The panel was set up to suggest ways to reform India's monetary policy.
Former Board of Control for Cricket in India president Anurag Thakur on Friday got relief from the Supreme Court which dropped the contempt and perjury proceedings against him after he tendered an unconditional and unequivocal apology in person.
Rahul Gandhi succeeds Sonia Gandhi, who led the party for the last 19 years.
Former National Students Union of India President Alka Lamba has quit the Congress and could be joining the Aam Aadmi Party, a development that the ruling party sought to downplay saying it was long that she held any post in the party or was fielded in any election.
Beware the 'educated' man who thinks he is on women's side, says Vikram Johri
The leaders would meet again later in the day to clear the remaining eight names.
Atul Keshap would be 'a superb fit for Sri Lanka as he knows the ins and outs of the politics there and all the political players, including the new disposition in Colombo intimately,' US diplomatic sources in Washington, DC told Aziz Haniffa/Rediff.com
IPS officers Arvind Kumar and Samant Kumar Goel to head IB and RAW respectively.
The students are demanding the removal of vice chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar from his post.
The judge asked the concerned deputy commissioner of police (DCP) to monitor the probe to ensure fair investigation as police have failed to point out what investigation has been carried out so far regarding the involvement of the rival faction.
Prime Minister Modi has entrusted Amit Shah with the task of coordinating all the agencies with their power to monitor movement and phone calls, says R Rajagopalan.
The 49-year-old's Twitter account was hacked on Monday and the hacker had posted derogatory anti-Iran tweets.
'Why doesn't the prime minister wake up to these social issues?' 'This government is basically saying rape is all right.'
The Supreme Court has urged the Board of Control for Cricket in India to follow the recommendations of the Justice R M Lodha Committee and "save trouble".
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday
Industrialists affirm their belief that the adverse effects of demonetisation and the goods and services tax are finally over.
Party chief Amit Shah will hold a sit-in at Hubli in poll-bound Karnataka on the same day.
Sukanya Verma tells you everything you need to know about the Oscars.
The death came at 0041 IST after he suffered a heart attack at 0030 IST at the Escorts Heart Institute in Delhi.
The BCCI submitted a 60-page affidavit to the Supreme Court in which it stated it's opposition to certain points in the Lodha Committee report including one association and one vote for each state and also the inclusion of a representative of the Comptroller and auditor general (CAG) in the Board.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday.
As Delhi is heading for a three-cornered contest among the ruling Congress, the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Aam Aadmi Party in the December 4 polls, the parties are likely to have a tough time wooing around 51 lakh women voters who feel security for them is a major issue.
Smriti Irani will reprise her electoral battle with Rahul Gandhi from Amethi.
The study also found that most GM foods did not disclose the fact on the label. "A few also made false claims of being GM-free," the study by CSE said.
Amid slowdown blues, the government has unveiled a raft of measures over the past few months aimed at improving liquidity in the system, moderating interest rates as well as credit growth apart from addressing stress in the NBFC sector.
Detecting frauds worth about Rs 1 crore in claims settlement across the country, Employees Provident Fund Organisation on Wednesday decided to set up a fact finding team to investigate into the matter as part of efforts to prevent such misdemeanours.
They had filed nominations against official candidates for the upcoming assembly polls.
Sports Minister Vikram Verma said old policies will be followed while electing sportspersons for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna and Arjuna Awards.
'Earlier the planning process was services specific, with others coordinating. 'Now we shall have an apex leader backed by a structure, who is accountable to provide single-point advice, based on best of all options dependent on geographical and situational intrigue, and that too, after validation,' says General Anil Chait (retd), the former central army commander.
The apex court, which has been mulling over the issue in its meetings held at the residence of Chief Justice of India S A Bobde on Thursday and Friday, took note of the government's March 5 advisory cautioning against mass gatherings in view of the fact that the World Health Organisation has declared COVID-19 a 'global pandemic'.
They won the men's and women's singles titles respectively in the National Badminton Championships.
According to the Sebi circular, commodities that require price control measures will be less conducive for the derivatives market.
The Gurugram Police detained and questioned Harpal Singh, a gardener at the Ryan International School.
The Supreme Court on Monday sought response from the Centre and the Election Commission on a Public Interest Litigation seeking a direction to them to frame of guidelines to ensure that more citizens cast their votes in the polls.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday.
The new minister must commit himself to supporting long-term defence plans or else defence modernisation will continue to lag and the growing military capabilities gap with China will assume ominous proportions, warns Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal (retd).
'Somewhere along the way, elected office-bearers appeared to have lost sight of the interest of cricket and begun to pursue their own interpretation of what the game should be.' 'Families made it a tradition to have their representatives occupy, if not usurp, positions in state associations,' points out Vinod Rai, who will step down as head of the BCCI's Committee of Administrators on Wednesday, October 23.
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