New Delhi, March 23 (PTI): The government has increased the budget on education, crossing Rs 1 lakh crore for the first time, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday.
Replying to queries during the questio
London, March 22 (PTI) British Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday and discussed the "grave situation" as a result of the Russia-Ukraine conflict and Russian
United Nations/Geneva, March 22 (PTI) Strongly hitting out at Pakistan, India said the UN Human Rights Council needs to denounce the continued support that Islamabad has been providing to UN-proscribed terroris
Chandigarh, March 22 (PTI) Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday said his government will regularise the services of 35,000 contractual employees.
"A decision has been taken to regularise the s
Washington, March 22 (PTI) US President Joe Biden has said that India is being "somewhat shaky" in terms of showing support against the Russian invasion of Ukraine as he asserted that most of the frie
New Delhi, March 22 (PTI): Eight persons died in the early hours of Tuesday after their houses caught fire at Rampurhat in Birbhum district, police said.
The incident took place within an hour after the alle
New Delhi, March 22 (PTI): Incarcerated Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo Lalu Prasad's health condition has deteriorated and he will be shifted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) New Delhi for b
New Delhi, March 21 (PTI): A Supreme Court-appointed panel to study the three farm laws, which was scrapped by Parliament in November last year, had recommended that the three legislations should not be repeale
New Delhi, March 21 (PTI): Riding high on its stupendous victory in Punjab, the Aam Aadmi Party on Monday took the first step towards its nationwide expansion and appointed new office-bearers for nine states in
New Delhi, March 21 (PTI): As many as 29 antiquities, including on the themes of Lord Shiva and his disciples, Lord Vishnu and the Jain tradition, have been repatriated to India by Australia and Prime Minister
New Delhi, March 21 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday apprised his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison about the situation in eastern Ladakh and emphasised that peace and tranquillity in the regio
Dehradun, March 21 (PTI) Before the Uttarakhand assembly polls, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh had compared Pushkar Singh Dhami to cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Dhami, he said, was a good finisher , suggestin
New Delhi, March 21 (PTI) President Ram Nath Kovind will confer Padma awards, including to General Bipin Rawat (posthumous) and Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, at a civil investiture ceremony at Rashtrapati B
Haveri (K'taka), March 21 (PTI) Hundreds of people paid their last respects to Naveen Shekarappa Gyanagaudar, a medical student from the state who was killed in a Russian shelling in war-torn Ukraine three
Chandigarh, March 20 (PTI) AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday told the newly-appointed ministers in Punjab in no uncertain terms to perform or be ready to be replaced and said those unhappy with mi
New delhi, March 20 (PTI): Superior general of the Missionaries of Charity, sister Mary Joseph, on Saturday said nuns of her order were serving the war-affected people in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Sister Joseph who was
Jerusalem, March 20 (PTI) Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has said that he will be visiting India in the first week of April to mark the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations betw
New Delhi, March 19 (PTI) Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Saturday described the Russian invasion of Ukraine as a "very serious" matter, saying it has "shaken" the roots of internat
Coimbatore, March 19 (PTI) The true essence of education lies in developing knowledge as well as character, and in a holistic sense should also touch on both spiritual and moral aspects of a person seeking them
New Delhi, March 19 (PTI) The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has communicated the performance report of the Term-1 exams for Class 12 to schools, according to an official.
Last year, the CBSE ha