Taking strong exception to police crackdown in the Jamia Millia Islamia University, Vice-Chancellor Najma Akhtar condemned the police crackdown as 'barbaric' and assured the students that they weren't alone.
Last week’s controversial amendment to the Citizenship Act has had everyone scouring the statute books to see if it has in any way altered the “basic structure” of the Constitution.
New Delhi: A day after the police crackdown in Delhi's Jamia Miiia Islamia, protest erupted between police and the students in Lucknow's Nadwa College, on Monday (December 16).
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has agreed to hear on Tuesday (December 17) pleas which have alleged police atrocities on students holding protests against the amended Citizenship Act at the Aligarh Muslim University and the Jamia Millia Islamia University here.
The Election Commission has sought a factual report from poll authorities in Jharkhand over the “Rape in India” remark of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi made at a rally in the poll-bound state last week.
The decision to seek a report came after BJP ...
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar is a kurmi — a backward class that’s almost six per cent of Bihar. Though he hasn’t confessed yet, but his creed must be kursi (chair) — a faith practiced by 100 per cent politicians of India.
Every politician in ...
New Delhi: The Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday (December 16) termed the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens as "weapons of mass polarisation" unleashed by fascists on India and said the best defence against them is peaceful sa...
New Delhi: Jamia Millia Islamia had turned into a battlefield on Sunday as police entered the campus and also used force, following protests against the CAA. As the situation remained tense on Monday morning, the varsity declared vacation till Jan 5 following which many students decided to leave for their homes.
It seems the government is running into hurdles on the highway with the Fastag project, which enables seamless electronic toll collection on national highways (NH). Initially planned for compulsory launch from December 1, the date was pushed to December 15. But now, it has again been extended by a month. While it comes with a number of advantages, Fastags also have issues, as people have little awareness about the latest digital move of the government. It raises the question as to whether the Fastags will be seamless and hassle-free as promised. Click here to know more.
The demand to keep parrots as pets have gone up in metro cities like Kolkata, Chennai, and Bengaluru, resulting in illegal trading of the birds in many other parts of the country, says bird enthusiasts.
New Delhi: Students of Jamia Millia Islamia University, where the police entered after a protest against the amended Citizenship Act nearby spiralled out of control on Sunday evening, alleged that they were "treated like criminals" by police.
New Delhi: Leading dairy producer Amul and milk supplier Mother Dairy on Saturday (December 14) announced an increase in milk prices in Delhi-NCR due to a reduction in supply and increase in procurement costs.
The new prices will be effective from Sunda...
No-frills carrier SpiceJet on Friday (December 13) said it has grounded three Boeing 737 freighter aircraft due to a “potential defect.”
The move follows an advice from Israeli Aerospace Industries (IAI), which had converted these planes into...
New Delhi: The minister of state for shipping, Mansukh Mandaviya, told the Lok Sabha on Thursday (December 12) that the government has decided to divest from the Shipping Corporation of India (SCI).
Answering to question raised by Mimi Chakraborty and S...
Mumbai: Anand Mahindra, the chairman of the homegrown auto group Mahindra & Mahindra, on Wednesday (December 12) admitted that entering the commuter bike segment more than a decade ago was a failure on the part of the group.
The group entered two...
Industrial production shrank by 3.8% in October, mainly due to poor performance by power, mining and manufacturing sectors, according to official data released on Thursday (December 12).
Factory output, as measured in terms of Index of In...
Retail inflation rose significantly to over three-year high of 5.54% in November, mainly on account of higher food prices. The inflation based on Consumer Price Index (CPI) was 4.62% in October, and 2.33% in November 2018.
As per the data rel...
Mumbai: The Schall Law Firm, a shareholder rights litigation firm based in Los Angeles has announced the filing of a class action lawsuit against Infosys Limited.
According to the complaint, Infosys made false and misleading statements to the market ...
New Delhi/Chennai: Ahead of the crucial Goods and Services Tax (GST) meet on Wednesday (December 18), all non-BJP states warned the Centre that it may knock at the doors of the Supreme Court if their dues aren’t cleared. States like Kerala, West Bengal, Punjab, De...
Chennai: West Indies batsman Shimron Hetmyer's match-winning 139 against India in the first One-Day International in Chennai on Sunday (December 15) showed how firm favourites could also be defeated in a match which was expected to be theirs.
Shanghai: World number one Kento Momota fought back from a game down to win his 11th badminton title of the year Sunday with victory at the BWF World Tour Finals.
Chennai: Youngster Rishabh Pant has been compared to Mahendra Singh Dhoni more often than expected, however, during the first ODI against West Indies, the Delhi boy struck his maiden half-century at former skipper's spiritual home in Chennai on Sunday (December 15).
Beijing: Beijing suspended additional tariffs on US products that had been due to kick in on Sunday(December 15), after Washington and Beijing announced a major thaw in their trade war on F...
Moscow: The United States has planned to withdraw around 4,000 of its servicemen from Afghanistan next week in the wake of the resumption of the talks between Washington and Taliban, the local media reported after citing US officials on Sunday (December 15).
Agartala: The Bangladesh government has withdrawn its restrictions on importing nine items from India through two land ports in Tripura, in a boost to traders of the region, officials said o...
Washington: US President Donald Trump on Friday(December 14) said it was unfair that he was being impeached as he had done no wrong and the country under him was doing quite good.
"It's not...
Chennai: Though the paleo diet is believed to be beneficial by many, nutritionists are cautious about it. One should ask themselves what they are going to do with the diet system after achieving their goal of weight loss, said Sudha Vasudevan, a senior scientist.
