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Supreme Court issues notice to Centre on PIL challenging provisions of digital personal data protection lawThe Supreme Court has asked the Centre to respond to a petition. The petition challenges parts of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act,...- SC asks petitioners against 'Dharam Sansad' in Ghaziabad to send email seeking urgent listingFormer bureaucrats and activists petitioned the Supreme Court to urgently address a 'Dharam Sansad' planned in Ghaziabad, citing calls for ...
- Veteran actress and classical dancer Bela Bose passes away at 79Bela Bose appeared in several films during the 1960s and rose to national prominence with her honest portrayal in the 1975 blockbuster film...
- Govt's approach towards farmers' protest adversarial, confrontionist, say 75 ex-civil servantsThe letter signed by 75 former civil servants, including Najeeb Jung, Julio Riberio and Aruna Roy, who are part of the Constitutional Condu...
- Dissent is normal to civilisation, it can't be equated to 'terrorism': Romila Thapar"Dissent is normal to civilisation and it can not be equated to terrorism. It is now being denied by weakening the democratic institutions,...
- India has lost Kashmir valley emotionally, says Yashwant SinhaSinha termed as "exaggerated claims" the success of the various reforms and schemes undertaken by the government like the Mudra Bank.
- Budget 2016: MGNREGA allocation hiked to Rs 38,500 crore, highest ever"Rs 38,500 crore have been allocated for MGNREGA in 2016-17. If the total amount is spent, it will be highest budget spend on MGNREGA," Jai...
- Sahitya Akademi awards row: Intolerance growing in the country, says Nitish Kumar"The insensitivity of ruling class and their efforts to undermine basic ethos and values of our country is extremely worrying," Nitish Kuma...
- Rajasthan panchayat ordinance: Petitioners to file SLP in Supreme CourtNoted activist Nikhil Dey said 80 per cent people in villages and 95 per cent women could not contest the Panchayat polls due to the educat...
- MNREGA has helped revive agriculture sector: ReportsCiting a new study conducted they said that a majority of the works undertaken, around 79 per cent, explicitly supports agricultural activi...
- Make RTI process easy, a tool to bring transparency: ActivistsLeading RTI activist Aruna Roy, on the occasion of RTI day today, said that people are unable to gauge the effect and extent of RTI act.
- Six former bureaucrats who influenced the way government runsBureaucrats rarely hog the headlines and when they do it’s inevitably when they wage a lonely, and often futile, battle within a faulty sys...
- Aruna Roy’s exit from NAC: Problem rooted in politicsAruna Roy’s exit from NAC does not mean there is a problem with the govt or insularity of the administration. The problem is with politics.
- Chief Election Commissioner emphasises on stop money and muscle power in electionsChief Election Commissioner VS Sampath today sought active participation of people and NGOs in ensuring free and fair polls.
- Scale and sustainability at the heart of the winners of The Times of India Social Impact AwardsScale and sustainability were at the heart of the choices made by the jury picking the winners of The Times of India Social Impact Awards.
- Anna Factor: Times Now to air special show todayTimes Now, India’s leading English news channel, will be airing a special programme on Sunday called “The Anna Factor” on different aspects...
- Baba Ramdev news: Civil society says government action on Ramdev's anti-corruption fast was unacceptable and against the ConstitutionThe civil society made it clear that the government's action was unacceptable, was against the Constitution and the basic tenets of democra...
- Raise a toast to ET Awardees!The notion that only promoters can behave in an entrepreneurial fashion is being given the burial it deserves.
- Centre has NREGA to counter drought onslaughtGovt plans to fall back on NREGA to provide relief in affected areas.
- PMO defends RTI Act exemptionsThe UPA regime went into a direct confrontation with civil society activists with the PMO on Wednesday rebutting their charge that the gove...
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