It is the penultimate day of the Nairobi meet of the WTO, but there is still no deal in sight to liberalise global trade. On Thursday, developing countries including India opposed a draft declaration on agriculture, saying it favoured the rich countries. The day sa ....

Mr. Kejriwal’s latest salvo came a day after he demanded that Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley be removed from the Cabinet for alleged corruption in Delhi District Cricket Association (DDCA) which he had headed for 14 years till 2013. Mr. Jaitley had rejecte ....

A Bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi and N.V. Ramana invoked Article 16(5) of the Constitution to hold that “exclusion of some and inclusion of a particular segment or denomination for appointment as archakas would not violate Article 14 [right to equality].” ....

Modi conveyed the concern to Obama when the U.S. President made a telephone call to him to thank for his leadership and India’s “critical role” ensuring the climate change summit in Paris. “The Prime Minister shared with President Obama the co ....

 The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday carried out searches on the Chennai premises of a company belonging to the former Union Finance Minister, P. Chidambaram’s son Karti Chidambaram in continuation of the operation against two firms owned by his associates o ....

She said this in an interaction with The Hindu on the third anniversary of the gang rape that shook the nation and sparked protests in the capital. Ms. Maneka Gandhi said it was “shameful” the Rajya Sabha did not pass the Bill to amend the Juvenile Justice A ....

“When repeated overtures to the Congress on the GST Bill were not yielding any results, we sought a report from the States. Individual MPs gave the feedback that the Congress should not be allowed to hold the government to ransom on one Bill. This was conveyed to ....

Ministers from the WTO’s 162 member countries are meeting at the Kenyan capital during December 15-18 for negotiations aimed at a deal to liberalise global trade. Farm lobbies in the rich world have been, for decades, shaping the discourse and determining the d ....

AIADMK general secretary and Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Sunday expelled former Director-General of Police R. Natraj from the party. She asked party cadres not to have any truck with him as he had “worked against the interests of the party and brought disrepute&rdq ....

Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajiv Pratap Rudy said the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) had nothing to do with the absence of Mr. Chandy, and even referred to a letter written by the Kerala government stating that he wo ....