movies and shows to a TV set this year. ...
11:23 AM, Feb 13, 2013
Security has been tightened and curfew imposed in several areas of Kashmir Valley including Srinagar, Baramulla and Anantnag following the hanging of Parliament attacker Afzal Guru in Delhi's Tihar Jail on Saturday morning. Cable TV services have also been shut down in the Kashmir Valley. ...
10:39 AM, Feb 09, 2013
In the first expansion of his ministry after coming to power, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday inducted 12 new ministers, including Vinod Kumar Singh who was dropped after he allegedly manhandled the Chief Medical Officer in Gonda. ...
04:00 PM, Feb 07, 2013
President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday gave his assent to the ordinance on sexual harassment that had been approved by the Cabinet on Friday. ...
09:46 PM, Feb 04, 2013
President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday gave his assent to the ordinance on sexual harassment that had been approved by the Cabinet on Friday. The President signed it and it will now be tabled before Parliament for approval. The Parliament has to clear it before six months for the ordinance to become a law. The government has assured that more changes will be made to the ordinance once it is referred...
02:15 PM, Feb 04, 2013
The Cabinet, which met at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's residence on Friday to discuss recommendations given by the Justice Verma Committee, approved an ordinance on tackling sexual harassment against women. Death penalty or life imprisonment for convicts in extreme cases is included in the ordinance, according to sources. ...
11:52 PM, Feb 01, 2013
The new draft of Lokpal Bill cleared by the Cabinet on Thursday saw mixed reactions with those who led demonstrations for a strong Lokpal speaking in different languages. While former IPS officer Kiran Bedi came out in support of the new draft, Aam Aadmi Party member Prashant Bhushan said the core of the legislation was still weak. ...
10:30 PM, Feb 01, 2013
The Cabinet, which met at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's residence on Friday to discuss recommendations given by the Justice Verma Committee, approved an ordinance on tackling sexual harassment against women. Death penalty or life imprisonment for convicts in extreme cases is included in the ordinance, according to sources. ...
08:33 PM, Feb 01, 2013
Death penalty or life term for convicts in extreme cases may be included in the ordinance that the Cabinet may issue after its meet at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's house, sources said. The Cabinet is meeting to discuss Justice Verma Committee report and the changes proposed by it in anti-rape laws. ...
08:07 PM, Feb 01, 2013
Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare has criticised the government for not bringing the CBI and CVC under the ambit of the Lokpal Bill. He said the government cheated on the public by not holding proper consultations. "I call it cheating because the government had issued a gazette and formed a committee which did not meet for even three months," Anna Hazare said. ...
03:18 PM, Feb 01, 2013
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
