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INX Media case: Bid to legalise dubious FDI as finance minister to help son Karti puts P Chidambaram in dock
Yatishyadav •The senior Congress leader suffered twin setback on Tuesday when Delhi High Court first rejected his plea and subsequently the apex court asked him to move the appeal on Wednesday.
Tenders worth over Rs 25,000 cr cancelled or modified to promote Make in India products
•The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) stepped in to change the conditions of tenders in order to promote 'Made in India' goods, a top official said.
CVC tells ministries to take action against corrupt bureaucrats before they retire; 25 officials from SBI, Canara Bank, PNB, other banks under scanner
Yatishyadav •The anti-corruption watchdog Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has asked the government departments to take timely action against tainted bureaucrats and not wait till their retirement
DGCA detects flaws in runway maintenance work at Ahmedabad airport, AAI fails to act despite incriminating vigilance report
Yatishyadav •The shoddy maintenance work at the airport in the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi jeopardises the safety of passengers with flights being operated under challenging circumstances.
Vigilance heat forced BEL to drastically cut tender size for software in IAF's Rs 7,900-cr IACCS project, but contract went to tainted US firm
Yatishyadav •The vigilance recommended blacklisting of M/S RTI, USA, initiation of disciplinary action against officers involved and including the name of two senior officers in doubtful integrity list but nothing of that sort happened.
CVC seeks sanction to prosecute ex-NITI Aayog CEO, former MSME secretary, serving IAS officer in INX Media case
Yatishyadav •INX Media case: The CVC has advised the Department of Economic Affairs to issue a sanction to prosecute former NITI Aayog CEO Sindhushree Khullar, ex-secretary of MSME ministry Anup K Pujari and principal secretary in the Himachal government Prabodh Saxena.
CBI purge continues, government curtails tenure of two senior officers at centre of controversy
•The tenures of two senior IPS officers — Anish Prasad and Abhay Singh — at the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) have been curtailed, according to a Personnel Ministry order issued Wednesday
PM, SC, CJI, Justice Sikri, CVC, CBI…The many sullied reputations in the canonisation of Saint Alok Verma
Bv Rao And Ajay Singh •In the euphoria of Alok Verma's victory against the government, the nuance was lost. The Supreme Court had brought Alok Verma back as a lame duck only because the government was wrong in the strict procedural and legal sense.
Govt curtails tenure of four CBI officers including Rakesh Asthana; move necessary to clean agency before new chief takes over
Yatishyadav •The curtailment of the tenure of four officers of CBI on Thursday, including Rakesh Asthana and AK Sharma, shows the government is not interested in surface decoration but a serious cleanup of the agency
In CBI-Alok Verma case, maligning Justice AK Sikri for his deciding vote and targeting CVC inquiry do democracy no good
Shishir Tripathi •On 10 January, Alok Verma was removed from his post at the CBI after a high-powered selection committee, comprising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge and Justice AK Sikri of the Supreme Court.