-The Times of India MANGALORE: The India wing of human rights watchdog Amnesty International is seriously looking into the issue of undertrials' unwarranted long stay in prisons and is likely to set up a bail fund to secure their early release. Amnesty International secretary general Salil Shetty told TOI: "India has over 2.5 lakh undertrials, including 8,940 in Karnataka, as of December 2012. Of these, over 2,000 have been in jail for...
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NEERI team arrives in Kolhapur to assess river pollution
-The Times of India KOLHAPUR: A team of three experts from the National Environment Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) arrived in Kolhapur on Monday to study the impact of pollution on the Panchganga river. The experts held meetings with officials of the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC), the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) and environmental experts. "The team conducted a series of meeting on day one. The team is expected to visit locations by tomorrow....
More »Delhi High Court ruling empowers CAG to audit PPPs
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Delhi HC order empowering CAG to audit private telecom companies would not only kick off a massive audit exercise,but also ensure that CAG is empowered to audit PPPs (public-private partnerships), and similar engagements where private sector is engaged in some of the traditional government functions. "It is a landmark judgment, it will be quoted and discussed for years to come," a senior audit official said,...
More »Road transport ministry seeks no cut in road upkeep budget -Dipak Kumar Dash
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: In the election year and with more complaints of "poor condition" of highways pouring in, the road transport ministry wants finance ministry not to reduce the allocation for road maintenance. The ministry has asked finance minister P Chidambaram to avoid reduction of "non-planned" expenditure since the allocation of Rs 2,000 crore for upkeep of highways is inadequate. Sources said that highways minister wrote a letter to...
More »After discoms, CAG may get job of auditing telecos -Abhinav Garg
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: After getting the mandate to audit power distribution companies from Arvind Kejriwal led Delhi government, the comptroller and auditor general may well get another crucial assignment on Monday, if the Delhi High Court agrees with its stand. HC is expected to deliver a landmark verdict to decide if CAG has the jurisdiction/powers to audit accounts of private telecom companies. A division bench of Justice Pradeep Nandrajog...
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