News: A bill seeking to scrap a set of 295 obsolete Acts dealing with several issues including changes in marriage laws and cement hoarding was today passed by Lok Sabha which continued to witness boycott by Congress and several other opposition parties. The Repealing and Amending (Fourth) Bill, 2015, pertains ...

News: A Bill to revise the liability limits of airplanes on compensation for death, injury and loss of baggage and cargo was introduced in Lok Sabha, under which the compensation for death in an air accident goes up to over Rs 1 crore from Rs 89 lakh.  It would enable the government ...

News: CM Naveen Patnaik, will be distributing free laptops to meritorious students of the 2014-15 academic year on Wednesday, at Berhampur. This scheme is modelled on similar earlier schemes in Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. The Odisha scheme is under the Biju Yuva Shashaktikaran Yojana. The state government has ...