‘Learning outcome’ rules to become part of Right to Education Act
New Delhi : Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday said rules defining "learning outcome" to assess the performance of students at...
No pride in caste prejudice
By Fatima Zehra for TwoCircles.net
The recent suicide of Rohith Vemula, a Dalit student of the University of Hyderabad sparked outrage across India and resurrected...
पत्रकार सादिक़ नक़वी से उमर ख़ालिद के ठिकानों के बारे में पूछताछ
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
कन्हैया के बाद अब दिल्ली पुलिस को उमर खालिद की तलाश है. उसी तलाश में आज दिल्ली पुलिस की एक टीम...
No direct link of Kanhaiya with anti-India slogans: DM’s report
New Delhi : "No direct link" has been found between Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Students' Union president Kanhaiya Kumar and anti-India sloganeering at the...
Kanhaiya reaches JNU
New Delhi : JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar reached the JNU here on Thursday evening, 20 days after he was arrested there on charges...
NHRC issues notice to Kerala on maid’s torture
New Delhi : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday issued a show cause notice to Kerala chief secretary in a 2014 case...
Women legislators’ conference resolves to build ‘Resurgent India’
New Delhi : The National Conference of Women Legislators on Sunday adopted a resolution to work for transparent, accountable and inclusive governance and to...
Strict measures against cheating in class 10 exams in Bihar
Patna : The Bihar School Examination Board is employing strict measures against cheating, including CCTV cameras and prohibitory orders against 'unlawful assembly', in conducting...
Power of one million elected women influencing communities: Maneka
By Arul Lewis
United Nations: As India challenges centuries-old biases, the power of one million elected women is influencing communities across India through the local...
Hyderabad varsity sets up a panel for talks with students
Hyderabad : University of Hyderabad has constituted a committee to hold talks with the agitating students.
According to a notification issued by incharge registrar M....
Bihar extends job reservation to third gender
Patna : The Bihar government on Wednesday announced reservation in jobs to the third gender and set up a welfare board for them.
"The third...
Islam has nothing to do with terrorism: Imam of Kaba
Patna : The Imam of Islam's holiest shrine Kaba in Mecca in Saudi Arabia on Saturday denounced terrorism in the name of Islam, making...
RSS emerges as ruling BJP’s bitterest critic in poll-bound Goa
By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar
Panaji : With assembly elections just a year away and with the opposition Congress in disarray, the RSS has surprisingly emerged as...
Jayalalithaa to contest from Chennai, AIADMK from record seats
By V. Jagannathan
Chennai : Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK will field a record highest 227 candidates in the assembly elections, with Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa...
100 people fall ill of food poisoning in Bihar village
Patna : At least 100 people fell ill on Tuesday due to food poisoning after partaking of meals at a village feast in Bihar's...
तो क्या भारत में प्रतिबंधित होगा वाट्सऐप?
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
नई दिल्ली: दुनिया की सबसे बड़ी मैसेजिंग सर्विस वाट्सऐप पर प्रतिबन्ध लगाने के लिए कल सुप्रीम कोर्ट में एक याचिका दायर की...
Journalist community condemns killings of two scribes
New Delhi : The Press Club of India and the entire journalist community on Saturday condemned the brutal murder of two media persons in...
Bihar board ex-chief’s wife removed as college principal
Patna : The authorities in Bihar on Tuesday removed Usha Sinha, a former ruling Janata Dal-United legislator, as principal of a Patna college, as...
Jamia to celebrate International Yoga Day
New Delhi : Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) on Monday said that it will celebrate the second International Yoga Day on Tuesday by organising several...
Lok Sabha to take up bills on NEET on July 19: Government
New Delhi : Two important bills that seek to replace ordinances to keep state boards out of the ambit of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test...
Delhi court grants bail to Kanhaiya Kumar, two others
New Delhi : A court here on Monday granted regular bail to Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar and two others...
