INDIA NEWS

Now, 112 will be India’s national emergency number
Digital India Summit: Post Offices pip SBI to have largest core banking footprint, says Ravi Shankar Prasad
Auto Expo 2016: 1.12 lakh visitors on Day 2 results in traffic nightmare
Prime Minister Narendra Modi sts up new business era with tax breaks and mega fund
Govt launches 22 new schemes under Digital India programme
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Now, 112 will be India’s national emergency number     

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Mar 29, 2016
NEW DELHI: India has decided to adopt ‘112’ as the national emergency number, similar to ‘911’ in the US and ‘999’ in the UK, with the inter-ministerial telecom commission giving a go-ahead to the move. …

Digital India Summit: Post Offices pip SBI to have largest core banking footprint, says Ravi Shankar Prasad

Economictimes.indiatimes.com
Mar 22, 2016
Listing out the achievements of the Government as it looks to complete two years in power, Minister for Communication and Information Technology, Ravi Shankar Prasad today said during his tenure and because of a sustained push, 20494 post offices have been connected under core banking solution, which is more than the 16333 enabled core banking branches of State Bank of India (SBI). …

Auto Expo 2016: 1.12 lakh visitors on Day 2 results in traffic nightmare

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Feb 6, 2016
GREATER NOIDA: The ongoing Auto Expo at the India Expo Mart here registered a staggering 1.12 lakh visitors on Saturday. This resulted in a massive rush both at the venue as well as most roads leading up to it.
Despite the relatively large parking area around the venue, there was a sea of vehicles with traffic during peak hours flowing into DND Flyway, Kalindi Kunj and Noida-Greater Noida expressway. …

Prime Minister Narendra Modi starts up new business era with tax breaks and mega fund   

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Jan 17, 2016
NEW DELHI: The government on Saturday unveiled a raft of measures – ranging from tax waiver for three years, ending inspector raj and a mega fund — to help boost the start-up eco-system.
The 19-point action plan, which was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi after a day-long event, came with the promise that the government will only play the role of a facilitator and not burden entrepreneurs with complicated compliance requirements. …

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Govt launches 22 new schemes under Digital India programme    

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Initiatives in areas such as digital infrastructure, digital empowerment and on-demand govt services unveiled
Dec 29, 2015
New Delhi: The government on Monday expanded its Digital India programme, launching new initiatives and broadening the scope of existing ones, to make more services accessible to the masses. …

Chennai floods: Rescue operations almost over, focus now on relief work

Indianexpress.com

Chennai Floods: 3,500 people stuck at airport, Met warns of more rain, ‘next 48 hrs crucial’

Firstpost.com
Dec 2, 2015 22:35 IST
The latest:
– 3,500 people stranded at Chennai airport
– Chennai airport closed till 6 December
– Worst continuous rainstorms in 100 years …

Govt mulls Europe-style water law to save resource

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Nov 24, 2015
NEW DELHI: Concerned by the future projections of water availability in India, the government is mulling the legislation route to save the scarce resource from depleting any further. It plans to come out with a new draft National Water Framework Bill – on the lines of the one in effect in Europe – and improvising on the existing draft law of 2013. …

Ball set rolling for Lokayukta’s removal   

Thehindu.com
November 18, 2015
BENGALURU: Legislators on Tuesday initiated the process of impeachment of Lokayukta Justice Y Bhaskar Rao by submitting petitions seeking his removal to the Assembly Speaker and the Council Chairman. …

FinMin invites feedback for Budget

Business-standard.com
September 23, 2015
From the usual refrain of increasing threshold of personal income tax from Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs five lakh, the common man wants the government to announce a new fund for onions in the Budget for 2016-17. A few of them suggested to the government to do away with exemptions. …

Cross mark is now NOTA symbol     Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Sep 20, 2015
AHMEDABAD: The ‘None Of The Above’ (Nota) option on electronic voting machines (EVMs) finally got its own symbol — a small ballot paper with a black cross on it. The Nota symbol will make its debut in the forthcoming Bihar assembly elections and Surat bypolls. …

End of an era: ‘Missile man’ Dr APJ Abdul Kalam passes away after cardiac arrest   Firstpost.com
July 28, 2015
Shillong: Former President APJ Abdul Kalam, the ‘missile man’ who came to be known as ‘People’s President’ died on Monday after he collapsed during a lecture at the IIM in Shillong on Monday evening. …

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RTI NEWS

Govt endangering lives of RTI applicants by revealing postal address on its website
CIC bans appearance of lawyer, HC stays order
Central Information Commission does away with need of hard copies for online appeals
Ministers are answerable under RTI Act, Central Information Commission says
SIC issues show-cause notice to DEO
Supreme Court dismisses plea for information on pending judgements under RTI Act
Penny wise, pound foolish? New CIC resurrects Rs 2 absurdity of RTI Act
Don’t disclose students’ information without consulting parents: CIC
Delhi HC sets aside order asking SC to share info on reserved verdicts
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Govt endangering lives of RTI applicants by revealing postal address on its website

