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ABVP Faces Poll Drubbing in Varanasi's Sanskrit University, NSUI Wins All Four Seats
NSUI's Shivam Shukla won the President seat by defeating ABVP's Harshit Pandey by a huge margin while Chandan Kumar Mishra became the Vice President, Avnish Pandey won the General Secretary seat and Rajnikant Dubey secured the Librarian post.
Owner of Porsche in Gujarat Pays Rs 27.68 Lakh to Get Back His Impounded Car
After paying the money to the by the Ahmedabad Regional Transport Office (RTO), the car owner- Ranjit Desai- took back his impounded car from the city traffic police on Tuesday after producing the RTO receipt, police sub inspector M B Virja, who had detai...
India Prone to Sanctions for Buying Russian Weapons But Don't Want it to Degrade Defence Capabilities, Says US
India and Russia signed the USD 5 billion S-400 air defence system deal in October 2018, after wide-ranging talks between PM Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
On Two-Day Visit, US Ambassador Among 15 Envoys to Get First-hand Account of Situation in Kashmir
The Delhi-based envoys arrived here by a special chartered flight at Srinagar's technical airport where top officials from the newly carved out union territory received them, officials said.
VC Sent SOS at 6:45pm But Sought Cops' Intervention After an Hour: Police Report to Fact-finding Panel on JNU Violence
Around 7.30, police got a written letter from JNU seeking intervention. By the time, the cops went in, the mob had dispersed. Police sources said all the fight and attack happened between 7 and 7.30pm.
Cabinet Committee Recommends Budget Session from Jan 31; Union Budget on Feb 1
There is usually a month-long break between the two phases of the Budget Session to allow parliamentary committees to examine budgetary allocations made to various ministries.
Class 10 Dropout Held Hostage, Raped for Two Months by Facebook Friend
The 17-year-old girl managed to call her parents somehow on Saturday last week and narrated her plight following which the Kota police rescued the girl from Guna and produced her before a Child Welfare Committee (CWC) on Tuesday night, they said.
Houseboat of Nobel Laureate Blocked By Activists in Kerala Backwaters Amid Trade Union Strike
Police said that Michael Levitt, who received the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, was in Alappuzha with his wife and was stopped by the protesters near Kainakary.
Restore Normalcy on Campus at the Earliest, HRD Ministry Officials Tell JNU Vice-Chancellor
JNU Vice-Chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar, who is facing calls for resignation following Sunday’s violence, has been advised to be more communicative with students and take the faculty into confidence.
Govt Tells PSUs to Dissuade Employees from Participating in 'Bharat Bandh'
Ten central trade unions have said around 25 crore people will participate in the nationwide strike to protest against the government's 'anti-people' policies.
Around 100 MPs will Write to President Demanding Sacking of JNU VC, Says Sitaram Yechury
Yechury said that many members of Parliament, around 100 of them, have been contacted and they have decided to write a letter to the President, who is the the visitor to the university, demanding sacking of the VC
Plant Varieties Authority Yet to Revise FAQ Booklet That Drew Questions of Diluting Farmers' Rights
The online text was taken down about a month ago after an advocacy group wrote a letter arguing that the booklet had interpreted farmers and farmers’ rights “contrary to the legislative intent” of the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Act...
'Justice Delayed But Not Denied': Politicians Express Relief After Death Warrants Issued in Nirbhaya Case
A slew of political leaders from Union Minister Smriti Irani to Congress' Sushmita Dev said that the verdict was long-time coming and the struggles of the victim's family had finally come to fruition.
Gujarat Govt Announces Rs 31.5 Crore for Farmers Hit by Locust Menace
The relief package would help nearly 11,000 farmers affected by the locust menace in two districts of north Gujarat, Agriculture Minister R C Faldu said.
States Can't be Compelled to Give Jobs, Admissions Under EWS Quota Law: Centre in SC
The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment was responding to a PIL that sought quota benefits for EWS in states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
Baby Rhino Born in Manas National Park Brings New Year Cheer for People of Assam
The birth of a rhino calf is seen as a big win for conservationists and their efforts towards the protection of the critically threatened one-horned rhinoceros species, the pride of Assam.