-The Times of India CHANDIGARH: The Haryana government has still not implemented the order of whistleblower IAS officer Ashok Khemka, cancelling the mutation of Robert Vadra-DLF land deal on October 15. And now Gurgaon deputy commissioner PC Meena has sought advice from the Hooda government on Khemka's order, which claimed the mutation was not sanctioned by a "competent" authority. Meena, in his letter, has also justified the land deal and claimed...
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Govt not too happy with Ashok Khemka going to the media -Vishwa Mohan
-The Times of India IAS officer Ashok Khemka's decision to take his grievances to the media does not seem to have gone down well with the government. Though neither Khemka, who has been transferred 43 times in 19 years, nor the state government has approached the ministry of personnel, officials here appeared to be critical of his going to the media with his complaint of abrupt transfer. The ministry of personnel looks...
More »In the public interest-Apar Gupta
-The Indian Express Recently, the prime minister raised concerns about RTI applications encroaching on the right to privacy. At this juncture, it may be worth remembering the case of “Auto Shankar” and his diary. About 20 years ago, an auto driver called Gauri Shankar, who had murdered more than six teenage girls, was convicted and sentenced to death. Before the appeals process was exhausted, he started writing a diary, which was...
More »Once, Congress found a hero in Ashok Khemka
-The Times of India CHANDIGARH: It's not for the first time that Haryana IAS officer Ashok Khemka has kicked up a storm and put the ruling party in a tight spot with his revelations. And it's also not the first time that the 'whistleblower' officer has been 'used' by the political party in Opposition to hit the ruling government hard. If today Haryana Opposition Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) party is going...
More »Rapes: 30 MPs on fact-finding mission, Haryana govt lays red carpet -Chitleen K Sethi
-The Indian Express Chandigarh: Less than a week after Congress president Sonia Gandhi visited Jind in Haryana to visit the family of a rape victim, 30 MPs will be in Jind and Kaithal on October 17 to meet the families of Dalit rape victims. The gravity of the situation notwithstanding, the state government seems to have chosen this opportunity to impress the visiting MPs with its hospitality. Among the various duties assigned...
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