Government
AIADMK factions seen near merger as star icons attend DMK event
11 Aug 2017
The rift within the Sasikala faction over the appointment of TTV Dinakaran as the party’s deputy chief is seen as a signal for the two AIADMK factions to merge
Maharashtra moves SC to tighten beef ban, allow home searches
11 Aug 2017
Seeking to strengthen the law against cow slaughter in the state, the Maharashtra government has moved the Supreme Court seeking revival of a provision of law that made it an offence to carry or keep beef at home
Justice Dipak Misra to Succeed CJI Khehar on 27 August
09 Aug 2017
The government on Tuesday cleared the appointment of Justice Dipak Misra, the Supreme Court's seniormost judge after the currect chief justice, as the next Chief Justice of India on the retirement of Chief Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar on 27 August
Venkaiah Naidu elected 13th vice president of India
07 Aug 2017
With two-term vice president Hamid Ansari's tenure ending on 10 August, Venkaiah Naidu, who will take oath the next day, by virtue of being elected vice-president, will also become ex-officio chairman of the Rajya Sabha
Loaders still rule the roost at FCI, says CAG report
05 Aug 2017
In October 2015, there were 61 labourers in FCI’s various godowns who earned more than Rs2,00,000 a month in incentives with three among these earning over Rs3 lakh in monthly incentives!
Congress scores a palpable hit with ‘State Bank of Tomato’!
03 Aug 2017
Among others, the bank offers a five-fold return on tomatoes deposited within six months, along with ‘lockers for the tomatoes’, ’80 per cent loans on tomatoes’ and ‘attractive interest rates for depositing tomatoes, especially for the poor’
Niti Ayog chief Panagariya quits, prefers US academia
02 Aug 2017
Although Arvind Panagariya said he had no differences with the government and was resigning solely to return to his job at Columbia University, observers suggest that he was in fact at odds with BJP-affiliated bodies like the RSS
Right to privacy can’t be secondary to economic rights: SC
02 Aug 2017
"Can two square meals be promised in return for barring people from protesting, forming an association or giving up other fundamental rights? This can never be" the Supreme Court observed during the ongoing hearing on the right to privacy
Right to privacy can’t be secondary to economic rights: SC
02 Aug 2017
"Can two square meals be promised in return for barring people from protesting, forming an association or giving up other fundamental rights? This can never be" the Supreme Court observed during the ongoing hearing on the right to privacy
Arvind Panagariya bids adieu to NITI Aayog
01 Aug 2017
Panagariya, 64, who has been on a 3-year leave from Columbia University to work at the Niti Aayog, said his leave was due to expire on 31 August and it was not possible to extend it
Decision on GM mustard likely by September, govt tells SC
01 Aug 2017
Environment minister Harsh Vardhan, however, informed the Rajya Sabha that a regulatory committee has recommended the environmental release of genetically modified mustard but the government has not taken any decision on it
GST Net adds over a million new taxpayers
31 Jul 2017
There are already 8.6 million registered taxpayers on the GST Net, and the addition of 1.2 million would take the number to nearly 10 million, also raising government’s revenues by 20-25 per cent, say tax experts
Nitish Kumar wins floor test in Bihar assembly
28 Jul 2017
Nitish Kumar, who was sworn in afresh on Friday as chief minister of Bihar, won the trust vote with 131 legislators voting in favour of the JD(U)-BJP alliance and 108 MLAs voting against the motion
Nitish Kumar returns as Bihar CM; BJP’s Sushil Modi is deputy CM
27 Jul 2017
While the changeover helped Nitish Kumar get rid of an unlikely ally, the Laloo Yadav-led Rashtriya Janatah Dal, it also limits the scope for a grand anti-BJP alliance