Exactly a year ago BJP leader and union minister Gopinath Munde lost his life in a road accident. Woken by his tragic death, the government promised a stringent law on road safety. And, unfortunately it has remained a promise. The r
As the union government prepares India to face uncertain monsoon and resultant effect on the economy, it has made major bureaucratic reshuffle at top tier. In the Tuesday’s shifting 16 ministries and departments have new secretaries.
Finance minister Arun Jaitley has been playing the pivotal role when it comes to ensuring the delivery of a slew of initiatives the prime minister has been taking over the past year. His hands have been more than full with the extended budget
Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan has found a powerful supporter in his decision against eggs. Women and child development minister Maneka Gandhi has come out in support of Chauhan, who had recently turned down the proposal
India`s northwest region which includes Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan are going to be affected by ‘below normal’ to ‘deficient’ monsoon. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has revised its
Even as both the parties have approached courts for clarification on division powers, the issue of hiring of five personnel of Bihar Police in Anti Corruption Branch of Delhi government has triggered a fresh clash between the Kejriwal government a
Showing confidence that the economy is in good shape to withstand any turbulence and sending out a strong signal to the banks to cut interest rates for consumers, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cut interest rates for a third time this year on Tue
Air India has adopted a new way to deal with the stressed minds of its new lot of pilots and cabin crew. In order to build and inculcate a positive and healthy atmosphere the national carrier has introduced yoga lessons for all new recruits.
Credibility comes with a burden, a burden of honesty and that of sincerity. And whatever they are worth intrinsically, the celebrities acquire credibility, real or assumed. They are expected to cash this credibility tag with c
The Karnataka government of the Congress party has decided to appeal against the high court verdict acquitting J Jayalalithaa in a corruption case. Jayalalithaa, 67, was sworn in as Chief Minister on May 23, after an eight-month bre
Malnutrition of children is one of the biggest challenge that the country faces. Despite several special programmes India still has 33 per cent of the malnourished children across the globe. To tackle this grave problem the Indian Academy of Paedi
Riding on domestic demand, Indian manufacturing activity rose at its fastest pace in four months in the month of May, a business survey found on Monday. The figures are expected to give another boost to a possible central bank inter
A chastened government has introduced simplified and shorter income tax return forms after dumping intrusively long ITRs. The government has also extended the last date for filing of returns by a month to August 31. The new forms &m
Savings will be taxed so will be spending. From Monday most of the services one buys will attract enhanced service tax of 14% and TDS (tax deducted at source) is going to charged on all kinds of FDs and RDs (fixed deposits and recurring deposits).
Think of that beautiful moment when a long missing child is traced and there is a reunion of the child and parents. However, even extensive and exhaustive search by police officials and NGOs more often than not fails to trace the missing child. So
The invigilator is distributing the question paper in a school classroom. Amid stony silence, many aspirants appearing for the selection
While the word ‘rape’ is enough to fill one with rage, the term ‘marital rape’ is even more torturous and agonising as there is hardly any option to say no. Reason being the marital rape is not yet criminalised in our count
A radioactive leak from a consignment, meant for medical use, was detected at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport, Delhi on Friday morning. One of the four packets of low-radioactive sodium iodide leaked and was detected
Uttar Pradesh (UP) cadre IAS officer Pradeep Kumar Sinha’s name has been approved by prime minister Narendra Modi for the appointment as next cabinet secretary. The 1977- batch officer will take charge from June 13, 2015 and will succeed Aji
Is centre making its case weak by rushing to the supreme court on governance in Delhi based on suspect logic? The legal tussle between the Centre and the Delhi government over the home ministry notification clipping the powers of the AAP dispensat
