CMO suspended for demanding bribe to issue ration cards

Last Updated: Friday, August 30, 2013, 16:47

A top civic officer from Janjgir- Champa district of Chhattisgarh has been suspended for allegedly demanding bribe for issuing ration cards.

`Fake ration cards being used for Aadhar cards in Goa`

Last Updated: Thursday, May 16, 2013, 14:08

Bogus ration cards, a fact which has been acknowledged by Goa`s civil supplies ministry, are being used to acquire Aadhar cards in the state, a civil society group claimed on Thursday.

Punjab set to achieve 100 pc computerisation of ration cards

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 26, 2013, 18:17

The Punjab government has achieved 96 per cent computerisation of ration cards and is all set to touch the 100 mark in next three months, an official spokesperson said on Tuesday.

Ration cards can be linked with Aadhar cards: Maha to HC

Last Updated: Monday, January 28, 2013, 23:32

The Maharashtra government on Monday told the Bombay High Court that though ration cards could be linked with the newly introduced Aadhar cards, it was not possible to appoint a nodal agency to supervise the verification process.

Haryana: Smart Ration Cards for 56 lakh families

Last Updated: Thursday, March 1, 2012, 22:09

Haryana Food and Supplies Minister Mahender Pratap Singh Thursday said that about 56 lakh eligible families of the state would be issued Smart Ration Cards under various categories

Clerk arrested for issuing bogus ration cards

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 18, 2012, 19:42

Police have arrested a junior clerk with the Yavatmal tehsil office on the charge of issuing bogus ration cards to two Bangladeshi youths.

Kashmiri Pandits` body for identification of fake ration cards

Last Updated: Friday, November 4, 2011, 19:09

A body of Kashmiri Pandits on Friday claimed that there were large number of fake relief category ration cards which needed to be identified.

Illegal ration cards, LPG connections detected

Last Updated: Monday, September 26, 2011, 18:27

Karnataka government has uncovered more than 18 lakh bogus ration cards in urban areas and 32.32 lakh illegal domestic LPG connections in the state, according to Food and Civil Supplies Minister Shobha Karandlaje.

Issue ration, voter IDs to sex workers: SC to govt

Last Updated: Thursday, September 15, 2011, 23:37

The court has directed the Centre and states to consider the idea of providing cards to sex workers without insisting on strict verification.

HC notice to Guj govt on Modi`s brother petition

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 23, 2011, 22:05

The petitioner challenged provision of criminal action against the Fair Price shop-owners and seizig of their movable property.

Govt has deleted 97,628 bogus ration cards

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 2, 2011, 20:21

As part of an on-going campaign against bogus ration cards, the govt has deleted names of 97,628 ineligible beneficiaries till June, 2011.

WB: Two arrested for selling fake ration card

Last Updated: Thursday, July 14, 2011, 22:42

With West Bengal government intensifying its drive against fake ration cards, the police arrested two persons in connection with it from Kushmandi in the border district of South Dinajpur Thursday.