'A fortnight ago, Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said the government would change the law to overturn a ban on e-rickshaws in the capital and launch the “Deen Dayal scheme” under which potential buyers of the vehicle would get a loan at 3 per cent interest. This was not only good news for an estimated 1 lakh operators who currently ply their trade in a legal grey zone — with no regulation on either standards or safety — but also for a company in Nagpur closely linked with Gadkari and his family...
"The multi-crore Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board (MPPEB) scam has now knocked at the RSS doors. As per reports, names of several top RSS functionaries have cropped up in the case, including Suresh Soni and ex-chief late KS Sudarshan. Pankaj Trivedi, ex-controller of MPPEB or Vyapam, has told the Special Task Force (STF) probing the case in a written statement that former state higher education minister Laxmikant Sharma had recommended that a candidate named Mihir Kumar be appointed food inspector.
'Narendra Modi has been true to his word: from chief minister of six crore Gujaratis, he has leapfrogged and become the prime minister of six crore Gujaratis. Whatever he does in his following years in office, he has already taken that one momentous decision that will potentially redefine the Centre-state relationship forever. Gujarat will now have the improved 138-metre Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP) on the Narmada. It will have water for its parched earth and for its insatiable industries.
"Industrialist Aditya Birla, who came under investigation by the CBI in the coal allocation case, was the largest contributor to BJP donating Rs 7.50 crore through his General Electoral Trust in 2012-2013. The Trust had donated Rs 26.6 crore to the BJP between 2004-2005 and 2011-2012. Incidentally, Birla's name came up for investigation during the last months of the UPA regime. The Birla group did not make any contribution to Congress in the last financial year after being its top donor with a donation of Rs 36.4 crore between 2004-2005 and 2011-2012.
"The letter of Gopal Subramanium to the CJI withdrawing his consent for appointment as a judge of the Supreme Court has created quite a furore in the country. People are getting reminded of 1973 when Indira Gandhi directed Mohan Kumaramangalam to take steps to have a committed judiciary.
'...The first reason given by the government for opposing Subramanium's appointment is ridiculous. The government says that a conversation between Radia and some third person shows Subramanium in a poor light. On the contrary, the conversation between Radia and Ratan Tata where his name is mentioned shows him in a very favourable light, since Radia says "I am not sure that he (Subramanium) will agree to what they say. He is an upright person. I think Raja will be trying to get the AG (Vahanvati)".
"Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital (KDAH) has apologised to the Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) for offering incentives to doctors referring patients to the hospital... The hospital's apology follows a show-cause notice by the medical council in May... The MMC alleged the hospital has been sending entry forms, titled Elite Forum, to various doctors. "We had received the form from two doctors... it clearly shows rewards for admissions. This indicates doctors are offered a cut for referring patients to the hospital," MMC president Dr Kishor Taori said...
'Law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has urged the Law Commission to explore ways and means to ensure that "foreign firms" and "major Indian companies" are not dragged before courts in cases based on frivolous complaints and harassed by judicial delays, making his first intervention on an issue that threatens India's allure as a business-friendly destination...
"Former Madhya Pradesh Minister Laxmikant Sharma was today arrested by the Special Task Force in connection with his alleged involvement in the MP Professional Board Examination (MPPBE) scam. The entrance tests for various professional courses like medical and engineering and also for recruitment in government services, had been held by the board. "Sharma was arrested by the STF in connection with the scam," a senior STF official told PTI. The former Minister was taken into custody from his official residence, 74 Bungalow area in Dayanand Nagar by the STF sleuths.
