Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal began an indefinite hunger strike on Saturday against increased power and water bills in the national capital. The hunger strike is part of his campaign, so far restricted to rallies and
The Right to Education Act provoked many private schools to unite against the inclusion of students from economically weaker section (EWS) across the country. Not because they do not believe in education for all, but because the costs are prohibit
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Jahuran Bibi and Baharjan Bibi have come to the Bangiya Grameen Vikas Bank, a rural bank, to withdraw an amount of Rs 8,000 for the marriage of the daughters of two other members. They are members of a self-help group (SHG) called Alahi Bharsa bas
Cobrapost, an investigative media house led by Aniruddha Bahal, carried out a sting operation recently exposing how senior executives of three leading private banks of the country, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and A
Presiding over proceedings going from bad to worse in the Rajya Sabha on Friday afternoon — slogan-shouting, trooping to the well of the House, attacking the chairperson’s mike, and one MP having to be moved to hospital after collapsin
In 2011, parliamentarians bristled with anger when Anna Hazare and Arvind Kejriwal suggested that parliament should immediately take up the Lokpal bill for debate and passage. Cutting across party lines, parliamentarians branded Hazare and Kejriwa
There’s something grossly wrong in the conscience of a nation if that conscience tries to turn an accused into a victim. Sanjay Dutt, let’s face it, is not the victim. He is an accused, convicted years ago and that conv
As Italy reversed its decision of not sending back its two marines, government on Friday said India has given assurances to that country that they will not face death penalty and will not be liable for arrest if they return by the deadline of toda
I was surrounded by film folks, art-directing a television commercial, when the news broke of the supreme court’s ruling on actor Sanjay Dutt’s sentencing. Within four weeks of March 21, Dutt has to return to jail to serve the remainin
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Friday said that diplomacy is at work resulting in Italy`s decision to send back two marines charged in the fishermen killing case and parried questions on Italian media reports that Congress President
The Delhi High Court on Friday allowed media to cover the day-to-day proceedings of the trial in the December 16 gangrape case which was being heard behind closed doors till date. Setting aside the order passed by the Additional Ses
To accelerate the flow of funds from foreign institutional investors (FII), the Securities and Exchange Board of India on Wednesday gave a green signal to them to offer government securities and corporate bonds as collaterals for trading on the co
Parliament on Thursday passed the anti-rape bill providing natural life term or even death for repeat offenders of rape, with Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde stating the "law will impact the society for years to come". Terming i
The Reserve Bank on Thursday sought to downplay the money-laundering allegations against three private sector banks, saying the country has a "perfect" system to prevent such offences and that not a single such transaction took place in
When it comes to irritatingly complicated and unnecessarily lengthy paperwork, the ministries seem to never have enough of it. So when they are urged to slacken some of it, they do it in a way that complicates the process further. For exam
Two decades after serial blasts rocked Mumbai killing 257 people and injuring over 700, the Supreme Court today upheld the death sentence of one and conviction of several others including Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt. Following is the chronology of
Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt will have to undergo a jail term of more than three years after the Supreme Court today upheld his conviction in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case which it said was organised by underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and others
The ADMK, DMK and other Tamil Nadu political parties rejected the request of P Chidambaram for a structured debate and passage of 2013 Union Budget in Rajya Sabha. Trichy Siva of DMK and Dr V Maitreyan of AIADMK were categorical that they
Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt would have to go back to jail for three and half years in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday morning, while upholding the death sentence to Yakub Memon in the same case. Comm
