New bench to decide on AMU's minority status, rules SC

The contentious legal question over Aligarh Muslim Unversity's minority status would be decided by a new bench, the Supreme Court held on Friday and overruled the 1967 judgement that said the......

Is AMU a minority institution or not? SC to pronounce verdict on Friday

The Supreme Court is scheduled to pronounce its verdict on Friday on a vexed legal question whether the Aligarh Muslim University enjoyed a minority status under Article 30 of the Constitution......

SC 7-judge bench grappled with AMU minority status for 8 days

Grappling with the intractable issue of Aligarh Muslim University's minority status, the Supreme Court said on Thursday the 1981 amendment to the AMU Act, which effectively accorded it a minority......

Institute of national importance can also be a minority one: SC on AMU

There is nothing "fundamentally inconsistent" with a minority institution being an institution of national importance (INI), the Supreme Court said on Wednesday while hearing arguments on the vexed......

Why ICICI Bank chose Girish Chaturvedi as its chairman

The ICICI board is looking to the retired petroleum secretary to provide 'maturity and sagacity'.Jyoti Mukul reports.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com His former colleagues in the powerful......

'It's a surgical strike against the country's poor'

IMAGE: Villagers queue outside a bank on the outskirts of Allahabad. Photograph: Jitendra Prakash/Reuters 'The execution has been 100 per cent faulty.''The scheme is also a stupid one, a real......

Get your photo, logo on postage stamp for Rs 12 lakh!

India Post is eyeing a jump of about Rs 100 crore in turnover at Rs 141 crore from the philately segment this fiscal. An individual or a corporate entity can now get their photo or logo......

IAG pays SBI Rs 500 cr premium for non-life JV

Insurance Australia Group will pay Rs 542 crore (Rs 5.42 billion) for a 26 per cent stake in its general insurance venture, SBI General Insurance Co. The amount includes around Rs 500 crore (Rs 5......