Aligarh, March 4 (IANS) US News Education World Report has placed Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) above Delhi University and second to Punjab University on their list of overall Best Global Universities rankings. Banaras Hindu University…
Mumbai, March 4 (IANS) Filmmaker Prakash Jha got annoyed when asked about the “unsatisfactory” promotions of his upcoming film, “Jai Gangaajal”, due to the “absence” of the lead star, Priyanka Chopra. Jha on Thursday held…
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) Over 2,500 students and teachers gathered at the admin block of Jawaharlal Nehru University on Thursday to welcome JNU students union president Kanhaiya Kumar. Kanhaiya, who has been accused of…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court is likely to hear on Friday a plea by the Cellular Operators’ Association of India (COAI) and Association of Unified Telecom Service Provider of India challenging the…
Bhubaneswar, March 3 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday said the outlay of agriculture budget would be enhanced with a special focus to increase the area under irrigation and reduce farmers’ vulnerabilities to…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) Leading budget phone maker Micromax on Thursday said its CEO Vineet Taneja resigned from the company to pursue other interests. “Vineet has moved on to pursue other interests. We would…
Lucknow, March 3 (IANS) Elections to the 28 seats of the Uttar Pradesh legislative council, the upper house of the state legislature, to be filled through local bodies, were held on Thursday across the state…
Itanagar, March 3 (IANS) In a major blow to the Congress, 30 rebel legislators in Arunachal Pradesh led by Chief Minister Kalikho Pul on Thursday merged with People’s Party of Arunachal (PPA), a regional political…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) The World Health Organization has set up a Newborn and Birth Defect Surveillance network, an initiative to keep a track of newborns with defects across the globe. The web-based surveillance…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) Following the union budget 2016-17 proposal to incentivise gas exploration in difficult areas, the government is set to raise the price of domestic natural gas by around 60 percent for…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) The Centre will provide Rs.587 crore for a rail project to link India and Bangladesh, union minister Jitendra Singh said on Thursday. The project, one of the most important under…
Bengaluru: Eminent scientist CNR Rao addresses at the inauguration of the 15th All India People`s Science Congress to 2015 on the theme `science for social change`, in Bengaluru on May 22, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Bengaluru,…
Hyderabad, March 3 (IANS) An Australian woman was found dead under suspicious circumstances on Thursday, police said. The body of Margret Linda, 53 was lying on a bed in the flat in Toli Chowki area…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Friday will pass an order on a plea filed by a former woman research analyst who has accused environmentalist R.K. Pachauri of sexual harassment to…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) A court here will consider on Friday a charge sheet filed by Delhi Police against five accused in a case of alleged supply of sensitive documents to Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence,…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) The Delhi government on Thursday suspended a senior education department official on the charge of corruption and also registered a police complaint against him, an official statement said. “On the…
JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar. (File Photo: IANS) By Archana Rao and Rajnish Singh New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested for sedition 20 days ago, was released from the Tihar…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) Giving relief to taxpayers, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) on Thursday issued fresh guidelines to field officers for granting stay of demand at the first appeal stage, an…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) Renowned academicians on Thursday slammed the central government for what they called its unwarranted interference in central universities and autonomous educational institutes. “Universities are places for dialogue where people from…
Bhubaneswar, March 3 (IANS) The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Thursday said it will celebrate the birth centenary of party leader and former chief minister Biju Patnaik across the globe from March 5. Industry…