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Normal life affected due to Tamil Nadu bandh
Normal life was affected in Tamil Nadu on Thursday due to a DMK-led shutdown strike over the Centre's failure to set up a Cauvery Management Board (CMB).
In Chennai, skeletal government buses were plying on the roads while autorickshaws…
Rs 4 lakh cr NPAs have returned due to insolvency system: Official
Less than half of the staggering Rs 9 lakh crore worth of non-performing assets (NPAs), or bad loans, accumulated by banks had returned due to the system set in place by the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), 2016, the government said on…
Bihar Dalit leader demands ‘Harijanistan’
Two days after Dalits protested across the country against a Supreme Court ruling on the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, former Bihar Minister and Dalit leader Ramai Ram on Wednesday threatened to raise…
HRD forms panel to study CBSE exam process
In the backdrop of the Class 12 economics question paper leak, the Human Resources Development (HRD) Ministry has set up a high-power committee to examine the CBSE's examination process.
The committee, constituted on Tuesday, comprises…
Facebook shuts down accounts owned by Russia-based IRA
Facebook has removed several accounts owned by Russia-based Internet Research Agency (IRA), the group accused of meddling in the 2016 US presidential election.
"We removed 70 Facebook and 65 Instagram accounts -- as well as 138 Facebook…
Modi announces Rs 10-lakh ex-gratia to Mosul victims’ kin
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced ex-gratia payment of Rs 10 lakh to the next of kin of each of 39 Indians who were killed at Mosul in Iraq, an official release said.
The mortal remains of 38 Indians, killed by the…
SC refuses to stay its order on SC/ST Act
The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to stay its ruling which activists say has diluted a law aimed at preventing atrocities on Dalits and tribes.
A bench of Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel and Justice Uday Umesh Lalit, however, said…
No re-exam for Class 10: Government
The Government announced on Tuesday it will not conduct any re-examination for Class 10 Maths paper despite an alleged leak of the question paper.
"Consequent to the preliminary evaluation of the impact of reportedly leaked CBSE Class 10…
Death toll in MP protests rises to 7
With the death of one more person, the toll in the police action during protests against the Supreme Court's dilution of a law aimed at preventing atrocities against Dalits and tribes has risen to seven, officials said on Tuesday.
Police…
Modi withdraws order threatening scribes over Fake News
After widespread criticism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday withdrew within hours his government's order that threatened to take away the accreditation of journalists found propagating fake news.
"(The) Prime Minister has…