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CIC bans appearance of lawyer, HC stays order   

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Apr 3, 2016
New Delhi, Apr 3 () An Information Commissioner has “banned” the appearance of a counsel for the External Affairs Ministry before his bench on the ground that he was not discharging his duties as an advocate, an order which has been stayed by the Delhi High Court. …

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Central Information Commission does away with need of hard copies for online appeals

Zeenews.india.com  
March 15, 2016
New Delhi: In a major procedural change, the Central Information Commission has done away with the mandatory provision of sending signed hard copy of appeals through post even though the appellant approached it online. …

Ministers are answerable under RTI Act, Central Information Commission says

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Mar 13, 2016
NEW DELHI: Ministers in the Union and state cabinets are “public authorities” liable to answer public questions addressed to them under the Right to Information Act, the Central Information Commission has ruled. …

SIC issues show-cause notice to DEO

Tribuneindia.com   
February 28, 2016
State Information Commissioner Ravinder Singh Nagi has issued a show-cause notice to the District Education Officer (Secondary) for not providing the information to the appellant Hardeep Singh, a resident of Dabwali Road area, sought under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. …

Supreme Court dismisses plea for information on pending judgements under RTI Act   

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Feb 16, 2016
Delhi and Bombay high courts, however, mention on their judgements both dates—on which judgement was reserved and when judgement was delivered
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday confirmed a Delhi high court verdict which said the court registry couldn’t be directed to collect information on how long judgements on cases remained pending under the Right to Information Act. …

Penny wise, pound foolish? New CIC resurrects Rs 2 absurdity of RTI Act  

Hindustantiems.com 
Feb 15, 2016
Should a government department spend Rs 27 to get an RTI applicant to pay a fee of Rs 8?

Yes, said chief information commissioner RK Mathur in a controversial decision this week, overruling a “common sense” decision delivered by his predecessor, Satyananda Mishra. …

Don’t disclose students’ information without consulting parents: CIC    

Zeenews.india.com
In a warning to the RTI applicant, Acharyulu said, “The Commission records its admonition against the appellant for misuse of RTI against the school child and warns him against such misuse in future.
January 26, 2016
The Commission admonished the principal of RD Public School and Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) of Directorate of Education (DoE) of Delhi government for disclosing information about a student to his relatives who had a dispute with the student’s family. …

Delhi HC sets aside order asking SC to share info on reserved verdicts   

RTI activist Commodore Lokesh Batra had filed an RTI request seeking data on the number of judgments reserved and kept pending between 2007-09.

Indianexpress.com
The Delhi High Court on Thursday set aside the order of its single judge bench that had required the Supreme Court registry to provide information under the RTI Act on the pending cases in the apex court on which orders had been reserved. …

Disclosure of Govt Email IDs National Security Threat: CIC   

Outlookindia.com
New Delhi | Jan 03, 2016
Email IDs of all government officials cannot be provided under the Right to Information Act as it could cause a serious security threat, the Central Information Commission has ruled. …

RBI, commercial banks can’t hide names of defaulters under RTI, says Supreme Court   

Econbomictimes.indiatimes.com
17 Dec, 2015
NEW DELHI: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and commercial banks cannot hide routine information, such as the names of top defaulters, the losses suffered by banks and details of action taken against erring banks, sought by the public under the Right to Information Act, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday. …

Modi case sets precedent: HC’s timeframe for second RTI appeal gladdens activists

Bangaloremirror.com 
Dec 14, 2015
Now, to avoid inordinate delays, the court sets 45-day limit to the second appeal too
The verdict over denial of information in a curious case of an RTI application seeking information on the cost of prime minister Narendra Modi’s campaign trail as prime ministerial candidate during 2014 polls, cost incurred on his air travel using chartered flights, and his canvassing costs, has given a new fillip to RTI activism in the state. RTI has been bogged down by inordinate delays and indefinite dates to hear cases. …

Central Information Commission turns down 11,000 appeals for lack of required documents

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Dec 3, 2015
NEW DELHI: Over 11,000 appeals have been rejected by Central Information Commission (CIC) so far this year as they were not accompanied by the required documents. …

Central Information Commission has not opened 10,000 RTI envelopes since August-end

Econbomictimes.indiatimes.com
19 Nov, 2015
NEW DELHI: Central Information Commission has found an innovative way of reducing pendency of cases – not opening the mail it receives. The transparency watchdog has not opened envelopes of about 10,000 RTI cases sent to it by aggrieved applicants over two months. …

More: Is CIC a judicial body or admn wing?

