'Toll system can never end though the rates may vary from time to time. Toll is my brain child'
An all-party meeting on Monday failed to hammer out a consensus over the controversial Insurance Bill, which was scheduled to be taken up in Rajya Sabha.
We sorted through countless photographs taken around the world to come up with the top photos of 2019. Together these images tell the story of the year -- capturing moments of hope and heartbreak, triumph and tragedy.
Higher rural incomes, pay commission benefits, and lower interest rates are key positives: Analysts
While FMPs no longer offer the same short-term advantage, it is still a good product for the medium term.
Uttarakhand was on Sunday brought under President's rule by the Centre on grounds of "breakdown of governance" in a controversial decision.
AIADMK members on Tuesday disrupted proceedings in both houses of Parliament demanding action on former union minister P Chidambaram's son Karti on the Aircel-Maxis issue.
The move is part of a larger initiative by the government to speed up work in the highway sector.
Budget in the medium term aims to kick-start the investment cycle.
After the 18-member 'Assam Advisory Committee' suggested the two organisations to form a political party, a source close to the development said the new outfit will be launched within the next 10 days.
Electricity tariffs to go up as coal cess is doubled.
The Congress and the Left parties might move court to challenge LS speaker's ruling on Aadhaar as money Bill.
The Mumbai town planning agency has said it can't spare land in the commercial BKC area for a terminal due to demand from private firms
The Sensex closed the day at 28,141, up 486 points, while Nifty50 settled at 8,716, up 155 points.
The move prompted Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav to take potshots as to whether Adityanath would himself sign the order withdrawing the case against himself.
If the Opposition is bent upon shouting its own agenda on a deaf ruling dispensation, then it becomes binding upon the chair to ensure that the parliamentary affairs aren't reduced to a farce.
'This updated NPR database along with Aadhaar Number would become the mother database and can be used by various government departments...' the home ministry declared in July 2015. 'UID/Aadhaar has been used as a fish bait to ensnare and entrap present and future generations of citizens,' warns Gopal Krishna.
Post-Jayalalithaa AIADMK cannot take on the Narendra Modi dispensation like their late charismatic leader did it on several occasions in the past, says R Ramasubramanian.
Broadly speaking, the expansion of the Council of Ministers sent out three major political signals.
Jaitley increased the excise duty on most tobacco products by 10-15 per cent.
On her 101st birth anniversary, November 19, four letters that reveal a different side to inarguably India's toughest prime minister.
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