BHOPAL: Expressing concern over repeated droughts in Bundelkhand region, the two-day convention organised by water man Rajendra Singh in Khajuraho urged the Centre to "reconsider" the controvertial ken-Betwa river linking project. In the times of the climate change and global warming, the convention said, when the rivers are threatened and …
The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has recommended a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the misuse of coal blocks allocated to some companies, government sources said. Details of the CBI probe were sketchy. A top government source said the agency would probe a complaint against four or five companies …
New Delhi: Team Anna on Wednesday refused to back off from its demand for an “independent” probe into its charge that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was culpable in ‘coalgate’, despite Singh’s offer to quit public life if there was even a shred of proof against him. The activists led by …
A combative Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday threatened to "give up" his public career if there was any truth in the allegations hurled against him by Team Anna. "I will give up my public career" if there is any truth in the allegations, Manmohan Singh said while speaking to reporters …
A day after Team Anna alleged that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had extended “pecuniary benefits to private parties” when he held the charge of the Coal Ministry, the ministry on Sunday said blocks were allocated in an “equitable and fair manner”. It, however, did not specifically mention the Team Anna’s …
Notwithstanding its virtual rejection by Team Anna, the Himachal Pradesh Lokayukta Bill is likely to be tabled in the state Assembly within a day or two after the suggestions from the Lokayukta are received. Even as Team Anna, whose suggestions had been sought by the Himachal Government, had rejected the …
NEW DELHI: Environmentalist GD Agarwal, 80, who is on a fast-unto-death since Jan 15 to save the Ganga river on Friday agreed to end his fast after the government agreed to his demands, his supporters said. "He will break his fast today (Friday) as we got a communique from the …
‘But cumbersome anti-graft apparatus can delay decisions' With a slew of scams vitiating the government's policy-making environment and holding up reforms, the Economic Survey 2011-12 on Thursday advocated need for a ruthless crackdown on corruption, but cautioned that a large and cumbersome anti-corruption bureaucracy could impact decision-making. “While we need …
Threatening to launch a “big protest” for a strong Lokpal Bill, Anna Hazare on Friday said the government will have to go if it does not bring a strong anti-corruption law. He said he will campaign for a strong Lokpal Bill till the next Lok Sabha elections in 2014 and …
Under fire over the killing of a young IPS officer allegedly by the mining mafia, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday announced that his government will recommend CBI probe, a demand made by the victim’s family. The issue rocked the Assembly, which was adjourned for the day …
New Delhi: Almost a year after he tapped into public discontent, activist Anna Hazare will return to Jantar Mantar on Sunday to press for a strong whistleblowers’ Act. Hazare will sit on a daylong protest fast spurred by the outcry over the killing of IPS officer Narender Kumar by mining …
Team Anna on Friday demanded enactment of a stringent law to protect whistleblowers and asked the government to ensure adequate security for those fighting against corruption after a 30-year-old IPS officer was brutally killed allegedly by a mining mafia in Madhya Pradesh. “Strong whistleblower protection law is needed, not the …
Virtually forced into drafting it, the government today introduced a bill in the Lok Sabha that aims to fight corruption via the Lokpal at the centre and Lokayuktas in the states, an unprecedented oversight body whose members are selected, and which is set to be dominated by members of the …
The government has been racing against time to firm up the anti-graft bill in view of the looming threat of Anna Hazare to go on hunger strike. NEW DELHI: Parliament's Winter Session has been extended by three days from December 27 to facilitate the passage of the Lokpal Bill and …
NEW DELHI, 18 DEC: With divisions still persisting over the issue of inclusion of the Prime Minister in the ambit of the proposed Lokpal Bill and social activist Anna Hazare threatening to go on a fast if the Bill is not passed in the ongoing winter session of Parliament, the …
Ever since Anna Hazare’s call for a strong Lokpal bill reached fever-pitch in autumn, and the government bought time with ostensibly conciliatory moves, everyone had been waiting for ‘the due process’ to bear fruit. But the 30-member standing committee chaired by Congress MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi, set up to frame …
But with dissent notes on 18 items, it may not be a smooth affair The Abhishek Singhvi-headed Parliamentary Standing Committee will meet on Wednesday to adopt its draft report on the Lokpal Bill but with dissent notes on as many as 18 items appended, members say it is unlikely to …
Social activist Anna Hazare on Wednesday opened a new front against the Union government by opposing FDI in retail and expressed his apprehension that FDI may lead to “India again becoming a slave”. Hazare said the government should listen to the voice of the people which is against FDI and …
Resolves to fight graft with several legislations in first address after illness; Mum on retail row Congress president Sonia Gandhi has said the UPA government was committed to eradicating corruption and sought the Opposition’s help in the passage of a variety of antigraft legislations, including the Lokpal bill. The appeal …
The anti-corruption movement has enabled the Indian middle class to feel smug about itself. Its members have gone through a vast range of emotions during the last two decades, from self-hatred to self-righteousness. Liberalisation of the economy has created for this class an excitement of many kinds. It has meant …
Hundreds of youth are planning to conduct an indefinite hunger strike in the capital city demanding the reconstruction of the Mullapperiyar Dam after they were inspired by a message on Facebook. The communication posted on the I Hate Prithviraj page, which has 26,338 members, calling upon people to attend the …
