U.K.'s House of Commons approves Brexit delay law
The lower house of the British Parliament on Wednesday approved a legislation which would force Prime Minister Theresa May to seek a Brexit delay to prevent a potentially disorderly departure on April 12 without a deal.
The legislation, put forward by opposition Labour lawmaker Yvette Cooper, was rushed through all of its stages in the House of Commons in less than six hours.
Collegium should not come under RTI: A-G
Opening up the “highly-sensitive” correspondence of the Supreme Court’s collegium and its workings to the RTI regime would make judges and the government “shy” and “destroy” judicial independence, Attorney General K.K. Venugopal submitted on Wednesday.
Show cause notice to Adityanath
The Election Commission of India on Wednesday served a show cause notice to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for his remarks, describing the armed forces as “Modi ji Ki Sena”.
“The Chief Minister has been asked to furnish his response by Thursday,” said an U.P. election official.
News analysis | Why a rate cut won’t help lower lending rates
With the first bimonthly review of the Reserve Bank of India’s monetary policy of this fiscal scheduled to be announced on April 4, there is an expectation of another rate cut as inflation continues to remain soft.
Though retail inflation — the central bank’s main yardstick for policy making — rose to a four-month high of 2.57% in February, it is still below the RBI’s medium-term target of 4%.
Modi, Rahul accuse each other of ‘lying’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress president Rahul Gandhi, addressing rallies within 200 km of each other in the northeast on Wednesday, hurled mutual accusations of selling “lies” to the people.
At Pasighat in Arunachal Pradesh, Mr. Modi termed the Congress manifesto as a “sham document.” At North Lakhimpur town in Assam, barely 200 km west of Pasighat, Mr. Gandhi targeted the Prime Minister.
Supreme Court rejects EPFO plea against Kerala High Court verdict
The Supreme Court has dismissed a special leave petition filed against an October 2018 verdict of the Kerala High Court setting aside the Employees Pension (Amendment) Scheme (GSR609(E)) introducing various changes that have drastically reduced the pension eligibility of employees.
Opinion | A very risky gamble in Wayanad
We do not need cutting edge theory or psephological analysis to see that it’s a mistake for the Congress chief to contest from Wayanad in the context of what lies ahead in the 2019 elections. If the idea is to strengthen the Congress in south India, then Kerala is a curious choice because the party is already quite strong there.
Even if we accept the argument that the Congress president going to Wayanad can have a ripple effect across neighbouring States, that purpose could have been served by contesting from Karnataka.
Resolution plan taking longer, Jet tells staff
Jet Airways on Wednesday informed employees that salaries for March 2019 would be deferred as the resolution plan was taking longer than expected.
In an e-mail, chief people officer of the airline Rahul Taneja promised an update on the status of the pay-out by April 9.
Will be ‘more mindful’ about personal space, says Joe Biden
Former Vice President Joesph R. Biden Jr., whose personal style of physical interaction with women has recently been scrutinized, released a video on Wednesday saying he would be more respectful of personal space.
“Social norms are changing. I understand that, and I’ve heard what these women are saying. Politics to me has always been about making connections,” Mr. Biden tweeted.
IPL 2019 | Hardik and Pollard help Mumbai snap Chennai’s winning run
Ever since his meteoric rise four years ago, Hardik Pandya has replaced Kieron Pollard as Mumbai Indians’ primary all-rounder. On Wednesday, both contributed in more ways than one to set up the home team’s crucial win against defending champion Chennai Super Kings.
Once Pollard joined Hardik at the end of the 18th over, the duo plundered 45 runs off the last two overs to ensure Suryakumar Yadav’s anchoring knock was followed by a perfect finish to the innings at the Wankhede Stadium.