-Outlook Locking horns with the Haryana Government, senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka today said there was no need to set up a committee after he cancelled the sale of over three acres of land to realty major DLF following a deal with businessman Robert Vadra. Khemka, who kicked up a political storm three weeks ago alleging irregularities in Vadra-DLF land deals, also said there was no need of security that was provided...
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Maruti Suzuki hit by protests in Manesar; production loss weighs
-The Economic Times Shares of Maruti Suzuki India slipped over 2 per cent in trade on Tuesday after reports indicated that the workers at the Manesar plant are planning a hunger strike and other peaceful protests to force the company management to reinstate the 548 employees who were sacked after July's violence. At 01:20 pm, Maruti Suzuki recovered marginally and was trading 1.8 per cent lower at Rs 1453.25. It has hit...
More »Ficci seeks revisit of proposed Land Acquisition Bill
-PTI Industry body Ficci today said the government should relook at certain clauses of the proposed Land Acquisition Bill such as role of state governments and the entitlements for the private sector, prior to placing it before the Cabinet. Group of Ministers on Land Acquisition Bill, headed by Agricultural Minister Sharad Pawar, had approved the proposed legislation with changes last month. In a letter to Pawar, Ficci President R V Kanoria said state...
More »Pro-reform push in Congress show of strength today
-The Times of India Congress will hold a massive rally on Sunday to defend its decision to allow FDI in multi-brand retail, in what will showcase government's new assertiveness on reforms and the backing extended by the Congress brass in the face of populist criticism that giant retailers will harm farmers' interests and pop and mom stores. The party has, especially its units in Delhi and neighbouring Haryana, have pulled out all...
More »Khap panchayat bans paddy-Moyna
-Down to Earth Rice cultivation has led to waterlogging and soil salinity in Haryana’s Jhajjar district CASTE-BASED khap panchayats of Haryana are usually in the news for passing regressive and, often, controversial orders in the name of honouring social customs. But this year in January, the Jhakkar khap panchayat of Jhajjar district gave a rather unusual order in the larger interest of the farming community. It ordered that all the 36...
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