EC writes to parties over Black money in polls
Posted Date : 27-Dec-2011 , 11:04:22 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
In order to curb the use of black money during assembly polls in five states, the Election Commission has written to all political parties asking them to avoid cash transactions and instruct their cadres not to carry huge cash during elections. The Commission, in this context, has written a let...
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Govt introduces Money Laundering Bill in LS
Posted Date : 27-Dec-2011 , 03:51:45 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Government today presented three Bills in the Lok Sabha. The Prevention of Money Laundering (Amendment) Bill, 2011, presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, seeks to strengthen the relevant Act of 2002 by amending some of its provisions.The Electronic Delivery of Services Bill, 2011, was ...
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Anna Hazare to fast in Mumbai from tomorrow, govt asks him to 'wait'
Posted Date : 26-Dec-2011 , 06:14:25 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Showing no signs of relenting, Anna Hazare on Monday said he will go ahead with his three-day fast in Mumbai from tomorrow against a "weak" Lokpal Billwith his team raising the pitch for an independent probe agency for the ombudsman saying it was "non-negotiable" even as government as...
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Delhi Court orders Facebook, Google, Youtube and other websites.
Posted Date : 23-Dec-2011 , 08:28:20 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Over the voices rose to keep a check on the content which has been published on the social networking sites, a Delhi trial court today asked several sites including, Facebook, Youtube and Google to delete the 'anti religious' or 'anti social' content which promotes hatred or communal harmony.The cou...
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Cabinet clears 4.5 per cent sub-quota for minorities in Govt. jobs and edu. Instt.
Posted Date : 23-Dec-2011 , 08:27:32 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Union Cabinet has approved 4.5 per cent sub-quota for minorities within the 27 per cent reservation for other Backward Classes, (OBC). Top government sources said that the decision to this effect was taken at a cabinet meeting last evening. This decision will pave the way for reservation i...
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Cabinet approves Electronic Delivery of Services Bill 2011
Posted Date : 22-Dec-2011 , 06:17:19 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The government is believed to have approved a Bill to bring in transparency and prevent corruption in delivery of public services, like driving licence and permit, through use of electronic medium, particularly Internet.
The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, today clear...
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UPA ministers owe Air India Rs 435 crore
Posted Date : 21-Dec-2011 , 05:24:52 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Union Cabinet Ministers have accumulated dues of Rs 435 crore on the cash-strapped Air India, which is 93 per cent of the total bills incurred by them during their visits abroad, Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday.
Responding to a question, Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office V Naraya...
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Termination of contractual job can be challenged in court, says Supreme Court
Posted Date : 21-Dec-2011 , 08:25:47 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
In view of changing nature of employment in the commercial world, the Supreme Court has said that courts can interfere even in the case of contractual job if the decision taken by the management is arbitrary. A bench of justices Cyriac Joseph and T S Thakur, however, said that scope of such judic...
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Govt finally accepts Arvind Kejriwal
Posted Date : 21-Dec-2011 , 08:14:24 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Six years after he quit, Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal's resignation from the Indian Revenue Service was accepted by the government. The acceptance of resignation came 45 days after Kejriwal deposited over Rs 9 lakh as dues to settle the issue. "The govern...
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Lokpal Bill approved by cabinet, to be tabled in Parliament on Dec 22
Posted Date : 20-Dec-2011 , 09:14:06 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
In a much awaited decision, the Union Cabinet meeting on Tuesday cleared the Lokpal Bill, which may be tabled in Parliament on December 22. The final draft of the bill was okayed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh earlier today. Not yielding to Anna Hazare's demand, government is understood to ha...
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Petrol prices may go up by 65 paise from Friday
Posted Date : 14-Dec-2011 , 04:22:22 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Petrol prices may be hiked by Rs 0.65 per litre this week if state-owned oil firms manage to get political approval for the move.
While a fall in the rupee to an all-time low of Rs 53.75 per US dollar has resulted in an increase in the cost of oil imports, international rates of gasoline - agains...
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2G case: CBI files chargesheet against five promoters of ESSAR, Loop Telecom
Posted Date : 12-Dec-2011 , 10:15:01 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The CBI on Monday filed chargesheet against five persons including two promoters of a Mumbai based private Telecom Group in a Delhi Court in connection with the 2G Spectrum allocation scam. Essar Group promoters Anshuman and Ravi Ruia were among the five persons.Besides Ruias, the CBI also charged E...
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Infosys to hire 10,000 by March 2012: CEO
Posted Date : 11-Dec-2011 , 06:45:47 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
IT major Infosys Technologies will start construction work on its first software development centre in West Bengal, at Rajarhat near here, in three to six months, a top company official said today.
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Max Healthcare starts blackberry app for patients
Posted Date : 11-Dec-2011 , 06:40:48 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Max Healthcare has rolled out a unique solution to help its patients reach out to their doctors, even at odd hours, with just one click on their BlackBerry phones. Developed by Gurgaon-based MphRx, the cloud-based solution 'MphRx Connect' securely connects an archive of radiology images, lab rep...
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Lokpal Bill row: Anna to sit on day-long fast at Jantar Mantar today
Posted Date : 11-Dec-2011 , 09:04:33 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Gandhian Anna Hazare will observe a day-long fast at Jantar Mantar here on Sunday to protest against the Lokpal draft prepared by the Parliamentary Standing Committee and to push for a strong Lokpal Bill. Anna is expected to pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat and then move to Jantar Manta...
