'Was an NDA meeting held to decide if the Shiv Sena has to be removed from the NDA?'
Naved Masood, former secretary in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs and Sebi board member; TV Mohandas Pai, chairman of Manipal Global Education and Dinesh Kanabar, CEO, Dhruva Advisors have ceded their position on the NSE board following end of their tenure.
Nepalese officials had alleged that the four entered Nepal for the smuggling of narcotics. They also claimed to have recovered 'brown sugar', a pistol and a machine used to print fake currency notes from Govinda Singh.
Fifteen Cabinet ministers and 28 Ministers of State were sworn-in by President Ram Nath Kovind at a ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Wednesday evening.
Suspended cricketer Ajit Chandila, arrested in connection with the IPL spot-fixing scandal, on Monday claimed in a Delhi court that he has been "falsely implicated" in the case and there was no evidence of his alleged links with either underworld don Dawood Ibrahim or Chhota Shakeel.
If the government of the day would like to set in place a smooth and well-planned changeover and facilitate the incoming chief to chalk out his action plan well in advance, the announcement of a successor needs to be done early, observes Colonel K Thammayya Udupa (retd).
Remarks by Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar about how the British dealt with icons of Indian freedom struggle on Tuesday touched off a controversy, forcing him to issue a clarification.
For those who may have missed the thriller Chehre in theatres, Joginder Tuteja lists the 10 Best Thriller Web series.
Union Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani is headed to the Bahamas to attend a Commonwealth Education Ministers' meet where she is to address the main plenary session.
The BSP will contest on 50 seats while the JJP on 40 in the 90 member state assembly polls due later this year.
The government's committee on unaccounted ('black') money met on Friday to discuss changes in existing legislation to address the issue.
'For over a decade, the United States has been shaping the contours of Hinduism. It has been doing this from the perspective of upper caste and conservative interests,' Professor Shefali Chandra tells Rediff.com's Arthur J Pais.
The FIR in question relates to an incident in which JNU administration alleged students agitating over the hike in hostel fees had "ransacked" the server room and "intimidated" technical staff in an attempt to hamper semester registration process.
The couple said that that they were strolling near the railway station at the Fatehpur Sikri after a day in Agra when the group started following them and later attacked.
BJD managed to retain 112 seats securing another term for Patnaik in the CM chair.
Three days after Swami Nigamananda died after a 114-day fast against the desecration of River Ganga, his father Prakash Chandra Jha has demanded that his body be handed over to him for the last rites. The seer of Haridwar-based Matri Sadan Ashram, Swami Nigamananda was demanding immediate stopping of quarrying in the Ganga and alleged corruption in the government's system with active involvement of the mafia. He had begun his fast on February 19 and was in a coma since May 2.
Former Speaker and Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from Pithoragarh Prakash Pant was elected as the interim speaker.
Overseas consultant NNS Chandra offers advice on how to pick the right international education for you.
The letter from the Uttar Pradesh veterans comes days after 23 senior Congress leaders wrote to Gandhi, saying uncertainty over the party leadership has 'demoralised Congress workers'.
The Telugu Desam Party, along with its Left allies, will raise the "mining mafia" issue in the forthcoming session of Parliament.
The delimitation commission will visit Jammu and Kashmir between July 6-9 and interact with political parties, public representatives and officials of the UT to gather 'first hand' information of the mega exercise to carve out new constituencies, the EC said.
'I could have joined the BJP in 2014, the doors were open.' 'I stayed on with the TMC, a party I was involved with since its very inception.' 'But today enough is enough.'
Reader Abhinav Mathur spotted India's cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni at Mumbai airport.
In the backdrop of the ongoing farm protests, back into public consciousness in the aftermath of the recent Lakhimpur Kheri episode, smaller parties are expected to not only enliven the election theatre, but also queer the pitch for the Opposition.
The implementation of the NEP and four-year undergraduate programme were approved by the Standing Committee on Academic Matters and the Academic Council last week.
Deputy Superintendent of Police Ramaswamy Parthasarathy, who arrested Chidambaram in the INX Media case last year, has been conferred with the President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service.
Himanta Biswa Sarma -- who is also the North East Democratic Alliance convenor -- took the oath of office and secrecy in Assamese.
Butterflies aren't just easy on the eyes. Their presence in a place indicates the relative health of the environment.
The Congress's share has almost halved, down from 12 in 2014 to six now.
The disruption by Opposition members drew sharp criticism from Prime Minister Modi who accused them of being unable to digest the fact that a large number of new ministers are women, Dalits, tribals and those from other backward classes
The state government had on June 24 directed district adminstration to issue SC certificates to 17 OBCs -- Kashyap, Rajbhar, Dhivar, Bind, Kumhar, Kahar, Kewat, Nishad, Bhar, Mallah, Prajapati, Dhimar, Batham, Turha, Godia, Manjhi and Machua.
Dhirendra Pratap Singh allegedly shot dead Jai Prakash Pal Gama, 46, on Thursday following a quarrel over the allotment of ration shops at Durjanpur village in Ballia's Reoti area. Senior administration and police officials were present at the meeting when the incident took place.
The Uttar Pradesh Police had said on Saturday that it would invoke the stringent National Security Act and Gangster Act against those accused in the killing of the 46-year-old man.
Sukanya Verma looks at the recent spate of book-to-screen adaptations.
The Central Bureau of Investigation charge sheet has also named three IPS, one IAS officer and several journalists as witnesses.
"Twenty one persons have died so far in the liquor tragedy," District Magistrate Ajay Yadav said. The incident happened late on Friday, when several people from Luhari Darwaja and adjacent Laukhera village consumed spurious liquor and were taken ill.
