The one-time run of “Sonar Tori (dream boat),” the special train which was scheduled to do the Kolkata-Dhaka stretch on August 7 to commemorate Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore’ 150th birth anniversay is off for now.

Union human resources development ministry on Thursday unveiled a low-cost computer for students carrying a price tag of Rs 1,500. The computer has all basic features, including Internet browsing required for students and has been developed by experts, students and professors from IITs and IISc Bangalore.

Britain on Thursday lifted the temporary suspension on tier-four (general student) visa applications from students in north India.
It will come into immediate effect.

The government has swung into action with the ministry of chemicals and fertilisers (MCF) having filed an affidavit in the Jabalpur high court demanding that DOW Chemicals bear the cost of remediation in and around the Union Carbide India Ltd (UCIL) factory in Bhopal.

The government on Thursday approved inclusion and amendment of the names of castes and communities in the Central list of other backward classes (OBCs). The decision has been taken in respect of states including Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Rajasthan and Union Territory of Daman and Diu.

The government on Thursday approved Rs 3023.01 crore for the second phase of the UPA’s ambitious scheme to allocate unique identity numbers to 10 crore of the country’s population.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Thursday issued a directive stating that there should be no cap on number of satellite-based TV channels meant for downlinking and uplinking from India.

Dentist couple Dr Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, parents of the deceased schoolgirl Aarushi Talwar, have approached the Supreme Court pleading for its intervention to restrain a section of the media from pr

The BJP’s parliamentary party is meeting on July 25 to chalk out its strategy for the forthcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament.

A Najafgarh based property dealer believed to be a distant relative of late chief minister Sahib Singh Verma on Wednesday allegedly opened fire at a business rival over money dispute.