A day after he was called to take oath as chief minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar, sitting in the lawns of his residence, looked pensive when asked by a journalist if he had also invited Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal. “Let Kejriwa
Manoj Kumar starrer Roti Kapda Aur Makaan was set in the early seventies of Delhi. It was about a man, his family and their struggle to earn bare necessities of life. If the movie had to be remade toady it will need to change at least one thing, t
Even while invoking the almighty ‘prabhu’ on bring his ministry back on rails; Suresh Prabhu unveiled a five-point programme on reforms and governance. As he presented the railway budget for 2015 Prabhu announced the ope
On the eve of general budget, the ratings agency Standard & Poor’s has raised India’s growth forecasts. It raised India GDP growth forecast to 7.9 percent from 6.2 percent for the year ending March 2016, due to risin
Railway minister Suresh Prabhu presented the railway budget for 2015-16 on Thursday. Highlights of the budget No increase in passenger fares
It was an inauspicious start to the railway budget presentation in parliament on Thursday morning. Led by Congress president Sonia Gandhi the opposition parties stalled parliamentary business over Venkaiah Naidu’s remarks. The senior ministe
In a major blow to the Indian government’s ambitious project of constructing a railway line between Katra and Banihal, the expert committee headed by E Sreedharan has raised serious concerns over the existing ‘alignment’ to imple
In an interesting development, Delhi high court has issued a notice to health minister J P Nadda, in a public interest litigation case filed by Centre for public interest and litigation. The CPIL has prayed to the court to initiate enquiry in all
Militants of the Islamic State abducted at least 90 Assyrian Christians in Syria on February 24. Women and children were also among those abducted as the group raided villages in the Hassakeh province. While nearly 90 Christians wer
This is good news for thousands of families as the US has announced that it would provide work permits to spouses of H-1B visa-holders. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will begin accepting applications for work visas from H-1B
While the government keeps a brave face on land acquisition bill even as it tries to open a window of accommodation, the BJP has formed a committee to look into farmer`s concerns. Parliamentary affairs minister Venkiah Naidu told re
Social activist Anna Hazare on Wednesday took the fight against land acquisition bill to the parliament by holding farmers rally near parliament building. Addressing the rally he asked if the government says that ‘we have brou
Even as India says that there is no mutation of swine flu virus, an expert has sought deeper investigation on mutation factor as more young Indians are falling prey to the disease. Rafi Ahmed, Director of Emory Vaccine Centre in Atl
If you are mobile app crazy, go slow as app providers have been ignoring the most basic secure sockets layer (SSL) vulnerabilities and putting your data at risk. More than 380malwares are affecting the smart devices every minute says McAfee Labs T
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal joined activist Anna Hazare at Jantar Mantar on Tuesday in the protest against the Modi government’s land Ordinance. अण्
The GST (good and services tax) may meet less resistance with the government on Tuesday accepting suggestion of the 14th Finance Commission to raise share of states in central taxes to 42% from current 32%. Finance minister Arun Jaitley on T
The future of airport baggage management will dawn in India soon. The trigger could be Renuka Chowdary incident last week at Delhi airport. The civil aviation ministry is contemplating a RFID baggage system so that in situation like
Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat has alleged that conversion to Christianity was the basic objective of Mother Teresa’s service to the poor. Bhagwat was inaugurating an orphanage and women’s home at
The land acquisition bill to replace an ordinance has been introduced in Lok Sabha on Tuesday despite opposition crying foul. The government had promulgated the ordinance making significant changes in the Land Act including removal of consent clau
If you have more than two children, don’t have a functional toilet in your house and haven’t passed Class 8 (Class 5 for reserved areas), sorry, you are disqualified from contesting an election for sarpanch in Rajasthan. The state is t
