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Congress wrests all three Rajasthan by-poll seats from BJP
02 Feb 2018
With Rajasthan due for elections in a few months, the Congress showing is seen as a harbinger of things to come, while in West Bengal the Trinamool Congress underlined its strength by winning both seats
Supreme Court, High Court judges to get nearly 200% salary hike
31 Jan 2018
The salary hike, which is in line with the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission for officers of all-India services, will apply retrospectively from 1 January, 2016
Vijay Gokhale takes over from S Jaishankar as foreign secretary
29 Jan 2018
Senior diplomat Vijay Gokhale took charge as foreign secretary of India this morning on the retirement of his predecessor S Jaishankar
Real GDP growth to be 6.75% this fiscal; 7.75% in 2018-19: Economic Survey 2
29 Jan 2018
While admitting a lower than expected real growth of the Indian Economy The Economic Survey 2017 - 2018, expects the reform measures undertaken in 2017-18 can be strengthened further in 2018-19.
RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav found guilty in third fodder scam cas
24 Jan 2018
RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav was today found guilty in the third fodder scam case, for fraudulent withdrawal of Rs33.67 crore from Chaibasa treasury in 1992-1993
India lags behind Pak, Bangla, Nepal in inclusive development
23 Jan 2018
India was ranked 62nd among 74 emerging economies on World Economic Forum's Inclusive Development Index, well behind all its BRICS peers and even Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal
SC to decide on all cases related to death of Justice Loya
23 Jan 2018
The Supreme Court will examine all cases related to the death of Justice Loya, while transferring to itself two cases field in the Bombay high court seeking an SIT probe into the death of the judge, who hearing a controversial encounter death
New Election Commissioner votes for Aadhaar linking of voter ID cards
22 Jan 2018
A former joint secretary in the ministry of defence, Om Prakash Rawat was appointed an Election Commissioner in August 2015. He will be the 22nd Chief Election Commissioner of India
Aadhaar case gets under way; petitioners say it alters Constitution
18 Jan 2018
While the petitioners raised objections on the scale of the project, its intent, and the actual legality of the Aadhaar architecture, the bench wondered why it can’t be used to plug leaks in social welfare schemes
As Aadhaar gets new features, Centre mulls extending deadline
16 Jan 2018
With Aadhaar set to get new features including facial recognition, talks are on with the concerned authorities on whether the 31 March deadline for linking it to various services needs to be extended
Aadhaar depriving countless Indians of access to services: Amnesty, HRW
15 Jan 2018
There is a growing body of evidence that the government’s stringent Aadhaar requirements may be depriving millions of Indians of essential services and also leaving them vulnerable to fraud. By Jagdeep Worah
Senior Supreme Court judges revolt against Chief Justice
12 Jan 2018
Addressing the media, four of the most senior judges of the Supreme Court after the Chief Justice— Justices J Chelameswar, Kurian Joseph, Ranjan Gogoi and Madan Lokur — say the SC needs to be preserved if democracy were to survive in the country
SC sets up fresh Justice Dhingra-led SIT to probe ’84 anti-sikh riots
12 Jan 2018
The Supreme Court has set up a three-member special investigation team (SIT) headed by former Delhi High Court judge Justice S N Dhingra to supervise a further probe into 186 cases from the 1984 anti-Sikh riots
I-T Dept warns against `Benami’ deals
11 Jan 2018
UIDAI introduces Virtual ID for Aadhaar-card holders
10 Jan 2018
In a bid to address privacy concerns, UIDAI today introduced `Virtual IDs’ for Aadhaar-card holders, enabling them to generate IDs from its website for various uses, including SIM verification, instead of sharing the actual 12-digit biometric ID
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