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SC: videograph treasure recovery

July 6: Acting on an application filed by Travancore erstwhile royal Rama Varma for making him a party in the case of the Padmanabhaswamy temple

after the discovery of the treasure trove, the Supreme Court on Wednesday directed that the entire process of the recovery be videographed.

CAs to check NREGS spending

Amid reports of financial irregularities in the implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS), the

Centre is setting up mechanism to fight corruption at the grassroot level by roping in chartered accountants and state auditor generals. The

corruption watchdog at the local and state levels would function under the overall instruction of the CAG.

TN to Army: Hand over person behind death

Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa on Wednesday asked the Army to hand over the man responsible for the death of 13-year-old Dilshan

to the state police to enable her government to deal with the case in accordance with law.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday also issued notices to the Union defence secretary and the Chennai police commissioner,

JPC to begin questioning on 2G today

The P.C. Chacko-led JPC on the 2G spectrum issue will begin questioning witnesses, including former telecom secretaries and former TRAI

chiefs, from July 7. Sources said the panel is also likely to call the heads of the companies which have allegedly benefited from the 2G spectrum

scam. Former telecom secretary Siddharth Behura, currently lodged in Tihar Jail, will also be produced before the panel on July 12.

Toons get smaller and the fun bigger

Disney Junior, a new multi-language and multiplatform entertainment destination for kids made its debut on July 4 on the Disney Channel.

Skills that establish you

No matter how well you do in an exam, if you are an average student or a brilliant one — what really matters today is how good you are with your interpersonal skills.

Imran’s got an eye on July

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When Imran Khan and mamu Aamir announced that Delhi Belly would release this July, they weren’t just guided by what was the most convenient date. Imran and Aamir have both concluded that July is the luckiest month for the young actor, and have juggled the Delhi Belly dates accordingly.

Bomb on train is defused

A major tragedy was averted on Friday when security forces detected and defused a powerful bomb planted inside a sleeper coach of a train at Guwahati railway station in Assam.

Opp. attacks govt on CAG KG Basin draft report

The government on Friday came under scathing attack by the Opposition on the findings of the Comptroller-and-Auditor-General (CAG) draft report on the KG Basin contracts given to Reliance Industries limited (RIL).

SC pulls up govt on divergent views on AFSPA

The Supreme Court on Thursday took serious view of the Centre taking divergent stand on the application of the controversial Armed Forces Special Power Act in the context of two “fake encounters” in Jammu and Kashmir and Assam and asked the government to take a clear view on the issue.

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