Announcing the measures, the government presented an action taken report in Parliament on the steps it proposed to take to implement the Sachar Committee's suggestions. The government, however, remained silent on the Sachar Committee's recommendation favouring reservation for the most backward in the 150-million strong community.
Faced with elections in Uttar Pradesh, home to a large Muslim population, the Centre has already announced that it will implement the Sachar report in toto.
More arrests are likely, Johri said in her report. She also said that the role of the Andhra Pradesh police was also being investigated and a report would also be submitted on the issue.
The massacre at Marad beach on May 2, 2003 was not merely a revenge for the killing of three persons at Marad beach on January 3/4, 2002. Instead, it was a one-sided attack on people belonging to a community without any provocation.
The Gujarat CID, probing the fake encounter of Sohrabuddin Sheikh, has submitted its Action Taken Report in the 2005 case to the Supreme Court, a senior official said on Thursday.
A report will be submitted to the honourable court taking every aspect of the violent incidents that rocked the state for six days.
A meticulous probe by Gujarat's CID (Crime) had some days ago indicated that Kausar could have been killed at an isolated place near state capital Gandhinagar.
The three-volume report of the Justice Mukherjee Commission, constituted during the previous National Democratic Alliance regime, was tabled by Minister of State for Home S Regupathy.
A Delhi court on Saturday directed the Delhi Police to file a detailed action taken report on a plea for lodging FIR against Anna Hazare and his former team members for allegedly cheating over four crore people by selling them 'Anna SMS cards', whose service was discontinued before the promised one year time, which earned them Rs 100 crore.
Decks were cleared for tabling the report of Justice Nanavati Commission, which probed the 1984 anti-Sikh riots with the union cabinet clearing the action taken report.
He said these opinions could be incorporated in the ATR.
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) demanded action against Union Minister Jagdish Tytler on the basis of the Nanavati Commission report on the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
The Delhi unit of the Akali Dal (Badal) took out a march in Delhi demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Union Minister Jagdish Tytler.
The Bharatiya Janata Party said on Monday that the National Democratic Alliance would seek the intervetion of President A P J Abdul Kalam to prosecute all those involved in the 1984 anti-sikh riots.
Uttar Pradesh minister Gayatri Prajapati, who is evading arrest, on Monday failed to get relief from the Supreme Court which expressed unhappiness that its order on lodging of FIR against the SP leader was being given "political colour".
The NHRC had in its detailed report indicted the Gujarat government for failing to protect riot witnesses.
Delayed submission of employees confidential report will not be a hindrance for promotion and they will be assessed on the basis of overall record and self-assessment of the year, the Centre has said.
BJP took exception on Friday to the "silence being maintained" by Congress President Sonia Gandhi on the Nanavati commission report and demanded that she too apologise to the nation for the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
Disappointed at the clean chit given to Congress leaders in the government's action taken report on Nanavati commission report, an association working for the 1984 riot victims demanded the resignation of PM Manmohan Singh on moral grounds.
G T Nanavati Commission, which probed the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, has said that there was "credible evidence" against now Union Minister Jagdish Tytler that he "very probably" had a hand in organising attacks on Sikhs.
G T Nanavati Commission, which probed the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, has said that there was "credible evidence" against now Union Minister Jagdish Tytler that he "very probably" had a hand in organising attacks on Sikhs.
The government said on Thursday that it was committed to demutualisation and corporatisation of stock exchanges to prevent recurrence of securities scams.
The apex court lashed out at the law enforcing agencies for allowing the 'instigators of violence' to get away and said they should act as per law without waiting for somebody's nod.
Government on Friday assured the Parliament that "wrong doers" in the multi-crore stock scam would be "identified and punished".
Home Minister Shivraj Patil says the Nanavati report will be tabled once the Union Cabinet okays it
When farmers are deprived of fair MSP and jawans of the OROP, it is not the right time to hike salaries/pension for MPs, said the Congress.
Insurance coverage for deposits in non-banking finance companies is unlikely to be provided as Reserve Bank of India has expressed reservations over the move.
RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has been pursuing hawkish monetary policy stance to keep inflation under check.
High Court on Thursday directed the state government to submit a report on the action taken against the bus staff in Moga molestation case.
The government on Tuesday gave a clean chit to former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha in the multi-crore stock markets scam of 2001
The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Uttarakhand government not to force people, caught in flash floods, to walk long distances and said that they should be air lifted to safer places.
Government and Securities and Exchange Board of India have taken a number of measures to further enhance the efficiency and safety of the markets and ensure investor protection, Finance Minister Jaswant Singh said in Lok Sabha on Friday.
India has joined global efforts to combat global tax evasion.
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