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'SC Opinion Takes Away A Degree Of Power From States'

'It makes law-making on the part of the state governments much more difficult and throws up bottlenecks as governors are not acting on bills.' IMAGE: Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi, right, with......

Open Chest Clinics: Govt Tells States, UTs

The clinics are expected to operate for at least two hours daily, particularly between September and March -- the period when air pollution levels are typically high. IMAGE: Kartavya Path in New......

Chhattisgarh deputy CM to take surrendered Maoists to state assembly

Chhattisgarh deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sharma has met surrendered Maoists at a rehabilitation centre in Sukma district and asked officials to arrange their visit to the state assembly during the......

J-K police detain over 50 for anti-state activities

The Jammu and Kashmir police on Monday detained over 50 people for their alleged involvement in anti-state activities, an officer said. IMAGE: Kindly note that this image has been posted for......

SIR begins in 12 states, UTs; Oppn claims poll rigging

Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voters' list commenced in nine states and three Union territories on Tuesday, amid objections from several parties with Chief Minister......

Govt plans to levy excise duty on tobacco, cess on pan masala

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday introduced two bills in the Lok Sabha to levy excise duty on tobacco and tobacco products, and a new cess on manufacturing of pan masala, which will......

Labour Codes: Trade Unions Raise Red Flags Over Layoffs

'Raising the retrenchment, layoff and closure threshold to 300 workers for prior government permission enables hire-and-fire in more than 90 per cent of the Indian workplaces. More than 12,00,000......

Six states evince interest to join UPS, says PFRDA chairman S Ramann

The Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) adoption rate has risen to over 4.35 per cent, with more than 100,000 people out of 2.3 million eligible individuals opting for it, Pension Fund Regulatory and......

RBI's policy dilemma: To look at inflation or growth for rate action

The consumer price index (CPI)-based inflation hitting an all-time low in October would encourage the six-member monetary policy committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to cut the policy......

25K individuals to get SMS/e-mails from I-T dept for non-disclosure of foreign assets

The Income Tax department will start sending SMS/emails to about 25,000 individuals, who are part of the "high-risk" cases identified for non-disclosure of foreign assets in the income tax returns......

Barbados-born Bethell earns maiden ECB central contract

IMAGE: Jacob Bethell, who has also appeared in 18 ODIs and 20 T20 Internationals, is among the top 14. Photograph: Matthew Childs/Reuters Four-Test-old all-rounder Jacob Bethell was awarded his......

Ankit, Siddarth shine but Central close in on Duleep glory

IMAGE: Ankit Sharma (99, 168 balls) and Andre Siddarth (84 not out, 190 balls) shared an impressive 192-run alliance for the seventh wicket that saved South from a precarious position.......

'At times we only had one meal a day but I never gave up': Gaud

'We had to win for India more than ourselves.' IMAGE: Pacer Kranti Gaud played a vital role in India's World Cup triumph, picking up nine wickets in eight games, at an economy rate of 5.73.......