Government
Modi launches 'Stand up India’ for schedule caste, schedule tribe and woman entrepreneurs
05 Apr 2016
The `Stand up India’ scheme aims to promote entrepreneurship among women and people from disadvantaged and backward communities, by facilitating loans in the range of Rs10 lakh to Rs1 crore
Pilibhit fake encounter: Special CBI court sentences 47 policemen to life
04 Apr 2016
A special CBI court today awarded life imprisonment to all 47 policemen convicted of killing 10 Sikhs in fake encounters 25 years ago
Coal scam: JIPL directors Rungtas awarded 4-year jail term
04 Apr 2016
The coal scam that rocked the Manmohan Singh government came to light when the comptroller and auditor general (CAG) flagged irregularities in allocation of coal blocks from 2004 onwards
Mehbooba Mufti takes oath as J&K CM
04 Apr 2016
The 56-year-old law graduate is credited with the growth of the People’s Democratic Party and is said to have outshone her late father, former Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, in connecting with the people
Declassified files suggest Netaji survived 1945 air crash, says report
31 Mar 2016
The declassified files relating to Netaji Subsash Chandra Bose released by the centre provide some hints that the leader of India’s freedom movement might well have lived beyond 18 August 1945
Paperless travel: passports on your smartphone soon?
31 Mar 2016
De La Roue, the company that prints British currency notes, is working on passports that can be stored on your smartphones – but it still has some way to go, as a passport is not as simple as a paperless ticket
HC puts off Uttarakhand trust vote to 7 April
30 Mar 2016
In response to an appeal by the union government, a division bench of the Uttarakhand High Court put off the floor test in the Uttarakhand assembly, earlier ordered for Thursday, to 7 April
Centre moves HC in bid to avoid Uttarakhand floor test
30 Mar 2016
The centre has rushed to the Uttarakhand High Court seeking a stay on the earlier order by a single-judge bench for a floor test on Thursday to determine if chief minister Harish Rawat commanded a majority
HC allows floor test in Uttarakhand despite President’s Rule
29 Mar 2016
Calling the unprecedented order by the Nainital High Court a ‘setback’ for the BJP, ousted Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawat said he was confident of proving his majority on the floor of the assembly
Reconstituted Board of Trade to meet on 6 April
29 Mar 2016
AAP slashes VAT rates, avoids new taxes in Delhi budget
29 Mar 2016
Presenting his Rs46,600 crore annual budget, Delhi finance minister Manish Sisodia announced major new outlays for education, public transport, and health, while cutting VAT on a range of goods
Congress moves HC against President’s rule in Uttarakhand
28 Mar 2016
The Congress has protested strongly against the dismissal of its Harish Rawat-led government in the hill state of Uttarakhand before holding a floor test of its majority in the assembly scheduled for today
PM to leave for 3-nation tour on Wednesday
28 Mar 2016
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