Inter-State Council meet: PM to interact with CMs on July 16

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet chief ministers on July 16 to discuss a host of issues, including inter-state relations, internal security and atrocities on SC and STs. Convened......

After HRD, now Smriti Irani out of government panel

Union Ministers Smriti Irani and D V Sadananda Gowda have been dropped from Inter-State Council, official sources said on Wednesday. Irani and Gowda were permanent invitees to the council headed by......

No decision on Taslima citizenship yet

Thegovernment has denied news reports that it declined citizenship to Bangladeshwriter Taslima Nasreen.This was disclosed by a senior official of the Union Home Ministryto rediff.com at Vigyan......

Destabilising to allow Delhi LG to name aldermen, observes SC

Giving lieutenant governor the power to nominate aldermen to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi will mean he can destabilise an elected civic body, the Supreme Court observed on Wednesday and......

GST rollout on July 1; deadline for filing tax returns extended by 2 months

India will turn into one market at the stroke of mid-night between June 30 and July 1, with the rollout of the unified GST along with liberal tax filings rules for first two months to tide over any......

Hotelier Lalit Suri dies in London

Leading hotelier and Rajya Sahba member Lalit Suri died in London early this morning after a massive heart attack, family sources said. The 60-year-old chairman of Bharat Hotel chain is survived by......

Why Bellary is to bleed again

It’s sleepless nights again for the residents of Kamtur village. Located on the fringes of the Kumaraswamy forest range, one of the six iron ore-bearing mountaintops in Karnataka’s......

Entire text of finance minister's Budget Speech

Budget 2010-11 provided considerable relief to income tax payers by raising the slabs at two levels but hiked the central excise duty on non-petroleum products across the board from 8 to 10 per......

'Pakistan paid extra money to Windies players to tour'

IMAGE: The West Indies players celebrate after winning the World T20 title at the Eden Gardens, April 3, 2016. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters The Pakistan Cricket Board has admitted that it had......

ICC rejects Pakistan's compensation claim against India

PCB had demanded Rs 447 crore compensation after alleging that the BCCI didn't honour the MoU that required India to play six bilateral series between 2015 to 2023 After legal victory, BCCI to file......

Sports Shorts: Badminton star Chong Wei diagnosed with nose cancer

A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday IMAGE: Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia. Photograph: Robertus Pudyanto/Getty Images Legendary shuttler Lee Chong Wei has been diagnosed......

Full text of the Delhi High Court judgment

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHIWP (C) 1680/200004.10.2004Judgment reserved on:18.08.2004Judgment pronounced on: 04.10.2004RAHUL MEHRA and ANOTHER ...Petitioners- versus -UNION OF INDIA and......

Readers on whether Ganguly should play

Vikram Shah: Can someone from your organisation lead a discussion on the validity of this penalty, please?Let us not talk about Saurav's form as a batsman as that is not the issue here.Do the rules......