SC asks Teesta, husband to cooperate with Gujarat police

The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed activist Teesta Setalvad and her husband Javed Anand to cooperate with the Gujarat Police in probing the case filed against them over alleged......

NDA allies get 11 ministerial positions

Bharatiya Janata Party's National Democratic Alliance partners have got five cabinet ministerial berths in the third term of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as against none in the outgoing......

WATCH LIVE! Day 4 of Budget session in Parliament

  Lok Sabha TV Rajya Sabha TV     The Rohith Vemula suicide and the Jawaharlal Nehru University row continues to dominate the discussions in Parliament on Day 4 of the Budget......

Irani headed to the Bahamas for education ministers' meet

Union Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani is headed to the Bahamas to attend a Commonwealth Education Ministers' meet where she is to address the main plenary session. During the meet,......

L Capital says it backs Fabindia

L Capital Asia, the largest investor in Fabindia, said it has 'utmost faith in Fabindia management' following the incident involving Union Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani......

Foreign institutions need not provide for quotas

Union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal has stated that foreign universities and education providers setting up campuses in India will not be required to provide reservations for......

Does India need more IIMs?

The Union human resource development ministry has turned down a request from the Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore to set up a campus in Singapore. The ministry says that the prestigious......

Govt stops IIM-B from opening Singapore campus

The Union human resource development ministry has turned down a request from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIM-B) to open a campus in Singapore citing that the prestigious B-schools......

'Anand has only one passport, and that is Indian'

Aruna Anand speaks to Rediff.com's Shobha Warrier. Viswanathan Anand is the reigning World chess champion. He was crowned in May, after beating Veselin Topalov in the final game of the 12-game......

I accepted the minister's apology: Anand

World Chess Champion Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand on Tuesday termed the controversy over his nationality as disappointing but said he does not want to stretch the issue too far and would prefer to......

Anand unfazed by citizenship controversy

Unfazed by the controversy surrounding his nationality, World chess champion Viswanathan Anand looked cheerful as he arrived to a grand reception at the International Congress of Mathematicians in......

Anand shuns doctorate after citizenship questioned

A move to confer an honorary doctorate on World chess champion Vishwanathan Anand is embroiled in controversy over his citizenship, forcing him to decline the honour, at least for now. After the......