Government
CBI files charges against 490 in Vyapam scam
01 Nov 2017
More than 45 people related to the Vyapam scam, including witnesses, persons accused in the case and recently an AajTak journalist, Akshay Singh, who was investigating the case, have died after it hit the national headlines in 2013
Parliament is supreme, SC tells Mamata; asks her to file personal petition
30 Oct 2017
The Supreme Court wondered how a state can challenge Parliament's mandate and question the centre's move to make the Aadhaar card mandatory for receiving the benefits of social welfare schemes
Constitution bench formed to hear all pleas against Aadhaar
30 Oct 2017
The Supreme Court has decided to set up a five-judge constitution bench to hear a clutch of petitions challenging the Aadhaar Act of 2016 as unconstitutional and contrary to the concept of limited governance and a plea challenging the government decision to turn Aadhar act into money bill
Centre looking at alternatives to Pay Commissions: report
28 Oct 2017
Reports say the errors and omissions committed by the 7th Pay Commission, necessitating revisions in the recommendations, could prompt the scrapping of pay panels altogether
Process to link mobile numbers with Aadhaar may be eased
26 Oct 2017
For users who do not have the 12-digit biometric identification number, a separate mechanism for e-verification — an exercise designed to weed out dummy and unscrupulous users — will be put in place
Rajastan govt to revisit bill barring probe against public servants
24 Oct 2017
The bill, introduced in the state assembly in the morning on Monday, came for review by evening in the wake of widespread criticism and legal challenges even before its enactment
PIL filed against Rajastan bill to shield babus, lawmakers from scrutiny
23 Oct 2017
A lawyer today filed a public interest litigation in the Rajasthan high court against a controversial bill introduced in the Rajastan assembly, which seeks to bar courts from taking up complaints against public servants
12 years after closure, CBI seeks to reopen Bofors kickbacks case
21 Oct 2017
The CBI, seeking to reopen the Bofors scandal 12 years after the Delhi High Court quashed all proceedings against the Hinduja brothers in the case, has sought government permission to challenge the 2005 ruling in the Supreme Court
Minor fire at PMO, no casualties reported
17 Oct 2017
Fresh plea in SC against linking mobile nos, bank a/cs with Aadhaar
16 Oct 2017
As telecom service firms and banks hound their customers for providing Aadhaar data before the 31 December deadline set by the government, a fresh petition has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging this directive
Pranab Mukherjee feels he was PM stuff, Manmohan Singh agrees
14 Oct 2017
While Mukherjee felt Sonia Gandhi did injustice to him, the former president, in the second part of his memoirs, had heaped praise on late Congress leader Sanjay Gandhi whom the Congress had made a villain
Aarushi murder: HC slams CBI, trial court judge
14 Oct 2017
The Allahabad High Court gave a number of instances of a shoddy investigation and trial, from “subjective findings” by forensic experts to tutoring and planting of witnesses and suppression of evidence
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