“I wish to connect the poorest citizens of the country with the facility of bank accounts through Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan
There have been petitions in court and the press council against certain news portals for promoting pornographic material in the garb of information. Similar petitions were also filed against certain big newspapers for promoting sex trade in the g
India woke up today to another day of uncertainty and ceaseless cacophony created by the politicians. Television screens screamed that today is last day of parliament`s monsoon session and no legislative business has taken place. Th
The monsoon session of the parliament is heading towards a close. Seeing that the fate of key bills hangs in balance, top industrialists, including Rahul Bajaj, Adi Godrej, Sumit Mazumder, president, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Infosys
The government is holding a meeting this morning (Thursday) to decide whether to extend the ongoing session of parliament briefly or convene a special session after an interval to try and pass the goods and services tax bill. The monsoon ses
A committee set up to redress complaints of victims of sexual harassment at workplace can recommend transfer of the charged officer or grant leave to the affected woman upto three months, the government told Parliament today. Minister of State for
There is a rise of women leaders at the grassroots level in Rajasthan villages. The panchayati raj department is still collating data to get the precise picture of women’s political presence. In 2010, there were 4,824 women sarpanches in Raj
With barely two days left for the Monsoon session of the Parliament to come to a close, the government`s attempt to pass the much-anticipated GST seems unlikely in this session even as over 15,000 people, including top industrialists have signed o
In an interim order till a Constitution Bench decides on the issue, a three-member bench of the supreme court on Tuesday ruled that Aadhaar should not be used for availing government welfare schemes other than PDS, food grain distribution, cooking
The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday requested the Central Bureau of Investigation to issue a Red Corner notice against tainted cricket czar Lalit Modi. Last week, a Mumbai court had issued a non-bailable warrant against the former chairman of I
With only three days of monsoon session remaining, a desperate government late on Monday listed the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Constitutional Amendment Bill, 2014, for consideration and passing in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. The Congress, howeve
Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that it can not ban porn except for child pornography. During the resumption of hearing in the apex court on a petition seeking ban on pornographic websites, the Centre said the government can`t do moral pol
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar should study a recent report on his state and rework his priorities for the election promises. Instead of targeting prime minister Narendar Modi for his DNA remark, the chief minister should visit state hospital.
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has banned the use of plastic bottles around the banks of Uttarakhand here to check the menace of pollution in and around the river Ganga. The tribunal has appointed a local commissioner and asked him to furnish a
The governor of Reserve Bank of India Raghuram Rajan has received tactical support of his predecessor even as centre and the RBI are close to an agreement on the broad contours of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). Dr Duvvuri Subb
Five women have been killed in a village in Jharkhand, 45 kilometres from capital Ranchi, reportedly on allegations of witchcraft. The village falls under Ranchi`s Mandar block. The villagers used lathis and sharp edged weapons to kill the women a
She keeps spitting every few minutes but the taste of urine still seems to linger in Bisahin Bai’s mouth. The humiliation of having been forced to drink urine and paraded naked continues to haunt her. That was 14 years back but the memory is
Heavy security arrangements have been made at the residence of Justice Dipak Misra after he received an anonymous threat letter. A bullet proof vehicle has been provided to him, while commandos from central paramilitary force have been deployed at
High level of corruption was known to be rampant in the Madhya Pradesh Vyavsayik Pariksha Mandal or Vyapam, long before the agency responsible for conducting several entrance tests came in the eye of the multi-million scam storm. However, it was o
We are pretty complacent these days about the balance of payments. Our foreign exchange reserves exceed $350 billion – enough to finance imports for a year if we stopped exporting. There are not many countries with such a good external affai
