Members in the Rajya Sabha had sought the government's intervention in resolving the protests by JNU students by advising the university authorities to reconsider its decision to severely penalise some of them.
The 66-year-old Ray Mali, a former president of the Border Cricket Union in the town of East London takes over from Percy Sonn.
Economic think-tank National Council for Applied Economic Research on Tuesday revised upwards the GDP growth forecast to 7.98 per cent in 2003-04 from its earlier projection of 7 per cent.
NCAER has pegged the growth rate between 4.9 and 5.2 per cent, led by healthy projections in the industrial output and services sector.
Overall prospects for economic growth are constrained by lack of new investments despite major gains in industrial growth in the first half of the fiscal, according to National Council for Applied Economic Research.
Saudi Arabia has not yet officially notified the United Nations about its decision to reject a seat on the Security Council, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said.
Will N Chandrababu Naidu's son Lokesh be able to manage the old guard the way his father did?
Yadav is all set to approach the Election Commission of India to claim the election symbol of the party -- 'arrow'.
Samata chief George Fernandes will head the new party.
Some within the BJP see Amit Shah's entry into the Rajya Sabha as the party's succession plan for 2025 when Narendra Modi turns 75.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had invited ASEAN leaders to be the chief guests.
In a jolt to the Aam Aadmi Party, educationist and child rights lawyer Ashok Agarwal on Tuesday quit the party, saying it has become "directionless" and functions like a private limited company.
Three months down the line, the National Council of Applied Economic Research has revised its forecast for the gross domestic product growth rate this fiscal by 0.3 per cent to 5.83 per cent due to better prospects in industrial outlook.
Close on the heels of a UN body projecting a slowdown for India, National Council for Applied Economic Research said on Monday that the economy was expected to grow by only 6.7 per cent this fiscal due to an all round deceleration in agriculture
BKS and BMS leaders have told the BJP leadership that it is staring at a build-up of anti-government propaganda in the run-up to polls in five states.
After a nationwide membership drive, the Aam Aadmi Party is set to launch a campaign to add 500,000 people to its workforce.
In a veiled attack on Congress and Samajwadi Party, Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused them of continuing to practice vote-bank politics to divide society and asserted that disturbance of peace and harmony will not be tolerated.
India's Current Account Deficit rose to a record 6.7 per cent in the quarter ended December of 2012-13.
Expelled Aam Aadmi Party member Ashwini Upadhyay on Tuesday alleged that the sole aim of the party was "an unstable government at the Centre so that it can strike a deal with the single largest party".
De-scaling of businesses, job losses and subsequent impact on disposable incomes has created negative sentiment among traders, business owners and workers alike, says Abhishek Waghmare.
Bibek Debroy raised seven questions about the new institution.
Swaraj emphasised that the UN must accept it needs fundamental reform.
The party sent the suspension notices to Uttar Pradesh leaders Rakesh Sinha and Vishal Sharma Lathe for openly coming out in support of Yadav and Bhushan.
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday hit back at his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi, saying poverty cannot be eradicated by "driving tanks on farmlands" and once again needled India by calling Hizbul commander Burhan Wani the "valiant son of Kashmir".
"Will anybody want a servant that who is on vacation when needed at home? And nobody knows where he is," he continued.
When the whole Delhi was with the Aam Aadmi Party, some 'friends backstabbed' us, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal told Saturday's National Council meeting
Dharamvir Gandhi, AAP's member of Parliament from Patiala has spoken out in favour of Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan.
Armed with brooms, workers of the Aam Aadmi Party on Wednesday clashed with lathi-wielding activists of the Bharatiya Janata Party and fought pitched street battles in Lucknow in protest against the detention of former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal in Gujarat.
The National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) on Thursday lowered the GDP projection for the current fiscal to 4.7-4.9 per cent due to exchange rate depreciation.
Thailand's powerful army has challenged fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra to return and fight the legal charges against him, even as the military refuted reports that last month's coup was planned in advance to rid the country of the Shinawatra clan's influence.
Defying the military's warning against anti-coup protests, hundreds of Thais on Sunday marched across the tense capital Bangkok shouting "get out, get out" and confronted soldiers as the junta firmed up control and demoted three key state officials of the ousted regime.
FY14 economic growth rate pegged at 4.8-5.3%, WPI inflation set to rise
Aam Aadmi Party Legislators on Wednesday sent a letter to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, seeking the expulsion of party 'rebels' Shanti Bhushan, Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav.
Rahul Gandhi has the potential to grow into a good, effective, leader of the Opposition provided he puts his heart and soul into it, with a willingness to learn, says B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant who worked closely with India's first three prime ministers.
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