Political leaders are crying hoarse; TV debates are causing rage; twitterati and the virtual world of internet are agog with sharp opinions on who is secular and who is not. Suddenly the Indians seem to be at war with themselves. Is it the same on
With the Winter Session of Parliament beginning from Thursday, the Centre has convened an all-party meeting on Wednesday morning to reach out to the opposition parties to ensure smooth business in both Houses.Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan will
The Indian railways has set up a railway chair at TERI University for the purpose of promoting research on issues of sustainable mobility, use of energy efficient technology and green energy initiatives by the railways. For this, ra
India and China are among the countries most affected by weather-related disasters with the two nations accounting for more than three billion disaster-affected people between 1995 and 2015, a new UN report has said ahead of the crucial Paris clim
On a complaint by the parents of the December 16 gangrape victim, the National Human Rights Commission has issued notices to the centre and to the Delhi government regarding the juvenile convict in the case. The complaint apprehends threat to soci
Assam is on the horizon for electoral battles next year for the BJP and Manipur is a good beginning. In the by-election results declared today, the BJP made its electoral debut in the Manipur assembly. The party won both by-polls in the north east
Lashing out at Aamir Khan for saying that he and his wife (Kiran Rao) had considered moving out of the country over the alarming rise of intolerance, actor Anupam Kher said that the actor should `spread hope instead of fear`. In a s
Writing for Frontier in 1983, noted political theorist and commentator Partha Chatterjee remarked that India has quietly built a system in which "to the accompaniment of the full fanfare of democratic process" it elects its own monarchs.
Shortly after Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan on Monday said that violence in the name of religion is condemnable, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal came out in support of him for speaking out against the `growing intolerance`.On micro-blogging websit
The government will coordinate with banks to improve the health of the state run banks, said finance minister Arun Jaitley today after the quarterly review of public sector banks. The pressures of the past need to be removed, he sai
The government is reaching out to the Opposition to bring it on board to ensure passage of the Constitution Amendment Bill for GST in the Winter Session, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu today said.Terming GST as the "need of the
The image of him embracing Lalu Prasad Yadav having gone viral is surely a matter of embarrassment for Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal. Today he sought to explain the hug of the man who has been convicted in a corruption case.
Despite being a busy season, spends by the government and the country’s public sector corporations on infrastructure projects have risen just 8% year-on-year in October. Even more disappointing is the fact that the value of tenders floated f
There is a new thinking to make public sector units profitable and the trick lies in going to Africa. Under the plan, the centre will help the PSUs to set up subsidiaries or form joint ventures with state-owned enterprises in poor African countrie
In a bid to push for erection of nuclear power projects, the cabinet has given green signal to amend the atomic energy act and allow joint sector units. "The amendment has been brought in to facilitate the fast expansion of the
A proposal that could lift spirits of small and micro enterprises, central government ministries and public sector undertakings have been told to procure ‘at least’ 20 per cent of their annual value of goods or services from SME sector
A process to phase out the corporate tax exemptions over the next two years has been placed before the stakeholders. The policy, which looks to reduce the tax rate, simplify the administration and improve India’s competitive edge globally, m
Tamil Nadu government has pegged destruction caused by north east monsoon at Rs 8,481 crore and chief minister J Jayalalithaa has urged prime minister Narendra Modi to immediately release Rs 2,000 crore for relief work. In a letter
Maharashtra will soon have a housing regulatory authority. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has said that the housing regulator would be established within a month. The housing regulator will be a quasi-judicial body with powers to safeguard the i
Finance minister Arun Jaitley will meet heads of PSU banks today (Monday) to discuss loans, interest rate reduction and jan dhan yojana. The performance review meeting of public sector banks (PSBs) will also take stock of the credit flow to produc