Why Indian universities score dismally low in global rankings
By Vishal Narayan
New Delhi : Indian educational institutions have again had a poor run in global ratings with none, including the prestigious IITs,...
JNU professor gets notice for addressing students
New Delhi : After students, the JNU administration on Friday served a notice to a professor for addressing a meeting two days back at...
Lawyers assault JNU students, journalists
New Delhi : A section of lawyers assaulted JNU students and journalists at the Patiala House court here on Monday just before JNUSU president...
Multiple injury marks on Kanhaiya, says medical report
New Delhi : JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar, who is accused of sedition, received multiple injuries in an assault by some lawyers at the Patiala...
JNU row shows India’s lurch towards hard right: Pakistani daily
Islamabad: The raging JNU controversy is "yet another example of India's lurch towards the hard right", an influential Pakistani daily said Saturday, cautioning India...
Undermining Democracy: Stifling Academic Institutions
By Ram Puniyani,
On the back of the death of Rohith Vemula in Hyderabad Central University (HCU), one of the most prestigious University of the...
‘Anyone without own home in rural area can apply under new scheme’
New Delhi : Anyone living in a rural area who does not own a house can apply under the central government's Housing for All...
‘Achhe din’ will come only after 2019, says Gandhi
Silchar: Slamming the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government at the Centre, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Friday said "achhe din" will come...
Sedition charge being used against those raising issues: Kanhaiya
New Delhi: Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar on Friday said sedition charge was being used against those raising different issues in...
Recent controversies show AMU is once again a victim to petty politics
By Dr Anwar Khursheed for Twocircles.net
I distinctly remember the fierce debate when proposal of off campus AMU Centres was first mooted by the...
Health organisations call for gender equality this Women’s Day
New Delhi : Health organisations on Monday called for improved gender equality all over the world, particularly in the economy and access to healthcare.
They...
Students in alleged beef row identified
Agra : Five students of the Central Hindi Institute here accused of eating beef have been identified but officials denied the charges saying they...
HC refuses to cancel Kanhaiya’s bail for now
New Delhi : The Delhi High Court on Wednesday declined to cancel the interim bail granted to JNU student union president Kanhaiya Kumar for...
Free Hyderabad students, sack vice-chancellor: CPI-M
New Delhi : The CPI-M on Wednesday demanded the release of Hyderabad Central University students and the dismissal of Vice Chancellor Appa Rao whose...
First vaccine against Rota virus launched in India
Bhubaneshwar : Aiming to slash the prevalence of violence-borne diarrhoea, the health ministry on Saturday launched the Rota Virus vaccine here, which will be...
Before seeking pistol licence, ensure toilet at home in MP
Neemach (Madhya Pradesh) : In a novel initiative, police in Madhya Pradesh's Neemach district have asked people to ensure they have toilets at home...
BJP showing fake love for Dalits, says BSP chief
Lucknow : Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Tuesday accused the BJP of showing "fake love" for the Dalits. The BJP hit back,...
RSS, BJP are protecting Manu’s ideology: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi : Hitting out at the RSS and the BJP, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Monday said that while his party was...
Despite mid-day meal, attendance lags in Agartala’s government schools
By Sujit Chakraborty
Agartala : Despite the lure of a mid-day meal, low attendance in Tripura's government schools is a "cause of concern" while enrollment...
Kanhaiya Kumar calls off hunger strike after health worsens
New Delhi : JNU Student Union president Kanhaiya Kumar on Friday called off his hunger strike, to protest the punishment announced by the varsity...
General knowledge book banned in Manipur
Imphal : The Kangleipak Students' Association (KSA) in Manipur has banned the sale of "R. Gupta's General Knowledge Book 2017", describing the book as...
IIT-Kharagpur, IACS to offer MSc-PhD in chemical, molecular biology
Kolkata : The IIT-Kharagpur and Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS) will jointly offer an integrated MSc-PhD programme in chemical and molecular...
Is data of students who applied at Delhi University being leaked?
