Lobbying part of democracy: Salman
Corporate affairs minister Salman Khurshid on Tuesday said that lobbying and public relations are part of the democratic set-up but cautioned against their use to subvert corporate governance.
Cong rejects PM, Sonia rift reports
Scoffing speculations in political circles about a possible rift between Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the backdrop of 2G spectrum controversy, the Congress on Tuesday emphatically denied any such misgivings. The party asserted that the understanding between the two “can never be better than as it exists today”.
‘PM worried about tapes, not graft’
BJP parliamentary party chief and NDA working chairman L.K. Advani on Tuesday alleged that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh appeared to be more concerned about the leakage of tapes (taped conversation between corporate lobbyist Niira Radia and senior journalists) than credibility of his Cabinet. Mr Advani said government even
SC restrains Delhi govt from razing night shelters
Taking suo motu cognisance of reports that night shelters have been razed in the city in the midst of winter, the Supreme Court on Wednesday restrained the Delhi government from demolishing any such shelter, temporary or permanent, in the capital.
Swamy files petition before Delhi court in 2G scam
Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday filed a petition in a Delhi court seeking his inclusion as a public prosecutor in the 2G spectrum case. In his petition filed before special CBI judge Pradeep Chaddah, Swamy pleaded that the court should take cognisance of his plea.
Nobody will be spared in Adarsh scam: Antony
Defence minister A.K. Antony on Wednesday said the government and the armed forces will not spare any person found guilty of wrongdoing in the Adarsh Housing Society scam in Mumbai.
SC: Show us complaint on Radia’s role
The Supreme Court Monday sought a copy of the complaint from the government against corporate lobbyist Niira Radia, referred to in the I-T department’s affidavit alleging she was an “agent” of a forei
China envoy says ties are ‘very fragile’
Two days before Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao arrives here on a three-day visit, Beijing’s ambassador to Delhi Zhang Yan warned Monday that his country’s relations with India were “very fragile”, and needed “special care”.
PC forced to retract remark on migrants
Stirring a hornet’s nest, Union home minister P. Chidambaram on Monday sought put the blame on migrants in the national capital for most crimes in the city, including rape. But he was soon forced to retract as he came under severe criticism from both Congress and Opposition leaders.
We have nothing to hide on 2G: Sonia
Congress president Sonia Gandhi declared on Monday that the government had “nothing to hide, nothing to fear” on the 2G spectrum allocation issue, and firmly rejected once again the Opposition’s demand for a JPC to probe the scam.