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The government regards the Rohingya as illegal aliens and a security risk, and has ordered that tens of thousands of them who live in scattered settlements and slums be identified and be sent back.

Addressing a gathering after inaugurating the 1,500-bed Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute of Medical Science and Research, Modi said as many as seven lakh poor people have benefited from the Centre's Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Bharat scheme in just 100 days...

For the successful implementation of EWS quota, without disturbing the prevalent reservation policy, the 10 per cent increase in seats is not workable, the HRD ministry said.

The cases have been registered on the basis of details given in the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) audit report of shelter homes in Bihar, which brought to fore sordid stories of mismanagement, abuse and unlivable conditions.

The apex court had on January 4 directed the Centre to place on affidavit steps taken till date for Lokpal's appointment and expressed its displeasure over the tardy progress made in this regard.

The High Court bench noted that on the previous hearings too, both the CBI and the SIT had submitted that they were questioning the accused in Lankesh case to get information on the killings of Dabholkar and Pansare respectively.

MLA Karat Razak's disqualification comes after the court observed that, as part of the election campaign, he had circulated a video defaming his opponent NA Rasaq Mash of the Indian Union Muslim League.

The accused, identified as Mohammad Azad, stabbed Sunita, her son Akash and husband Veeru multiple times and fled the spot, the police said.

The foreigners found staying illegally in the state will be kept in the detention centre till the procedure to deport them is not completed, he added.

In December 2018, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) proposed reversing the process for H1-B selection favouring advance degree holders. This is likely to lead to 10 per cent reduction in H1-B visa approvals for regular applica...

16 dead puppies were found wrapped inside a plastic bag at Kolkata’s Nil Ratan Sarkar Medical College and Hospital on Sunday.

On September 28 last year, a five-judge Constitution bench, headed by the then Chief Justice Dipak Misra, in a 4:1 verdict had paved the way for entry of women of all ages into the Sabarimala temple saying the ban amounted to gender discrimination.

The accused, Vikas Rai, a resident of Samastipur in Bihar, was preparing for competitive exams in the national capital, police said, adding that he had been staying in Delhi for over a year now.

The meeting which is expected to take place on February 1 and 2

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister's reaction came after Delhi BJP tweeted a video of Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma accusing the AAP and Congress of opposing a proposal to keep traders with turnover less than Rs 75 lakh, out of the ambit of the GST.

Besides seeking review of the verdict, the Rajya Sabha lawmaker has also sought an open-court hearing on his review plea.