By Ankush Vats
New Delhi : In what could be termed a possible case of data theft, private universities seem to have access...
Why the Jamia ‘raid’ left students so angry
By Mohammed Zakir Riyaz for Twocircles,net
On August 13 2016, Delhi Police attempted to raid the Hall of Boy’s residence (Boy’s Hostel) in broad day...
Modi calls for an end to gender discrimination in India
New Delhi : Hailing the accomplishments of girls on International Day of the Girl Child, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday called upon the...
200 JNU students, Najeeb’s mother detained in Delhi before protest
New Delhi : Around 200 Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students as well as missing JNU student Najeeb Ahmad's mother were detained here on Sunday...
Missing JNU student’s mother, students detained in Delhi
New Delhi : Police dragged away the mother of a JNU student missing for 23 days and around 300 JNU students as they staged...
Kejriwal orders magisterial inquiry into JNU incident
New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday ordered a magisterial inquiry into the JNU incident where anti-India slogans are said to...
Kanhaiya’s parents in Bihar provided police security
Patna : The parents of JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar, accused of sedition, were on Thursday provided police protection in their village in Bihar, an...
March in Delhi on February 23 over Rohith’s suicide
Hyderabad: The Joint Action Committee for Social Justice of University of Hyderabad will take out a march in New Delhi on February 23 to...
Biopic on slain JNU leader Chandrashekhar Prasad to be revived
New Delhi: Looking at the ongoing controversy surrounding the students and leaders of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), director Ajay Kanchan and actor Imran Zahid...
Drop charges against Bangladesh editors: Human Rights Watch
New York: Bangladeshi authorities should immediately withdraw all criminal charges filed against the editors of the Daily Star and Prothom Alo, the country’s leading...
Another JNU student joins police investigation
New Delhi : Ashutosh Kumar, a student facing sedition charges for allegedly raising "anti-India" slogans on the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus, joined the...
Media reports about my meeting with Irani meant to create controversy, tarnish AMU’s image:...
By TCN News
Aligarh: The Aligarh Muslim University, in a press release, said that the recent reports in the media regarding the meeting...
‘Need campaign through short films, documentaries again terrorism’
Jaipur : Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Monday said that there was a need for a campaign through...
Is Chhattisgarh a ‘Police State’ of Democratic India?
By Pushkar Raj,
A ‘police state’ is said to be one where citizens experience living, freedom of movement and expression of opinion subject to police...
Telangana to unveil IT policy on April 4
Hyderabad : Aiming to achieve the no.1 position in the information technology industry in the country, Telangana will unveil its IT policy on April...
मोदी सरकार एएमयू को अल्पसंख्यक संस्थान नहीं मानती है
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
नई दिल्ली : अलीगढ़ मुस्लिम यूनिवर्सिटी (एएमयू) को लेकर केन्द्र की मोदी सरकार की मंशा अब खुलकर सामने आ चुकी...
No research papers from 332 medical colleges in 10 years
New Delhi : A total of 332 medical colleges in India have not published any research papers during 2005-14, a journal has revealed.
According to...
Bihar school board ex-chairman’s wife’s degrees too fake?
Patna : Usha Sinha, a former ruling Janata Dal-United legislator and the wife of Bihar School Examination Board's former chairman Lalkeshwar Prasad Singh, who...
Bihar toppers’ scam: Rubi Rai denied bail by juvenile court
Patna : Ruby Rai, an accused in Bihar toppers' scam, was denied bail by a juvenile court here on Wednesday, a government lawyer said.
Ruby...
New Gujarat CM sets up SIT in Thangadh case
Gandhinagar : Bowing to pressure, the Gujarat government has finally reopened the sensational case of the killing of three Dalit youths in alleged police...
Government assures Kashmiri students on scholarships
New Delhi : Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday assured Kashmiri students studying outside the state of redressal of their problems, including...
Thousands vote in DUSU polls
New Delhi : Thousands of students on Friday voted to elect the new office- bearers of the Delhi University Students Union (DUSU).
