The Union Ministry of Education and Abu Dhabi's Education and Knowledge Department (ADEK) Saturday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for setting up an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi campus in the Gulf country.

Laws on preventive detention are necessarily harsh and curtail the personal liberty of an individual who is kept behind bars without trial, and so the procedure prescribed should be strictly adhered to, the Supreme Court said.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi moved the Supreme Court Saturday challenging the Gujarat High Court’s July 7 order which dismissed his plea seeking a stay on his conviction in a defamation case over his ‘Modi surname’ remark.

The Disciplinary Action Committee (DAC) of the Congress party Friday said that it has decided to suspend Barabati-Cuttack MLA Mohammed Moquim and ex-legislator Chiranjib Biswal from the party with immediate effect for indulging in anti-party activities.

Khinda, the birthplace and memorial of Veer Surendra Sai in Sambalpur district, will be developed as a tourist destination, with Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik sanctioning Rs 6.41 crore for the purpose, Saturday.

Several trains stranded as the bogie of a goods train detached at Vani Vihar railway station here Saturday evening. The trains stranded at the spot include Visakha Express, Puri-Angul and Nayagarh-Bhadrak.

A special CBI court here on Saturday set aside a magistrate's order taking of cognisance of the chargesheet filed against fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi in a loan fraud case amounting to more than ₹ 22 crore.

Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani today met Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on full load commencement and handover of the 1,600 MW ultra super critical Godda power plant.

Himachal Pradesh has suffered losses of about `8,000 crore as heavy rains wreaked havoc in the hill state, triggering landslides and flash floods and damaging roads and other infrastructure, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said Saturday.

Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav Saturday said the cheetahs will continue to remain in the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh and asserted that the project will be successful.

:In a bid to enhance revenue, the Himachal Pradesh government Saturday increased the value added tax (VAT) on diesel by ` 3 per litre to `10.40 per litre.

A day after a family of four committed mass suicide due to heavy debt, Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra Friday said a Special Investigation Team (SIT) would probe the matter and urged the Centre to ban the online loan offering apps.

A court in Uttar Pradesh’s Rampur district convicted SP leader Mohd Azam Khan in a hate speech case. The MP/MLA court sentenced Khan to a two-year jail term for remarks he made against Yogi Adityanath.

Three high court judges, including one from Delhi, were transferred Saturday, having been turned down by the Supreme Court Collegium for a choice posting days earlier.

Over 22,000 candidates scored 100 percentile in the Common University Entrance Test (CUET)-UG in various subjects, the maximum of them in English followed by Biology and Economics, in results declared Saturday.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol made a surprise visit to Ukraine Saturday, offering support for the invaded country in its war with Russia while demonstrating his own nation’s cooperation with NATO.

Drones, Gliders, Hot Air Balloons Banned From Mumbai Skies Till July 29.The prohibitory order will be in place from Saturday till July 29, the Mumbai Police official said.

Dara Singh Chauhan, Samajwadi Party MLA from Ghosi in Mau district, resigned from the Uttar Pradesh Assembly on Saturday.

Around 127 online gaming companies and organisations have written an open letter to the government, urging it to reverse the 28 per cent GST on the full deposit value and segregate skill gaming from betting and gambling which has left the industry in significant distress.

Young India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal said the journey so far has been long and arduous for him and the ‘Player of the Match’ award in his debut Test was “just the start” of many more future success stories.