Central Information Commission returned over 8,500 pleas  

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
7 Nov, 2015
An analysis of CIC data conducted by Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative reveals that CIC has increasingly been returning appeals and complaints to the applicants since June. …

Central Information Commission appeals plunge 96% in four months

Econbomictimes.indiatimes.com
9 Oct, 2015
NEW DELHI: The number of appeals and complaints with the Central Information Commission (CIC), the final appellate authority for the Right to Information Act, plummeted 96 per cent to 119 in September from 3,356 in May. …

Delhi High Court asks Information Commissioner to hear case in absence of CIC Chief   Ibnlive.in.com
May 04, 2015
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has asked the senior most Information Commissioner of Central Information Commission (CIC) to hear a case in the absence of its chief, saying any backlog will jeopardise the interest of RTI applicants. …

CIC told to hear DERC plea afresh   Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
May 1, 2015
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Thursday asked the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission not to hold its public hearing for fixing power tariff till May 8. Justice Rajiv Shakdher directed the Central Information Commission to once again hear the plea of DERC where the latter wants to go ahead with a public hearing to fix tariff. …

CIC delayed is spirit of RTI denied   Indianexpress.com
Apr 27, 2015
Files already piled up on the Chief Information Commissioner’s desk could take up to 2020 to clear. Delay in appointing the CIC hurts the objectives of both the RTI Act and the PM’s pledge of good governance. …

RTI activists demand non-political info commissioner   Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Apr 27, 2015
CHENNAI: With the present State Chief Information Commissioner (SCIC) K S Sripathi’s term coming to an end on Monday, RTI campaigners have urged the state government to appoint an eminent person who is not a retired bureaucrat and affiliated to any political party. …

Medical bills of SC judges can’t be revealed under RTI: HC   Indianexpress.com
April 19,2015
Observing that giving details of individual medical bills of Supreme Court judges under RTI would “amount to invasion of their privacy”, the Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed a plea seeking details of medical reimbursements of Supreme Court judges under the RTI Act. …

RTI overrides privacy norms of MCI in patients records: CIC   Business-standard.com
New Delhi April 15, 2015
The provisions of Medical Council of India to protect confidentiality in patients’ records cannot override statutes of Right to Information Act, Central Information Commission has held. …

‘CIC order on avoiding penalty on pol parties contrary to law’   Business-standard.com
March 18, 2015
RTI activist Subhash Agrawal today alleged that the order issued by the Central Information Commission expressing helplessness in penalising political parties is “contrary to law” as notices were issued an year before complaint was registered in the Commission. …

CIC pulls up green ministry for ‘misleading’ info on effects of mobile radiation   Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Mar 18, 2015
NEW DELHI: The Central Information Commission has pulled up the environment ministry for providing “false and misleading” information that it had conducted no study on the harmful effects of mobile radiations. …

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HEALTHCARE NEWS

Heart stops for 45 minutes, man lives
Gym goer Vs physically active person
A glass of water contains ten million bacteria!
Easy ways to cure acidity
This is what ready to eat meals do to you
Frequent Breaks, Not Exercise, Best to Cut Long Sitting Hours
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Heart stops for 45 minutes, man lives   

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Apr 20, 2016
For nearly 45 minutes, despite doctors’ aggressive efforts to resuscitate him at Fortis Malar here, heart monitors attached to Jaysukbhai Thaker, 38, simply refused to register even a blip on a flatline -his heart had stopped. …

Gym goer Vs physically active person   

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Mar 22, 2016
We pit a gym rat against a moderately active and health conscious person and deliver a verdict on who is fitter.
For years, we have believed that the only way to keep yourself fit and healthy is to stick to an exercise regimen. …

A glass of water contains ten million bacteria!   

Economictimes.indiatimes.com
28 Dec, 2015
London: A glass of clean drinking water contains ten million ‘good’ bacteria which may help purify the water and keep it safe, a new study has claimed. …

Easy ways to cure acidity

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This is what ready to eat meals do to you

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Nov 25, 2015
This is what ready to eat meals do to you
Ready meals can raise risk of memory loss, says scientific study.
There’s more reason to grouse. Apart from preservatives and additives affecting your physical health, ready meals can raise your risk of memory loss, a new study has found. …

Frequent Breaks, Not Exercise, Best to Cut Long Sitting Hours

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September 22, 2015
London: If you want to remain fit and healthy, try to go for frequent breaks from prolonged sitting at workplace or home as daily morning exercise alone may not help you ward off the ill-effects of sitting for long hours. …

Don’t sit at one place, just hop around your workplace!   Economictimes.indiatimes.com
13 May, 2015
Every morning, after arriving at her office in Adyar, Divya Mohandoss heads to her department where she can choose from a Japanese-style low seating area, hanging rope chairs or comfortable seats at the coffee shop. …

