India

Srinagar, Nov 15: Despite the over four-month unrest, opposition from separatists and fear of appearing unprepared for exams, nearly 95% students across Kashmir took their Class XII board examinations on Monday. “Out of 31,964 students enrolled for appearing in the examination, 30,213 appeared in today’s (Monday) paper at 484 exam centres across the Valley,” Zahoor Ahmad Chatt, chairman of Jammu

New Delhi, Nov 14: Congress and seven other opposition parties today met to formulate a joint strategy to corner the government over various issues including demonetisation that has caused inconvenience to the people ahead of Winter Session of Parliament beginning November 16. Leaders of TMC, RJD, JD-U, CPI, CPI-M, JMM and YSR Congress met the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad

New Delhi, Nov 14: No toll would be charged on National Highways till the midnight of November 18, with the government today extending the earlier deadline by four days. "The government has decided to extend the deadline till midnight of November 18," an official told PTI. The official said the decision has been taken to ensure smooth traffic movement across all National Highways and provide

Faizabad/ Ayodhya, Nov 14: A fresh proposal for settlement of Ayodhya dispute was submitted to Faizabad divisional commissioner suggesting that a temple and a mosque be built at the site. The petition, it is claimed, has been signed by about 10,000 members from both Hindu and Muslim communities with former High Court judge Palok Basu leading the initiative. Divisional Commissioner Surya Prakash

Mumbai, Nov 14: Israel President Reuven Rivlin arrived here this morning on a six-day visit to India to further strengthen bilateral ties. Rivlin, who landed at the Mumbai airport with a large delegation of businessmen and academicians, will leave for Delhi today. He will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and visit several sites of co-operation and joint

New Delhi, Nov 14: President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the nation in paying tributes to country's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on his 127th birth anniversary today. "Tributes to Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on his birth anniversary," Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a tweet. Besides Mukherjee and Vice President Hamid Ansari, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

New Delhi, Nov 14: With public anger rising across the country over limited cash availability, the government tonight eased key restrictions including raising daily withdrawal limit from bank counters and ATM as well as hiking the amount of old and now defunct currency notes that can be exchanged. To augment cash supplies, newly printed hard-to-fake Rs 500 notes were also released in market. After

New Delhi, Nov 13: Poonam Azad, wife of suspended BJP MP Kirti Azad and a three-time national executive member of the party, today joined the Aam Admi Party, capping months of speculation. Immediately after she joined the party in the presence Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and others senior leaders, AAP said Poonam will play a key role in upcoming Assembly elections in Punjab. On her part

Panaji, Nov 13: After demonetising high value notes to curb blackmoney, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said he has "more projects" in mind to rid the country of corruption and was ready to face the consequences as forces are "up against me" with their 70 years of loot being in trouble. "This is not an end. I have more projects in mind to make India corruption-free. .... Cooperate with me and

Mumbai, Nov 13: The Reserve Bank today said enough cash is available at banks and people need not be anxious and make repeated trips to branches and ATMs to hoard money. "The Reserve Bank assures members of the public that enough cash in small denominations is also available at the Reserve Bank and banks. "The Reserve Bank urges that public need not be anxious; need not come over to banks