The spending package for the 2016-17 fiscal marks a radical shift from the Modi government's initial focus on big-ticket infrastructure investment to kick-start private-sector investment, as growth will now trickle in smaller bouts and mainly from rural development

Cops did not act while I was beaten: JNU's Kanhaiya Kumar

27 Feb 2016

JNU Students' Union president Kanhaiya Kumar, who is in police custody in connection with the sedition case, told the Supreme Court team that even after identifying the people who attacked him in the court, the police did not arrest them

Yechuri invokes Mahatma, Bhagat Singh to lash govt

25 Feb 2016

The JNU row continued to reverberate in Parliament today as Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Sitaram Yechury made a powerful speech against the government, asking it if dissent is considered sedition

JNU row: students surrender, grilled for 5 hours

24 Feb 2016

JNU row: Kanhaiya’s bail plea to be heard on 29 Feb

24 Feb 2016

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday adjourned the hearing on Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student leader Kanhaiya Kumar’s bail petition to 29 February, after the Delhi Police told the court that it would seek his remand afresh from a trial court

BJP sees Congress conspiracy in Jat violence

24 Feb 2016

Haryana ex-CM Hooda ordered to leave Rohtak, complies

24 Feb 2016

Lawyer arrested for bashing up JNU student leaders in custody

24 Feb 2016

After a media sting operation showing lawyers bragging that they had beat up JNU students’ union president Kanhaiya Kumar in jail while cops stood watching, one of them has been arrested while a summons is out for two more

EC’s Vision 2020 to ensure single window for all services: Nasim Zaidi

23 Feb 2016

SC refuses to grant urgent hearing in Jat stir case

23 Feb 2016

End to Jat stir in sight? Haryana limping to normalcy

23 Feb 2016

PM hopes for smooth Budget session, oppn unlikely to oblige

23 Feb 2016

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said before the Budget session of parliament that the opposition has shown ‘positive steps’, but with issues like the Jat agitation and the JNU row dominating headlines, the session is unlikely to be smooth sailing

Haryana vows full compensation for Jat stir losses

23 Feb 2016

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