A bill that increases quota for disabled people in government jobs from 3-5 percent was introduced in the Rajya Sabha Friday. The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2014, was introduced in the upper house by Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Mallikarjun Kharge amid the din. As members protested on various issues, Deputy Chairman […]
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Ashutosh said Friday Delhi Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung is working as a Congress agent and questioned of his letter to the solicitor general on the Lokpal bill. “My opinion is that the Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung is working as a Congress agent and is trying to spoil the image of […]
The Indonesian Navy, which has been conducting regular joint exercises with its Indian counterpart, is aiming to further enhance mutual ties especially in the sphere of joint patrolling, a senior Indonesian naval officer said here Thursday. “Our ties with the Indian Navy have been very cordial and we are aiming to take it further up. […]
The Supreme Court will Friday pronounce its verdict on the validity of the Justice G.R. Majithia Wage Board for Working Journalists and other Newspaper Employees that has been challenged by several newspaper organisations including their joint body Indian Newspapers Society (INS). A bench of Chief Justice P. Sathasivam, Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Shiva Kirti […]
Manhattan’s Indian-American US Attorney Preet Bharara has struck again with the conviction of an Indian-American portfolio manager, giving him an enviable 79-0 record in his four-year long crackdown on insider-trading on Wall Street. A jury of seven women and five men Thursday found former SAC Capital Advisor portfolio manager Mathew Martoma, 39, guilty on one […]
Supreme Court Friday issued notice to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on a petition challenging a Delhi High Court order in a defamation case against him. The Supreme Court also stayed the operation of the high court order that had permitted Kejriwal to approach the lower court for his discharge in the defamation suit filed […]
The top US drug regulator is headed to India, which supplies an estimated 40 percent of the generic drugs sold in the US, to talk about quality issues after recent action against some Indian drug makers. The US Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday that Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg, will travel to India Feb 10-18 […]
A total of 28 rounds of bidding were completed by the end of Day 4 Thursday of the second generation (2G) spectrum or airwaves auction that began Feb 3, an official statement said here. The government received cumulative bids worth Rs.52,689 crore at the end of the fourth day, Telecom Secretary M.F. Farooqui said. “The […]
The Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government Thursday asked its anti-corruption bureau to investigate the alleged irregularities in installing streetlights during the 2010 Commonwealth Games organised under then chief minister Sheila Dikshit. Acting swiftly, the anti-corruption bureau filed a fresh first information report (FIR) slapping cases under section 420 (cheating) and 120 B (criminal conspiracy) against unknown […]
Three parliamentarians from Andhra Pradesh Friday served no-confidence notices in the Lok Sabha against the Manmohan Singh government for its decision to carve out Telangana from the state. Harsha Kumar of the Congress, M. Venugopal Reddy of the Telugu Desam Party and M. Rajamohan Reddy of the YSR-Congress served separate notice to test government’s strength […]