Why should Dalits not get reservation in Aligarh, asks Adityanath

Why should Dalit and backward students not get benefits of reservation in Aligarh Muslim University or Jamia Millia Islamia, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has asked questioning......

'50 to 60 crore across India would be infected'

'At least half the population in UP has been infected.' IMAGE: A cremation on the banks of the Ganga at Garhmukteshwar, Uttar Pradesh. Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters Professor Om Shankar is a......

Bharat Ratna for Vajpayee, Netaji, Malviya, Dhyan Chand and Kanshi Ram?

Speculation is rife that former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose may be named for the country's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna. The speculation has been......

Why Modi chose Manoj Sinha as J-K lieutenant governor

'Sinha's skills at resolving contradictions will be required to smoothen the functioning of the bureaucracy which has been so fractious that it tripped up even a seasoned bureaucrat like his......

Obama effect: ICAR plans agri campaign

Encouraged by US President Barack Obama's appreciation of its innovations in the field of agriculture, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research plans to launch a campaign to popularise......

Fall in engineering graduate placements

The worldwide economic slowdown has led to a fall in the placement of engineering graduates in the country with only a handful of technology schools having reported cent per cent placement. There......

Ordinance may pave way for eight new IITs

The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved the setting up of eight new Indian Institutes of Technologyand upgrading the Institute of Technology of Benaras Hindu University to an IIT. With this, the......

I have not resigned: RBI Dy Governor

A day after the storm, it was apparently business as usual for Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor K C Chakrabarty. The man, who saw his role substantially reduced through a press release issued......