-The Hindustan Times The government’s go-ahead to FDI in multi-brand retail on Friday drove another wedge between the Congress and the Trinamool Congress, with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee threatening to take “hard decisions” if the decision wasn't reconsidered within 72 hours. Banerjee, who has also demanded a rollback of the diesel price hike, said the decision was a “big jolt” and called an emergency meeting of her party in...
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Uttarakhand cloudbursts: 33 killed, 35 missing
-PTI DEHRADUN: A series of cloudbursts struck Uttarakhand since last night triggering landslides and flash floods that left 33 dead, 35 missing and several injured in parts of the hill state. Ukhimath area in Rudraprayag district was the worst hit as a cloudburst in the wee hours flattened dozens of homes in eight villages killing at least 29 people in their sleep. Over 35 people have gone missing in the disaster and...
More »Information commissions need judicial members: apex court-Anuja
-Live Mint CIC suspends hearings to seek govt’s opinion; RTI activists criticize the move, saying it could lead to delays The Supreme Court said on Thursday that information commissions at the central and state levels should have two-person benches, with one person being a “judicial member” and the other an “expert member”. That prompted the Central Information Commission (CIC) to suspend hearings to enable it to seek the government’s opinion and led to...
More »All Goa iron ore mines lose green clearance -Murari Shetye
-The Times of India PANAJI: Following the adverse report by the Shah commission on illegal mining in Goa, the Union environment and forests minister Jayanthi Natarajan on Wednesday announced the suspension of environment clearances given to all 93 functional mining leases in the state. The orders came a day after TOI's story on how the central government had given illegal clearances to Goa's iron ore mines even under PM Manmohan Singh's watch...
More »FDI: Government trying to get Mamata Banerjee's support
-The Economic Times The government has revived its efforts to get Trinamool Congress on board its plans to ease foreign investment rules for civil aviation and muti-brand retail. Civil aviation minister Ajit Singh is expected to discuss the issue of allowing foreign airlines to buy stake in Indian carriers with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on September 14. Government leaders had tried to work out a consensus on the two issues at the...
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