Aligarh Muslim University Vice Chancellor Tariq Mansoor today met Home Minister Rajnath Singh to discuss issues concerning the premier academic institution, engulfed in controversy over a portrait of Muhammad Ali Jinnah on its premises, an official said.

Rajnath Singh assured Mr Mansoor of all help from the central government in r

American retail titan Walmart Inc. has announced the acquisition of Flipkart for USD 16 billion (over Rs 1 lakh crore) for a valuation of over USD 21 billion, making it the biggest e-commerce deal in the world. Walmart has obtained 77 per cent in the Bengaluru-based e-commerce giant. The rest of the business will be held by some of Flipkart

Three back-to-back blasts rocked Kabul city on Wednesday. The first blast was reported at Afghan capital Kabul’s Dasht-e-Barchi area in PD13 while the second explosion was reported from Qala-e-Fatullah. The first blast happened close to the PD13 police headquarters building in Dasht-e-Barchi.

The death toll in the last week's double twin suicide attack in Nigeria rose to 58, a government official said on Monday.

The death toll is likely to rise as rescue operations are still on.

"More people are still being looked for. At the moment, the total number of corpses so far recovered is 58," Zubairu M

Bihar’s Nitish Kumar government today approved a scheme under which it will give Rs 1 lakh as assistance to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes students who crack the civil services preliminary tests conducted by the UPSC, an official said.

The scheme – Anusuchit Jati Evam Anusuchit Janjati Yojana – was approved by

Days ahead of Karnataka Assembly election, a huge number of fake voter identity cards were recovered from an apartment in Bengaluru’s Jalahalli area on Tuesday, claimed Union Minister D.V. Sadanand Gowda.

Gowda alleged that Congress candidate from Rajarajeshwari Nagara, Munirathna Naidu is behind the fake ID cards.

The

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