  CBI a caged parrot voicing master's voice: SCNew Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday termed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) a "caged parrot" that "speaks in its master's voice". A bench headed by Justice R.M. Lodha also asked the government whether it was contemplating a law to make the working of the CBI independent and insulate it from extraneous intrusion and interferences. The apex court questioned the credibility of the CBI probe into the allocation of coal blocks and asked for a thorough and qualitative investigation. Expressing displeasure at the government's interference in the coal allocation probe report, the...  Manmohan Singh: UPA committed to food security billNew Delhi: The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government is committed to enacting the food security bill after considering all opinions, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Wednesday. "The food security bill is a very important legislation for the government. The UPA is committed to make this law after considering all opinions," he told reporters here. Corruption, he said, was a major...  Meira Kumar chides MP for disrecpecting national songNew Delhi: Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar, known for keeping calm even in the mid of huge uproar in the house couldn't control self when an MP dared to walk out when national song Vande Mataram was being played to mark the end of the Budget session. Meira, at the sine die adjournment of the session on Wednesday saw BSP leader Shafiqur Rahman Barq walking out of the House while others were...  Maharashtra Congress asks MCA to lift Wankhede ban on SRKMumbai: The Maharashtra Congress on Tuesday rushed to the aid of beleaguered actor Shahrukh Khan who has been banned by Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) for five years from entering Wankhede Stadium. Shahrukh-owned Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians are set to face off at the Wankhede here Tuesday and the star actor is all set to miss the clash. State Congress spokesperson Sachin...  BJP lawmaker: Asha Bhosle need not contribute to Goa nowPanaji: A BJP legislator on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on legendary singer Asha Bhosle for not giving enough to Goa and indulging in double-speak. Vishnu Wagh, who is also the chairman of the state-run Kala Academy, was speaking at a cultural festival on the outskirts of the capital, when he took on Bhosle, whose family originally hails from the Mangueshi village, 25 km from here. Destitute women to get living quartersNew Delhi: Destitute women will now get some reprieve with the National Commission for Women and a public sector company coming together to build shelters for them across India, a minister said Tuesday. A Memorandum of Understand (MoU) to this effect was signed between the NCW and the Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO). "As and when required, we will provide technical... Police barricades near Parliament cause jamsNew Delhi: In a bid to curb protests around Parliament House, Delhi Police on Tuesday put barricades on roads and streets leading up to it, causing traffic jams and inconvenience to thousands of commuters. "Parliament is in session and to thwart protests in the sensitive area we have shut down the roads," said a police official. For the last few days, Sikh protestors have been detained... Parliament adjourned till Wednesday; BJP wants PM, Bansal, Ashwani to quitNew Delhi: Both houses of parliament were repeatedly disrupted and were adjourned till Wednesday as the BJP pressed for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's resignation over irregularities in the allocation of coal blocks and also demanded that ministers P.K. Bansal and Ashwani Kumar step down. The Lok Sabha was adjourned till noon as soon as it convened. When the house resumed at noon, members... Railway Bribery Scam: Accused surrenders in courtNew Delhi: Businessman Ajay Garg, an aide of Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal's nephew and accused in the railway bribery scam, surrendered in a court here on Tuesday. Garg, who owns a multi-crore-rupee company which supplies electrical goods to the railways, was close to Singla who was arrested for accepting a bribe of Rs.90 lakh from senior railway officer Mahesh Kumar for his (Kumar's)... 'India's n-establishment answerable to people'Chennai: India's nuclear establishment is answerable to the common people of the country, said activists who took the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) issue to the apex court. Activists disagree with the Supreme Court on Monday giving the green signal to the controversial nuclear plant near here and also made the nuclear establishment realise that they are like any other sector... Page No: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [Page 8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] |
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