Organ donors need to know outcomes of surgery: Court
August 19th, 2012 - 3:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) Organ donors need to be fully informed about all possible outcomes of a transplant which they are likely to experience after surgery, the Delhi High ... Read more...
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Court allows woman to get kidney from relative
May 15th, 2012 - 7:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday allowed a 58-year-old woman, waiting for kidney transplant from June last year, to go ahead with the surgery with ... Read more...
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TRAI launches consumer portal, to track complaints
April 30th, 2012 - 7:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Monday launched a portal to help subscribers lodge service complaints and track their redressal.Called the Telecom Consumers Complaint ... Read more...
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Rajasthan enacts law on right to hearing
April 27th, 2012 - 12:38 am ICT by IANS
Jaipur, April 26 (IANS) The Rajasthan assembly Thursday passed a bill providing the people with the right to a hearing on governance related issues within a stipulated timeframe. The state ... Read more...
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Hawkers cannot be allowed to choke streets: Court
December 29th, 2011 - 6:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has ruled that a Supreme Court-appointed committee was not empowered to stay the order of the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) ... Read more...
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States should decide on Lokayuktas, says DMK
December 27th, 2011 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) United Progressive Alliance (UPA) constituent DMK Tuesday said the Lokpal bill should not come into effect retrospectively and enactment of Lokayuktas should be left to ... Read more...
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An RTI query which may have averted AMRI blaze
December 22nd, 2011 - 11:11 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 22 (IANS) Had the West Bengal government bothered to reply to a query about the city's AMRI Hospital under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, the devastating fire ... Read more...
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Protests, shutdown in Visakhapatnam against bauxite mining
December 20th, 2011 - 6:14 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Dec 20 (IANS) The union environment ministry's experts committee arrived in Visakhaptanam Tuesday for public hearing on bauxite mining amid protests and a two-day shutdown in tribal areas of ... Read more...
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Himachal people object to ministry team’s visit without notice
October 13th, 2011 - 8:09 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Oct 13 (IANS) People facing displacement with the upcoming greenfield plant of cement maker Lafarge India in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district Thursday objected to the visit of the ministry ... Read more...
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N-safety bill tabled in Lok Sabha
September 7th, 2011 - 10:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) The government Wednesday introduced a bill in the Lok Sabha to provide a legal framework to regulate nuclear and radiation safety, and to establish ... Read more...
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Rajasthan prepares public services bill
August 24th, 2011 - 10:45 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Aug 24 (IANS) At a time when Anna Hazare's campaign against graft has taken centrestage, the Rajasthan government has come up with a bill to make bureaucracy in the ... Read more...
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Lafarge gets reprieve from Himachal court
August 12th, 2011 - 10:37 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Aug 12 (IANS) In a reprieve to cement maker Lafarge India, the Himachal Pradesh High Court Friday set aside the decision of the National Environment Appellate Authority (NEAA) that ... Read more...
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High court rejects Gujarat IPS officer’s petition (Lead)
August 12th, 2011 - 6:24 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Aug 12 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court Friday rejected senior Gujarat cadre IPS officer Rahul Sharma's petition against stonewalling of information by the state government he needed to answer ... Read more...
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Punjab issues ordinance on time-bound government services
July 27th, 2011 - 12:07 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 26 (IANS) The Punjab government Tuesday notified the Right to Service Ordinance, 2011, which will ensure time-bound action by government departments and agencies for 67 public-centric services.Chief Minister ... Read more...
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India’s first green tribunal gets scores of environment cases (Lead)
July 4th, 2011 - 5:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal (NGT), a judicial body aimed at expediting environment-related cases and the first in the country, has got scores of cases to ... Read more...
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Court stays land allotment for Andhra power project (Lead, superseding earlier story)
June 23rd, 2011 - 9:58 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, June 23 (IANS) In a setback to Andhra Pradesh government, the state high court Thursday stayed a government order allotting land to a thermal power project in Srikakulam district ... Read more...
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Court sets aside land allotment for Andhra power project
June 23rd, 2011 - 6:15 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, June 23 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh High Court Thursday set aside a government order, allotting land to a thermal power project in Srikakulam district of north coastal Andhra.Dealing with ... Read more...
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RTI query on assets of former CJI Balakrishnan
June 9th, 2011 - 3:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) A Right to Information (RTI) appeal was been filed Thursday seeking complete detail of assets and income of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairman Justice ... Read more...
