-The Hindustan Times Racing against time to meet the March 22 deadline for getting Parliament’s nod on its tougher anti-rape bill replacing the existing ordinance, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called a special CABinet meeting on Tuesday to approve the proposed legislation. On a day when Congress chief Sonia Gandhi promised a quick passage of the bill and said crimes against women make “our heads hang in shame”, the government went into...

-The Times of India HYDERABAD: A recent RTI query to the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) for information on whether India's 'top brass' possessed Aadhaar cards, has come back without any response. The RTI query was filed by city activist Rakesh Reddy. While Reddy, under the Act, demanded to know if Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, UIDAI chairman Nandan Nilekani, deputy chairman of Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia...

-The Hindu The West Bengal Government will introduce a Bill in the upcoming Budget Session of the State Assembly to ensure that public services are delivered to people on time, said Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee here on Wednesday. Fines will be imposed on government servants if it is found that services are not delivered on time, she told journalists after a CABinet meeting. The legislation, Paschim Banga Lok Parisheba Adhikar Bill, 2013 (West...

-PTI The government on Thursday gave its nod to a bill aimed at providing time-bound delivery of services like passports, pensions and birth and death certificates, among others, to citizens. The Right of Citizens for Time-Bound Delivery of Goods and Services and Redressal of their Grievances Bill, 2011, was approved by Union CABinet at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The bill envisages penalty of up to Rs. 50,000 against a...

-The Times of India The CABinet on Thursday will consider a Bill providing for time-bound delivery of services like pensions, passports, caste certificates, ration cards and tax refunds with a penalty of Rs 250 a day subject to a maximum of Rs 50,000 for default. The right of citizens for time-bound delivery of goods and services and redressal of grievances Bill is to be enacted under the concurrent list, which means all...