36. Definition."In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires, the State has the same meaning as in Part III. 37. Application of the principles contained in this Part."The provisions contained in this Part shall not be enforceable by any court, but the principles therein laid down are nevertheless fundamental in the governance of the country and it shall be the duty of the State to apply these principles in making...
10:37 AM, Jun 04, 2012
Kathmandu: Three parties quit Nepal's Maoist-led government on Monday as the Himalayan republic slipped deeper into crisis after the prime minister called elections following the failure to agree on a new constitution aimed at ending years of instability. Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai has called for November 22 elections to resolve the constitutional impasse, sparking a backlash from politicians and Nepalis who have seen the country lurch from one crisis to...
10:55 AM, May 29, 2012
Kathmandu: Nepal's warring political parties said on Sunday they had failed to narrow their differences sufficiently to agree on a new constitution for the Himalayan republic before a midnight deadline, plunging the country into fresh political turmoil. A new constitution was widely seen as crucial to ending the instability that has plagued Nepal since the end of a Maoist-led civil war in 2006 and subsequent overthrow of the monarchy, but...
07:25 AM, May 28, 2012
"Read the Constitution of India with IBNLive" seeks to bring us close to the Constitution that governs us. The Indian Constitution is a living and dynamic document and we, the people of India, need to be aware of our rights and duties as citizens and to hold the government that we elect to its responsibility as enshrined in the Constitution. It is precisely because the Indian Constitution is a social...
12:10 PM, May 25, 2012
Mumbai: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday passed an amendment to its constitution which will now enable party president Nitin Gadkari's term to be extended by another three years. The amendment was brought by former party president Rajnath Singh, and seconded by another former president M Venkaiah Naidu. Announcing the amendment, party's general secretary JP Nadda said it will also enable extending the tenure of district and state presidents...
01:14 AM, May 25, 2012
Mumbai: The Social Service Branch (SSB) of Mumbai police has busted a high-profile prostitution racket in Andheri and rescued an aspiring actress and two models from the spot. The officials have also arrested a woman and her son who were allegedly operating the racket. After a tip-off, the SSB and a special team from Oshiwara police station sent a bogus customer to Pataliputra housing society, Andheri (West), early on Thursday...
01:50 PM, May 21, 2012
New Delhi: An amendment to the Constitution is being drafted to enable the exchange of 111 Indian enclaves in Bangladesh and 51 Bangladeshi enclaves in the Indian territory, External Affairs Minister SM Krishna has said. "Government is committed to the earliest implementation of the Protocol and Land Boundary Agreement (between the two countries) that would result in exchange of enclaves," he said in a letter to CPI leader Prabodh Panda....
04:59 PM, May 17, 2012
New Delhi: Home Minister P. Chidambaram, who is known to be fluent in Tamil and English, stunned the Lok Sabha on Thursday when he addressed the House in Bhojpuri, receiving praise from Speaker Meira Kumar, who comes from Bihar, for his effort. Chidambaram was replying to a calling attention motion on the need to include Bhojpuri, the native tongue of Bihar, in the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution to...
03:01 PM, May 17, 2012
As citizens of India, we all have certain duties, rights and so does the government that governs us. It is all enshrined in the Constitution of India, a document with which our relationship is remote if not virtually non-existent. Many of us study it in a mechanical way in the high school and college years but the contents rarely sink in. "Read the Constitution of India with IBNLive" seeks to...
09:16 AM, May 15, 2012
London: A British jury has convicted a 44-year-old man of trying to recruit girls as young as 12 years old into prostitution. The jury at Carlisle Crown Court also found Azad Miah on Monday guilty of paying for the sexual services of two teenage girls and running a brothel from his business, the Spice of India restaurant in Carlisle, northern England. Miah, a married father of four, had denied all...
07:42 AM, May 15, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday asked the people to "firmly reject" those who mock at democratic institutions, even as he admitted India was not a "perfect democracy". Addressing an event at the central hall of parliament to mark the 60th anniversary of its first sitting on May 13, 1952, Singh said though India is not a "perfect democracy", it is a "functioning democracy" with mechanisms and safeguards...
12:20 AM, May 14, 2012
With the country's economy in doldrums and the rest of Europe showing little sign of recovery, a Spanish company in Valencia has courted controversy by offering professional course in prostitution which it says 'guarantees a job offer on graduation'. "For just 100, students will be taught the history of the world's oldest profession, how to use erotic toys and the most popular positions contained within the Kama Sutra," the Daily...
02:17 PM, May 11, 2012
Dalit MPs from Tamil Nadu have taken taken offence to a 1949 cartoon of BR Ambedkar, the architect of India's Constitution. ...
01:37 PM, May 11, 2012
Poonch: To quell "rumours" about the uncertainty over establishment of a powerful panchayati raj system in Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said the government will soon bring a legislation to provide Constitutional status to panchayats. "In order to do away with all rumours and speculations being circulated by some people regarding the establishment of a powerful panchayat system in the state, we will provide constitutional guarantee...
02:39 AM, Apr 27, 2012
New Delhi: Overseas investors, which have been trimming their holdings in Kingfisher Airlines in the past three quarters, have increased their stake marginally in the cash-strapped carrier during the March quarter, according to data available with bourses. An analysis of shareholding patterns of airlines showed that Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) have increased their stakes both in Kingfisher and Jet Airways in three months ended March 2012. However, the shareholding pattern...
03:38 PM, Apr 26, 2012
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