Congress veteran VM Sudheeran resigns from KPCC political affairs committeeThe displeasure over the reshuffle procedures and the working style of the present leadership under new KPCC chief K Sudhakaran were said t...
Congress leader PT Thomas slams IUML for backing Islamic preacher Zakir NaikThomas said there is a strong feeling among the relatives of some youths, who went missing, that Zakir Naik's Islamic Research Foundation h...
Lokpal search committee to be reconstituted"There is no search committee for the Lokpal at the moment. It will be reconstituted," a senior government official said requesting anonymi...
Government expedites efforts to select members of Lokpal committeeDepartment of Personnel and Training has expedited efforts to select seven members and chairperson of the Search Committee for Lokpal, offi...
Retired SC judge K T Thomas refuses to head Lokpal search panelFali Nariman had recently also refused to be part of the Lokpal search panel, voicing fears that the best will be overlooked by the multi-l...
- Hazare's men fail to meet Rahul Gandhi, Congress MP says sorry
Congress MP from Idukki, PT Thomas, who had offered to set up the meeting with Rahul and called them here for an appointment on October 18.
- Govt gets over 50 nominations for CVC post
The govt has received nominations from former bureaucrats, politicians and judges in response to its ad for the post following the ouster o...
- 'Chavan's statement on CVC issue baseless'
Kerala CM has described as `baseless' the statement of Maha CM that Kerala govt had not informed the Centre that P J Thomas was involved in...
- CVC appointment on basis of Kerala govt input, repeats Chavan
Prithviraj Chavan reiterated his earlier claim that the government of Kerala was to be blamed for PJ Thomas being appointed as the CVC.
- President Pratibha Patil cancels appointment of Thomas as CVC
President Pratibha Patil cancelled the appointment of P J Thomas as Central Vigilance Commissioner, 11 days after the SC quashed his select...
- CVC fiasco: PM's statement in Parliament incorrect, says Yechury
Dr. Singh told the Rajya Sabha that he approved the appointment because he felt the official must have been cleared of the charges.
- Kerala govt didn't clear Thomas for central job
PJ Thomas became India's CVC despite his home cadre clearly communicating that he should not be considered for central deputation, docs wit...
- 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...
- I was not aware of corruption case against Thomas: PM
Chavan, who is now Maha CM, was the MoS incharge of DoPT at the time of Thomas' selection by the committee headed by the PM.
- Supreme Court quashes appointment of PJ Thomas as Central Vigilance Commissioner
SC said that the high-powered comittee's recommendation on appointment of Thomas "does not exist in law". Thomas was appointed CVC on Sep 3...
- CVC wants DoPT to deny sanction for prosecution
CVC PJ Thomas appears to have made up his mind not to quit unless the government denies sanction to prosecute him in the palmolein case.
- CVC likely to quit ahead of SC hearing
A file stuck in the department of personnel for over a decade will force Central Vigilance Commissioner PJ Thomas to quit ahead of the Supr...