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Hazare's Lokpal campaign cost over Rs 50 lakh

Under attack from political parties over funding of Anna Hazare's campaign for the Lokpal Bill, India Against Corruption, the umbrella organisation that steered the crusade, has released details of expenditure and said all civil society members of the joint drafting committee will declare their assets and liabilities on Friday. Two days before the first meeting of the joint drafting committee, India Against Corruption issued a detailed press statement on the expense...

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Govt plans Rs 1 lakh/day fine for missing energy saving target

The Power Ministry plans to impose huge penalties of over Rs 1 lakh per day on industries that fail to achieve energy efficiency targets under the three-year Perform, Achieve and Trade (PAT) programme starting April 1. PAT, which aims to increase industrial energy efficiency, is expected to bring down energy consumption by 5 per cent, amounting to an avoided capacity of over 5,600 MW over the three-year period. There would be strict...

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Mrs Boss caught with gold bricks

The wife of a top PSU boss has been caught collecting bribe in gold bricks, the CBI said today, the charge suggesting that the corrupt remain as audacious as ever in spite of the shakedown in high places. Abhay Kumar Srivastava, the chairman and managing director of Navratna PSU Nalco, and his wife Chandni have been arrested. The CBI said Chandni took three 24-carat gold bricks weighing a kg each in...

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Villagers await decision on Posco plant by Prafulla Das

Stir likely to be intensified if project gets green signal With the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests set to take a final decision on the proposed steel plant project of Posco-India Private Limited on Monday, Orissa villagers facing displacement have decided to intensify their agitation if the Ministry order went in favour of the company. That a majority of villagers in the three gram panchayats of Dhinkia, Gadakujang and Gobindpur in...

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Eco activists want ban on bauxite mining in Shevaroyan Hills

Accusing the Mettur-based Madras Aluminium Company (MALCO) of the Vedanta Group of indulging in “blatant violations” of all laws at the eco-sensitive Shevaroyan Hills here while mining for bauxite, a team of environmentalists and social activists, who carried out an exhaustive study on the environmental impact, has urged the State and Central governments to impose an `immediate ban' on its mining operations. The fact-finding study, sponsored by Salem-based Social Research and...

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