The office of the assistant stamp commissioner here today found Team Anna member Shanti Bhushan guilty of evading stamp duty in purchase of a bungalow in Allahabad’s posh Civil Lines, slapping him with a Rs 27 lakh fine and asking him to deposit Rs 1.32 crore in duty along with interest. Bhushan has been asked to pay the entire amount within a month. Bhushan said the order was “illegal”, and the stamp...
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Govt changes norms for cancer docs training
-The Times of India India has found a way to increase the number of doctors specifically to treat cancer. The Union health ministry will soon allow every professor of three disciplines - radiotherapy, medical oncology and surgical oncology - to teach three students as against the existing norm of two. Besides, associate professors across all specialities will be allowed to take two students under their wing as against one as per the...
More »If Bill is in Parliament, why protest outside: Court to Team Anna
-Express News Service Queationing the methods and the ethics of Anna Hazare’s proposed fast in Mumbai next week to press for a strong Lokpal bill, the Bombay High Court today refused to intervene in the petition by his supporters seeking concessions in charges for using a government ground as the venue for its campaign. Reacting to the court’s observations, Hazare said that his team would hold the protest at the MMRDA ground...
More »Consistent failure by all depts: CAG slams govt over Adarsh
-Express News Service Branding the Adarsh scam a “classic example of the fence eating the crops” and “how a select and powerful elite could collude to subvert rules and regulations for personal benefit” , the Comptroller and Auditor General has slammed the government and officials in its audit of the Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society. The report, that was tabled in the Assembly on Friday, called the entire Adarsh episode a remarkable case...
More »National panel asks govt to take action against schools violating RTE
-The Times of India The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Tuesday asked the state government to take stringent action against those schools who were violating the Right to Education Act, 2009. Taking suo motu cognizance of a TOI report, 'Residential Schools Violate RTE Norms' published on December 20, which talked about how elite residential schools like Mayo College,Mayo College Girls (both in Ajmer), Delhi Public School (Jaipur), Neerja...
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