-The Indian Express The hearing into allegations against Madhu Koda will be taken up for hearing on May 26. As it plans to grill two former chief ministers - Ashok Chavan and Madhu Koda - over their alleged involvement in cases relating to paid news, the Election Commission has already confirmed as many as 787 cases of paid news in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections. Of the 3,100 notices that have been...
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More Than 263 Lakh Tonne Wheat Procured
-Press Information Bureau/ Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution During ongoing Rabi Marketing Season, the Government agencies have procured more than 263 lakh tonnes wheat across the states. As per data available from the fields till 21 May, 2014, total wheat procured during the season is 263, 85,171 tonnes while during the previous season, on the day, it was 246, 60,475 tonnes. So far Punjab has led the procurement...
More »Power supply for farm ops cut, Punjab farmers see red -Amaninder Pal Sharma
-The Times of India PATIALA: Just days after the Lok Sabha election results, anger is palpable in rural Punjab against the ruling dispensation as farmers are not getting even half the power supply promised by the government. They are forced to spend on diesel to run pumpsets for drawing water from tubewells to irrigate nurseries of paddy, transplanting of which would commence next month. Paddy is the biggest kharif crop of Punjab...
More »Ministry officials want Modi govt to look at land laws-Sanjeeb Mukherjee
-The Business Standard Agriculture ministry wants review of clamps on holdings; rural development ministry seeks centralisation of records With Narendra Modi set to take over as prime minister in the next few days, the department of agriculture is proposing a comprehensive review of land ceiling laws as a first major reform in the sector. Land also figures in the to-do list of the rural development ministry. It has proposed centralisation of land records...
More »2300 courtrooms added in 3 years, law ministry tells SC
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The law ministry has informed a high-level committee of the Supreme Court that at least 2,300 courtrooms were added in the last three years across the country, enough for augmenting the strength of the judiciary in subordinate courts to bring down pendency of cases. Senior SC judge, Justice H L Dattu, heading the apex court's committee on court management, met senior officials of the law...
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