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Amid row with India, Pakistan cancels Commonwealth meet

Pakistan on Wednesday announced that it will not host next month's Commonwealth Parliamentary Union meeting amid a row with India over its refusal to invite the Speaker of Jammu and Kashmir......

India seeks shifting of Commonwealth meet from Islamabad

Maintaining its strong stance, India has asked the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association to shift the venue of the CPA’s annual conference from Islamabad, saying Pakistan has......

Memories Of Parliament House As It Passes Into History

At this poignant historic moment, one can only wish that institutions, which are not built by brick and mortar, but by rich Parliamentary traditions which have stood the test of time, are......

India to boycott Speakers' meet in Pak if Jammu and Kashmir not invited

India will boycott a Commonwealth parliamentary union meeting in Islamabad next month in protest against Pakistan not inviting the Speaker of Jammu and Kashmir assembly, a decision that comes in......

BJP Should Read Writing On The Wall

There is no use of the BJP targeting Mamata Banerjee and M K Stalin, directly by the party's political bosses, both in Delhi and the respective state capitals, or even using the Raj Bhavans to fire......

India looks at Commonwealth boost for small businesses

For many years now, India has given the Commonwealth short shrift so its support for the Commonwealth trade initiative signals a renewed interest in the body. New Delhi will most probably host a......

Now, Mani Shankar Aiyar blasts govt over rural jobs scheme

Former Union panchayat raj minister Mani Shankar Aiyar, lately in the news for denouncing the Commonwealth Games, is aiming his guns much closer to the United Progressive Alliance government's......

Government adopts UPA's Aadhaar Bill

With hardly any changes, legislation under fire from critics sceptical of the necessity of collecting data to provide services The Aadhaar Bill that the National Democratic Alliance......

Fiscal deficit to be contained at 5.5%: RBI

The Reserve Bank of Indiasaid on Thursday that the higher than expected revenue from the auctioning of 3G and BWA spectrum would keep the fiscal deficit within the target of 5.5 per cent of gross......

Artists must demand their resale rights

A few weeks ago, by happenstance, I met up with a lawyer who specialises in intellectual property, and who pointed out that the Indian state is clear with regard to the Copyright Act (Section 53A),......

Special officer for Commonwealth Games

In a bid to check expenditure for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, in New Delhi, the Union cabinet has decided to appoint an officer of the rank of Principal Commissioner (Commonwealth Games), who......

Agencies targeting only CWG OC officials: Kalmadi

A day after the arrest of two of his close aides, sacked Commonwealth Games Organising Committeechairman Suresh Kalmadi on Thursday accused the investigating agencies of "targeting" only the......

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