India
Parliament passes Citizenship Amendment Bill
The bill, which was passed by the Lok Sabha on Monday, was cleared by the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
UP: Women asked to sleep on floor near washrooms for sterilisation surgery in Chandauli
The incident took place in a sterilisation camp in Niyamatabad PHC of Chandauli.
Foreign Secretary Jaishankar raises concerns on cross-border terrorism with Pakistan
Pakistan will be the next SAARC chair and India would like to work with Pakistan to help SAARC achieve its potential.
Aadhar card number to be added to voter list
District administration in Faridabad has launched a drive to collect the Aadhar card numbers of the voters and link it to electoral rolls
Bill banning cow-slaughter in Maharashtra gets President's nod
The bill banning the cow slaughter in Maharashtra, pending for the last several years, received the President's assent.
December 16 gangrape convict blames victim, says 'a girl is far more responsible for rape than a boy'
The girl and her male friend fought bravely but she suffered fatal injuries and was admitted to Delhi's Safdarjung hospital.
Delhi: Rain affects flight operations at airport, several areas waterlogged
More than 60% India, starting from Kashmir to Karnataka is witnessing an unusual, continuous rainfall since Saturday night.
Son of Maharaja's security aide is new Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister
Nirmal Kumar Singh was the unanimous choice of the BJP for the post of Deputy Chief Minister.
Walmart sees Budget 2015 driving domestic consumption, retail growth
Walmart sees an increase in India's domestic consumption and retail growth over a period of time on the back of social security measures proposed in the Budget.
Praveen Togadia asks Centre to declare swine flu as national emergency
Viswa Hindu Parishad asked the Centre to declare swine flu as a national emergency and take steps on war footing.
Union Budget brings lottery sellers under service tax ambit
The Union Budget for 2015-16, presented by Jaitley in the Parliament on Saturday, has proposed withdrawal of service tax exemption on "selling or marketing agent of lottery ticket to a distributor".
Budget focuses only on corporates,income tax payers: P Chidambaram
He said that there was no justification at all to set back the target date of achieving a fiscal deficit of 3 per cent by one year.
Budget has nothing for farmers, looks like a vision document
A detailed study and analysis of the budget takes sometime. Because a lot of things sound and look good, when we take them at face value.
Government unveils universal social security and pension schemes
"The government proposes to work towards Universal Social Security for all Indians," he said.
Arun Jaitley may give tax sops in Narendra Modi government's first full Budget
There is expectation that the Finance Minister could raise tax slabs or hike investment limit in saving instruments.
'I never took money from any corporate entity', says Nitin Gadkari
"I want to see new things and when Essar people invited me to see their yacht in the sea, I accepted their invitation. I would have gone to see it even if they had placed a ticket of Rs 500 for admission," Gadkar said.
