-IANS The Delhi high court Wednesday took suo moto cognizance of media reports that 70 per cent of the milk in the national capital was adulterated and issued notice to the city government's food adulteration department and the Food Safety Standards Authority of India (FSSAI). Acting Justice AK Sikri and Justice Rajiv Shah sought a response from the central and state governments by Jan 25. The court took note of a report filed...
More »SEARCH RESULT
Total Matching Records found : 58
2G scam: Supreme Court grants bail to 5 corporate honchos by Dhananjay Mahapatra
The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted bail to Unitech's Sanjay Chandra, Swan Telecom's Vinod Goenka and top Reliance ADAG executives Gautam Doshi, Hari Nair and Surendra Pipara in the 2G scam case. The judgment was delivered by a bench of Justices G S Singhvi and H L Dattu on Wednesday morning. The apex court asked each accused to give a bail bond of Rs 5 lakhs with 2 sureties each. This is the...
More »2G scam: CBI to oppose bail to corporate honchos in SC
-PTI The CBI will oppose the bail of five corporate honchos in the Supreme Court which is to hear their petitions on Monday, in connection with the 2G scam, days after it did not object to the bail pleas of DMK MP Kanimozhi and four others in the trial court. Sources in the investigating agency confirmed that it has instructed the lawyer to oppose the plea of corporate executives - Unitech Wireless'...
More »Flowing The Way Of Their Money by Lola Nayar
Do agencies like the Ford Foundation push their own agenda through the NGOs they support? It’s often said, tongue in cheek, that India’s “shadow” government works out of the nondescript, low-slung buildings abutting the Lodhi Garden in Delhi. That’s partly hubris, but it also stems from being close to the centre of power. This rarefied zone houses powerful “cultural” institutions like the India International Centre, as well as a host...
More »Eighth time lucky for Lokpal Bill? by Mohua Chatterjee
The Lokpal Bill was introduced in Parliament for the eighth time in the 15th Lok Sabha as Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj mentioned on Saturday. But surprisingly, each time the Lokpal Bill was introduced, events took such a turn that the legislation remained elusive. Will the Bill be through after the hype it got following Anna Hazare's movement? Here's a lowdown of what happened each time the Bill was introduced through the...
More »
