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Out of the failed students 8 were from General category, 9 from OBC, 16 and 30 from Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) category respectively. The OBCs, SC and ST students constituted a whopping 87.3 per cent of those who failed to make the cut.

The teams, led by ITBP Commandant Surinder Khatri, found that "90 per cent of Ganga water was diverted for irrigation" leading to a situation where there was not enough water in the mainstream.

Modi will personally contact each of the policemen, from Director General of Police to constable, of all state police forces through SMSes and wish them on Republic Day.

The Delhi High Court had on Friday refused to restrain the convict's release citing that there is no legal provision for the action.

The juvenile, who's now 21, fears for his life once he is freed and had requested the transfer.

The Haryana government had ordered an inquiry into the alleged Panchkula land scam during the previous Bhupinder Singh Hooda-led Congress government.

The new fee imposed on Indian IT companies under the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2016 for H-1B visa was signed into law by the US President Barack Obama.

In Delhi, the average levels of PM 2.5 and PM 10, fine particles that can enter into the respiratory system and cause damage, were, respectively, 218 and 359 micrograms per cubic metre as opposed to the safe limits of 60 and 100.

On Wednesday, Delhi had experienced the coldest day of the season so far with the mercury dipping to 5.2 degrees Celsius while the maximum temperature was recorded at 23.3 degrees Celsius.

Police resorted to lathi charge to control an advancing BJP rally in the Barasat area in Kolkata.

Jaitley said that Kejriwal is trying to divert the attention by acting as a shield to cover an officer under investigation.

The selection committee of the Cricket Board (BCCI) will meet here on Saturday to pick the Indian team for the upcoming limited-overs tour of Australia, starting January 12.

The 23-year-old paramedical student was brutally sexually assaulted on the ill-fated night of December 16, 2012 and died 13 days later, triggering a massive public outrage.

Arrested Al-Qaeda operative Asif claimed that he attended the 2014 meeting on the formation of AQIS in Waziristan where Zawahiri's son-in-law was present.

The court had on October 12 ordered that light duty vehicles would have to pay Rs 700 and three-axle vehicles Rs 1,300 to enter Delhi in addition to the toll tax from November 1 as 'Environment Compensation Charge' (ECC) in a bid to check high pollution l...

Hema's body was found stuffed in cardboard boxes in a drain and preliminary inquiry suggests that she was strangulated.