Whenever tenures of army chiefs were extended in the recent past, prime ministers were subsequently eased out of office by the same army chief, notes Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan desk at......
There was no let-up in nationwide protests on Monday by junior doctors over the alleged rape and murder of a medic in Kolkata, even as the Union health ministry approved 25 percent enhancement in......
'The lack of a majority isn't the issue. He has enough in 240, especially as none of his allies can pull down his coalition.' 'That's why he's started as if this were just another, normal term.......
The Supreme Court Monday hinted that it was contemplating referring to a constitution bench for adjudication the Delhi government's petition against the Centre's recent ordinance on control of......
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to grant an interim stay on the Centre's recent ordinance on control over services in Delhi, while it agreed to consider the Aam Aadmi Party government's......
Indian information technology players doing business in Japan can look forward to lower taxes the next financial year. A dispute over a 20 per cent withholding tax levied by Japan seems to have......
While consumers feel that petrol pinches directly, diesel hurts indirectly, as it is an input in almost all the goods and services we use. Diesel, the most used retail fuel by almost all......
The 41st meeting of the GST Council, to be held via video conferencing, has just one agenda for discussion -- making up for shortfall in states' revenues, sources said. The GST Council meeting on......
The government defended itself on Monday against critics who accuse it of being too slow with reforms needed to reboot a lacklustre economy, and top officials told investors the country was already......
Workers of Maruti Suzuki India's Gurgaon plant have opposed the decision of the management to sack 500 colleagues at the company's Manesar facility. Maruti Udyog Kamgar Union (MUKU), the workers'......