The Delhi government on Wednesday gave the city private schools a free hand in deciding the criteria for nursery admissions and even agreed to their demand of compensation for reserving 25 per cent seats for the economically weaker section (EWS) students. The admission process would begin from January 1, 2011, and will have to be completed by March 31 next.

The Delhi government on Wednesday gave the city private schools a free hand in deciding the criteria for nursery admissions and even agreed to their demand of compensation for reserving 25 per cent se

The second round of CBI raids in the 2G scam, exactly a week after the first “searches” at the premises of A. Raja and his close associates, has rattled the ruling DMK here.

The CBI on Wednesday conducted searches at the offices and residential premises of corporate lobbyist Niira Radia, former Telecom Regulatory Authority of India chairman Pradip Baijal and several Chenn

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Filling an application before a designated CBI court Janata Party president Dr Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday told the court that he was forced to take legal recourse after the CBI communicated to him

Following concerns being raised over phone tapping in the 2G spectrum controversy, the Centre is considering setting up a telecom security commission consisting of representatives from ministry of home, department of telecommunications and telecom industry to address grievances of telecom service providers, tackle concerns of stakeholders concerned and ensure a follow-up action of its recommendations in connection to electronic surveillance by government agencies.

The Chief Vigilance Commission (CVC) has asked the vigilance departments of all the ministries to send details about the contracts awarded in the last three months. Sources have pointed out that besides asking for details of contracts valued at over `2 crores from various ministries, the CVC has also asked for the details of civil and electrical works done in various ministries.

Former Chief Justice of India J.S. Verma, who is also the chairman of News Broadcasting Standards Authority a self-regulatory body for news channels, on Tuesday advocated self regulation for the media.

After seeking Supreme Court monitoring of the CBI probe into the 2G scam case and Supreme Court reserving its verdict on the issue, NGO CPIL on Tuesday moved a further PIL in the Supreme Court for cancelling all 2G licences on the ground that there was large scale corruption and irregularities, allegedly committed by former communications minister A Raja and some allotee companies.