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Assam Assembly scraps Namaaz break, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma lauds decisionThe Assam Assembly has withdrawn the rule that allowed a two-hour Nammaz Break on Fridays. Chief Minister Hemanta Biswa Sarma praised this ...- Govt highlights steps taken in 8 years to free country of 'colonial mindset'The government said the move is part of a continuous and conscious effort by the prime minister to shed the baggage of colonial legacy and ...
- SC stays all pending proceedings of sedition cases until provisions are relooked atThe Supreme Court has asked the Centre and state governments to not register any fresh case, continue the investigation or take coercive ac...
- 326 sedition cases filed in 2014-19; only 6 convictedAccording to the Union Home Ministry data, a total of 326 cases were registered under the sedition law -- the highest, 54, in Assam -- betw...
- Supreme Court seeks Centre's reply on protecting citizens from sedition cases till it re-examines lawThe apex court agreed that the re-look of the provision be left to the Centre which has filed an affidavit in this regard. It, however, exp...
- Centre agrees to reconsider sedition law, here's all that you need to knowThe apex court has been hearing a bunch of petitions against sedition law which has attracted a lot of attention over its alleged misuse by...
- Government tells Supreme Court to put off sedition hearing till it reviews lawA bench comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli on May 5 had said that it would hear arguments on May 10...
- India's iconic circular Parliament, where country began its 'tryst with destiny'The current building has been witness to historic and epoch-changing events -- be it revolutionaries Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt thro...
- IAS officers' body drops colonial-era reference from name, rechristens it as IAS AssociationHousing and Urban Affairs Secretary Durga Shanker Mishra, also the President of the association, said the new name was unanimously decided ...
- Supreme Court's adultery verdict strong, progressive on gender equality, say women lawyersSenior advocate Rebecca John and lawyers Aishwarya Bhati and Menaka Guruswamy, termed as correct the apex court's observation that the adul...
- International food giant Cargill is changing the way it does businessBack in 1986, when Cargill entered Indian market, the country was not self-sufficient.
- Modi's plan to get million more Indians flying hits an air pocketThe delays highlight the hurdles Modi - who has campaigned on his ability to implement growth-boosting reforms - faces as he seeks re-elect...
- History holds Asia hostageEven the Chinese-Korean relationship carries the baggage of history, as underscored by China’s revisionist claim to the ancient kingdom of ...
- Why football market continues to grow amid economic crisis and where India standsEuro 2012 has started amidst a crisis. This piquant coincidence is just one aspect of a relationship between wealth creation, business dyna...
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