Nation
No fee hike for MBBS course
Shimla: There will be no hike in fee for MBBS course in the three existing government medical colleges and same fee structure will be applicable to two new colleges, functional from this year.
SC refuses interim order agst Centre's notification on Aadhaar
The Supreme Court today refused to pass any interim order against the Centre's notification making Aadhaar mandatory for availing benefits of various social welfare schemes. A vacation bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and Navin Sinha said that no interim order can be passed at this stage on the "mere apprehension" of petitioners that government may deprive people from availing benefits of various social welfare schemes due to lack of Aadhaar
Prez nominee to visit Srinagar tomorrow
Srinagar: The NDA’s candidate for the post of President, Ram Nath Kovind, will visit Srinagar on Wednesday to seek support of the electoral college comprising legislators and parliamentarians of the ruling PDP-BJP coalition.
Valley under turmoil
Srinagar: Clashes erupted in at least five districts of the Kashmir valley immediately after the Eid prayers today. In Srinagar, youths clashed with the police and CRPF personnel outside the idgah where 15,000 to 20,000 persons had assembled for prayers. Hundreds of youths, waving black flags, tried to hold a march but were intercepted by the police.
PM leaves for Netherlands after concluding US trip
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today left for Netherlands, the final leg of his three-nation tour, after concluding his visit to the US. In the US, Modi held talks with President Donald Trump today during which the two leaders vowed to strengthen co- operation on terror. India and the US also urged Pakistan to ensure that its territory is not used to launch cross-border terror strikes
Not symbolic, Meira Kumar will give a tough fight: Left leader
A top Left leader today said that Meira Kumar would give a "tough fight" in the Presidential elections, and the Opposition parties would try to reach out to NDA allies to back their joint candidate
Amit Shah arrives in Puducherry, attends BJP sponsored programmes
BJP chief Amit Shah arrived for his two-day visit here today as part of his 110-day nationwide tour to strengthen the party. Shah, on his second visit to the union territory after assuming charge of the party, garlanded a statue of Tamil poet Subramania Bharathiyar near the Raj Nivas and later attended a meeting of office bearers of the party's Puducherry unit
SC stays order allowing police to take voice sample
The Supreme Court has stayed an order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court permitting the police to take the voice sample of its official, accused in a corruption case for allegedly demanding bribe
Adopting security measures will ease chemical exports: experts
There are economic incentives for Indian chemical industry to improve security measures of their facilities as per requirements of US authorities, chemical security experts from the USA, said here today. Compliance to certain security programmes will help speed up exports to the USA, they said
US business schools can study India's GST implementation: Modi
American business schools could study India's implementation of the "complex" Goods and Services Tax (GST), Prime Minister Narendra Modi has suggested, ahead of the roll out of the landmark tax reform measure from July 1. "The implementation of the landmark initiative of GST could be a subject of studies in US business schools," Modi said yesterday while interacting with 20 top American CEOs at a roundtable here ahead of his first meeting with US President Donald Trump