Two bills which seek to scrap a total of 1053 Acts are pending the Rajya Sabha since the budget session.
Congress and the Communist Party of India-Marxist workers on Saturday took to the streets in the national capital protesting the "massive" rail fare hike and demanding its immediate rollback, saying that the government's decision will lead to rise in prices of essential commodities.
The government, he said, has implemented 'bold reforms'.
The civil services examination will be held as per schedule on August 24, the government declared on Thursday in Parliament, while saying that consultations will be held with various parties and stakeholders on the matter after the current session.
Hitting out at the Congress, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday said it should not politicise the issue of the Leader of Opposition status in Lok Sabha.
With no payments coming in, HAL for the first time ever taken a bank loan of Rs 7.81 billion.
The Prime Ministers Office is upset that the Congress party was deliberately playing up the Saeed-Vaidik meeting in Parliament to detract attention from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meeting with the Chinese president. Rediff.com contributor Renu Mittal reports
As Modi completes a year in office, his cuts in federal welfare spending on the poorest of India's 1.25 bn people are coming in for sharp criticism.
Rahul referred to the four questions he had raised in his speech in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
In a frontal attack on the Narendra Modi government, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday said there has been an "alarming increase" in communal incidents since it came to power and asked party men to resist its "authoritarian and sectarian" tendencies.
Modi placed a $12.6 billion bet in this year's budget on road building
Outcome of Assembly polls in five states will set the tone for the winter session of Parliament beginning on Thursday though the government has listed a heavy legislative agenda and opposition is demanding extension of the 12-day sitting.
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To a question on by when he expects investments to pick up, Jaitley said: "We are quite close to that point because there are a large number of investors who are waiting to come in and they only want to be doubly sure about the credibility of the decision making process and the stability of the policies."
Kerala has recorded 24 cases including two foreign nationals.
A brief report card on Modi's ministers.
Much of the Q3 data will simply not be available for the CSO to factor in its calculation.
Vaihayasi Pande Daniel -- who covers the Sheena Bora murder trial for Rediff.com -- reports on a day in a Ranchi court.
It is time to pack up, sir! Please resign and save some honour of the Lok Sabha, an anguished Sheela Bhatt reports from the Lok Sabha press gallery after watching the shameful goings on over the tabling of the Telangana Bill.
The Lok Sabha has already passed the Bill.
The prime minister came down heavily on the Congress government in Assam and the previous UPA government at the Centre for "failing" to fulfil dreams and aspiration of the people.
In 2014-15, capital expenditure in the April-September period was Rs 99,100 crore.
'It is important to improve the quality of spending.'
Nifty, which has struggled around 8550-8560 levels managed to blast past this resistance and close above the psychological mark of 8600.
Attacking the note ban move, Yechury said the PM's assertion that it will impact terror funding has not yielded any result.
Let it gradually pull itself out of international routes and focus on linking remote towns and cities.
Various twists and turns by govt post-demonetisation prove that it has been tall order for the PM
FIXES BY THE GOVERNMENT: Energy price fixed, tax issues linger.
The S&P BSE Sensex gained 115 points to end at 24,338 and the Nifty50 climbed 42 points to close at 7,404.
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi prepares for his maiden Independence Day address, various ministries have been asked to furnish by this month end details of programmes in different sectors which could form part of his speech, possibly in the form of announcements.
He said land is required for rural roads, irrigation, electrification.
The government is determined to stop generation of black money, he said.
The Centre has accorded top priority for cost-effective, pollution-free transportation modes, such as waterways, which reduce logistic costs and increase road safety. Union minister of roads, highways, ports and shipping Nitin Gadkari speaks to Sanjay Jog about the government's strategy.
All evidence suggests that the US Federal Reserve will raise interest rates soon.
Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday took his fight against the contentious land acquisition bill to Punjab as he travelled by train today to visit the National Democratic Alliance-ruled state and see the condition of farmers with his own eyes.
However, Rahul is clearly behind Modi in the race for the aam aadmi. Anita Katyal reports.
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Saturday carried out a major reshuffle in the party set-up
The decision marks first successful policy intervention.
Relying on the private sector to undertake infrastructure investment may not be a realistic proposition.
Ministry readies draft to dilute tribal rights to help India Inc
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