There are...
Delhi Police search JNU campus for Najeeb
New Delhi : Police on Monday reached the sprawling Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus in search of a student who went missing over two...
Left Front, Congress take out joint rally in Kolkata over JNU row
Kolkata : Amid an alliance buzz in West Bengal, leaders of the Left Front and the Congress on Monday marched shoulder to shoulder alongside...
BJP, Modi should explain anti-national’s definition: Bihar CM
Patna: Amid a political furore over JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar's arrest, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday asked the BJP and Prime Minister...
How do we fight the stagnation among Muslims?
By Farheen Sultana for Twocircles.net
Muslims get excited whenever they hear words such as 'Subhan Allah' and 'Masha Allah' from politicians and actors. 'Oh...
Ready to discuss all issues in session: Venkaiah Naidu
New Delhi: Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday said the government was ready to discuss all issues the Congress wanted to be...
Government’s responsibility to remove poverty: Mukherjee
New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said removing poverty and destitution from India was the "sacred responsibility" of the Indian government.
"Removing poverty...
Congress to move privilege motion against Smriti Irani
New Delhi : The opposition Congress on Saturday decided to move a privilege motion against HRD minister Smriti Irani for misleading parliament over the...
Youth groups demand removal of Irani, Dattatreya from cabinet
New Delhi: Eleven youth organisations on Sunday demanded the removal of union ministers Smriti Irani and Bandaru Dattatreya as well as Hyderabad University Vice...
BJP government muzzling voice of poor: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi : Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Monday accused the Narendra Modi government of muzzling the voice of the poor, tribals and...
Delhi’s Haj quota must be increased, demands Sisodia
New Delhi : Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Monday demanded that the central government increase the Haj quota for the city-state.
"We request...
Students, teachers associations seek removal of Hyderabad varsity VC
New Delhi : Students' and teachers' associations here on Monday sought immediate removal and arrest of University of Hyderabad (UoH) Vice Chancellor P. Appa...
Modi hails all-women IT centre as ‘glory of Saudi Arabia’
Riyadh : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday described an all-women IT centre set up by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) here as the “glory...
CDRI research scholar found dead in hostel room
Lucknow : A research scholar at the Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI) has been found dead in his room at the institute, police said...
To Heaven and Back
By Shalim M Hussain
As campaigning for the 2016 Assam assembly polls was gaining steam in the warm and wet spring, Sunny and his friends...
Delhi government to launch premium bus service
New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said the government will announce in two or three days a premium air-conditioned bus...
Bengal BJP chief defends calling JU female students ‘shameless’
Kolkata : West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh on Sunday sought to justify his calling a section of Jadavpur University female students "shameless" even...
NEET deferred for a year
New Delhi : The government on Friday cleared an ordinance to defer the implementation of NEET, the common entrance test for under-graduate medical courses...
Wi-Fi at three more rail stations launched
New Delhi : Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Friday launched free Wi-Fi service at three more railway stations across India via videoconferencing here.
These stations...
Delhi University’s new M.Phil entrance exam pattern upsets many
By Archana Rao
New Delhi : The murmurs are growing louder -- not everyone is happy with the new entrance examination introduced by Delhi University...
RSS chief to address Hindu gathering in Britain
New Delhi : RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat will visit Britain in July to participate in a Hindu gathering in a bid to attract British...
AMU confers doctorate on Japanese Nobel laureate
Aligarh : Noted Japanese nuclear physicist and Nobel laureate Professor Takaaki Kajita was on Tuesday conferred with the Doctorate in Science (DSc), honoris causa,...
Students in Bengaluru on hunger strike, allege wrongly failed
Bengaluru : More than 100 students of Visvesvaraya Technical University (VTU) sat on a hunger strike on Saturday alleging a cock-up in the checking...
Former DU professor Geelani’s bail rejected
New Delhi: A court here on Friday rejected the bail application of Delhi University's former professor S.A.R. Geelani, arrested on charges of sedition for...
