Setback: Sinking of China’s nuclear submarine

The sinking of the submarine highlights potential...

Growing need for well-built rehab and mobility products

India has gone through a demographic and...

China to invest in Pak’s textile & tech sectors

The agreements, focused on textile, technology, agriculture,...

Kundan Jha

MCD toll booth creates jams on DND flyway

The Delhi-Noida-Direct flyway has long become toll free, but anMCD (Municipal Corporation of Delhi) toll booth placed a few meters away from the dismantled...

MHRD yet to make key appointments for UGC posts

Tasked with the plan of restructuring the University Grants Commission (UGC), the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) is causing delay in the appointments...

Rahul goes in for temple tours to win Gujarat

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, who is expected to become the party president soon, is playing the Hindutva card in Gujarat by frequently visiting temples...

Centre will expedite cash rewards to informers

The Centre has ordered fast-tracking the payment of cash rewards to the tune of Rs 1 crore to secret informers who provide tip-offs to...

Doon, Stephen’s old boys’ networks try to save Moin Qureshi

A section of the old boys’ network of the Doon School in Dehradun and “influential friends” from the elite St Stephen’s College here are...

MHRD begins hunt for new BHU V-C

Taking tough action against Banaras Hindu University (BHU) vice-chancellor Girish Chandra Tripathi, the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has asked him to go...

GST ‘loopholes’ exploited for ‘duty free’ gold imports

Gold imports in the last two months of this year nearly trebled compared to the corresponding period last year, despite the low domestic demand...

ED sheds ‘caged parrot’ image as it chases top politicians, bureaucrats

The Enforcement Directorate is likely to take tough action against over a dozen of politicians, bureaucrats and businessmen, who are under its scanner, in...

ED may book Ranjit Sinha for ‘helping’ Moin Qureshi

Former CBI Director Ranjit Sinha is likely to be booked for allegedly favouring controversial meat exporter Moin Qureshi during his tenure as the CBI...

U.P. orders social audit of village panchayats

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has ordered a social audit of all 52,000 village panchayats in the state, a senior government official said. “The...

CBSE will introduce stricter affiliation, monitoring norms

In order to prevent incidents like what happened in Ryan International School in Gurugram, where a seven-year-old student was killed inside the school premises,...

ED will question Lalu Yadav soon

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday issued a notice to Rabri Devi, former Bihar Chief Minister and wife of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo...

Regularisation of illegal colonies yet to begin

The process of regularisation of around 1,800 unauthorised colonies spread across the city is yet to begin as the companies hired by the Delhi...

Glitches in GSTN portal worry harassed traders

Persistent glitches in the Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) portal, a dysfunctional grievance redressal mechanism and numerous complaints have made life difficult for...

Delhi BJP infighting dominates party meet

The defeat of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) in the Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) elections and issues of infighting in the Delhi...

‘ABVP’s loss is a wake-up call for BJP’

The defeat of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) nominees in the recently concluded Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) elections is being viewed as...

Over 1,000 swine flu deaths so far this year

The country is facing a severe outbreak of H1N1 influenza, also called swine flu, with a total of 22,186 positive cases claiming 1,094 lives...

We should return what we get from society: Mohan Bhagwat

Compassion towards society transforms a person into a good human being, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat said while speaking at an event...

Few takers for DDA flats despite deadline extension

Despite extending the deadline once for its 2017 housing scheme, the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has failed to attract prospective buyers.  Till Wednesday, the DDA...

Delhi sees spurt in vector-borne diseases

Delhi has been witnessing a sharp rise in cases of vector-borne diseases, including dengue, malaria and chikungunya, according to data of the municipal corporations...

I-T set to act against those who deposited excess cash

The Income Tax (I-T) Department is likely to initiate action by the end of this year against those who had deposited in their bank...

DU students accuse professor of harassment

Seventeen students of Delhi University’s Indira Gandhi Institute of Physical Education and Sports Sciences (IGIPESS), who have failed in their practical examination, have alleged...

Moin Qureshi held, sent to ED custody

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Moin Qureshi, the country’s biggest meat exporter, here on Friday night for allegedly running hawala trade in the country....

DU college principal Shaw’s reappointment flouted norms

Even as the reappointment of Dhananjoy Shaw as officiating principal of the Indira Gandhi Institute of Physical Education and Sports Sciences (IGIPESS), a college...

