India

New Delhi, Jul 24: The Women and Child Development ministry today launched an online platform to enable women employees of the central government to file complaints related to sexual harassment at the workplace. "We are also going to soon conduct a national survey to assess the nature and magnitude of sexual harassment at the workplace," Union minister Maneka Gandhi said after launching the portal

New Delhi, Jul 24: Vice President Hamid Ansari on Sunday said outgoing President Pranab Mukherjee had told Governors and Lt. Governors that their role was “mainly confined to giving advice to the Chief Minister as there cannot be two functional executive authorities in a state”. He said Mukherjee had also noted that the Governor had no discretion but to accept the verdict of floor test in certain

Bengaluru, Jul 23: Former Union Minister and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Sunday said that he was anxious to know the truth about the alleged murder of his wife Sunanda Pushkar and will fully cooperate with the investigating authorities. Replying to a range of questions at the three-day international conference on Dr. B.R. Ambedkar here, Mr. Tharoor said “more than anyone else, I am anxious to

New Delhi, Jul 23: Members of Parliament today bid adieu to outgoing President Pranab Mukherjee at a gala ceremony in the Central Hall of Parliament as leaders recalled his contribution in upholding democratic values. Eighty one-year-old Mukherjee was received by Vice President Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth

Jaipur, Jul 23: BJP president Amit Shah today had lunch with a Dalit family here on the last day of his three- day visit to Rajasthan. After rounds of meeting in the party office, Shah left for Sushilpura where he had lunch at the house of BJP Yuva Morcha member Ramesh Pacharia amid tight security arrangements. Shah, accompanied by Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, party's state president Ashok

Srinagar, Jul 23: ‘Chhari Mubarak’, the saffron-robed holy mace of Lord Shiva, was on Tuesday taken to the historic Shankaracharya temple on a hillock here and offered prayers as per the age-old customs related to the annual Amarnath yatra. Carried by its custodian Mahant Deependra Giri and accompanied by a group of sadhus and devotees, the holy mace was taken out from its abode at Dashnami Akhara

Mumbai, Jul 23: Saying that the “acche din” was limited to government advertisements, Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday targeted the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on multiple grounds including the demonetization drive and introduction of Goods and Service Tax. Thackeray, who is one of the oldest and important allies of the BJP, said everything is being centralised. “The ‘achhe

New Delhi, Jul 23: With delays in import of critical equipment severely affecting its combat readiness, the Army has decided to fast-track indigenisation of key components and spares for battle tanks and other military systems. The Ordnance Factory Board, an umbrella body of 41 ordnance factories, has decided to bring down import of spares and components from current 60 per cent annually to 30 per

Lucknow, Jul 23: Mayawati's political adversaries might term her dramatic resignation as a gimmick, but analysts say the astute politician has taken a well thought-out plan to resign from the Rajya Sabha to regain her losing hold over her core electorate. "Mayawati seems to have realised, after successive failures at the hustings, that she has to return to her core votebank - the Dalits - for her

New Delhi, Jul 22: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is likely to attend a farewell dinner hosted by PM Narendra Modi for outgoing President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday evening as well as the oath taking ceremony of Ram Nath Kovind as new President, which is scheduled for Tuesday. If reports are to be believed, Kumar is also likely to meet Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today at 4 PM