-The Times of India Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to discuss the foodgrain storage and crop situation with food minister K V Thomas and agriculture minister Sharad Pawar on Wednesday amid news of a bumper harvest this year and overflowing granaries. The meeting, slated for Monday, was postponed, and is likely to discuss options before the government to offload the grains in the central pool that are expected to reach record...
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RTI activist gives ‘bribe’ CD to Speaker
-The Hindustan Times A Right to Information activist has submitted a video CD to Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, in which a BJP Lok Sabha MP has been allegedly shown receiving cash and in return promising land to a private party. RTI activist Dev Ashish Bhattacharya submitted the controversial “cash-on-camera” CD, to the Speaker on April 27 and sought an impartial probe into the matter. He requested the Speaker to reopen the...
More »C P Joshi plays Union Minister of Rajasthan Road Transport-Surabhi
Roads in Rajasthan are getting a lot of attention under Road Transport and Highways Minister C P Joshi, the Lok Sabha member from the state’s Bhilwara seat. Over the past year, Rajasthan has got more national highways than any other state, and nearly 50 per cent more than the next biggest beneficiary. Joshi succeeded Kamal Nath as highways minister in January 2011. That year, 1,545 km of state highways and other...
More »Govt sent 75 complaints against judges in past yr-Nagendar Sharma
At least 75 complaints of corruption and misconduct against serving judges of the Supreme Court and high courts were forwarded in the last one year for “appropriate action” by the government to the Chief Justice of India (CJI) and chief justices of concerned high courts. The justice department of the law ministry, which forwards these complaints, has told HT that it “is unaware of any action taken on these complaints” by...
More »Only 18% dowry death cases end in conviction: data-Vijaita Singh
Only 18 per cent cases registered under dowry death charges end up in conviction, statistics available with the Delhi Police reveal. According to the Delhi Police figures, a dowry death is reported in the city every third day. Of the 681 people arrested under the sections of dowry death in Delhi, only 207 were convicted of the charges and sent to jail. Around four years ago, the Delhi Police had issued a...
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