Gujarat clears 10% quota for poor in a bid to pacify Patels Gujarat government has announced a separate 10% quota for   econom...

Peer-to-peer lending to come under RBI purview The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released a consultation paper on   peer-to-peer...

‘Make in India’ not at cost of IPR: U.S. The US Trade Representative’s   annual Special 301 report , that identifies trade barrier...

Panel suggests fine or jail for celebs in misleading ads In its report on the   Consumer Protection Bill 2015 , a parliamentary ...

All new mobiles to have panic button from 2017 According to a notification issued recently by the Department of Telecom, “from Jan...

Legal system too expensive for most: Study According to the nationwide “ Access to Justice ” survey, legal system in India is too ...

Supreme Court stays Uttarakhand high court verdict The Supreme Court has revived central rule in Uttarakhand by staying the hard-...

President’s Rule set aside by the HC The Uttarakhand High Court has quashed the order of the Central government that had put the S...

A step towards gender equality In a step towards giving equal status to women officers, the Navy has granted permanent commis...

Insult to God to have unauthorised places of worship: SC The Supreme Court has expressed anguish over inaction of authoritie...

Services corner bulk of FDI inflows According to an analysis of the official data by the Department of Industrial Policy and...

Govt mulls sops to attract doctors to rural postings The union health ministry has come up with a new plan to attract doctor...

Spot fine for open defecation, states told The urban development ministry has suggested state governments amend their municipal l...

Microsoft sues US government over data requests Microsoft Corp has sued the US government for the right to tell its customers ...

Indian, Germany sign agreement to rejuvenate Ganga India and Germany have signed an agreement to adopt and replicate, wherever...

SC: Why not treat drought as disaster? With around 10 states reeling under drought, the Supreme Court has asked the Centre  ...

Don’t share Aadhaar information: UIDAI The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has asked e-commerce players like ...

Massive effort to conserve Olive Ridleys Wildlife authorities have launched a massive exercise to conserve Olive Ridley turtle...