The 21st session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) will be held from November 30 to December 11 this year in Paris where governments of more than190 countries will meet to clinch a possible global agreement on climate change which aims to red
A day after Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh met prime minister Narendra Modi on pending bills in the parliament, especially the goods and services tax bill, the Congress party has gone into a huddle. Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Saturda
Telecom service provider Vodafone, which is fighting a battle over tax dues, today moved the Delhi high court challenging TRAI`s interconnect usage charges regulations, 2015 by which it has fixed termination charges for wireline to wireless as zer
The cotton industry will get its “white gold” tag soon in Maharashtra. The state government is formulating a special policy to integrate six distressed districts of Vidarbha known for cotton crop. The policy intends to address pr
In what could possibly thaw the ice between the Centre and Opposition, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday evening met Congress president Sonia Gandhi and former prime minister Manmohan Singh to discuss the Goods and Services Tax Bill. The meet
In a mellowed tone that reflected the reality of current political situation, prime minister Narendra Modi today said that consensus was a democracy’s greatest strength and cooperation empowered it, not majority and minority vote .
Union parliamentary affairs minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday said political parties must reach a conclusion on the long-pending women`s reservation bill and attacked the Congress over the alleged remarks of its leaders. Participating in a debat
Delhi assembly on Thursday passed the Delhi (Right Of Citizen To Time Bound Delivery of Services) amendment bill, which will make government officials liable to automatic deductions from their salaries in case of delayed delivery to average Del
As Kupwara operations entered 15th day today, fresh exchange of fire took place this morning between security forces and militants holed up in a forest in this north Kashmir`s. The operation in Manigah forests was launched on Novemb
The government is planning to set up a high-level panel to effectively deal with the issue of bad loans or the non performing assets (NPAs). "That was discussed at the meeting of the finance minister with the heads of PSU banks
Prime minister Narendra Modi has requested Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Dr. Manmohan Singh join him over tea and discuss issues regarding bills pending in Parliament. Modi invite to the Congress president and former prime minister is for this
Delhi BJP MLA OP Sharma was suspended for the entire winter session of the Delhi assembly on Thursday for making a sexist remark against AAP legislator Alka Lamba.A resolution on Sharma’s suspension, one of the three Bharatiya Janata Party m
Dialogue between religions is essential to teach young people that violence in god’s name is unjustified. Pope Francis said this today in Kenya on the first day of his African tour. He told Christian and Muslim leaders in Kenya that th
Alcohol will be banned in Bihar from next year and the state is ready to forget Rs 2,5000 crore revenue. Chief minister Nitish Kumar announced this today and kept his promise he had made to a group of angry women in July. It is not
There has been 14 percent rise in fraud in companies globally, and three quarters of companies (75%) have been a victim of fraud incident in the past year. According to the 2015 Kroll global fraud report the biggest threat to compan
It was a much-hyped and much televised interaction, and it almost went against Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi. After the watching Rahul’s day with the college students in Bengaluru, one would ask the question whether the Congress leade
In a tribute to BR Ambedkar, the architect of the Indian constitution, the parliament is having a special sitting today and tomorrow (Thursday and Friday), marking Constitution Day. The two-day event will be a part of year-long nationwide celebrat
Actor Aamir Khan has issued a clarification on Wednesday saying he had never intended to leave country and that his interview was deliberately distorted. "To all those people who are calling me anti-national, I would like to sa
Will our politicians learn from bitter rivals in business and put focus back on India? During nearly month-long session of parliament starting tomorrow, around 30 bills, including GST and real estate regulation bills, are slated to
On the eve of parliament session there is warning again for the political class to act on economic reforms, forgetting party divide. Legislative business has come to halt due to tug of war between the government and the opposition. And it cannot b
