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The move came following an order of the Supreme Court, which in 2015 had directed the central government to grant citizenship to the Chakma and Hajong refugees, mostly staying in Arunachal Pradesh.

The Lucknow University had released an official notification regarding the online admissions to BUMS, BAMS and BHMS 2017-18 Programmes in which it clearly stated that the admissions process is going to be via online only.

Members of Hyderabad School Parents' Association met the Commissioner of School Education on Monday and demanded steps be taken to prevent crimes against schoolchildren.

The Top 10 candidates for NEST Junior – I exam will receive scholarship of ₹25,000 each while the candidate will Rank# 1 will receive ₹40,000. The scholarship amount for NEST Junior – II is higher with Top 10 recipients getting ₹30,000 and rank#1 receivin...

"Inspector Arun Kumar, chief of Sohna police station has been suspended with immediate effect for his lapse in duties," a senior official said.

On Sunday, protesting parents burnt a liquor shop outside the Ryan International School premises, which resulted in the police resorting to lathicharge.

A World Health Organization (WHO) report found that in India, in 2012, at least 2,58,057 (158,098 men and 99,977 women) people had committed suicide. This was the largest number for any country in the world.

While the idea of Uniform Civil Code is still at a nascent stage, groups of Muslim women have proposed a law governing Muslim family norms to ensure gender justice and do away with adhocism.

Jammu and Kashmir Police officials said the militant who surrendered during the Shopian encounter was identified as Adil and is believed to have joined militancy in May this year.

Angry parents and locals gathered outside the school premises on Saturday morning and staged a protest for over two hours demanding a CBI probe into the gruesome murder while expressing their displeasure over the investigation being carried out by the Gur...

Hundreds of people gathered at the Ramganj police station in Jaipur and started shouting slogans. The police tried to pacify the protesters, but failed and the mob started to pelt stones.

A controversy erupted after Medha Khole, who is a senior scientist at the India Meteorological Department here registered a cheating case against her cook, Nirmala Yadav, for allegedly religious sentiments by hiding her caste and marital status and posed...

The Union Home Ministry has announced a reward of Rs 10 lakh for information leading to the killers of senior journalist Gauri Lankesh who was gunned down outside her home in Bengaluru on September 5.

The charges against Tarun Tejpal, 54, would be framed under IPC sections 341 (wrongful restraint), 342 (wrongful confinement), 350 (criminal force), 354 (A) and (B) (sexually coloured remarks and use of criminal force on woman) and 376 (rape), the court s...

Separatist Kashmiri leader Yasin Malik was arrested from his Abi Guzar office in Srinagar and moved to the Central Jail, where he will be kept until September 11, an official was quoted as saying by PTI.

Chennai-based group 'Indic Collective' sought to intervene and argue the matter pending before a bench led by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra.