Buoyed by the success of their counterparts in Kanan Devan Hills Plantations (KDHP), women workers in estates controlled by Harrisons Malayalam Limited (HML) in Idukki have launched an agitation seeking 20 per cent bonus and higher wages. Sit-in Around 900 women workers ....

Ashoor’s silent departure appears to be part of a diplomatic bargain struck between India and Saudi Arabia after the high-level intervention of National Security Adviser Ajit Doval. Earlier, the Ministry was accused of going soft on the case, which the former Fore ....

Authorities said that at least five people had been killed and one person was listed as missing. Numerous aftershocks shook the region after the initial earthquake. 'Once again we must confront a powerful blow from nature' President Michelle Bachelet urged ....

While IIT-D has improved its position from the previous years’ rank of 235, IISC Bangalore is a new entry in the ranking list. None of the Indian universities has made it to the QS’ top 200 in the previous editions. According to the QS list, there are 14 ....

The reconciliation process with the Tamil minority in Sri Lanka figured prominently in the talks between the two leaders, coming a day before the U.N. Human Rights Council presents what is expected to be a damning report on Sri Lanka’s actions during the war and a ....

 The post-conviction proceedings on sentencing in the 7/11 case took an unusual turn on Tuesday with the defence fielding an accused in the 2011 Mumbai triple blasts case to depose for a convict in the 2006 Mumbai train bombings. A special MCOCA court, which convict ....

Former Delhi Law Minister and Malviya Nagar MLA Somnath Bharti on Wednesday surrendered at a police station to join investigation in a case of alleged domestic abuse filed against him. Mr. Bharti, who had approached the High Court for anticipatory bail on Tuesday, surren ....

India’s bilateral ties with North Korea have been frosty for several decades mainly due to the latter’s close strategic ties with Pakistan. But last April, North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un made a tentative beginning by sending his Foreign Minister Ri Su Yo ....

Addressing a joint press conference here, AICC media in-charge Randeep Surjewala, AICC general secretary C.P. Joshi, JD(U) general secretary K.C. Tyagi, JD(U) leader Pawan Varma, Bihar Congress leader Manoj Jha and eminent lawyer K.T.S. Tulsi alleged that the BJP govern ....

The child’s father Manoj Sharma speaking to The Hindu on Tuesday said : “The child was diagnosed with dengue fever on Thursday and was taken to Safdarjung Hospital. Because the hospital was very crowded we decided to shift him to a private hospital. &ldqu ....