-Outlook Mumbai: The Congress-NCP co-ordination committee in Maharashtra today authorised Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan to take decision on increasing the cap on subsidised LPG cylinders from six to nine. NCP state president Madhukar Pichad told PTI after the meeting of the committee that the issue of providing three additional subsidised cylinders was discussed. "We have decided that the proposal will be put before the Cabinet and decision will be taken at the...
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Modi also 'gifted' DLF Gandhinagar prime land -Ajay Umat & Harit Mehta
-The Times of India AHMEDABAD: Chief minister Narendra Modi never leaves a chance to hit out at the Nehru-Gandhis. But he has thus far remained silent on anti-corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal's allegations against Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra. Interestingly, Modi himself is alleged to have allotted one lakh square metres of prime land in Gandhinagar in 2007 to the realty major at concessional rate. According to a memorandum signed by...
More »Kejriwal breaks ‘Omerta Code’ on DLF-Vadra ‘sweetheart deal’ by Venky Vembu
-First Post They came in waves, like silent armies that move in the night. Each of the Congress Ministers and party leaders who were seen studio-hopping or otherwise implanting themselves in front of cameras late on Friday had been assigned a specific role: to defend the First Family of Indian politics against the most audacious allegation of corruption levelled by Arvind Kejriwal and Prashant Bhushan, the two Johnny-come-latelys to the world...
More »70,000-crore scam: Gadkari justifies letter lobbying for controversial dam, contractors -Sabyasachi Dasgupta
-NDTV A letter written by BJP president Nitin Gadkari lobbying for contractors building a mega-dam project in Maharashtra has the Congress demanding his resignation, and the BJP on the defensive. Written on July 30 to Water Resources Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, Mr Gadkari asks for Rs. 400 crores to be released to the contractors hired for the Gosikhurd dam in Vidarbha. The main contractor is Ajay Sancheti, a BJP member of the...
More »Experts call for amendments to prevent judges taking up jobs after retirement -J Venkatesan
-The Hindu The Constitution and various laws must be amended to prevent judges of the Supreme Court and the High Courts from taking up post-retirement jobs, say legal experts. A couple of days ago, Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley suggested an embargo on the appointment of retired judges to commissions. BJP president Nitin Gadkari has suggested a “cooling-off period” of two years from the date of retirement...
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