PM to inaugurate chief secretaries’ conference
January 31st, 2010 - 8:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will inaugurate a two-day conference of state chief secretaries here Monday aimed at formalising the process of interaction with states and union ... Read more...
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CBI to take over case against Rathore (Roundup)
January 9th, 2010 - 9:20 pm ICT by IANS
Panchkula/New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will take over "in a few days" the case against former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore, convicted for molesting teenager Ruchika ... Read more...
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CBI yet to take over Ruchika case, waiting for FIR copies
January 9th, 2010 - 5:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has not taken over the case against former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore for molesting teenager Ruchika Girhotra in 1990 as ... Read more...
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75 percent people dissatisfied with information under RTI
December 16th, 2009 - 9:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) As much as 75 percent of citizens were dissatisfied with the quality of information provided under Right to Information Act, Minister of State in the Ministry of ... Read more...
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Make RTI Act available in all Indian languages, says vice president
October 14th, 2009 - 12:16 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) Vice President Hamid Ansari Tuesday expressed concern over unavailability of information on the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005, or the act itself in 22 official languages ... Read more...
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Government launches 15-day online RTI course
August 27th, 2009 - 11:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) Aimed at creating awareness about the Right to Information (RTI) among citizens and government officers, the central government is starting a 15-day online certificate course on the ... Read more...
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Police asked to protect woman who feeds stray dogs
August 12th, 2009 - 10:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked police to provide protection to a woman lawyer who was assaulted by some residents for tending stray dogs in the capital. ... Read more...
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From Maharashtra Deora retains petroleum, Patel aviation
May 29th, 2009 - 12:15 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) Murli Deora of the Congress in Maharashtra Thursday retained the cabinet portfolio of petroleum and natural gas while Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Praful Patel from ... Read more...
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Information commission penalises government officials in 211 cases
February 25th, 2009 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) The Central Information Commission has penalised public information officers in 211 cases and recommended disciplinary action in 21 cases since 2006, the Lok Sabha was informed Wednesday.
The ... Read more...
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Nambiar takes over from Chawla as aviation secretary (Lead)
September 15th, 2008 - 9:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) M. Madhavan Nambiar, special secretary in the Department of Information Technology, was Monday appointed civil aviation secretary replacing Ashok Chawla, who has been moved to the Department ... Read more...
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Right To Information Act, the key to good governance: Manmohan Singh
August 15th, 2008 - 2:49 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug.15 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, said on Friday that providing good governance has always been the mission of his government, and in this context, he claimed ... Read more...
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Central Government appoints two new secretaries
June 26th, 2008 - 8:02 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, June 26 (ANI): The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment Rahul Sarin, IAS (JH:74), presently Special Secretary, Department of Personnel and Training, Ministry of Personnel, Public ... Read more...
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‘Government must apprise employees of their annual performance rating’
May 13th, 2008 - 12:53 am ICT by admin
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) In a significant verdict having bearing on the careers of millions of government employees, the Supreme Court Monday ruled that the government must apprise its employees of ... Read more...
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Manmohan Singh Government inducts 7 new ministers
April 6th, 2008 - 9:01 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Apr 6 (ANI): President Pratibha Patil on Sunday administered the oath of office and secrecy to the seven Union Ministers.Jyotiraditya Scindia, Jitin Prasad, Santosh Bagrodia, RJDs Raghunath Jha, ... Read more...
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President Patil accepts six Union Ministers resignation
April 6th, 2008 - 7:31 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Apr (ANI): President Pratibha Patil on Sunday accepted the resignation lettersof the six Union Ministers.Resignation letters of Suresh Pachouri, Manikrao Gavit, T. Subbarami Reddy, Akhilesh Das, Dasari Narayan Rao ... Read more...
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Bihar recommends CBI probe into death of Shahnaz Hussain’s son
March 28th, 2008 - 12:05 pm ICT by admin
Patna, March 28 (IANS) Bihar has recommended a CBI probe into the mysterious death of beautician Shahnaz Hussain's son Sameer Hussain here, police sources said Friday. Sameer, 32, who was president of ... Read more...
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