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NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has said internationalisation of airports in the country needs to be done not only for looks but also in terms of convenience and amenities. The High Court’s observation came on a plea filed by Abhinav Kumar which had raised the issue of non-availability ofRead More
NEW DELHI: Government may adopt the ordinance route to push reforms in insurance and coal sectors as relevant bills could not be taken up in the Rajya Sabha, whose functioning was paralysed in the just-concluded winter session. An indication about the insurance sector was given by Minister of State forRead More
CHANDIGARH: An Army man and a head constable were among six security personnel arrested from godman Rampal’s ashram at Barwala in Hisar district during the operation to apprehend the controversial preacher, the Haryana government on Tuesday told the Punjab and Haryana High Court. Amid thick security cover, Rampal along withRead More
NEW DELHI: The BJP is confident of getting a clear majority in Jharkhand and forming a stable government, state party president Ravindra Kumar Rai said Tuesday. Rai told IANS over telephone from Ranchi that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had expected a two-third majority in the 81-member assembly. “We willRead More
NEW DELHI: Government on Tuesday appeared not to rule out the possibility of promulgating an Ordinance on insurance sector reforms. “We will have to consider all possibilities right now because the fact is that the country needs more investment in the insurance sector,” Minister of State for Finance Jayant SinhaRead More
NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha on Tuesday referred two bills, including one that aims at bringing country’s banking payment system in sync with international practices, to the Select Committees. The Payment and Settlement Systems (Amendment) Bill, 2014 and The Repealing and Amending Bill, 2014 were passed by Lok Sabha in theRead More
MUMBAI: The Shiv Sena today said it is to be seen how long the Pakistan’s crackdown on terrorists lasts, in the wake of the massacre of school children in Peshawar. “(Pakistani Prime Minister) Nawaz Sharif had announced that he will uproot terrorism from his country’s soil. People want to knowRead More
New Delhi, The head of India’s most powerful Hindu group vowed to press ahead with a campaign to convert Muslims and Christians to Hinduism, stoking a sensitive debate that has stalled parliament and threatened the prime minister’s economic reform agenda. Mohan Bhagwat of the right-wing Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh, which is also the ideologicalRead More
New Delhi, The ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) Sunday said it is in the process of preparing an energy legislation to expand power generation capacity through a judicious mix of conventional and non-conventional sources. “The ministry is also preparing a scale up plan for the development of solarRead More
New Delhi, BJP president Amit Shah today asserted that his party was against forced conversions and asked other political parties to support a Bill to crackdown on them. The conversions row has stalled work in Parliament, with a united Opposition attacking the ruling BJP on faith conversions and demanding a statementRead More
