Social media laps up NaMo's maiden I-Day speech

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's maiden Independence Day speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort on Friday received overwhelming response from the netizens. "Whereas previous Red Fort speeches......

Suspensions revoked but stir at Hyderabad university continues

Students stage a protest against the suicide of a Dalit scholar in a Hyderabad Central University. Photograph: Santosh Hirlekar/PTI Protests escalated on Friday at the Hyderabad Central University......

'It has become fashionable to be hate mongers'

'The majority community needs to accept that the Indian Muslim is peace loving, not communal and treat them accordingly,' says Lieutenant General Zameer Uddin Shah, the soldier-educationist on a......

The big hits and misses from Modi's cabinet

Eighteen months into the National Democratic Alliance’s term, rumours about a ministerial reshuffle between the winter and budget sessions of Parliament are everywhere. I don’t buy it......

Maruti to hire 700 people

Despite the current economic slowdown in the auto industry, the country's largest car maker, Maruti Suzuki India on Thursday said it will hire around 700 people in various departments in the next......

AV Birla retail needs 55,000 people

The Aditya Birla Management Corporation is looking at raising total employee strength to 55,000 in its retail business alone, from 8,000 employees right now. Speaking at the seminar organized by......

Budget 2019: How Sitharaman plans to change the face of Indian education

Sitharaman said the government will bring in a new national education policy to transform India's higher education system into one of the best in the world. Setting up of National Research......

Modi launches Jan Dhan scheme, 1.5 cr bank accounts opened

Prime Minister Narendra Modi releasing the Mission Document of the ‘Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY)’ in New Delhi on August 28, 2014. Photograph: Courtesy, PIB Prime Minister......