New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday said that the Centre was working for sustainable solutions to the issues faced by farmers and has taken some recommendable steps to improve their conditions. Addressing a joint sitting Parliament at the beginning of the Budget Session, Kovind said: “My government is[Read More…]
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PIL on EVM irregularities: Bombay HC issues notices to EC, Centre, Maharashtra
In a significant development, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday ordered issuing of notices to the Election Commission of India (EC), Maharashtra State Election Commission (M-SEC) and two public sector makers of electronic voting machines (EVM) and others in a public interest litigation filed by an RTI activist. The directions[Read More…]
Backwardness of SCs/STs enough to grant them quotas in promotions, Centre tells SC
New Delhi: The Centre on Friday told the Supreme Court that mere backwardness of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes was enough to grant them reservations in promotions and that there was no need for the government to back their inadequate representation with quantifiable data. The contention came during a[Read More…]
Set up panel to study temples’ management, SC tells Centre
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Centre to set up a committee to study how the temples of cultural and architectural importance across the country were managed, particularly vis-a-vis facilities for pilgrims and utilisation of donations/offerings. A vacation bench of Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel and Justice Ashok[Read More…]
Centre interfering systematically in judicial system: BJD
Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MP and Supreme Court lawyer Pinaki Mishra on Saturday said the central government is trying to choke the judiciary to ensure it ceased to function. “In last three years, there is a systematic interference by the union government in the judicial system. They are trying to[Read More…]
Rahul Gandhi describes GDP as Modi’s Gross Divisive Politics
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday attacked the Centre for the economic slump in the country and described “GDP” as the “Gross Divisive Politics” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Rahul Gandhi targeted both Modi and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for the slowdown in investment, bank credit growth, job creation and[Read More…]
NDA government trying to legalise immigrants: Meghalaya CM
Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma on Friday accused the BJP-led NDA central government at the Centre of trying to legalise immigrants by proposing to amend the Citizenship Act. “On one hand they wanted to push illegal immigrants, but on the other, they wanted to legalise immigrants by amending the Citizenship[Read More…]
Centre won’t discriminate against states on political basis: PM Modi
Landing in TRS-ruled Telangana, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that the Centre was dedicated to cooperative federalism irrespective of whichever party is in power in the state and would not discriminate states on political basis. He promised Telangana that the Centre would not leave any stone unturnedf or[Read More…]
Mayawati accuses BJP of criminal negligence in NTPC blast
BSP supremo Mayawati on Monday accused the BJP governments at the Centre and in Uttar Pradesh of “criminal negligence” and blamed them for the NTPC tragedy in Rae Bareli in which 37 persons died. In a statement issued by the Bahujan Samaj Party, the former Chief Minister said that due[Read More…]
No action against those who couldn’t deposit demonetised notes: Centre tells SC
On Friday, the government told the Supreme Court that no criminal action will be taken against people who could not deposit banned Rs 1000 and Rs 500 banknotes during demonetisation. However, the apex court allowed 14 petitioners to put their argument before a Constitution Bench. One of the petitioners named[Read More…]
Bengal paan shop owners protest against Centre’s advisory
Protesting against the Centre’s advisory proposing a ban on tobacco and paan shops from selling food items, shop owners here on Tuesday said this could lead to a drastic fall in their daily sales and affect their livelihood. “To avoid a harmful product, you can’t adopt a blanket ban on[Read More…]
Rajasthan high court issues notice to Centre, state on immunity ordinance
The Rajasthan High Court issued notice to the Centre and the state government on an ordinance that aims to protect public servants from being probed for on-duty action without prior government sanction. The Criminal Laws (Rajasthan Amendment) Ordinance 2017, was promulgated in September. The high court gave the governments one[Read More…]
