More than 200 tax investigators in India have searched the offices of a number of contractors used in the run-up to the Commonwealth Games. The raids in Delhi came as the main opposition party, the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), demanded a parliamentary investigation. The Games, which ended last week in Delhi, were marred by spiralling costs and allegations of corruption. The BJP says it has evidence of wrongdoing at government...
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Malegam to head RBI panel on microfinance by Dinesh Unnikrishnan
Financial sector expert Y.H. Malegam will head a Reserve Bank of India (RBI) panel to look into the functioning of microfinance institutions or MFIs and their regulations. The MFIs are in the business of giving tiny loans. Kumar Mangalam Birla, Shashi Rajagopalan and U.R. Rao – all on the boards of the Indian central bank – and RBI deputy governor K.C. Chakrabarty are the members of the panel. The committee, which will...
More »No newspapers in Manipur after militants' threat
Newspapers in Manipur did not hit the stands on Monday as Media houses took the decision to not bring out any issues following a threat by a militant group. While a militant outfit wanted a certain statement to be published verbatim in the papers, its rival faction threatened them with dire consequences if the statement was published, the spokesman said. On several occasions earlier, papers failed to hit the stands for similar...
More »After Lancet's superbug blow, praise for India's rural doctors scheme by Aarti Dhar
Lancet dismisses criticisms levelled at the “rural MBBS,” saying they bear little credibility The Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry might still be awaiting “formal” clearance for its much debated Bachelor of Rural Health Care course that aims to create a cadre of healthcare workers for the rural areas, but the Centre has received global appreciation for “trying to find an innovative solution to a deeply entrenched problem which is not...
More »Raid whiff as Games files go missing by Archis Mohan and Sanjay K Jha
The Commonwealth Games corruption probe could lead to raids on the homes and offices of some of the organisers to find missing documents, sources said. Agencies investigating wrongdoing in the Games preparations have complained that key files and documents are untraceable or unavailable at the offices of the government departments that carried out the work. Enforcement Directorate sources said they might raid some of the key people behind the organisation of the...
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