Try MPs, MLAs within a year: SC
The proceedings have to be completed within a year after framing of charges.
PM group to clear projects over Rs 500 crore
Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) expands the power of PM's project monitoring group to clear over Rs 500 crore projects stuck for environment or forest clearances. Currenlty, the limit is Rs 1000 crore.
SC orders crackdown on hate speech
Impelling law enforcement agencies to book politicians for making hate speeches, the Supreme Court asked the Law Commission to examine if a party can be derecognised and its leader disqualified for such contentious remarks.
Vodafone shared subscriber details with UK's spy agency
An office memorandum of the Union Home Ministry alleged that leading telecom firms, including Vodafone and Verizon, shared subscriber details with Britain’s spy agency, Government Communication Headquarters (GCHQ)..
A multi-agency grid of revenue and security intelligence agencies to regularly update Election Commission about suspected financial movements to curb use of black money in Lok Sabha and assembly polls.
Process started at Delhi to get exact number of refugees and also to check on Chinese spies but what if this data gets into Chinese hands?
India to get 200 low cost airports
The airports will connect tier-II and tier-III cities in the next 20 years.
SC stays death for two in Delhi gangrape:case
One of them alleged he was coerced to accept a lawyer chosen by police during trial. A High court bench had earlier upheld captial punishment saying the offence falls in the category of the rarest of the rare.
At Rs 25,000 cr, J&K's biggest land scam
The CAG has estimated a Rs 25,000-crore land transfer scam in Jammu and Kashmir, under the much-hyped Roshni scheme to raise funds for power projects.
Avoid cut in power supply to Delhi: Tribunal
Delhiites should not be subjected to a power tariff hike or load-shedding due to liquidation of regulatory assets or non-payment of bills by power distribution companies to generating companies respectively, says the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity.
BIMARU states get better on human development index
According to the latest figures released by the Institute of Applied Manpower Research (IAMR) under the Planning Commission, disadvantaged groups are starting to share benefits of human development process. Muslims have consistently improved better than other marginalised groups.
For Indraprastha again
The Archaeological Survey of India is on an expedition to discover painted grey wares of the Mahabharat period, which will conclusively prove the existence of Indraprastha, the city of pandavas.
CCE sails through first Class XII test
Students who skipped Class X boards did better in Class XII boards that those who appeared, says a CCE report released by the CBSE on four years of implementation of the novel evaluation methodology.
Haryana, Gujarat, MP industry-friendly states
A study sponsored by the Planning Commission shows that Haryana, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh are the top three industry-friendly states in the country. Orissa is at the fourth position, and Andhra Pradesh the fifth.
This is a roundup of policy news from March 9-16. Compiled by Vineela Reddy