New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday allowed schools to set nursery admissions guidelines and set point systems as per their requirements. The court said private unaided schools should have the administrative autonomy to decide on admissions. It said that the power to decide a child’s school should restRead More

New Delhi, In a move which will give a major boost to the tourism sector, the Government on Thursday launched the much-awaited electronic visa facility for visitors from 43 countries including US, Germany and Israel. “We want to promote tourism in the country in a big way. The contribution ofRead More

New Delhi,With an aim to improve the environment for investments, india is moving towards a tax-friendly regime to correct the image which had become “bad” over the years, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today. “Our tax system has to be friendly with tax payers and that is what we areRead More

Kathmandu/New Delhi, The frosty Indo-Pak ties briefly gave way to some warmth when a smiling Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif today shook hands and exchanged pleasantries. But India cautioned against reading too much into such “courtesies”. Moments before the 18th SAARC Summit concluded after twoRead More

jammu, Promising to initiate the process of “just and honourable” re-settlement of Kashmiri Pandits, the BJP today released its ‘vision document’ aiming to make Jammu and Kashmir a peaceful and progressive state through “holistic” development. “Our vision is to make the state of Jammu and Kashmir a peaceful, progressive andRead More

New Delhi: With less than a week left for the retirement of the CBI chief, Parliament on Thursday passed a bill under which it will not be necessary for all the three members of the selection panel to be present to choose the next head of the investigation agency. TheRead More

New Delhi: Lauding the Narendra Modi-led NDA government for making “historic” and “extraordinary” achievements in just six months, BJP president Amit Shah on Thursday said its government has not just made the life of the common man easier but also laid the foundation of a strong India. Shah also attackedRead More

New Delhi: Wintry weather continued in several parts of north India as mild snowfall occurred in the higher altitude areas of Himachal Pradesh and many places in Jammu and Kashmir registered near-freezing temperatures. However, people in Delhi experienced a warm day today as the mercury shot up to 29.7 degreesRead More

Kathmandu: Increasing the engagement with observer countries like China, the eight-member SAARC bloc on Thursday decided to involve them in “productive and demand-driven” projects in priority areas. This comes in the backdrop of China pushing for an “elevated” role in the grouping. China, a observer in the grouping, has beenRead More

New Delhi: CRPF chief Dilip Trivedi on Thursday accused state governments of not making “serious and concerted efforts” to stop supply of explosives to Maoists. Trivedi, who is set to retire from service in the next two days, said “had systemic problems been addressed at the right time and notRead More