Parliamentary Panel submits report on Judicial Accountability Bill

The Parliamentary Standing committee that examined the Judicial Accountability and Standards bill recommended that Judges should not make unnecessary comments on statutory authorities while adjudicating on issues brought before them. The report of the committee was tabled in both the houses of parliament on Tuesday. Later briefing media, the committee chairman Abhishek Manu Singhvi said the […]

Cloud Computing to Transform the BPO/Outsourcing Arena

With the onset of globalization during the early 1990s, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) became the new mantra that provided relief to corporate executives from some of their day-to-day process management responsibilities, while driving down costs and improving operational efficiencies. Today, BPO is a viable and inevitable part of the business strategy of any and every organization. […]

India’s first ever nutritional tele-counselling facility for Mothers announced

Hyderabad: ‘Healthy Mother Healthy Baby’ an educational programme on good nutrition for mothers, in partnership with doctors and nutritionists is announced. The programme is taken up as part of National Nutrition Week which is celebrated between 1st and 7th September 2011.This initiative is launched by Abbott across 150 towns in India. In Andhra Pradesh, it will be held […]

“HE LIVES” – A DANCE TRIBUTE PAID BY 150 PLUS MJ FANS ON 53RD BIRTHDAY OF KING OF POP MICHAEL JACKSON IN HYDERABAD

Hyderabad: Rams Step Up, a Hyderabad based Dance Studio that presents workshops in Hip- Hop, Salsa, Contemporary, Bollywood, Free style all through the year organized on Monday “Hi Lives”, a dance performance as a tribute to the deceased King of Pop Michael Jackson who would have turned 53 years on 29th August. The performance was […]

GDP growth slows to 7.7 pc in April-June qtr of 11-12

India’s economy grew by just 7.7 pc in the first quarter of the 2011-12 financial year, compared to 8.8 pc growth in the same three-month period last fiscal, which was mainly due to the poor performance of the manufacturing sector. The government has projected overall economic growth in the current fiscal at around 8.5 percent, […]

Gujarat Lokayukta appointment rocks Parliament

The appointment of Lokayukta in Gujarat rocked Parliament on Tuesday, with an agitated BJP terming it as “undemocratic” and demanding recall of Governor Kamla Beniwal accusing her of violating the federal structure. BJP members created uproar in both Houses over the issue. Lok Sabha failed to transact any business as it was adjourned, first till […]

Hazare gets ‘get well soon’ message from PM

Anna Hazare, who is hospitalised after his 12-day fast, received a ‘Get Well Soon’ message from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday. Dr. Singh sent the message through an official of his personal staff along with a bouquet of flowers, PMO sources said. Hazare was admitted in a hospital in Gurgaon on Sunday after he […]

HC stays execution of Rajiv assassins for eight weeks

The Madras High Court has stayed for eight weeks the execution of three Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convicts, the three — Murugan, Santhan and Perarivalan lodged in Vellore Jail, were scheduled to be hanged on 9th Sep. Granting the interim stay on Tuesday, a bench comprising justices C Nagappan and M Sathayanarayanan observed there had […]

GDP growth slows down to 7.7 per cent in Q1 (April-June) of 2011-12 from 8.8 per cent in corresponding period of previous year.

BJP submits notice for suspension of Question Hr in Parl

BJP on Tuesday gave notices in both Houses of Parliament for suspension of Question Hour to discuss the appointment of Lokayukta in Gujarat by the Governor. The notice for suspension of Question Hour in Lok Sabha was given to Speaker Meira Kumar by BJP member Haren Pathak while in the Rajya Sabha, Leader of Opposition […]