Supreme Court on says its verdict declaring right to privacy a fundamental right would have 'some bearing' in matters related to the possession of beef in Maharashtra
2 min read25 Aug 2017Terming the Dalai Lama's remarks as an attack on 'extremist elements', JD (U) leader K.C. Tyagi said the Tibetan spiritual leader has been in India for long and is aware of Indian culture
1 min read15 Nov 2015The tax would whittle down more than a dozen state levies to create a single market among the country's 1.2 billion people for the first time
3 min read3 Nov 2015Shourie also attacked finance minister Arun Jaitley's defence of Modi that he was the worst victim of intolerance since 2002
3 min read2 Nov 201553 historians including leading names like Romila Thapar, Irfan Habib, K.N. Pannikar and Mridula Mukherjee have in a joint statement raised concerns over recent developments
2 min read29 Oct 2015In its report, the National Commission for Minorities also described the 'irresponsible comments' by politicians to make 'capital' out of it as 'disturbing'
3 min read21 Oct 2015Lal Chowk, the nerve centre of Srinagar, was among the places on the boil with police detaining five separatist leaders including JKLF chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik
2 min read20 Oct 2015Sheikh Abdul Rashid was holding a press conference at the Press Club with relatives of the two truck drivers who were burnt by a mob at Udhampur
2 min read19 Oct 2015At least 16 authors have announced their decision to return their awards with some warning that minorities in the country feel 'unsafe and threatened'
3 min read12 Oct 2015He also claimed that communal forces were hatching conspiracies against the SP government which, he said, was gaining popularity because its development work
1 min read8 Oct 2015The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared