A two-day special session of parliament is likely in September to pass the Goods and Services Tax Bill, seen to be a crucial piece of tax reform linked to the Modi government`s effort to improve ease of business and boost revenues. finance ministe
Pakistan`s National Security Advisor (NSA) Sartaj Aziz on Thursday said he would visit India on August 23 for talks with his counterpart. The decision to hold NSA-level talks was taken when the Prime Ministers of the two countries met in Ufa, Russ
When not one but two senior editors, both baptized in the JP movement, spoke the same words on different occasions – that “you must read X to understand India” (X being Gora plus Ghare Baire for one and Raag Darbari for the other
The Rajya Sabha worked for just over nine hours of the 17-day session monsoon session of parliament, which ended today. Key legislation like the goods and services tax bill is pending in the RS. Various forms of protests prevented t
“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