Bassi says not upset over exclusion from CIC list
New Delhi: Delhi Police chief B.S. Bassi on Friday said that "it doesn't matter" to him if he was not being considered for the...
JNU Row: NHRC report alleges attack on Kanhaiya was ‘pre-planned’
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
New Delhi: The report prepared by a team of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) after visiting Tihar jail has come down...
No arms, no problem: Kashmir youth’s indomitable cricket dream survives
By Aadil Mir
Srinagar: He was eight when he lost both his arms in a machine accident. Twelve years later, he is a cricketer playing...
Hundreds join solidarity march for Rohit Vemula
New Delhi : Hundreds of students and faculty members of various universities gathered here on Tuesday and took out a march from Ambedkar Bhawan...
Sisosia demands action against Bassi on Patiala court incident
New Delhi : Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday demanded action against outgoing Delhi Police chief B.s. Bassi on the Patiala House...
यह ‘एक्शन’ मुज़फ्फ़रनगर में होता, तो मुरथल न होता!
Dr. Nadeem Zafar Jilani for TwoCircles.net
मुरथल
चीखें तो नरोदा-पाटिया,
मुज़फ्फरनगर से भी आई थीं,
मगर तुम्हें सुनाई नहीं दीं शायद,
कि वहाँ सरे आम लुटने वाली,
बेबस, मजबूर...
NHRC notice to Tamil Nadu over honour killing
New Delhi : The National Human Rights Commission on Monday issued notice to Tamil Nadu over the alleged honour killing of a young Dalit...
Kanhaiya not allowed to enter Hyderabad varsity
Hyderabad : JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar was on Wednesday not allowed to enter University of Hyderabad as police sealed off the campus for...
Toll touches three in Kashmir firing incident
Srinagar : The toll from a firing incident in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district rose to three on Wednesday as another critically injured civilian...
With eye on UP polls, BJP brass to brainstorm at Allahabad
By Brajendra Nath Singh
Allahabad : With assembly polls due in Uttar Pradesh, the BJP leadership will brainstorm here on June 12-13 to chalk out...
Students suffer as DU website runs slow; no payment option
New Delhi : Admission seekers at the University of Delhi (DU) faced severe inconvenience on the second day of admissions on Friday due to...
Thales-IIT Delhi sign MoU for PhD fellowship
New Delhi : Defence major Thales and the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT-Delhi) on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to create...
Essential to involve more eligible young voters: Nasim Zaidi
New Delhi, (IANS) : Chief Election Commissioner of India Nasim Zaidi said on Tuesday it was essential to involve more and more eligible young voters...
Hope parliament budget session is fruitful: Modi
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said he hoped the budget session of parliament will be fruitful as several opposition parties showed...
More funding needed for child nutrition, says CRY
New Delhi: The government should provide for greater funding of the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) in the budget for 2016-17, a child rights...
Rabri Devi forced RSS to change dress code, says Lalu
Patna : RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Monday credited his wife and former chief minister Rabri Devi for the change in the RSS's dress...
Act against those who helped Mallya flee India: Congress
New Delhi : Upping the ante on the Vijay Mallya issue, the Congress on Monday asked the government to act against the public officials...
Nepal to have first woman chief justice
By Anil Giri
Kathmandu : After its first woman president and speaker, Nepal is set to have its first woman chief justice.
A meeting of the...
PM gifts Saudi king gold replica of Kerala mosque
Riyadh : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, the second and final day of his bilateral visit to Saudi Arabia, gifted King Salman bin...
Polling begins in Assam
Guwahati : The first phase of polling in Assam started at 7.00 a.m. on Monday for the 65 legislative assembly constituencies, officials said.
People from...
Moderate earthquake jolts north-eastern states
Shillong : A moderate earthquake, measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale, rocked the north-eastern states on Tuesday, an official said.
The tremor was felt at...
