Uniform Civil Code: What Centre told SC last year

Citizens belonging to different religions and denominations follow different property and matrimonial laws which is 'an affront to the nation's unity', the Centre had said last year in its......

Pak out of FATF grey list after 4 years, big relief to cash-strapped country

After four years, Pakistan has been taken off from the infamous grey list of Financial Action Task Force, the global watchdog on terror financing and money laundering, in the wake of Islamabad's......

Uniform Civil Code will result in India's integration, Govt tells HC

The central government has told the Delhi High Court that citizens from different religions and denominations following different property and matrimonial laws is an affront to the nation's unity......

UCC needs study, will examine after law panel report: Centre to HC

The central government has told the Delhi high court that it would examine in consultation with stakeholders the issue of formulating the Uniform Civil Code after it receives the report of the law......

Can Budget 2020 help tackle tax disputes?

A robust dispute settlement system would help the government unlock tax revenues, and also aid ease of doing business. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com After rationalisation of the......

Opposition's 'people's agenda' to take on Modi

Some of the key proposals of the agenda relate to transforming the banking sector, addressing agrarian distress, countering hate crimes and discrimination, and spurring employment generation.Archis......

'For better growth figures, we need healthier banks'

'We are in favour of reasonable taxation'. 'Raising gross domestic product growth above 7-8% would be a challenge.' 'Unions should understand the importance of job creation'. The National......

EPF tax a fallout of the UPA regime: Pawan Kumar

'When a bureaucrat joins the government he thinks, "my minister is here for five years, but I am going to be here for 35 years; so let me do things the way I want". We'd like to tell the PM, "You......

Supreme Court stops CoA from taking over affairs of IOA

IMAGE: Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said the appointment of the CoA may lead to the Indian Olympic Association's suspension by the International Olympic Committee as happened in the case of the......

Bindra to help Delhi HC-appointed committee run IOA

IMAGE: Abhinav Bindra along with Anju Bobby George and Bombayla Devi Laishram will assist the three-member Committee of Administrators which will take over the affairs of the Indian Olympic......