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BJP president Amit Shah set up an eight-member committee to seek suggestions from farmers on the land acquisition amendment bill which was introduced in the Lok Sabha amid an uproar by the opposition. Former union minister Satyapal Malik…

With the Narendra Modi-led government's first full budget due this weekend, it Tuesday accepted the recommendations of the 14th Finance Commission for a record increase of 10 percent in the states' share of the divisible pool of central…

The government Tuesday failed to withdraw three bills on which it had brought ordinances in Rajya Sabha, after the opposition parties opposed a motion to withdraw the bills. The government had listed The Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill…

Peoples Democratic Party patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed will be sworn in as the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir March 1, a top source said in Jammu on Tuesday. "Yes, decks have been cleared for Mufti Sahib to be sworn in as the chief…

The government Tuesday introduced the land acquisition amendment bill in the Lok Sabha amid uproar by the opposition. The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Bill 2015…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday asked his party MPs to aggressively defend the land acquisition bill saying that it is pro-farmer, sources said. According to sources, the prime minister said at the parliamentary party meeting of the…

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Tuesday criticised RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat for his comments on Mother Teresa, saying she was a "noble soul" and should be spared. "I worked wid Mother Teresa for a few months at Nirmal Hriday ashram…

Veteran National Conference (NC) leader and uncle of former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah, Sheikh Nazir passed away Tuesday in winter capital Jammu. He was 84. Sheikh Nazir had been admitted to government medical college…

An employee of the defence ministry was arrested in New Delhi on Tuesday for his alleged involvement in the leak of documents from the petroleum and other ministries, police said. Virender Kumar, who was employed as a casual worker, was…

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's comments on Mother Teresa Monday evoked controversy but the organisation denied he had criticised the Nobel laureate who spent her life in the service of the destitute. Bhagwat, while addressing a function of a…