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Key bills passed in parliament’s monsoon session

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Unlike recent Parliament sessions when a large part of the sittings were complete washouts, the just-ended monsoon session saw passage of 10 legislations including UPA’s flagship bills – food security and land acquisition. An official statement from parliamentary affairs minister Kamal Nath listed details of bills passed by both the Houses and legislations that were cleared separately […]

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Crackdown on Kerala’s speedsters after bus crash

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A day after the tragic bus accident in Malappuram district of Kerala claimed 13 lives, law enforcing authorities began Saturday to rein in speeding drivers. Officials from the Motor Vehicles’ Department were seen waiting on the sides of the roads and swooping down on speeding bus drivers. At least two dozen speeding vehicle owners have […]

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Three charged in Dubai for Indian’s death

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A court here has charged three men with accidentally causing the death last year of an Indian lift mechanic who fell into a lift shaft. Dahaneesh Dahraman, 24, fell while installing lifts at a building in Al Karama last April 17, The National newspaper reported. One of the victim’s supervisors told the Dubai Court of […]

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Bengal rights group to move president against governor

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A rights group Saturday said it would lodge a complaint with President Pranab Mukherjee against West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan for making “provocative remarks against students”. The Association for Protection of Democratic Rights’ (APDR) had earlier approached the West Bengal Human Rights Commission on the issue, but it had rejected the complaint. “APDR has decided […]

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Activists uncertain of bill banning manual scavenging

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Unimpressed by the bill banning manual scavenging passed in parliament last week,several activists in the national capital Sunday said the legislation has many loopholes and would be effective only if implemented strictly. “Just preparing a bill is not enough. What we need is strict implementation,” Bindeshwar Pathak, founder of the Sulabh sanitation movement, told IANS, […]

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Kerala private buses to jam services over speed governors

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Private bus operators in Kerala on Sunday announced an indefinite strike to protest against the Motor Vehicles Department (MVD) directive for installing speed governors on all heavy vehicles. The strike began at midnight.Commuters across the state are heavily dependent on private bus services as the state-owned transport corporation has just 5,803 buses while the non-government […]

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Indian-American named judge in California

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A leading Indian American lawyer, Sunil R. Kulkarni, has become the first South Asian American state judge in Northern California with his appointment to Santa Clara County Superior Court. Palo Alto, California, resident Kulkarni, 41 who since 2011 has served as a senior counsel in the litigation group at the University of California, was named […]

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RTI amendment bill referred to parliamentary panel

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The government on Thursday referred an amendment Bill on the Right to Information Act (RTI) that seeks to keep political parties out of the purview of the Act to a parliamentary standing committee “for elaborate study.” Announcing this in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Personnel and PMO V. Narayanasamy said: “The government has […]

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Himachal court seeks list of ‘tainted’ officials

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The Himachal Pradesh High Court has asked the state’s chief secretary for a list of government functionaries with doubtful integrity. A division bench of Chief Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice Kuldip Singh directed Chief Secretary Sudripta Roy yesterday to file an affidavit by Oct 1 listing the names of “tainted” officials and their postings. The […]

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2G: Raja allowed to take CVC report’s copy

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A Delhi court Thursday directed the CBI to present the inquiry report of the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) in the 2G case and allowed accused former telecom minister A. Raja and to take a copy of it. While hearing Raja’s plea, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge O.P. Saini asked the probe agency to […]

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Courts will protect honest officers’ rights: SC

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There is no reason to fear that the higher courts will not protect the rights of honest officers, the Supreme Court said on Thursday when the government insisted on retaining the power to approve graft probes against public servants. The government claimed that its nod should precede corruption case investigations against officers of the rank of joint secretary […]

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New CIC Deepak Sandhu favours greater transparency

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Deepak Sandhu, who was on Thursday sworn-in as India’s first woman Chief Information Commissioner, said she would work for strengthening moves towards greater transparency in the functioning of the government and faster disposal of cases. “The larger issues are greater transparency in the functioning of the government… I will continue on the lines of my […]

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