As former Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar talked about religious discrimination faced by his then teammate Danish Kaneria from other team members, Twitter users vented anger over the issue.

Pakistani cricketers refused to eat food with Danish Kaneria &

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking the state's inclusion in the Rs 6,000 crore Atal Bhujal Yojana for conservation of groundwater resources.

Cited media reports about exclusion of Punjab from the scheme, the Chief Minister, in his letter, urged the Prime Minister to

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has presented a cake and a shawl to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, who was in the city for a programme.

Birla was in the city to attend the 85th foundation day of the All India Marwari Sammelan.

When Banerjee learnt that Birla was in town, she sent her party Lok Sabha leader S

Gearing up for the Delhi Assembly elections slated early next year, the Congress on Thursday set up a screening committee to shortlist candidates, making Rajeev Satav as the head of the panel.

The party said its interim chief Sonia Gandhi has approved the the screening committee whose members are Virender Singh Rathore and Challa

Warning the Bharatiya Janata Party against using force in the BJP-ruled states to suppress protests against the new citizenship law (CAA), West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee here on Thursday said the BJP would face problems if non-BJP-ruled states decided to do the same against its leaders and workers.

She also urged stude

A sharp confrontation of views emerged between a professor and a student opposing the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Jamia Millia Islamia.

IIT Delhi professor Vipin Tripathi, who reached Jamia to protest against the CAA, said the Act is unconstitutional and against the people of the country. Countering this, Sharjeel, a studen

A section of Jadavpur University students sent an open letter of to West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, informing him of his "rustication" as Chancellor from the institution for "wasting" their valuable time and giving "unsatisfactory" responses to their questions.

The "letter of rustication&q

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman may meet heads of public sector banks (PSBs) on December 28 to review status of bank credit growth, credit to non-banking finance companies (NBFCs), the MSME sector credit, other bottlenecks and the recent Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) amendments.

Official sources said on Thursday that th

The disinvestment department is likely to issue the expression of interest ((EoI) for the debt-ridden Air India after the winter holiday season which will ensure greater participation by foreign buyers.

"Tentatively the EoI could be any time after January 10", said a source.

While the government is keen to

A notice has been sent to attach the properties of 46 people including a former IPS officer accused of indulging in violence during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) here.

Police have identified the people on the basis of CCTV footage, after which a notice was sent to them. They include Mohammad Shoaib of Rihai