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Unconditional bail for Sonia and Rahul in National Herald case

The Patiala House court on Saturday granted unconditional bail on a personal bond of Rs 50,000 each to Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul. Then the court in New Delhi posted the hearing of   high-profile National Herald ca

US tinkers with visa fee, Narayana Murthy says no impact on companies

IT industry veteran and Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy has said that hike in work visa fee (HiB and L1 visa) in the US, will not have an impact on the Indian IT industry`s growth. "I don`t think it is an issue at all, $2,000 or $4,000 tha

Delhi air quality very poor again, studies show less pollution by cars

As Delhi government prepares to unveil its plan to restrict vehicles with an aim to reduce pollution in the capital, air quality in Delhi is once again in the category of ‘very poor’ and is likely to stay that way over the weekend.

Morning briefing: Sonia, Rahul Gandhi to appear before court today, security up

Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice president Rahul Gandhi are set to appear  in Delhi`s Patiala House court in connection with the National Herald case at 3:00 pm today.The mother-son duo was summoned by a trial court on the charges of

ISI mark to tag more products: Paswan

India will soon have a single, simplified standard for quality across the country for all products, said union minister of consumer affairs, food and public distribution Ram Vilas Paswan, at Governance Now PSU awards ceremony held in December.

The five Cs that scare the PSUs

Public sector undertakings (PSUs) are scared of five Cs: namely, the central information commission (CIC), central vigilance commission (CVC), central bureau of investigation (CBI), comptroller and auditor general (CAG) and the courts.

Evening digest: No consensus on GST at all meeting, six other bills to be passed

An all-party meeting convened by Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari today failed to bring a consensus on the passage of the GST bill, but members of the upper house decided to pass six other pending bills - the SC ST (prevention of atrocities) amen

Smart security gets the due at IFSEC expo

In the age of need for security the 9th International Fire & Security Exhibition and Conference (IFSEC) India Expo 2015, held last week at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, offered a wide range of products. Inaugurating the event, Delh

Education norm for panchayat polls takes away right of the derived sections, says Amartya Sen

Do not deprive the right of the already deprived, was the anguished remark of Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen. Touching the subject on literacy as an essential criterion to contest panchayat elections, he said there is a need for a Constitution bench t

Deficit monsoon dents growth, govt lowers GDP forecast figures

Deficit rains and resultant fall in agricultural output has forced the government lower the GDP growth forecast for the current financial year to 7-7.5%. The latest GDP forecast, given in the Mid-Year economic review of the economy

Nirbhaya gang rape: Juvenile convict will walk free on Sunday

With the Delhi high court on Friday refusing to pass any directive, the juvenile convicted in the 2012 Delhi gang rape and murder of Nirbhaya will walk free on Sunday. The parents of Nirbhaya, as the paramedical student brutally ass

Lost and found: childhood – and lives

Policing Uttar Pradesh, India’s largest state with 20 crore people (2011 census), is no easy task. So when Dharmendra Singh, a native of the state, made it to the IPS in 2006 and was allotted the Uttar Pradesh cadre, he knew how challenging

HC for change of office timings to tackle overcrowding in Mumbai suburban trains

If Delhi is struggling to tackle air pollution, the metropolis of Mumbai is battlling overcrowding of suburban train services. Again the judiciary has come up with suggestions to solve the problem faced by the capital of Maharashtra.

Google to launch free and fast wi-fi at Mumbai Central station

Mumbai Central railway station is going live next month, courtesy Google. The tech giant’s India-born CEO Sunder Pichai has  promised to provide free and high-speed wi-fi access to railway commuters at over 400 stations in India. Google

RBI under RTI scanner

In what will be described as a landmark judgment in the history of the implementation of the Right to Information Act, 2005 (RTI Act), the supreme court of India has thrown out hook, line and sinker. It has rejected the plea of the Reserve Bank of

Morning briefing: Modi talks to Obama over H1B, L1 visa issue, fee doubled

Prime minister Narendra Modi has spoken with US president Barack Obama about the concerns of Indian IT industry and professionals on the proposed legislation in the US Congress relating to popular H 1B and L1 visas.Meanwhile, the US Congress has r

Evening digest: Railways invites ideas from public on budget of 2016

For the first time, Railways has invited suggestions and innovative ideas from the public to include them in its forthcoming budget to improve its operations and amenities to a satisfactory level.Suggestions can be given under 15 heads.The suggest

SC enforces its right and appoints UP lokayukta

For the first time the supreme court today exercised its powers to appoint a lokayutka named retired judge Justice Virender Singh as Uttar Pradesh`s lokayukta. With a sharp reprimand for the UP government it expressed its disapprova

Centre and states given role in judges selection by collegium

The supreme court today said views of the centre and states should be taken into account in during the process of judges selection and asked the government to prepare a memorandum of procedure (MoP) in consultation with the chief justice of India

Kejriwal again targets Jaitley on CBI raids

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal continues to attack finance minister Arun Jaitley. After alleging that the CBI had raided his office for a file linked to corruption in the Delhi cricket body that Jaitley headed in the past, tweeted today that

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