- PM Manmohan Singh takes responsibility for CVC selection fiasco
The Opposition on Tuesday forced Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to accept full responsibility for the CVC fiasco, both as the head of the se...
09 Mar, 2011, 04.51 AM IST
- PM accepts responsibility for appointing PJ Thomas
The prime minister, however, was non-committal about making a statement in parliament on the issue.
05 Mar, 2011, 01.55 AM IST
- I accept my responsibility: Prime Minister on CVC's appointment
Thomas' appointment was termed illegal by the Supreme Court Thursday. The PM was part of a three-member panel which selected him to the pos...
04 Mar, 2011, 05.54 PM IST
- BJP holds PM responsible for Thomas' appointment
BJP holds PM responsible for Thomas’ appointment; CPM says govt stands exposed to the charge that it was not concerned with ensuring integr...
04 Mar, 2011, 05.56 AM IST
- SC shows exit door to CVC Thomas, slams govt
The Supreme Court on Thursday quashed the appointment of PJ Thomas as central vigilance commissioner for his involvement in the palmolein i...
04 Mar, 2011, 05.40 AM IST
- Appointment of new CVC to take at least a month
The apex court, while striking down PJ Thomas' appointment as CVC, recommended a set of guidelines to ensure that a similar goof-up does no...
04 Mar, 2011, 01.23 AM IST
- Indictment of PM: Ex-CEC Lyngdoh
If the reaction of the liberal, apolitical sections to the SC's decision to strike down PJ Thomas' appointment as Central Vigilance Commiss...
04 Mar, 2011, 01.19 AM IST
- Kerala CPM has Congress goose cooked in palmolein
The verdict against Thomas should delight CPM-led Left Democratic Front in Kerala, which recently scored major political point when former ...
03 Mar, 2011, 08.45 PM IST
- PJ Thomas first CVC whose appointment quashed by SC
Polayil Joseph Thomas is the country's 14th CVC and was appointed under controversial circumstances on September seven, 2010 by a three-mem...
03 Mar, 2011, 12.41 PM IST
- Supreme Court verdict on CVC Thomas today
The Supreme Court will on Thursday pronounce its verdict on the petitions challenging appointment of PJ Thomas as Central Vigilance Commiss...
03 Mar, 2011, 04.04 AM IST
- 153 MPs face criminal cases, so what if he is chargesheeted: Thomas' lawyer
As pressure piles up on the government to guide the Central Vigilance Commissioner toward an exit from office, PJ Thomas compounded matters...
08 Feb, 2011, 01.13 AM IST
- CVC can't be final authority, says SC on Thomas
The Supreme Court on Thursday said mere vigilance clearance cannot override the pending chargesheet against the CVC in palmolein import cas...
04 Feb, 2011, 04.09 AM IST
- Acquittal of PJ Thomas before trial? What’s Sushma Swaraj talking about asks PC
P Chidambaram on Wednesday took strong exception to Opposition Leader Sushma Swaraj’s charge that he had misled the CVC selection committee...
03 Feb, 2011, 06.24 AM IST
- Taint record on PJ Thomas not placed before selectors: Govt
The government admitted that information about the pending chargesheet was not part of the docket placed before the selection panel.
28 Jan, 2011, 05.34 AM IST
- Centre lying over CVC appointment: Sushma Swaraj
BJP accused the government of lying before the Supreme Court that the high-powered committee was not aware of the charges against PJ Thomas...
28 Jan, 2011, 05.30 AM IST
- CVC PJ Thomas to quit today
With Central Vigilance Commissioner PJ Thomas set to quit on Saturday, he will not only retire from government service but will also lose t...
04 Dec, 2010, 02.22 AM IST
- PJ Thomas to vacate the post of CVC
With the Supreme Court and the Opposition piling up pressure on the Centre for the removal of the ‘tainted’ CVC, the government leadership ...
01 Dec, 2010, 12.50 AM IST