Textile sector sees huge FDI inflows

The textile sector in the country has registered huge Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows, according to Investment India, an initiative of the Centre to...

RSS-BJP gaining ground in red bastions

Since the arrival of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the national stage, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) have been...

Digital delivery system to boost rural housing plan

In order to ensure that housing benefits go to the needy under the Prime Minister’s rural housing schemes, a Digital Delivery System (DDS), a...

A year on, arms dealer considered close to Vadra yet to be caught

Security agencies, including the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Delhi Police, have failed to get a Red Corner Notice (RCN), an international...

Delhi turning into drug trade hub

Delhi is rapidly turning into a hubfor drug trade. In the past six months, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), together with the Special Cell...

DU is ‘sitting on’ appointing governing bodies for colleges

A communication timeline note—in possession of The Sunday Guardian—showing the exchange of communication between the Delhi government’s Directorate of Higher Education (DHE) and the...

‘Manual scavenging kills more than terrorism’

Manual scavenging kills more people than terrorism in the country, according to the Safai Karamchari Andolan (SKA), an organisation working for the eradication of...

Trade imbalance between India and China worrisome: Experts

India needs to check the growing trade imbalance with China, experts have said. India must take measures to prevent the flooding of Chinese goods...

BJP eyes clean sweep in UP civic polls

Eyeing a clean sweep in the upcoming local body elections in Uttar Pradesh (UP), the central leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has...

‘Improving connectivity in Andaman is priority’

The Centre has initiated massive infrastructure development in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands with an eye on the Indian Ocean Region. In this context,...

Key DU appointments still on hold

Chaos and ad-hocism have impacted the smooth functioning of the Delhi University (DU), academicians with the university have alleged. DU Vice Chancellor Yogesh Tyagi...

Ola, Uber oppose Delhi govt’s proposed ban on shared cab rides

Amid reports that the Delhi government will soon ban “shared ride” services of app-based taxi aggregators, Ola and Uber have started mounting pressure on...

Sellers, customers find GST loopholes

Retailers and traders are increasingly coming up with “smart ways” to keep customers, unwilling to pay higher “integrated taxes” under the new Goods and...

‘Move to reserve seats in DU colleges a gimmick’

Various teachers’ groups of Delhi University (DU), cutting across party lines, have slammed the Delhi government’s resolution to reserve 85% seats for children of...

‘Most DDA flats on offer were rejected earlier by buyers’

The 2017 housing scheme, recently announced by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), has over 12,000 flats on offer, but most of these flats had...

Congress will go for ‘KHAM’ formula

With the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) eyeing a clean sweep in the upcoming Gujarat Assembly polls later this year, the Congress is aiming at...

Mamata nephew on ED radar

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is likely to act against Member of Parliament from West Bengal, Abhishek Banerjee, who is also the nephew of state...

World Bank loans Rs 1,625cr to Skill India

Giving a big boost to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pet project Skill India Mission (SIM), the World Bank (WB) has given it Rs 1,625...

National Policy for Women final draft to be tabled in Parliament

The final draft of the National Policy for Women (NPW) is ready to be tabled in Parliament as the Group of Ministers (GoM) headed...

India loses Rs 2 lakh cr a year as cricket-betting is illegal

India is losing around Rs 2 lakh crore annually because of illegal betting on cricket, according to a rough estimate made by the All...

Ad hoc DU teachers allege bias in hiring

A number of ad hoc teachers from various Delhi University (DU) colleges have alleged that there is rampant favouritism in recruitment of permanent teaching...

81 companies want to be declared bankrupt

Within a year of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) starting operations from June 2016, a total of 81 companies which had taken loans...

‘Soil Health Card’ boosts farm produce

The “Soil Health Card” scheme for farmers, a pet project of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to help them improve productivity,  has boosted farm produce...

‘Loan waivers no solution to farmers’ woes’

Experts have said that the lack of agricultural reforms is a major reason for the rise in demand for loan waiver schemes in many...

Fewer Bihar students apply for DU courses

The abysmal results of students in this year’s Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) Class XII examinations have led to a drastic drop in the...

‘SATH’ will transform education, health sectors

The National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog,) has launched “SATH” (Sustainable Action for Transforming Human Capital) to further Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision...

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