-DNA UPA Government's credibility is in question as instead of approaching court to oppose the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) order bringing them under the ambit of the RTI Act, they decided to amend the Act itself, said activist Aruna Roy on Monday and asked government to hold wide ranging discussions before going ahead with their plan. Roy, who was also the member of Congress president Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council, said government's...
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37% of MPLAD funds lying unspent in India, UP biggest contributor -Shailvee Sharda
-The Times of India LUCKNOW: No matter how much the MPs (member of Parliament) assert on the need to increase the fund given to them for local area development, the reality is that they fail to spend what even they have. Chief minister of Himanchal Pradesh, veer Bhadra Singh is the only exception. In an assessment of Members of Parliament Local Area Development (MPLAD) scheme expenditure by ministry for statistics and...
More »Sexual offenders in office stand to lose job, promotion -Himanshi Dhawan
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: You could risk losing at least 10% of your salary every month for a year, promotions, withdrawal of privileges and perks or even face termination of service if found guilty of sexually harassing a woman at your workplace. These are part of the new rules under the Sexual Harassment at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) that was passed by Parliament recently. The rules empower the...
More »In Bathinda, all sarpanchs are ‘Falana Singhs’ -Neel Kamal
-The Times of India BATHINDA: The oath-taking ceremony of newly-elected sarpanchs and panchs from Bathinda district turned out to be a comical affair on Saturday as many of the elected representatives parroted the words uttered by Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal. To help the newly-elected sarpanchs and panchs, Badal told them to take their oaths on this line of, "Main Falana Singh sauhn chukda haan' (I XYZ Singh take oath) and...
More »Aruna Roy to oppose RTI amendment
-The Times of India JAIPUR: Social activist Aruna Roy and Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan activist Nikhil Dey have announced a daylong protest on August 6 at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi against the proposed amendment of RTI Act to keep political parties out of its ambit. Roy demanded that all political parties spell out their stand in public on the proposed amendment before the commencement of monsoon session on August 6. "None...
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