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Right to reject, recall will destabilise country: CEC

   17 October 2011 at 16:20

Chief Election Commissioner SY Quareshi disfavors Team Annas demands on Right to Recall or Right to Reject, as these could destabilise the country. Right to Recall is not possible in India. I ..

Posted in Constitutional Law  6 comments |   1314 Views


Missing nurse case: Gehlot sacks Maderna

   17 October 2011 at 16:18

Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday sacked water resources minister Mahipal Maderna, who is suspected to be involved in the mysterious disappearance of auxiliary nurse midwife Bhanwari Devi. Madernas removal from the cabinet cam ..

Posted in Others |   700 Views


Yeddyurappa shifts from jail to hospital

   17 October 2011 at 16:14

68-year-old Yeddyurappa is undergoing treatment in the ICU of Jayadeva Hospital Former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, who was sent to judicial custody on Saturday, has been shifted to a hospital from jail in the early hours after he c ..

Posted in Others  1 comments |   527 Views


No relook at RTI Act: Salman Khurshid

   17 October 2011 at 10:55

Amid a raging debate on RTI, union law minister Salman Khurshid has made it clear that there is no proposal for a "relook" at the Act but noted that not only the government but the judiciary too had experienced "difficulties" b ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   914 Views


Par panel considers Constitutional Amendment bill on Lokpal

   17 October 2011 at 10:55

The draft constitutional amendment bill prepared jointly by two former Chief Justices of India - Justice J S Verma and Justice M N Venkatachalaiah - proposes provisions on the lines of Election Commission A move to grant constitutional status to ..

Posted in Constitutional Law  2 comments |   707 Views


Yeddyurappa in ICU after falling ill in jail

   17 October 2011 at 10:55

Jailed former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa will be in the intensive care unit (ICU) of the state-run Sri Jayadeva hospital here for the next two days as he is suffering from multiple health problems and mental stress, a top doctor said ..

Posted in Others |   591 Views


Bhanwari Devi case: Rajasthan minister on way out

   17 October 2011 at 10:55

Rajasthan's water resources minister Mahipal Maderna, who is suspected to be involved in the case of mysterious disappearance of nurse Bhanwari Devi, is being sacked. Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot is understood to have decided to sen ..

Posted in Others |   531 Views


No govt jobs for those with criminal record: SC

   17 October 2011 at 10:55

A person facing criminal cases cannot be considered suitable for appointment in government service unless acquitted of the charges, the Supreme Court has held. Quashing the appointment of constable SK Nazrul Islam, the apex court said, "Surel ..

Posted in Criminal Law  2 comments |   1653 Views


Court to resume hearing on Yeddyurappa's bail plea

   15 October 2011 at 11:54

A special Lokayukta court will hear the bail application of former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa on Saturday in the corruption cases filed against BS Yeddyurappa. Advocate Sirajin Basha, on whose private complaints cases had been registe ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   891 Views


Pension Schemes for Old Age Persons

   15 October 2011 at 11:44

The Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pensions Scheme (IGNOAPS) is one of the components of National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP). Funds for NSAP are released as Additional Central Assistance by the Ministry of Finance to States and by Ministry ..

Posted in Others |   1167 Views