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
Rome: A defensive blunder by Napoli allowed a stoppage-time equaliser in a 1-1 draw with Torino on Sunday, hurting the southern club's title chances. Lazio also dropped back after getting beat 4-0 by Catania, while Fiorentina were the day's big winner after beating Cagliari 4-1 to jump ahead of Lazio into fourth place. After sitting out Napoli's last two matches with a minor injury, Edinson Cavani celebrated his return by...
09:05 AM, Nov 05, 2012
New Delhi: A day after CNN-IBN reported that the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) pulled up the Oil Ministry for agreeing to the conditions of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) for the audit of KG-D6 Basin, the company on Saturday issued a statement denying it was opposed to an audit by the Constitutional body. The company pointed out that it had never opposed previous audits ordered by the government. It said...
09:15 PM, Nov 03, 2012
New Delhi: Hours after it was reported that the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) pulled up the Oil Ministry over Reliance KG-D6 audit report, Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh hit out at CAG Vinod Rai, asking him to first control his own office. The senior Congress leader tweeted on Saturday, saying, "The CAG has to stop the sermonising and instead look into his leaky office." On Friday, it...
09:54 AM, Nov 03, 2012
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has pulled up the Union Oil Ministry for agreeing to the conditions of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) for the audit of KG-D6 basin. Congress dares Swamy to move court, says no fraud committed by Sonia and Rahul. ...
11:57 PM, Nov 02, 2012
Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily has said that it's a matter between the Ministry and RIL, and law would take its course. ...
11:55 PM, Nov 02, 2012
The CAG pulled up the Oil Ministry for agreeing to Reliance Industries Limited's conditions for an audit of the KG-D6 field. ...
09:45 PM, Nov 02, 2012
New Delhi: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has pulled up the Union Oil Ministry for agreeing to the conditions of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) for the audit of KG-D6 basin. According to sources, the auditing body told the Ministry that it should have been consulted before assuring the company. The CAG further refused to accept all the conditions that were laid out by Reliance Industries Limited for audit. Sources...
08:36 PM, Nov 02, 2012
New Delhi: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has pulled up the Union Oil Ministry for agreeing to the conditions of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) for the audit of KG-D6 basin. According to sources, the auditing body told the Ministry that it should have been consulted before assuring the company. The CAG further refused to accept all the conditions that were laid out by Reliance Industries Limited for audit. Sources...
06:43 PM, Nov 02, 2012
Luc Longley, who plied his trade for Chicago Bulls, shares his journey in NBA in an exclusive interview with CNN-IBN. ...
09:28 PM, Oct 16, 2012
Chicago Bulls star has come down to India to inspire the budding players of Basketball. ...
12:44 PM, Oct 15, 2012
Lucknow: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Murli Manohar Joshi on Thursday dared the Congress for an open debate on foreign direct investment (FDI). Interacting with the media here on the birth anniversary of Jai Prakash Narain, Joshi said a momentum of a JP-like movement of the 1970s against the Congress was building up across the country. Charging the United Progressive Alliance (UPA)-II with being neck deep in corruption, he said...
01:33 AM, Oct 12, 2012
New Delhi: Finance Minister P Chidambaram said on Tuesday that he intended to work with CAG to erase the impression of adversaries in an attempt to restore trust and confidence in all institutions. Addressing a Comptroller and Auditor (CAG) conference in the national capital, Chidambaram said the official auditor and the government have been cast as adversaries to each other in the aftermath of recent audit findings. "Unfortunately, however, some...
12:08 PM, Oct 09, 2012
New Delhi: Amid an increasing awareness and demand for transparency and accountability in delivery of public services, President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday lauded the role of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) in keeping a watch on governance but cautioned against an overreach that could lead to "dissonance" in the system. "I am glad that during the past years, CAG's audit has shifted from routine compliance audit to a more...
07:29 PM, Oct 08, 2012
New Delhi: Under attack from the government, Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Vinod Rai on Monday said the institution was aware that State actions cannot be measured solely in terms of money. "We are conscious that many of the actions of Government cannot be measured solely in terms of money. Social objectives, in many cases cannot be quantified," Rai said in his welcome address to the Conference of Accountants General....
05:17 PM, Oct 08, 2012
New Delhi: The Civil Aviation Ministry has termed as "erroneous" the CAG's observations that "undue benefits" were given to operator of the Delhi International Airport. In a point-by-point rebuttal of the auditor's observations on Delhi International Airport (DIAL), the Ministry has told Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) that the process of selection of joint venture partners was completed as per laid-down procedure by observing all relevant guidelines and in accordance...
12:59 PM, Oct 07, 2012
New Delhi: Agitated over its finding in coal mine allocation issue, the Congress on Monday targeted the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) again by utilising the opinion of the Supreme Court on 2G spectrum allocation matter. Noting certain observations of the apex court in the 2G case on Friday last, Tewari said "if the Supreme Court can be so circumspect in its observations, is it not essential that other constitutional...
09:10 PM, Oct 01, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday came out in support of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), saying that the body is not just a "munim" (accountant). "The CAG shouldn't be just preparing balancesheet of government accounts. It is the duty of the CAG to look into efficient use of resources," said the apex court during the hearing of a public interest litigation challenging the CAG audit...
12:04 PM, Oct 01, 2012
New Delhi: With Opposition attacking it for critcising CAG, Congress on Saturday maintained that it was not trying to gag the auditor but it should "give proper thought" before giving its opinion. "We have not been saying that every word of the CAG is wrong and that it should not open its mouth. We are not saying whatever it says is wrong." "We are only saying that the CAG should...
01:19 AM, Sep 30, 2012
Milan: The San Siro has become a burden for AC Milan and Inter Milan with neither side managing a win at the stadium in eight attempts between them this season, piling pressure on both their managers. On Wednesday, it will be troubled Milan's turn to try to break the jinx when they face Cagliari in a midweek Serie A match. Milan have failed to score in three attempts at the...
08:35 AM, Sep 25, 2012
