Congress members faced a sharp rebuke from Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan today. She said they (Congress members) do not have any national interest but only vested interest. They were carrying out noisy protests demanding finance minister
Gujarat has become the first state in the country to take up public-private partnership projects for redevelopment of slums in urban areas under the prime minister’s awas yojana (urban). The inter-ministerial central screening
The city is struggling to return to normalcy after massive devastation. Those with means are managing to start from scratch in life, while those lacking sufficient money are fighting to establish one’s home and even to make en
The rajya sabha will take up the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Bill, 2015 for consideration and passage at 2 pm today. Parliamentarians decided to cut across party lines to seek the passage of the amendments to the Juvenile Ju
With the supreme court refusing to detain the youngest rapist in December 16 gang-rape case in the absence of a law, the Rajya Sabha is expected to take up amendments to the Juvenile Justice Act tomorrow.“We want government to list Juvenile
(Courtesy: India Water Portal) Think of a toilet that needs no
Meanwhile, Moody`s Investors Service has affirmed Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.`s (ONGC) Baa1 local currency issuer rating, Baa2 foreign currency issuer rating, and the Baa2 ratings on the senior unsecured bonds issued by ONGC Videsh Limite
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) is likely to start commercial production of coal-bed methane in Jharkhand from next year. Meanwhile it has approached coal-based industries in the state as well as outside to create a customers` base.
Attempts by the pension fund regulatory and development authority (PFRDA) to bring employees of public sector undertakings under the National Pension System (NPS) has hit a “tax hurdle”. There is no tangible movement in
There is a threat of slowdown in the world but the National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC) has seen no dearth of business. In the last month itself, it received orders of over Rs 5,000 crore. Not surprisingly, it has been a clear outper
Government`s disinvestment kitty has almost doubled this year and a strong lineup is ready for 2016. The government made over Rs 35,000 crore through PSU share sales, with some help by saviour LIC. Those coming up for sale next year are NTPC, Coal
Union finance minister Arun Jaitley today filed defamation suits against Arvind Kejriwal and other Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders for accusing him of corruption in Delhi`s cricket body DDCA (Delhi and District Cricket Association). The minister has
Maharashtra now has a clear policy on solar power. According to the state-run power distribution company consumers can install solar panels for their power generation and consumption. As per Maharashtra State Electricity Distributio
Maharashtra’s teachers’ recruitment scandal is getting murkier with nearly 30% files on appointment process are missing. After 32 teaching and non-teaching staff approvals made by Pune Municipal Corporation education officer Baban Dahi
The supreme court today rejected a petition filed by the Delhi commission for women against the release of the juvenile convict in what is known as the Nirbhaya gang-rape case, saying it "shared" the concern of general citizens` but its
The Central government will today introduce the Bankruptcy Bill in the Parliament. The Bill when enacted will improve ease of doing business in India. The Rajya Sabha, which has passed only one Bill during the ongoing session of Parliament because
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
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
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.
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
