FM: Govt is probing asset details
Details of assets and payments received by Indian citizens in several countries have “started flowing in” and are being investigated, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee disclosed on Saturday.
Bank slips of telecos scrutinised
The CBI, which is probing the 2G spectrum scam, has once again started scrutiny of the bank statements of certain telecom companies.
Hillary to arrive in Delhi today
US secretary of state Hillary Clinton will arrive in New Delhi on Monday for co-chairing the second India-US strategic dialogue with external affairs minister S.M. Krishna on July 19.
Govt to cancel allotment of 2,000 industrial plots
The Delhi government is likely to cancel land allotment to about 2,000 businessmen in industrial estates in the city for not setting up factories for which land was allotted to them.
Sonia terse with Anna: ‘We fully back Lokpal’
In a terse reply to a letter from social activist Anna Hazare on the eve of a crucial meeting of the Lokpal Bill joint drafting committee, Congress president Sonia Gandhi made it clear she and her par
Monsoon in break phase at weekend
After a rapid progress since its onset over Kerala on May 29, there are indications that the southwest monsoon could play truant for a couple of days.
No Cong decision on MRCC chief yet
The Congress high command has not made up its mind whether or not to replace the Mumbai Regional Congress Committee chief Kripashankar Singh ahead of the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation elections.
CBI arrests 5 men for AIIMS test bungling
The CBI on Saturday arrested five suspects, including the alleged kingpin, a radiologist operating from Agra, of an inter-state gang for manipulating the examination process of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)’s Post Graduate (PG) entrance test.
IGL raises CNG price by 50p/kg
Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL) has hiked CNG prices by 50 paise per kilogram in Delhi from Saturday midnight. The company has also increased CNG price by 55 paise per kg in Noida, Greater Noida and Ghaziabad.
Crowd surge chokes traffic
As thousands of Baba Ramdev’s followers reached Ramlila Ground on Saturday, the traffic in the nearby areas was chaotic. The traffic on Aruna Asaf Ali Road and the road leading to the New Delhi Railway Station was blocked for a couple of hours.