Avoid sitting for long hours for a healthy heart  
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Mar 8, 2015
Sitting for long hours everyday is associated with increased coronary artery calcification that can increase the risk of a heart attack, new research says. …

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SC relief to Colonel in harassment case
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SC relief to Colonel in harassment case   

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Apr 15, 2016 
New Delhi: A critical question – whether a reprimand is punishment enough for a commanding officer in the Army for calling a subordinate woman officer ‘whore’ and ‘prostitute’ – remained unanswered after the Supreme Court dismissed the Centre’s appeal against the mild rebuke. …

Yoga guru fined $6.5 million for sexual harassment   

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Jan 27, 2016
WASHINGTON: After ordering celebrity yoga guru Bikram Choudhury to pay $924,500 in compensatory damages in a lawsuit for sexually harassing and firing a female employee, a US court has told Choudhury to pay $6.47 million in punitive damages. …

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This Uncle wants unmarried couples to get a room, by the hour   

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com 
Apr 13, 2016
When the Delhi/Gurgaon-based startup StayUncle launched last year, it wanted to give people the option of booking a hotel room for even 10 hours, breaking away from the standard practice, which required a guest to pay the full day’s tariff even if the stay was only for a few hours. …

I’m having an extramarital affair on Facebook    Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Nov 18, 2015
Question: I am a 38-year-old married woman with a child. I met a man on Facebook about a year ago. Now, I guess I’m in love with him. …

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Is your sex technique right?   Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Mar 13, 2015
Accepting the fact that your partner is not keen to explore your sexual fantasies isn’t easy. Here’s help! …

29.3cr wives, 28.7cr husbands: Census bares polygamy truth  Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Mar 3, 2015
NEW DELHI: Just released census data shows that there are about 6.6 million more women who are “currently married” than men. …

Love sucks, lets f**k   Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
February 14, 2015 Emblazoned boldly on the chest of a man in his late forties was the t-shirt slogan “love sucks, lets F**k”. …

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CASTE NEWS

Dalits can’t draw water from well here
Tamil Nadu: Dalit man hacked to death in full public view for marrying Thevar girl in Tirupur
The women who refuse to do India’s dirtiest job
I was asked my caste at Dwarka temple: Kumari Selja
Rajasthan: Dalit student beaten for touching utensil in school 
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Dalits can’t draw water from well here   

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Apr 14, 2016
Becharaji (Mehsana): On a sweltering afternoon, a dozen-odd women of Bechar village in Mehsana sit a few steps away from the well with their pots. …

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Tamil Nadu: Dalit man hacked to death in full public view for marrying Thevar girl in Tirupur   

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Mar 14, 2016
In yet another incident of caste violence in Tamil Nadu, a newly-wed couple was beaten up by goons in full public view in Udumalpet, Tirupur, on Sunday, after which the culprits then hacked the man to death. …

The women who refuse to do India’s dirtiest job  

Theguardian.com
March 01, 2016
Ranikumari Khokar is campaigning to end a caste-based practice that condemns women to cleaning human waste by hand
Every morning I would take a broom and tin plate to the homes of the upper caste thakurs to pick up their faeces. I would collect the waste in a cane basket and later throw it in a dumping ground outside the village.” …

I was asked my caste at Dwarka temple: Kumari Selja

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Dec 1, 2015
NEW DELHI: Congress MP Kumari Selja created a stir in Rajya Sabha on Monday by claiming that she was asked about her caste when she visited the Dwarka temple in Gujarat as a Cabinet minister. …

Rajasthan: Dalit student beaten for touching utensil in school

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Oct 04, 2015
A 10-year-old Dalit student of a government school in Osian tehsil sustained minor injuries after his teacher allegedly thrashed him for touching utensil when the mid-day meal was being served inside the school premises, the police said on Saturday. …

Death by tractor: A tale of two FIRs   Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Jun 7, 2015
Case lodged by Jats claims Dalits fired first and were mowed down by tractor driven by own kin but FIR delay and missing weapon are telling. …

Derecognition row: National scheduled castes panel sends notice to IIT Madras    Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
May 31, 2015
NEW DELHI: The national scheduled castes panel has sent a notice to IIT Madras over the de-recognition by the premier technical institute of a students’ group, several of whose members are from the Dalit community, allegedly following a complaint that it was critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. …

Dalits in MP village not allowed to use public borewell   Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
May 23, 2015
ALIRAJPUR: Dalit residents of Ghatwani village in Alirajpur district of Madhya Pradesh — some 400km from Bhopal — have alleged that they are not allowed to use a public borewell and have to drink dirty water of a disused well. …
Emperor Ashoka caught in caste row   Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
May 20, 2015
PATNA: Within days of BJP officials gathering under the Rashtravadi Kushwaha Parishad rubric to celebrate the 2320th birth anniversary of Emperor Ashoka, historians assailed the party for claiming that one of the country’s greatest rulers ever was a Kushwaha by caste. …

