-The Hindu ‘Economic Survey also against norms’ New Delhi: If the Narendra Modi government presents a full Budget instead of a vote-on-account, it will not only be improper but also unconstitutional, former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha said on Monday. “No Finance Minister has presented a Finance Bill in a vote-on-account session. If this government does that, it will be the first time and it will be in direct contravention of the Constitution,”...
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Press corps condemns death threats to women journalists
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Indian Women's Press Corps (IWPC) and the All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) have strongly condemned the murder earlier this week of Bengaluru journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh. IWPC also expressed grave concern at the language used in a Facebook post threatening violence against Delhi journalist Sagarika Ghose. A day after Lankesh's killing, an individual, going by the name of VikramAditya Rana, allegedly circulated a Facebook post calling...
More »Journalists connect dots -Pheroze L Vincent
-The Telegraph New Delhi: Hundreds of journalists, activists and Opposition leaders converged at the Press Club of India and other venues in Lutyens' Delhi to speak out against the fear that has set in after senior journalist Gauri Lankesh's murder. Journalists condemned the hate campaign by Twitter trolls followed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and called for introspection within news agencies on the role the media play as the fourth pillar of...
More »Eligible beneficiaries dropped from pension list in Rajasthan
It was a Rashomon moment for the readers of the First Common Review Mission report when they heard activists complaining about the pension system of Rajasthan during a recent press conference held in the capital. The First Common Review Mission (CRM) report, which was prepared during the month of May this year by a team of 32 experts had observed that pension related payments under the National Social Assistance Programmes (NSAP)...
More »India will not accept snooping by any country: Kapil Sibal
-PTI NEW DELHI: India will not accept any kind of surveillance as it has been reported about the US agencies snooping into email and other type of communications of foreign citizens, telecom and IT minister Kapil Sibal said on Friday. The minister also said that the government can take a position on such type of surveillance by a foreign country only when it has complete information about what data and content have...
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