Government
Jayalalithaa acquitted; set to return as CM
11 May 2015
The Karnataka HC judgement overturning the special court verdict that disqualified her from contesting elections for 10 years — four years in jail and six years thereafter — will alter the political course in Tamil Nadu
Parliament approves Indo-Bangla Land Boundary Bill
07 May 2015
The bill proposes swapping of select territories in Assam, West Bengal, Tripura and Meghalaya with Bangladesh on a reciprocal basis and would not involve the movement of people
Rajya Sabha passes historic bill on land-swap with Bangladesh
06 May 2015
Moving the bill for passage, external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj clarified that the exchange of certain enclaves will not necessitate movement of population
Lok Sabha approves GST bill
06 May 2015
The bill will now go to the Rajya Sabha, and then will have to gain acceptance by more than a half of the 29 states, before the President can sign it into law
Modi-Jaitley-Shah regime annoying party, allies: Arun Shourie
02 May 2015
Arun Shourie, disinvestment minister and later communications minister in Atal Behari Vajpyee's government has delivered a scathing critique of the Modi government's performance so far
GST bill faces uncertain future in Lok Sabha
25 Apr 2015
Judge recuses from hearing on judicial appointment system
15 Apr 2015
Justice A R Dave, head of the five-judge constitution bench, withdrew from the case after the petitioners said that since he had become a member of the National Judicial Appointments Commission, it would not be proper for him to hear the matter
2G case: Manmohan was ‘misled’ by Raja, CBI tells court
15 Apr 2015
In its final arguments in the 2G spectrum allocation case, the CBI today told a Special Court in Delhi trying the case that former telecom minister A Raja had misled the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on policy matters pertaining to 2G spectrum allocation
PM vows to cut red tape for foreign investments
13 Apr 2015
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, visiting Germany on Sunday, vowed to remove unnecessary regulations and procedures in the process of foreign investment in India, as well as to make it easier for other countries to initiate business deals
SC refers new judge appointment Act to larger bench
07 Apr 2015
The Supreme Court today referred to a larger bench a batch of petitions challenging constitutional validity of the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) Act meant to replace the over two-decade-old collegium system of judges appointing judges