Moily overruled every authority inconvenient to Reliance, SC told
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) Alleging collusion between the government and Reliance Industries Ltd., veteran communist lawmaker Gurudas Dasgupta Tuesday…Read more
IAS official accused of rape seeks anticipatory bail
Jaipur, March 11 (IANS) Rajasthan IAS officer B.B. Mohanty, who was accused of raping a 22-year-old girl, filed an application in a court seeking an…Read more
Two arrested for operating fake CBI website
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) Two people have been arrested for operating a fake Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) website and promising jobs in the…Read more
76 parliamentarians charged with serious crimes: Report
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) Of the 162 parliamentarians involved in 306 criminal cases, 76 are charged with serious crimes like murder, attempt to murder…Read more
Delhi government restrained from declaring 351 roads commercial
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday restrained city government from issuing any notification for declaring any road in the capital…Read more
Expenditure on elector 20 times more than first polls
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) Government expenditure per elector has gone up 20 times since the first Lok Sabha polls in 1951, according to figures compiled…Read more
Conclude trial of lawmakers in a year, directs SC
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday directed that the trial in all the criminal offences involving sitting members of parliament and…Read more
Remove cumbersome regulations to limit bureaucratic corruption
We, as citizens of India, need to understand and appreciate that two forms of corruption pervades our public discourse -- public and private corruption.…Read more
Where does facilitation stop and bribery begin?
Some three decades ago, when I was in the government, I made the acquaintance of a senior bureaucrat in an economic ministry who had the audacity to…Read more
Amid polluted politics, environmentalist pleads for a cause
Chandigarh, March 9 (IANS) He has jumped into polluted rivulets and streams and cleaned them up with the help of his volunteers. His work for environment…Read more