Morning briefing: Nehru’s niece returns Sahitya Akademi Award

GN Bureau | October 7, 2015


#Sahitya Akademi Award   #nehru niece   #salary of Delhi of MLAs   #loose cigarettes   #Lalu Prasad   #Amit Shah  

Writer Nayantara Sahgal, who is also the niece of former PM Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, has returned the Sahitya Akademi Award on Tuesday protesting the Dadri lynching. She said that “people were being killed for not agreeing with the ruling ideology.”


Three-member panel recommends 400% hike in salary of Delhi of MLAs


A three-member panel has favoured a 400% hike in the basic salary of Delhi’s MLAs. The basic salary, if increased, would amount to Rs 50,000 than Rs 12,000Capital’s MLAs in addition to other allowances.


Sale of loose cigarettes banned in UP

Sale of loose cigarettes across Uttar Pradesh has been banned and would now invite a fine and a prison sentence. Anyone found selling loose cigarettes would face a fine of Rs 1,000 and serve a one-year jail term. Anybody caught manufacturing loose cigarettes will face a fine of Rs 10,000 and serve a five-year jail term.


Lalu Prasad, Amit Shah booked for violating code of conduct

FIRs have been lodged against BJP president Amit Shah and RJD chief Lalu Prasad for allegedly violating the election code ahead of the Bihar polls.
 

Comments

 

Other News

From one cow to a dairy business

In 2012, Anita Dash wasn`t dreaming of building a dairy brand. She wasn`t studying business models or planning market expansion. Like countless mothers across India, her focus was on something much simpler: giving her children a better future.   At the time, her most valuable

Ethanol blending: The two sides of a story

India`s crude oil consumption is estimated to be around 88.5% imported from abroad. This one single figure is also responsible for why ethanol has become both an economic strategy and fuel policy at the same time. In an economy like India, which depends so heavily on foreign oil, any increase in internat

Food inflation: Not a macroeconomic statistic but a developmental indicator

India`s retail inflation shows a reassuring picture at first glance. According to the latest data, Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation edged up to 4.38% in June 2026 from 3.93% in May 2026, but continued to remain within the Reserve Bank of India`s (RBI) target band of 4% (+/- 2%). However, beneath this

Skin in the game or masterful market timing?

When a company founder opens their personal chequebook to buy shares in their own business, stock markets usually applaud. To the average retail investor, it feels like the ultimate vote of confidence, a sign that the people running the show have real skin in the game and believe brighter days are ahead.

India’s freedom struggle was shaped by wider Asian political thought

As we mark 80th anniversary of independence, ‘Asianism and the Fall of Empire’ (HarperCollins India) by historian Mithi Mukherjee offers a new perspective on Ind

What is colonialism? A relook at modern history

The Chromatic World Order: The Fiction That Rules Our World  By Sajid Mohamed Aakar Books  

Upcoming Conferences



-->

Archives

Current Issue

Opinion

Facebook Twitter Google Plus Linkedin Subscribe Newsletter

Twitter