New Delhi, 23 (PTI): Former Supreme Court Justice, Pinaki Ghose, took oath as the first Lokpal of the country. The laws regarding Lokayukta at the state level and Lokpal at the central level were approved in 2013 for inquiring into allegations of corruption against public representatives and government officials. Although, some Lokayuktas were appointed under […]
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New Delhi: Results of the assembly elections held in have been declared. The counting in Madhya Pradesh lasted until late evening with a neck-to-neck fight for majority seen between the BJP and the Congress. However, it was apparent in the last stages that the Congress was heading towards a clear majority. In Rajasthan, the Congress […]
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Raipur: In Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district Naxalites set ablaze 2 buses. As a precaution, all passengers of Vishakhapatnam-Kirandul passenger train was evacuated and sent back. But the engine of the passenger train got derailed, as the Naxals had uprooted the tracks. Fortunately, no casualties have been reported in the incident. Due to the Naxal attack, the […]
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Nagpur: Police killed 14 Maoists in an encounter in Bhamragad block of Gadchiroli district. This is the biggest action in Gadchiroli district in the last 38 years. Two Maoist commanders are among the dead and the encounter still continues as per information. The Police have started a massive search campaign for the Maoists who have […]
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New Delhi : After the death of 25 CRPF jawans in the Maoist attack last month in the Sukma district of Chhattisgarh, the strategy against the Maoist was majorly reshuffled. The results of the aggressive reshuffling done to the tactics against the Maoist, are now visible and within a month 105 Maoists have been arrested while 25 Maoists have surrendered. Further, there […]
Read More »Nagpur : Delhi University Professor ‘G.N. Saibaba’, along with five others, was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Gadchiroli Sessions Court, after being found guilty of helping a Maoist group. In 2014, Prof Saibaba was arrested who was active in Gadchiroli, a Naxal dominated district in Maharashtra. Today, along with the others, a ‘Jawaharlal Nehru […]
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Rajya Sabha’s 53 members of various parties were bid a farewell on account of their term ending on 30 June 2016. Prime Minister, Narendra Modi while addressing farewell speech to these retiring members expressed his disappointment of not having passed the GST bill in Rajya Sabha during their tenure. He also opined that – “Had […]
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