Ahmedabad, Sep 16 (IANS) The Union Human Resources Development Ministry is considering introducing reservation for faculty positions at Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs). Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar told reporters here on Friday that the…
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed a plea by three international publishers against the sale of photocopied pages of their books by a shop called Rameshwari Photocopy Service in…
Ahmedabad, Sep 16 (IANS) With Prime Minister Narendra Modi set for a two-day visit to Gujarat from Friday evening, the ruling BJP leadership is busy promoting a mobile app to enable supporters to connect with…
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) Continuing the relief already granted to Sahara group chief Subrata Roy, the Supreme Court on Friday extended, by one week, his parole till September 23. The extension of parole also…
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) Indian youngster Ramkumar Ramanathan produced a brave fight before going down to Feliciano Lopez of Spain in four bitterly-fought sets in the opening match of their Davis Cup World Group…
Panaji, Sep 16 (IANS) The Environment Ministers of BRICS nations on Friday agreed on a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and announced the setting up of a joint working group to institutionalise their mutual cooperation on…
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) Nepal is determined to forge an enduring partnership with India for its own development and prosperity, Nepalese Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ said on Friday. Nepal, Prachanda told a…
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday stayed a National Green Tribunal (NGT) order mandating environmental clearance for all Metro and other rail projects prior to their launch. A bench of Chief…
Jammu, Sep 16 (IANS) Curfew was reimposed on Friday in Rajouri town of Jammu region after clashes erupted again during the curfew relaxation period. “Curfew has been reimposed in Rajouri town after miscreants resorted to…
By Nishant Arora Long Island (New York), Sep 16 (IANS) Apple enthusiasts are known to swarm company stores and form long queues in the hours before any big launch and the scene at retail stores…
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) A strike by lawyers protesting against the shifting of Patiala House Courts to Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg paralysed the judicial work at all district courts in Delhi on Friday. Due…
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Friday denied he was holidaying in Finland, saying India needed to learn a “lot from their education system, the best in the world”….
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) To ensure adequate supply of pulses at fair prices, India must use a combination of comfortable buffer stock, remunerative farm prices and a pro-active import policy, a government report said…
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) The Delhi government on Friday directed its Principal Secretary (urban development) and the civic bodies to notify chikungunya as dangerous/notifiable disease and issue a notification in this connection. In an…
Moscow, Sep 16 (IANS) There is no reason for India to be concerned about the forthcoming Russia-Pakistan joint military drills, authorities said on Friday. “We were informed by the Russian Defence Ministry that these exercises…
Srinagar, Sep 16 (IANS) A prominent Kashmiri rights activist, earlier barred from travelling to Geneva to address a UN session, was detained on Friday after a police raid at his Srinagar house, sparking outrage amid…
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) A private firm’s owner arrested by the CBI for allegedly cheating a government bank of Rs 10 crore on the basis of a fake identity was on Friday remanded in…
Panaji, Sep 16 (IANS) Holding climate change responsible for the shrinking of glaciers in the Himalayas, Union Minister Anil Dave on Friday said both India and China were “concerned” about the degradation in the world’s…
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear on Monday a plea by a Siwan resident seeking cancellation of bail granted to former RJD MP Mohamed Shahabuddin on the ground that the strongman-turned-politician…
Mumbai, Sep 16 (IANS) Reduced chances of a US rate hike, coupled with foreign fund inflows and value buying, lifted the Indian equity markets on Friday. Besides, healthy macro-economic data on foreign trade and positive…