President Pranab Mukherjee Tuesday signed an ordinance to keep state boards out of the common entrance test (NEET) for MBBS and dental courses for a year. Read More
In a major set back to the grand old party - Congress, BJP with its ally was able to secure two third majority in northeastern state Assam in a bitterly fought election. While Congress also lost Kerala to Left Front, Mamata Banerjee and J Jayalalitha created history by returning has Chief Ministers of West Bengal and Tamil Nadu respectively. Read More
Nine rebel MLAs of Uttarakhand Congress, including former Uttarakhand chief minister Vijay Bahuguna, joined BJP on late Wednesday. These 9 MLAs were disqualified from the state assembly under the anti-defection law. Read More
While Tamil Nadu recorded 69% voting till 5 pm Kerala recorded 70% voting by then. The Union Territory recorded 84 percent polling. Puducherry has reported 86 percent voting in the 2011 Assembly elections. Read More
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said that the judiciary should function in its domain and not take decisions, which fall under the jurisdiction of the executive. Read More
EPFO has also taken steps towards putting in place a new system to monitor the status of enrollment of contractual employees especially in municipalities. Read More
The Act is applicable to all kinds of clinical establishments from the public and private sectors, of all recognized systems of medicine including single doctor clinics. The only exception are establishments run by the Armed forces. Read More
Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan Sunday said that the bank was working on a new system to make public the list of willful defaulters. Read More
In Afghanistan, two Nato soldiers have been killed in Kandahar in what appears to an insider job as the attackers were wearing the uniform of Afghan security forces. Read More
A resolute defence minister on Friday assured the Lok Sabha that the government will expose the big people behind corruption in the AgustaWestland deal. Read More
