Waqf Bill brazen assault on Constitution: Sonia Gandhi

Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Thursday termed the Waqf (Amendment) Bill as a 'brazen assault' on the Constitution, saying it was part of the Bharatiya Janata Party's......

Passage of Triple Talaq, RTI bills emboldened Modi sarkar to scrap Article 370

The timing for the abrogation of Article 370, which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir, could not have been better for the Modi government, which was emboldened to take the bold action after......

What does Delhi loss mean for aam aadmi CM Kejriwal?

With a basic ballpoint in his pocket, muffler around his neck, baggy sweater and blue Wagon R, Arvind Kejriwal was the archetypal common man when he came into the public domain. And when he used......

If Modi Wants His 3rd Term To Work...

To govern effectively, to legislate successfully, Modi must reach out to the Opposition.As long as he does not and he is showing no signs that he accepts the reality, the drift his fans are......

Inside India's new Digital Personal Data Protection framework

A new law that defines how companies should process users' data came into force with the President giving assent to the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act passed by Parliament in the......

The Prez, PM, Parliament's electricity bill

The hallowed portals of power -- the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament and the Prime Minister's official residence have together spent about Rs 14 crore (Rs 140 million) for electricity last year, an......

Why RTI Act is an irritant for banks

Did the chairman's wife accompany him during his last trip to Tirupati where the bank's board met? If yes, did she go on her own or at office expense? After the split between the Ambani brothers,......

DeMo will have no material effect on black money, RBI had warned

Only Rs 10,720 crore of the junked currency notes did not return to the banking system, rest 99.9 per cent was deposited raising question mark over the government's effort of curbing black money......

RTI will apply to BCCI: Justice Mudgal

The Board of Control for Cricket in India will have to come under the ambit of Right to Information Act if it wants to use 'India' as its national team's name, Justice Mukul Mudgal, who headed the......

NSFs, BCCI to come under RTI: Maken

The National Sports Federations, including the Board of Control for Cricket in India, will be treated as public authority and come under the Right to Information Act (RTI) under the proposed......

Sports Bill may stop BCCI from using 'India' as team name

The Board of Control for Cricket in India could be again set on collision course with the Sports Ministry as a contentious clause in the Draft National Sports Development Bill states that only......

Maken hopes to introduce Bill in winter session of Parliament

The inter-ministerial consultations on the revised Sports Development Bill has started, according to Sports Minister Ajay Maken who, on Friday, expressed hope of introducing the Bill in the......

BCCI hopes amended Sports Bill is tabled during Budget Session

IMAGE: BCCI president Anurag Thakur and BCCI secretary Ajay Shirke speak during a press conference. Photograph: Shashank Parade/PTI. Under pressure to implement Lodha Committee Reforms as per......