India
Jadavpur University Professor Who Compared Women's 'Virginity to Sealed Bottles' Removed
The Kolkata professor was removed after the Student-Teacher Committee of the International Relations department — in which Sarkar teaches — recommended that he be removed.
BEST Union to Withdraw Ongoing Strike, Accepts 10-step Pay Hike Formula
The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport Undertaking (BEST) workers, its management and other parties concerned will now go for mediation to resolve their dispute.
IISc, IIT-Bombay in Top 30 as Indian Universities Move Up in Global Rankings
The Times Higher Education Emerging Economies's list included 25 of the 49 Indian institutions in the top 200.
'For Mehbooba, Afzal Guru Was a Marytr': Shiv Sena Targets BJP Over Previous Alliance Amid JNU Row
The party in an editorial in party mouthpiece 'Saamana' asked that the ruling BJP refrain from taking political mileage from the sedition case against the former president of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Students' Union.
‘India Should Hold Backchannel Talks With Taliban, its Return to Power in Afghanistan is Inevitable’
The recent commitment for development in Afghanistan by external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj has brought the spotlight back to India’s engagement with the Taliban and the future ties with Afghanistan.
Body of Missing Bengal School Headmaster Found Floating in River
The body has been sent for postmortem examination to find the cause of death, they said.
India to Add 1,000 Aircraft in 7-8 Years, Says Top Govt Official
Civil Aviation Secretary R N Choubey said India is an aviation locomotive for the world and provides humongous opportunities for players across the globe to grow.
Even MLA Has No Trust in System, Says NGT After AAP Leader Approaches Green Court
Adarsh Nagar MLA Pawan Kumar Sharma had approached the tribunal against dumping of construction and debris waste at Jahangirpuri in north west Delhi.
University of Hyderabad Gives Nod to Pay Tribute to Rohith Vemula
The suicide of Vemula, a PhD scholar, on the campus had sparked nationwide protests and opposition parties had blamed groups affiliated to the BJP and the RSS for his death.
Kumaraswamy Takes a Break From Growing Political Crisis in Karnataka, Watches Trailer of Son's Movie
Kumaraswamy son Nikhil Gowda plays the role of Abhimanyu in the film. The project has been produced by MLA Muniratna.
Shift 3 Gauri Lankesh Murder Accused to Mumbai from Bengaluru: HC
Justice Mridula Bhatkar gave the direction when hearing an application filed by the state Anti-Terrorism Squad seeking custody of the three accused who are currently lodged at the central prison in Bengaluru after they were chargesheeted for their alleged...
He Kept His Promise to Return But This Time, He Was Wrapped in the Tricolour: Remembering Major Nair
The 33-year-old officer had been on patrol near the LoC in Naushera when an IED laid down by terrorists exploded. Major Nair was martyred in the line of duty.
Supreme Court to Hear Plea Against Citizenship Amendment Bill After Rajya Sabha Clears It
The PIL opposed the bill on the ground that it had introduced religion as a new principle into the citizenship law .
Amid Concerns Over Region's Identity, Rajnath Singh to Call Meeting of North-East CMs
Large-scale protests have been witnessed in Assam and some other parts of the North East seeking withdrawal of the controversial bill, which seeks to grant nationality to non-muslims who fled religious persecution from three neighbouring countries and ent...
Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid Named as Delhi Police File 1,200-Page Chargesheet in JNU Sedition Case
The three were accused of raising “anti-India slogans” during a poetry-reading gathering of students at Sabarmati Dhaba inside the JNU campus on February 9, 2016.
Amid Workers and Management Stand-off, Uddhav Thackeray Promises Merger of BEST, BMC Buses
One of the demands of the BEST workers who are on strike since Tuesday is merger of the budgets of the BMC and the loss-making BEST.