Parliament functions through debate, dissension and decision and not through disruption, President Pranab Mukherjee said Monday, and called on all stakeholders, including government and political parties, to do some introspection. Mukherjee, who Monday unveiled photographs of the presidents of the central legislative assembly and portraits of former Lok Sabha speakers at the Parliament House, said […]
Banking operations across India were hit Monday as members of an umbrella trade union of 47 banks began a two-day strike, opposing the proposed banking sector reforms and demanding immediate revision in wages. Over a million bank employees and officers working in 27 public sector banks, including the State Bank of India, 12 private and […]
With both houses of parliament remaining paralysed for the fourth day Monday over Telangana, ugly scenes were witnessed in the Rajya Sabha when a member pulled out the chairman’s microphone. The Rajya Sabha saw protests over the proposed formation of Telangana while members from Tamil Nadu demanded a discussion on the issue of Tamil fishermen. […]
Three Left Front legislators in the West Bengal assembly joined Trinamool Congress Saturday, a day after voting for the ruling party in the Rajya Sabha polls. Ananta Deb Adhikary and Dasarath Tirkey of the Revolutionary Socialist Party and Sunil Mondal of the Forward Bloc formally pitched their lot with the Trinamool in the presence of […]
A 14-year-old girl from Manipur was forcibly grabbed by her landlord’s son, taken to a vacant room and brutally raped here, triggering protests. The rape of the teenaged Manipuri girl took place in south Delhi, which also last week witnessed an altercation over the appearance of a student from Arunachal Pradesh. Nido Tania was beaten […]
President Pranab Mukherjee Saturday called for increased investments in higher education to enable India recover lost ground and become a world leader in education once again as it was for thousands of years. Pointing out that investments in education earn the highest returns, the president stressed the need to make it affordable as well as […]
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday released a commemorative stamp in honour of veteran singer Jagjit Singh. “In the musical history of our country, Jagjit Singh has a special place. He is not amongst us today, but his magical voice and music will always have an impact on us,” Manmohan Singh said after releasing the stamp. […]
he Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) attacked the Congress Saturday and said it is targeting the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi through the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The reaction from the BJP follows a statement by CBI director Ranjit Sinha in an interview to the Economic Times. Sinha had said the United Progressive Alliance […]
The CBI Saturday said its director, Ranjit Sinha, was “quoted unfairly” and “out of context” in a newspaper interview related to the Ishrat Jahan case chargesheet. “Queries have been received from various sections of the media regarding quote of director CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) published in a national daily today (Saturday) in connection with […]
The central government’s contention that legislation cannot be introduced in the Delhi assembly without its nod has “serious legal infirmities” and is “ultra vires the constitution”, former attorney general Soli J. Sorabjee said Saturday. The Delhi government had sought his opinion whether introducing a bill without the centre’s approval amounts to violating the constitution. “In […]