-PTI Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday accused the UPA Government of putting Lokpal Bill in cold storage and said the Centre's intention on the issue is not "pious and pure". Kumar, who was speaking to newsmen, supported Anna Hazare's movement saying it has raised an issue of public interest and it is for the Centre to take a decision on Lokpal. Referring to his recent meeting with senior BJP leader Murli...
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Judicial probe into riots
-The Telegraph Guwahati/ Kokrajhar/ Dhubri: Chief minister Tarun Gogoi today announced a judicial inquiry into the riots that began in Kokrajhar on July 20, leaving 77 dead and over four lakh displaced. The judicial probe will be over and above the inquiry to be conducted by the CBI, which has taken over seven cases on their own, Gogoi added. He, however, did not announce details of who will conduct the probe or its...
More »Centre blows the whistle on the Bill-J Gopikrishnan
-The Pioneer Plans to gag babus in amended Bill The UPA Government is mulling on bringing amendments to the Whistle Blowers Protection Bill, which is pending in the Rajya Sabha. The Bill was passed by Lok Sabha in the last Winter Session without any debate. According to sources, the amendments will dilute the spirit of the Bill by stripping the status of whistleblowers to officials who tried to use Government documents like Cabinet...
More »Poor response from states on FDI in multi-brand retail
-The Times of India With the UPA Government's efforts to build a consensus on allowing foreign retailers in the multi-brand retail sector going nowhere, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday urged the UPA allies to help evolve a consensus on the reforms measure. Participating in the first meeting of the newly set-up UPA co-ordination committee, PM said that it was necessary to build support for the move to let in foreign retailers. The...
More »Govt may roll out 6 lakh cellphones for BPL families
-The Hindustan Times With an eye on improving rural mobile telephony, the Planning Commission is mulling the option of providing free mobile phones to 6.52 lakh families living below poverty line. “We are exploring that possibility. We are working on an idea. The basic idea is that in the rural areas, we need to incentivize access to mobile telephony,” Plan panel deputy chairperson Montek Singh Ahluwalia said on Wednesday. A scheme to provide free...
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