CVC's deadline for probe against govt officials
Taking strong exception to the delay by ministries and departments in initiating inquiries against allegedly guilty government servants, the Central Vigilance Commission has now fixed a six months time-frame for completing such probes.



A caste war that doesn't spare the dead
For 60-year-old Hazara Singh, a resident of the 4,500-strong Bhail village near the Beas, his inferior status as a Mazhbi Sikh could not have been more cruelly reinforced.



Govt aims to stabilise population by year 2045
The Union Cabinet on Tuesday adopted the National Population Policy 2000 and decided to extend the freeze on the strength of the Lok Sabha to 2026 as a measure to help in implementing the policy by not putting the states which do so successfully at a disadvantage in terms of seats.



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