The Supreme Court on Thursday refused urgent hearing on petitions challenging the Karnataka HC’s verdict upholding the ban on hijab in educational institutions in the state.
Speculations are rife that Vikramaditya Singh, who quit the Congress earlier this week, may join the BJP soon. Vikramaditya, son of veteran Congress leader Karan Singh, had stated in his resignation letter to Sonia Gandhi that the party had lost contact with ground realities.
As many as 1.42 lakh tourists visited Jammu and Kashmir in the last month, which is the highest in the past seven years, the government informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday. Replying during the Question Hour, Minister for Tourism G Kishan Reddy said the Central Government was helping in promoting to
The Karnataka High Court’s rejection of a petition filed by a husband to drop charges of rape levelled against him by his wife lends a significant dimension to the ongoing debate and legal proceedings on the petitions for criminalising marital rape. Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code, that d
An expert advisory committee has been set up by the National Recruitment Agency (NRA) to recommend a common syllabus and scheme for the Common Eligibility Test (CET) to shortlist candxidates for select category of government jobs, Minister of State (MoS) for Personnel Jitendra Singh informed the Raj
Several students who recently returned from Ukraine gathered in the national capital on Thursday along with their parents to thank the government for safe evacuations and urge the Health Ministry to accommodate them in medical colleges.
AAP National Convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today met his Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann and party’s five NEET-nominated Rajya Sabha MPs from Punjab at his residence in Delhi today.
New Delhi: A 10-member delegation of UK MPs that was to visit Delhi and Rajasthan has called off India trip after the Indian High Commission reportedly raised objections, British media reported. TNS
After a year's gap, 'Pariksha Pe Charcha', the annual event during which Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds an interaction with selected students, parents and teachers on handling exam stress, is set to be held offline again.
In all, 16 new AIIMS are in different stages of progress while six AIIMS that were the first to be operationalised are facing a whopping crunch in both faculty and non-faculty positions.
Rajesh Kochhar was someone I knew for a few decades, first as a fellow historian of science, based in Bangalore, and later as the Director of the National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies (NISTADS), Delhi, where I worked. Before I comment on his contributions, let me dwell on
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday met a delegation of eminent Sikh scholars and luminaries that called on him at his official residence. Addressing the delegation, the PM said Sikhs had made a huge contribution to struggle for country’s Independence and even today, Sikh soldiers were gu
The trial court had recently granted the first bail in the case to former councillor Ishrat Jahan on March 14. The court had also denied bail to two other accused, Gulfisha Fatima and Tasleem Ahmed, on March 16.
New Delhi: A 29-year-old financier, who was an alleged associate of jailed gangster Neeraj Bawana, was shot dead in his Jaguar car near Rohini on Wedn.
