New Delhi/Mumbai: The Indian Pilots Guild (IPG), leading the Air India pilots' strike, on Saturday said it was ready to set aside all demands to end the strike if the government restored recognition to the union. "As Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh has assured us that our demands will be looked into, we all are ready to set aside our other demands and resume duties forthwith. But then we want...
02:40 AM, Jun 03, 2012
New Delhi: Terming the 2010 Commonwealth Games a "nightmare", Chief Election Commissioner SY Qureshi on Friday said the event is being remembered more for its controversies, which denied the nation the pride it got from the performance of its athletes. "What a nightmare it was, something we should have been proud of, that pride was denied to the nation... Unfortunately we did not get any time to bask in the...
10:37 PM, Jun 01, 2012
In forty-four months, the standing committees of Parliament which examined the land acquisition bills have done an about turn on the issue of the state ...
06:17 PM, May 22, 2012
Bangalore: The Karnataka government has set up a high-level committee to look into encroachment of Wakf properties, Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda said on Tuesday. The committee would submit its report in four months time, Gowda said in a release. The government had constituted a panel in November last year following complaints and media reports on the role of politicians and Wakf Board officials in the illegal sale of...
12:47 PM, May 22, 2012
New Delhi: The Standing Committee's report on land acquisition has been slammed by India Incorporate. This came after the committee insisted that land acquisition by the government can only be done for infrastructure and social projects and not for private profit. Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) President Adi Godrej said, "The Standing Committee report on land will adversely affect the manufacturing sector as it doesn't factor in industry needs. The...
07:33 AM, May 18, 2012
New Delhi: A Parliamentary Standing Committee will submit its report on the Land Acquisition Bill on Thursday. Some proposals look fairly radical including the one allowing acquisitions only for welfare works and not profit. They are likely to get the go-ahead from the UPA government, which is under pressure from allies like Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The norms for land acquisition will be more...
08:52 AM, May 17, 2012
HYDERABAD: Vexed by the adamance of the TRS and the BJP on contesting the Parakal Assembly byelection, the Telangana Joint Action Committee (TJAC) has decided to work with no political party in the Telangana region and to show the exit door for its political constituents, particularly the TRS and BJP, for the time being.The TJAC's extended steering committee, which met under the chairmanship of M.Kodandaram here on Tuesday, decided to...
08:39 AM, May 16, 2012
New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Security on Thursday cleared the Indian Air Force trainer jets deal, which has been a major IAF requirement. The government cleared the Rs 2900-crore worth deal to procure 75 Pilatus basic aircraft trainer for IAF. The meeting was chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The lack of a basic trainer since 2009 has been a serious setback in pilot training. Although the Swiss Pilatus...
09:20 PM, May 10, 2012
Mumbai: When Anna Hazare says that Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi should be hanged if found guilty, it does not highlight the severity of the alleged misdeed of the former, but only exposes the superficiality of this 'modern Gandhi', Maharashtra Congress has said. "Hazare is quite in character when he says something like this (that Singhvi should be hanged if found guilty). After all, he was the one, who supported binding...
03:40 AM, May 06, 2012
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Friday held that over 35 lakh persons belonging to various reserved categories across Maharashtra will have to get their caste claims revalidated, as certificates issued to them were "null and void" in the absence of vigilance reports. As a result, the validity of election of many candidates from reserved categories in the recent civic polls too may be in doubt. The division bench headed...
07:40 PM, May 04, 2012
New Delhi: Parliament's Standing Committee on Defence has confirmed that there are huge gaps between sanctioned and existing weapons platform with the Army. According to the Standing Committee on Defence report tabled in Parliament on Monday there is a huge shortage of helicopters with the Army Aviation unit. The Army faces a shortage of 18 Cheetah, one Chetak, 76 Advance Light Helicopter and 60 Advance Light Helicopter with weapon systems....
03:21 PM, Apr 30, 2012
New Delhi: It is a crucial day for former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa as the Supreme Court on Monday will decide whether to order an independent probe into allegations that the Lingayat leader's family received kickbacks from mining baron Praveen Chaddha. Yeddyurappa will also be appearing before a Lokayukta court in connection with the alleged illegal denotificiation of land in South Bangalore. The high-level panel headed by PV Jayakrishanan,...
07:35 AM, Apr 30, 2012
Lucknow: Taking a step towards providing free laptops and tablets to students who have passed class X and XII, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has formed a committee to oversee their purchase and subsequent implementation of his Samajwadi Party's poll promise. The committee, headed by chief secretary Jawwed Usmani, would be entering into detailed negotiations with Information Technology (IT) majors and try to "get the best deal" for the...
11:32 AM, Apr 29, 2012
New Delhi: The number of projects undertaken by the urban development ministry for transition to quasi-urban society has not been accompanied by a commensurate increase in the supply of basic urban services, a report of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Urban Development said on Wednesday. The committee chaired by Member of Parliament Sharad Yadav said that the urban population has increased from over 28 crore in 2001 to 37 crore...
02:18 AM, Apr 26, 2012
Abhishek Manu Singhvi quit as chairperson of the Standing Committee on Law and Justice as well as from the post of Congress spokesperson. ...
11:57 PM, Apr 23, 2012
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