In a surprise move, two members of the Trinamool Congress joined 12 of the BSP in walking out of the house before the women`s bill was put to vote. The UPA ally said it was unhappy with the way the bill was pushed through ignoring its dema
With a view to eliminating age fraud in sports, the government has issued guidelines to Sports Authority of India, National Sports Federations and the state governments for the issuance of identity cards to athletes participating in age-restricted
National Aviation Company of India Limited (NACIL) is expected to incur a loss of Rs.5400 crores approximately during the year 2009-10. It had incurred a loss of Rs 2,226.16 crores and Rs 5,548 crores during the financial years 2007-08 and 2008-09
RJD chief Lalu Prasad and SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, who had threatened to move a no-confidence motion against the government, have now declared that they would not do so as they lack numbers. Rajya Sabha created history yesterday when
That if the Supreme Court of India thinks the Chief Justice should not be covered under the Right to Information Act because he is the pater familias (or the father figure of the family of judges of
6.35 pm: PM says it is historic and a giant step towards empowering women and a celebration of their rights 6.30 pm: Women`s bill put to vote in Rajya Sabha 3. 36 pm: Six of 7 susp
Chairman of Rajya Sabha Hamid Ansari was so upset at the unruly behavior of the protesting MPs in the house on Monday that he almost quit, taking it as an insult to him. Agitated members of Samajwadi Party and RJD not only climbed u
A big question mark hangs on the fate of the Women`s Reservation Bill after the government failed to pilot it in the Rajya Sabha on Monday to mark the international women`s day. What looked like a simple exercise until Monday morning, seems as dau
The Genetic Engineering Approval Committee has accorded approval for conducting genetic engineering tests on genetically modified (GM) crops. They include cotton, rice, okra, brinjal, potato, groundnut, tomato, corn, cabbage, cauliflower, mustard
Ganga Jal Biradri, an NGO has written to the minister of environment and forests to sign a memorandum of understanding to compensate the government if it dismantles the Loharinag Pala dam on the Ganga. In a letter written to Jairam Ramesh on March
Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital will soon have a waste-disposal facility in the hospital campus to segregate and treat the waste generated in the hospital. The treatment plant is set up in collaboration with the Public Works Department (P
Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar will now lend help in preventing domestic violence on women. The International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) in collaboration with the Family Violence Prevention Fund (FVPF), Mumbai School Sport
While the world celebrated International Women’s Day on Monday, gender equality is still a distant dream, as almost half of the adult women are illiterate in the South Asia, says a UN Development Programme (UNDP) report. What
Private and public sector oil firms have opposed levy of five percent customs duty on crude saying this would make import of products like jet fuel cheaper than manufacturing them in the country. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee ha
The main opposition Bhartiya Janata Party put brakes to the Congress plan of getting the women`s reservation bill passed in the Rajya Sabha, asserting that a constitution amendment could not be disposed of without a debate. Even whi
The supreme court today filed an appeal before itself challenging the Delhi high court order saying that the office of the Chief Justice of India came under the ambit of the RTI Act. The petition, which has been filed after CJI K G
India needs two time zones at least - for the eastern and western regions, says C. L. Ruala of the Indian National Congress. He represents the Mizoram constituency at the Lok Sabha. In this GN Talk video, Rauala says that a new time-zone for the e
On the face of it, the naysayers seem to have won the day in Parliament, but it was UPA`s friends who made it cut a sorry figure. The Women`s Reservation Bill will not be cleared by the Rajya Sabha today. The UPA government was keen on passing the
After school children, priests of temples in Tamil Nadu would now get free bicycles to commute to the shrines, particularly in rural areas. The priests of temples coming under the administration of Hindu Religious and Charitable End
Several Muslim organisations today disfavoured the women`s reservation bill in its present form and demanded that the government take up the measure only if it provides for a quota within quota to women belonging to Muslim, dalit and OBC communiti
