5 schoolkids hurt in car accident
Five schoolchildren were injured when a speeding Scorpio crashed into their vehicle near the INA Metro station on Tuesday afternoon.
11 held for violence as Bellary shuts down
Eleven men were arrested for resorting to violence during a shutdown to protest against the arrest of former minister and mining czar G Janardhan Reddy, but eleventh-hour
CAG: JNU fails to fill over 1,000 seats
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India has criticised the Jawaharlal Nehru University for failing to fill 1,016 seats in various courses in the past five years. Also, the CAG has also lashed out at the varsity for not utilising funds well.
New govt bill to tackle issue
The government on Tuesday announced it will bring a bill to check corruption in procurement of items even as the Group of Ministers (GoM) set up to tackle corruption adopted a report which recommends means to make the procedure more transparent.
BJP says CAG charges are serious
After being suspended from the Assembly’s monsoon session, the Opposition BJP on Tuesday came down heavily on the government for presenting the CAG report in House on the last day of the monsoon session. The leader of the Opposi-tion Prof. V.K. Malhotra said that the reports reflected that the Delhi government is involved in serious charges.
Loss to govt in 2G scam can’t be estimated: Trai
Ending the speculation on TRAI report on allocation of 2G spectrum during the tenure of former communications minister A. Raja, made key accused in the 2G scam case, the regulator has stated that it could not estimate the exact loss to the exchequer retrospectively in absence of business data of telecom companies.
Health scheme for poor people launched by CM
The Delhi Cabinet has decided to constitute a fund with the name of “Delhi Arogya Kosh” to provide financial assistance to poor patients suffering from life threatening diseases. The Delhi CM, Mrs Sheila Dikshit, held a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday and announced to release `100 crores as corpus fund to make it functional.
CAG: Govt yet to establish facility
Eleven years after it was decided to create a national facility for breeding primates to meet the needs of biomedical research, the centre is yet to be established, reveals the latest Comptroller General of India (CAG) report
‘DDA mishandled city Master Plan’
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) criticised the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) for not completing the Delhi Master Plan 2021 project.
The CAG’s report was tabled in the Parliament on Tuesday.
Cong leaders meet President
Congress leaders from Gujarat on Tuesday accused that the BJP has been “misleading” the Parliament over Lokayukta’s appointment in the state. They met President Pratibha Patil and complained to her that the saffron party