The government on Tuesday decided to make a Presidential Reference to the Supreme Court asking it whether its judgement in the 2G telecom licences case makes auctioning of natural resources across all sectors mandatory in all circumstances.
The ministry has proposed similar penalty and jail term for adulteration, besides license suspension and cancellation
India orders Greenpeace to shut down over fraud
Spelling fresh trouble for Kingfisher Airlines, aviation regulator DGCA is likely to issue a show-cause notice asking why its flying license should not be suspended or cancelled.
'For a responsible person like him to utter such nonsense is shameful.' 'He is not fit to be a director on the RBI central board.'
The court said not auctioning even 0.1 per cent of spectrum, for which licenses were cancelled, will not be acceptable
It is time the government woke up to the risks that uncontrolled foreign monies flowing to Indian NGOs pose to India's economic progress, social cohesion and national integrity.
Sistema Shyam TeleServices Ltd is a venture involving equity participation by Sistema of Russia, the Russian Federation and the Shyam Group of India.
Rebutting criticism that the 2G judgment was a case of judicial overreach, Justice A K Ganguly, who was on the two-member bench of the Supreme Court that cancelled 122 licenses, on Monday asserted that the courts can certainly scrutinise and strike down policy decisions which are unconstitutional.
Union Agriculture Minister and Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar on Friday came out in strong defence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying that the Supreme Court verdict cancelling 2G licenses was not an indictment of the government.
Following is the chronology of events in the 2G scam.
The Supreme Court has cancelled the grant of 2G licences stating that 122 licences for 2G spectrum were granted in arbitrary and unconstitutional manner.
Virtually ruling out closure of debt-laden Kingfisher Airlines (KFA), Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh on Thursday said promoter Vijay Mallya will have to take call on shutting down the business.
Rajat Mukherjee, chief corporate officer - Idea Cellular, says that they were not part of the group of companies which started out in 2008. In fact, they had applied for licneses three years earlier. "It is unfortunate that we were clubbed with the others."
Advocate Prashan Bhushan talked exclusively to Sheela Bhatt on the trend-setting judgment.
Former telecom minister A Raja on Friday sought a review of the Supreme Court verdict on cancellation of licenses for 2G spectrum, saying it violates the "principles of natural justice" and "judicial norms" and that he was indicted without being heard. Raja, who has been in jail for more than a year, contended that the findings of the verdict against him are "bound to prejudice" his defence in the trial of the 2G spectrum allocation scam.
An assistant commissioner Vinod Atal and a lower division clerk were held.
As of now, the Indian Railways has cancelled 245 trains in order to restrict unnecessary travel due to the coronavirus outbreak.
The ambulance driver Noufal, 29, was taken into custody on Sunday based on a complaint by the victim's mother to the hospital authorities and the police.
As the Indian Army reported its first case of the infection with a 34-year-old soldier testing positive in Leh, the Army said it has taken a series of precautionary measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus among the forces such as checking flu symptoms among soldiers on their return from leave and cancelling non-essential travel, conferences and recruitment drives.
A lawyer who filed a case against Lord Rama has been charged with hurting Hindu sentiments.
With a large number of senior pilots quitting jobs in Indian carriers for greener foreign pastures, aviation regulator DGCA has warned of stringent action, including cancellation of licences, against those leaving without serving proper notice.
Changes in the draft essentially mean that the year of the Motor Vehicles Bill 2016 will change to 2019 besides other such technical amendments. But the contents of the bill remain the same.
The government is attempting everything it can to make sure that this does not happen, observes Aakar Patel.
Pakistan will tighten its noose around members of banned outfits, under observation militants and human traffickers by canceling their travel documents, blocking their identity cards and withdrawing facilities like bank accounts, the Interior Minister said.
As per the comprehensive format devised by the government, the selected candidates, besides being asked to provide information about themselves, their family members, including in-laws, have to provide information about the mobile numbers used during the last five years, the registration number of vehicles owned or used, email and social media or web-based portal accounts, in addition to bank and post office account numbers among others.
The pricing and marketing freedom for exploitation would be capped by a ceiling price.
The minister has sought the help of US technology, expertise and innovation to make road safety a priority in India.
Leader of opposition in Bihar assembly, Prem Kumar of the BJP, had raised the issue of illegal slaughterhouses in the assembly last week, demanding their closure and cancellation of licences.
The Bar Council of India is pondering action over the controversial statements made by the defence counsel of the accused in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape case.
A GoAir plane carrying 168 passengers from Mumbai hit an aerobridge after landing at Chennai airport damaging a portion close to its front door, but there was no report any injuries.
Both civil and criminal action was being initiated against the hospital which was severely indicted of lapses by a probe panel in its report pertaining to the death of the seven-year-old girl, an official spokesperson said.
The move comes after a FDA notice to gutkha manufacturers to mention the contents of their product on the cover.
The government has taken action against 28 manufacturers of packaged drinking water and natural mineral water for deviating from prescribed specifications, Lok Sabha was informed on Friday.
24, Akbar Road has been the Congress party headquarters since 1978.
Reliance Infra-backed BSES discoms on Tuesday criticised the Delhi government for recommending to power regulator Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission to revoke their licenses, saying the proposal was "arbitrary" and "illegal" and will be a huge setback to power sector reforms.
Klitschko and his brother Vitali, also a former world heavyweight champion and now the mayor of Kyiv, have both taken up arms against invading Russian forces.
Trial by the media can be avoided if the industry itself devises effective mechanisms to bring this to an end
Police are probing both the cases and efforts are on to trace the missing 9mm pistol, they said.
