No Hindu mahapanchayat in Uttarakhand's Purola; bandh in protest

Markets in Uttarakhand's Purola and neighbouring towns remained closed amid heavy police deployment on Thursday in protest against the imposition of prohibitory orders to prevent a 'mahapanchayat'......

Security tightened in U'khand town after anti-Muslim posters

Security was stepped up in Purola on Wednesday as communal tension prevailed in the town, days after an alleged attempt to abduct a minor girl. IMAGE: Members of Bhairav Sena Sangathan stage a......

Police cracks down as anti-Muslim posters come up in Uttarakhand town

Days after an alleged attempt by two men, including a member of the minority community, to abduct a minor girl was foiled by locals, threatening posters appeared on shops owned by Muslim traders in......

EWS quota doesn't violate basic structure of Constitution, Centre tells SC

Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) have been given 10 per cent quota in admissions and jobs out of 50 per cent general category seats for the first time without eroding the ”totally......

Bengal: TCS bags Rs 103-crore govt job scheme

Tata Consultancy Services on Friday signed an agreement for Rs 103 crore (Rs 1.03 billion) end-to-end ICT solution for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in West......

Indira Sagar canal project: A sea of tribal tears

For 2,705 Koyas, compensation doesn't mean just money. For this isolated tribal community - living in tiny hamlets scattered across the verdant hills of the Polavaram mandal, from where the......

Smart cards make pension, job wage payment transpa

Things have changed dramatically for M Malaiah, a resident of Shanigaram in the Karimnagar district of Andhra Pradesh, about 180 km north of Hyderabad. He no longer has to visit the local post......

Prior commitments force Tendulkar out of PM's trip to Aus

Sachin Tendulkar was invited by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to be part of his official delegation for the Australia tour later this month, but the cricket icon has expressed his inability to make......