Rohith Vemula not a Dalit, he ended life because....: Police closure report

The police have filed a closure report before a local court in its probe into the death of Rohith Vemula, a student of the University of Hyderabad, claiming he was not a Dalit and died by suicide......

Drug kingpin held in Himachal over death of NIT student

A drug kingpin has been arrested in connection with the death of a first year M Tech student of the National Institute of Technology in Himachal Pradesh's Hamirpur, the police said on Wednesday.......

Explained: How National Testing Agency functions

The National Testing Agency (NTA) is at the centre of controversy over alleged irregularities in competitive exams conducted by it. Amid the raging row over the recently conducted NEET-UG and......

NDA will scrap 'undemocratic' collegium system: BJP ally

Former Union minister Upendra Kushwaha on Sunday expressed hope that upon return to power, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance will make a fresh attempt at scrapping the......

IIT, Kanpur develops new technology for Railways

Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur has developed a new passenger-friendly technology under the Railway Technology Mission.The technology will be unveiled by Union HRD Minister Arjun Singh at a......

'No problem if Centre provides special package to Bengal'

Bihar government has no problem if the Centre provides special package to West Bengal, but there should be no discrimination against Bihar, Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi said on......

Cyber crime: Govt plans to set up IT Institute

The Union government has decided to set up a state-of-the-art institute dedicated to churning out professionals and developing technologies to tackle cyber crime."The Union HRD Ministry recently......

New IITs hit by poor infrastructure: Sibal

The eight new IITs that were permitted to be set up in 2008 do not have the necessary infrastructure and are not up to the mark making it difficult for these institutes to retain their faculty,......

'Losing Baa is the end of an era of television'

'The friendship we shared over the years is for a lifetime. There was nothing we didn’t know about each other’s lives,' Apara Mehta tells Rajul Hegde. Sudha Shivpuri, who played one of......

Wonder cricketer Dhanawade behind bars for arguing with cops

Pranav Dhanawade, the 16-year-old wonder boy, who became the first batsman in the world to score 1000 runs in one innings, has once again made it to the headlines after being detained for a slight......