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January 22, 2016 7:19 PM

AMU is not a minority institution: M J Akbar

BJP has strongly supported government's recent stand in the Supreme Court that Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) is not a minority institution as it is run through Parliament legislation. Briefing reporters in New Delhi, party spokesperson M J Akbar said the Central institutions have secular char...

January 22, 2016 6:05 PM

Delhi Police issues alert after driver of missing Pathankot taxi found dead

Reports say one car was hijacked near Pathankot. As per reports three persons hired an Alto taxi from Gaggal of Himachal for Pathankot and dropped the body of driver Vijay Kumar at Kotla of Himachal on the way. These three persons then fled towards Pathankot.<br/><br/>SSP Pathankot R K B...

January 22, 2016 5:31 PM

Govt forms judicial panel to review events leading to Rohith Vemula's suicide

Human Resource Development Ministry has set up a Judicial Commission to review the entire sequence of events and the circumstances which led to the unfortunate suicide by a Hyderabad University research scholar Rohith Vemula. The Committee will also establish the facts and correctives in the context...

January 22, 2016 5:07 PM

NIA arrests 5 youth for possessing IED material

National Investigation Agency, NIA, has arrested five youth for possessing material, used for making improvised explosive device, IED. Two of them were arrested from Hyderabad and one each from Mumbai, Bengaluru and Mangalore. Sources in the Home Ministry said, the investigation agency had rounded 1...

January 22, 2016 5:03 PM

I&B ministry frames new business policy for publications division

Information and Broadcasting Ministry has framed a new business policy for Publications to streamline business practices in line with the contemporary trends prevailing in publications industry. One of the key highlights of the policy is to promote online readership by pricing the digital version of...

January 22, 2016 4:52 PM

SC refuses to stay contempt notice of HC against Arundhati Roy

The Supreme Court today refused to stay a criminal contempt notice against author Arundhati Roy. The Bombay High Court last month had issued the contempt notice against the author for her article on the arrest of Delhi University professor G N Saibaba. <br/><br/>The apex court also did n...

January 22, 2016 4:49 PM

PM says he is pained over suicide of scholar Rohith Vemula

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said he is pained over the suicide of Hyderabad University Research scholar Rohith Vemula. Addressing a convocation function of Baba Saheb Ambedkar University in Lucknow, Mr Modi said whatever may have been the reason behind the suicide, a mother has lost her belov...

January 22, 2016 4:46 PM

MoU inked to implement action plan for skill development in Telecom

The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with department of Telecommunication to develop and implement National Action Plan for Skill Development in Telecom Sector. An official press released issued by Communications and Information and Techno...

January 22, 2016 4:33 PM

PM to declassify some Netaji files tomorrow

On the occasion of birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release the digital copies of 100 files relating to him tomorrow. Mr Modi in his meeting with a delegation of members of Netaji&apos;s family at his residence on 14th of October last year, had anno...

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