Parl panel on defence to visit Galwan valley, Pangong Tso

The parliamentary standing committee on defence has decided to visit the Galwan Valley and Pangong lake in eastern Ladakh region which has been witness to a violent stand-off between the troops of......

Parliament Panel not to be briefed on surgical strikes, Congress cries foul

A controversy has broken out over the last minute dropping of a planned briefing on surgical strikes at the meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee for defence on Friday with two senior......

Adhir, other suspended MPs can't attend Parl panel meetings

Congress leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and some other MPs suspended from Parliament will not be able to attend the meetings of parliamentary committees of which they are a member or......

Parl panel head bats for keeping tribals out of UCC ambit

Chairman of parliamentary panel on law and Bharatiya Janata Party MP Sushil Modi on Monday advocated keeping tribals, including those in the North East, out of the purview of any likely Uniform......

Meet Urjit Patel, RBI's 24th Governor

As deputy governor, Patel headed the RBI panel to draft the monetary policy report, which became the basis of the ongoing reforms at the apex bank Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor Urjit Patel......

When Pranab clashed with Manmohan, twice

Pranab Mukherjee's stewardship of the economy will stand out as much for the manner in which he managed controversies as for creating quite a few of them, says A K Bhattacharya. IMAGE: Then prime......

Coal block cancellation: Miners mull taking Centre to court

Private mining companies in the infrastructure space are fuming over the government’s latest coal block de-allocation drive. The companies are crying foul over the cancellation of 25 blocks......

Raghuram Rajan was 'forced to quit'

Raghuram Rajan joked when he took over the top job at the Reserve Bank of India in September 2013 that he wasn't expecting to win any votes or Facebook 'likes' in the position. IMAGE: Finance......

'Longstanding demand met,' Patel on Sports Bill

'It will help India as a major sporting nation': Praful Patel on the Sports Bill IMAGE: Praful Patel emphasised that one of the most important features of the bill is the establishment of a......