Destabilising to allow Delhi LG to name aldermen, observes SC

Giving lieutenant governor the power to nominate aldermen to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi will mean he can destabilise an elected civic body, the Supreme Court observed on Wednesday and......

What is Delhi LG's source of power, Supreme Court wants to know

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked about the ”source of power” of the lieutenant governor under the Constitution and the law to nominate 10 aldermen to the Municipal Corporation of......

Bombay HC to Centre: What was the need for new IT Rules?

The Bombay high court on Friday asked the Union government what was the need to introduce the recently notified Information Technology Rules, 2021 without superseding the existing IT Rules that......

Madras HC gives more time to Centre to respond to PIL on new IT rules

The Madras high court on Friday granted 10 more days to the Centre to file its counter-affidavit in response to a batch of PIL pleas challenging the new Information Technology (IT) Rules.......

RBI 'no' to sharing FinMin reply on Islamic banking

The response from the finance ministry on a Reserve Bank of India report about the introduction of Sharia banking in India cannot be disclosed, the central bank has said. The RBI was asked to......

Greece 'No' doesn't affect markets; Sensex, Nifty end in green

  Benchmark shares indices staged a recovery in late trades, shrugging off the developments in Greece, led by pharma shares and index heavyweights while TCS gained ahead of its first quarter......

Is replacing the Planning Commission justified?

The Planning Commission needs to be replaced by institutions prescribed under the Constitution for the functions it usurped, feels Indira Rajaraman The Planning Commission was a powerful centre of......

Bihar to train 10 million labourers

Nitish Kumar-led government in Bihar has decided to horn the skills of more than 10 million labourers in next five years. To achieve this ambitious goal, the state government will draw a road map......