LS revokes Afzal Ansari's disqualification, but can't attend House

The Lok Sabha Secretariat on Thursday revoked the disqualification of Bahujan Samaj Party leader Afzal Ansari as a member of the Lower House after the Supreme Court conditionally suspended his......

MPLADS Fund: 14 Assam MPs Get Highest Share

'The pace of disbursement and project recommendation picks up as the tenure of the House draws near and usually all amount is released.' Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Nearly a third of the......

Hariprasad's remarks hint at rift within Karnataka Cong

Senior Congress leader B K Hariprasad's statements regarding ministerial and chief ministerial posts, along with his veiled dig at Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah seems to have created a......

'Students from the south will be forced to study in Hindi'

'They have brought out a provision whereby the medium of education in the Hindi speaking states will be Hindi even in the higher education institutions like IIT, IIM, etc.''Think about the students......

6 I-Day promises from 2014 that Modi (partially) fulfilled

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered his second Independence Day speech, IndiaSpend and FactChecker reviewed the implementation of key pronouncements he made in his first Independence Day......

Smooth ride for Suresh Prabhu and his maiden Rail Budget

Image: Overall, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu did a balancing act in Railway Budget 2015. Photograph: Sailesh Andrade/Reuters Suresh Prabhu's maiden Railway Budget presentation, peppered with......

New approach to Nrega as it loses steam

Even while the UPA Government is pushing for two more flagship programmes of food for all and medicines to all, its first flagship programme of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment......

MP funds for job scheme

Member of Parliament can now allocate funds from their local area development scheme kitty for rural employment guarantee programmes. The move that comes just ahead of Budget is aimed at providing......

New school, water supply, toilets: Tendulkar set to transform Donja village

Sachin Tendulkar will adopt the Donja village in Osmanabad, where he will oversee the development of a new school building, a water supply scheme that would provide potable water to each household,......

'Not yet thought of pulling out of London Olympics'

Sports Minister Ajay Maken on Wednesday said the government has not yet thought of pulling the Indian athletes out of London Olympics due to row over Dow Chemicals' sponsorship but said they have......