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Alok Verma (Photo: PTI)

CBI chief tells SC his fixed 2-year term cut illegally

The top court also asked the CBI to keep a record of all transfers made after Verma was divested of his duties.

30 Nov 2018 12:36 AM IST

Finance minister Arun Jaitley speaks during a press conference in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Arun Jaitley: Revised GDP data more credible

Meanwhile Niti Aayog vice chairman Rajiv Kumar accepted Mr Chidambaram's challenge to debate the GDP data.

30 Nov 2018 12:35 AM IST

Farmers arrive for a two-day rally to press for their demands, including debt relief and remunerative prices for their produce, in New Delhi on Thursday. (Photo: Biplab Banerjee)

Farmers flock to Delhi for mega rally today

The farmers are also demanding a special session of Parliament to discuss issues relating to agrarian distress across...

30 Nov 2018 12:35 AM IST

The Bengaluru NGO Bal Utsav focuses on infrastructure, teacher development, scholarships and water, sanitation and hygiene.

Bal Utsav, turning childhood of less fortunate into a celebration

With an estimated population of over 400 million, the country has the highest number of children in the world.

30 Nov 2018 12:35 AM IST

The school day is already long and it feels developmentally inappropriate to make children continue to work in the evening.Getting kids to do their homework can be a hassle in any household.

Spare them the load: they're just kids, not study mules

The American Academy of Sleep Medicine, has said that children aged three to five should sleep 10 to 13 hours every day.

30 Nov 2018 12:35 AM IST

We will defeat the BJP, RSS and Narendra Modi in the 2019 general elections. The TRS and MIM are Team B and C of the BJP, Congress president Rahul Gandhi said. (Photo: Twitter | @INCIndia)

'Khao Commission Rao': Rahul Gandhi jibes at KCR in Telangana

Rahul Gandhi accused PM Modi and K Chandrashekar Rao of 'diluting Tribal Rights Act to detriment of forest dwellers'.

29 Nov 2018 9:10 PM IST

Stills from Zero teaser.

Fire breaks out on Shah Rukh Khan-starrer 'Zero' set, actor leaves...

Shah Rukh Khan was present on the set when the fire broke out in the evening but was unhurt and left the set later,...

29 Nov 2018 8:45 PM IST

The exercise will be held from December 3 to 14. (Representational Image | Facebook Screengrab/ @IndianAirForce)

IAF and US air force to conduct joint exercise in West Bengal next...

Bilateral training programme will take place in West Bengal: Air Force Station Kalaikunda and Air Force Station Arjan...

29 Nov 2018 8:30 PM IST

In his letter, Justice Kurian Joseph wrote history will not pardon us if the top court did not respond to the government sitting on the Collegiums recommendation of elevating a senior judge and a senior advocate to the top court. (Photo: PTI)

Justice Kurian Joseph, part of controversial presser against ex-CJI,...

Bar leaders bid adieu to Justice Joseph by terming him as one of the most 'popular' judges in recent times with...

29 Nov 2018 8:18 PM IST

The Kapoor Haveli in Qissa Khwani Bazar was built by Basheswarnath Kapoor, the father of Bollywood icon Prithviraj Kapoor. (Photo: Facebook Screengrab/ @Kapoor-Haveli-Peshawar)

Rishi Kapoor's ancestral house in Peshawar to be turned into museum

Pak Foreign Minister said Rishi Kapoor has requested that his family home in Peshawar should be made into museum.

29 Nov 2018 7:42 PM IST

BJP leader Yoonus Khan said the election in Tonk will be on the basis of performance and agenda. (Photo: Facebook Screengrab | @yoonuskhanbjp)

Sachin is a 'pilot', I'm just a servant, says his BJP rival Yoonus...

Yoonus Khan, contesting from Tonk, said decision to field him was based on strategy and equations and not on his...

29 Nov 2018 7:17 PM IST

BJP president Amit Shah beats a drum as the party begins its campaign in Hyderabad on Saturday for poll-bound Telangana. (Photo: PTI)

BJP releases manifesto for Telangana polls, promises free cows

Asserting that BJP would not see liquor sales as a source of revenue, the party promised regulation of sale of liquor.

29 Nov 2018 6:50 PM IST