Cong has become a 'parasite' that swallows...: Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday accused the Congress of being involved in a global conspiracy to weaken the Indian economy and democracy, and defame its institutions as the opposition party......

SIT formed to probe Dalit student's suicide at IIT-B

The Maharashtra government has formed a special investigation team (SIT) headed by a senior police officer to conduct a probe into the alleged suicide of an 18-year-old student of the Indian......

Mevani seeks probe into Solanki's death; Dalits plan all-India march on Feb 19

Congress MLA and Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani on Thursday demanded probe by a special investigation team into the death of a student of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay to find out whether......

Students body seeks IIT Bombay director's resignation over Dalit student's suicide

A student collective at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay on Wednesday demanded the resignation of the premier institute's director against the backdrop of alleged suicide by a first-year......

'Pampered' IITians make a start in helping the poor

This is not the commonly-known 'creamy layer' hierarchy within India's Dalits, but the group long known as the face of India's 'brain-drain': the IITians. The Indian Institutes of Technology, 15......

Modi's dream team to transform Indian economy

India’s new policy commission has received a makeover and a dream team has been formed to head the Think Tank, NITI Aayog. Arvind Panagariya, a free-market economist will be first Vice......

Mulayam wants quota for women in IIMs, govt jobs

Raising a new demand on the women's bill, Samajwadi Party on Monday sought 50 per cent quota to women in educational institutes as well as jobs. The demand was made by Mulayam Singh Yadav, who has......

No funds this year for Moily's quota panel

The Planning Commission has projected a requirement of about Rs 16,000 crore (Rs 160 billion) for the next three years in the Eleventh Five-Year Plan, with no funds this year, for implementing the......

The BEST Indian Films of 2021

Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite Indian films of 2021. Aseem's Best International Films of 2021 In the second year of the pandemic when movie theatres remained closed for an extended period of......