-The Hindu Officials told not to act on oral orders from political executive To insulate the bureaucracy from political interference and to put an end to frequent transfers of civil servants by political bosses, the Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Centre and the States to set up a Civil Services Board (CSB) for the management of transfers, postings, inquiries, process of promotion, reward, punishment and disciplinary matters. A Bench of Justices K.S....
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Fourteen parties close ranks against 'communalism'
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Fourteen non-Congress and non-BJP parties on Wednesday sought to present themselves as the bulwark against "communalism" ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections although they said the mobilization is not intended to be a "Third Front". The meeting was attended by Sharad Pawar's NCP, which with nine MPs is the largest Congress partner in Parliament, along with Left parties and regional outfits like SP, BJD, AIADMK...
More »She wins her share of land from brother but loses her family -Chander Suta Dogra
-The Hindu Landed communities in Haryana thwarting women's rights to inheritance Jhajjar (Haryana): Hawa Singh is an 80-year-old, rheumy patriarch with a failing voice that one has to strain to hear. But mention his two daughters and their two year old legal battle with him to claim their share of the ancestral property and fire flashes inhis eyes and the voice acquires strength. "There is no question of giving ancestral land to...
More »Sonia launches zero landless project
-The Hindu Says State government is doing a stellar job to ensure social security and welfare of the poor THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: United Progressive Alliance Chairperson Sonia Gandhi said here on Monday that the UPA government at the Centre and the United Democratic Front government in Kerala would work together to provide a responsive government and fulfil the aspirations of the people. She was inaugurating the first phase of the distribution of title deeds to...
More »37% of MPLAD funds lying unspent in India, UP biggest contributor -Shailvee Sharda
-The Times of India LUCKNOW: No matter how much the MPs (member of parliament) assert on the need to increase the fund given to them for local area development, the reality is that they fail to spend what even they have. Chief minister of Himanchal Pradesh, veer Bhadra Singh is the only exception. In an assessment of Members of Parliament Local Area Development (MPLAD) scheme expenditure by ministry for statistics and...
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