Scores of Banaras Hindu University students also staged a protest at the Lanka Gate in support of the AMU students.
Concerned by GDP slowdown and unrealistic tax targets, the economists urged Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to implement long-term structural steps like land and labour reforms. Warning against any off-Budget financing the economists said the government should prepare a statement of intent for its social, rural and welfare sector expenditure.
Scuttled holiday plans, clashes with entrance dates, another round of tuitions and above all the 'phobia' of facing the examination day yet again -- sum up the dilemma being faced by class 10 and 12 students of Central Board of Secondary Education across the country.
As many as 48 ministers of National Democratic Allaince government were in the fray in the general elections.
Take a look at the famous faces who exercised their democratic right.
Experts view this as a case of "failed experiment" in succession
Dhirubhai Ambani lived in a one-room chawl in Mumbai with his wife and children and went on to establish the Reliance Group.
Justices Dilip B Bhosale, Pradip Kumar Mohanty, Abhilasha Kumari and Ajay Kumar Tripathi have been appointed as judicial members in the anti-corruption ombudsman.
There's only one way to find out if he is serious about you or not -- ask him about it, says Love Guru.
Or does Priyanka Chopra's love for Assam go beyond that?
'A unified Hindu votebank -- the creation of the largest and most reliable votebank in Indian politics, ever,' says Mihir S Sharma.
Priceless gems, tucked away in movie history.
A look at Telugu films releasing on New Year's Eve!
The Naxals used over 50 kilogram of explosives in Chhattisgarh's Sukma, about a year after a dozen jawans were killed in a similar ambush in the district.
Polling will be held in all 13 seats in Punjab and an equal number of seats in Uttar Pradesh, nine in West Bengal, eight seats each in Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, four in Himachal Pradesh, three in Jharkhand and the lone seat Chandigarh.
Saina Nehwal and P V Sindhu scored contrasting victories to enter the third round of the women's singles at the World Badminton Championships in Guangzhou on Wednesday.
Odisha Police, however, ruled out involvement of Naxals in the Hirakhand mishap.
In the fourth of a six-part series, Ajay Modi visits Moradabad, to see how the brass city is coping with the after-effects of demonetisation.
Counting's underway and the fate of the candidates is awaited. As we wait for the results with bated breath, here's how your heavyweights are faring for now.
Rajneesh Gupta presents the interesting numbers from the second day of Kingston Test between West Indies and India
'In our textbooks, we never had chapters where a woman does something. We had one Rani Laxmibai chapter, the rest only the men did. We have been trained like that but, now, things have to change.'
Under the Supreme Court-monitored proceedings, the result of the vote will be given to the court on Wednesday morning.
Prices moved up sharply in recent months.
Home ministry officials told the parliamentary panel that those detained under the PSA can challenge their detention in a designated tribunal.
What could be the reason for this swift change in less than four years of Mistry taking charge? People in the know said it was building up. The latest trigger was Tata Power's acquisition of Welspun Renewables' solar and power assets
A look at the portrayal of air hostesses in Hindi movies.
The SP candidates in these seats include Mulayam Singh Yadav's daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav and three ministers, one of whom was recently sacked.
Several members in the Lok Sabha on Friday pitched for making voting compulsory, saying that such a move would help curb corruption and instances of electorate being influenced through illegal means during elections.
Aslam Hunani/Rediff.com gives the lowdown on the constituencies going to polls in the first phase on April 11.
In the given scenario, Doiwala MLA Trivendra Singh Rawat and Pithoragarh MLA Prakash Pant emerge as the two most favourites.
The awardees included one Padma Vibhushan, 11 Padma Bhushan and 44 Padma Shri.
Uttar Pradesh Police claimed that the situation was now again turning normal.
Deputy CM Manish Sisodia says it's the 'biggest failure of our system'.
25 years on, we see how these actors have fared.
How Chanda Kochhar and her husband Deepak Kochhar find themselves in a huge controversy.
Taking exception to Health Minister Harsh Vardhan not mentioning the death of healthcare workers due to Covid-19 in his statement in Parliament, the Indian Medical Association has published a list of 382 doctors who died due to the viral disease and demanded that they be treated as "martyrs".
Ash's comeback film and all that Jazz(baa)!
All you need to know about preparing for the Civil Services examination
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