Government

Cong stalls Parliament over National Herald case

08 Dec 2015

While the Congress members continued to protest, the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha failed to pass precious legislation, including the one on the key goods and services tax (GST) bill

Govt borrowing hits 58.7% of FY16 target in first half

08 Dec 2015

Govt directs all banks to restore services, ATMs in flood-hit Tamil Nadu

07 Dec 2015

Rahul Gandhi holds key to passage of GST Bill

07 Dec 2015

House upset about ‘secret’ India-Pak NSA meeting

07 Dec 2015

The Bangkok meeting was green-flagged by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif when they met and chatted in Paris two weeks ago

Rajya Sabha to take up GST bill on Monday

05 Dec 2015

There is now a greater chance of the proposed legislation on a unified sales tax regime getting nod of the Rajya Sabha as well, after a government-appointed panel backed a lower rate and simpler structure that the opposition Congress party too had demanded

RS uproar over V K Singh remarks, Babri comments

05 Dec 2015

India’s forest cover increased by 1.48% to 24.16% of total area: report

05 Dec 2015

GST panel suggests standard GST rate of 17-18%

04 Dec 2015

The committee noted that the more the exemptions that are retained in the GST bill the higher will be the standard rate: the broader the scope of exemptions, the less effective the GST will be

Twenty-five per cent of JNNRUM houses lying unoccupied: minister

04 Dec 2015

Obama finds Modi ‘honest, direct and clear-sighted’

03 Dec 2015

Chennai floods: PM Modi takes stock, announces Rs1,000-cr relief

03 Dec 2015

Modi, who undertook an aerial survey of flood-hit areas of Chennai, Kanchipuram and Tiruvallur districts in Tamil Nadu, said the fresh relief is over and above the Rs940-cr provided earlier

Justice T S Thakur sworn in as 43rd Chief Justice of India

03 Dec 2015

A pragmatic person, Justice Thakur is credited with cleaning up the country’s cricket administration that was left in shambles after the IPL spot fixing scam

Congress records major gains in Gujarat civic polls

03 Dec 2015

Army, Navy move in as rains give TN no respite

02 Dec 2015

TN deluge unconnected with climate change: Javadekar

02 Dec 2015

The environment minister’s comment delinking the disastrous rains in Tamil Nadu from climate change is strange as Prime Minister Modi has himself used it as an example of the dangers of global warming

Delhi’s Janlokpal to have attachment powers

01 Dec 2015

Cleanse minds before cleaning the streets: President

01 Dec 2015

While the Swatch Bharat Mission is a laudable initiative, Mukherjee said, it has to be seen as just the beginning of a much larger and intense effort to cleanse minds and fulfil Gandhiji’s vision in all its aspects

Chidambaram flays govt as ED raids his son’s firms in Aircel-Maxis case

01 Dec 2015

‘Intolerance’ debate gets off to rocky start in Lok Sabha

30 Nov 2015

About 2.46 lakh patent applications, 5.32 lakh trademark registrations pending due to manpower shortage: minister

30 Nov 2015

Parrikar mulls retirement with eye on Goa

30 Nov 2015

Indian parliament not sovereign: Ram Jethmalani

30 Nov 2015

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