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
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
New Delhi: The UPA government is stepping on the reforms pedal and Finance Minister P Chidambaram said on Friday that the current economic crisis calls for bold, innovative steps to boost FDI inflows and turn the economy around. "I am confident that the steps we have taken, and some more steps that we will take in the next few weeks, will help turn the Indian economy around," Chidambaram said while...
11:29 AM, Dec 14, 2012
New Delhi: The government on Thursday set up a Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI) to accord approval to mega projects worth over Rs 1,000 crore, remove investment bottlenecks and drive growth. The panel will be headed by the Prime Minister and seek to "fast-track mega projects of over Rs 1,000 crore", official sources said after a meeting of the Cabinet. There are over 100 projects, each involving investment of Rs...
08:49 AM, Dec 14, 2012
New Delhi: Seeking to remove investment bottlenecks and promote growth, the government on Thursday decided to set up a Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI) to accord single-window approval to mega projects of over Rs 1,000 crore. "The proposal to set up Cabinet Committee on Investment, headed by Prime Minister, to fast-track mega projects of over Rs 1,000 crore was cleared," official sources said after the meeting of the Cabinet. There...
09:36 PM, Dec 13, 2012