Present economic scenario to persist awhile
By Amit Kapoor
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), on April 5, released its first bi-monthly monetary policy statement and with it, the monetary policy...
रवीश कुमार को पहला पीर मुहम्मद मूनिस पत्रकारिता सम्मान
TCN News
पटना: पत्रकार पीर मुहम्मद मूनिस के नाम पर शुरू किए गए पहले पत्रकारिता अवार्ड से एनडीटीवी के सीनियर एक्जीक्यूटिव एडिटर रवीश कुमार को...
Father of molested girl ‘abducted’, says Kashmir group
Srinagar : A rights group in Kashmir on Thursday accused security forces of virtual "abduction" of the father of the girl whose alleged molestation...
Restrictions, shutdown continue as tension grips Kashmir
Srinagar : Authorities have decided to continue the curfew-like restrictions in parts of Srinagar city and north and south Kashmir areas as tension gripped...
Young UP bureaucrats scripting change, garnering goodwill
By Mohit Dubey
Lucknow : A young 'collector saheb' sipping piping hot coffee and munching 'laiyya-chana' at a chaupal with wide-eyed villagers, a young woman...
BJP MP demands eligibility test for DU admissions
New Delhi : BJP MP Vijay Goel on Tuesday demanded an eligibility test for admission to undergraduate courses in all colleges affiliated to the...
Take steps for Muslim empowerment, Owaisi tells Centre
Hyderabad : AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday said that if the Narendra Modi government is really concerned about the empowerment of Muslims, it...
Javadekar rejects partisan charge over Jammu IIM
New Delhi : HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar on Friday rejected National Conference leader Omar Abdullah's charge of "partisan politics" over the move to set...
Opposition parties jointly attack BJP over missing JNU student
New Delhi : Political leaders from across the spectrum tore into BJP on Thursday during a protest meet organized by JNU Students Union (JNUSU)...
Kanhaiya advocates opposition unity to take on BJP
By M.R. Narayan Swamy and Ruwa Shah
New Delhi : JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar, jailed earlier this year for 17 days on charges...
Four senior journalists compile extensive report on current situation in Valley
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: Center for Policy Analysis, a Delhi-based alternative policy organization which has been working on bridging gaps...
AMU VC denies beef served on campus
Aligarh: Aligarh Muslim University Vice Chancellor, Lt. Gen. Zameer Uddin Shah (retd.) on Saturday denied allegations that beef was being serving in the medical...
उमर ख़ालिद से पिता ने की मुलाक़ात, कहा –बेटा! इस लड़ाई मैं भी हूं...
Afroz Alam Sahil, TwoCircles.net
पिछले तक़रीबन 10 दिनों से ‘फ़रार’ चल रहा उमर ख़ालिद अपने 5 दोस्तों के साथ रविवार देर रात जेएनयू कैम्पस न...
JNU students Umar, Anirban sent to two days police custody more
New Delhi : Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, facing sedition charges for allegedly raising "anti-India" slogans, were on Saturday...
Congress, JD-U, Left to bring privilege motions against Irani
New Delhi : Seeking to put the Narendra Modi government on the defensive, the Congress and JD-U said on Saturday that they will bring...
Khalid, Anirban get six month interim bail
New Delhi : A court here on Friday granted six months interim bail to JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, arrested on charges...
Despite assurance by CM, Manipur Human Rights Commision yet to be revived
By Iboyaima Laithangbam
Imphal : Despite an assurance by Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh that a chairman for the Manipur Human Rights Commission (MHRC) would...
SC grants bail to DU professor Saibaba
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to Delhi University professor G.N. Saibaba, accused of being associated with a front organisation...
Youth dies while clicking photos at Hyderabad zoo
Hyderabad : A youth died falling into an artificial lake while clicking photos in Nehru Zoological Park here on Tuesday, police said.
Manjeet Kumar, 16,...
Nitish Kumar bats for reservation to Dalit Muslims
By TCN News,
Patna: Giving hope to the dalit Muslims and dalit Christians, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has advocated for increasing reservation quota...
