Rajiv Gandhi's birth anniversary celebrated

With the Congress back in power at the Centre after eight years, the 60th birth anniversary of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi was celebrated in a grand manner on Thursday.Prime Minister......

'No need to panic': AIIMS chief clears doubts on Covid crisis

Covid-19 is a mild disease and there is no need to panic, said All India Institutes of Medical Sciences Director Dr Randeep Guleria on Sunday while addressing issues related to coronavirus with......

Former telecom minister and veteran Congress leader Sukh Ram is dead

Veteran Congress leader and former Union minister Sukh Ram has died, his grandson said on Wednesday. He was 94. He had suffered a brain stroke in Manali in Himachal Pradesh on May 4, following......

No oxygen supply at Bengaluru hospital, 50 patients shifted

Patients, including those who are COVID-19 positive and on oxygen support at the Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences, were shifted to various hospitals in Bengaluru on Monday night as the......

Karnataka too seeks IIT

After Kerala, it is now the turn of Karnataka to ask the Union human resources development ministry to sanction an Indian Institute of Technology for the state."The Centre has proposed to set up......

Why reservation won't work

There have been enough discussions on the merits and demerits of reservation in central educational institutions. So far these institutions have been above caste- and religion-based quotas, except......

Thank you, Mr Tata, for thinking of the common man

Mr Ratan Tata, thank you very much! You have created history, not because you have created the cheapest car in the world but because you have touched our emotions, our hearts. Thanks a million. For......

Entire text of finance minister's Budget Speech

Budget 2010-11 provided considerable relief to income tax payers by raising the slabs at two levels but hiked the central excise duty on non-petroleum products across the board from 8 to 10 per......