Dubai leak exposes some, but many Indian names remain hidden

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Why are veteran politicians still associating with Kejriwal?

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Portuguese ambassador reflects on Portugal’s Carnation Revolution

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Gujarat Youth Congress wants cow as national animal

The Congress’ youth wing in Gujarat has started demanding that the cow be named the “national animal”. “The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is doing politics...

Security agencies want long-term social media ban in Kashmir

Security agencies operating on the ground in Jammu and Kashmir want a long-term ban on the use of social networks like Facebook, WhatsApp and...

DUTA unhappy with UGC’s three-tier varsity categorisation

The Delhi University Teachers’ Association (DUTA) has expressed its disappointment over the University Grants Commission’s (UGC) draft regulations that aim to slot all UGC-recognised...

‘GST will increase paperwork for traders’

The proposed rule of keeping details of records of sales and filling them thrice a month under the Goods and Services Tax (GST), will...

Govt training tax officials for GST rollout

Ahead of the launch of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) from next month, the Ministry of Finance has completed preparing almost 80% of...

DU sees rise in applicants from transgender community

Within seven days of the ongoing admission session, the Delhi University (DU) has witnessed a sharp rise in applicants from the transgender community. This...

UGC will have a new chairman soon

The University Grants Commission (UGC) is all set to get a new chairman, with individual presentations by six shortlisted candidates still underway. The selection...

Congress’ ‘second generation’ leaders are all from dynasties

The Congress showcased its “second generation” leaders, slated to take centre-stage in the near future, at a press conference here last week, but the...

‘Social entrepreneurs’ launch websites to bust fake news

Many “social entrepreneurs” are creating news web portals to expose the trend of fake news with damaging security implications. It didn’t take long after the...

DU claims ‘overwhelming’ response to its online admission system

Despite some technical glitches, the Delhi University (DU) on Wednesday claimed that it had got an “overwhelming" response to its online admission system, with...

Centre to create database of shell companies

The Centre has decided to create a database of shell companies and their directors as part of a crackdown on such firms mushrooming across...

Property dealers will be brought under PMLA

The Ministry of Finance is likely to issue a notification to bring property dealers under the ambit of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act...

Swine flu back in the city, 53 test positive

A city hospital has confirmed four swine flu-related deaths since January this year, with three of the four deaths recorded in April. In all, 53...

Private flying schools operating with impunity

The rapidly growing demand for pilots in country combined with the alleged government “apathy” in facilitating training has led to the mushrooming of private...

MHRD data bank will curb problem of fake teachers in central universities

In order to curb the menace of ghost employees in the colleges of centrally administered universities, the Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) has...

CBEC reorganisation process almost complete

Ahead of the implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST), the process of reorganisation of the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC), which ...

BS-III compliant two-wheelers plying unregistered

Nearly 60,000 BS-III fuel compliant two-wheelers that were sold across the country on or before 31 March this year are plying unregistered and buyers...

ED giving incentives to staff to work overtime

Even as over 9,000 cases of money laundering and foreign exchange violation charges are pending investigation in the country, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is...

DU yet to start biometric system

Even after more than 33 months of a contempt notice issued by the Delhi High Court (HC) for failing to implement the biometric attendance...

GST Last date may be extended

The last date for enrolment under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) is likely to be extended. Earlier, the last date for registration under...

Delhi edition of Madame Tussauds by the end of year

The Delhi edition of the Madame Tussauds wax museum, slated to be launched by the end of this year, will be housed in the...

JNU students questioned by Delhi police

The Special Cell of Delhi Police grilled 30 students of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Friday and Saturday for their alleged anti-national sloganeering...

‘Customs officers clearing containers without checking at Tughlakabad’

Corrupt Customs officials are allegedly clearing containers at the Inland Container Depot (ICD) at Tughlakabad (TKD), without scrutiny, thereby putting national security at high...

Centre working to reintroduce draft encryption policy

In order to access all encrypted information shared on popular chatting and messaging applications, including WhatsApp, Viber, Line and Google Chat, the Union government...

DU admission process may start soon

Delhi University (DU) admission process, which was supposed to commence by the end of March, is now likely to start by the end of...

