Clause 6 of Assam Accord cannot be implemented: BJP leader Himanta

Senior Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said the government cannot implement the recommendations of the central panel on Clause 6 of the Assam Accord, as those are "far from legal......

Centre releases drought relief for Tamil Nadu, Karnataka

The Centre has released Rs 1,712.1 crore for Tamil Nadu from the National Disaster Response Fund for drought and cyclone relief and another Rs 1,235.52 crore to Karnataka for drought. TN farmers......

Supreme Court dismisses litigation for OCI voting rights

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a PIL filed by a journalist seeking quashing of amendments made in Citizenship Act which deny voting rights to Overseas Citizens of India saying he cannot......

GoM finalising findings on Commonwealth Games scam

More than a year after its constitution, a Group of Ministers that examined reports of the prime minister-appointed High Level Committee on alleged Commonwealth Games related irregularities, is in......

Problem of plenty gives food security plan a boost

Punjab and Haryana, the two national granaries for the public distribution system, are likely to face a storage capacity shortage of 5.5 million tonnes in the rabi wheat procurement season that......

Does India need a single financial regulator?

Recently, at a seminar, Union Agriculture and Food Minister Sharad Pawar announced that he would take up the issue of banks, mutual funds and foreign institutional investors entering into the......

MFs await nod to invest abroad

The Reserve Bank of India and the Securities and Exchange Board of India are considering a proposal for allowing Indian mutual funds to invest up to $1 billion in world's biggest companies through......

British MP raises 2010 Delhi CWG dispute in UK Parliament

British Parliamentarian Gerry Sutcliffe has raised Rs 246 crore dispute involving a Dutch broadcaster and authorities in New Delhi related to 2010 Commonwealth Games in UK Parliament and impressed......

Reply on Shunglu's CWG findings sought

The government has sought the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee's response on alleged irregularities in executing several contracts which were pointed out in the high level Shunglu Committee......