At mahapanchayat, 31 villages decide to appeal in court on Thursday Villagers of area surrounding the Yamuna Expressway held a mahapanchayat on Sunday to discuss the issue of compensation. The villagers have been paid Rs 800/sqm for the land acquired in 2008 by Yamuna Expressway Authority. They claim the money paid is Rs 50/sqm less than the approved circle rates of the time. The villagers who feel “cheated” and 31 villages, of...
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The Karnataka mining report by Vicky Nanjappa
The report on illegal mining in Karnataka, compiled by Lokayukta Santosh Hegde and his team, may spell the end of the first Bharatiya Janata Party government in south India. While the report is voluminous, here are a few details of what the Lokayukta and his team have found while probing the illegal mining scam. In the report the Lokayukta clearly makes charges against Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa and Minister for...
More »ICAI report on black money to be ready in Sept
-PTI The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) today said it would submit its report to the government in September, suggesting changes required in the key economic Acts such as Income Tax and FEMA to tackle the menace of black money and ways of retrieving it from tax havens abroad. ICAI had said earlier this month that the report was expected in August. A committee, headed by ICAI President G Ramaswamy, is...
More »Court order goes against Doctrine of Separation of Powers: Centre by J. Venkatesan
The Centre, while seeking to recall/modify the July 4 Supreme Court order on the black money issue, has disputed the finding that certain admissions and concessions were made by the government counsel during the course of hearing of the petition filed by the former Union Law Minister, Ram Jethmalani. On July 15, the Centre filed an application for recall of the order (briefly published on July 16). According to the application...
More »‘Inclusion of RAW chief in SIT highly objectionable’ -by Krishnadas Rajagopal
New Delhi : The government finds it “highly objectionable” that the Supreme Court included the Director, Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW), in a Special Investigation Team set up to investigate black money cases. “What is of serious concern and highly objectionable is the inclusion of the Director, Research and Analysis Wing, in the SIT,” said the government in an application filed in the Supreme Court seeking the recall and modification of...
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