Islamabad: Pakistani's caretaker government on Monday refused to initiate high treason proceedings against former president Pervez Musharraf, saying it has a limited mandate to hold elections and deal with routine affairs, reported Xinhua. There are five petitions seeking Musharraf's treason trial for allegedly subverting the constitution and declaring a state of emergency in 2007. Attorney General Altaf Qadir submitted a formal reply to the Supreme Court, saying the interim government...
05:26 AM, Apr 23, 2013
CNN-IBN's Principal Correspondent Priyanka Gupta joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the West Bengal chit fund scam. Q. Is this because Trinamool is in limelight right now while in other states such scams with thousands of crores are generally brushed under the carpet like in UP or in Karnataka where direct govt role or big corporates are involved. Asked by: Ravi A. I am not too sure if it...
07:13 PM, Apr 22, 2013
New Delhi: Government is likely to convene an all-party meeting soon on the ambitious Food Security Bill before it is taken up in Parliament. "We are planning to convene an all-party meeting before taking up for further proceedings. It is likely to be held in a day or two," a Minister, who did not want to be identified, told reporters. The National Food Security Bill gives the right to food...
03:10 PM, Apr 22, 2013
New Delhi: Karan Thapar spoke to Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh on Devil's Advocate about the governance of the Congress party, who calls the shots, the equation between Sonia Gandhi and PM Manmohan Singh and the prospect of Rahul Gandhi being nominated as the party's prime ministerial candidate. Karan Thapar Hello and welcome to Devils's Advocate. I am in an interview with a Congress leader who is not afraid to...
09:00 PM, Apr 21, 2013
Kiran Bedi demanded a change in the leadership in Delhi government and police saying they have lost trust of the people in the city. ...
03:46 PM, Apr 21, 2013
New Delhi: In the wake of the brutal rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, Kiran Bedi, country's first woman IPS officer and social activist, on Sunday demanded a change in the leadership in Delhi government and police saying they have lost trust of the people in the city. She said the Lieutenant Governor Tejinder Khanna, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, Chief Secretary DP Spolia and Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar...
10:27 AM, Apr 21, 2013
New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh has reiterated his opinion that the "dual power centre model" of the Congress with Sonia Gandhi as the party president and Manmohan Singh as the Prime Minister has created a perception of uncertainty. He was speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate. Below is the transcript of an excerpt from the interview: Karan Thapar: The comment you made about the separation of powers...
09:01 AM, Apr 21, 2013
Salem: A woman sanitary worker at the government hospital has been suspended for allegedly demanding money from a pregnant woman to get herself treated. The 24-year-old pregnant woman labourer from Andhra Pradesh was unable to pay Rs 1000 bribe was reportedly assaulted by her and later delivered the baby at a bus stand in Salem. The sanitary worker was suspended after District Collector Magarabhusanam paid a surprise visit to the...
02:05 AM, Apr 17, 2013
New Delhi: An NGO on Monday moved the Supreme Court seeking an SIT probe into alleged "blatant" interference by the Centre into the CBI probe of the coal block allocation scam. In its interim application, NGO Common Cause submitted that the alleged "blatant interference" by the government is not only unlawful and a criminal offence, it amounts to contempt of court and the same has to be probed by a...
05:31 PM, Apr 15, 2013
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday shifted 23 senior IAS officers, including Commissioner of the state capital. The state government also gave posting to former NOIDA development authority Chairman Rakesh Bahadur, who was removed from the post after a High Court order in November 2012. He has been made Commissioner social welfare, an official spokesman said. Commissioner Lucknow Sanjiv Dubey has been put on the waiting list while Commissioner...
10:03 PM, Apr 13, 2013
Islamabad: Pakistan's Supreme Court is set to release a secret list of journalists and media organisations that purportedly received payments from the federal government in the name of national security, according to a media report. The apex court is expected to make a final decision in this regard on April 17, when the government will submit a revised list of "covert expenses" after excluding only a few details for security...
05:46 PM, Apr 12, 2013
Berlin: A series of bilateral ministerial meetings will set the stage for the second inter-governmental consultations at the Cabinet level between India and Germany, which gets under way here on Wednesday. German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle will receive India's External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid for an exchange of views before the Cabinet ministers from both sides hold their first joint meeting in this country, government sources said. Rising tension on...
12:40 PM, Apr 10, 2013
Chandigarh: Nearly 1.5 lakh students studying in Class 12 of government schools in Punjab will get tablet computers, a minister announced on Tuesday. Education Minister Sikander Singh Maluka said the state government will provide free computer tablets to all the 1.5 lakh students studying in Class 12 in government schools at a total cost of Rs.110 crore in the current financial year. Maluka said satellite-based education (EDUSAT), earlier launched in...
03:56 AM, Apr 10, 2013
Raipur: Former BJP ideologue and RSS thinker KN Govindacharya said in raipur on Tuesday that politics has become a tool to make politicians wealthier and increase their social stature. On the last leg of his three-day visit to Chhattisgarh, Govindacharya said: "To give new dimension to politics, Rashtriya Swabhiman Andolan is trying to bring nearly 350 organisations, including some splinter political groups, together to forge a consensus on common issues...
03:30 AM, Apr 10, 2013
Shimla: Government auditor CAG has found revenue loss of Rs 1,569.41 crore in Himachal Pradesh due to under assessment and short levy during financial year 2011-12. There has also been an increase of 13 per cent in revenue collections in 2011-2012 and the state also received Rs 1,998.37 crore as its share of divisible union taxes, the Comptroller and Auditor General's (CAG's) report tabled in the Vidhan Sabha by Chief...
12:38 AM, Apr 10, 2013
Panaji: It is okay to slap government officials who do not work efficiently, according to Goa Civil Supplies Minister Dayanand Mandrekar. Mandrekar made the remark on Monday during a debate on civil supplies in the ongoing budget session of the state legislative assembly. "Sometimes officials do not do any work properly and do not listen too. Then like he (Mickky Pacheco) said, they should be slapped," Mandrekar said. Goa Vikas...
11:15 AM, Apr 09, 2013
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Monday came out strongly in support of less government and more governance while addressing the first Think India Dialogue of Network18. Speaking about the benefits of the government coming out of ornamental activities and concentrating on providing basic services, Modi said that such steps would not only reduce red tape but also win back people's faith which has been completely eroded over the last ...
11:43 PM, Apr 08, 2013
New Delhi: Talking about economic reforms, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Monday came out strongly in support of privatisation while addressing the first Think India Dialogue of Network18. Modi, however, opposed FDI in retail and defence, but backs foreign investment in other sectors and said government's role must be of facilitator in land acquisition. Modi said he favours privatisation but wanted to test the new model in Gujarat without...
07:49 PM, Apr 08, 2013
New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Monday while citing a Congressman said most of the problems in India will be resolved if politicians learn to say 'no', and bureaucrats learn to say 'yes'. While addressing the first Think India Dialogue of Network18, Modi said, "A Congress leader suggested a very simple solution to problem of governance - Politicians should learn to say no, and bureaucrats should learn to...
06:58 PM, Apr 08, 2013
New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Monday laid down his formula for better governance at the first Think India Dialogue organised by Network 18 in New Delhi. Modi said clearly that what hurt India the most was policy paralysis due to politics and power play. Commenting on the way in which politics affects decision making power of the governments, he said that the priority for political parties and...
06:46 PM, Apr 08, 2013
