Order of the High Court of Uttarakhand (WPPIL No. 202 OF 2024 with WPPIL NO.174 OF 2024) in the matter of mining operations in Bageshwar district, Uttarakhand. The order was passed by the Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court Guhanathan Narendar and Justice Manoj Kumar Tiwari. In compliance with the …
The size of the scam related to the grabbing of agricultural land by land sharks in Kamrup district has the potential to emerge as the biggest of the kind in the country. The monetary worth of the scam is around Rs 1,000 crore and it involves around 5,000 bighas of …
The practice is passing bills after discussion. Let’s see what can be worked out: Sandeep Dikshit The government on Thursday tabled the food guarantee bill in the Lok Sabha, amid ruckus created by the Opposition which has prevented the functioning of Parliament demanding the resignation of the prime minister. Food …
In a damning indictment, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said the CBI’s act of sharing the status report on Coalgate with the Government has “shaken” the entire investigation process and vowed to “liberate” the agency from political influence and interference. Notwithstanding some strong words, the Supreme Court’s observations and directions …
Development in Bangladesh is happening, and despite being one of the most densely populated countries in the world, prosperity is now a possible reality. As one of the top 20 achievers of the Millennium Development Goals, the past few decades have been vital for development in Bangladesh and future related …
Application for Directions filed by Common Cause seeking a seeking a thorough probe into the unlawful interference by the Government in the ongoing investigation by the CBI and the dilution of the status report filed by that organization. The petition relates to the massive scam that occurred in the allocation …
Loans Clubbed To Seek Benefit Pune: The reaudited report of the National Bank for Rural and Agricultural Development (Nabard) on the Rs 52,000-crore agriculturaldebt waiver and debt relief scheme (2008), shows that loan amounts of about 3,000 farmers from Kolhapur, who owed Rs 2 lakh each, were waived when the …
The Centre has strongly refuted the CBI's allegations in its report to the Supreme Court that no uniform policy or pattern was followed in allocating coal blocks to various entities and that several companies got blocks on "misrepresentation". Submitting its affidavit in response to the court's query to explain the …
Govt has spent about Rs 6,073 cr and would require an estimate of another Rs 7,665 cr to finish the project The inter-district Gosikhurd irrigation project here which was launched 25 years ago, has become a saga of neglect and disappointment for people in Vidarbha region, since its still lying …
Parliament’s Standing Committee on Coal and Steel has indicted the government for “totally abusing its powers” in allotting coal mines between 1993 and 2010 through the “most non-transparent procedure” to “few fortunate ones for their own benefit”. “The government cannot give largesse on its arbitrary discretion or its sweet will,” …
A parliamentary panel has called for cancelling allotments of all coal blocks awarded to companies where production was yet to commence. The Standing Committee on Coal and Steel called all allocations done between 1993 and 2010 “unauthorised and illegal” and recommended action against the parties involved, in its report tabled …
Even children’s nutrition has been engulfed by the web of corruption. An audit conducted by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has revealed that malnourished children were being provided supplementary nutrition that has lesser calorific valuethan prescribed norms. The same audit found similar discrepancies in the dietary intake …
All coal blocks distributed between 1993 and 2008 were done in an unauthorized manner and allotment of all mines where production is yet to start should be cancelled, the Standing Committee on Coal and Steel has said in its latest report that is slated to be tabled in Parliament on …
Supreme Court judgement dated 18/04/2013 in W.P.(C) No. 562/2009 Samaj Parivartana Samudaya & Ors. Vs. State of Karanataka & Ors in the context of mining of Iron Ore and allied minerals in the State of Karnataka.
Mumbai: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has reiterated in the Bombay high court that irrigation projects in Maharashtra were marked by irregularities. In its affidavit before the court, it has said its findings were based on evidence and statements furnished by the state government and its departments. CAG had …
PANJIM: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national secretary Aarti Mehra on Wednesday assured that her government in Goa would take necessary action against all those involved in illegal mining scam, amounting to thousands of crore of rupees. Speaking to media persons in Panjim, Mehra said ‘Manohar Parrikar led government will not …
Bangladesh had successfully stopped the trend of deforestation rather country’s forest coverage increased by around five percent during the regime of the government, said Environment and Forest Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud yesterday. He was addressing a workshop of United Nations climate financing mechanism in forestry sector REDD at Cirdap auditorium …
Following is the text of the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh's address at the CII National Conference and Annual General Meeting, in New Delhi on Wednesday: "I am delighted to be here today to inaugurate the CII annual meeting for 2013. I have always believed that both government and business …
Mumbai: Forget skeletons, a criminal probe into the functioning of the Konkan Irrigation Development Corporation (KIDC) may reveal an entire graveyard. The Chenara minor dam project in state water resources minister Sunil Tatkare’s bastion, Roha in Raigad district, reveals shocking instances of how officials shifted the goal post several times …
GUWAHATI: The Opposition parties on Monday criticized the 2013–14 State budget presented by Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi in the Assembly and slammed it as ‘anti–people’. Reacting to the budget, Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) president Prafulla Kumar Mahanta said, “It seems that the budget presented by the Chief Minister in the …
Evidence of tampering with, overwriting & alteration of records The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), in a report tabled in Parliament on Tuesday, pointed out that several ineligible farmers were favoured and a large number of deserving small and marginal farmers left out in implementation of the United Progressive Alliance’s …
