Union Government

Centre approves ethanol price hike by up to Rs 1.47 per litre for mixing in petrol

Higher mixing of ethanol in petrol will help cut India's oil import bill and also benefit sugar cane farmers as well as sugar mills

Centre decides to resume biometric attendance for employees of all levels from 8 November

The employees were previously exempted from biometric attendance due to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic

Advisory Council of 15th Finance Commission to meet today; first meeting after submission of report for 2020-21

The Commission is going ahead with the work related to drafting the recommendations for the five years spanning 2021-22 to 2025-26

Wrong to dub Citizenship Amendment Bill communal, unconstitutional; critics conflating persecution of minorities with those fighting for their rights

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday cleared the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019. The bill is set to be introduced in Parliament on 9 December where it will be up for debate and discussions but it already has generated enough heat to polarise opinion in public discourse. The key charge of the Opposition and critics of the government is that the bill is fundamentally flawed because it is 'communal' and 'unconstitutional'.

HD Kumaraswamy slams Karnataka govt over flood relief after two farmers in Chikkamagaluru district commit suicide

HD Kumaraswamy on Monday slammed the BJP-led government in Karnataka for its "failure" to meet the expectations of farmers, who lost their land and livelihood in the floods.

Tripura CM Biplab Kumar Deb claims those who oppose Hindi do not love India, adds that he is not anti-English

Tripura chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Monday claimed that those who are opposing Hindi as the 'rashtra bhasha' (national language) do not love the country

Trade body asks Centre to reconsider proposed e-cigarette ban, calls for regulation and standardisation

E-cigarettes are handheld battery powered electronic devices which heat a liquid formulation — often containing nicotine — to create a vapour which can be inhaled.

Narendra Modi govt 2.0 and its 1,000-day agenda: With focus on housing, ministries start work on 75 welfare projects to be completed by June 2022

As promised in the 2019 election manifesto, the Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government has hit the ground running to complete 75 milestone projects by June 2022, just a few months before the 75th anniversary of India's Independence.

PepsiCo withdraws one of 3 lawsuits filed against Gujarat potato farmers, seeks amicable solution to issue

Apart from the two farmers in Deesa, PepsiCo had filed lawsuits against agriculturists from Sabarkantha and Aravalli districts on similar grounds.

Salem-Chennai green corridor: Madras HC cancels land acquisition process, says project needs mega realignment

The ambitious 277.3 km long eight-lane greenfield project connecting Salem and Chennai under the Centre's Bharatmala Pariyojana scheme aims to cut travel time between the two cities.