the independence of CBI remains unresolved. ...
10:31 PM, Jan 31, 2013
The Union Cabinet has cleared a revised draft Lokpal Bill, accepting 14 of the 16 amendments suggested by the Parliamentary Standing Committee. ...
09:38 PM, Jan 31, 2013
The Union Cabinet on Thursday cleared the new revised Lokpal Bill with measures such as bringing the Central Bureau of Investigation under the Lokpal supervision and leaving the appointment of Lokayuktas to the states. ...
05:22 PM, Jan 31, 2013
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday said that it was not happy with the amended Lokpal Bill, which was cleared by the Cabinet earlier in the day. The main Opposition party said that it was expecting that the government would make the Central Bureau of Investigation an autonomous, independent body and making the CBI director's post more autonomous but to its disappointment none of their recommendations were considered. ...
05:03 PM, Jan 31, 2013
The Union Cabinet on Thursday cleared the new revised Lokpal Bill even though the Law Ministry raised objections to the draft. The amended draft leaves the appointment of Lokayuktas to the states. ...
02:44 PM, Jan 31, 2013
The Union Cabinet on Thursday cleared the new revised Lokpal Bill even though the Law Ministry raised objections to the draft. The amended draft leaves the appointment of Lokayuktas to the states. ...
01:48 PM, Jan 31, 2013
day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wrote to Justice JS Verma promising to act on his panel's suggestions to strengthen laws on crimes against women, sources on Thursday said that the Cabinet is discussing the ordinance on the panel recommendations. ...
12:00 PM, Jan 31, 2013
On the day when the government is expected to consider the new revised Lokpal Bill, anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare reiterated that he will continue to protest if the Lokpal Bill is not upto the mark. ...
11:00 AM, Jan 31, 2013
The union cabinet will consider the new revised Lokpal Bill on Thursday, even though the Law Ministry has objections to the draft. The new draft leaves the appointment of Lokayuktas to the states. The earlier bill had given this power to the Centre. ...
09:11 AM, Jan 31, 2013
All that collective heavy duty golfing talent is headed to Pune this February for a first of its kind Gold Premier League. ...
08:32 PM, Jan 30, 2013
The Cabinet will meet on Thursday and is likely to discuss the amended Lokpal Bill. If approved by the Cabinet, the amended Lokpal Bill will be sent to the joint Parliamentary panel for its approval. ...
12:56 PM, Jan 29, 2013
Pakistan has climbed down from its demand for a United Nations (UN) probe into the killing of Indian soldiers on the Line of Control (LoC) last week and the tension has eased since the talks between top military officials of the two sides. ...
04:51 PM, Jan 17, 2013
The Union Cabinet on Thursday recommended imposition of President's rule in Jharkhand, which was facing political instability following the collapse of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led coalition last week ...
12:38 PM, Jan 17, 2013
The Union Cabinet will take a decision on increasing diesel and LPG prices on Thursday. Diesel prices may be hiked by Rs 4.50 per litre. The Petroleum Ministry has proposed to increase diesel, kerosene and cooking gas rates. ...
11:56 AM, Jan 17, 2013
A decision on raising diesel and LPG prices is expected on Thursday. Sources have told CNN-IBN that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to take a call on raising diesel and LPG prices at the cabinet meet on Thursday. ...
10:15 AM, Jan 17, 2013
The much-awaited reshuffle of the four-year-old Omar Abdullah ministry in Jammu and Kashmir will be carried out on Tuesday in the first such exercise after the Chief Minister assumed office and less than two years ahead of the next Assembly elections. ...
10:20 PM, Jan 14, 2013
The first black US President is coming under fire from some of his own Democratic Party for naming a stream of white men to key cabinet and leadership posts in his second administration. President Barack Obama on Thursday named Jack Lew as his Treasury secretary, the fourth white male he has named to the most prized cabinet posts in recent weeks. ...
09:42 AM, Jan 11, 2013
The Oil Ministry has made a proposal to Cabinet to raise diesel prices and increase the number of subsidised LPG cylinders available to households to nine a year from the current cap of six, two oil ministry sources said on Wednesday. ...
05:59 PM, Jan 09, 2013
The Cabinet is considering a proposal to approve the complete decontrol of diesel pricing and is also likely to approve further cut in the subsidies on fuel. According to sources, the Cabinet can take up the suggestions of the Kelkar panel report on diesel pricing, and may also increase the cap on subsidised LPG cylinders. ...
06:55 PM, Jan 04, 2013
