Prime Minister​ manmohan singh said that the government plans to strengthen anti-graft laws in India by making bribery in the private sector a criminal offence. “We are considering changes in our laws to criminalize private sector bribery,” Singh said, while speaking at the Biennial Conference of CBI and state anti-corruption bureaux on Friday. Singh also indicated that the Central Bureau of Investigation​ (CBI) will continue as the premier investigative agency even after...

-IANS   The task of ensuring transparency and evolving a mechanism to check corrupt practices had acquired urgency like never before, Prime Minister manmohan singh said on Friday while stressing that the Lokpal bill was at the top of his government's agenda. The Prime Minister, addressing the biennial conference of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and state anti-corruption bureaus, added that the government welcomed inputs from civil society and NGOs on how...

Prime Minister manmohan singh today reached out to India’s civil society and sought to be in sync with the restive public mood worldwide. Singh warmly appreciated “Anna Hazareji’s movement”, condemning the physical attacks on Team Anna members in recent days, sympathised with the sentiments of the Occupy Wall Street protests and praised the role of the judiciary as central to India’s democracy. In a wide-ranging interaction with journalists on his flight home...

-The Hindu   A group of 15 experts from various fields has been set up by the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) to interact with Tamil Nadu government officials and spokespersons of the people in the neighbourhood of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNNP) to dispel the apprehensions of the locals on the safety of reactors. Manmohan's assurance The decision follows Prime Minister manmohan singh's assurance to a multi-party delegation from Tamil Nadu on October...

-The Hindu   Prime Minister manmohan singh has said the Centre will announce the setting up of a high-level group on the Kudankulam nuclear plant issue “today or tomorrow.” Dr. Singh had offered to set up a group to assuage the fears of the local population and the State government in a letter to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa which never reached her. The first unit of the Russian-assisted Kudankulam plant is slated to...