CBI grills rly board member kul bhushan
New Delhi : The CBI on Wednesday questioned Railway Board member (electrical) Kul Bhushan in connection with its Preliminary Enquiry into alleged corrupt practices during his tenure. Bhushan arrived at the headquarters in the morning and was subjected to intense grilling till late in the evening. During the questioning, Bhushan did not have satisfactory responses, agency sources said. Bhushan has allegedly acquired a number of ‘benami’ properties worth several crores of rupees from Railway contractors in lieu of favours promised to them.
A residential flat worth Rs 1.80 crore was allegedly purchased as ‘benami property’ in Bangalore as an accommodation for his son, the sources claimed. Bhushan is also under CBI scanner for alleged corruption in a separate enquiry related to purchase of coaches for the Kolkata Metro.
SC may form more panels for mining probe
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it may consider constituting one or
two panels for looking into various aspects of iron ore mining in Goa including fixation of annual cap over the volume
of extractions with an aim to preserve the mineral for future generations. The forest bench headed by Justice A K Patnaik said either one or two separate committees can be appointed to look into two issues of fixing the annual cap on the iron ore mining by keeping in view the principle of inter-generational equity and the environment carrying capacity.
anti-corruption officials for cpses
New Delhi: The Centre has sought nominations for anti-corruption officials to be appointed in Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) against existing and future vacancies. As many as 27 vacancies, most of them falling vacant in next two years, of Chief Vigilance Officers (CVOs) — who act as distant arm of Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) — will be filled up by the Government. The vacancies are at the levels of Joint Secretary and Director.
All-party meet to discuss Telangana
New Delhi: An all-party meeting will be held next week to discuss various issues concerning the creation of separate Telangana, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said on Wednesday. The meeting is likely to be held before the November 7 meeting of the Group of Ministers, constituted to look into the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, he said. “The meeting will discuss various provisions of the terms of reference of the GoM and give suggestions,” he said.
khurshid to raise
J & K issue in ASEM
New Delhi: India is expected to convey its concerns over continued ceasefire violations along the border in Jammu & Kashmir during a meeting between External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid and Pakistan Prime Minister's Foreign Advisor Sartaj Aziz, who will be here for a multilateral meet on November 11 and 12. Aziz is travelling to India to attend the Asia- Europe Meeting (ASEM)Foreign Ministers meet in Gurgaon.