Ex-cricketer and former Bharatiya Janata Party Member of Parliament Chetan Chauhan's appointment as the chairman of the prestigious National Institute of Fashion Technology, has triggered a row with intense debate raging on social media on the government's 'bizarre selection'.
LS MPs are paid Rs 2.8 lakh per month plus travel and other perks which works out to nearly Rs 177 crore for 545 MPs during the last financial year. Add another Rs 78 crore for the Rajya Sabha MPs, according to data.
Experts say Prabhu displays a clear intent of reforms but has not been able to fully shake-up the mammoth railway system.
'There are retaliatory incursions, ambushes, captures and killings by Indian forces along the 700 km border; alleged spies are caught on both sides, then mutually traded as pawns; envoys are summoned in both capitals to be routinely given dressing downs.' 'And there is always a handy courier pigeon, like Sajjan Jindal, sent over to test the troubled waters,' says Sunil Sethi.
Honest citizens will be protected and it will be done because of your son's sacrifice, the President told the murdered IOC official's parents.
'If 25 black men had been executed illegally in the US in one day, the government would have fallen and the population would have rallied to the victims. In India, those of us who did not applaud the police only yawned,' says Aakar Patel.
The summons has been issued in connection with a case registered against columnist S Gurumurthy for misleading the investigation.
'A false narrative is being created, that Modi is a habitual offender when it comes to lowering the political discourse in the country.' 'Nothing can be farther from the truth,' argues Sudhir Bisht.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should opt for an honourable exit by resigning from the top post -- in the wake of Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi's outburst against the Union government's ordinance on convicted legislators -- believes Bharatiya Janata Party's senior leader Arun Jaitley.
'The BJP has no presence where the regional parties are strong.' 'And we should think of the Congress and support the Congress in those places where it is the dominant regional party.' 'The leaders of the other parties (have to) get together on this simple principle of one candidate against the BJP candidate.'
A day after Sania Mirza was accused of not attending Madhya Pradesh awards ceremony owing to her unacceptable demands, the agency which looks after the tennis star issued a statement saying that she didn't ask for any money to attend the event. The Indian Express reported on Wednesday that after Sania had accepted the invitation, her personal assistant made demands of a make-up kit worth Rs 75,000 and a chartered plane.
Though the cameras invaded the players' privacy, it was a mandatory move following the ICC ruling to prevent match-fixing.
Matthew Hayden's world record Test score has made him hot property in the game's biggest market India.
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said no one has the right to ask someone to leave this country.
Mohammad Sajjad salutes the memory of Mushirul Hasan -- historian, thinker, academic, institution builder, -- who passed into the ages this week.
The duo defeated French pair Stephanie Foretz and Nicolas Devilder to enter the second round of the mixed doubles at the French Open.
The Indian Express on Monday carries a detailed account of the alleged incident involving a young intern and a former Supreme Court Judge viz Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly.
'The Tamil Nadu government should ask Andhra Pradesh to speed up the investigation.'
Nobel laureate Amartya Sen has slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing his government of "extraordinarily large" interference in academic institutions.
The CBI has till December 13 to submit a report to the court.
