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December 8, 2015 11:56 AM

Govt hopes for consensus in Parliament over key legislations

The government has expressed hope that there would a consensus in both the Houses over key legislations like the Goods and Services Tax bill. Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajiv Pratap Rudy said after the meeting of BJP parliamentary Party this morning that everyone should realize that...

December 8, 2015 11:30 AM

Subramanian Swamy files caveat in SC in National Herald case

BJP leader Subramanian Swamy has filed a caveat in the Supreme Court to pre-empt any ex-parte order on appeals likely to be filed by Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul in the National Herald case. Sonia and Rahul's pleas challenging summons issued to them in the case was dismissed by...

December 8, 2015 7:46 AM

SC directs Govt to consider acid-attack victims under disabled quota

The Supreme Court has directed Government to consider acid-attack victims under the disabled quota. A bench of Justices M.Y. Eqbal and C. Nagappan said in its order yesterday, all states and Union territories must consider the plight of such victims and take appropriate steps with regard to inclusio...

December 8, 2015 6:59 AM

Off-campus univ centres without permits asked to shut down

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has asked institutions deemed to be universities to shut down off-campus centres without permits. In a written reply in Lok Sabha yesterday, Human Resources Development Minister Smriti Irani said UGC had found that some of these institutions were running the ce...

December 8, 2015 6:58 AM

Mamata inaugurates Kolkata-Durgapur-New Delhi flight

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee inaugurated the long awaited Kolkata-Durgapur-New Delhi flight yesterday. It connects the industrial city of Durgapur directly with the National Capital. <br/><br/>Ms. Banerjee, who boarded the flight after inaugurating it in Kolkata on her way ...

December 8, 2015 6:58 AM

Rahul to visit rain-hit areas of Puducherry, TN today

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will today visit the rain-hit areas of Puducherry. He will visit Rodierpet, Riyankuppam, Krimambakkam and a few other areas and distribute relief materials to the affected people. <br/><br/>In a release, Pradesh Congress Committee president A Namassiv...

December 8, 2015 6:58 AM

Govt to give passports free of cost to those who lost them in floods

Government will issue fresh passports free of cost to those people in Chennai who lost the travel document in the devastating floods. The External Affairs Ministry, which issues passport, has made arrangements for re-issue of the document in three Passport Seva Kendras (PSKs) in Chennai. <br/>...

December 7, 2015 9:20 PM

Govt introduces bill to hike wage ceiling for bonus to Rs 21K

Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya today introduced a bill in the Lok Sabha that seeks to enhance pay eligibility limit of an employee for bonus to Rs 21, 000 per month from Rs 10,000.The Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Bill, 2015 also seeks to enhance the monthly bonus calculation ceiling to 7,000 rup...

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