BJP workers ransack Cong headquarters in Patna, Kolkata

The issue of the alleged abuse hurled at Prime Minister Narendra Modi during Rahul Gandhi's 'Voter Adhikar Yatra' in Bihar spilled out on the streets on Friday when Bharatiya Janata Party workers......

Violent protests against Waqf law shift to other areas of Bengal

Fresh episodes of Waqf (Amendment) Act-related violence rocked Bhangar area in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district on Monday, even as police claimed that law and order situation in the......

Murshidabad returns to normal, displaced families come back

Life was limping back to normal in riot-hit parts of West Bengal's Murshidabad district on Tuesday, as security forces kept a strict vigil to prevent any fresh episode of violence over the Waqf......

Bengal rural polls: 3 killed in ISF, police clash

Three persons, including two supporters of the Indian Secular Front (ISF), were killed and several policemen injured in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district as a clash broke out outside a......

SEBI To Go Soft On Rumour Verification For Listed Cos

The rumour verification process would now be triggered by changes in price or 'material price movements', as the paper defines it. What this means is that companies would need to verify rumours......

Fresh Formal job creation slows down in May, shows EPFO data

Formal job creation slowed in May after recovering slightly at the turn of the fiscal year in the previous month, according to the latest payroll data, released by the Employees’ Provident......

6 professors awarded Infosys Prize 2019 for science and research

The annual award includes a pure gold medal, a citation and a prize purse worth $ 100,000 or its equivalent in the Indian rupees. IMAGE: Addressing an event organised to announce the winners of......

India likely to employ 2.9 mn flexi staff by 2018

The flexi staff workforce at present in India has increased to 2.1 million from 1.7 million in 2015. India is expected to employ 2.9 million flexi staff by 2018, thereby becoming the third largest......

Pacific School Games: Delhi footballer drowns to death in Aus, Sports Ministry orders probe

Nitisha Negi, was one of the five Indian footballers who were swept away by a huge wave on Sunday when they ventured into the seawaters after the completion of the Games. The Pacific Games were not......

'BCCI under no obligation to become NADA signatory'

IMAGE: 'Getting a Virat Kohli or Mahendra Singh Dhoni to sign the 'whereabouts clause' is one of the main reasons behind NADA wanting the BCCI to come under its wing.' Photograph: BCCI The Board......