Posts Tagged ‘UPA government’
Govt confident of tabling Lokpal Bill in Winter Session
Acknowledging that consensus eluded the all-party meeting on Lokpal issue, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal on Thursday said government was confident that it would be able to table the proposed bill in the Winter Session itselfst I don’t think why it cannot be done On one day it can be discussed in one house and on the other day [...]
BJP’s Black Money adjournment motion defeated by voice vote
The UPA government on Wednesday won the motion of adjournment in Lok Sabha on black money issue by a voice vote The voting was held after a prolonged debate where the Congress and the BJP traded barbs on the stashed billions lying in overseas account Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee asked parties not to politicise the hunt for black money [...]
Govt not revealing names of 782 tax evaders: Advani
Senior BJP leader LK Advani, who moved an adjournment motion on black money issue in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, said that the government should elucidate the steps being taken to bring back money stashed illegally in foreign accounts Starting the debate, Advani demanded the government should ensure that black money stashed abroad should be [...]
UPA government works on sub-quota reservation for Muslims
The Manmohan Singh government has decided to create a sub-quota for Muslims within the 27 per cent reservation for Other Backward Castes 4 0 per cent quota for Muslims within the 27 per cent quota0 per cent quota the Left government had introduced would be scrapped Several states including Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu have crossed the 50 [...]
2008 cash-for-vote scam: Amar Singh arrested, sent to Tihar jail
Former SP general secretary Amar Singh has been arrested in connection with the cash-for-vote scam6 Mahavir Bhagora has also been arrested Earlier, he claimed that he suffered from kidney ailment and was surviving on a donor's kidney The special court judge had asked Amar Singh and others to wait for the order Amar Singh was forced to attend [...]
Cash-for-votes scam: Aamar Singh aide Sanjeev Saxena arrested
Sanjeev Saxena, Amar Singh's aide who has been named in the cash-for-votes scam that rocked Parliament in July 2008, was arrested by the Crime Branch of the Delhi Police on Sunday2 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, based on the committee's report recommending a probe into the role of Sudheendra Kulkarni, political aide to the then Leader of the [...]
Cabinet reshuffle won’t improve UPA’s image: Karat
CPIM General Secretary Prakash Karat on Wednesday said the recent cabinet reshuffle will do little to improve UPA government’s scan-tainted image “We are concerned with the government and its policies, and not individuals The question is whether the rejig will help to boost the image of the governmentI don’t think so,” Mr Karat said [...]
Chidambaram behind midnight crckdown at Ramlila grounds: Ramdev
Yoga guru Ramdev on Monday alleged in the Supreme Court that Union Home Minister P and June 31:30 p9, seeking to know its version over the eviction of the yoga guru and his supporters from Ramlila maidan
SC seeks status report on probe into ‘cash-for-vote’ scam
The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Delhi Police to place before it the status report on the probe conducted by it in the "cash-for-vote" scam during the trust vote faced by the UPA government in July 200855 Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium said that the status report will be filed within the stipulated period in a sealed envelope [...]
Consultations on over Telangana issue: Chidambaram
With lawmakers raising the pitch for a separate Telangana, Centre on Wednesday said consultations were on and hoped the process would help it reach a final decision even as it ruled out suggestions of President’s Rule in Andhra Pradesh00 legislators have submitted their resignations to press for their demand for a separate Telengana [...]
Hazare team slams govt version of Lokpal
The Anna Hazare team today alleged that the government version of the ombudsman was not aimed at fighting corruption but for targeting those who complain against the menace The Anna Hazare team felt that the exclusion of a large chunk of the bureaucracy from the ambit of Lokpal and the provision to hear officials accused of corruption before [...]
No back door talks with Ramdev: Moily
The government is not engaged in any “back door” dialogue with yoga guru Ramdev, who went an indefinite fast on the issue of repatriation of black money, Union Law Minister M5 deadline set by Mr Hazare for enactment of the act The Law Minister said many of the states have responded to the Centre’s query on the Lokpal bill On whether [...]