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Shutdown in Andhra town against power plant
May 30th, 2011 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, May 30 (IANS) Protests broke out again in Andhra Pradesh's Srikakulam district against an upcoming thermal electricity project, police said.People in Sompeta town of the district in north coastal ... Read more...
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No information about oil rigs safety: RTI activist
May 16th, 2011 - 6:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) The Indian government has failed to provide information about the department tasked with ensuring safety of oil rigs in the country's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) ... Read more...
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PMO sees 8,400 percent rise in RTI pleas
May 15th, 2011 - 3:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) People are seeking answers, even if it means asking the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) some tough questions. The number of Right to Information (RTI) ... Read more...
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Parliamentary committee discusses national sports legislation, draft on website
March 9th, 2011 - 9:38 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 9 (ANI): The Parliamentary Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports today discussed the proposed National Sports Development Bill.The Committee met here under the chairmanship of ... Read more...
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Bharti Airtel receives maximum customer complaints
March 9th, 2011 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) Telecom giant Bharti Airtel is on top when it comes to receiving customer complaints regarding billing and service related issues with 3,571 complaints filed in ... Read more...
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Stop work on Andhra power plant: Environment ministry
March 2nd, 2011 - 1:47 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Hyderabad, March 1 (IANS) A day after two people were killed in police firing during a protest against a power plant under construction in Andhra Pradesh's Srikakulam district, ... Read more...
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Sukna scam: Court martialled general’s kin to fight for justice
January 23rd, 2011 - 6:09 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Jan 23 (IANS) The family members of Lt. Gen. P.K Rath, found guilty in a land scam, vowed to fight against the court martial verdict which stripped him of his rank ... Read more...
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How green are government buildings? Environment ministry doesn’t know
January 19th, 2011 - 2:46 pm ICT by IANS
By Richa Sharma
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) India, at the forefront of the global war against climate change, does not have any guidelines to make government offices eco-friendly, reveals a Right to ... Read more...
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BJP pulls up Congress, demands SIT probe in Bofors case
January 3rd, 2011 - 9:17 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Jan 3 (ANI): Following an Income Tax Tribunal claims that kickbacks of Rs 41 crore were paid to late Win Chaddha and Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi in the Howitzer ... Read more...
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Wipro deposits Rs.240 mn in tax case on court order (Lead)
December 29th, 2010 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Dec 29 (IANS) IT bellwether Wipro Limited Wednesday deposited Rs.24 crore (Rs.240 million) with the state commercial tax department in compliance with a Karnataka High Court directive, a company official said."We ... Read more...
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Court tells Wipro to deposit Rs.240 mn in tax case
December 29th, 2010 - 1:06 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Dec 29 (IANS) The Karnataka High Court has directed IT bellwether Wipro Ltd to deposit Rs.24 crore (Rs.240 million) by Wednesday evening in a case of tax on re-export of software, ... Read more...
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‘Penalty imposed for denial of information unjustified’
December 17th, 2010 - 10:47 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Dec 17(IANS) A penalty of Rs.25,000 imposed on a public information officer for not supplying information under the Right to Information (RTI) Act was not justified, the Gujarat high court has ... Read more...
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Eco concerns land mega Himachal projects in jeopardy
December 16th, 2010 - 12:37 pm ICT by IANS
By Vishal Gulati
Shimla, Dec 16 (IANS) At least four hydropower and cement projects worth Rs.6,000 crore (over $1.3 billion) have got stuck in Himachal Pradesh in less than four months due to ... Read more...
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Apex court wants better work conditions in national tribunals
November 22nd, 2010 - 10:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday asked the central government why one standard notification providing for uniform working conditions of all national tribunals was not being issued. The national ... Read more...
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Dedicated courts for environmental cases set up
October 19th, 2010 - 8:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 19 (IANS) Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh Tuesday launched the National Green Tribunal (NGT), aimed at expediting the hearing of environmental cases in the country.However, it will take some ... Read more...
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State government has to suffer for its inaction: Supreme Court
October 12th, 2010 - 2:50 pm ICT by IANS
By Parmod Kumar
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court has held that a state government will have to account for its inactions and cannot make people suffer for it, ruling in ... Read more...
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Green team visits Himachal hydro plant
October 2nd, 2010 - 10:45 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Oct 2 (IANS) A team of the National Environment Appellate Authority (NEAA) Saturday visited Kinnaur district where the Kashang hydro-power project is coming up and heard grievances of the local people ... Read more...
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