Women-only buses roll out to loud approval in Kashmir
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: A special bus service for women was launched in Srinagar on Tuesday, April 19, and this step,...
24-year-old ITI student lynched in Bengal
Kolkata : A 24-year-old ITI student was lynched by a mob suspecting him to be a cattle thief in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas...
Spell out norms for devolving Nirbhaya fund to states, SC tells centre
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the central government to spell out the manner in which Nirbhaya fund - for safety...
India pays minimum attention on research: President
New Delhi : President Pranab Mukherjee has said that India pays minimum attention to research and added that the country should invest more time...
Government will review cases against youth arrested during unrest: Mehbooba
Srinagar : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday said her government would review cases against youth arrested during the nearly four-month-long...
Students in literate states lead spike in protests
By Prabhpreet Singh Sood & Prince Singhal
States with higher literacy levels report more protests, and nearly half of these protests were led...
JNU teachers protest random arrests, demand Kanhaiya’s release
New Delhi : The Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers Association (JNUTA) on Sunday protested skipping of the "institutional mechanism" by the varsity administration in allowing...
South Asian University students stand with the Student and Faculty community of JNU
By TCN News,
New Delhi: The students of South Asian University, New Delhi has issued a statement in solidarity with the student and faculty...
Trains stopped in Bihar over Kanhaiya’s release demand
Patna : Nearly half a dozen trains were forcibly stopped in Bihar on Friday by hundreds of students, mostly activists of student bodies of...
Violence, intolerance rising in young: Kailash Satyarthi
Kolkata: Intolerance, violence and disillusionment against the establishment is on the rise among the young globally, Nobel Peace Price recipient Kailash Satyarthi said here...
Students, teachers, politicians at solidarity march for Vemula
New Delhi : A solidarity march to condemn the "institutional killing" of Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula on Tuesday drew support from thousands including...
BJP’s nationalism is centralised despotism: Sugata Bose
New Delhi : The nationalism propounded by the ruling BJP is centralised despotism, Trinamool Congress member Sugata Bose said on Wednesday in thed Lok...
Hyderabad students’ bail plea not opposed
Hyderabad : A court on Monday was set to pronounce orders on bail petitions of 25 students and two faculty members of University of...
Extremism is taught in school textbooks: AAP lawmaker
New Delhi : Aam Aadmi Party legislator from Palam Bhavna Gaur on Wednesday said that extremism is taught in school textbooks and the Delhi...
No more liquor for Bihar villagers
Patna : With a partial liquor ban coming into force in Bihar from Friday, thousands of 'desi' liquor shops in villages across the state...
Brawl erupts at Halal festival in Melbourne
Melbourne : A violent brawl erupted outside the community event at the Melbourne Showgrounds on Sunday when a small group of anti-Islam protestors clashed...
100,000 offence tickets issued by Adu Dhabi police
Abu Dhabi : The Abu Dhabi Police Traffic and Patrols Directorate issued more than 100,000 'dangerous offence' tickets to motorists during the first quarter...
AMU administration to appoint external agency to investigate Sunday’s violence, regulate internet in residence...
By TCN News
Aligarh: Following the violence on Sunday at the Aligarh Muslim University, the university officials have decided to regulate the timings of internet...
कन्हैया पर जुर्माना, उमर ख़ालिद एक व अनिर्बन दो सेमेस्टर के लिए निष्कासित
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नई दिल्ली: जेएनयू में कुछ हफ़्तों पहले हुए कथित रूप से राष्ट्रविरोधी और विवादित कार्यक्रम की जांच के लिए गठित की...
AAP to protest against school fee hike in UP
Lucknow : The AAP will launch a statewide agitation against the "irrational and steep" hike in fees in private schools, a party spokesman said...
Can states with own tests be exempted from NEET this year, SC asks centre
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the central governments if the states which have conducted their own entrance exams for admission...