Dalit groom attacked for riding a horse   Thehindu.com
May 13, 2015
Upper caste people throw stones, take away the animal …

‘Barbers refuse to cut hair of Dalits’   Thehindu.com
May 03, 2015
After the recent incident of Dalits being denied haircuts at salons at Panjiganahalli in Sira taluk, a similar case has surfaced in Kadagathur, Madhugiri taluk. …

Mention of caste-based abuse sans details can’t attract provisions of SC/ST Act: HC   Indianexpress.com
April 30, 2015
Mere mention of an allegation in the FIR that the complainant was referred to with caste-based remarks is not enough to take cognisance of the offence made under the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act (commonly known as the SC/ST Act), the Allahabad High Court has ruled. …

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INDIA NEWS

Delhi girl Priyadarshini Chatterjee crowned Miss India World
Now, 112 will be India’s national emergency number
Digital India Summit: Post Offices pip SBI to have largest core banking footprint, says Ravi Shankar Prasad
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Delhi girl Priyadarshini Chatterjee crowned Miss India World   

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Apr 10, 2016
Chatterjee will represent India at the Miss World 2016 pageant.
Delhi girl Priyadarshini Chatterjee was announced as the winner of FBB Femina Miss India World by Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan during a star-studded ceremony, which was attended by eminent names from the film and fashion industry. …

Now, 112 will be India’s national emergency number     

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Mar 29, 2016
NEW DELHI: India has decided to adopt ‘112’ as the national emergency number, similar to ‘911’ in the US and ‘999’ in the UK, with the inter-ministerial telecom commission giving a go-ahead to the move. …

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Digital India Summit: Post Offices pip SBI to have largest core banking footprint, says Ravi Shankar Prasad

Economictimes.indiatimes.com
Mar 22, 2016
Listing out the achievements of the Government as it looks to complete two years in power, Minister for Communication and Information Technology, Ravi Shankar Prasad today said during his tenure and because of a sustained push, 20494 post offices have been connected under core banking solution, which is more than the 16333 enabled core banking branches of State Bank of India (SBI). …

Auto Expo 2016: 1.12 lakh visitors on Day 2 results in traffic nightmare

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Feb 6, 2016
GREATER NOIDA: The ongoing Auto Expo at the India Expo Mart here registered a staggering 1.12 lakh visitors on Saturday. This resulted in a massive rush both at the venue as well as most roads leading up to it.
Despite the relatively large parking area around the venue, there was a sea of vehicles with traffic during peak hours flowing into DND Flyway, Kalindi Kunj and Noida-Greater Noida expressway. …

Prime Minister Narendra Modi starts up new business era with tax breaks and mega fund   

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Jan 17, 2016
NEW DELHI: The government on Saturday unveiled a raft of measures – ranging from tax waiver for three years, ending inspector raj and a mega fund — to help boost the start-up eco-system.
The 19-point action plan, which was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi after a day-long event, came with the promise that the government will only play the role of a facilitator and not burden entrepreneurs with complicated compliance requirements. …

Govt launches 22 new schemes under Digital India programme    

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Initiatives in areas such as digital infrastructure, digital empowerment and on-demand govt services unveiled
Dec 29, 2015
New Delhi: The government on Monday expanded its Digital India programme, launching new initiatives and broadening the scope of existing ones, to make more services accessible to the masses. …

Ball set rolling for Lokayukta’s removal   

Thehindu.com
November 18, 2015
BENGALURU: Legislators on Tuesday initiated the process of impeachment of Lokayukta Justice Y Bhaskar Rao by submitting petitions seeking his removal to the Assembly Speaker and the Council Chairman. …

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Women govt servants opting for surrogacy may soon get 180 days maternity leave
7th Pay commission: From Cabinet approval to basic pay, what govt staff need to know about increment
Central govt employees to declare details of foreign accounts
DA increase by 6%; 7th CPC; Take timely action to avoid prolonging of cases: Govt to departments
LTC: Centre Allows Non-entitled Employees To Travel By Air
More …

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Women govt servants opting for surrogacy may soon get 180 days maternity leave   

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com 
Apr 5, 2016
NEW DELHI: As surrogacy brings hope to many childless couples, the government proposes to sync its service rules with the changing times and allow its women employees, whether surrogate or commissioning mothers, to avail 180 days of maternity leave. Even male government servants may be allowed to avail paternity leave in a case of surrogacy. …

7th Pay commission: From Cabinet approval to basic pay, what govt staff need to know about increment  

Oneindia.com
April 2, 2016
New Delhi, April 2: There is good news in the offing for Central Government employees as Seventh Pay Commission will be implemented soon. …

