Referred to as 'Badlav Patr (document of change)', Congress leader Randeep Surjewala and All India Congress Committee's Bihar in-charge Shakti Sinh Gohil presented the manifesto that promises farm loan waiver and 50 percent subsidy in electricity bills to farmers up to 100 units of consumption. The manifesto also promised that it will reject the Centre's farm laws if voted to power.
Balavidyalaya in Chennai is probably India's only school for the deaf that trains the child and (one) parent for free.
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra asked the Bharatiya Janata Party why are they preventing peasants from coming to Delhi to raise their demands.
A couple days after Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi pledged to focus on ensuring security and welfare of women and girl child in Assam in the wake of ghastly Delhi-bus rape of a student and her subsequent death, a senior leader of his party (Congress) was Thursday arrested by Assam police on charges of rape.
Belying all expectations, the Trinamool Congress registreted a landslide victory in West Bengal assembly elections, overcoming the might of the Bharatiya Janata Party after a bitter campaign that had turned into a virtual duel between Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
In the wake of a widespread outrage over the gang rape and brutal assault of a 23-year-old para-medical student in a bus, the Delhi government on Monday said it would install CCTV cameras inside the buses to ensure safety of women passengers.
'On one side you have the farmers of India and on the other side are few corporate families.' 'Unfortunately, those holding the levers of power today are more sympathetic towards these corporate families and helping them benefit at the cost of poor farmers.'
'Modi should have trust in us and the minorities should also have trust in him.'
Shouting slogans like 'We want Kislay' and 'Give us a safe future", nearly 700 students assembled in front of the Raj Bhavan.
Shouting slogans like 'We want Kislay' and 'Give us a safe future", nearly 700 students assembled in front of the Raj Bhavan.
Md Jamil Khan, a member of the Anjuman Committee, said it has welcomed the court verdict.
The Centre on Thursday submitted before the Supreme Court that Sanskrit will be the third language in classes six to eight in Kendriya Vidyalayas.
The major task of the country is to move as fast as it can to achieve a higher standard of living, said former RBI governor C Rangarajan.
'They are our go-to men, our trouble-shooters.' 'They draw their strength from remaining low-key and accessible only to our workers.'
The two medical students who tortured her -- and filmed her hurtling several storeys to the ground -- were arrested and then released on bail in Tamil Nadu.
Medical students are in for a bonanza with the government planning to double availability of undergraduate and postgraduate seats to meet a target of 80,000 MBBS and 45,000 PG seats in India by 2021.
The government will stand guarantor for loans to be disbursed to youth from the community.
PM Modi's assurance came against the backdrop of violent protests against the CAB.
The nominations were made by President Ram Nath Kovind on the advice of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the PMO said.
In the era of the fourth industrial revolution, mere tinkering with existing government procedures will not enhance India's economic competitiveness, says Pranjal Sharma.
Claiming that the Trinamool Congress is not perturbed over desertions by some leaders, she said politics is a solemn ideology and philosophy and one cannot change these everyday like clothes.
Choubey, who is union minister of state for Health, was about to board his car, after meeting patients and holding discussions with doctors and hospital officials, when the bottle carrying the ink crashed to the ground close to the vehicle evoking exclamations from those flanking the minister.
36-year-old Sunil Yadav, who works as a garbage collector for the civic body in Mumbai is an inspiration. He chronicles the arduous journey he took to secure his MPhil degree and why he refuses to give up his job despite his education.
Natarajan was admitted to the hospital on Saturday with severe chest infection and was put on ventilator support.
Participating in the debate on the budget, leaders of parties like the Congress, Bahujan Samaj Party, Aam Aadmi Party and Left launched an all-out attack on the BJP government for allegedly selling off the country's assets and PSUs to big industrialists.
She left behind a note, saying that she dreamt of becoming a doctor but the questions in NEET were too difficult for her to even understand.
Taking serious note of a girl being raped in Faizabad while returning home after attending a laptop distribution programme, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has sought an explanation from the minister whose late arrival had delayed the event and ordered that all such functions be concluded before evening.
The Australian government announced a new Skilled Occupation List (SOL) proposed to come into effect from July 1, 2010.
'Before I climbed Everest, nobody knew me. But after that, people come to meet me. It's an exciting life!' Meet the real and the reel Poorna girls!
E-cigarettes pose a huge health risk to users, who more often than not are adolescents and young adults
Indians celebrated the second International Day of Yoga on Tuesday at different parts of the country.
'They know everyone and have everyone's horoscope. If they feel Himanta Biswa Sarma is the right man for Assam, they will give it to me, if they feel Sarbananda Sonowal is the right man, they will give it to him, or if they feel both of them are not good, let's bring another person'
The ISSF said there will no ranking points in the tournament scheduled to be held from March 15 to 26 as the organisers are not in a position to guarantee participation of all athletes owing to the extraordinary situation.
Amid a spate of attacks on Indian youths in Australia, a Senate committee which probed the issue has concluded that the assaults were more likely to be "opportunistic robberies" than prompted by racism, prompting a student body to say the authorities "are still in denial."
The last date for linking Aadhaar for mobile services will remain February 6 as per the Supreme Court order.
Fresh admissions to Delhi University for the 2014-15 academic session under the three-year course will commence from Tuesday, a week behind schedule following the row over the controversial four-year undergraduate programme.
The Madras high court on Friday dismissed a PIL seeking a direction to the Union government to confer the Bharat Ratna on late AIADMK leader J Jayalalithaa, saying it does not want to interfere in such matters.
Special prayers and celebrations were held on Monday by ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party workers across Tamil Nadu on the occasion of the 'star birthday' of Chief Minister Jayalalithaa.
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