Sunil Prabhu And Neeta Sharma

Irrespective of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's stance and conduct, the state's then Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay should not have acted the way he did on May 28, government sources said on Wednesday.

The Centre has put out guidelines for states on enforcing lockdowns and containment zones to try and flatten the curve amid spiraling Covid cases.

The centre has given itself time - till July 9 at least - to frame and implement rules relating to the controversial citizenship law, amendments to which were passed in December 2019 amid chaos in parliament and violent protests across the country

Faced with criticism over governments' failure to protect women - which has come into focus after the Hathras incident - the centre has reminded state and UTs of existing laws for "mandatory action by police in cases of crimes against women"

Schools and colleges, shut since March as lockdown was announced across the country, will be allowed to re-open from October 15, the Centre said Wednesday while announcing the next phase of lifting of coronavirus-related restrictions.

The nationwide coronavirus lockdown will be extended by two more weeks from May 4, the government said on Friday, noting significant gains from the six-week shutdown in India's fight to slow the spread of COVID-19. Extending the lockdown for the second time, the home ministry announced new guidelines based on the demarcation of the country into red...

The government has made it clear that states and union territories cannot "dilute" its guidelines on the nationwide lockdown to control the spread of coronavirus and said states cannot allow their own activities during this period; they can be stricter if they want, the centre said.In a letter to states and union territories, the Union Home Secreta...

There has been violence against healthcare professionals, violation of social distancing norms and movement of vehicles in urban areas, the centre said today, in a tough note to states after a series of cases of violence against those in the frontline of the country's coronavirus battle was reported.

BJP MP Pragya Thakur, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blasts case, has been nominated to a 21-member parliamentary consultative committee on defence that will be headed by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh

The Gandhi family will no longer have top level Special Protection Group (SPG) cover, the government decided today, basing it on a reassessment of their threat perception. Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her children Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will now have Z Plus category security.

Home Minister Amit Shah was greeted by a standing ovation from his BJP colleagues when he entered the Rajya Sabha today to announce the far-reaching move to end special status for Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 of the Constitution.

A day after it was revealed that a charge-sheet in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper case against Christian Michel names senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel, the alleged middleman told a Delhi court that he had not named anyone in his questioning by the Enforcement Directorate.

Irrespective of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's stance and conduct, the state's then Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay should not have acted the way he did on May 28, government sources said on Wednesday.

The Centre has put out guidelines for states on enforcing lockdowns and containment zones to try and flatten the curve amid spiraling Covid cases.

The centre has given itself time - till July 9 at least - to frame and implement rules relating to the controversial citizenship law, amendments to which were passed in December 2019 amid chaos in parliament and violent protests across the country

Faced with criticism over governments' failure to protect women - which has come into focus after the Hathras incident - the centre has reminded state and UTs of existing laws for "mandatory action by police in cases of crimes against women"

Schools and colleges, shut since March as lockdown was announced across the country, will be allowed to re-open from October 15, the Centre said Wednesday while announcing the next phase of lifting of coronavirus-related restrictions.

The nationwide coronavirus lockdown will be extended by two more weeks from May 4, the government said on Friday, noting significant gains from the six-week shutdown in India's fight to slow the spread of COVID-19. Extending the lockdown for the second time, the home ministry announced new guidelines based on the demarcation of the country into red...

The government has made it clear that states and union territories cannot "dilute" its guidelines on the nationwide lockdown to control the spread of coronavirus and said states cannot allow their own activities during this period; they can be stricter if they want, the centre said.In a letter to states and union territories, the Union Home Secreta...

There has been violence against healthcare professionals, violation of social distancing norms and movement of vehicles in urban areas, the centre said today, in a tough note to states after a series of cases of violence against those in the frontline of the country's coronavirus battle was reported.

BJP MP Pragya Thakur, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blasts case, has been nominated to a 21-member parliamentary consultative committee on defence that will be headed by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh

The Gandhi family will no longer have top level Special Protection Group (SPG) cover, the government decided today, basing it on a reassessment of their threat perception. Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her children Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will now have Z Plus category security.

Home Minister Amit Shah was greeted by a standing ovation from his BJP colleagues when he entered the Rajya Sabha today to announce the far-reaching move to end special status for Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 of the Constitution.

A day after it was revealed that a charge-sheet in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper case against Christian Michel names senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel, the alleged middleman told a Delhi court that he had not named anyone in his questioning by the Enforcement Directorate.