-PTI Food Minister K V Thomas today said the draft Food Security Bill is expected to go to Cabinet by December 10 to pave the way for its introduction in the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament. "We have asked the government departments to send their comments on the draft Food Security Bill by December 1. After this, it is expected to go to the Union Cabinet by December 10," Thomas, whose...
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An honest judge needn’t fear accountability bill: CJI by Krishnadas Rajagopal
Do not put us all in the same category of “corrupt” judges; a judge with integrity need not worry about the judicial accountability bill, Chief Justice of India S H Kapadia said today, issuing an open challenge that if “you” want to dismantle the institution of judiciary, first show how to build a better alternative. The CJI in his speech on the Supreme Court lawns on Law Day said it is...
More »Mart liberalisation scales Trinamul wall
-The Telegraph The cabinet today unlocked the retail market for foreign direct investment, braving the Trinamul Congress’s objections but assuring Mamata Banerjee earlier in the day that state governments would have enough leeway to protect the interests of farmers. The most significant of today’s decisions is the clearance to 51 per cent foreign investment in multi-brand retail, which will allow the entry of giants that are already household names in a country...
More »Draft Food Bill likely to go to Cabinet by Dec 10: Thomas
-PTI Food Minister KV Thomas today said the draft Food Security Bill is expected to go to Cabinet by December 10 to pave the way for its introduction in the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament. "We have asked the government departments to send their comments on the draft Food Security Bill by December 1. After this, it is expected to go to the Union Cabinet by December 10," Thomas, whose ministry is...
More »Civil society condemns GK PILlai's remarks
-The Hindu Civil society groups have demanded an apology from the former Home Secretary of India, G.K. PILlai, for his “insensitive, sexist slandering” remarks on Ishrat Jahan, who was killed in a fake encounter in Gujarat in 2004. “Stung by the Special Investigation Team report, which concluded that Ishrat was executed in cold blood, Mr. PILlai — hard-pressed to defend his affidavit to the Supreme Court that Ishrat was a Lashkar operative...
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