India

New Delhi, November 5: The university system was not producing "well-educated" graduates to meet needs of Indian companies, giving an opportunity to firms to enter the sector in the "guise" of training, Minister of State for Higher Education Shashi Tharoor on Monday said. He also said that the national education policy in the past has been out of step with the times. "The major problem remains

New Delhi, November 5: Amidst a row over CAG audit of Reliance Industries' KG-D6 gas field spendings, Petroleum Minister M Veerappa Moily today said audit is a contractual obligation and the company will abide by it. "I have already gone on record to say that it is a contractual relationship between the government and the respective contracting parties... Audit (of spending on oil and gas fields)

Lucknow, November 5: In a major relief for former UP chief minister and BSP supremo Mayawati, the Allahabad High Court today dismissed petitions against her in the Taj Corridor case. The Lucknow bench of the court also dismissed the petitions against her cabinet colleague Naseemuddin Siddiqui. Passing the order, the bench comprising justices Imtiyaz Murtaza and Ashwani Kumar Singh said all

Hyderabad, November 5: The old city of Hyderabad remained tense Monday after incidents of violence the night before over reported attempts to expand a place of worship abutting the Charminar monument, police said. Many shops remained closed Monday, and a holiday was declared in many schools and colleges. A policeman was injured, six police vehicles and a few shops were damaged as people pelted

Lucknow, November 5: In a major relief for the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Monday dismissed the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) that challenged the Uttar Pradesh government's decision to refuse to initiate prosecution of BSP chief in the Rs 17 crore Taj corridor scam. The high court dismissed all the six petitions seeking to

Hyderabad, November 5: Twenty-two people have died in coastal Andhra Pradesh as heavy rains continued to lash the region in the after effect of the Cyclone Nilam. Coastal Andhra Pradesh has been witnessing heavy rainfall over the past 48 hours. Vishakapatnam, Prakasam, East Godavari and Viziana-garam have received close to 25 cm of rainfall since Saturday. People from low lying areas have been

Bhopal, November 5: BJP president Nitin Gadkari on Sunday said the intelligence quotient level of Swami Vivekanand and Dawood Ibrahim was almost the same, but the spiritual leader had used it for nation building while the underworld don for pursuing crime. "In psychology, we measure IQ level of people... But it depends from person to person, in which area they use their intelligence," Gadkari said

Imphal, November 4: The ‘Iron Lady of Manipur’ Irom Chanu Sharmila, who has been on a hunger strike since 2000 demanding repeal of Armed Forces Special Power Act (AFSPA), will be completing 12 years of fast on Monday. Ms. Sharmila began her hunger strike after the death of 10 people in an alleged encounter with the Assam Rifles at Malom in Imphal Valley on November 2, 2000. She has been demanding

New Delhi, November 4: Amid reports that the much talked about Lokpal Bill will be brought in the Winter session, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Sunday said they are committed to the measure. AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi, who was the first speaker at the Congress rally on Sunday, rued that though Congress brought the bill before Parliament, the

Chennai, November 4: After distancing itself from the controversy over Nitin Gadkari's business dealings, RSS today said it was upto BJP to decide on his second term as party president. "It is not an issue of RSS. Political parties have their own system and their core group. We are not playing any role", RSS General Secretary Suresh Joshi told reporters at the conclusion of its three-day National