Bill on uniform civil code not listed for monsoon session of Parliament

The government on Thursday listed bills on personal data protection, to amend forest conservation laws and on the contentious ordinance on Delhi services for the monsoon session of Parliament......

Will Monsoon Session Be Another Washout?

The productivity of the Budget session was abysmal.The Lok Sabha functioned for 33% of its scheduled time (46 hours); the Rajya Sabha 24% (32 hours). IMAGE: Proceedings of the Lok Sabha underway......

No-Confidence Motion: 'Not About Numbers, But Of Morality'

'We wanted the PM to speak, and he just refused to -- now we have the opportunity, not just in the Lok Sabha, but also in the Rajya Sabha, to lay the government on the mat.' IMAGE: MPs in the Lok......

Ruckus over Manipur claims Day 1 of Parliament's monsoon session

The Manipur violence issue rocked both houses of Parliament on the opening day of the Monsoon session on Thursday with opposition members creating uproar, demanding a discussion on the situation in......

32 Bills to be tabled during Budget session

The UPA government has decided to introduce two contentious bills -- the Goods and Services Tax Bill and the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill -- in the budget session of Parliament that kicks off......

17 Acts to be amended through Finance Bill

Govt to scrap 8 appellate tribunals; National Company Law Appellate Tribunal to take over Competition Appellate Tribunal's duties The government plans to dissolve eight appellate tribunals......

The 'rights' and 'wrongs' of a controversial Bill

The Supreme Court denies the Copyright Board the power to grant temporary licences.Ever since arts and music left the privileged precincts of temples and palaces, they have become crassly......

Show cause notice to 31 TV channels

The government has sent show cause notices to 31 television channels for violating rules that forbid them from beaming advertisements of tobacco, liquor or other intoxicants, the Lok Sabha was......

You've Never Seen Kangana Like This!

Dhaakad is the first Indian film shot by Japanese Cinematographer Tetsuo Nagata who has made Ms Ranaut look like she has never looked before. IMAGE: Kangana Ranaut on the Dhaakad poster. Kangana......

'Let them have a secret police to censor films!'

'That would once and for all teach all the film-makers of this country a fitting lesson!' *IMAGE: 'The idea of censoring films was instituted by the British our colonial masters who never trusted......

How Tenet changed Dimple Kapadia

'I was always a reluctant actor.''I kept putting things off and not doing them.''But Tenet has really changed that for me.' IMAGE: Dimple Kapadia in Tenet. Working on Director Christopher Nolan's......

The Disciple review

The Disciple is an ode to music and a salute to Mumbai.The city can be harsh, but it also lets the voices of struggling classical musicians exist, although often they live on the edge of society,......