Various department-related Parliamentary Standing Committees were reconstituted on Saturday by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla in consultation with Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu. ......
As Punjab farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal's fast-unto-death entered its 27th day on Sunday, doctors termed his health condition 'critical'. IMAGE: Farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal who is on......
As the Union Cabinet on Wednesday accepted a high-level panel's recommendations for holding simultaneous polls for the Lok Sabha, state assemblies and local bodies in a phased manner after a......
Holding simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and state assemblies would need at least five constitutional amendments and a large number of additional EVMs and paper-trail machines costing "thousands......
The number of Indian Air Force fighter squadrons has reduced in recent years due to phasing out of ageing variants of the MiG-21, the MiG-23 and the MiG-27 aircraft, and the "shortage" is being......
Bribery by foreign nationals is not covered under any domestic anti-corruption laws at present. A Bill that makes accepting or giving bribe by foreign public officials a criminal offence entailing......
Corruption cases in public sector banks have reduced by half in the past one year, chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice, E M Sudarsana......
An outlay of Rs 700 crore (Rs 7 billion), which was provided in the Tenth Five-Year Plan for modernisation of all the courts, has been enhanced to 1,470 crore (Rs 14.7 billion), Rajya Sabha was......
The Confederation of Indian Industry has recommended that in order to ensure quality independent directors on company boards, there is a need to provide immunity to them. Since independent......
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs said on Friday the Companies Bill 2009, which seeks to replace a half-a-century-old Act, is not likely to be passed in the ongoing Budget session of Parliament."We......
Union Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has asked the Secretary, Sports, who is holding concurrent charge as Director General of the Sports Authority of India (SAI), to expedite the restructuring......