It seeks statement fromthe Special Task Force chief The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation to answer certain questions relating to the 2000 Pathribal encounter case in Jammu and Kashmir initiated by it. The CBI has initiated a case against five Army officers involved in an alleged fake encounter since the Army did not take any action under the Army Act and also did not allow the criminal...
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Lanco refutes allegation of Rs 13k cr scam
-The Times of India Lanco, the company accused by Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) of illegitimately cornering contracts worth Rs 13,000 crore under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar mission, has objected to the allegations and said "they were not crosschecked with the company and were wrongly perceived". In a statement made to TOI, A Narasimhan, senior vice-president (corporate Communications), said, "Lanco Group has equity participation in few of the companies...
More »Law Ministry to challenge CIC order on RTI plea
-The Hindu The Union Law and Justice Ministry has decided to challenge the Central Information Commission (CIC) order directing it to disclose the 2007 advice tendered to A. Raja by the then Solicitor- General, Goolam E. Vahanvati. The first mention of the advice was by Mr. Raja himself — in a letter the former Telecom Minister wrote to the Prime Minister on December 26, 2007. In the letter, which was in response...
More »2G scam: SC quashes 122 licences, trial court to decide on Chidambaram's role, CBI to submit probe report to CVC
-The Times of India In a major setback for the government, the Supreme Court on Thursday quashed all 122 spectrum licences granted during the tenure of former Communications minister A Raja. Trial court to decide on Chidambaram's role in 2G The Supreme Court on Thursday said the trial court will decide on Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy's plea to make home minister Chidambaram a co-accused in the 2G spectrum allotment case, IANS reported....
More »UN launches information system to boost disaster prevention, food security measures
-The United Nations The United Nations launched today an information system to improve and expand the exchange of weather, climate and water data, which can be used for disaster risk reduction, water management, food security and health purposes. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Information System will facilitate access to meteorological observations and products, making it easy to share them with a wide variety of stakeholders. According to WMO, this will translate into free...
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