-First Post They came in waves, like silent armies that move in the night. Each of the Congress Ministers and party leaders who were seen studio-hopping or otherwise implanting themselves in front of cameras late on Friday had been assigned a specific role: to defend the First Family of Indian politics against the most audacious allegation of corruption levelled by Arvind Kejriwal and Prashant Bhushan, the two Johnny-come-latelys to the world...
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UPA-II gambles with another round of big bang reforms -Sujay Mehdudia
-The Hindu FDI cap in insurance raised to 49%; foreign investment in pension sector allowed; new Companies Bill 2011 cleared Notwithstanding the strong opposition to its reforms agenda, the Manmohan Singh government on Thursday pressed ahead with more big-ticket reforms, raising the FDI cap in the insurance sector to 49 per cent, opening up the pension sector for foreign investment and clearing the Companies Bill, 2011. It also approved amendments to the...
More »70,000-crore scam: Gadkari justifies letter lobbying for controversial dam, contractors -Sabyasachi Dasgupta
-NDTV A letter written by BJP president Nitin Gadkari lobbying for contractors building a mega-dam project in Maharashtra has the Congress demanding his resignation, and the BJP on the defensive. Written on July 30 to Water Resources Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, Mr Gadkari asks for Rs. 400 crores to be released to the contractors hired for the Gosikhurd dam in Vidarbha. The main contractor is Ajay Sancheti, a BJP member of the...
More »Now Get All Train Updates on Railways' Tracking Site
-Outlook Expanding its facility, Railways have included all trains under its online train tracking service, trainenquiry.com, providing updated information about their movements. According to a statement issued today, train running information can also be sources by sending SMS to 139. All that one has to do is type 'SPOT' and send it to 139. The development comes in the wake of real-time train tracking system SIMRAN (Satellite Imaging for Rail Navigation) developed by...
More »Reforms Necessary to Strengthen Social Sector: Cong
-Outlook Defending the recent slew of reforms, Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid today said these steps were necessary to maintain a robust growth rate so that there was no dearth of funds for the social sector. "The UPA government had assumed power in the country with the promise of enabling the people to realise their full potential. To fulfil this promise, it was essential to banish what we call the Inspector Raj...
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