Days after J Jayalalithaa took oath as chief minister of Tamil Nadu the opposition DMK on Monday said it has decided to file an appeal against her acquittal in a wealth case by the Karnataka High Court. The original complainant in t
One year into office, prime minister Narendra Modi is still in a mission mode – to launch new or revamped government schemes. Even as he launched three new schemes on May 9, one of his first, the pradhan mantri jan dhan yojana (PMJDY), remai
The Swachh Bharat mission (SBM) was launched on October 2, 2014 for a clean India in accordance with Mahatma Gandhi’s vision by his 150th birth anniversary in 2019. The union cabinet then gave its approval for restructuring the nirmal bharat
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has assured that the honest taxpayers have nothing to fear about the new black money law. Addressing the annual conference of top income tax officials on Monday he said there is sufficient scope to incr
After a review by prime minister Narendra Modi on May 11, telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has called a meeting of state IT ministers and secretaries on May 29 to discuss the national optical fibre network (NOFN) project. The go
Fighting one’s fears requires mettle extraordinaire. Nash’s life was a perfect lesson in this regard. A mathematician, Nash won the Nobel prize for economics in 1994 and Abel prize in 2005. A certain measure of eccentricity is an under
The devastation struck with a magnitude of 7.9 in Nepal on April 25, wiping away lives, homes, generations and rich heritage of its capital, the temple town of Kathmandu. Over 7,500 people have been buried under the nature’s scorn. With help
Expect chaos in Delhi today (Monday) that will herald another war of words over who rules the national capital. Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal is holding ‘Jan Samvaad’ (public discourse) at Central Park New Delhi’s Co
Super star Rajinikanth and BJP leaders attended the swearing in ceremony of J Jayalalithaa as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on Saturday morning. Jayalalithaa was sworn in first and later the rest of her cabinet colleagues took oa
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal completes 100 days in office on Sunday. Since the day he took the oath on February 14, Kejriwal and his party has had run ins on various issues and the latest being constitutional
Finally, after months of being headless, the prime minister-led selection committees will on Saturday decide the names of chiefs of central information commission (CIC) and central vigilance commission (CVC). It will also finalise t
This morning I pulled out the ‘Friday Review’ from the Hindu and I learnt the Hindi poet Gopaldas Neeraj is entering his 90s but still wears that optimistic smile that belies the rudeness of modern age. Looking at his photo, I was awes
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, after casting aspersions on the character of his officials, has now started throwing mud at the office of lieutenant governor Najeeb Jung and prime minister Narendra Modi. Reacting to a ministry
Satisfaction and positive sentiments are major themes of one year of Modi government. This is what came out at a press conference on Friday addressed by finance minister Arun Jaitley in the national capital to mark one year of the Narendra Modi-le
The union home ministry on Friday issued a notification clarifying distribution of power between Delhi`s lieutenant governor and the chief minister. According to the MHA notification, the LG has powers regarding public order, police
On March 20, 2014, during the Lok Sabha election campaign, the BJP had organised a discussion over tea, ‘Chai Pe Charcha’, at Dabhadi village in Yavatmal district of Maharashtra’s Vidarbha region. In that meeting Narendra Modi as
With few players in the aviation sector there are bound to be charges of cartelization, especially in terms of fares. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has again taken up the issue of cartelisation and arbitrary hike in fares by commercial
J Jayalalithaa has been elected as the legislature party leader of AIADMK on Friday and governor K Rosaiah has invited her to form the ministry. She will be sworn in at 11 am on Saturday and this will be fourth time that Jayalalithaa assumes the o
A fortnight after it announced being on the verge of a shutdown, Greenpeace India on Thursday said it has opened a new bank account in order to sustain itself in the wake of a financial crunch. The new account, based in Bangalore, has attracted ov
Prime minister Narendra Modi is good with selfies. His latest selfie with Chinese premier Li Keqiang created a buzz across the world and was shared widely on social media. The selfie also prompted the
