Need to probe if driver used BEST bus as 'weapon': Cops tell court

Police on Tuesday sought from a court custody of the driver of the civic transport bus that fatally knocked down seven persons and injured 42 others in Mumbai, saying they need to probe if he had......

'Voter Is Keeping Centre On Tenterhooks'

'If you want to win you need to perform.''Governments have found a way to buck anti-incumbency, but one policy intervention will not pay in all elections.' IMAGE: Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader......

Panel headed by former ISRO chief to oversee NTA reforms

Amid a row over irregularities in competitive exams National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) and National Eligibility Test (NET), the education ministry on Saturday notified a seven-member......

Charan Singh opposed Nehru's socialist economy

Chaudhary Charan Singh, who on Friday was conferred with India's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna, is popularly known as a champion of farmers. IMAGE: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla greets......

IIT pioneers radical surveillance tech

The Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur,has developed cutting edge surveillance and tracking technologies, which will be vital in identifying the exact location of mobile phone users and the......

Companies tying up with IITs, other institutes

Moving beyond their relationship with educational institutions only for campus recruitments, companies are now entering into long-term pacts with premier institutions for joint research on new......

How Jamsetji Tata created the Indian Institute of Science

The Indian Institute of Science topped the HRD ministry's 2017 national rankings.In 2016, the IISc was ranked among the world's top 15 universities in the Times Higher Education University......

Department of pharma wants review of FDI rules

The department of pharmaceuticals under the ministry of chemicals and fertilisers has proposed that the government set up an expert group to assess the impact of foreign direct investment in this......

Sports Shorts: Dipa qualifies for final round of Artistic Gymnastics World Cup

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday IMAGE: Dipa Karmakar performed a higher difficulty Handfront 540 vault for the first time in the competition. Photograph:......