-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would ensure smooth panchayat polls in West Bengal after the State Election Commission rushed with a petition accusing the Mamata Banerjee government of playing truant in providing adequate security forces for a free and fair voting process. "We will ensure smooth conduct of panchayat elections in West Bengal," the Supreme Court said on Wednesday, displaying steely resolve to defuse...
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Weeks before floods, Uttarakhand CM opposed green norms
-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: It's clear that the devastation caused by the flash floods and landslides in Uttarakhand was at least in part due to environmental degradation of fragile mountain slopes and reckless commercialization. Yet, weeks before the calamity state CM Vijay Bahuguna had railed against "environmentalists" and "Green Statutes" for hampering development work during a May 23 meeting in Delhi with Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Plan deputy chair, to finalize...
More »Direct benefit transfer for LPG crosses 1-million mark-Shine Jacob
-The Business Standard Till now, govt has transferred Rs 41 crore to Bank accounts of LPG consumers in 'select' districts With the direct benefit transfer (DBT) for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) almost completing a month, the scheme has so far roped in more than one million consumers getting direct cash transfers to their Bank accounts in 18 districts across the country. Till now, the government has transferred Rs 41 crore to the accounts...
More »Govt goes after porn, makes ISPs Ban sites -Javed Anwer
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The government has decided to put a blanket Ban on several websites that allow users to share pornographic content. In an order dated June 13, department of telecom (DoT) has directed internet service providers (ISPs) to block 39 websites. Most of them are web forums, where internet users share images and URLs to download pornographic files. But some of these websites are also image hosts and...
More »South tops in Bank access; Maharashtra, Gujarat below national average
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Southern states have emerged on top on financial inclusion parameters, while the East and some of the developed states of the West - including Gujarat and Maharashtra - are below the national average. A new index on financial inclusion released by ratings and analytics firm Crisil on Tuesday showed that Puducherry topped the list, followed by Chandigarh and Kerala. In fact, most of the top slots...
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