Central govt employees to declare details of foreign accounts  

Hindustantimes.com
Mar 31, 2016
All Central government employees have been asked to declare details of deposits in foreign bank accounts including those of their spouses and dependent children, as per the new rules under the Lokpal Act. …

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– DA increase by 6%
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– Take timely action to avoid prolonging of cases: Government to departments   

Economictimes.indiatimes.com
Mar 17, 2016
NEW DELHI: All central government departments have been asked to take timely action at each stage of a litigation and take unified stand in defending them so as to avoid prolonging of cases filed by employees. …

LTC: Centre Allows Non-entitled Employees To Travel By Air   

Profit.ndtv.com   
March 08, 2016
New Delhi: All non-entitled central government employees have been allowed to travel by air while availing Leave Travel Concession (LTC) with a condition that reimbursement in such cases shall be restricted to the fare of their entitled class of train or actual expense. …

7th Pay Commission: If not hefty pay hike, govt likely to restore allowances

Zeenews.india.com
March 7, 2016
New Delhi: Some good news for government employees anticipating Centre’s response to their demands on salary hike! As per reports, government may agree to reinstate some of the allowances that were subsumed by the 7th Pay Commission’s recommendations. …

Rail Budget 2016: Highlights

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Feb 25, 2016
NEW DELHI: Presenting his second budget, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Thursday unveiled pillars of strategy that would reflect the new thought process for the railways. Here are the highlights of the Rail Budget 2016 …

Share insights and pictures on return from LTC trip, Govt tells employees

Dtf.in : Feb 22, 2016
New Delhi. The Central Government employees may be encouraged to share interesting insights and pictures, if any, of the destination he/she visited while availing LTC, on an appropriate forum. (cf. para 5 of the DoPT O.M. dated 18.02.2016).
To remove the bottlenecks in the processing of the LTC claims, it has been decided by the Department of Personnel & Training to simplify the procedure of application and make the procedure of processing of LTC claims time-bound. The following time-limits shall be followed while processing the LTC applications/claims of the Government servants.

S.No.     Course of action                 Time limit
1     Leave Sanction                         5 working days + 3 working days*
2    Sanction of LTC advance/       5 working days + 3 working days*
      Leave Encashment
3   Time taken by Administration  10 working days + 3 working days*
for verification of LTC claim
after the LTC bill is submitted by
the Government employee for
settlement.
4   Time taken by DDO                  5 working days + 3 working days*
5   Time taken by PAO                  5 working days + 3 working days*
* (a) Additional 3 days transit-time may be allowed where the place of posting of the Government employees is away from their Headquarters. The Government employee may proceed on LTC after action on S.No.1.
(b) Efforts should be made to reduce the duration of processing of LTC application/claims at the earliest. The maximum time limit should be strictly adhered to and non-compliance of time limit should be adequately explained. 
The Government servants are required to inform their Controlling Officer before the journey(ies) on LTC to be undertaken.
It has been decided by that Department that the Leave Sanctioning Authority shall obtain a self-certification from the employee regarding the proposed LTC journey. The pro forma for self-certification has been annexed to the aforesaid DoPT O.M. dated 18.02.2016.
It has also been decided by that Department that whenever a Government servant applies for LTC, he/she may be provided with a copy of the guidelines (enclosed with the aforesaid O.M. dated 18.02.2016) which needs to be followed while availing LTC.
More: DoPT O.M. dated 18.02.2016 – CCS (Leave Travel Concession) Rules, 1988 – Fulfillment of procedural requirements >>> LTC Rules

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Maharashtra first state to grant 180 days maternity leave in surrogacy cases   

Indianexpress.com
Jan 21, 2016
Maharashtra will be the first state in the country where women employees in government jobs can avail up to 180 days’ maternity leave while having a baby through surrogacy. …

New rule limits babus’ foreign trips to four a year   

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Jan 15, 2016
NEW DELHI: Bureaucrats can go on a maximum of four overseas trips in a year, the finance ministry has directed in fresh guidelines which also say secretaries should only undertake foreign travel when no one else can be deputed. …

No quota in promotion in PSU banks: SC   

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Jan 9, 2016
NEW DELHI: Exactly a year after holding that officers belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes can claim reservation in promotion from level 1 to level VI grade, the Supreme Court on Friday admitted that it had committed a mistake while passing the verdict and clarified that there can be no reservation in promotion. …

No suspension of IAS officers without PM nod   

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Dec 31, 2015
NEW DELHI: IAS officers working under the central government can now be placed under suspension only with approval of the Prime Minister, according to new All India Services (Discipline and Appeal) Amendment Rules, 2015. …
More: DoPT Notification dated 21.12.2015 – Amendments to the All India Services (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1969 >>> AIS – Rules/Circulars

