Agartala: A total of 320 nominations from different political parties and independent candidates have been filed for the February 18 Assembly elections in Tripura, official sources said today.

Of them, nominations of 307 candidates were found valid after a scrutiny held yesterday, the sources said.

"

(Online Desk)

The University of Hyderabad on Thursday issued orders rusticating a PhD scholar for a period of one year with “immediate effect’ for posting a message on social media abusing and questioning the credentials of a faculty member.  

Kaluram Palsania, a doctoral student in the Depar

New Delhi: Three minors have been apprehended in connection with the mysterious death of a Class 9 student in northeast Delhi's Karawal Nagar, police said today.

Tusshar (16) was found unconscious by some students in his school bathroom and was taken to a hospital yesterday. He was later referred to the GTB Ho

(Online Desk)

Kerala Finance Minister Thomas Isaac today presented the state budget 2018-19, the second full-fledged one of the Pinarayi Vijayan government.

During his budget speech, Isaac said, "Demonetisation was an 'Ockhi' (cyclone) on the economy. End consumers are not getting the actual

New Delhi: Fitch Ratings today said high debt burden of the government constrains India's rating upgrade, a day after Finance Minister Arun Jaitley projecting a fiscal deficit of 3.5 percent of GDP against the earlier target of 3.2 percent.

The 2018-19 Union Budget unveiled yesterday contains a number of polic

New Delhi: The Supreme Court today referred matters related to the bull-taming sport Jallikattu to a Constitution bench.

A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice R F Nariman framed five questions to be adjudicated on by the Constitution bench.

"We have formulated five questions for the Const

(Our Political Desk)

Knives are out and the battle is reaching its claimax.  Yes, the widening rift between the TDP and BJP has reached a flash point with the party MPs finding fault with the Finance Minister for not find their 'Special status' demand in the budget 2018-19 presented by the Union Finan

Washington: Fiscal discipline has taken a backseat in the latest annual Indian budget which contains many tinges of populism, noted Indian economist Eswar Prasad said today.

Prasad, a professor of trade policy at the prestigious Cornell University, said there were no major measures in the budget that could stimula

San Francisco: Apple is making more money than ever, but it still doesn't seem to be enough to keep everyone happy. Not with conspiracy theories swirling around Apple's secret slowdown of older iPhones while a cloud of uncertainty looms over its high-priced iPhone X.

It's a reality check for a company

Washington: An Indian American woman and her son have been found shot dead at their home in a Virginia suburb of Washington, local police said.

The police have launched a manhunt to nab the alleged killers of Mala Manwani, 65, and her son Rishi Manwani, 32.

The police were notified by a caller on Wednesd