The court told the States and private institutions that the “teething difficulties” would resolve on their own. While the Gujarat government submitted it was “torture” to impose the NEET on students already mentally prepared for State entrance ....

The survey results released on Monday point to the impact that a multi-cornered contest will have among voters, As per the poll, the DMDK-led third front, the PMK and the BJP make a significant mark in several constituencies. They even push the AIADMK to the third place ....

A Bench of Justices Dipak Misra and Shiva Kirti Singh called the Uttarakhand case out-of-turn in the morning and asked Attorney-General Mukul Rohatgi to seek instructions from the government on the court’s suggestion to have a floor test immediately, to end the co ....

Showers were experienced in the higher reaches of Rudraprayag, including Kedarnath and Gaurikund. Parts of Uttarkashi, Chamoli and Pithoragarh districts also received light rain. “Light to moderate rain will be experienced throughout the State by Wednesday morning ....

Social forestry plantations have lost favour with farmers in the drought-prone Prakasam district as the agreement between growers and paper mills brokered by the district administration has been followed more in breach. The growers who have been traditionally growing tob ....

Addressing a seminar titled ‘Pakistan’s Non-proliferation Efforts and Strategic Export Controls’ hosted by the Institute of Strategic Studies, he said South Asia’s strategic stability has been negatively impacted by the policies that override the ....

Nihad Barakat, a Yazidi teenager held as a sex slave by the group, was quoted as saying by the Independent that she was kidnapped and trafficked by Siddhartha Dhar, who is now based in Mosul, the group’s Iraqi stronghold. Dhar, a British Hindu who converted to ....

“…while Congress has approved the sale, key members have made clear that they object to using Foreign Military Financing (FMF) to support it. Given congressional objections, we have told the Pakistanis that they should put forward national funds for that pu ....

 Pakistan has condemned US Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump’s remark that he would ensure Pakistani physician Shakil Afridi, who has helped the US kill Osama bin Laden, is freed from jail within two minutes. Dr. Afridi, who is known in Pakista ....

May 5 will see polls for the Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland devolved assemblies; mayoral contests in London, Liverpool, Salford and Bristol; local council elections in 2,743 seats in 124 councils; and police and crime commissioner elections in England and Wales. ....