Government

Tax collections surge to Rs3.23 lakh crore fiscal first quarter

09 Jul 2016

Hardik Patel to get bail if he agrees to leave Gujarat

09 Jul 2016

SC refuses to short-cut HC on Delhi’s jurisdiction plea

08 Jul 2016

ED calls Karti Chidambaram for grilling in telecoms case

05 Jul 2016

Javadekar elevated, M J Akbar inducted in cabinet shuffle

Javadekar elevated, M J Akbar inducted in cabinet shuffle

05 Jul 2016

Prime Minister Narendra Modi elevated environment minister Prakash Javadekar to the cabinet and inducted 19 new faces in the council of ministers, while showing the door to five

Sheila Dikshit to be Congress’s UP CM face; big role for Priyanka

05 Jul 2016

Centre out to paralyse Delhi government: Sisodia

05 Jul 2016

CBI arrests 2 Kejriwal officials, 3 others in Delhi

CBI arrests 2 Kejriwal officials, 3 others in Delhi

05 Jul 2016

The CBI has arrested chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s principal secretary Rajendra Kumar, deputy secretary Tarun Sharma, and three private persons on charges of illegally favouring certain contractors

SC refers Delhi plea on jurisdiction back to HC

02 Jul 2016

Delhi government moves Supreme Court over centre’s role

01 Jul 2016

Cabinet considers model bill allowing 24/7 working of shops

01 Jul 2016

Plea against ‘triple talaq’ may go to Constitution bench

Plea against ‘triple talaq’ may go to Constitution bench

30 Jun 2016

Calling the practice of divorce through triple talaq ‘a very important matter affecting a large section of people’, the Supreme Court said it would not ‘jump to any conclusion’ but may refer it to a larger bench

Protected by Naxalites

Protected by Naxalites

29 Jun 2016

The author, then a district revenue officer in the Naxal-hit area of Khammam district of undivided Andhra Pradesh, recalls a night of being protected by a group of Naxalites. Vivek Agnihotri, former secretary-general, Rajya Sabha, Parliament of India

Cabinet clears all recommendations of 7th pay panel

Cabinet clears all recommendations of 7th pay panel

29 Jun 2016

The adoption of the 7th Pay Commission recommendations will result in an about 23.55 per cent increase in salaries, allowances and pensions for more than 1 crore Central government staff and pensioners

IAS, IPS officers can now spend 7 years on foreign posting

29 Jun 2016

PM cuts Swamy to size over Rajan — finally

28 Jun 2016

PM cuts Swamy to size over Rajan — finally

28 Jun 2016

Narasimha used IB to keep tabs on Sonia: book

25 Jun 2016

How Narasimha Rao used IB to track reform opponents

How Narasimha Rao used IB to track reform opponents

25 Jun 2016

Back in late 1991, the then Prime Minister Narasimha Rao had asked for a telling report from the Intelligence Bureau (IB). He wanted to know which of his Congress MPs were against which specific economic reform

CBI books 9 tax officials, chartered accountant for graft

23 Jun 2016

Fresh probe ordered into Rohit Vemula’s caste status

22 Jun 2016

Bihar marks scam: exam board chief, wife arrested

20 Jun 2016

SC refuses to stay culling of boar, nilgai, monkeys

20 Jun 2016

11 get life, 13 others shorter terms for Gulbarg massacre

11 get life, 13 others shorter terms for Gulbarg massacre

17 Jun 2016

The massacre was one of the worst single incidents in the day-long riots in Gujarat that left more than 1,000 people dead

Home ministry cancels FCRA licence of Teesta Setalvad’s NGO Sabrang

16 Jun 2016