Новости за 21.01.2016

Akhlaq-ur-Rehman, who was arrested for planning a terror attack ahead of this Republic Day as part of an ISIS cell, wanted to vent his emotions but found that no one was really bothered what a teenager thought about Babri Masjid. So, the angry polytechnic student took to Facebook to express himself.

Akhlaq-ur-Rehman, who was arrested for planning a terror attack ahead of this Republic Day as part of an ISIS cell, wanted to vent his emotions but found that no one was really bothered what a teenager thought about Babri Masjid. So, the angry polytechnic student took to Facebook to express himself.

Four days after his suicide, it has now come to the fore that the delay in disbursement of Rohith Vemula’s fellowship money was due to a confusion over two junior research fellowships (JRFs) that he secured during two different years.

A little over two years ago, in December 2013, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen was invited by the University of Hyderabad (UoH) to accept an honorary doctorate and deliver a talk on an esoteric subject: “Are Coffee Houses Important for Education?” But protesting students — mainly dalits — would just not allow Sen to talk on this subject.

A little over two years ago, in December 2013, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen was invited by the University of Hyderabad (UoH) to accept an honorary doctorate and deliver a talk on an esoteric subject: “Are Coffee Houses Important for Education?” But protesting students — mainly dalits — would just not allow Sen to talk on this subject.

Four days after dalit scholar Rohith Vemula committed suicide, triggering a firestorm of protests, the University of Hyderabad (UoH) on Thursday revoked the suspension of four dalit students who had faced the action along with Vemula last year.

Four days after dalit scholar Rohith Vemula committed suicide, triggering a firestorm of protests, the University of Hyderabad (UoH) on Thursday revoked the suspension of four dalit students who had faced the action along with Vemula last year.

Scientists have found grisly evidence of a massacre in Kenya about 10,000 years ago, providing rare evidence of violence between groups in ancient hunter-gatherer societies. Researchers said the discovery casts light on the poorly understood roots of warfare.

The Maharashtra government will be allotting auto permits to the widows of farmers who have committed suicide due to crop failure or inability to repay bank loans. The government resolution (GR) was issued on Thursday. The scheme has been named after Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray

Activists and citizens have welcomed the “smart meter” concept floated by the Centre for cheaper power tariff, but insist that there should be healthy competition between power discoms (state electricity retailers) and consumers should have the right to choose the lowest tariff available for off-peak hours

The number of Indian sellers on Amazon's global platform has increased from 200 to 6,000 since the programme debuted in India eight months ago.

Low-cost carrier (LCC) IndiGo on Thursday reported a profit of Rs 657 crore in the quarter ended December 31, 2015, up 23.7% from Rs 531 crore in the corresponding period of the previous fiscal.

Patni family scion Arihant Patni and private equity veteran Avnish Mehra are among the early investors who are backing PlexusMD, a social networking platform for medical practitioners or doctors.

UrbanClap, a mobile-based services marketplace, has acquired after sales service platform HandyHome in an equity swap deal, multiple sources told TOI.

Four months after a 42-year-old man allegedly killed his wife and buried the body near his eatery on the Panvel bypass, the Navi Mumbai police (zone 2) arrested him

In a “strange” decision, the police on Thursday issued a notice to Congress corporator Brian Miranda informing him that the state has decided to waive the Rs 34 lakh fee for his security cover and withdraw his security

Students will be given extra marks for practising yoga, said state school education minister Vinod Tawde

The number of daily commuters using BEST buses has fallen by over a lakh from the previous months, shows the transport undertaking’s latest statistics report — for October 2015 — released on Thursday.

Online real estate portal Housing has raised Rs 100 crore from its existing investor Japan's SoftBank as it struggles to stay afloat.

Silicon Valley-based investment fund Norwest Venture Partners (NVP) said it has raised $1.2 billion in new capital at a time when the tech world is witnessing a pullback from investors after the highs of the last two years.

The consolidated third quarter net profit of Reliance Capital - a lender, which is also the holding company for the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group's financial service businesses - increased by 10% to Rs 235 crore from Rs 213 crore in the corresponding quarter last year.

The sensex finally and officially entered a bear territory on Thursday as it closed 100 points lower at 23,962, down 20.2% from its all-time peak of 30,025 on March 4, 2015.

Becoming the first person from Bollywood to comment on the death of dalit student Rohith Vemula, director-actor Prakash Jha made no attempts to hide his contempt for politicians who are making a beeline for Hyderabad but did nothing for the scholar when he was alive