Irrespective of who is to blame for last week’s scuffle between MPs of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress on the Parliament House premises, the fact is that the Narendra Modi government was rattled by the campaign launched by a united Opposition against home minister Amit Shah for what it described as “derogatory” references to Babasaheb Ambedkar in his …
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will set up a Bench to hear subsequent pleas of mineral-rich States like Jharkhand seeking to recover royalty and tax dues on mineral rights and mineral-bearing lands worth thousands of crore of rupees from the Centre and mining firms. In a subsequent order on August 14, the top court clarified that the judgement …
The Jharkhand High Court on Wednesday exempted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi from personally appearing before a special Ranchi court that is hearing a defamation case related to the Modi surname remark he made before the Lok Sabha elections in 2019. Further in para-15, the terms and condition for such exemption has been stated to be complied by the petitioner by …
Gaurav Dwivedi, an IAS officer of the 1995 batch, has been appointed chief executive officer of state broadcaster Prasar Bharati. “In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section of Section 4 of the Prasar Bharati Act, 1990 read with sub- section of Section 4 and sub-section of Section 6 of that Act, the President, on the recommendation of the Selection …