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‘AXN ban review by March’

Saturday 20 January '07

Avid AXN viewers upset over the channel’s going off air can take heart. There are talks that the popular television channel may stage a comeback after a review of the ban, but after March 15.
Poll reforms, Judges Bill with House panel for consensus

Saturday 20 January '07

After sitting on the 21-point reform agenda proposed by the Election Commission, the Law Ministry on December 11 referred the proposal to the Parliament Standing Committee on law-justice/public-personnel grievances to evolve a political consensus.
AXN channel banned

Thursday 18 January '07

Foreign television channel AXN has been banned throughout the country across content delivery platforms like Cable TV, DTH or CAS for airing programmes with “indecent content”.
Tracking history: Six new volumes on Rlys from ICHR stable

Wednesday 17 January '07

Will document impact of Indian Railways on the subcontinent and its economy
Bypolls, Assembly elections to be clubbed in Uttar Pradesh

Wednesday 17 January '07

Partly clearing the air over the impending Lok Sabha bypolls in ten constituencies following expulsion of their MP after the cash-for-query scam...
‘Not registered any party set up by Salem’

Friday 12 January '07

The Election Commission has denied having registered any political outfit by the name of Rashtriya Samajwadi Party, reportedly launched by underworld don Abu Salem.
Centre to give CAS signal to more cities

Saturday 30 December '06

As the last minute catch-the-consumer war between the Conditional Access System and the Direct-to-home service providers hots up in the CAS-notified areas of New Delhi...
EC strikes 25 lakh voters off UP list

Thursday 28 December '06

As the political parties finetune their strategy for the coming elections to the crucial Uttar Pradesh Assembly, the Election Commission on its part has been quietly going about its job of cleaning the electoral rolls.
Mastercard: Law ministry for keeping track of voters

Wednesday 27 December '06

The Law Ministry has put forward a proposal to assign every Indian voter with a unique code number to stop him/her from falling off the electoral radar.
Nepal will vote with help from EC

Saturday 23 December '06

Away from media glare, the Election Commission of India is doing its part to help Nepal’s troubled democracy find a firm footing...
Kamal Nath backs Bengal

Thursday 21 December '06

With Union Commerce and Industries Minister Kamal Nath lending his support to the much-maligned Tata Motors small car project in Singur
Education, jobs: Plan panel focus for Muslim uplift

Thursday 21 December '06

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s remark that minorities be given preferential rights over resources could just be a curtain-raiser.
Media may be allowed at House panel meets

Wednesday 20 December '06

Parliamentary Stan-ding Committee meetings may soon be opened up for the media.
Cong, BJP blame each other for lukewarm Winter as session ends

Tuesday 19 December '06

With Parliament finding no time to consider or pass a number of important Bills, it was time for the ruling UPA-Left combine to blame the Opposition for frequent disruptions.
Same night, 50 years later: When murder revisited historian’s home

Friday 15 December '06

History is a word that hangs over the residence of Patna University professor Papiya Ghosh like an old curse. She used to teach the subject and a book on Partition, authored by her, was slated for a January release.
No, never: Govt

Tuesday 12 December '06

With four state elections, including the crucial one in Uttar Pardesh, round the corner, its was time for the Treasury and Opposition benches to score some points in Parliament.
Decks cleared for OBC, tribal bills

Saturday 9 December '06

The 27 per cent OBC Reservation Bill with the creamy layer intact and the much-altered Tribal Rights Bill will be introduced for passing in Parliament next week.
Speaker tells Sidhu: rewrite resignation to edit out ‘moralising’

Saturday 2 December '06

Navjot Singh Sidhu is known for using more words than needed in speeches and cricket commentary. Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee has found a similar problem with his resignation letter as well.
Parliament membership at stake for Shibu Soren

Wednesday 29 November '06

For Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief and tribal leader Shibu Soren, exit from the Union Cabinet may not be the only fallout of being convicted in a murder case.
‘Internal security UPA’s single largest failure’

Tuesday 28 November '06

The Rajya Sabha debate on internal security degenerated into a slanging match today after the Treasury Benches objected to Shiv Sena
The Women’s Bill charade again

Friday 24 November '06

If the Congress, the BJP and the Left came together on the issue, women’s reservations would have become a reality
UPA to Speaker: Please adjourn House for Kanshi Ram

Tuesday 21 November '06

At a time when political parties are gearing for Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, the UPA government has asked Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee to adjourn the first day of the winter session of the House as a mark of respect to BSP founder Kanshi Ram who passed away last month.
Sachar report to dominate House

Saturday 18 November '06

The Sachar Committee report and the debate over reservation for backward Muslims that it has spawned is expected to dominate the Winter Session of Parliament beginning November 22.
No quota for creamy layer, says AIMPLB

Friday 17 November '06

The All India Muslim Personal Law Board today put in its word on reservation for Muslims, saying the entire community, barring a few, could be considered backward and deserved reservation.
Forest Bill: Tribal ministry ready to ‘show flexibility’

Tuesday 14 November '06

With Left parties refusing to budge from their stand on the Tribal Forest Rights Bill for the last three sessions of Parliament...
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