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Educational institutes await NIRF ranking

Over 2,700 institutions have applied to the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) for the India Rankings 2017.

30 March 2017 1:22 AM IST

Madras High Court

Chennai: Tender for LED streetlights stayed

Section 2 of tohe notification deals with eligibility criteria of the bidders and section 3 deals with qualification of...

30 March 2017 1:10 AM IST

Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal (Photo: PTI/File)

Setback for Kejriwal, LG orders Rs 97 cr to be recovered from AAP

The move comes months after a Centre-appointed three-member committee indicted the AAP government for -"misusing-"...

29 March 2017 9:31 PM IST

A group of youth pelting stones on security forces during an anti-militant operation at village Durbugh in Chadoora area of central Kashmirs Budgam district. (Photo: PTI)

Kulgam: Militants open fire on cops deployed to handle stone pelting

Earlier, 3 stone pelters were killed in retaliatory firing by security forces near the site of the Budgam encounter in...

29 March 2017 9:13 PM IST

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley speaks in the Lok Sabha in New Delhi on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)

LS passes landmark GST reform with amendments, amid Oppn protests

All 4 key GST legislations -- Central GST, Integrated GST, Union Territory GST and Compensation GST -- were passed by...

29 March 2017 8:57 PM IST

Congress member P Chidambaram speaks in the Rajya Sabha in New Delhi on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)

Finance Bill serious effort to finish off democracy': Oppn slams Govt...

'This is an agenda for reducing Parliament to total irrelevance,' the Congress alleged calling the bill 'tax terrorism'.

29 March 2017 8:41 PM IST

Bahadurpura police arrested a 42-year-old man on Wednesday for molesting a six-year-old girl.

Odisha: Man accused of burying new-born alive arrested

Villagers had earlier spotted the new-born girl buried in the ground and rescued her.

29 March 2017 8:37 PM IST

Mulayam Singh Yadav

UP people fell for BJP's false promises': Mulayam

His comments came in the backdrop of the BJP winning a near four-fifth majority in the 403-seat UP Assembly.

29 March 2017 8:32 PM IST

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley

Govt admits Aadhaar was 'great initiative' of Cong regime

The Finance Minister was addressing concerns of the Opposition about the Finance Bill in the Parliament.

29 March 2017 8:17 PM IST

Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath (Photo: PTI)

Surya Namaskar similar to 'namaz', nothing communal about it: UP CM

Yogi Aditynath was addressing a gathering on the inaugural day of the three-day UP Yoga Mahotsava here.

29 March 2017 7:53 PM IST

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley speaks in the Lok Sabha in New Delhi on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)

Govt loses face as RS passes Finance Bill with 5 Oppn amendments

The amendments were adopted with a significant margin, with the difference of votes ranging between 27 and 34 votes.

29 March 2017 7:39 PM IST

External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj

India remains engaged with NSG to secure membership: Sushma

She said the merits of India's candidature have been recognised by a majority of NSG members.

29 March 2017 7:26 PM IST