MPs and MLAs taking bribe to vote or make a speech inside the legislature are not immune from prosecution, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday in a landmark verdict overturning its 1998 judgment, and......
On one hand, South Indian states have been complaining about denial of a proportionate portion of the sharable funds from the Centre, based on population. On the other hand, they stand to lose Lok......
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said on Sunday that a committee headed by Maharashtra assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar would be formed to review the country's anti-defection law. IMAGE: Maharashtra......
The Law Commission, looking into the issue of holding simultaneous elections in the country, may examine the possibility of carrying out the three-tier democratic exercise in two phases in a single......
The Delhi high court on Friday stayed the trial court's order directing the city police to provide a copy of the FIR to an accused in the Parliament security breach case. IMAGE: Parliament......
'Investment creates capacity and reduces inflation. Income, employment, and savings rise.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Ashima Goyal, an external member of the RBI's monetary policy......
'We created war rooms -- from an IT perspective and also a customer war room -- to address any challenges that come up.' Photograph: Shailesh Andrade/Reuters Kaizad Bharucha, deputy managing......
The average time lag between the date of occurrence of a fraud and its detection is 23 months; for large frauds (Rs 100 crore and above), it was 57 months. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com......
The difference between what the banks play in the US and India is not that of soccer and football, but rugby and football.But when risks are mispriced, the fallout could be very similar, points out......
Amid mass layoffs in the tech sector, the federal agency for immigration services has said it is wrong to assume that sacked workers holding the much-sought-after H-1B visas have to leave the......
IMAGE: The International Olympic Committee said it will not recognise any "acting/interim president" after Narinder Batra's ouster as IOA chief and said it will deal with secretary general Rajeev......