Government faces Sonia's ire in NAC report

On a day when a full-page email interview with the prime minister appeared in the Hindustan Times, the National Advisory Council, chaired by Sonia Gandhi, on Friday slammed the United Progressive......

NAC seeks views on draft communal violence bill

The National Advisory Council on Friday placed in the public domain for comments the draft 'Prevention of Communal and Targeted Violence (Access to Justice and Reparations) Bill, 2011'. The same......

Disband NAC, says Advani

Dubbing it as "an unnecessary and extra-constitutional body", leader of opposition Lal Kishenchand Advani Wednesday demanded disbanding the National Advisory Council, alleging it was created to......

NAC raises food security, communal violence issues

Food security, minority welfare and legislation to deal with communal violence ranked high in the 14-point focus area listed by the newly-constituted National Advisory Council (NAC) headed by......

MFs seek greater leeway for proposed new asset class

The new asset class (NAC) proposed by the market regulator could see diverse product offerings with high-risk strategies across equity and debt if the mutual fund (MF) industry’s......

NAC endorses universal rural PDS

The National Advisory Council, chaired by Congress party president Sonia Gandhi, met for the second time on Thursday after its recent revival and unanimously endorsed the idea of universal access......

Nasscom to roll out NAC test in Nov

The Nasscom Assessment of Competence programme will be launched nationwide in November to enhance the reach of the ITeS-BPO industry to tier II and tier III cities and spread awareness about the......

NAC wants smaller role for firms in land buy

The National Advisory Council on Wednesday suggested that no private sector company should be allowed to buy land directly if more than 400 families are going to be displaced by its project.It also......

Gukesh's resilience shines: Forces draw against Liren

IMAGE: D Gukesh holds World Champion Ding Liren in epic battle. Photographs: Kind Courtesy Chin An/FIDE Indian challenger D Gukesh and defending champion Ding Liren of China played out their fifth......

Feyenoord beat Tilburg, Ajax thrash NAC

Jonathan de Guzman curled a free kick around the wall midway through the second half to earn Feyenoord a 3-2 win at Willem II Tilburg in the Dutch league on Sunday. Playmaker Said Boutahar had put......

Suarez leads Ajax to 3-0 win over Nijmegen

Ajax Amsterdam striker Luis Suarez took his league tally for the season to 18 with a goal in the 3-0 home victory over NEC Nijmegen on Friday. Jan Vertonghen set up Uruguayan Suarez seconds before......

McLaren's Twente in Cup final

Steve McClaren's Twente Enschede came from behind to beat NAC Breda 3-1 in their Dutch Cup semi-final on Tuesday thanks to three second-half goals. Anthony Lurling opened the scoring for Breda,......

Six-goal Suarez fires Ajax to 14-1 Dutch Cup win

Ajax Amsterdam's Uruguay forward Luis Suarez hit six goals in a 14-1 thrashing of amateurs WHC Wezep in the Dutch Cup fourth round on Wednesday. Suarez, who helped Uruguay qualify for next year's......