Laying emphasis on striking a balance between environment and development on the 30th anniversary of Bhopal Gas tragedy, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday said all measures should be taken to avert a repeat of such an industrial disaster.
These photographs show India in various colours and moods in 2015.
RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav demanded the Bihar CM to sack his deputy and lodge a case against him and arrest him.
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Thursday brushed aside Union minister Giriraj Singh's racist comment saying she need not reply to a person with "neech mansikita" (narrow mindset)
Mudra Bank will be a Rs 20,000-crore institution, which would "primarily be responsible for refinancing all micro-finance institutions.
Employee integration and branch rationalisation are major challenges.
Hailing the role of self-help groups in advancement of marginalised section of society, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Monday said they provide the poor with "self-confidence to overcome poverty".
Mergers to create at most six state banks
The Trinamool Congress won 211 seats.
Ananthasubramanian, 55, started her career in 1982 at Bank of Baroda as a specialist officer in the planning stream.
''Laws are made for every citizen to get justice.' 'If there is abuse of law, then the law will have its own course correction mechanism also.'
Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier called for consensus in passing the bill.
The Supreme Court on Monday extended the stay granted by Bombay High Court to facilitate an appeal against its decision to lift the ban on entry of women near the sanctum sanctorum of the famous Haji Ali Dargah till October 24, when it will hear the matter.
The 47-year-old scion of the Nehru-Gandhi family will face the daunting task of restoring lost glory to the party whose fortunes have been dwindling in the recent past.
The party's research department is quietly collecting data, facts and figures to puncture the Modi government's claims on the note ban, the goods and services tax, and the economic growth.
'The government know very well how to pass a bill in the Rajya Sabha with consensus.' 'They got consensus from Opposition parties on the 10 percent reservation for economically weaker sections.' 'In instant triple talaq, the BJP wanted to take sole credit.' 'They wanted to take credit and see that other parties suffer (political) loss.' 'Therefore, the bill got stuck.'
The FTII students, faculty and alumni have reacted sharply against the measure arguing that it conveyed a wrong impression of the situation at the Film and Television Institute of India and projected the students as "criminals or terrorists".
Under fire for the Badaun gangrape and murder of 2 sisters, Uttar Pradesh government on Monday shifted Principal Secretary (Home) Anil Kumar Gupta.
Giving a message of larger opposition unity, Congress President Sonia Gandhi and former prime minister Manmohan Singh will march with leaders of at least ten parties from Parliament House to President House on Tuesday and submit a memorandum against the new land bill.
The court asked the Centre to explain why the injuries suffered by people are above the knees.
All of V R College's 1,007 students secured a first class in the Class 12 exam! 222 of them got identical marks!
The loss-making and debt-laden government carrier has earlier leased space in the 22-storey building to banks and offices but this will be first time that commercial eateries will be allowed in the premises.
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Women voters have been outnumbering male voters in Mizoram for the past few years, but paradoxically there are no women representatives in the state legislature for years together.
Sarpanch leaders are changing Rajasthan for the girl child, says Rashme Sehgal.
Is the SBI chairman leaving the bank in a stronger and better position than what it was? Abhijit Lele finds out.
Two Muslim women were slapped, kicked and abused by a mob in Madhya Pradesh allegedly over the possession of beef.
Slamming Trinamool Congress member of Parliament Tapas Pal's controversial comments allegedly threatening to kill Communist Party of India-Marxist workers and have their women raped, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday demanded that the leader be put "behind bars", saying he has "no right" to be in any political party.
Last month, Sunil Jaglan launched the "selfie with daughter campaign", asking parents from all across the country to send in selfies clicked with their daughters. Much to Jaglan's astonishment, his selfie initiative found mention in Modi's Mann Ki Baat radio address. his phone hasn't stopped ringing ever since
Women will be granted access to the sanctum sanctorum of the Haji Ali shrine in Mumbai on par with men
The Congress on Wednesday kept up attack on the government over removal of governors appointed during United Progressive Alliance rule, saying its priority should be to combat inflation and not "shadow boxing" while the Janata Dal-United demanded a debate in Parliament over the very need of having governors.
The Pune techie didn't escape strangulation. But she was brave woman. She fought back. She said NO.
Former prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's niece Karuna Shukla on Saturday hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party, saying the anointment of Narendra Modi as its prime ministerial candidate was against the Constitution.
"It feels good to be praised," says Jaglan, the man who came up with the campaign.
'Probably only Sonia-ji knows the extent of what he is doing.'
Under the scheme, which seeks to open 75 million accounts by January 26, 2015, an accident insurance cover of Rs 100,000 is provided with every RuPay debit card offered by the National Payments Corporation of India.
At 12:25 PM, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex was down 358 points or 1.3% at 26,368.
Loan rates will change at the next reset, while deposit rates will continue till maturity.
Auto stocks are weighing on the indices.
'Due to lack of understanding or patriarchal misinterpretation, a common notion was generated that if you are a Muslim man you can marry four times.'
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