The Bill seeks to create a welfare fund for farmers at a time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi has led from the front a campaign to woo farmers and downtrodden sections of the society.
Grand plan: 10% GDP growth; 175 million jobs; $10-trillion economy
The renaming of Mewat comes within weeks of an RSS-supported think tank issuing a 'study' about the growing population of Muslims in the Mewat region.
A look into the state of Dalit entrepreneurship in the country.
Govt bosses in no hurry to exit from PSUs; many agencies, long process likely hurdles.
The BJP will focus on the dozen constituencies that eluded it in the 2014 assembly elections. A better performance in these seats could help it reach as close as possible to the halfway mark of 44 seats by the time the next elections are held and have its own chief minister.
In most cases, they dodged bullets and, in some, recovered the same day
The party finds Uttar Pradesh members of Parliament unaware of govt schemes.
'Amid the different versions of truth on the Ishrat case, what is certain is that Ishrat's mother Shamima Kausar, who has continued to maintain that Headley's confession was nothing but an attempt by powerful people to save themselves in the case, is unlikely to find a closure anytime soon.'
Vijay Mallya has not informed Rajya Sabha secretariat about his whereabouts or that he would be leaving country.
BJP-supported students' union, aided by a friendly government, is aggressively settling historical scores with Leftist students' organisations.
'As of now there are no mining activities,' but 'who knows the future?'
Ahead of the budget session, PM Narendra Modi appealed to the opposition to allow Parliament to function. While his call was taken positively by most of the parties, the Congress signalled that disruption will be their main weapon to raise several issues.
Yogendra Yadav, expelled co-founder of the Aam Aadmi Party, on the party's performance in the last one year.
From his run-ins with the Centre to his political knack to sail through choppy waters, the Delhi CM has shown uncommon talent in running a 'common man's' government.
If the real economy is indeed looking up, then it no longer needs hand-holding and fiscal laxity
The prime minister is all set to break his record of spending most days in the country without travelling abroad.
Modi must focus on other state-level reforms, such as those in labour laws, leasing of land and agriculture
The Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs will meet on February 4 to decide the Budget session schedule. Venkaiah Naidu says the government is willing to advance the session if the Opposition agrees.
Many fear that in practice if banks make their customers pay to hold their money, it might lead to a situation where consumers hold on to cash.
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