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The government proposes to bring out the draft National Food Security Bill very soon, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said today. Presenting the Budget 2009-10 in the Lok Sabha, he said work on the Bill to ensure food security to poor persons has begun in right earnest. A draft Bill will be put on the website of the Department of Food and Public Distr..

The Madras High Court will hear the appeal filed by the CB-CID against the acquittal of former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in the colour TV Scam from July nine. When the matter came up for hearing before Justice M Jayapaul, the judge took up the petitions filed by the CB-CID challenging the acquittal of Ms Jayalalithaa, her confidant a Sasikala and nephew S R Baskaran by ..

Under criticism from Mulsim groups, Supreme Court judge Justice Markandeya Katju apologised for his controversial comments that Muslim students cannot insist on sporting beards as it would lead to ‘Talibanisation’ of the country. A bench of Justices R V Raveendran and Markandeya Katju also withdrew the order passed by..

The economic slowdown has severely dented the Centre’s tax collections, with indirect taxes bear..

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The State Government has continued its defiant stand on the issue of implementing the order of a Division Bench of the Karnataka High Court on the language policy. Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa told presspersons here on Sunday that there was no change in the Government’s stand that Kannada should have primacy in school education. “We will move the Supreme Court seeking stay on the..

With a view to bringing in far reaching judicial reforms, the UPA government is seriously thinking of introducing the National Judicial Service on the lines of Indian Administrative Service, Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily has said. Addressing a function to mark the first anniversary of High Court Circuit Bench in WALMI campus here yesterday, he said the Centre wanted the ..

The General Budget for the Financial Year 2009-10 presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today has caused disappointment in the Health and legal sectors. Reacting to the Budget proposals, presented in the Lok Sabha by the Finance Minister, renowned heart surgeo..

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said the Union Budget 2009-10 is aimed at minimizing the "impact of the global recession" and achieving 8 to 9 per cent growth in the medium term. Describing the budget as rural-development-oriented, Sing..

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has presented Budget 2009-10 in Parliament. Beginning his Budget speech, Pranab first thanked the voters for reposing faith in the UPA government.  Here are the Budget highlights even as it’s presented in Parliament:  Total budget expenditure for 2009-10 will be Rs 10,28,032 cr ..

Union Law and Justice Minister M Veerappa Moily said steps would be taken to fill vacant posts of High Court judges and funds would be provided to modernise courts. Inaugurating the Planting of Millions of Saplings organised by the High Court Circuit benches of Gulbarga and Dharwad to commemorate the first anniversary of the circuit benches, he said he would ensure ‘z..