TRAI bill gets President’s acquiesce
The President gave his assent to the Telecom Regulatory Authority (Amendment) Bill, 2014 on 17th July, officials said on Friday. The amendment bill was passed by Parliament earlier this week. Government has maintained that focus of the measure was to remove “a palpable anomaly” as the... read more »
Modi government to follow UPA policy on FDI in retail
The BJP-led NDA government may not scrap FDI in multi-brand retail as it had earlier signalled it would, as this could send a negative signal to investors. Instead, the Centre could restrict FDI in multi-brand retail in the country by not letting the Foreign Investment Promotion Board clear any... read more »
Supreme Court: Child cannot be ‘tossed like shuttlecock’
New Delhi: The Supreme Court, while hearing a petition on deciding the custody of a child, directed the father to bring his four-year-old daughter to the Court with these stinging words, “Your child is not a shuttlecock to be tossed between the father and mother.” A bench headed by the... read more »
Uproar in Karnataka Assembly over rising rape cases
The Legislative Assembly on Friday witnessed acrimonious scenes and bouts of slogan-shouting by members of the Bharatiya Janata Party and Janata Dal (Secular) over alleged increase in the number of sexual assault cases in the State and the government’s “failure” to ensure safety of... read more »
