The government denied proposals to bestow Padma awards to a number of prominent personalities, including cricketer MS Dhoni, spiritual leader Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, and tabla maestro Zakir Hussain, as per a report in the Indian Express on Monday. Other noted personalities whose names were declined include Biju Janata Dal[Read More…]
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President bats for women reservation in Parliament
President Pranab Mukherjee said on Friday emphasised on providing reservation for women in Parliament. Mukherjee said the recognition of women in the country’s growth has not been taken into account while calculating the GDP, which reflects the attitude of discrimination of the society. “It’s really a dichotomy in our society[Read More…]
India can’t afford the intolerant, says President
Salary via cheques or e-mode approved by President
President bats for simultaneous polls, note ban in Republic Day eve speech
President Pranab Mukherjee batted strongly for simultaneous elections to Parliament and Assemblies and backed the demonetisation drive. He asked the Election Commission to carry forward the idea of simultaneous polls in consultation with political parties. In his Republic Day eve address to the Nation, the President also asserted that the[Read More…]
Saurav Ganguly frontrunner to become next BCCI President: Reports
Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly has emerged as the front-runner to take over as BCCI president after former president Anurag Thakur and secretary Ajay Shirke were sacked from their respective posts by the Supreme Court on Monday. Ganguly is currently president of the Cricket Association of Bengal; one of the[Read More…]
President upset as ordinance comes to him for 5th time: Sources
President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday expressed his displeasure signing the same ordinance or executive order for a record fifth time in a row. According to sources, Mukherjee has faulted the government for failing to convert the ordinance into law. The President, say sources, signed the ordinance to amend the Enemy[Read More…]
Reliance Jio fixed line internet’s top boss quits
President and Business head – Fixed Line of Reliance Jio, Vijay Jain has stepped down from the position, reports ET. Jain joins other top-level executives across functions, who have quit the 4G entrant in last few months “Jain was also involved in the rolling out of Wi-Fi networks for the[Read More…]
Bernard Cazeneuve appointed the new French Prime Minister
French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve was appointed as the new prime minister on Tuesday after Manuel Valls resigned to seek the Socialist nomination in the presidential election, the presidency said. “He’s a strong personality, with experience of state affairs,” said a source in the president’s entourage, commenting on the appointment[Read More…]
President Mukherjee, PM, Sonia Gandhi, condole Jayalalithaa’s death
President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Vice President Hamid Ansari, Union Ministers, Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and various other top leaders from across the country have condoled Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa’s death and paid tributes to her. Jayalalithaa died late on Monday night at a[Read More…]
More jobs needed, employment creation at 7-yr low: Pranab Mukherjee
President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday cautioned that a scenario opposite to job creation can spell disaster in the country. Addressing a conference of heads of educational institutions, he said job creation figures were the lowest in past seven years and jobs creation is a priority. Citing incidents of student unrest[Read More…]
Meet this Indian man who helped Trump become President
The US presidential election has come to an end and Donald Trump is all set to be the 45th President. In the thick of the action in Arizona, a state which voted for the tycoon is the campaign strategist and the executive director of the Arizona Republican party, Avinash Iragavarapu.[Read More…]
Ahead of US polls, Obama’s approval rating nears record high
Ahead of the latest US election, President Barack Obama’s popularity rating has neared record high, according to a latest poll. The Gallup survey found 56% of respondents viewed the US president favourably, which is 12 points higher than his approval figures in June last year when the presidential race began.[Read More…]
Unanimous support for Rahul as party president: Congress Working Committee
The Congress Working Committee (CWC) on Monday asked Rahul Gandhi to take over the party, possibly setting in motion the process for a change of guard in the political party. Gandhi, the 46-year-old, No 2 in the Congress was ‘unanimously appealed’ to by the CWC, to take over the post[Read More…]
MPs may soon get 100% salary hike
The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) is believed to have agreed to consider a recommendation made by the Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament to revise the Parliamentarians’ salary. The MPs can soon expect a steep hike in salary with a 100% raise, taking their basic pay[Read More…]
President’s salary to witness a three-fold increase
The Union Home Ministry has prepared a proposal for increasing the salaries of President and Vice-President of the country. This decision comes after the implementation of the 7th Pay Commission”s recommendations which has created an anomalous situation in which the salary of the President is ₹1 lakh less than that[Read More…]
Philippines President Duterte likens himself to Hitler
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte appeared to liken himself to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler on Friday and said he would ‘be happy’ to exterminate three million drug users and peddlers in the country. “Hitler massacred three million Jews. Now there is three million, what is it, three million drug addicts (in[Read More…]
After presidential nod, Cabinet notifies constitution of GST Council
A week after President Pranab Mukherjee’s assent, the Cabinet on Monday cleared the process, formation and functioning of the GST Council, which will decide on the rate of tax under the new indirect taxation regime. The Council, to be headed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and comprising of representative of[Read More…]
GST Bill a law after President Pranab Mukherjee’s assent
President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday signed the government’s flagship Goods and Services Tax or GST Bill, which will do away with the indirect taxes and usher in one tax for the entire country. With the President’s assent, the constitution amendment act will be notified. Sixteen of the country’s 29 states[Read More…]
President Mukherjee promotes freedom of expression in varsities
Pushing for freedom of expression, President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said universities and institutions of higher learning must be bastions of free speech and debates should be encouraged. At the first convocation of Nalanda University, he said the varsity reflects an idea, a culture which flourished for 1,200 years before[Read More…]
70 years later, we survived as a democracy: President Pranab Mukherjee
Addressing the nation on the eve of Independence Day, President Pranab Mukherjee said our democracy is built on the pillars of justice, liberty, equality and fraternity. He added that he is confident that collective wisdom and our polity will ensure that forces which attack weaker sections will remain marginalised. “These[Read More…]