The Maharashtra government has set stock limits to regulate prices of pulses across markets in the state. The stock limit and regulation provisions would continue till September 2016. The prices of pulses have risen due to short supply and i
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday found a new weapon to target prime minister Narendra Modi and the police force. Quoting from a survey conducted by CMS Transparency, Kejriwal tweeted: "Shocking findings CMS survey 2day-Del poli
Shiv Sena threatened Pakistani cricket umpire Aleem Dar on Monday to quit the current series between India and South Africa, shortly after storming BCCI’s Mumbai office to protest a planned meeting with Pakistan cricket officials.The protest
After Sunday’s politics over increasing incidences of rapes in Delhi, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday announced steps to check crimes against women in the national capital while saying that there was no fear of law in Delhi.
Hardik Patel, the leader of Patel community demanding quota, has been booked in Surat under the charges of sedition over alleged remarks on `killing cops`. "If you have so much courage...then go and kill a couple of policemen.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, who will be in India later this month, is going to be pleased with this. Finance minister Arun Jaitley took to facebook to express his opinion on a serious subject of supreme court judgment striking down the natio
Kashmir is observing bandh today in protest against the death on Sunday of a man who was critically injured 10 days ago, after his truck was fire-bombed in Udhampur on rumours that he had slaughtered a cow. Authorities have imposed restrictions in
Politics in the land of the legendary Hindi poet Ramdhari Singh ‘Dinkar’ was less complicated till the emergence of Lalu Prasad Yadav as a backward caste leader. Begusarai, on the northern bank of the Ganga in Bihar, has given birth to
“Political parties should make an earnest endeavour to keep enthusiasm low and ensure residents are not troubled by noise,” observed Bombay high court while allowing the ruling alliance partner Shiv Sena to hold its annual rally on Dus
Sculptures, murals and framed vintage pictures enliven the nooks and the walls of this Delhi house. As I walk by the swimming pool and am ushered into the study, I tell myself that it could not have been different. After all, the owner of this hou
Country`s foreign exchange reserves rose to $353.069 billion at the end of October 9, close to its all time high of $355.459 billion seen on June 26. According to reserve bank of India the forex reserves rose due to overseas portfolio investors dr
A special court on Friday dismissed the plea of ex-Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda seeking to summon former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as an additional accused in a coal scam case. “The application moved by Madhu Koda is dismissed,&rd
A special court on Friday dismissed the plea of ex-Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda seeking to summon former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as an additional accused in a coal scam case. “The application moved by Madhu Koda is dismissed,&rd
Holding telecom operators responsible for poor service quality, TRAI has today issued ninth amendment to the telecom consumers’ protection regulations, 2012, mandating the TSPs to provide compensation to their consumers for call drops.
Angus Deaton won this year’s winner of the Nobel prize for economics, partly based on his field res
The right to question the government is the essence of right to information act also, said prime minister Narendra Modi today. He described the RTI act as a "tool through which the common man has got not just the right to know, but also the r
India is witnessing a relay race at the sub-national electoral process to form government through representative democracy. Bihar election is an ongoing testimony of this battle between the political parties to win at any cost and for political le
The verdict has been termed as a collective order of the highest court of the land and it brings judiciary in direct conflict with the legislature, which claims to represent the will of the people of India. I
Supreme court has declared today the national judicial appointments commission act (NJAC Act) meant to replace the two-decade old collegium system of judges appointing judges in higher judiciary as unconstitutional. This means that the collegium s
The supreme court today extended voluntary use of Aadhaar card for bank accounts and schemes like Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Gurantee Act, Jan-Dhan Yojana, provident funds and pensions among other services. The apex court constitutio
