Pulling up the West Bengal government for challenging the Centre’s decision to link Aadhaar for giving subsidies, the Supreme Court on Monday wondered how could a state government challenge a law passed by the central government. “How can a state government challenge a law passed by the Centre? This way Centre would start challenging the […]
AACTA launches ‘In Conversation Event Series’, featuring celebrated Indian actors Shabana Azmi and Anupam Kher The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) today launched their In Conversation Event Series, announcing acclaimed Indian actors Shabana Azmi and Anupam Kher as featured speakers. Tickets are now on sale for the event series, which will be […]
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday announced a series of steps in the Railways, including decentralization of power, to carry out safety related work. Goyal told the media that General Managers had been given full powers to sanction out of turn safety related work without any ceiling, “within the financial limit set out by Ministry […]
The Central government on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that it will extend till March 31, 2018, the deadline for linking Aadhaar with bank accounts, PAN, mobile numbers and other schemes for those who don’t have the unique identification number and are willing to go for it. Attorney General K.K.Venugopal said that the government will […]
The mother of well-known cross-country biker Sana Iqbal, who died in a car crash here on Tuesday, has alleged that it was a “pre-planned” and “cold-blooded murder” by the latter’s husband and not an accident. As dozens of mourners, including bikers, gathered at her house for the funeral procession on Wednesday, her mother Shaheen Khan […]
The second One-Day International (ODI) between India and New Zealand here became embroiled in controversy hours before its start with allegations of corruption against curator Pandurang Salgaonkar, who was subsequently sacked by the BCCI. A television channel claims to have conducted a sting operation in which reporters posing as bookies approached the curator asking for […]
Despite warnings from a green court and environmental authorities, stubble-burning in Punjab and Haryana reached unprecedented levels to further deteriorate the air quality in the Delhi-National Capital Region on Wednesday. Dry and cold north-westerly winds blowing from Punjab and Haryana at speeds of 10-15 km per hour, according to weather analysts, will continue for the […]
China on Wednesday announced its five new leaders who will join President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Li Keqiang in the elite Politburo Standing Committee which rules the world’s most populous country of 1.3 billion. A day after the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) ended, Xi Jinping, re-elected the party […]
Keeping the heat on Pakistan and with an eye on a rapidly-rising China, India and the US on Wednesday said that Islamabad should immediately take steps to finish the terror organisations and terrorist safe havens on its soil and also agreed to work together for security in the Indo-Pacific region. Visiting US Secretary of State […]
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said the government is ready to talk to every section of Kashmir to normalise the situation there and to go ahead with the political process. “We are ready to talk to everyone in Jammu and Kashmir. If some section is not ready to talk, we can talk to students, […]