The Karnataka state government has not yet informed the central government that it is setting up an exploratory committee to study the prospect of having a separate flag for the state, the home ministry said. Karnataka has an unofficial yellow and red flag that is widely used on days such as the Rajyotsava or state […]
Authorities at Delhi International Airport have been waiting for nearly nine years for a religious trust to lower the height of a statue to make full use of one of Asia’s longest runways. It was in 1989 that the Airport Authority had given permission to Jaya Shree Charity Trust to build a Shiva statue with a […]
India faces steep odds in its race to meet its solar power addition targets for the current year. Last year, the country had added only 5.53 GW of incremental solar power capacity against a target of 6 GW. This year, the target is 10 GW. However, as of November end, it has added only 3.46 […]
The Goods and Services Tax is turning out to be quite effective in ensnaring more and more people into the tax net compared to the previous excise and VAT system. Out of the 93.33 lakh individuals and businesses registered under the new tax system as of the end of last month, a whopping 31% are […]
The number of income tax e-filings increased by 19.5% this year compared to last year as demonetization forced many people declare their hitherto undeclared incomes. A total of 3.89 cr e-filings were recorded in the current financial year as of Nov 7, compared to 3.25 cr in the same period of the previous year, the […]
Bishnu Pada Ray, the member of Lok Sabha representing Andaman & Nicobar Islands has asked for permission to install solar lighting systems in the homes of forest encroachers who are under order by the Supreme Court to evacuate the forest land. Ray wrote the letter seeking permission to install the lighting system in the homes […]
The total number of people employed by various undertakings and companies controlled by the central government has been showing a decline of 4%-5% per year in recent years. According to numbers from the ministry of heavy industry and public enterprises, the total number of personnel in central public sector enterprises fell by 4.2% in 2015-16 […]
Subramanian Swamy, the BJP leader known for speaking his mind, today said the 2G scam case was “sabotaged” by law officials who were in charge of the case and investigation. Swamy pointed out that the judge in his order noted that there was a lot of enthusiasm in the beginning, but it disappeared later, and […]
The decision by a trial court in Delhi’s Patiala House complex to dismiss charges of corruption and conspiracy against former telecom minister and others in the 2G scam case has created a curious legal imbroglio as the order seems to fly counter to the Supreme Court’s verdict in the 2G scam case. The special court […]
The move to withdraw high-value currency notes in November last year has helped the income tax department unearth Rs 25,000 cr of undisclosed income as of October this year, the finance ministry said. Out of this, Rs 15,761 cr was unearthed by searches and raids, while the remaining was detected using ‘surveys’, the ministry said. […]
Sixteen candidates of the Indian National Congress, who lost the Gujarat state elections by a margin of 3,000 votes or less, are likely to approach the Gujarat High Court to seek counting of paper slips. It is expected that there are about 40 seats where the victory margin was 3000 or less. The candidates will […]
The Central Bureau of Investigation has filed two separate cases related to the Chhattisgarh sex CD allegedly featuring the state PWD minister Rajesh Munat. This follows the takeover of investigations into the matter by the central investigation agency after allegations that the Chhattisgarh Police was incapable of conducting an impartial investigation in a case involving […]
The rather ‘Holy’ election campaign being waged by Rahul Gandhi in Gujarat elections has led to speculation that the Indian National Congress may adopt a ‘soft Hindutva’ model under Rahul Gandhi to counter BJP’s ‘hard Hindutva’. FROM NONE TO ALL Over the last half a century or so, the party has experimented with diluting the […]
The Ahmedabad administration has denied permission to the ‘roadshows’ planned by Rahul Gandhi and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Ahmedabad tomorrow. The separate roadshows would have featured Modi and Rahul Gandhi traversing the city in a last minute effort to boost their respective parties’ chances. Parts of the state, including Ahmedabad, are scheduled to go […]
Mani Shankar Aiyar tried to undo the damage he caused to the party’s prospects in Gujarat by calling Narendra Modi — who hails from a group classified under the Other Backward Communities — ‘neech’ (low or low-caste), but Modi sought to take advantage of the controversy by seizing on the remark. “Hindi is not my […]
By all accounts, the chances of a Congress victory is becoming stronger and stronger in Gujarat, a state that goes to the polls on Sunday. The possibility was almost unthinkable two months ago, even to Congress strategists, but the ‘Patel factor’ is likely to be the deciding factor in not only nullifying the BJP’s edge, […]
Radio Jockey Sooraj of 98.6 FM, a Malayalam Radio station in Qatar, has announced that he is stepping down from his role at the station following a social media outcry over his comments supporting three Muslim girls who danced publicly at an AIDS awareness function in Kerala. Following the usual style of his Facebook videos, […]
Mukesh Ambani, India’s richest man, said telecom was the first of his big bet, and he will now use his resources to solve problems in three other difficult areas — agriculture, education and healthcare. Speaking at the HT Leadership Summit, Ambani said his primary motivation was not to make money. “Money has never meant much […]
BJP leader Subramanian Swamy has come out strongly against right wing activists making violent threats against artists involved with the film Padmavati, saying that he could approach the courts if such threats continue. “In a democracy, everyone has the right to protest, but making threats against someone is against the law and cannot be tolerated,” […]
The administration of the Jawaharlal Nehru University has fined its students Rs 6,000 for cooking and eating biryani in the administrative block during an overnight protest in June. The move, however, has taken a political turn as the action follows a campaign by the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad — the student wing of the BJP […]
