His film Bajrangi Bhaijaan is doing good business and there is immediate threat to his superstardom, still Salman Khan chose a controversial subject to hit the social media. And after protests and virtually nil support from his fraternity in the B
The story of India’s reversed economic fortunes since it instituted liberalization of its regulatory systems in 1991 is famous, and one that can be used to illustrate the extent to which a growth oriented policy approach can turn around the
Heavily-armed terrorists in army uniform are holed up inside a police station in Dinanagar in the Gurdaspur district of Punjab. A 5 am today (Monday) they opened fire at the police station killing six people. Ten including seven civilians and thre
While the lawmakers indulge in unnecessary politics, the supreme court will hear on Monday the plea by 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts convict Yakub Memon`s fresh plea. It challenges the death warrant issued against him and seeks to stay on his exe
After his brother-in-law Robert Vadra, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi is now facing fire over his stray remarks. Rahul Gandhi had accused Sushma Swaraj of committing a criminal act by helping Lalit Modi, adding that her act "deser
After a privilege motion is moved in parliament it is left to the presiding officer to take a decision of its reference to the privileges committee of the house. In case of Robert Vadra also these same rules apply and every member of parliament is
The Aam Aadmi Party government in Delhi has put up posters targeting the prime minister directly. The new posters request the prime minister to let the city-state government to work without interference."The Delhi government is doing it right
For decades, the Registrar of the Census used to be the most unassuming member of the government. His registry counted the population of India once a decade, at midnight on the 31st of March, the end of the financial year. In a few weeks’ ti
Two BJP MP have moved a privilege notice against Congress president Sonia Gandhi`s son-in-law Robert Vadra over a Facebook post. Vadra had allegedly made some negative remarks against MPs on his Facebook page, commenting over the impasse in Parlia
The countdown to the 2016 assembly elections began in Tamil Nadu with the byelection to RK Nagar, where chief minister J Jayalalithaa contested and won with a huge margin. The impending assembly election has triggered visits of high-profile nation
The supreme court in 2011 had suggested hiking the penalty by 3,000% to curb frivolous petitions and that solution has seen reduction in cases in the nature of PILs (public interest litigation). But the law passed by the Madhya Pradesh assembly lo
Swati Maliwal, whose appointment to Delhi Commission for Women has triggered fresh turf war in the administration of the capital, is playing victim after trying to score political points. On Wednesday, she had tweeted that "LG
The enforcement directorate is likely to issue second and last round of summons to Lalit Modi in next couple of days. But this time, they are planning to send summons to Modi`s offices in India and not via email or his counsel. The agency is also
Lok Sabha was repeatedly disrupted over Lalit Modi controversy on Wednesday with opposition members storming the Well with placards, ignoring Speaker Sum
Want to make donations to a charity organisation? Check before writing a cheque as the government has cancelled the registration of over 10,000 NGOs (non government organisations) for violating foreign funding norms. The home minist
Was that deliberate act or plain negligence in not sending Delhi Commission for Women file to the lieutenent governor? However, as the courts are busy hearing cases relating to division of power in the administration of Delhi, the national capital
An agreement has been signed between AAI (airports authority of India) and IATA (international air transport association) for imparting training to 4,000 AAI officials in world class airport management. AAI has more than 18,000 staffers on i
This article has been written to address some issues that have existed long in our lives, but for some reason are always subverted by what goes on around us. It is in the context of a situation like this, where words dominate, eithe
Tyranny of the majority is a familiar concept in politics. It occurs when a majority takes action to thoroughly subjugate the minority. But what is happening in parliament or nothing is happening in parliament is because of the tyranny of the mino
In India, scandals after scandals and scams after scams have turned the public dangerously cynical. The Vyapam scandal of Madhya Pradesh is one such scam where everybody is a suspect even while the real horror is yet to be unravelled.
