-NDTV Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court will today hear two Public Interest Litigations or PILs demanding a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) investigation into the Saradha chit fund scam that has wiped out the savings of lakhs of small investors. One of the petitions was filed by a lawyer last week and the court had asked the West Bengal government to file an affidavit by Thursday which it has done. The Mamata Banerjee...
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SC points to Ambani, questions cover for rich -Dhananjay Mahapatra
-The Times of India The Supreme Court on Wednesday frowned upon official security cover being provided to the rich, saying if the government and police had been alive to providing adequate security to citizens, then 5/6-year-olds would not have been raped in the country. Even though the government's decision to provide paid security cover through CISF personnel to one of the world's richest businessmen, Mukesh Ambani, did not figure specifically during the...
More »Candidates log onto Facebook and Twitter to connect with voters in Karnataka campaigns
-PTI BANGALORE: Padayatras, door-to-door campaigns and public rallies are the second choice for some senior political leaders in Karnataka who have realised the impact social media can make on people today and have quickly opened accounts on Facebook and Twitter. While social media provides Politicians an additional platform to campaign, the real competition is who gets the maximum hits. Young Politicians like Krishna Byregowda and Priya Krishna, both Congress, have had accounts for...
More »Cabinet nod to Bill for street vendors -Rakhi Chakrabarty
-The Times of India The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a legislation to protect the livelihood ofstreet vendors and provide them more legal vending space in urban areas. Once it becomes law, street vendors hoped it could shield them from unabated harassment and extortion by police and municipal officials. Anxious to regain confidence of aam aadmi ahead of 2014 general elections, the housing and urban poverty alleviation (HUPA) ministry has fixed...
More »SC asks why a 'private businessman of Mumbai' is given Z-class security
-DNA The Supreme Court on Wednesday questioned the Centre's decision to grant state security to a "private businessman from Mumbai" and not paying heed to the security of the common man. "A five-year-old girl would not have been raped if there was proper security in the capital," the court said, referring to the recent kidnapping and rape of a minor by her neighbour in New Delhi. The court did not name Mukesh...
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