Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday launched free Wi-Fi services in Lucknow. With this launch the nawabi city of Lucknow becomes the first non-metro city to boast a free Wi-Fi facility in India. To kick-start services, he clicked
Attorney general Mukul Rohatgi’s argument questioning the status of privacy as a fundamental right pushed those opposing the Aadhaar scheme before the supreme court on the backfoot. But the top law officer’s stand might have left even
Prime minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to hold talks with UAE leaders and address Indian diaspora today (Monday). On day two of his UAE visit Modi will travel to Dubai and meet UAE vice president and prime minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al
Prime minister Narendra Modi’s independence day speech, his second, focused on farmers in most specific manner and there are reasons behind the details. The land acquisition bill, which is facing opposition, is the most obvious reaso
Looking to revamp Public Sector Banks (PSBs), the government on Friday unveiled a seven point plan that encompasses focus on appointments, Bank Board Bureau, capitalization, destressing, empowerment, accountability and governance reforms. "Th
Fifty-one-year-old K Nagapooshanam of Thirumazhisai, a town panchayat about 30 km from Tamil Nadu capital Chennai, has become a role model for families in her neighbourhood. Supported by a livelihood generation SHG (self-help group)
With an aim to redefine the cooperative bank movement in the country, Governance Now, in collaboration with the National Federation of Urban Cooperative Banks and Credit Societies Ltd (NAFCUB), organised the Urban Cooperative Bank Summit, Maharash
Aam Aadmi Party legislator Alka Lamba is not happy with the response of the Delhi commission for women. It is headed by her party activist Swati Maliwal, who enjoys the support of Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal. The commission
A two-day special session of parliament is likely in September to pass the Goods and Services Tax Bill, seen to be a crucial piece of tax reform linked to the Modi government`s effort to improve ease of business and boost revenues. finance ministe
Pakistan`s National Security Advisor (NSA) Sartaj Aziz on Thursday said he would visit India on August 23 for talks with his counterpart. The decision to hold NSA-level talks was taken when the Prime Ministers of the two countries met in Ufa, Russ
When not one but two senior editors, both baptized in the JP movement, spoke the same words on different occasions – that “you must read X to understand India” (X being Gora plus Ghare Baire for one and Raag Darbari for the other
The Rajya Sabha worked for just over nine hours of the 17-day session monsoon session of parliament, which ended today. Key legislation like the goods and services tax bill is pending in the RS. Various forms of protests prevented t
“I wish to connect the poorest citizens of the country with the facility of bank accounts through Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan
There have been petitions in court and the press council against certain news portals for promoting pornographic material in the garb of information. Similar petitions were also filed against certain big newspapers for promoting sex trade in the g
India woke up today to another day of uncertainty and ceaseless cacophony created by the politicians. Television screens screamed that today is last day of parliament`s monsoon session and no legislative business has taken place. Th
The monsoon session of the parliament is heading towards a close. Seeing that the fate of key bills hangs in balance, top industrialists, including Rahul Bajaj, Adi Godrej, Sumit Mazumder, president, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Infosys
The government is holding a meeting this morning (Thursday) to decide whether to extend the ongoing session of parliament briefly or convene a special session after an interval to try and pass the goods and services tax bill. The monsoon ses
Aryabhatta gave a new dimension to Mathematics after discovering Zero. He made the way for abstract Math and its concepts. Centuries later, if someone has contributed enough to the likes of Aryabhatta (re-inventing the value of Zero), it was Kalam
A committee set up to redress complaints of victims of sexual harassment at workplace can recommend transfer of the charged officer or grant leave to the affected woman upto three months, the government told Parliament today. Minister of State for
There is a rise of women leaders at the grassroots level in Rajasthan villages. The panchayati raj department is still collating data to get the precise picture of women’s political presence. In 2010, there were 4,824 women sarpanches in Raj
