The Central Information Commission (CIC) on Monday directed the Prime Minister's Office to declare Union Ministers' assets after getting the nod from the Rajya Sabha Chairman and the Lok Sabha Speaker, and said the opinion of the heads of both Houses will be applicable to all future Right to Information queries seeking such information. Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah passed the order while hearing a petition from RTI activist Subhash Agarwal,...
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Efforts on to mitigate food crisis in Arunachal
With the PDS carriage contractors threatening to quit service if their pending bills are not cleared by the FCI, Arunachal Pradesh is in the verge facing an acute food crisis, which is already in an alarming situation according to reports. However, efforts are on to mitigate the situation with the government, supported by its MPs, impressing upon the Center to do the needful immediately. Lok Sabha MP Takam Sanjoy, who called...
More »Panchayat warns MPs & MLAs: Support khap stance or face ire by Vijay Sabharwal
By scraping and bowing before khap leaders and agreeing to hold aloft their frayed flag of patriarchy, youth icon and Congress MP from Kurukshetra Naveen Jindal may have staved off a siege on his home by the violent keepers of middle-ages morality. But other MPs and MLAs who represent areas where the khap writ runs have now been warned that the lawmakers face khap ire if they don't make their...
More »SC upholds constitutional validity of MPLAD scheme
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the constitutional validity of the Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) saying it was for public purpose. The bench said that improvement can be made in the working of the MPLAD scheme, but it is not illegal. Under MPLAD scheme, members of Parliament are allocated Rs two crore annually for development of their constituencies. "We hold that the MPLAD scheme is valid,"...
More »Khaps want ban on same-gotra unions
Haryana’s powerful khap panchayats have served an ultimatum on all MPs and MLAs from the state to extend their support to amending the Hindu Marriage Act to ban same gotra marriages. The panchayats are up in arms against the judiciary and police after a Karnal court recently sentenced five people to death and one to life imprisonment for killing a young couple, Manoj and Babli, who had married going against...
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