Government
Breakthrough likely on GST as PM meets Sonia, Manmohan
28 Nov 2015
Finance minister Arun Jaitley said parliamentary affairs minister Venkaiah Naidu will be in touch with Congress leaders to discuss the specific legislations pending in Parliament so that work can proceed next week
Tea for the president
27 Nov 2015
IAS officers always remember their first posting with nostalgia, reminiscences Vivek Agnihotri, IAS (Retd), former secretary-general, Rajya Sabha
Govt optimistic on GST, but Cong won't budge
26 Nov 2015
The opposition Congress wants to cap the rate of GST at less than 20 per cent, scrap a proposed state levy and create an independent mechanism to resolve inter-state disputes on revenue sharing
NSA may be invoked against 'Nirbhay' gang rapist
26 Nov 2015
Telecom ministry hauls up BSNL, MTNL, India Post
23 Nov 2015
Seventh Pay Commission recommends 16% pay hike
19 Nov 2015
The overall increase in pay and allowances and pensions will be 23.55 per cent, considering a 16 per cent increase in basic pay, 63 per cent increase in allowances and 24 per cent increase in pension
Swachh cess draws consumer ire
16 Nov 2015
Centre’s AMRIT to sell cancer drugs 50 to 60% cheaper
16 Nov 2015
The health ministry's AMRIT project will provide 200 cancer drugs, 186 heart drugs, and 148 stents and cardiac implants through central government hospitals 50-60 per cent below market prices
PM Modi leaves for UK, Turkey visit
12 Nov 2015
Prime Minister's visit to United Kingdom is aimed at enhancing cooperation to boost economic between the two countries
OROP implemented but objections remain
09 Nov 2015
Rejecting objections against the One Rank One Pension scheme for armed forces veterans, defence minister Manohar Parrikar today said that it was impossible to satisfy the expectations of everyone
Grand Alliance sweeps Bihar with 178 of 243 seats
09 Nov 2015
The aura of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is clearly fading – after losing Delhi to Arvind Kejriwal’s upstart Aam Admi Party last year, the BJP and its allies could win only 58 seats in Bihar
CIC vacancies must be filled in 6 weeks: HC
07 Nov 2015
India gives Greenpeace 30 days to shut down
07 Nov 2015
Exit poll results put BJP on the defensive
06 Nov 2015
Clearly jolted by the exit polls in the crucial state where Prime Minister Naremdra Modi had campaigned extensively, the BJP has already started saying the election is not a referendum on the centre
‘Centralised voter management a must for India’
05 Nov 2015
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