Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday tabled a bill in the assembly to ban polygamy, making it an offence with up to seven years of imprisonment for first offence. IMAGE: Assam Chief......
A special court in Goa on Monday acquitted State Transport and Panchayati Raj Minister Mauvin Godinho in a 1998 power rebate case, bringing an end to a 27-year-long legal battle. IMAGE: Mauvin......
Geeta Mahanand, the sarpanch of Risama panchayat in Chhattisgarh's Durg, said she would have never come forward to contest the rural polls had there been no reservation for women in the Panchayati......
Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi's idea of conferring a constitutional status to the Lokpal failed to carry conviction in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday night, much like his father Rajiv Gandhi's......
Slamming the new Lokpal Bill, Anna Hazare on Friday said the government should involve the people in lawmaking and invoked Rajiv Gandhi's name to tell the Congress-led government that he had......
The Finance Commission has substantially increased the allocation of funds to panchayats, but a large part of it is apportioned by state governments. By increasing the share of states in the......
Gadkari said that the MSME sector contributes significantly in pushing the country's economic growth and creating employment. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Bolstering country's......
Nitin Gadkari has seven portfolios, but does not seem weighed down at all by the many things on his plate. The minister is brimming with ideas, discovers Rediff.com contributor Rashme Sehgal. As......