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Anna Hazare, Jan Lokpal Bill top FB status updates in 2011
Posted Date : 09-Dec-2011 , 08:07:34 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Social activist Anna Hazare created a movement not only in the country but on Facebook also, as people discussed and debated the Jan Lokpal bill, making him the most talked about topic in 2011 on the social networking site.The Facebook Memology 2011, which captured the top ten Facebook stat...
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HC notice to centre 200 SMS per day per SIM cap
Posted Date : 07-Dec-2011 , 07:47:40 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The union government was asked today by the Delhi High Court to explain its stand on a plea challenging a statutory regulation limiting the number of short messages ( SMs) sent through a SIM a day to a maximum of 200. A bench of Acting Chief Justice A K Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw issue...
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Banks, Hospitals can't run from residential plots in Noida: SC
Posted Date : 05-Dec-2011 , 10:02:18 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Supreme Court today ruled that banks, hospitals and other commercial activities cannot be carried out from plots in Noida developed for residential purpose and ordered 21 banks and nursing homes in Sector 19 to immediately close their operations.
"That banking or nursing homes or any o...
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Veteran actor Dev Anand no more
Posted Date : 04-Dec-2011 , 08:50:49 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Hindi Cinema’s evergreen hero Dev Anand passed away early Sunday morning in London. The 88 year old legendary film personality suffered cardiac arrest.
In a career spanning over 65 years, Anand worked in films like `Kala Pani`, Guide`, `Hum Dono`, `Tere Ghar Ke Samne`, `Ga...
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Mandatory Publication of Central Government and Public Sector Tender Enquiries on the Central Public Procurement Portal
Posted Date : 03-Dec-2011 , 08:30:21 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
In pursuance of the recommendations of the Committee on Public Procurement headed by Shri Vinod Dhall and the decisions thereon of the Group of Ministers constituted to consider measures to tackle corruption and ensure transparency, the Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance has on 30th Nove...
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Life insurers with 10 years of operations can go public: IRDA
Posted Date : 02-Dec-2011 , 08:25:52 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The much-awaited norms for public issues of life insurance companies have been notified in the Gazette by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority.
As per the norms, only those companies which completed 10 years of operations can apply for permission to go for public issues.
Before fil...
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Parliament adjourned for 8th day on FDI, PM meets UPA allies
Posted Date : 01-Dec-2011 , 02:42:19 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The stalemate in Parliament over FDI in retail and other issues led to adjournment of both Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha for the eighth consecutive day today. When the Houses re-assembled at 12.00 Noon, similar noisy situation prevailed. Lok Sabha was adjourned following uproar over the issue o...
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PPF to earn higher returns from Dec 1
Posted Date : 01-Dec-2011 , 08:16:52 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The finance ministry has notified rules which will pave the way for small savings account holders to earn higher returns from December 1. Earlier this month, the government had accepted the recommendations of a panel which would help investors earn higher interest on sm...
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IRDA's guidelines on web aggregators
Posted Date : 01-Dec-2011 , 08:08:43 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Recently, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (Irda) announced two online initiatives that could be of interest to insurance-seekers. The first one is the extensive guidelines pertainining to web aggregators and the other is the launch of a mobile application to compare unit...
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Draft Public Procurement Bill, 2011 ; Comments and Suggestions Sought by 24th December, 2011
Posted Date : 01-Dec-2011 , 08:05:15 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
urrently 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 Ministries/ Departments have specific ...
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Petrol prices slashed by 78 paise per litre
Posted Date : 30-Nov-2011 , 10:00:37 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Petrol price has been slashed by 78 paise, a litre in Delhi. Petrol in Delhi will cost 65.64 rupees per litre against the present 66.42. This will come in to force from midnight tonight.Petrol will cost 82 paise less in Kolkata and Mumbai and 83 paise less in Chennai. This is the second reduction in...
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Delhi one of the most unsafe cities in India, says study
Posted Date : 29-Nov-2011 , 08:54:56 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The National Capital has emerged as one of the most unsafe cities along with Patna, Kanpur and Meerut in the country, according to a report by online realty portal 99acres.com. The report, which was prepared by global market research firm YouGov on behalf of 99acres.com, has found Chandigarh to b...
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Are You eligible for a Loan.? Find your creditworth online for Rs 450
Posted Date : 24-Nov-2011 , 09:01:01 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
For Rs 450, individuals can now get a copy of their credit history and credit score - the document which in recent years has become an important determinant of whether an individual is eligible for a loan on not. On Wednesday, Credit Information Bureau of Indi...
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CA employee robbed of 3 lakh
Posted Date : 24-Nov-2011 , 08:56:19 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
An accountant was looted of Rs 3 lakh outside his office in Athwalines area on Monday when he was about to enter the office. The victim is employed in a chartered accountancy firm in Athwalines near Seventh Day School.
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Tata successor announced: Cyrus Mistry to succeed Ratan Tata
Posted Date : 23-Nov-2011 , 06:20:25 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Cyrus Mistry has been selected as head of India’s powerful Tata Group of companies. The 42-year-old will shadow Ratan Tata, who chairs the business and is recognised as one of the world’s most important industrialists, for a year in the role of deputy chairman. He is expected to t...
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