Has the recent allegedly flop 2G auction shown that the CAG's estimate for the presumptive loss in 2008 is mistaken? ...
09:54 PM, Nov 16, 2012
The government stressed that the result of the auction proved its argument that the CAG overestimated losses. ...
10:30 PM, Nov 15, 2012
New Delhi: The battle between the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government and the Comptroller and Auditor General over the presumptive loss figure of Rs 1.76 lakh crore in 2G spectrum allocation continues. The Centre on Thursday launched a fresh attack on the CAG and questions the 2G loss figures while demanding an overhaul of the auditor's method of calculations. Information & Broadcasting Minister and Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari on...
04:37 PM, Nov 15, 2012
Chennai: Attempts to undermine the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) will boomerang on the Congress and scams would not vanish if constitutional bodies like the CAG were painted black, a senior BJP leader said on Monday. "Scams would not go away by painting CAG black. Such attempts will boomerang on the Congress," former party president M Venkaiah Naidu said. Naidu said the government's attempts to make the CAG a multi-member...
01:12 AM, Nov 13, 2012
Congress says CAG a companion as BJP, Kejriwal attack UPA for trying to 'gag' it. Medical report says athlete Pinki Pramanik is male, police file rape case. ...
11:52 PM, Nov 12, 2012
The BJP and Arvind Kejriwal slam the government's reported move to make the CAG a multi-member body, claim the move is designed to weaken the institution. ...
11:49 PM, Nov 12, 2012
The government seems to be on the backfoot after its reported move to gag the CAG by making it a multi-member body. ...
10:34 PM, Nov 12, 2012
New Delhi: A day after the clumsy flip flop of the government over the proposal to make the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) a multi-member body, the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and anti-corruption crusader Arvind Kejriwal on Monday accused the UPA of trying of suppress the constitutional auditing body. Following the attack, the Congress, in yet another flip flop, indicated that the government would not go in for changes...
09:20 PM, Nov 12, 2012
New Delhi: Anti-corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal and the opposition BJP have slammed the government over the proposal to make the Comptroller and Auditor General a multi-member body, accusing it of trying to suppress the constitutional office. While Kejriwal has said the CAG appointments should be independent and neither the government nor the opposition must have a say in the selection process, BJP leader Venkaiah Naidu accused the UPA of trying...
12:21 PM, Nov 12, 2012
New Delhi: The MoS PMO, V Narayanasamy on Sunday said that the media had misquoted him over a remark he made about the Comptroller and Auditor General of India and said that he had never said that the Constitutional body will be made a multi-member body. "I was being interviewed by a PTI correspondent and he asked me a few questions. He never asked me anything about making the CAG...
06:45 PM, Nov 11, 2012
New Delhi: Facing a political storm following CAG reports on alleged scams, the government says it is actively considering a proposal to make the official auditor a multi-member body. Minister of State in Prime Minister's Office V Narayanasamy says Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has become "more impatient" and he wants that all constitutional bodies to work within their parameters. "It (making CAG a multi-member body) is under...
11:20 AM, Nov 11, 2012
This Friday there's a lot on offer at the Box Office - from a true story to a Disney animated film and even an action thriller. 'Stolen' sees Nicolas Cage reunite with his 'Con Air' director Simon West, an action thriller that revolves around a former thief whose daughter has been kidnapped by his old partner and now he has 12 hours to arrange 10 million dollars to rescue her. ...
10:26 AM, Nov 09, 2012
In a major relief to former Indian cricket captain and now MP Mohammed Azharuddin, the Andhra Pradesh High Court has lifted the life ban on him, calling it illegal and unsustainable. ...
10:02 PM, Nov 08, 2012
New Delhi: Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) Vinod Rai on Wednesday slammed the UPA for its decision-making process, calling it "brazen" and "appalling". Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Guragon on Wednesday, Rai said, "The brazenness with which decisions are being taken is absolutely appalling. Look at the CBI. The CBI is not independent of the Executive. That's why very often everybody writes that the CBI has ...
07:31 PM, Nov 08, 2012
The BJP has supported Comptroller and Auditor General of India Vinod Rai's comment that the CBI and the Central Vigilance Commission should be given constitutional status. While the BJP has endorsed the statement, Congress's Digvijaya Singh took another dig at Rai. ...
01:15 PM, Nov 08, 2012
New York: As Michelle Obama stepped on stage with her husband in Chicago today, she accepted her role not only as first lady but fashion tastemaker for four more years this time, wearing a Michael Kors magenta silk chine pin-tucked dress. As Mrs Obama joined President Barack Obama, she sported a dress pulled in at the waist, and she topped it with a black shrug that showed a peek of...
11:08 AM, Nov 08, 2012
Gurgaon: CAG Vinod Rai, whose reports on irregularities in coal block allocations and 2G telecom spectrum had created a major political storm, on Wednesday deprecated the "brazenness" with which the decisions were being taken, calling it "appalling". "The brazenness (with which) decisions were being taken is actually appalling...", he said speaking at the World Economic Forum (WEF) meet in Gurgaon. The Comptroller and Auditor General, however, noted that with the...
08:45 PM, Nov 07, 2012
US President Barack Obama thanked his supporters after being re-elected on Tuesday. Speaking at his headquarters in Chicago, Obama said, "We are an American family and we rise as one nation." US President Barack Obama also congratulated Republican Mitt Romney for 'hard campaigning'. "I spoke to Romney and congratulate him for a hard campaign," Obama said. "I hope to sit down with Mitt Romney in the future to help move ...
02:00 PM, Nov 07, 2012
Barack Obama was re-elected a the President of the United States defeating his Republican rival Mitt Romney on Tuesday. Obama thanked the country during his victory speech at his headquarters in Chicago. He also congratulated Romney for 'hard campaigning'. US President Barack Obama's speech in Chicago after his re-election on Tuesday night, as transcribed by Roll Call: Thank you so much. Tonight, more than 200 years after a former colony...
01:08 PM, Nov 07, 2012
