India does not have a vehicle recall policy but the automobile sector has already seen nearly seven lakh vehicles being recalled since 2012. Now, country`s largest car maker Maruti Suzuki has announced recall of 33,098 units of its popular small c
With Rs 2 lakh crore generated already from just 32 mines out of 204 and nearly Rs 1 lakh crore from spectrum auction, the government has so far earned Rs 3 lakh crore. On Monday alone, two mines -- Utkal C in Odisha and Lohari in J
Union home minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said that the security of India is important and not the alliance government in Jammu and Kashmir. He was commenting on the controversial decision to release separatist leader Masarat Ala
After saying that 90 % Indians are idiots, Justice Markandey Katju is ready with his latest controversy. This time he calls Mahatma Gandhi a British Agent in his personal blog. Within eight hours he posted his blog post on Facebook, it received ov
While there are 52 amendments proposed by the members, the government on Tuesday moved nine amendments to the land acquisition bill in Lok Sabha as it seeks support from the opposition. The changes include removal of exemption (requ
"When being raped, she shouldn`t fight back. She should just be silent and allow the rape. Then they`d have dropped her off after `doing her`, and only hit the boy," says Mukesh Singh in the now controversial BBC documentary by Leslee Ud
A young woman lost her life and a child has been orphaned because of the way Indian society treats women and the way it imposes conditions on their wants and needs. Prabha Arun Kumar, 41, was on the phone to her husband when she was
Sri Lankan prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe remarks on Indian fishermen has led to a major controversy. Wickremesinghe said that Indian fishermen could be shot if they intruded into the country`s waters. His remarks are being highly criticised
Prime minister Narendra Modi, who had kept silent on the entire controversy over the BBC documentary on the December 16 gangrape, has said, “Our heads hang in shame when we hear of instances of crime against women” and announced that t
A missing child is a parent’s worst nightmare. The mere thought of it sends shivers down one’s spine. Thousands of children are reported missing every day from India, yet very little is done to return the little ones to their anguished
Time magazine says “it helps to be famous in real life. But the rise of social networks has leveled the playing field, allowing unknowns to command audiences rivaling those of real-world leaders, even if by accident.” Th
Few weeks after Sri Lankan president’s visit to India and ahead of prime minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Lanka, Ranil Wickramesinghe, Lankan prime minister has dropped a bombshell that is going to stir up issues especially in Tamil N
There is hope in the air. Prime minister Narendra Modi’s categorical statement on plans to revive Nokia plant at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu has breathed life into lives of thousands of workers. The plant was closed in Novembe
After issuing a ban on broadcast and sharing under IT act, the government has now asked video sharing website YouTube to remove the controversial BBC documentary on Delhi gangrape as it went viral. BBC, which released the documentary on Wednesday
With an aim to bring in reforms in the coal sector, the government will soon allot linkages with greater transparency. In an interview with Governance Now, coal secretary Anil Swarup said after transparent e-auction of coal blocks,
The BBC, while declaring that it has no plans to telecast the controversial documentary on December 16, 2012 gangrape incident in India, it went ahead and broadcast it in the UK. Earlier, the documentary was scheduled for March 8, coinciding with
Arvind Kejriwal began his detoxification regime on Wednesday itself with the removal of senior AAP leaders Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan from the party`s Political Affairs Committee (PAC). Kejriwal left for a 10-day naturopathy treatment in
The governments in India have shown remarkable inability to balance development and dissent. Procedural and bureaucratic delays are condoned without much ado but hurdles due to civil society’s opposition are crushed with iron hand.
As the lawmakers condemned the interview on Wednesday, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore said that suitable steps would be taken to prevent proposed broadcast of the BBC documentary on the Nirbhaya rape
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) again surprised the nation by holding an unscheduled monetary policy review on Wednesday and reduced the policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) by 25 basis points (bps) from 7.75% to 7.5% wit
