Patna, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today described the controversial Land Acquisition bill introduced in Lok Sabha as a “black law” and demanded its immediate recall. “The Land Acquisition Bill is anti-farmer and pro-rich. it’s a black law,” Kumar said. “The Bill seems to have taken the heart out ofRead More

New Delhi, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said that states must gradually become self-sufficient while the entire system of discretionary payments must end. Addressing the media in the National Capital after the 14th Fianance Commissionreport was tabled in the Lok Sabha, Jaitley said that there is no service taxRead More

New Delhi, TERI Director-General RK Pachauri, facing sexual harassment allegations from a woman employee, quit as IPCC chief on Tuesday. The development comes a day after he was granted interim protection from arrest till February 26 by a Delhi court. Ruling on his anticipatory bail plea, Additional Sessions Judge RajRead More

New Delhi, The oil ministry has suspended ONGC director (Technical) Shashi Shankar over allegations of irregularities. The ministry on Monday wrote to Oil and Natural Gas Corp. Ltd that a disciplinary proceeding against Shankar is being contemplated. “The competent authority in exercise of the powers conferred under ONGC Conduct, DisciplineRead More

New Delhi, BJP President Amit Shah today formed an eight-member committee to seek farmers’ suggestions on the proposed land acquisition legislation which has been stoutly opposed by several farmers’ organisations. The committee, of which former Union Minister Satyapal Malik is the convener, will hold discussions with farmers and other organisationsRead More

Jammu, Peoples Democratic Party patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed will be sworn in as the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir on March 1, latest reports said. “Yes, decks have been cleared for Mufti Sahib to be sworn in as the chief minister of the state on March 1,” a sourceRead More

New Delhi, BJP President Amit Shah today formed an eight-member committee to seek farmers’ suggestions on the proposed land acquisition legislation which has been stoutly opposed by several farmers’ organisations. The committee, of which former Union Minister Satyapal Malik is the convener, will hold discussions with farmers and other organisationsRead More

New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday asked his party MPs to aggressively defend the land acquisition bill saying that it is pro-farmer, sources said. According to sources, the prime minister said at the parliamentary party meeting of the BJP Tuesday morning that the bill will work in favour of farmersRead More

New Delhi: The government on Tuesday introduced the land acquisition amendment bill in the Lok Sabha amid uproar by the opposition. The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Bill 2015 will replace an ordinance which had been promulgated by the NDA government DecRead More

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama, with the largest number of Indian Americans in his administration, keeps dipping into the expanding talent pool of the three million-strong Indian American community, to take care of issues ranging from combating terrorist propaganda abroad to nation’s health at home. Last week, after an international conferenceRead More