SC issues contempt notice to ex-judge Markandey Katju
New Delhi : In an unprecedented action, the Supreme Court today issued notice of contempt to its former judge Markandey Katju for ...
Japan makes exception; signs historic nuclear deal with India
Tokyo : Shedding its reservations, Japan today made an exception to sign a landmark civil nuclear deal with India, opening the door ...
GST good economics; demonetisation is not : Basu
New Delhi : Former World Bank Chief Economist Kaushik Basu today said the Modi government’s decision to demonetise high ...
Decision on defence reforms in ‘few months’ : Parrikar
New Delhi : The Defence Ministry could in the next “few months” finalise higher defence reforms to bring in jointness ...
Rs 500/1,000 notes valid for key utilities till Nov 14
New Delhi : Government today extended use of old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes for paying household utility bills, fuel, taxes and fees as ...
Climate change : it could be ‘game over’
If leading scientists writing in one of the most respected academic journals are right, planet Earth could be on course for global ...
Tejaswin sets national senior record in junior meet
Coimbatore : Delhi boy Tejaswin Shankar today smashed the 12-year-old national senior record in high jump with an effort of 2.26m ...
Tax dept not to hound small depositors : Jaitley
New Delhi : Assuring people that taxman will not hound those making small deposits in scrapped Rs 500/1,000 currency, Finance ...
Alarming pollution is death penalty for Delhi’ites : HC
New Delhi : The alarming pollution level is literally ‘capital punishment’ for Delhi’ites who are being robbed of ...
Punjab law terminating SYL pact unconstitutional : SC
New Delhi : Punjab today suffered a serious setback as the Supreme Court held as unconstitutional the 2004 law passed by it to ...