The parliamentary panel examining the lokpal bill on Wednesday agreed to bring 70% of the central government employees under the purview of the anti-graft watchdog — a key demand of Team Anna — but remained divided on issues such as ma ..
The CBI on Wednesday opposed the bail plea of former Telecom Minister A Raja's erstwhile Private Secretary R K Chandolia, saying that he is a public servant and cannot be treated on par with those granted bail in the 2G case. After hearing ..
The parliamentary standing committee examining the Lokpal bill has finalised its report on the bill as the meeting discussed the draft of the bill. Committee chairman Abhishek Manu Singhvi said the draft prepared by the standing committee will l ..
Currently there is no overarching legislation governing public procurement by the Central Government and Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs). The General Financial Rules, 2005 govern procurements made by the Central Government. Some Ministri ..
Applying the "principle of parity" by taking cue from the Supreme Court and Delhi High Court's order providing relief to 10 other 2G spectrum scam accused, the special CBI court on Tuesday granted bail to DB Realty promoter Shahid Us ..
The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed dissatisfaction over the insinuations made by the CBI that Gujarat's trial courts and its judges were partial towards former state home minister Amit Shah, an accused in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encoun ..
DMK's Rajya Sabha member Kanimozhi hugged the female co-inmates of Tihar's sub-jail number six, offered them sweets ordered from an in-house canteen and left behind her TV set for their use before departing a cell-room that was her home si ..
The Government had constituted a Committee on 28.1.2010 under the Chairpersonship of Smt. Mohini Giri, to inter-alia draft a new national policy on older persons. Other members of the Committee were: (i) Shri. M. M. Sabharwal, President ..
The pension on fixed rates is provided to the employees retiring under the Provident Fund (PF) scheme. The Central Government had constituted an Expert Committee for reviewing the Employees Pension Scheme, 1995 entirely including revision of Pen ..
The statistics regarding the total number of daily wagers and employed persons receiving regular salary in the country is not maintained centrally. Chapter VA & Chapter VB of Industrial Disputes Act 1947 provides protection against retrenchm ..