Government Considers Gratuity To Employees Under National Pension System   

Ndtv.com
December 22, 2015
New Delhi: Government is considering a proposal to provide gratuity to its employees covered under National Pension System (NPS) on retirement, Parliament was informed today. …

Why implementing the Seventh Pay Commission recommendation is a herculean challenge   

Economictimes.indiatimes.com
20 Dec, 2015
Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur, a former Supreme Court judge and chairman of the Seventh Central Pay Commission (CPC), has returned to his home town Jodhpur in Rajasthan after spending two years in Delhi and submitting a 900-page humongous report recommending a hike in pay, allowances and pension for 47 lakh government employees and 52 lakh pensioners. …

Central govt employees to enjoy adventure activities; tourism to grow   

Financialexpress.com
Central government employees will now enjoy adventure tourism, under special casual leave, granted by the Government of India …
December 9, 2015

Non-gazetted posts: In line with PM’s resolve, only online tests 

Indianexpress.com
December 1, 2015
A month after Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared his government’s resolve to do away with interviews for non-gazetted jobs in the central government from January 1, online tests are set to replace the objective-type written examinations as a “viable and practical alternative”. …

All 50000 retiring babus in 2016 to get dues, pension orders on day of retirement

Economictimes.indiatimes.com
Nov 27, 2015
NEW DELHI: Remember the iconic scene in the Munnabhai sequel of movies where a senior citizen strips in an office to get his pension? Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) Jitendra Singh did not have to do that but did concede on Thursday that he too had to wait for a year for his pension to start after taking voluntary retirement. …

RTI replies should be timely, transparent and trouble-free: PM Modi

Dnaindia.com
16 October 2015
“RTI replies should be timely, transparency and trouble- free. It will help in reducing possibilities of errors,” he said at the function which was boycotted by leading RTI activists, including Aruna Roy, after authorities restricted the invitations to some activists citing security reasons. …

Now, retired babus to probe serving ones in the govt   

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Oct 9, 2015
NEW DELHI: It is often seen that departmental enquiries against government servants involved in illegal activities don’t make much headway. However, to make sure that enquiries are conducted in a fair manner, the government has decided to engage retired officers with “impeccable integrity” and a “clean service record” to probe serving officers. …

Spouses may mislead, say bureaucrats against asset disclosure norms

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Oct 09, 2015
Security fears, dowry demands and the possibility of their spouses giving misleading information about their assets were some of the reasons cited by desperate bureaucrats trying to avoid disclosing their as well as immediate family’s wealth. …

Verify employees service 5 years before retirement: Government to departments

India.com
September 21, 2015
All central government departments have been asked to verify services of employees working under them mandatorily five years before retirement in order to check delay in processing pension cases. …

Government forms expert panel to review civil services exam pattern

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Sep 27, 2015
NEW DELHI: An expert committee has been formed by the government to examine various issues related to age relaxation, eligibility, syllabus and pattern of civil services examination to select IAS and IPS officers. …
More: DPPW O.M. dated 16.09.2015 – Verification of qualifying service after 18 years service and 5 years before retirement >>> Pension Rules 

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DIVORCE/MAINTENANCE NEWS

Weird reasons cited by couples for divorce
No alimony if woman divorced over adultery, HC rules
SC: Right to maintenance of a wife absolute, Section 125 of CrPC applicable on divorced women

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* Consideration for promotion a fundamental right. – SC Judgment dated 09.01.2014 – Major General H.M. Singh, VSM Vs. Union of India and Anr.
* The charge sheet/charge memo having not been approved by the disciplinary authority was non est in the eye of law – SC Judgment dated 05.09.2013 – Union of India & Ors. Vs. B.V. Gopinath
* The Court or police/CBI cannot impound a passport. – SC Judgment dated 24.01.2008 – Suresh Nanda Vs. C.B.I.

■ A practice did not acquire sanction of religion simply because it was permitted. Such a practice could be regulated by law without violating Article 25. – SC Judgment dated 09.02.2015 – Khursheed Ahmad Khan Vs. State of U.P. & Ors. (Second marriage during the currency of first marriage)
■ The amended definition of the expression “NPA” under Section 2(1)(o) of the SARFAESI Act is constitutionally valid. – SC Judgment dated 28.01.2015 – Keshavlal Khemchand and Sons Pvt. Ltd. Vs. Union of India & Others
■ Mere expression of any words without any intention to cause alarm would not be sufficient to bring in the application of section 503 of IPC. But material has to be placed on record to show that the intention is to cause alarm to the complainant. “…in exercise of its jurisdiction under Section 482 Cr.P.C., the court should be extremely cautious to interfere with the investigation or trial of a criminal case and should not stall the investigation, save except when it is convinced beyond any manner of doubt that the FIR does not disclose commission of offence and that continuance of the criminal prosecution would amount to abuse of process of the court.” –  SC Judgment dated 20.01.2015 – Manik Taneja & Anr. Vs. State of Karnataka & Anr.
■ Once the Labour Court has exercised the discretion judicially, the High Court can interfere with the award, only if it is satisfied that the award of the Labour Court is vitiated by any fundamental flaws. – SC Judgment dated 14.01.2015 – K.V.S. Ram Vs. Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corp.
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Delhi court orders man to pay Rs 35,000 as monthly maintenance to estranged wife   

