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Merit doesn't mean exam performance: SC upholds OBC quota in NEET

Merit cannot be reduced to narrow definitions of performance in an open competitive examination which only provides formal equality of opportunity, the Supreme Court said on Thursday as it upheld......

Who will get the coveted CBI chief's job?

Delhi's power circles can expect a surprise when a not-so-known officer is appointed to head the CBI. IMAGE: The Central Bureau of India headquarters in New Delhi. Photograph: Kind courtesy......

Why is Pakistan muzzling its terrorists?

'The Pakistani move to ban militant outfits and placate international opinion and Islamabad's openness to a UN security council resolution on Azhar -- instead of beseeching China to cast yet......

SC upholds Aadhaar, says it's not needed for cellphones, banks

Aadhaar empowers marginalised sections of the society and gives them identity, which outweighs the harm, Supreme Court said, pronouncing the national identity card 'constitutionally valid' in......

Madras HC quashes TN order to reserve MBBS seats for state board students, calls it 'bad in law'

The Madras high court on Friday quashed a Tamil Nadu government order reserving 85 per cent of MBBS and BDS seats to state board students and only 15 per cent forCBSE and other boards, holding that......

What minority status will mean for Jains

Tenants dwelling in prime properties of Jain temples for years may have to vacate these; government interference in institutions and trusts of the community will cease to exist; and there will be......

Means-cum-merit scholarship far behind target

The centrally-sponsored National Means-cum-Merit scheme, which aims at providing scholarship to 100,000 school students annually, has failed to achieve the target in the first year of its......

Budget: A tough balancing act

The Union Budget that will be presented on February 29 is obviously the Finance Ministry's last opportunity to do anything that will have a significant bearing on the outcome of the general......

Populist plans put Aam aadmi on centrestage

A raft of populist social sector policies aimed at the common man has been cleared by the Union Cabinet and the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairsover the last four weeks. An analysis of all......

Lok Sabha passes Budget amid protests

Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Friday confirmed that the Union Budget and the Supplementary Grants commended to the Lok Sabha were passed by the voice vote amid loud protests by the......

'Tendulkar has lost his fighting abilities'

Readers' responses toThe naked and the dead feature: It is SPOT ON.I feel we r saying this day only because of our seniors (namely Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman).Please make no......

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Merit doesn't mean exam performance: SC upholds OBC quota in NEET

Who will get the coveted CBI chief's job?

Why is Pakistan muzzling its terrorists?

SC upholds Aadhaar, says it's not needed for cellphones, banks

Madras HC quashes TN order to reserve MBBS seats for state board students, calls it 'bad in law'

What minority status will mean for Jains

Means-cum-merit scholarship far behind target

Budget: A tough balancing act

Populist plans put Aam aadmi on centrestage

Lok Sabha passes Budget amid protests

'Tendulkar has lost his fighting abilities'

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