An ambulance meekly blares away as scores and scores of vehicles remain stuck, not able to give way to the needy patient even if they wish too. That is a common sight during the rush hours in cities across India that have mushroomed organically, w
The Supreme Court today stayed the operation of the Delhi High Court order which directed the navy to give permanent commission to all women officers serving the marine force as short service commission officers. The court was told that in the nav
Even as there are mixed reactions to 7th pay commission report, international agency Fitch Ratings said today that a proposed 23.6 percent hike in salaries and pensions for about 10 million current and former government employees could hurt the co
The raja is back in Bihar with a new partner. Today, Nitish Kumar was sworn in as the chief minister of Bihar for the fifth time, with Lalu Prasad Yadav and Rahul Gandhi as partners. After breaking with BJP, Nitish Kumar took on pri
In tech driven world the speed of services matters and the government service delivery is no exception. This delivery of service is linked to performance of each employee. The 7th pay commission, which submitted its report on Thursday evening, twe
Janata Dal (united) veteran Nitish Kumar is all set to take oath as Bihar chief minister. He has become new rallying point for the anti-BJP group. But can Bihar be example for India? Can Nitish thrive under anti-Modi banner? The answer is no.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) chief Raghuram Rajan said on Friday that a drop in public and private investments were the main concerns he had about the country`s economic growth. Speaking in Hong Kong, he said weak capital investment has been a
Government today expressed its inability before the supreme court in formulating the draft Memorandum of Procedure (MOP) for appointment of judges in the higher judiciary. Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi, who was yesterday asked by the five-judge c
Mumbai city may soon have underground power sub stations to overcome the challenge of availability of space. While many foreign countries have underground sub stations, in India Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has set up two u
India is world’s biggest democracy but voting average in elections is about 50% to 65% because less than half Indians think that elections are important. But over 80% think that religious freedom is important. Surprisingly for a nation
The wait gets longer, astonishingly longer in the age of nano second tech age. The World Economic Forum believes it will take another 118 years (until 2133) to close the global pay gap between men and women. The progress is so slow
If the dolphins are alive and breeding then the Ganges is not dead. Yet, according to a census undertaken by the Uttar Pradesh forest department and the World Wide Fund for Nature, India, in early October, as many as 1,263 dolphins were found in a
Ten years back a group of visiting Indian women journalists were in for a shock in Brussels. Drooling over the taste of delicious Belgian chocolates that they had tasted and bought from the metro subway store for carrying home, they saw the huge a
Early resolution of filing 400 odd vacancies in higher judiciary is possible soon. During Wednesday’s hearing on suggestions to be made to improve the collegium system of appointing judges, supreme court judge JS Khehar said “the gover
The 7th pay commission will submit its report to the government at 7.30 pm today. The recommendations of the commission have to be implemented with effect from 1 January 2016 and are likely to further burden the government exchequer and put pressu
In October, a 14-year-old girl from Jharkhand was rescued from a businessman’s house in Gurgaon, where she had been sent to work as a domestic help by a Delhi-based placement agency. Police found her locked in a cupboard, with br
In a spate of decisions, union cabinet has approved 10% stake sale in Coal India, initial public offer of Cochin Shipyards, approved 3% interest subsidy for exports, empowered roads ministry to revive 34 stalled projects by appropriate measure and
This is food for debate about finer points of law and the power of regulators in India. While Nestle went to court on Maggi noodles ban, yoga guru Ramdev is challenging the authorities in media. Baba Ramdev made his debut in the ins
The institution of lokayukta in Karnataka has been model for many states since inception. Now, it seems to fallen in its duty, thus allowing the legislature to step in to initiate the process of removal of current lokayukta Y Bhaskar Rao on charge
Reversing in the welcome trend, state-run BSNL has reported an operating profit of Rs 672 crore for the financial year 2015. This has been achieved due to fall in administrative costs and jump in revenues. The company had posted an
