Fifty-five days after three top executives of his company were sent to jail in the 2G spectrum scam, Anil Ambani, chairman of Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group ( ADAG), paid them a visit at the Tihar jail complex on Wednesday. The move comes on a day when Anil Ambani's role has come under fresh scrutiny, with the CBI informing that the joint parliamentary committee it is still examining ADAG's role in...
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Introduction of Lok Pal bill in Parliament sought
-The Hindu Members of the newly-formed Anti-Corruption Civil Forum and the Forum for Good Governance on Wednesday demanded that the Lok Pall Bill be introduced in the monsoon session of the Parliament, apart from firm steps by the Centre to get back the hordes of money stashed illegally by people in other countries. A motley crew of eminent persons led by former Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court Ambati Lakshmana...
More »NE MPs: Strengthen vigilance, monitoring committees
-Hueiyen News Service Members of Parliament from North Eastern States including three MPs from Manipur Rishang Keishing, Dr.Th Meinya and Thangso Baite demanded strengthening of the Vigilance and Monitoring Committee (VMC)s, which conduct social audit on the implementation of NREGA in the districts, with powers to the local MPs so that they could play an effective role in the implementation, monitoring and vigilance of the flagship programmes related to rural...
More »An exercise in undercounting the poor by Brinda Karat
The impending BPL Census exercise will not help the poor; on the contrary, it will further deny them a fair share in national resources. The BPL, or Below Poverty Line, Census 2011 for the rural areas will start in select States this month. In a country such as India with vast numbers of the poor, counting the poor often becomes an exercise in undercounting and dividing them, to suit the wholly...
More »Team Anna seeks referendum on Lokpal Bill
-IBN Anna Hazare and his supporters on Wednesday challenged the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government to conduct a referendum to find out what form of the Lokpal Bill the citizens of the country were in favour of. "Let there be a referendum in the country on the Lokpal Bill prepared by the Government and the Jan Lokpal Bill prepared by the civil society. Let the one that has maximum support of people...
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