Directive Principle

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supports a Uniform Civil Code for Indians "in principle", but any move in this direction must follow wide-ranging consultations with all stakeholders, a senior party leader told NDTV today.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said that Uniform Civil Code is part of the Directive Principles of the Constitution of India and that the Opposition is exaggerating the issue by labelling it as "politics of vote bank".

Speaking at the opening of the annual meeting of China's parliament, Li Keqiang said Beijing stands by the "one China" principle, which states that Taiwan is part of China, though did not directly threaten military action.

MIT researchers are trying a new concept to harness the Moon's natural charge to keep hovering rovers in the air. In the absence of an atmosphere, the Moon and asteroids build an electric field through direct exposure to the Sun. On the Moon, this strong surface charge can levitate dust more than one metre above the ground.

The BJP's ideological mentor RSS has sought a public debate on the Uniform Civil Code, but left it to the government to decide whether it should bring a bill on it. In a virtual meet held by the think-tank India Foundation on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's (RSS) foundation day on Sunday, its joint general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale said the U...

Fortnite will not get updates on iPhones after Epic Games decried Apple’s App Store "monopoly" and said it will not remove a direct payment feature it recently enabled.

India's new rules for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) violate WTO principles of non-discrimination and are against free and fair trade, China said on Monday, calling for a "revision of discriminatory practices". On Saturday, the government stepped up scrutiny of investments from companies based in neighbouring countries, in what was widely seen as ...

"The direct inflationary impact of any budget is fiscal deficit number, when borrowing goes up, but the government has adhered to the principle of fiscal prudence. The ''escape clause'' under FRBM Act, the deficit number in the current year as well as the next year is very much within the parameters set as per FRBM committee recommendations," Mr Da...

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has decided, in principle, to keep Pakistan in its "Grey List" until February 2020, directing Islamabad to take extra measures to completely eliminate terror financing and money laundering, media reported on Wednesday.

India's largest airline IndiGo, a rare success story in the challenging aviation industry, is caught in a messy feud between its founders. Shares in InterGlobe Aviation - the owner of IndiGo - fell as much as 19 per cent on Wednesday after one of its founders, Rakesh Gangwal, sought regulatory intervention in alleged misgovernance, targeting his lo...

The Ministry of Human Resource Development said on Monday that it has not issued any directive to restrict the choice of subjects for research since the government believed in the principle of freedom in research.

The Supreme Court Monday agreed in principle that filing of a false affidavit during an election is a "corrupt practices" but refused to direct Parliament to enact a law to disqualify such a person from contesting the poll.

Mo-trust motion: In a huge embarrassment to the ruling BJP, ally Shiv Sena decided to stay away from the no-confidence vote in parliament. On Thursday, BJP chief Amit Shah had phoned Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray requesting his support. "Shiv Sena is the party which always follows directive of party chief. We have decided to take a principled stand a...

Tamma Tamma Again from Badrinath Ki Dulhania will transport you directly to the Nineties

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today dismissed the argument that imposition of the total prohibition impinged on fundamental right of citizens and pointed to the directive principle to justify the ban on alcohol in the state.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supports a Uniform Civil Code for Indians "in principle", but any move in this direction must follow wide-ranging consultations with all stakeholders, a senior party leader told NDTV today.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said that Uniform Civil Code is part of the Directive Principles of the Constitution of India and that the Opposition is exaggerating the issue by labelling it as "politics of vote bank".

Speaking at the opening of the annual meeting of China's parliament, Li Keqiang said Beijing stands by the "one China" principle, which states that Taiwan is part of China, though did not directly threaten military action.

MIT researchers are trying a new concept to harness the Moon's natural charge to keep hovering rovers in the air. In the absence of an atmosphere, the Moon and asteroids build an electric field through direct exposure to the Sun. On the Moon, this strong surface charge can levitate dust more than one metre above the ground.

The BJP's ideological mentor RSS has sought a public debate on the Uniform Civil Code, but left it to the government to decide whether it should bring a bill on it. In a virtual meet held by the think-tank India Foundation on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's (RSS) foundation day on Sunday, its joint general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale said the U...

Fortnite will not get updates on iPhones after Epic Games decried Apple’s App Store "monopoly" and said it will not remove a direct payment feature it recently enabled.

India's new rules for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) violate WTO principles of non-discrimination and are against free and fair trade, China said on Monday, calling for a "revision of discriminatory practices". On Saturday, the government stepped up scrutiny of investments from companies based in neighbouring countries, in what was widely seen as ...

"The direct inflationary impact of any budget is fiscal deficit number, when borrowing goes up, but the government has adhered to the principle of fiscal prudence. The ''escape clause'' under FRBM Act, the deficit number in the current year as well as the next year is very much within the parameters set as per FRBM committee recommendations," Mr Da...

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has decided, in principle, to keep Pakistan in its "Grey List" until February 2020, directing Islamabad to take extra measures to completely eliminate terror financing and money laundering, media reported on Wednesday.

India's largest airline IndiGo, a rare success story in the challenging aviation industry, is caught in a messy feud between its founders. Shares in InterGlobe Aviation - the owner of IndiGo - fell as much as 19 per cent on Wednesday after one of its founders, Rakesh Gangwal, sought regulatory intervention in alleged misgovernance, targeting his lo...

The Ministry of Human Resource Development said on Monday that it has not issued any directive to restrict the choice of subjects for research since the government believed in the principle of freedom in research.

The Supreme Court Monday agreed in principle that filing of a false affidavit during an election is a "corrupt practices" but refused to direct Parliament to enact a law to disqualify such a person from contesting the poll.

Mo-trust motion: In a huge embarrassment to the ruling BJP, ally Shiv Sena decided to stay away from the no-confidence vote in parliament. On Thursday, BJP chief Amit Shah had phoned Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray requesting his support. "Shiv Sena is the party which always follows directive of party chief. We have decided to take a principled stand a...

Tamma Tamma Again from Badrinath Ki Dulhania will transport you directly to the Nineties

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today dismissed the argument that imposition of the total prohibition impinged on fundamental right of citizens and pointed to the directive principle to justify the ban on alcohol in the state.