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Gnanadesikan was actively involved in politics during his college days. “He was the student union secretary of the Loyola College and successfully led an agitation to highlight various issues,” recalled Justice K. Chandru, a college-mate of his. … [Read more...] about Former Rajya Sabha MP, B.S. Gnanadesikan, no more

"Roy was not on good terms with the ruling party coterie in Birbhum for long. Local leaders did not like Roy disbursing her Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLAD) funds without getting them authorised by the party to select development projects," a party source said. … [Read more...] about Hours after raising grievances, Satabdi Roy says she’s with TMC

According to the plan, provisions will be made in furniture for smart displays and biometrics for ease of voting with an intuitive and graphical interface, digital language interpretation and recording infrastructure to produce real-time metadata, programmable microphones that put the control of managing the house with the Speaker. … [Read more...] about Centra Vista: Construction work of new Parliament building begins

By Sanju Verma (Economist, National spokesperson of BJP & Author of “Truth & Dare — The Modi Dynamic”) Addressing the All-India Presiding Officers’ Conference at Kevadiya in Gujarat last year Prime Minister Narendra Modi said: “One nation, one election is not just a subject of discussion, but the need of the nation. Every few months, elections are being held in some place or the other in India. You are all well aware of the effect of frequent elections on development work. In such a situation, it is necessary to have a deep study and discussion on ‘one nation, oneelection’.” So let’s do that and look at the points for and against it. Critics of the idea say that simultaneous polls would benefit the nationally dominant party at the cost of regional players. They also allege that simultaneous polls would lead to complications that would arise if, say, any of the State governments were to collapse before completing their term. … [Read more...] about One nation, one election: Time to debate a timely idea

Sensex managed to hold on to the 49,000 mark despite falling 550 points. Nifty fell 1.11% at 14,433. All sectoral indices were in the negative zone, with banks, IT and pharma worst hit. At close, Nifty bank index traded lower at Rs 32,246 down by -0.84%, while BSE Bankex ended at 36,540 down by -0.99%.Amongst the top losers were- PNB at Rs 35 (-2.85), followed by ICICI bank at Rs 543 (-1.86), Kotak Mahindra at Rs 1863 (-1.52), Bank of Baroda at Rs (-1.38%), SBI at Rs 303 (-1.11%), Induslnd Bank at Rs 965 (-0.38%), Axis bank at Rs 674 (-0.17%). IDFC first Bank traded in the green adding 4.76% at Rs 48.Nifty Financial Services ended at 15,453 down by 1%. Amongst the top losers were HDFC at Rs 2,632 down by -1.91% followed by Indiabulls hsg at Rs 230 (-1.03%), Cholamandalam at Rs 424 (-0.48%). Bajaj Finance and Power Finance traded green adding 0.13% and 0.41% respectively.Other key takeawaysEconomic recovery likely to boost gold demand in India this year: WGCGold demand appears to be … [Read more...] about Nifty ends below 14,450 dragged by financials