NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Friday rapped the government over the way it has handled army chief Gen V K Singh’s age row, saying the entire process of deciding his year of birth was “vitiated.”
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: The Union Minister, Mr Praful Patel, who is at the centre of pay-off allegations in an Air India procurement case in 2007, Friday got support from Congress and his party Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), which maintained that it was wrong to indict anybody until some material is found.
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh Friday said government has moved “substantially forward” in curbing corruption and improving public services delivery system but acknowledged there is “still a long way” to go to ensure transparency, accountability and probity in public life.
HYDERABAD: The Supreme Court judgement cancelling the licences of telecom companies in 2G spectrum allocation case is likely to be challenged by way of a review petition, AICC General Secretary Mr Digvijay Singh said here Friday.
NEW DELHI: Taking a dig at Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh over the 2G spectrum case, the BJP Friday said if he says that the government was committed to zero tolerance against corruption then he should remove Home Minister Mr P Chidambaram from the Cabinet.
NEW DELHI: In a huge embarrassment to the government and a jolt to the telecom sector, the Supreme Court on Thursday cancelled 122 2G licences granted during the tenure of former telecom minister Mr A Raja declaring it as “illegal” and blamed the government’s flawed first-come-first served policy.
NEW DELHI: Hours after Supreme Court cancelled 122 licences for 2G spectrum, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh on Thursday held consultations with his senior colleagues on the issue and its implications.
HYDERABAD: A special court here on Thursday dismissed a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) petition that sought its permission for narco-analysis test on Vijay Sai Reddy in a case involving the YSR Congress Party leader, Y S Jaganmohan Reddy's alleged illegal assets.
SONAKHALI (WEST BENGAL): The West Bengal Chief Minister, Ms Mamata Banerjee enjoyed a rare relaxing day on cruise, piloting a launch in the tranquil of Sundarbans, the home of the Royal Bengal Tigers and mangrove forests, and surprised local officials by paying for her day's expenses.