In what is believed to be a first in the country, twins born prematurely in the 24th week have defied risks and survived to complete 38 weeks of their existence....
The AAP on Wednesday accused the Gujarat government of putting pressure on a Surat university to cancel the booking of a hall as Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was to attend an event. ...
Parliament's monsoon session will be held from July 18 to August 12, Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu announced on Wednesday....
The cabinet on Wednesday approved the Seventh Pay Commission Report's recommendations for central government employees, official sources said....
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has busted an alleged terror plot in Hyderabad with the arrest of 11 suspects in different parts of the city on Wednesday. The suspects were picked up from six localities in the old city of Hyderabad during a joint operation by NIA and Andhra Pradesh Police. The suspects, said to be sympathizers of the terror...
India's nuclear sector regulator has given the nod for the second 1,000 MW unit at Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu to go critical/start fission process, said a top official. According to the official, the unit will start operations once the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change submits its report about the plant's safety to the Suprem...
A Mumbai Special Court on Wednesday ordered Vijay Mallya, head of the defunct Kingfisher Airlines, to appear before it on July 29 regarding money laundering cases filed against him. Special Judge P.R. Bhavake told Mallya, now in Britain, to appear before him at 11 a.m. on July 29. In the Proclamation Order published in Mumbai newspapers, Judge Bhavake ...
The central government on Wednesday approved Rs 390 crore to be given as scholarships to Scheduled Caste students of Uttar Pradesh and Punjab where assembly elections are due next year. "The sum of about Rs. 390 crores under post-matric scholarships for SC students in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh for the year 2016-17 has been approved," ...
The Supreme Court will examine to what extent courts can look into Muslim personal laws if they violate the fundamental rights guaranteed by the constitution. An apex court bench of Chief Justice T.S. Thakur and Justice A.M. Khanwilkar said on Wednesday that it was an important issue concerning the lives of a large number of people and there were divergent views...
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) Parliament's monsoon session will be held from July 18 to August 12, Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu announced on Wednesday. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs, headed by Home Minister Rajnath Singh. "The session will begin from July 18... There will be 20 wo...
