Taking a dig at scam tainted the UPA government, Delhi Pradesh BJP President Vijay Goel on Sunday said corruption and price rise must be handled aggressively and with utmost thought. ...
10:49 PM, Mar 31, 2013
Anna Hazare will embark on a year-long, all-India tour from Sunday to campaign for a stronger Lokpal bill, electoral reforms and other issues he has been raising for the past few years, an aide said in Mumbai. ...
06:30 AM, Mar 31, 2013
Yoga guru Ramdev on Saturday alleged that the CBI has become a tool in the hands of Congress that it is being used against Opposition leaders. "CBI has become a tool in the hands of Congress and is working like Congress Bachao Institution. The politicisation of CBI is most unfortunate and Congress is using it against people who are opposed to the Congress," Ramdev told reporters in Hisar. ...
12:45 AM, Mar 31, 2013
Lashing out at the opposition BJP, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday challenged the party to prove any allegation levelled against him. ...
06:09 PM, Mar 30, 2013
Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday issued a notice for contempt of court to former premier Raja Pervez Ashraf, saying he had tried to influence the court by asking it to form a commission to investigate graft charges against him. ...
01:35 PM, Mar 28, 2013
Multinational retail giant Walmart has said that the company is expected to incur financial losses in view of ongoing investigation into alleged corruption cases pertaining to its foreign subsidiaries. "We expect to continue to incur costs (in addition to the USD 157 million of costs incurred in fiscal 2013) in conducting our on-going review and investigations", the company said in a filing to US Securities and Exchange Commission. ...
06:17 PM, Mar 27, 2013
As many as 1448 complaints relating to corruption have been received in the past one year in Haryana, state Lokayukta Justice (Retd) Pritam Pal said in Chandigarh on Sunday. ...
02:50 AM, Mar 25, 2013
The contentious anti-corruption Lokpal Bill will come up for discussion in April in Parliament after the ongoing one-month recess of the Budget Session, Union Minister V Narayanasamy said on Sunday. ...
04:31 PM, Mar 24, 2013
The Special Police Establishment (SPE) of Madhya Pradesh Lokayukta has filed a charge-sheet against former Health Director Ashok Sharma under the Prevention of Corruption Act for alleged irregularities in the purchase of anti-TB drugs five years ago. ...
03:30 PM, Mar 24, 2013
Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav on Saturday slammed the Congress party saying it is responsible for growing corruption in the country. Speaking at a rally, he also criticised his son and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and said the state's ministers have failed to do their work. ...
02:52 PM, Mar 23, 2013
Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party on Friday got its registration from the Election Commission though no symbol has been issued to it. The Election Commission has issued a registration letter stating that it "has registered the Aam Aadmi Party as political party under section 29A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 on and with effect from 21/03/2013", AAP said in a statement. ...
12:04 AM, Mar 23, 2013
Activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal is expected to appear before a Delhi court on Wednesday in connection with a criminal defamation case. The complaint was filed on behalf of Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit for allegedly making baseless allegations against her on a television show. ...
08:29 AM, Mar 20, 2013
Muhammad Tahir-Ul-Qadri the Islamic cleric, who is pushing for electoral reforms in Pakistan, said that his political party would boycott the forthcoming general elections in the country. ...
07:54 AM, Mar 18, 2013
Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare on Sunday claimed to have sufficient proofs of alleged irregularities committed in the farmers's loan waiver scheme of the Centre which was brought out by CAG report recently. ...
02:37 PM, Mar 17, 2013
Dams have lost their significance for rural population as they mainly cater to big industries and pose a threat to environment, social activist Anna Hazare said on Saturday while stressing the need for conservation of environment. ...
08:57 AM, Mar 17, 2013
After spending almost Rs 70,000 crore, the government's irrigation plan for Maharashtra seems to reaped no results. CNN-IBN's Smitha Nair travelled to the Nimna Dhudhna irrigation projects site set up in 1979, which is still incomplete despite a 50 time cost jump. ...
10:45 AM, Mar 15, 2013
China's parliament formally elected heir-in-waiting Xi Jinping as the country's new president on Thursday, completing the country's second orderly political succession since the Communist Party took power in 1949. ...
10:20 AM, Mar 14, 2013
As the drought situation in Maharashtra worsens, allegations of siphoning off of relief funds have surfaced. The leader of the opposition in the state Assembly on Wednesday claimed bogus beneficiaries of fodder schemes. This came as the Centre granted Rs 1,200 crore as a drought relief package. ...
09:55 AM, Mar 14, 2013
Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare on Tuesday threatened to intensify his movement for a strong Lokpal Bill if the UPA government failed to introduce it before the General elections in 2014. ...
03:12 AM, Mar 13, 2013
The Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama on Monday said that corruption is India's biggest problem and it is making the country weak. "Leaders like Mahatma Gandhi sacrificed their lives for country's independence but today politicians are misusing their powers. Common people are facing corruption in there daily life," the Tibetan leader said. ...
03:01 AM, Mar 12, 2013
