Vadodara: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday criticised Congress for its advertisement campaign claiming credit for state welfare schemes, saying the Centre is merely disbursing the money it has collected from people in taxes. "Centre collects Rs 60,000 crore from Gujarat every year and allocates Rs 6,000 crore to the state and this money does not belong to Congress and that party is not giving the money to the...
01:57 AM, Sep 16, 2012
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday directed a crack down against middlemen in development and welfare schemes so that the benefits could reach in their entirety to the people. The state government will not tolerate the role of middlemen in government schemes and the district administration should launch a drive to crack down against them to ensure that benefits go in toto to the people, he said presiding...
08:37 PM, Sep 06, 2012
New Delhi: What do MPs from Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Kerala, Chhattisgarh and Delhi share in common? Answer: They have managed not to spend even a single penny this year from their MPLADS (Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme) kitty. This includes both Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha members. This came to light after the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) collated data available till August. The government had...
10:10 AM, Sep 03, 2012
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has started accepting e-scholarship appplications under the Rajashree Shahu Maharaj Scheme (RSMS). The last date of application is September 30, 2012. Students who have secured 75 per cent marks in SSC examinations are eligible to apply for the scholarships. Students belonging to Scheduled Caste, Vimyukta Jati and Nomadic Tribes and SBC are also eligible for RSMS scholarships for 11th and 12th standard. Students can click here...
03:15 PM, Aug 30, 2012
In Ahmedabad, the Police had to resort to lathi charge when a huge crowd waiting to collect forms for cheap houses at the Gujarat housing board got impatient. ...
09:04 PM, Aug 27, 2012
Ahmedabad: The police had to resort to a mild lathicharge outside the Gujarat Housing Board office in Ahmedabad on Monday after crowds had swelled to collect forms for the state government's affordable housing scheme. Interestingly, the government's announcement comes as a retaliation to the Congress's salvo fired on the same lines - that it will provide affordable housing to the poor people for just Rs 70,000 a house if voted...
11:58 AM, Aug 27, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: With the Congress-led UDF government in Kerala sticking to its decision to introduce Participatory Pension Scheme (PPS) in state services, pro-Left employees unions have threatened to strike work on August 21. Union leaders announced the decision after talks convened by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Thursday evening failed to bring them around. The unions, owing allegiance to the Congress and other UDF constituents, would not join the strike but...
12:32 PM, Aug 17, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi government on Monday gave its nod to implementing a project to provide food security to two lakh vulnerable households in the current year not covered under other schemes. Dilli Annashree Yojana was earlier announced in city's budget 2012-13. "We have approved the scheme and it will be implemented from Nov 19," said Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. Under the scheme, a monthly food subsidy of Rs 600...
10:24 PM, Aug 13, 2012
Hyderabad: Students hoping to avail the governments fee reimbursement scheme can now hope to get a maximum benefit of Rs 31,000 per annum. If the fee they are charged by their college exceeds that, they would have to approach a bank to raise the rest. After weeks of grappling with the fee reimbursement issue in the wake of the Supreme Court order, the state government on Monday finally decided to...
12:30 PM, Aug 07, 2012
New Delhi: Amidst rising complaints about misuse of the railway's Tatkal scheme of booking tickets, a revised scheme with additional measures to check the lacunae will come into effect from Tuesday under which passengers can book Tatkal tickets from 10 am instead of 8 am. The revised scheme comes in the backdrop of increased number of complaints from train passengers about the misuse of the scheme and involvement of touts...
08:53 PM, Jul 09, 2012
Punsari: Ever heard of a village with CCTV cameras, 24-hour Wi-Fi Internet and solar-powered lamps? Well, Punsari village in Gujarat is providing its citizens much more than what even some urbanites can hope for. And all this is being done without any NRI funding or any special donations. Their formula for success? Make optimal use of the government schemes. At a government primary school in the village, the students are...
08:41 AM, Jul 03, 2012
New Delhi: Every day some 3,000 Indian children die from illnesses related to malnutrition, and yet countless heaps of rodent-infested wheat and rice are rotting in fields across the north of their own country. It is an extraordinary paradox created by a rigid regime of subsidies for grain farmers, a woeful lack of storage facilities and an inefficient, corruption-plagued public distribution system that fails millions of impoverished people. And it...
02:40 PM, Jul 02, 2012
New Delhi: After the IBN network exposed malpractices in the Railway Tatkal scheme, the Central Vigilance Commission is considering launch of an enquiry to ascertain whether Railway officials are involved in malpractices. The CVC has sought a report on the action taken from the Railways. Based on the report the CVC may suggest remedial action. Official sources said the CVC is likely to launch an enquiry either by its own...
01:20 PM, Jul 01, 2012
New Delhi: The Indian Railways has begun the crackdown on touts who manipulate the ticket booking system to corner Tatkal tickets and then sell them to genuine passengers at a premium. Railway Police Force on Saturday morning launched simultaneous raids across Delhi and arrested four touts. Raids are also being conducted at railway ticket booking offices and several unauthorised agents have also been detained after a IBN7 expose showed them...
10:40 AM, Jun 30, 2012
The Railway is planning separate counters and timings for Tatkal bookings and has step up vigilance. ...
10:30 PM, Jun 29, 2012
New Delhi: Continuing with its crackdown on touts who corner Tatkal tickets and then sell them to genuine passengers for a premium, the Indian Railways on Friday decided to have separate timings for Tatkal and advance bookings. There is also a proposal to have a separate counter for booking Tatkal tickets, stricter vigilance and surveillance using CCTV at the railway counters. Officials have proposed to start Tatkal bookings from 10...
03:07 PM, Jun 29, 2012
New Delhi: The Railway is likely to scrap the Tatkal scheme after an IBN7 expose showed how touts had taken full control over the emergency tickets. In fact, the Indian Railway is also looking at making it mandatory for ticket seekers to show identification and give reasons for the urgent travel. A sting operation by IBN7 had shown how middlemen, some of them being Delhi Police personnel, were blatantly cornering...
07:59 AM, Jun 29, 2012
Hyderabad: Facing a battle of prestige in the June 12 bypolls, ruling Congress appears to be going all out to take credit for various welfare schemes launched by late YS Rajasekhara Reddy, while distancing itself from the graft allegations linked to his tenure as chief minister. "What all welfare schemes like loans at 25 paise interest to women self-help groups, free power to farmers, health insurance, etc... all are of...
03:56 AM, Jun 05, 2012
New Delhi: Financially stressed Air India has proposed a voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) for its executive cadre employees to bring down manpower costs. The Air India Board will deliberate on the scheme at a meeting on Monday. "This is the first time that VRS is being proposed for AI employees. It is a big step for cutting manpower in the best possible way," a senior civil aviation ministry official told...
04:38 PM, May 27, 2012
Kiri Azad had earlier slammed the BCCI, saying it lacked accountability and transparency. ...
07:08 PM, May 23, 2012
