The Economic Times: New Delhi: Friday, April 3, 2015.
Sting wars within AAP appear to have unnerved Delhi's babus. At a discussion held for increasing awareness about RTI Act among officials, head of administrative reforms department, V Pandey, faced a peculiar question from an information official: "What do we do if a person seeking info tries to record conversations while taking info?" Pandey said, "Ask the person to keep his/her mobile outside (office)."
Jagdish Sharma back in news
Remember Jagdish Sharma? This self-marketed Priyanka Gandhi fan, having taken TV news channels for a ride recently by recycling old photos of Rahul Gandhiholidaying in Uttarakhand, was back in action on Thursday morning by shouting slogans against Union minister Giriraj Singh. And the channels, surely, 'starred' him for a while to fill the morning vacuum on the actions-cum-bytes front.
The 'infamous' saansad's list
Some MPs are facing a bit of embarrassment as their names are figuring on the list of MPs who have still not opted for PM Modi's Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana scheme.Asansol MP and Minister of State for Urban Development Babul Supriyo is angry that even though he has adopted a village Sidhabari and started work, his name figures in the list of rural development ministry's website.
Parrikar keeps it plain & simple
Despite maintaining a gruelling travel schedule, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has refused to use the Embraer luxury jet that is allotted to him from IAF's VVIP squadron. He was in Japan till Wednesday, left for Bangalore the next day and will spend a day in Goa before pushing off to Mumbai for a naval function on Monday, all via commercial airlines.
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