The newly-formed university teachers' wing of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday alleged that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) wants to fill academic posts in the universities with its own cadre....
The union cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday gave ex-post facto approval to a law on setting up six new Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) in the country....
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday declined to admit a petition challenging the government decision to confer Padma Vibhushan on late industrialist Dhirubhai Ambani....
Muslim representation in the new West Bengal assembly remained at 59, the same as last time, constituting 20 percent of the total house strength of 294....
President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday invited Chinese entrepreneurs to participate in the 'Make in India' initiative and said India was committed to providing "conducive atmosphere" for investment from China. The president, who is on a four-day visit to China, said India believes that there is "great potential for economic and commercial cooperation am...
Newly-elected AIADMK legislator from Thiruparankundram in Tamil Nadu S.M. Seenivel died on Wednesday morning in a private hospital in Madurai. Seenivel, 65, was admitted to hospital after he complained of chest pain a day before the vote count. His condition was critical since then. Madurai is around 470 km from here. Thiruparankundram is part of the Madurai di...
The Afghan Taliban on Wednesday named Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada as its new leader to replace former chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour who was killed in a US drone strike in Pakistan, an official statement said. "The Islamic Emirate's leadership council decided to appoint Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada as the new leader of the Islamic Emirate a...
A court here on Wednesday directed the GMR airport, Shamshabad, to furnish the latest address of Kingfisher chairman Vijay Mallya by June 6 to enable it issue him summons in a dud cheque case....
AIADMK general secretary and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa on Wednesday announced the party's candidates for the June 11 Rajya Sabha polls. In a statement issued here, Jayalalithaa named R.Vaithialingam, A.Navaneethakrishnan, A.Vijayakumar and former union minister S.R.Balasubramanian will be the official candidates. The six ye...
CPI-M leader and Kerala Chief Minister-designate Pinarayi Vijayan said on Wednesday the people have high hopes of the new government ahead of his swearing-in later in the day....