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Rs 1 lakh, 50% quota: Cong's 5 guarantees to women

Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the Congress on Wednesday announced five guarantees for women, including annual direct cash transfers of Rs 1 lakh to one woman from each of the country's poorest......

Electoral bonds: SC to hear SBI's plea and contempt petitions tomorrow

The Supreme Court will on Monday hear the application filed by the State Bank of India seeking extension till June 30 to disclose details of each electoral bond encashed by political parties before......

SC to hear SBI's plea on electoral bonds on Mar 11

A five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court will hear on March 11 an application filed by the State Bank of India (SBI) seeking extension of time till June 30 to disclose details of each......

Contempt plea against SBI for seeking more time for electoral bond names

A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking contempt action against the State Bank of India alleging it "wilfully and deliberately" disobeyed the apex court's direction to submit details......

Ensuring free, fair election imperative for representative democracy: SC

Ensuring a free and fair electoral process is imperative for maintaining people's trust in representative democracy, the Supreme Court has said. IMAGE: Returniong officer Anil Masih. Photograph:......

Pirate Party and Freedom

The Pirate Party is fighting to retain the right to privacy and the right to communicate freely via e-mail, telephone or letters.'Pirate Party' may at first seem like a political satire, poking fun......

Reason triumphs over Bt brinjal!

By embargoing Bt brinjal, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh may have done a greater service to democracy than he intended, says Praful Bidwai. India has done something unusual in defying the......

Pranab Mukherjee's Budget Speech

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee presented the Budget for 2009-10 on July 6. Following is the BudgetSpeechof Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee: Madam Speaker, I rise to present the Budget for......

Poverty: Politics should interact with policy

In the three decades of its existence, Council of the Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific has contributed immensely to the implementation of the outcome of the......

Public loot: Let us bring back our money

It is one of the biggest loots witnessed by mankind -- the loot of the aam aadmi (common man) since 1947 by his brethren occupying public office. It has been orchestrated by politicians,......

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Rs 1 lakh, 50% quota: Cong's 5 guarantees to women

Electoral bonds: SC to hear SBI's plea and contempt petitions tomorrow

SC to hear SBI's plea on electoral bonds on Mar 11

Contempt plea against SBI for seeking more time for electoral bond names

Ensuring free, fair election imperative for representative democracy: SC

Pirate Party and Freedom

Reason triumphs over Bt brinjal!

Pranab Mukherjee's Budget Speech

Poverty: Politics should interact with policy

Public loot: Let us bring back our money

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