Bengal Chief Secretary appears before Election Commission over compliance lapsesWest Bengal Chief Secretary Nandini Chakraborty appeared before the Election Commission of India in New Delhi following summons over non-co...
14 Feb, 2026, 12.02 AM IST
EC appoints retired IPS officer NK Mishra as special observer for Bengal pollsThe Election Commission has appointed NK Mishra, a retired IPS officer, as a special observer. He will oversee the ongoing revision of elec...
13 Feb, 2026, 10.49 PM IST
Edible oil imports decline: IVPA pushes for India’s self-sufficiencyThe Indian Vegetable Oil Producers’ Association (IVPA) has urged accelerating edible oil self-sufficiency amid declining imports, global pr...
30 Sep, 2025, 06.30 PM IST
JPC on 'One Nation One Election' to meet experts on Aug 11The Joint Parliamentary Committee on the One Nation One Election Bill will meet with experts. The meeting will discuss the prospects and ch...
10 Aug, 2025, 10.38 PM IST
FM Nirmala Sitharaman asks regulators to align with changesSitharaman said India was at a cusp of change and regulators had to be aligned with that change. "You need regulators also to be aligned wi...
13 Sep, 2022, 11.47 PM IST
New Bill to collect prisoners' physical, biological samplesThe opposition questioned the legislative competence of the House to decide on the matter and called the proposed provisions draconian and ...
29 Mar, 2022, 12.09 AM IST
N K Singh elected president of Institute of Economic Growth SocietyA prominent administrator, and policymaker, NK Singh has been the chairman of the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Review Commit...
19 Aug, 2021, 01.19 PM IST
Senior advocates seek larger bench ‘to review standards of criminal contempt’The bench said it would on August 20 hear arguments on what sentence to be given to him. The Contempt of Courts Act envisages a maximum jai...
18 Aug, 2020, 07.25 AM IST
15th Finance Commission meeting: Govt tax collections likely to be severely affected due to the pandemicThe discussions covered issues relating to the fiscal deficit and general government debt and the constraints in drawing up a path for cons...
26 Jun, 2020, 04.46 PM IST
15th Finance Commission to lay out roadmap till FY26The meeting takes place at a time when the government is facing an extraordinary fiscal constraint due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The meetin...
21 May, 2020, 08.27 AM IST
284 cadets pass out from NDAThere were 188 Army cadets, 38 Naval cadets, 37 Air Force cadets and 20 cadets from friendly foreign countries. The foreign cadets belonged...
30 Nov, 2019, 06.56 PM IST
Senior opposition leaders keep off Rahul Gandhi’s press conferenceCongress managers ensured Gandhi was seated in the middle on a larger chair, leaving the rest to occupy ordinary chairs.
15 Dec, 2016, 12.25 AM IST
- Chief Minister Mayawati sacks two more tainted ministers
Embarrassed by the by the state Lokayukta report indicting two ministers, Mayawati tried to contain the damage by sacking them.
06 Oct, 2011, 01.20 AM IST
- Mayawati sacks two ministers to contain damage over adverse Lokayukta report
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati tried to contain the damage in the poll bound state by sacking them from the cabinet.
05 Oct, 2011, 06.44 PM IST
- Indicted by lokayukta, UP minister Awadhpal Singh Yadav resigns
His involvement in the murder of three people in Etah had led to the issue being raised in the Assembly a few days back.
18 Aug, 2011, 04.20 AM IST
- MTNL, HCL Infosystems fall after CBI files case in CWG scam
CBI registered another case in the CWG scam and searched residences of officials of Mahanagar Telecom Nigam Limited and HCL Infosystems.
09 Jun, 2011, 09.56 AM IST
- Commonwealth Games scam: CBI files case against MTNL
The CBI registered another case in CWG scam and searched residences of MTNL officials and HCL Infosystems for allegedly inflating cost of s...
09 Jun, 2011, 03.58 AM IST