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
With barely two days left for the Monsoon session of the Parliament to come to a close, the government`s attempt to pass the much-anticipated GST seems unlikely in this session even as over 15,000 people, including top industrialists have signed o
In an interim order till a Constitution Bench decides on the issue, a three-member bench of the supreme court on Tuesday ruled that Aadhaar should not be used for availing government welfare schemes other than PDS, food grain distribution, cooking
The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday requested the Central Bureau of Investigation to issue a Red Corner notice against tainted cricket czar Lalit Modi. Last week, a Mumbai court had issued a non-bailable warrant against the former chairman of I
With only three days of monsoon session remaining, a desperate government late on Monday listed the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Constitutional Amendment Bill, 2014, for consideration and passing in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. The Congress, howeve
Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that it can not ban porn except for child pornography. During the resumption of hearing in the apex court on a petition seeking ban on pornographic websites, the Centre said the government can`t do moral pol
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar should study a recent report on his state and rework his priorities for the election promises. Instead of targeting prime minister Narendar Modi for his DNA remark, the chief minister should visit state hospital.
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has banned the use of plastic bottles around the banks of Uttarakhand here to check the menace of pollution in and around the river Ganga. The tribunal has appointed a local commissioner and asked him to furnish a
The governor of Reserve Bank of India Raghuram Rajan has received tactical support of his predecessor even as centre and the RBI are close to an agreement on the broad contours of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). Dr Duvvuri Subb
As the first phase of non-coal mineral auction will begins in October or November, the government had done away with the policy of selling detailed exploration reports of state-owned Mineral Exploration Corporation (MECL). Mines Min
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) rules were put in place in 2013. Four of the top IT services firms—Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS), Wipro Ltd, Infosys Ltd and Tech Mahindra Ltd—spent Rs.642.7 crore in fiscal year 2014-15, the
Five women have been killed in a village in Jharkhand, 45 kilometres from capital Ranchi, reportedly on allegations of witchcraft. The village falls under Ranchi`s Mandar block. The villagers used lathis and sharp edged weapons to kill the women a
She keeps spitting every few minutes but the taste of urine still seems to linger in Bisahin Bai’s mouth. The humiliation of having been forced to drink urine and paraded naked continues to haunt her. That was 14 years back but the memory is
Heavy security arrangements have been made at the residence of Justice Dipak Misra after he received an anonymous threat letter. A bullet proof vehicle has been provided to him, while commandos from central paramilitary force have been deployed at
High level of corruption was known to be rampant in the Madhya Pradesh Vyavsayik Pariksha Mandal or Vyapam, long before the agency responsible for conducting several entrance tests came in the eye of the multi-million scam storm. However, it was o
We are pretty complacent these days about the balance of payments. Our foreign exchange reserves exceed $350 billion – enough to finance imports for a year if we stopped exporting. There are not many countries with such a good external affai
Government has decided that Aadhaar enrollment of Non-Resident Indians, Persons of Indian Origin and Overseas Citizen of India should be eventually allowed to help them authenticate their identity digitally. At present, all residents including Ind
With the kind of attacks it is facing, the railway ministry needs to keep up the morale of its staff. A personal birth greeting would be one such booster. Railway minister Suresh Prabhu has decided to send personalized birthday gree
The headquarters of the national productivity council (NPC), under the ministry of commerce and industry, has become the first government building in Delhi to have installed HT-solar panels to meet a part of its electricity requirements.
