he Union Cabinet meeting scheduled for Thursday evening has been postponed. Along with the cabinet meeting, the meetings of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs and the Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure were also deferred. Th
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has been summoned by the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team(SIT) to appear before it on March 21 for questioning in post-Godhra riots in the state in 2002. The sum
As the Lok Sabha, paralysed since Monday, began, Speaker Meira Kumar tried to restore order in the house by giving a chance to the Yadav trio air their views on Women`s Reservation Bill right at the start of the question hour. Bit it did not help.
The stand-off over Women`s Reservation Bill in Lok Sabha ended today with government announcing that the proposed legislation would be brought in the House only after consultations with all sections. The breakthrough came after SP c
A toll-free helpline was launched in Mumbai on Wednesday to tackle the menace of water mafia in the city. The helpline is an initiative of the non-governmental organisation Swabhiman Sanghatana, headed by Nitesh Rane, son of revenue minister Naray
Trouble is brewing for the Women`s Reservation Bill with a section of BJP MPs in Lok Sabha expressing their opposition to the measure and threatening to vote against it and the party today decided to crack on the dissenters by issuing a whip to th
Traditional rag pickers belonging to the informal sector held simultaneous rallies across Delhi on Wednesday to demand official recognition of their right to collect waste. The rallies, organised by a number of non-governmental organisations, were
The Delhi High court has asked the government to provide details on the short-term medical degree the government had proposed to meet the shortage of doctors in rural areas of the country. The bench comprising Chief Justice Madan Lo
The little club of those opposing the women’s quota bill has got a new member. Ajit Singh has joined hands with the Yadav troika of Lalu, Mulayam and Sharad, giving a jolt to the Congress. The Lok Dal leader joined the Yadavs for a strategy meet
The UPA government has a “zero tolerance” policy for corruption but that does not mean it is implemented in practice. In fact, Cabinet Secretary KM Chandrasekhar has, in a letter to all secretaries to the government, referred t
The percentage of scheduled tribes (STs) among beneficiaries of the central government’s flagship National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) has been decreasing over the years. As per the reports submitted to the
Nandan Nilekeni: You cannot wipe out corruption with one Lok Pal Bill. BV Rao: Yes, just like we have not been able to stop murders in spite of hanging. Shall we scrap Sec
The government is planning to rationalise multiple prices of natural gas in the country to make fuel costs uniform for all consumers, oil secretary S Sundareshan said on Wednesday. "The challenge before us is to rationalise pri
Indian Police Service (IPS) officers should not have a monopoly over the post of the CBI Director and the role of IPS officers on deputation should be reduced, a parliamentary panel has said. According to a report of parliamentary standing
India is looking at various options including paring down of the operations of its missions in Afghanistan in the wake of terror attacks on Indians there. Government is also planning to put all the Indians working in projects like p
Notwithstanding the euphoria over passage of the women`s quota bill in Rajya Sabha, it is going to be a long haul before this can be implemented. By a conservative estimate, it may take about two years. The next step obviously is fo
The Women`s Reservation Bill, which has been passed by Rajya Sabha, may get delayed as finance bill is likely to be the priority of the government. There seems to be a churning with growing signs of unease among the BJP`s MPs who think the
The three Yadavs continue to play truant. Right from the start of today`s proceedings, JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav, SP chief Mulayam Singh and RJD chief Lalu Prasad led the agitation inside Lok Sabha against the womens reservation bil
Observing that voting percentage among the educated section was far lower than that in the lower rungs of society, senior BJP leader L K Advani has favoured compulsory voting as a remedial measure. "If a survey is taken of the
The government on Monday blamed the socio-economic conditions unique to India for its failure to ratify International Labour Organisation (ILO) conventions to ban child labour. "Compelling conditions force children to seek employment