Dnaindia.com 
Apr 03, 2016
A man, accused in a domestic violence case, has been ordered to pay a monthly maintenance of Rs 35,000 to his estranged wife, with a Delhi court dismissing his appeal saying the woman is entitled to live the status she was enjoying before parting ways. …

Weird reasons cited by couples for divorce   

Timesofndia.indiatimes.com
Dec 21, 2015
Last week, a Noida woman filed a complaint against her husband after he sent her a talaq over email for being “too dark-skinned”. …

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After divorce on WhatsApp, Kerala woman pleads for help

Oneindia.com
Sunday, October 11, 2015
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 11: Her husband divorced her using the messaging app WhatsApp. But she did not know anything about his whereabouts. …

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No alimony if woman divorced over adultery, HC rules    Timesofndia.indiatimes.com
Aug 17, 2015
MADURAI: A woman divorced on the ground of adultery cannot claim maintenance from her ex-husband, the Madras high court has ruled. …

SC: Right to maintenance of a wife absolute, Section 125 of CrPC applicable on divorced women   Timesofndia.indiatimes.com
Apr 7, 2015
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday said the right to maintenance of a wife was absolute and no exceptions could be made, ruling that Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which embodies this rule, would apply to divorced Muslim women as well. …

Qualified woman can’t claim maintenance: Court   Timesofndia.indiatimes.com
Mar 8, 2015 MUMBAI: A family court has observed that a well-qualified woman cannot claim maintenance from her husband. …

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A stranger on the platform   

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com 
Mar 30, 2016
“Hurry up Nidhi, or else we will miss the train and that would probably mean the end of world,” I shouted.
“Oh God! This must be ‘The D day’ for me. It seems that all the voracious and wild beasts from all over the world have come to this particular piece of land today. No male can be trusted. For them, girls are like a prey, born to be tethered away,” I thought in my mind. …

How a medical report made me realize my love for him

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com 
Mar 1, 2016
Tears were rolling down my cheeks as I held the white piece of paper in my hands. …

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My aborted child still haunts me   

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Feb 22, 2016
I am a 26-year-old, media professional, living in Delhi with my fiance, who I met a year ago. Life has completely changed since last year, a new job brought sudden stability and he brought a sudden sense of responsibility in me, which was very exciting yet a little scary, when I thought about the future. …

When I was groped in a ‘safe’ city   

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Jan 10, 2016
I live right next to the place of my work. It is hardly a minute away on foot. I shifted to this new town recently, a fairly small one. Hence, I didn’t like it much, but we go where work takes us. …

Yes, I got pregnant when my husband was out of town   

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Dec 13, 2015
On a chilly Saturday morning, as the second line showed a faint positive I was gripped with shock, fear and sadness. The greatest joy to womanhood just turned into a curse. …

I found love after marriage, only to lose it

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Nov 27, 2015
I fell in love too and it happened, when I had least expected it. However, there was only one problem with this love. I was married and he was in a long-distance relationship. He was alone in the city and I was alone within my family. …

Why I Am Speaking About My Gang-Rape – by Sapna Bhavnani      Ndtv.com
July 09, 2015 
Sapna Bhavnani’s picture and blog for Humans of Bombay has gone viral since it was posted yesterday with over 65,000 likes and 6,000 shares. …

Vishakha Singh: All women have breasts   Timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Amyra Dastur: Emraan has the bitchiest sense of humour   Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Apr 14, 2015,
Amyra Dastur, 21, is honest, sensitive and simple. …

My rapist is now an advocate: Victim narrates the tale of horror    Hindustantimes.com
December 18, 2014
I am waiting for the day when I’ll be a judge after clearing the Provisional Civil Services (PCS) exam. I am striving hard to realise my wish with just three semesters short of clearing my graduation in law. …   

More: 15 Most Beautiful Women in the World

‘I have a hot body and don’t mind showing it’    TimesofIndia.indiatimes.com
Oct 27, 2014
‘I have a hot body and don’t mind showing it’ Priyanka Chopra’s first cousin, Barbie Handa, has now been been rechristened Manaara to make her name more ‘marketable’. …

Deepika Padukone’s cleavage post a ‘compliment’? Tweeple don’t agree    Hindustantimes.com
September 14, 2014
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