Government

10 Jan 2018

Asking if everyone ‘should wear our patriotism on our sleeves’, the Supreme Court ruled that it would be up to theatre owners whether or not to play the national anthem before screening a film

10 Jan 2018

‘For the first time … there is a readily available single target for cyber criminals as well as India’s external enemies’, says a white paper by an arm of the RBI, while also flagging that the economic benefits of Aadhaar are unclear

09 Jan 2018

Edward Snowden, the whistleblower on the US National Security Agency’s global surveillance programme, has come out strongly in support of the Indian journalist who exposed the easy accessibility of Aadhaar data, and who now faces police action for his efforts

08 Jan 2018

The Crime Branch of the Delhi Police has registered a First Information Report against The Tribune newspaper and its reporter Rachna Khaira after the paper published a story on the ease with which anyone’s Aadhaar data could be obtained via WhatsApp

08 Jan 2018

Lalu Prasad has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in jail and Rs5 lakh penalty in one of the 1996 fodder scam cases

05 Jan 2018

Edward Snowden, the man who blew the whistle on the US National Security Agency’s global surveillance programme, sees India’s Aadhaar system as “abuse” that is an outcome of the natural tendency of governments to keep tabs on citizens

05 Jan 2018

04 Jan 2018

Despite numerous assurances by the government that one’s Aadhhar details are safe and cannot be misused, a shocking newspaper report claimed that the Aadhaar details of a billion Indians can be bought on WhatsApp for just Rs500 each

03 Jan 2018

Electoral bonds, an interest-free banking instrument in the nature of a promissory note, can be bought by any Indian national and encashed by any eligible political party through a designated bank account with an authorised bank

02 Jan 2018

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30 Dec 2017

With proposed additional borrowing of Rs50,000 crore for the current fiscal the centre’s fiscal deficit is likely to hit Rs6,62,000 crore or 3.88 per cent of GDP for FY18

30 Dec 2017

30 Dec 2017

29 Dec 2017

The latest flashpoint with the AAP government came when lieutenant governor Anil Baijal stalled the home delivery of services planned by the Delhi government to cut corruption and red tape

28 Dec 2017

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23 Dec 2017

Lalu has so far spent 375 days in jail in connection with the fodder scam, in five jail stints between 30 July 1997 and 27 January 2002, Mishra has been convicted and sentenced to five years of imprisonment in one of the five fodder scam cases

23 Dec 2017

Chidambaram, who is yet to link his bank account with Aadhaar number, wanted the linking of Aadhaar to be put on a pause until the Constitution bench of the Supreme Court hears petitions on the issue

22 Dec 2017

For the assessment year 2015-16, only 1,156 individuals showed an income between Rs10 crore and Rs25 crore, while nearly 35,000 luxury cars were sold in the country

22 Dec 2017

The Bombay High Court ruled that though the CBI had claimed to be in possession of fresh evidence while seeking permission to prosecute Chavan, it had “failed to present any fresh evidence”

20 Dec 2017

Justice Karnan (62) was arrested from Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu on 20 June, earning the dubious distinction of becoming India’s first sitting high court judge to have been sentenced to jail

18 Dec 2017

The BJP predictably called the results a vote for development under Prime Minister Narendera Modi, the tireless star campaigner in both states, while the Congress took solace in the fact that it is set to better its tally in Gujarat