-The Times of India In a stunning twist to the 2G case, an audio tape of a CBI senior public prosecutor purportedly advising a key accused on how to counter prosecution's charge has emerged, breathing fresh life into the mega-swindle and bringing fresh trouble for the government. The tape sent to the CBI anonymously has the agency's senior public prosecutor A K Singh speaking to Sanjay Chandra, MD of Unitech and...
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Rural road projects hit Red roadblock in state -Divy Khare & Sanjay Ojha
-The Times of India Ranchi/ BOKARO: Maoist activities and presence of a number of splinter groups are deterring construction of new roads under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) in the hinterland. Sources in the Jharkhand State Rural Road Development Authority (JSRRDA) said construction of a number of roads under the central scheme has either not started or has stopped due to Maoist problem. There are many places in Latehar, Gumla and...
More »Audit of rural development schemes -Neha Shukla
-The Times of India LUCKNOW: The 'schemes of the rural development department, riding on crores, will go for a proper audit now. The government is willing to bring the schemes under the lens, and if the need be, to also write to the centre to let the social audit directorate set up for Monitoring the implementation of MGNREGA, expand its role in assessing the performance of schemes like IAY and PMGSY...
More »Dalits forced to flee after filing cases under Prevention of Atrocities Act
-The Hindu Hyderabad: A high number of people from the SC or ST communities filing cases under the SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act are forced to flee their homes for fear of pressure from the accused. An indication of the same is the frequent need of revalidating the relief cheques issued in favour of the complainants. This was revealed by Ranga Reddy district Collector A.Vani Prasad at a meeting of...
More »Govt targeting court, tribunals: SC -Dhananjay Mahapatra
-The Times of India The Supreme Court on Friday accused the government of trying to frustrate the functioning of courts and quasi-judicial bodies by not providing them any facilities as they found these bodies upsetting their decisions. A bench of Justices G S Singhvi and S J Mukhopadhaya made this scathing observation as the Union government failed to live up to its repeated commitment to bring in uniformity in service conditions and...
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