Uddhav meets Pawar, seeks support to form govt

IMAGE: Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray interacts with media in Mumbai. Photograph: Shashank Parade/PTI Photo Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray met Nationalist Congress Party chief......

Cong leaders discuss giving support to Shiv Sena

As its flock of Maharashtra MLAs huddled together in a Jaipur resort, the Congress Working Committee met in New Delhi on Monday to take a decision on whether or not to support the Shiv Sena in......

Has south India been given a raw deal in Modi 2.0?

Tamil Nadu, which boasted of as many as nine ministers in the UPA-II government in 2009, did not get any representation in Modi 2.0 government. IMAGE: the first cabinet meeting, at the Prime......

Is IIT-Delhi director a casualty of politics?

Though the Union HRD ministry has vehemently denied that Shevgaonkar resigned under government pressure, some allege that this is yet another example of the government exercising its influence over......

India and Germany sign six new pacts

India and Germany on Thursday inked six key MoUs including that for putting together seven million euros for next four years towards joint research in the field of higher education and a pact for a......

PM arrives in Germany; will seek greater biz ties

 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in Berlin on a three-day visit seeking greater business ties with Germany as India takes steps to boost domestic investments and attract foreign......

Will Aakash succeed even as it fails?

Human Resource Development Minister M M Pallam Raju has sought a review of the Aakash low-cost computing project, unless Datawind, the supplier of these computing devices, meets its commitment to......

Tharoor hopes pending HRD bills will be passed soon

The government expects that a number of pending legislations pertaining to HRD ministry will be passed during the upcoming Winter Session of Parliament despite possible opposition from some......