-The Times of India Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has Turned down suggestions from both Left and BJP leaders on considering changes in the appointment process of the comptroller and auditor general (CAG), while replying to a letter from CPI leader Gurudas Dasgupta on November 5. The PM, however, is open to changes in the appointment, resignation and removal process of election commissioners, including the chief election commissioner, as part of electoral...
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Janta flat family gets Rs 2- cr water bill-Geeta Gupta
-The Indian Express A family which lives in a Janta flat in West Delhi was left speechless after the Delhi Jal Board sent a bill of Rs 2.39 crore for water dues. Paramjit Singh, a resident of CB block in Hari Nagar, was handed the bill three days ago and told to pay up. He had last received a water bill on December 24, 2011. Worried, the family began making inquiries. Singh’s wife...
More »Gujarat vs. Himachal Pradesh -Rahul Verma
-Kafila.org Even though Hiamchal Pradesh voted on November 4, Gujarat has been hogging all the limelight. The election in Gujarat is only in the third week of December. Gujarat capTures our political imagination as a ‘role model state’ whereas Hiamchal Pradesh is just in our tourism agenda as a top holiday destination. It is hard for anyone to notice Himachal as a political entity among the big brothers like Uttar Pradesh,...
More »Power plant land acquisition:MP farmers set up 'protest pyres'
-PTI To protest land acquisition for Welspun Energy Madhya Pradesh Limited's (WEMPL) proposed thermal power plant in Katni district, farmers in two villages have set up funeral pyres on their fields and threatened to set themselves on fire in case of any coercion. "Nearly all farmers of Bujbuja and Dokaria villages have set up funeral pyres in large numbers on their lands to protest the acquisition of land for the WEMPL plant...
More »Pharma pricing policy to be discussed today-Sushmi Dey
-The Business Standard If the Cabinet clears the proposed policy, the Department of Pharmaceuticals would have to notify this before the SC?s next hearing on the matter on Nov 27 The Cabinet is likely to take up the proposed National Pharmaceutical Pricing Policy tomorrow, government sources said. The policy is aimed at capping the prices of 348 essential medicines at the weighted average of all drugs in a particular segment, with...
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