Kolkata St Xavier’s opens new campus
2015-07-03
St Xavier’s Kolkata received 45,000 applications for admission this yearContinue Reading
Gujarat couple yearn for birth of a son, despite 14 daughters
2015-07-03
New Delhi: One needs to change the mindset regarding the preference of having son over a daughter as a couple in Gujarat still wishes to have a son despite having 14 daughters 35-year-old Ramsinh Sangod, a farmer from Jharibhujhi village in Gujarat’s Dahod district, said that if he and hisContinue Reading
Govt releases first Socio-Economic and Caste Census in 8 decades
2015-07-03
New Delhi: Just 4.6 percent of all rural households in the country pay income tax while such households with salaried income are close to 10 percent, the first Socio Economic and Caste Census released in eight decades said today. The percentage of Scheduled Caste (SC) households paying income tax wasContinue Reading
HRD Ministry refuses to intervene in St Stephen’s molestation row
2015-07-03
New Delhi: Amidst allegations of its principal trying to protect the accused, the HRD Ministry on Friday refused to intervene in the molestation row at St Stephen’s College, saying such issues are to be handled by the institution’s Internal Complaints Committee as per Supreme Court guidelines. Ministry officials, however, saidContinue Reading
Manipuris protest migrant workers bill
2015-07-03
A new bill to regulate immigrant influx goes against local peopleContinue Reading
Dress code controversy: college admission resumes after minister intervenes
2015-07-02
Minister resolves tussle between students and administrationContinue Reading
Jesuit university opens school of communication
2015-07-02
The school is predicted to become of the top ones in the countryContinue Reading
Parliament panel wants double pay
2015-07-02
It also recommends 75 percent increase in the salary of Members of ParliamentContinue Reading
Mother of all scams: For dole, pregnant 5 times in 10 months
2015-07-02
Bareilly — An audit of beneficiaries of the Janani Suraksha Yojna in Uttar Pradesh, which primarily guarantees through a small dole better food for new mothers in the days just after the delivery of their babies, has thrown up some startling “facts”. A woman, for instance, was declared pregnant threeContinue Reading
Manipur mulls lifting ban on liquor sale
2015-07-02
Imphal — Nearly 24 years after prohibition was imposed in Manipur, the state, for the first time, is planning to lift the ban on the manufacture and sale of liquor, with Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh tabling a proposal for the same in the Assembly. Speaking in the Assembly, theContinue Reading