"Features of the Bill are anti-people and anti-Constitution...it is a very dangerous act," the fiery TMC MP said.
Till date, 107 elections to states and three parliamentary polls have been smoothly conducted using the EVMs.
The year 2014 alone witnessed 2.37 lakh road accidents on national and state highways across the country which had left at least 85,462 people dead and 2.59 lakh injured.
The market intermediaries have also been told to appoint designated directors to ensure compliance with new norms, who would face penal action for any lapses.
Over the next four years corporate tax will come down by 5 per cent and lot of exemptions will get phased out.
Market regulator Sebi on Wednesday proposed a new set of regulations for employee stock options, wherein certain restrictions imposed on companies for award of such allotments to staff members could be eased.
'The title of 'core' of the leadership gives Xi Jinping greater political authority at a time when China is beset by various problems as well as a slowdown in economic growth,' points out former RA&W officer Jayadeva Ranade.
'In a relationship that does not permit cricket, how can the prime ministers embrace and send a false message,' asks Ambassador T P Sreenivasan.
How do you decide which retirement plan is the best one for you? Here are the top six parameters to keep in mind when finalising one for your golden years.
GAAR will not override the recently revised double taxation avoidance agreements with Mauritius and Singapore.
Britain's vote to leave the European Union means uncertainty for markets and companies as London initiates at least two years of negotiations with the EU.
'By the time he came out after nearly five hours, he had a one-to-one conversation with the President, a delegation-level meeting, a reception, a dinner, a tour of the White House and a joint statement of a kind none of his predecessors ever had,' says Ambassador T P Sreenivasan.
'The nation State can thrive if all communities believe they have a stake in it; that their interests will be safeguarded; that there will be no discrimination; that there will be justice.' 'The political leadership of this country needs to decide whether it wants to mitigate these challenges to the nation by making necessary correction or whether it wants to ignore these questions that Yakub's noose has left behind,' says Ankur Bhardwaj.
Digital campaigns compared to billboards or even print ads not only have the power to reach wider audiences but also reduce the campaign costs. The focus on social media by political parties at election time, therefore, is hardly misplaced.
There's a certain amount of drama to the profession. Sample these taglines: 'We can see the unseen'; 'I can plant my detective in your guest bedroom.' One agency has even ensured that all its phone numbers end in '007'.
The rules will affect Indian companies that take most decisions about their foreign subsidiaries.
As A M Naik stepped down as L&T CEO, there are some things he still needs to take care of. And given his love for his company that's not the last we are going to hear of him yet.
Admiral Samuel Locklear, commander of US forces in the Pacific, told the Shangri-La Dialogue, a high-level defence forum in Singapore, that PLA navy had started "reciprocating" US navy's tactics of sending ships and aircraft into the 200-nautical-mile zone off China's coast.
The decision was taken during the annual 19th round of boundary talks in Beijing between National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi.
The new equation between 'Namo' and 'Barack' may well 'convert a good start into lasting progress.'
After the recent attack on debit cards exposed the gaps in their security systems, banks are getting serious about data privacy.
New Irda rules open the way, with 5 entities getting okay to set up as repositories; firms preparing structures for switch
'You can't go on creating division and rhetoric of hate.' 'It comes to roost. We are seeing the first glimpses of that in the state elections.'
Since the US, the second biggest emitter of greenhouse gases after China, has shifted in a major way to shale gas, the focus of global environmentalists' ire has fallen on India, which is the third biggest emitter, reports Darryl D'Monte.
India does not have a stringent privacy or data protection Act.
LG, Samsung, Videocon, Sony and Panasonic have instructed their trade partners that products sold through online marketplaces without their knowledge during flash sales will not get the benefit of after-sale service and warranties.
By castigating the reforms themselves because of the remediable and reversible defaults here and there in carrying them out, Yashwant Sinha is throwing out the baby along with the bath water, says B S Raghavan.
The lock-in would be for a period of six months.
20 years ago this day, May 11, 1998, India conducted its second nuclear test at Pokharan in Rajasthan. In a fascinating interview on Rediff.com, K Subrahmanyam revealed how Indian PMs reacted to nuclear ambitions.
The appeals came against orders of the Central Information Commissioner in various cases.
Sebi also ordered freezing the voting rights and corporate benefits of promoters of these companies.
'Modi and Obama both had agendas that went beyond the nuclear deal. The threat from the chilly Himalayas had to be tackled in the warm waters of the Indian Ocean.'
So far, major emitters are far from curbs on emissions on a scale outlined by the IPCC.
Why Dalit leaders cross over to the BJP
Pakistan should also be accorded the same 'privilege', the Global Times said.
An industry of scamsters is operating in the guise of call centres in India.
Irrespective of your age and how good your health has been, the right time to get a health insurance is NOW, says Mukesh Kumar, Executive Director, HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company
Coming down heavily on Pakistan, President Pranab Mukherjee has said unless it dismantles the terror infrastructure on its soil, there is no scope for progress in talks between the two countries.
'There exists a 'brotherhood' of sorts for a very long time and corrupt dealers and corrupt OMC officials are in it together,' Ashwani Attrish, founder, Empowering Petroleum Dealers Foundation, tells Sudhir Bisht, a veteran of the petroleum industry.
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