Hundreds of students and faculty members of various universities gathered here on Tuesday and took out a march from Ambedkar Bhawan to Jantar Mantar to condemn the "institutional killing" of 26-year-old scholar of the University of Hyderabad (UoH), Rohith Vemula. ...
President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said that democratic temper calls for debate and not disruption and urged MPs to discharge their duties in a spirit of mutual accommodation....
The government will allow women in all fighting streams of the armed forces, President Pranab Mukherjee said on Tuesday. "In our country 'Shakti', which means power, is the manifestation of female energy. This Shakti defines our strength. My government has approved the induction of women as Short Service Commission officers and as...
President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said the launch of the Startup India Campaign will deepen, expand and support the innovation ecosystem in the country. "My government has launched Startup India campaign which would deepen, expand and support innovation ecosystem in the country," he said. The President was addressing the joint sittin...
The central government is committed to the development of rural areas and progress of farmers, President Pranab Mukherjee said on Tuesday, addressing the joint sitting of the two houses of parliament. "The well-being of farmers is vital to the nation," the President said in his address, which marks the beginning of the budget sessi...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said he hoped the budget session of parliament will be fruitful as several opposition parties showed a positive attitude at all party meetings. "I wish that the parliament session will be fruitful and there is constructive criticism as well," Modi told the media outside parliament. The budget session of t...
Violence affected areas of Haryana limped back to normalcy on Tuesday even as authorities remained cautious about some parts which were still tense in the aftermath of the Jat agitation which paralysed life in the state in the last nine days....
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice to Delhi Police and asked them file status report on a bail plea of Jawaharlal Nehru UNiversity Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested on charges of sedition. ...
In the dead of a cold February night, they grew apprehensive, if not scary, and whispered in hushed tones that police may enter the moonlit campus of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) that has become a new battleground of a right-to-speak-versus-nationalism debate in India....
The operation of Samjhauta Express -- a train service between Inida and Pakistan -- which has been suspended due to the protests in Haryana, will be resumed from Thursday, the Pakistan Railways said....