No Rohingya can be deported until further hearing: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday gave more time to all the parties to argue on the deportation of Rohingya refugees. The next hearing on the matter will be heard on 21 November. The court told the government that no Rohingya refugee should be deported until the next date of hearing[Read More…]
Centre designates five-member team to review dengue outbreak in Tamil Nadu
The Centre has sent a five-member team to review the outbreak of dengue cases in Tamil Nadu. The team will audit and conduct a meeting on Friday with state health minister, C. Vijayabhaskar, and other officials of the health department. On Thursday, deputy chief minister, O. Panneerselvam, along with other[Read More…]
EC to hold Lok Sabha, assembly polls simultaneously by 2018
The Election Commission of India has confirmed that by the end of 2018, it will be ready to hold Parliament and Assembly elections simultaneously. The Centre had earlier sought ECI’s views on conducting simultaneous polls. The Election Commissioner of India, Om Prakash Rawat said that the ECI had told the[Read More…]
Congress will revive economic growth in six months if elected to power: Rahul Gandhi
Congress vice-president, Rahul Gandhi said his party would revive the economic growth within six months if elected to power in a scathing attack against the Centre. Gandhi, who is in his home constituency Amethi, blamed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘anti-people’ policies that have led to the slowdown of GDP. He[Read More…]
We’re peace loving people, have no terror links: Rohingyas to SC
Days after the Centre told the Supreme Court that the Rohingya Muslims are “illegal” immigrants in the country and pose a serious threat to the country’s national security, an affidavit submitted by two Rohingyas in reply to the Centre’s plan to deport them on Friday stated that they are “peace-loving”[Read More…]
Rohingyas are ‘illegal immigrants’ and not refugees: Rajnath Singh
Union home minister, Rajnath Singh, on Thursday came out strongly against Rohingyas, and called them illegal immigrants. He said that it was wrong to call them as ‘refugees’ since they were ‘illegal immigrants’ who haven’t followed the procedure to be given the refugee status. He also said that India wouldn’t[Read More…]
Corruption does not exist in Centre anymore: Arun Jaitley
Union finance minister, Arun Jaitley, on Thursday said corruption does not exist in the Centre anymore, while applauding its proactiveness in implementing the GST, crackdown on excessive cash transactions, benami property, shell companies and so on. “Corruption in the central government has become a thing of the past. This is[Read More…]
Court may refuse interference leaving on government to take step: Centre on Rohingyas
The Centre in its affidavit to the apex court termed Rohingya refugees and their stay as ‘illegal’ and said they pose severe threat to national security, on Monday. The apex court said that it will now hear Rohingya Muslims matter on 3 October at 2 pm. “The total number of[Read More…]
Supreme Court lifts ban on sale and retail of fire crackers in Delhi-NCR
The Supreme Court temporarily lifted its order of suspending the permanent licences for sale and retail of fire crackers within the National Capital Region (NCR) on Tuesday. However, the SC might review its current order after Diwali depending on the ambient air quality after the festival. “The suspension of permanent[Read More…]
Take steps to end cow vigilantism: SC to Centre, states
The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre and the states to take necessary steps to put an end to cow vigilantism. It asked each state to appoint a senior police officer in every district as a nodal officer to take action against cow vigilantism. The apex court also questioned[Read More…]
Govt receives proposal to make PAN card mandatory for buying gold
The government has received a proposal to put some limitations on sale and purchase of gold to avoid tax evasion. As per reports, a panel of financial regulators has proposed that any gold transaction must involve the PAN Card. The proposal adds that the PAN card rule should not be[Read More…]
Govt gets Rs 42,000 crore tax in first filing under GST regime so far
Nearly Rs 42,000 crore has already come in as taxes so far in the first monthly filing under the new Goods and Services Tax (GST) rule. The revenues are expected to increase further as the filing cycle closes this later this week. Reportedly, while about Rs 15,000 crore has come[Read More…]
Do you want to destroy Taj Mahal? Supreme Court asks Centre
The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the government if it “wants to destroy” the world famous, Taj Mahal in a scathing remarks. The court made this remark during the hearing of an application seeking its nod to cut more than 400 trees to put down an additional railway track between[Read More…]