Appointment of UGC’s Chairman will take time

The appointment of chairman of the University Grants Commission (UGC) is likely to take time as the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) is...

Cow protection groups getting registered as ‘companies’

Many cow protection groups in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat and Karnataka have registered themselves as “companies” under the Companies’...

Agencies inactive on tracking hawala channels

Agencies responsible for keeping a check on the illegal money trail from abroad to Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) seem to be inactive as various...

Medicines in short supply in Delhi government clinics, hospitals

Despite the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led Delhi government’s “free treatment to poor” policy in place, the non-availability of basic drugs and medicines at dispensaries...

Parties eye Poorvanchalis for MCD

Ahead of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) elections on 23 April, political parties are going all out to woo Poorvanchali voters. With an...

JNU students will not take lie-detector tests

All the nine students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), who have been accused by their opponents of allegedly having a scuffle with Najeeb Ahmed...

Centre nixes Delhi University’s plan to buy flats with unspent money

The Delhi University’s (DU) proposal to buy over 400 Delhi Development Authority (DDA) flats using unspent non-plan funds of Rs 200 crore, has been...

Congress overhaul is expected

The Congress is in “panic mode” after the party’s abysmal performance in the recently concluded Assembly elections, especially in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, according...

Delhi waits to see Kapil Mishra bathe in Yamuna

The Delhi government’s tall promises to clean up the Yamuna have fallen flat, with hardly any improvement in the quality of the river’s water....

Delhi police to deal with Jat stir

The Delhi police has made adequate preparations to deal with the agitation by Jats demanding reservations, that will begin from 20 March. From mock...

Demonetisation cases set to rise

Individuals and firms from across the nation have started approaching the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) seeking stay on the action initiated by the...

Left parties staring at extinction after poll debacle

Following the abysmal performance of Left political parties in the recently concluded Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa and Manipur, political experts...

Amit Shah’s caste engineering worked

The massive victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Uttar Pradesh (UP) Assembly elections has proved that the party’s “social engineering” strategy...

Underground tunnel between AIIMS and Trauma Centre will start functioning

An underground tunnel connecting the main campus of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) with its Trauma Centre is likely to become...

Protesters threaten to turn parliament into Jat Bhawan

Unhappy that their demand for reservation has not been addressed by the state and Central governments, Jat protesters from Haryana have announced that they...

Encroachment stalling RML’s expansion plans

The government run Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital (RML), situated in Lutyens’ Zone, is facing problems in expanding as the land allotted for its expansion...

‘Principals not keen on left leaning seminars’

Post the violence in Ramjas college between the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and ultra left students’ groups over holding a seminar considered anti-Indian...

Poor response to I-T notices for cash deposits

There has been a poor response so far to the 1,000,000 notices that have been sent by the Income Tax (I-T) department to assessees...

‘Proposed funding agency for higher education will cut UGC’s powers’

A proposal to set up a Higher Education Funding Agency (HEFA) to sanction loans to institutions of higher learning has been initiated by the...

‘Intention of striking JNU students is to get V-C out’

A week-long deadlock between the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) administration and students is still on as the University administration has refused to take back its...

Poor patients facing difficulty in Delhi government hospitals

The apathy of doctors and lack of infrastructure in Delhi’s government-run hospitals have compounded the miseries of thousands of poor patients, as the hospitals...

Calligraphy makes a comeback ahead of Valentine’s Day

Ahead of Valentine’s Day, calligraphers in the narrow lanes of the Urdu Bazaar area of Old Delhi are a busy lot, writing love letters...

Juveniles fleeing from govt homes

Torture by officials and harsh conditions inside Delhi’s government-run juvenile homes are forcing teen offenders to run away from rehabilitation centers, a juvenile rights...

I-T officials probing ‘excess’ cash deposits

The Income Tax (I-T) department has started sending notices seeking the “sources of income” of those who deposited black money in excess of Rs...

Asia’s biggest theatre carnival drops Pakistani plays

The ongoing Bharat Rang Mahotsav (BRM), Asia’s largest theatre extravaganza organised by the National School of Drama (NSD) here, has plays from the South...

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