JD(U) seeks coal blocks re-auction
New Delhi: JD(U) on Wednesday equated allocations of coal blocks to the sale of cinema tickets and sought its re-auction. JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav said in the lok Sabha that Supreme Court asking CBI not to share coal block scam information with the political executive showed how the Government had lost credibility. He asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to accept the mistakes he might have made in assessment and correct them immediately with cancellation of all these coal blocks.
90 CBI cases related to defence in 3 yrs
New Delhi: CBI has registered 90 cases related to defence services in the past three years, 42 of which are pending investigation, 41 pending trial and five closed with recommendation for administrative action, Defence Minister AK Antony told Rajya Sabha. In one case, court asked for investigation and one has been handed over to Army for action under the Army Act, he said.
major-rank officer hurt in south sudan
New Delhi: A Major-rank officer of the Indian Army posted at UN Mission in South Sudan was injured when the vehicle patrol he was leading was fired upon by rebel militia groups. On Tuesday, a regular vehicle patrol of one officer, one JCO and 10 soldiers of Indian Battery-II were moving from Gurmuk to Pibor.
6,800 graft cases pending in cbi courts
New Delhi: Over 6,800 corruption cases are pending in special CBI courts across the country with the highest number of in Delhi. “There are 6,894 cases pending trial under the Prevention of Corruption of Act in various CBI courts as on January 31, 2013,” said MoS for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions V Narayanasamy in lok Sabha.
‘transport project partially executed’
New Delhi: MoS for Urban Development Deepa Dasmunshi informed the lok Sabha that sustainable Urban Transport Project (SUTP), under which green buses were to be run in cities, has been only partly implemented as Bihar, Bengal and Andhra Pradesh have failed to utilise funds or not submitted proper Detailed Project Reports.
more scope for PCI to scan journo abilities
New Delhi: A day after his controversial order to constitute a committee for recommending qualifications for journalists, Press Council chairman Markandey Katju widened panel scope to enable the Press watchdog to supervise journalism institutions. He added three members to the panel — PCI members Gurinder Singh and Rajeev Ranjan Nag and IIMC DG Sunit Tandon.