The Supreme Court Friday declined to entertain a plea by private, unaided schools of Delhi seeking putting on hold the Dec 18, 2013 nursery admission guidelines issued by Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung, and asked the schools’ associations to go back to the high court. The Forum For Promotion of Quality Education for All (FPQEA) and […]
Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, Congress’ Digvijaya Singh and former union ministers Kumari Selja and Murli Deora were among 37 candidates elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha Friday after the deadline for withdrawing nominations in the biennial elections to the upper house ended. Polling will be held Feb 7, as scheduled, for the remaining 18 seats […]
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Friday stirred a fresh controversy by naming over 20 top politicians including Rahul Gandhi, Nitin Gadkari, Mayawati and Sharad Pawar as “corrupt”. Hitting back, Congress questioned his commitment to a legal process while the BJP asked him to furnish proof or apologise. Union minister Farooq Abdullah, who was also among […]
Security at BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi’s rally in Meerut Sunday has been tightened, with an inspector general of police being made in charge of a political rally for the first time. The security has been stepped up in view of the communal riots in Muzaffarnagar and Shamli in Uttar Pradesh last year. A […]
A militant was killed Saturday in a gunfight with the security forces in Kashmir’s Pulwama district, an official said. A senior police official said following specific intelligence inputs about the presence of guerrillas in a house in Kangan village in Pulwama district, 33 km from here, security forces surrounded the house Friday evening. “When the […]
Criticising the Delhi government for its failure to check power tariff hike, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday protested against the hike in the national capital. Staging a protest at Bhajanpura, BJP Delhi unit chief Vijay Goel said Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has failed to check power tariff hikes. “Kejriwal-led AAP had promised that after […]
The International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) event to be held here in April will be a four-day weekend this year with the launch of IIFA Stomp, a free-for-all public party with “a taste of India”. Stomp – an entertaining mix of Indian food, music and handicrafts, will take place April 23 at the picturesque Curtis […]
Asserting that the US downgrade of India’s aviation regulator had “absolutely nothing” to do with the Khobragade affair, the US says it was committed to help India get its status back as soon as possible. “This absolutely had nothing to do with the ongoing case of Dr. Khobragade,” State Department spokesperson Marie Harf told reporters […]
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Saturday ruled out his party Janata Dal-United’s (JD-U) return to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led NDA. “There is no question of us (JD-U) returning to the NDA,” Nitish Kumar said at a function here. The chief minister’s statement came after JD-U president Sharad Yadav Friday reportedly said that his party […]
National Conference chief and union minister Farooq Abdullah Friday met DMK president M. Karunanidhi here but said they did not discuss politics. Abdullah told the media that while there were “some problems” within the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA), the issues would be sorted out. “By the grace of God, things would be better.” A […]