Chairing a departmental review meeting at Project Bhavan on Tuesday, Minister Birua criticised the frequent use of Jharbhoomi portal glitches as an excuse for rejecting applications.
Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Delhi ,R Alice Vaz, on Wednesday urged the political parties to maintain transparency in campaign finances and submit expenditure details within the stipulated timelines, a day after the announcement of Assembly elections in a single phase on February 5.
Four decades after the catastrophic gas leak that devastated Bhopal, the recent removal of toxic waste from the Union Carbide plant marks a small yet significant step in addressing the lingering fallout of one of the world’s worst industrial disasters.
Nineteen years ago, on 12 October 2005, India took a bold step toward enhancing transparency and accountability with the enactment of the Right to Information (RTI) Act.
After nearly a decade-long halt due to environmental concerns, Meghalaya is making strides towards resuming coal mining in a more regulated and scientific manner.
The latest statement of the Congress leader came a day after he called EVMs a ‘black box’ in India that cannot be scrutinised, in the wake of a media report claiming EVM hacking at Mumbai North West parliamentary constituency in the recently concluded Lok Sabha polls.
The Minister’s request came a day after the Bench of the Apex court while hearing the application of the ADR, gave a week's time to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to file its response over the matter.
The Congress asked the government why no meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) was held to decide on the predator drone procurement, and why higher prices were being paid for these drones.
Addressing the Jammu and Kashmir Rozgar Mela, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the youth who are joining government services have to make transparency their priority.
The discussion paper has proposed to provide in the Regulations that if the secured creditors having 60 per cent of the value in the secured debt decide to relinquish or realise security interest, such decision shall be binding on the other 'pari-passu' charge holders
