Alleging that the UP government had failed to provide the prescribed 23% quota to scheduled castes in government services, chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) PL Punia claimed it was also misutilising the funds meant for the dalit. Talking to media on Monday evening, Punia said as per the ratio of the scheduled castes in the total population of the state, a provision had been made to...
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River Regulation Zone coming: Jairam
‘Akshardham, CWG Village on Yamuna bank shouldn't have got nod' Neither the Commonwealth games Village nor the Akshardham Temple should have been allowed to be built on the banks of the Yamuna, according to Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh. He proposes to issue a River Regulation Zone notification to protect riverbeds from such harmful constructions in the future. “The manner in which the Yamuna riverbed has been devastated by constructions should be a...
More »CBI raids more Kalmadi aides, registers fourth FIR in CWG scam
The CBI today raided about 10 premises in the National Capital Region after it registered a fresh FIR in connection with its probe into the alleged multi-crore Commonwealth games overlays scam. The raids come a day after the agency questioned Commonwealth games Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi. Official sources said the CBI registered the FIR, the fourth in the case, yesterday in connection with the overlays contracts given out to four firms....
More »Jharkhand tribals protest against Maithan power project
About 5,000 tribal villagers agitated against the Maithan Power Limited here today. According to the tribals, Tata Power purchased 1,200 acres land from 1,600 families for the project, a joint venture between Tata Power and Damodar Valley Corporation. They maintained they were promised jobs for every family in lieu of the land they gave up, but no jobs have been provided so far. "Till now, 90 percent of the work has been completed,...
More »CWG scam: CBI quizzes Suresh Kalmadi
Commonwealth Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmdi was today questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with alleged financial irregularities in the conduct of the sports event. According to sources, the questioning is about alleged irregularities in the Queen Baton's Relay held in London last year besides certain contracts awarded to various firms totalling several hundred crores. The CBI summons to Kalmadi follows the interrogation of his key aide Lalit...
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