Muted bidding The decision not to reduce the reserve price comes as a blow to Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea. Analysts warned this could result in muted bidding. The Cabinet has appro...

The Union cabinet on Tuesday gave its nod to a bill to merge the three municipal corporations in Delhi, a move that is likely to escalate the ongoing political tussle between the BJP and the AAP ahead...

The Union cabinet has approved a five-year outlay of Rs 1,600 crore for the Centre’s plan to create a digital platform to enable patients’ health records to be accessed with their consent ...

Indian federalism has been in the news recently. The rejection of Republic Day floats designed by the governments of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and West Bengal was seen as a symbolic attack on those states, ...

The government has tweaked the spending norms for the Contingency Fund of India, allowing 40 per cent of the total corpus to be placed at the disposal of the expenditure secretary. The government had...

The Union cabinet has sent back to the social justice ministry a proposal to include salary in gross family income for identification of the creamy layer within the other backward classes for exclusio...

Rich taste Sir — The Bloody Mary — not the Tudor queen but the famous cocktail — allegedly turned 100 this December. There is much debate about the actual origin of this cocktail, ...

Farmer leaders on Wednesday described the Union cabinet approval for a bill repealing the contentious farm laws as “just a formality” and asked the government to resolve their other demand...

The Union cabinet on Wednesday approved the restoration of the Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) for the remaining part of this fiscal and its continuation till 2025-26 after...

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved restoration and continuation of the Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS), which was suspended in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. Addressin...