Over 5 million alumni from the Indian Institutes of Technology, Mumbai University and Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, plan to raise Rs 21,000 crore to start the world's largest infection testing lab in Mumbai.
The BJP chief said the ED and the CBI have taken prompt action in the Nirav Modi case.
Monsoon revival over weekend likely, but second-half rainfall may be muted. If the rains become scarce after mid-August, the standing kharif crops might be impacted
The tri-services chiefs while addressing the media also said that the forces were in a state of heightened readiness to deal with any eventuality.
A police constable was also injured in an encounter that is still going on.
'Most Assamese don't understand a word like ghuspethiya and its insulting connotation.'
'Respect the pledges you have made to the people of Kashmir.' 'Jammu and Kashmir is not like any other state of the country.'
The United States on Wednesday said employment of domestic workers will now be on agenda for the bilateral talks with India with which it is in conversation to "determine the way forward" in resolving the 14-day-long diplomatic row.
The power minister briefed the investors on various steps undertaken by the government.
After a gap of 18 years, the Bharatiya Janata Party-affiliated Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad swept the Delhi University students' union elections, trouncing Congress' Nation Students' Union of India to bag all four positions and credited the triumph to the "Modi wave".
'What the price will reveal, since the India specific capabilities haven't changed since 2013, is how much the Modi government padded up the cost,' points out Mohan Guruswamy.
The draft bill on reservation to Jats and four other castes was cleared at a Cabinet meeting under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar.
Adapting to an inevitable digital intervention is India's only hope at beating a long-standing job crisis. To do so, focus on quality education and better skill development is fundamental, says Dr Yogesh Kumar Bhatt.
''We had three positive cases, but our success was the three not going up to 30 or 100.' 'Also, all the three survived the virus,' says Kerala's Health Minister K K Shailaja.
Faced with an onslaught of unsavoury messages on social media, some purportedly written by retired and serving personnel, the army on Thursday turned to Facebook to caution them against accepting or forwarding messages without verifying facts.
Unlike previous Paris auto shows, where new diesel models took centerstage, much of the buzz this year centred around hybrids and electric vehicles.
'We are on the world map. Every country is watching this event.'
Sharma walked out a free man from Tihar Jail on Friday night after serving close to 23 years for killing his wife Naina Sahni and then trying to dispose of her body in a tandoor in 1995 at the roof of erstwhile 4-star hotel Ashok Yatri Niwas, now Royal Plaza, at Ashok Road in the heart of the capital.
Pakistan is trying to get more F-16s from the US as well as looking towards countries like Russia and France for new aircraft to replace old ones to match India's defence purchases.
Rajneesh Gupta presents statistical summary of Mumbai Indians and much more.
Attacking the note ban move, Yechury said the PM's assertion that it will impact terror funding has not yielded any result.
Jaitley was admitted to a private hospital in New Delhi on September 1 for surgery to manage a long-standing diabetic condition, and had originally been expected to leave after a few days.
'Given that he would have a good understanding of how many jobs the economy can create at the moment, was Modi hailing the modest pakoda-seller to infuse some charm in self-employment?' asks Udit Misra.
Underlining the role of civil society movement led by Anna Hazare in drafting the Lokpal bill, President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said this was the first time that a law was made with public participation, hitherto an exclusive domain of legislature.
Sensex rises, snapping two-session losing streak; banks, auto gain.
'Modi and Shah know their politics. That is why the alarmed switch to reservations, and raising the threat from 'vote bank' politics,' says Shekhar Gupta.
With references to politicians and bureaucrats coming up in the chopper scam trial in Italy, the Defence Ministry is expected to seek clarifications on the issue from alleged middleman Guido Haschke during the next hearing of the case there.
This is the best time to be in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today as he wooed top Australian corporate honchos to invest in the country which is undergoing reforms to improve business environment.
'Unless we change and we see a change in the direction we are taking, times can only get worse.'
'As a nation we came up short, but that did not deter Kalam. He made it his life mission to exhort the young to greatness.'
The WTO dispute panel had its last hearing in early May.
PM, Parrikar, Rahul condole loss of lives.
Disruption is totally unacceptable in Parliamentary system, the President said.
The death toll is Jammu and Kashmir mounts to nearly 200 and thousands still wait to be evacuated.
India needs to unleash technological and social innovations that can usher in a new developmental model the world has not seen before, TCS Vice-Chairman S Ramadorai said.
In the second of a 12-part series, we list out all the places you should visit and all the festivals you should celebrate through the New Year!
RBI has cut the rates thrice so far in 2015 by 25 bps each.
Renowned scientist Prof C N R Rao on Saturday said the Bharat Ratna had come to him as a "complete surprise" and he could not believe that he had been awarded the country's highest civilian honour.
He addressed a seminar on India and Sweden in Stockholm.
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