The official India Meteorological Department (IMD) and the private Skymet Weather Services have made widely divergent monsoon forecasts.
The bill is unlikely to have a smooth passage in the committee with the Congress party making it clear that "there is no compromise on the land bill."
Outfits related to labour and agriculture critical of policies, say their voices are not being heard. Archis Mohan reports.
Govt can advance the dates of the convening of the monsoon session of Parliament to early July
In the past year, Beijing has hosted at least 70 delegations from India as part of its outreach to the Indian business community, youth leaders and Sangh Parivar affiliates
Total area impacted across India pegged at 18.9 mn hectares.
Social activist Niranjan Bhatwal from Maharashtra has moved a Public Interest Litigation in the Supreme Court seeking that the country be called 'Bharat', and not 'India' as the latter is of colonial origin, and that the constitution makers intended that 'Bharat' be used for all official and unofficial purposes, and not 'India'.
IMD will present its month-wise and region-wise forecast in June.
'There is no mechanism to understand how things would evolve'.
Sharad Yadav says that reports about disquiet among the factions are 'sponsored'.
Harassment, corruption and the burden of compound interest for years are also the reasons.
BSP chief says Ambedkar talked of separate electorates for Dalits; didn't believe in Hindutva.
Family feuds, in what are essentially family-run outfits, have cast a shadow over the reunification efforts of Janata Party.
While PM Narendra Modi-Amit Shah dominated the national executive, senior chief ministers and 'margdarshaks' LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi were ignored
The top two in the government and in the Bharatiya Janata Party, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party President Amit Shah, respectively, spent the day trying to hard sell not just the contentious land Bill but also how the Modi government stood for the welfare of farmers.
Millions of central government employees were taken for a ride on April Fool's Day.
Planning Commission had got into a big controversy on this issue.
The perspective planning division might get a new lease of life.
Inviting private sector in Indian Railways is a good idea.
The resentment against the government has increased.
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