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BJP ridicules white paper on black money, likens it to 'bikini'

Describing the government's white paper on black money as "disappointing" and a "non-paper", BJP today said it is "like a bikini" as it hides the essentials and reveals only the less significant details. | White Paper tabled 

Clampdown on cash transactions likely

It is imperative to develop systems such as incentivising the use of credit and debit cards for small purchases to plug the loopholes in India’s bustling cash economy that remains a major area in the proliferation of black economy, the white paper tabled in Parliament said on Monday. HT reports.

Projects worth Rs. 2,600 crore sanctioned to save Ganga: govt

Projects worth Rs. 2,600 crore have been sanctioned by the government to ensure that by 2020, no untreated sewage and industrial effluent flow into the Ganga river, the Lok Sabha today told.

HC Orders Crime Branch to probe RTI activist death

The Delhi high court on Monday ordered the Crime Branch of Delhi Police to probe into the mysterious death of transparency activist Ravinder Balwani.

LS nod to grant Rajiv Gandhi NIYD national importance status

Every issue the Opposition sought to raise on the Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development Bill-2011, had already been considered and changes incorporated in the legislation by the government.

Govt drops clause, commoner can't seek removal of Lokpal

Government has removed a clause in the Lokpal Bill which allowed any citizen to move for the removal of the anti-corruption ombudsman.

Anna to stage sit-in to press for probe against 'corrupt' ministers

Anna Hazare will stage a sit-in and his close associates go on an indefinite fast from July 25 in the national capital if the government does not investigate corruption charges against 14 cabinet ministers named by them.

NIA judge transferred to Faridabad

Special National Investigation Agency (NIA) judge Subhas Mehla, who was hearing the Samjhauta blasts case, has been transferred to Faridabad.

Sangma was picked to counter Cong tribal choice

Jayalalithaa and Naveen Patnaik's decision to root for PA Sangma as a Presidential poll candidate was prompted by their "understanding" that Sonia Gandhi would eventually pick a tribal leader as the UPA nominee.

Last day: passage of protection of children bill to be top priority

The government is likely to give priority to pass the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Bill, 2012 and Banking Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2011 on Tuesday, the last day of the budget session. The Motor Vehicles Amendment Bill and Chemical Weapons Convention (Amendment) Bill seems to have gone to the backburner as the government has shifted focus for Tuesday.

House panel slams Railways for slow recruitment drive

The Railways have come under sharp criticism for the slow pace of conducting the process of filling up of around 1,50,000 vacant posts, a chunk of which are related to safety.

More services on MCD Facebook page

The three new municipal corporations will now address a full gambit of civic problems through Facebook.

Three arrested for stealing 755 ceiling fans

Three persons were arrested for allegedly stealing ceiling fans.

‘We’ll hold all our meetings under tents’

To protest the dilapidated building in the name of a headquarter, the mayor of East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC), Dr Annapurna Mishra has said all house meetings of the corporation will continue to be held under a tent.

4-yr-old among three minors raped

Two teenagers and a four-year-old girl were raped in three separate incidents reported from different parts of the Capital till Sunday, the police said.
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