Delhi High Court on Friday slammed the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) over the ongoing workers` strike in the national capital and observed that it has led to lots of suffering to the common people. The MCD workers` strike entered its eleven
The sun had just set in this village of Tikamgarh district in Madhya Pradesh. The sudden darkness engulfed us as our car was about to hit the well-carpeted single-lane road at the end of a nearly 2.5 km dirt track. Our vehicle came to a screeching
Blaming, Reserve bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan has blamed multinational corporations for tax controversies and felt that their indulgence in avoidance and evasion results in legal battles. "Occasionally, there is govern
Prime minister Narendra Modi will from Friday (February 5) begin his three-day visit to Assam, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha. He will conclude his visit on February 7. Today, Modi will inaugurate the 12th South Asian Games at Guwahati, in which Afghan
The budget session of parliament will commence from February 23 and the government will present the general budget on February 29. The dates were decided at a meeting of the cabinet committee on parliamentary affairs, chaired by home minister Rajn
Maharashtra governor Vidyasagar Rao has given his sanction to prosecute state’s former chief minister and Congress leader Ashok Chavan in the Adarsh housing society scam. The governor`s sanction paves the way for the arrest of Chavan, who wa
We the Indians ignore basics in almost all acts of ours is well illustrated by the dirty Delhi. The national capital, with exception of NDMC area, looks like one huge garbage dump. Whether it is politics are deep game plan of various political pla
Many things happen in one’s childhood which are never questioned, or are questioned only with the passage of time. A veil of secrecy had prevailed over the fact that some Muslim and tribal communities in the world have been practising female
Following the brutal assault on Tanzanian student in Bengaluru, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi has asked the Karnataka government to explain the incident and send the report immediately. This morning Karnataka chief minister Siddaraiah tweet
In observations that are sure to trigger a big debate, the Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court expressed serious concern over the growing number of corruption cases and called on the citizens to launch a non-cooperation movement if the government fa
The union health ministry has sounded an alert for Zika and appointed the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) as the nodal agency for investigation of any outbreak of the viral infection in India. This comes in the back
The union cabinet today has cleared a proposal to sell coal to non-power sectors like steel, iron and cement through auction. With this the past practice of selective allocation comes an end and potentially raising costs for users.
Citing climate changes that would be detrimental to the agro-sector in 14 districts affected by severe drought across Vidarbha and Marathwada (region with maximum farmer suicides), a report by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Developmen
The Supreme Court today cleared the famous Chowpatty beach in Mumbai to be the venue of a huge Make In India event to draw foreign investors. The investor summit, scheduled to launch on February 13 for six days, will be inaugurated by Prime Minist
Not springing any surprises in budget month, the risk conscious governor of reserve bank of India today maintained status quo on key interest rates. Raghuram Rajan has kept the repo or short term lending rate remains unchanged at 6.75 per cent and
Dear Sir, We are neither left nor right, not even anywhere in the centre. We do not have any party of our own. We do not have a fixed status. Our position is dubious in the society. Economically we don`t even exist. We are not even
Delhi’s lieutenant governor Najeeb Jung today summoned Delhi police joint commissioner S K Gautam and sought a report over the police action against students during a protest outside RSS office in central Delhi`s Jhandewalan area that has sp
Actor Anupam Kher, who was to attend the Karachi Literature Festival on February 5, has been denied visa by Pakistan. Kher tweeted that “has my visa been denied because I speak about India`s rich tradition of tolerance or I am a Kashmiri Pan
In a letter titled ‘Solution for Dalit problem’, written to the vice chancellor of University of Hyderabad (UoH) in December last year, Rohith Vemula gave two suggestions to support the subject line: “Please serve 10 mg of Sodium
In 1991, the Reserve Bank of India had to open its vaults and allow 67 tonnes of gold to be airlifted out of India, which was pledged with different banks abroad to raise a loan of $600 million. The money was meant to save the country from default
