The Yamuna continued flowing over the danger mark by over a metre as flood-hit Haryana released more water from a barrage upstream on Friday. The Yamuna level rose to 206 metres on Friday evening, confirmed Delhi government’s flood control department.

Coming as a goodwill gesture on the eve of Id-ul-Fitr, India on Friday announced the release of 85 Pakistani prisoners, most of them fishermen lodged in various jails across the country.

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the Calcutta high court’s order to initiate fresh inquiry by the CBI into Rizwanur Rehman’s death. A division bench comprising Justices P. Sathasivam and Justices B.S. Chauhan also directed the CBI to establish the cause of Rizwanur Rehman’s death.

The Supreme Court on Friday attacked the Haryana government for delay in arresting 60 accused in the killing of two dalits and torching of houses allegedly by upper caste people at Mirchpur village of Hisar district and said the authorities will have to answer more questions.

The IITs have contended that the presence of foreign faculty on their campuses would expose students to globally distinguished professors. The HRD minister stated that the meeting also agreed to admit up to 25 per cent foreign students at the post-graduate level. “Foreign student intake will be over and above the Indian student intake, on a supernumerary basis without affecting the present admission norms for Indian students,” he added.

The athletes and delegates will not begin arriving in Delhi from September 15, as was expected earlier. Thanks to the delays in finishing works of various Games venues, practice venues and more importantly the Games village, all the athletes and the delegates, who had made their bookings beginning September 15 have

The payment row that threatened to derail India's tennis campaign in the upcoming Commonwealth Games was resolved on Saturday with the government approving Rs 1 crore for five elite players.

Admitting that the menace of doping was rampant in the country, the sports ministry on Saturday disclosed that 103 Indian sports-persons, including juniors have flunked dope test in the last eight mon

Minister of state for health Dinesh Trivedi has suggested a high-level inquiry into the overuse of antibiotics in order to have an indepth understanding of the matter in the wake of the superbug controversy.

India’s seasonal monsoon was on Thursday set to exceed the forecast with the country receiving one per cent more rains than expected amid indications of a much-delayed retreat in the clouds that bring showers.