Above: Restaurant guests and shoppers are hapless consumers to whom the GST rate cut benefit has not been passed on. Photo: Kh Manglembi Devi
While the Authority is meant to ensure that the benefit...
The Winter Session of Parliament will see some long-delayed action, as states respond to the centre’s appeal to move fast on repealing or amending outdated laws
~By Chandrani Banerjee
“Some of ...
Above: Dharamsala is home to Tibetans, many of whom migrated in 1959-60. Photo: UNI
In a progressive judgment, the Delhi High Court said passports cannot be denied to Tibetans living in designated ...
Above: (Left) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley (10th in first row from left) in a group photo during the 23rd GST Council meeting at Guwahati. Photo: PIB
The furore over this tax regime led the GST Co...
Above: FIFA president Gianni Infantino (extreme left) with AIFF president Praful Patel (in blue shirt) and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee at the FIFA U-17 World Cup final in Kolkata. Photo: UNI
A C...
Above: Beneficiaries under the Slum Rehabilitation Scheme receiving flats from the Governor of Punjab and Haryana, Kaptan Singh Solanki, and the then minister of housing and urban poverty alleviation,...
Last November, the prime minister shocked and surprised the nation with his note ban announcement. A year down the line, what is the verdict?
~By MG Devasahayam
Demonetisation is not the end but...
Above: A lecture programme on minorities organised by the National Commission for Minorities in New Delhi. Photo: minorityaffairs.gov.in
A petition contends that the Hindus, who are a minority in e...
The Law Commission’s 273rd Report asks the government to put a stop to endemic torture
~By Venkatasubramanian
It does not require a compilation of a series of reports or judicial pronouncements...
Above: Rajasthan Congress chief Sachin Pilot protests against the Criminal Laws (Rajasthan Amendment) Bill, 2017. Photo: UNI
Even as an ordinance to amend the CrPC in Rajasthan was deferred, a PIL ...