-The Hindu Supersession only in exceptional circumstances, not for extraneous considerations The Supreme Court on Thursday decried the tendency of State governments superseding elected cooperative societies for political or extraneous reasons. "Supersession of an elected managing committee/board is an exception and [can] be resorted to only in exceptional circumstances," said a Bench of Justices K.S. Radhakrishnan and Dipak Misra. Sending a warning to the States, the Bench imposed Rs. 1 lakh in costs...
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Age of graft -CP Chandrasekhar
-Frontline Corruption tends to be greater in periods when there is a state-engineered redistribution of wealth in favour of a few at the explicit or implicit expense of the many. Liberalisation is one such period. IT cannot be verified and may not be true. But, the view that the record of graft and corruption during the two-term, nine-year rule of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is the worst in India's post-Independence...
More »UPA's 'Bharat smiling' feebly -Subodh Varma
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The UPA is strenuously denying that this campaign is its earthy version of the NDA's "India Shining" campaign, but few are buying the denials. Launched as a "multi-media" campaign to highlight its achievements in two successive terms at the Center, it has been christened by political observers are UPA's " Bharat Smiling" campaign. The spirit of the campaign, says the publicity material given out by the...
More »West Bengal EC to move court, again, on rural polls order-Marcus Dam
-The Hindu It wants the court to delete certain expressions from its verdict Kolkata: In a significant development, the West Bengal State Election Commission has decided to file an application before the Calcutta High Court seeking the deletion of certain expressions the Court made in its ruling in the dispute between the Commission and the State government over rural Elections in the State. "We have decided to take the appropriate steps to...
More »Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has no cash, owns a 1996 Maruti car
-IANS Guwahati: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh does not have any cash in hand and owns a 1996 Maruti car, unlike many of his colleagues. This was revealed by the affidavit he submitted to the returning officer in Assam on Wednesday while filing his nomination papers for the forthcoming Rajya Sabha Elections. Manmohan Singh stated that his total annual income is Rs 40,51,964. The Prime Minister also declared his total movable assets to be...
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