Hyderabad, Feb 19 (IANS) The faculty of Moulana Azad National Urdu University has demanded the withdrawal of “false cases” against the students of Jawaharlal Nehru University including students union president Kanhaiya Kumar. While seeking justice…
New Delhi: Former Delhi University (DU) professor SAR Geelani being taken away by police on charges of sedition for allegedly organising an event at the Press Club of India (PCI) to mark the death anniversary…
Saurabh Sharma photo by Amit Mehra New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) Sparking off a new controversy, the JNUSU joint secretary on Friday called and chaired a council meeting which passed several resolutions including for a…
Itanagar, Feb 19 (IANS) Arunachal Pradesh Governor J.P. Rajkhowa on Friday said the state government will ensure the rule of law and provide effective governance through transparency in its approach, accountability, political stability and control…
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) The Congress on Friday hit out at the RSS and its affiliated groups for trying to “camouflage their bigoted ideology as nationalism”. “The RSS is now trying to project it’s…
Begusarai (Bihar), Feb 19 (IANS) JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar’s father on Friday accused the BJP and RSS of “fixing” his innocent son and demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the JNU row. “Kanhaiya…
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday asked the people of Haryana to maintain peace and order in the state. “I appeal to my brothers and sisters of Haryana to…
Guwahati, Feb 19 (IANS) Dissident Congress lawmaker Kalikho Pul was on Friday was sworn in as the new chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh, which has been under Presidents’ Rule since January 25 following political instability….
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and senior officials from the sector will showcase India’s small and marginal oil and gas field discoveries at a global energy conference in the US beginning…
Mumbai, Feb 19 (IANS) The faculty of the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B) on Friday extended support to Jawaharlal Nehru University students and condemned “attempts by the State to stifle dissent in educational institutions and…
Bhubaneswar, Feb 19 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday assured of maximum help in combating left-wing extremism (LWE) in Odisha, adding that revival of the Integrated Action Plan (IAP) was under the central…
President Pranab Mukherjee. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) President’s Rule has been lifted from Arunachal Pradesh, a Rashtrapati Bhavan official said on Friday. The step comes after the Supreme Court on Thursday…
Patna: Union Minister for Communications & Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad addresses a press conference in Patna on Feb 13, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) The government on Friday said Delhi Police…
Ahmedabad, Feb 19 (IANS) Vijay Rupani was unanimously elected president of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Gujarat unit at the state party headquarters here on Friday. An MLA from Rajkot (West) and a cabinet minister in…
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi/Kohima, Feb 19 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday accused the government of keeping the nation in the dark on the contents, nature and status of…
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra was on Friday elected the new chairman of the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers on the Goods and Services Tax (GST). The announcement…
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Friday expressed concern over a number of reform bills remaining pending due to disruption of the parliamentary proceedings. “Several reform bills related to people’s…
Hyderabad, Feb 19 (IANS) The Telangana government on Friday once again urged the central government to increase the number of seats in state legislative assembly from the present 119 to 153. In a letter addressed…
Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain on Friday said that the government will add 10,000 beds in its hospitals by 2017, among a…
Panaji, Feb 19 (IANS) The National Students Union of India (NSUI) will collaborate with left-aligned students unions countrywide to combat “a concerted effort by the ABVP and the BJP to take control of university campuses”,…