-PTI New delhi: Under fire from the Opposition on the Land ordinance, government today said it is considering a number of representations from stakeholders expressing concerns on the interests of the farmers on the provisions of the law. Defending the ordinance to amend the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Resettlement and Rehabilitation Act, 2013, Law Minister D V Sadananda Gowda told Lok Sabha that many state governments and...

-The Times of India NEW delhi: In a blow to transparency, the PMO has decided to block public access to the wealth declarations made by ministers. The details of assets and liabilities of the union council of ministers has been available online since 2010. However, the details are now password protected and can only be accessed by the authorized personnel. In fact information on assets and liabilities of the present council of...

-PTI New delhi: In a novel initiative, the Aam Aadmi Party government has decided to involve common people in making delhi's budget for 2015-16 so that financial allocation can be made based on requirement of various areas. The government also hinted at undertaking an "austerity drive" and reviewing "functioning of unnecessary departments" to plug the wastage of resources. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal told the delhi assembly that after taking people's opinion on the...

-The Times of India NEW delhi: The European Union has directed its diplomats in delhi to install air purifiers at home and office to reduce exposure to high air pollution levels. Ambassador and Head of Delegation of the European Union to India Joao Cravinho said EU would not monitor air pollution levels in delhi as the US embassy in Chanakyapuri is already doing so but hoped India would implement tougher policies to...

-The Times of India NEW delhi: Justifying retention of penal provision of Section 66A of Information Technology Act for posting offensive material on social networking sites, the Centre on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that reach and impact of internet was wider and the level of restriction on this medium should be higher in comparison to print and television. Unlike print and electronic media, the web did not exist and operate in...