Guwahati,  The Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati has retained its position in the National Institutional Rankings Framework (NIRF), achieving 7th Rank in 'Engineering' Category this year. The institute, the only such institution in the entire northeastern region set up in 1994, also retained its position

Mumbai,  Senior Congress leader Mohan Prakash will reach Mumbai on Saturday for a two-day probe into the alleged cross-voting by party legislators during the Maharashtra Legislative Council biennial elections held on June 20, officials said here on Friday.

He will also examine the chain of events concerning t

Panaji, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Friday declared that 'Cuncolim Revolt' which took place on July 15, 1583 against the Portuguese colonial rule and emerged as the first revolt in Goa will be included in the history textbooks.

For the last twenty years, people of Cuncolim have been demanding

Mumbai,  Throwing the gauntlet at the erstwhile Maha Vikas Aghadi government which he toppled, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Friday declared that he would quit politics if a single MLA who joined him loses the next Assembly polls.

"I am confident that all these 50 MLAs will win the ele

Mumbai,   The Maharashtra Legislature's monsoon session, which was scheduled to start from June 18, has been postponed, an official said here on Friday.

The new dates for the session shall be announced later, according to a formal announcement, though reasons for the postponement are not specifi

New Delhi,  With 9.79 crore household tap water connections, the flagship Jal Jeevan Mission scheme -- to take tap water to every home -- of the Ministry of Jal Shakti has crossed the 50 per cent mark, it was announced on Friday.

Union Minister for Jal Shakti, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat himself tweeted and

New Delhi, Delhi on Friday reported rise in new Covid infections in last 24 hours, at 601 against 520 reported on the previous day, but there was no fresh death, as per the government health bulletin.

Meanwhile, the Covid positivity rate has also increased to 3.64 per cent, while the number of active cases st

New Delhi,  The Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday arrested the then General Manager of Eastern Coalfields Ltd in an on-going investigation of a case, officials said.

They said that the accused GM, identified as Subhas Kumar Mukhopadhyay, had allegedly obtained undue advantage in the form of regul

New Delhi,  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that new Bundelkhand Expressway will boost the local economy and connectivity.

In a series of tweets, he said: "Tomorrow, 16th July is a special day for my sisters and brothers of the Bundelkhand region. At a programme in Jalaun district, the B

New Delhi,  A 52-year-old lab assistant at the Jawaharlal Nehru University was arrested for allegedly molesting an 8-year-old girl inside the campus, a Delhi Police official said on Friday.

Deputy Commissioner of Police, Southwest, Manoj C. said information regarding the molestation of a minor girl in Pa