Tag: Centre
Govt to hire 980 officers through public service exam
Centre plans to revive colonial-era gold mines with $2 billion reserves
Central government is planning to revive a cluster of colonial-era gold mines – shut for 15 years but with an estimated $2.1 billion worth of deposits left – as India looks for ways to cut its trade deficit, officials told media. State-run Mineral Exploration Corp Ltd has started exploring the[Read More…]
Drug trafficking: SC issues notice to Centre
SC wants status report on anti-Sikh riot’s SIT probe
The Supreme Court on Monday sought after a detailed status report on the probe into the 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases being investigated by a Special Investigation Team (SIT), set up in 2014. A bench including Justice Dipak Misra and Justice R. Banumathi demanded the report after a petitioner S. Gurlad[Read More…]
Donations to temples, FDs in cooperative banks under scanner in Mumbai
Hurried donations made to over 100 temples and trusts and sudden spurt in cash reserves in nearly 1,000 cooperative banks and credit societies in Maharashtra after Centre’s decision to scrap Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes have come under government’s scanner, a senior state minister said on Thursday. “The suspicious[Read More…]
Government formulating national policy to reduce alcohol dependency
The Centre is working on formulation of a national policy to address the emerging challenge of alcohol dependency in the country, especially among youth. In a first-of-its-kind initiative, the policy will follow the same approach as it is being used in cases of drug de-addiction, a source said. According to[Read More…]
Delhi pollution breaches normal-mark, Centre summons 5 northern states
The Centre on Tuesday summoned governments of Punjab, Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh over enforcing ban on stubble burning. The decision comes on a day the Central Pollution Control Board released its report on air quality of Delhi. As per the report, PM 2.5 levels on the day of[Read More…]
Dignity of women is not negotiable: Centre tells SC on ‘triple talaq’
The Centre on Friday informed the Supreme Court that it is opposed to the Muslim practice of triple talaq, describing it as “misplaced in a secular country.” The constitution allows Muslims, the biggest religious minority group in the country, to regulate matters such as marriage, divorce and inheritance through their[Read More…]
Cabinet nod for merger of the Railway & Union Budget from 2017-18
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday cleared the merger of the Railway and Union Budget from 2017-18 onwards. The Railways, which is the country’s largest employer, has to bear an additional burden of about ₹40,000 crore on account of implementation of the 7th Pay Commission awards, besides an annual outgo of[Read More…]
No objection on fresh bail plea of Italian marine: Centre to SC
The government on Tuesday told the Supreme Court it has no objection on Italy’s fresh plea seeking modification of bail conditions of marine Massimiliano Latorre to enable him remain in that country till an international tribunal decided which country had the right to try the case of killing of two[Read More…]
Jung panel to probe AAP files, Kejriwal alleges “witch hunting”
Najeeb Jung, Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor (LG) has escalated the tiff between the Centre and Delhi’s AAP government by setting up a three-member committee to look into all 400 files obtained from various departments. These contain decisions taken by the AAP government without LG’s prior sanction. The committee consists of three[Read More…]
Sexual intercourse by man with wife not rape, Centre tells Delhi HC
The Centre told the Delhi high court that if marital rape is brought under law, “the entire family system will be under great stress” and defended the penal code provision that protects husbands from being tried for the rape of their wives. The Union government defended, before the Delhi high[Read More…]
What Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal is missing on Twitter today
The Delhi High Court gave its verdict on the tussle between the Centre and state on the jurisdiction of the national capital region on Thursday. For a quick wrap of what went down, the court said Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung is the administrative head and does not need to act[Read More…]
Delhi High Court votes in favour of Lt Guv Najeeb Jung over CM Arvind Kejriwal
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government is expected to challenge the Delhi High Court’s verdict on the jurisdiction of the national capital region in the Supreme Court. Saying justice will be served in the Supreme Court, AAP leader Ashutosh said the government’s counsel will immediately file an appeal to the[Read More…]