Quota within Quota: SC for revisiting 2004 verdict on sub-classification

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday disagreed with its 2004 Constitution Bench judgement, which ruled against giving preferential treatment to certain sub-castes within Scheduled Castes. The top court said this judgement needs to be revisited.

Amendments proposed for Petroleum and Mineral Pipelines Act to fix cost of land use

New Delhi (IANS) The government is working on amendments to the provisions governing the Petroleum and Mineral Pipelines Act to fix the cost required to be paid for right of the user in laying of pipelines for petroleum and minerals rather than full…

Jitan Manjhi meets Nitish amid speculation over HAM's return to NDA

Patna (IANS) Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) chief and former Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi met Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal (United) president Nitish Kumar on Thursday after leaving the Opposition grand alliance ahead of the upcoming Bihar…

Monsoon Session likely from Sept 14; to have 18 sittings

New Delhi (IANS) The upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament is likely to begin from September 14 in which 18 sittings are expected in each of the two Houses that would conduct their proceedings without any off day.

Though there was no…

Accenture to lay off 25K employees, Indians set to lose jobs

New Delhi (IANS) Global professional services company Accenture which has over 5 lakh employees worldwide is to cut at least 5 per cent of its 'low-performing' workforce and thousands of Indians are set to lose jobs owing to the sluggish business…

Pulwama attack: NIA names JeM chief Azhar, brothers in chargesheet

New Delhi/Jammu (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) in its chargesheet in the 2019 Pulwama terror attack case has named Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar, his brothers Abdul Rauf Asghar and Ammar Alvi, slain JeM terrorist Mohammad Umar…

Cong 'dissenters' miffed as content of letter not discussed

New Delhi (IANS) A day after the tumultuous Congress Working Committee (CWC)meeting, the dissenters are miffed because in the din the contents of the letter were not discussed at all.

As tables 'turned' on the dissenters over the so…

CWC: Sonia offers to step down, Manmohan urges her to continue

New Delhi (IANS) Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi has offered to step down from the party's top post but it was rejected by former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as he asked her to continue, this was revealed at the Congress Working Committee…

5 UP cops suspended for helping gangster escape

Lucknow (IANS) Five Uttar Pradesh Police personnel have been dismissed for allegedly helping gangster Badan Singh Baddo escape from police custody during transit.

The dismissed policemen are head constable Santosh Kumar, constable Sunil Singh,…

Rahul questions timing of dissenters' letter seeking leadership change

New Delhi (IANS) Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Monday targeted the party dissenters and questioned the timing of the letter which was sent to interim chief Sonia Gandhi seeking leadership change, even as Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh Chief Ministers…