India

New Delhi: Number of suicides due to unemployment during 2018-2020 stand at 9,140 as per records of National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), replied Union Home Ministry in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Number of suicides due to bankruptcy or indebtness during the aforementioned time period was 16,091 as per NCRB records, added the Union Home Ministry […]

New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education will conduct second-term board examination for classes 10 and 12 in offline mode from April 26, officials said on Wednesday. “The board after discussion with various stakeholders and taking into consideration the COVID-19 situation in the country has decided to conduct second-term board exams in offline mode […]

Bengaluru: Karnataka Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, K.S. Eshwarappa on Wednesday said that a day will come when saffron flag will be hoisted atop the Red Fort. Speaking to reporters on the hijab row that has snowballed into a major crisis in the state as Hindu students are coming to colleges wearing saffron […]

Hyderabad: Hospitality major ITC’s Hotel Group has launched an app for ITC Hotels for services such as room and restaurant reservations, food delivery and takeaway, and loyalty membership, across its own hotels and its Welcomhotels and Fortune Hotels in some locations. The app will enable its customers to book stays in about 55 of its […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted anticipatory bail to Trinamool Congress leader SK Supiyan, who was the election agent of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram. The Court allowed his plea seeking anticipatory bail with various conditions. The apex court was hearing the appeal filed by Supiyan, challenging an order of the Calcutta […]

Hyderabad: Bharatiya Janata Party legislator from Goshamahal T Raja Singh on Tuesday called for a nationwide hijab ban. In a video message on Twitter, he said educational institutions were not the spaces to “propagate” one’s religion. “I support the Karnataka government’s decision on Hijab Ban. I would like to tell those who are opposing it […]

A bench comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices A S Bopanna and Hima Kohli issued notices to the Future group firms and listed the plea for hearing on February 23.

Hyderabad: The National Medical Commission (NMC), which is the regulatory body for medical education in the country, has cautioned Indian students, who are exploring the possibility of pursuing MBBS courses in foreign countries, from taking admissions in such courses offered by the Universities in China, for the current and upcoming academic years. In a notice […]

Taking to Twitter, Malala talked about the hijab controversy raging in India's state Karnataka where Muslim students wearing the hijab are being barred from entering college premises.

Hyderabad: The State Bank of India (SBI) is inviting applications for 48 Specialist Cadre Officer (SCO) vacancies. The application process began on February 5 and the last date is February 25. The interested and eligible candidates can apply for the same on the official website of SBI. For the post of Assistant Manager (Network Security […]

Division Bench comprising Justice Anil K Narendran and Justice PG Ajithkumar initiated the suo motu.

The 30-scrip BSE Sensex was up by 503.79 points or 0.87 per cent at 58312.37 at 9.30 am.

In spite of curfew orders in Shivamogga district, the NSUI members on Wednesday morning entered First Grade Degree College and PG Research Centre.

"Whether it is a bikini, a ghoonghat, a pair of jeans or a hijab, it is a woman's right to decide what she wants to wear," Gandhi tweeted.

Glenmark received manufacturing and marketing approval from India's drug regulator, Drugs Controller General of India, for Nitric Oxide Nasal Spray as part of the accelerated approval process.

Visuals on news channels showed the youth being helped up the mountain by Army personnel, who are part of the specialised teams which arrived here last night from Bengaluru, by strapping him to one of the rescuers.

The daily positivity rate in the country dropped to 4.54 per cent while the weekly positivity rate also dipped to 7.57 per cent.

Teams have been mobilised overnight and rescue operations are under progress, the Indian Army said.

Speaking to ANI, the senior inspector claimed that the accused, identified as Purushottam Singh, confessed the crime.

Owaisi was referring to the controversy that began in January this year at a government college in Karnataka's Udupi when six girls wearing headscarves were asked to leave campus.

Hyderabad: Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar said the unifying theme for 2022-23 financial year budget was to lay solid foundation for achieving the vision of digitally empowered India with world class infrastructure with focus on globally comparable education and health sectors in the next 25 years. “The union Budget 2022-23 is not an ‘election’ […]

New Delhi: The bodies of the seven soldiers, who went missing after their patrol along the India-China border in Arunachal Pradesh’s West Kameng district was hit by an avalanche, have been found, the Indian Army said on Tuesday. “Bodies of all seven individuals have been recovered from the avalanche site. Unfortunately, despite the best efforts […]

Davanagere: Amid the Karnataka High Court hearing the hijab matter, more incidents of violence were reported from an educational institute in the state on Tuesday. The police fired teargas shells and carried out a baton charge to quell the violent mob in the Harihar First Grade College campus in Davanagere district. Following the violence, the […]

Bengaluru: As protests for and against the ‘hijab’ intensified in different parts of Karnataka, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday declared a holiday to high schools and colleges in the state for the next three days. Bommai has also appealed for peace. “I appeal to all the students, teachers and management of schools and colleges […]