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The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) had in a February 17, 2020, report alleged "glaring irregularities" by the Arvind Kejriwal-led government in the construction of 2,405 classrooms in 193 government schools in the national capital.

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia today claimed he has answered all questions posed by the BJP about the excise policy and CVC report on classrooms.

Weeks after Sonia Gandhi's scathing criticism in Parliament, the government has decided to fill key posts in the Chief Vigilance Commission and the Information Commission.

The country's premier investigating agency, the CBI, has been asked to conduct a preliminary investigation on whether there was a scam in how coal fields were allotted to private companies during 2006-2009. During this period, the Prime Minister had direct charge of the coal ministry. The CBI has been asked to give its report within three months to...

The controversy over the CVC's appointment may have been bad news for the government, but it has also brought trouble for the BJP.The divide in the top ranks of the party over the CVC issue is out in the open now. BJP President Nitin Gadkari has said that the party will not let the controversy regarding the appointment of the Central Vigilance Comm...

Slamming Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the issue of appointment of PJ Thomas as the Chief Vigilance Commissioner, which was quashed by the Supreme Court, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today demanded that he should explain the circumstances behind the appointment."The Prime Minister is duty-bound to tell whether there was an error of judgement...

Senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj has denied that there are any differences within the party over the Prime Minister's statement on the CVC case. Responding to questions from the media on Saturday, Ms Swaraj clarified that she didn't ask for the PM's statement as he had already said that he will make one and that, this in no way meant that there were...

On an official trip to Jammu, questions put to the Prime Minister focused only on the political developments in Delhi in the last 24 hours.The Supreme Court yesterday struck the government hard by declaring that PJ Thomas' appointment as India's Central Vigilance Commissioner was invalid. Mr Thomas was selected in September by a three-member commit...

A day after the government defended the Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) PJ Thomas in the Supreme Court calling him a person of impeccable integrity, the BJP has hit out at the Prime Minister over Thomas' appointment.Addressing a press conference today, BJP spokesman Ravi Shankar Prasad said the government is trying to defend a tainted CVC. He al...

Senior IAS officer P J Thomas was on Tuesday sworn-in as the new Central Vigilance Commissioner amid a boycott by main Opposition BJP which has been objecting to his appointment to the post in view of his alleged tainted background.Thomas, the Telecom Secretary till now, was administered the oath of office by President Pratibha Patil at Rashtrapati...

The BJP has taken its battle against the new Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) to President Pratibha Patil. Senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj met the President on Tuesday evening and explained why BJP boycotted the ceremony, setting the stage for a confrontation with the UPA government.That on a day PJ Thomas took oath as the Central Vigilance Com...

The decision to appoint P J Thomas, Secretary in the Ministry of Telecommunications, as the new Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) has not gone down well with the BJP, even though Sushma Swaraj herself was on the selection panel along with the Prime Minister, Home Minister, and Minister of State in the Prime Minister's office Prithviraj Chavan.Th...

The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) had in a February 17, 2020, report alleged "glaring irregularities" by the Arvind Kejriwal-led government in the construction of 2,405 classrooms in 193 government schools in the national capital.

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia today claimed he has answered all questions posed by the BJP about the excise policy and CVC report on classrooms.

Weeks after Sonia Gandhi's scathing criticism in Parliament, the government has decided to fill key posts in the Chief Vigilance Commission and the Information Commission.

The country's premier investigating agency, the CBI, has been asked to conduct a preliminary investigation on whether there was a scam in how coal fields were allotted to private companies during 2006-2009. During this period, the Prime Minister had direct charge of the coal ministry. The CBI has been asked to give its report within three months to...

The controversy over the CVC's appointment may have been bad news for the government, but it has also brought trouble for the BJP.The divide in the top ranks of the party over the CVC issue is out in the open now. BJP President Nitin Gadkari has said that the party will not let the controversy regarding the appointment of the Central Vigilance Comm...

Slamming Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the issue of appointment of PJ Thomas as the Chief Vigilance Commissioner, which was quashed by the Supreme Court, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today demanded that he should explain the circumstances behind the appointment."The Prime Minister is duty-bound to tell whether there was an error of judgement...

Senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj has denied that there are any differences within the party over the Prime Minister's statement on the CVC case. Responding to questions from the media on Saturday, Ms Swaraj clarified that she didn't ask for the PM's statement as he had already said that he will make one and that, this in no way meant that there were...

On an official trip to Jammu, questions put to the Prime Minister focused only on the political developments in Delhi in the last 24 hours.The Supreme Court yesterday struck the government hard by declaring that PJ Thomas' appointment as India's Central Vigilance Commissioner was invalid. Mr Thomas was selected in September by a three-member commit...

A day after the government defended the Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) PJ Thomas in the Supreme Court calling him a person of impeccable integrity, the BJP has hit out at the Prime Minister over Thomas' appointment.Addressing a press conference today, BJP spokesman Ravi Shankar Prasad said the government is trying to defend a tainted CVC. He al...

Senior IAS officer P J Thomas was on Tuesday sworn-in as the new Central Vigilance Commissioner amid a boycott by main Opposition BJP which has been objecting to his appointment to the post in view of his alleged tainted background.Thomas, the Telecom Secretary till now, was administered the oath of office by President Pratibha Patil at Rashtrapati...

The BJP has taken its battle against the new Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) to President Pratibha Patil. Senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj met the President on Tuesday evening and explained why BJP boycotted the ceremony, setting the stage for a confrontation with the UPA government.That on a day PJ Thomas took oath as the Central Vigilance Com...

The decision to appoint P J Thomas, Secretary in the Ministry of Telecommunications, as the new Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) has not gone down well with the BJP, even though Sushma Swaraj herself was on the selection panel along with the Prime Minister, Home Minister, and Minister of State in the Prime Minister's office Prithviraj Chavan.Th...