Noor Mohammad, a resident of Moregaon in Assam, was arrested earlier by Delhi police for a similar offence, in which over Rs 3.8 crore was fraudulently withdrawn from the accounts of the Health Ministry, Anyesh Roy, DCP (cyber crime), said. read more

The Congress party had made scrapping the law, a central piece of its poll manifesto and was attacked by the rival BJP for taking an alleged anti-national stance. read more

In an order released on Friday, the Ministry said, “The Health and Family Welfare Minister has desired that healthy snacks only to be served in official meeting and biscuits are to be avoided.” read more

The non-release or delay of NSS data has happened in the past but this did not emerge in the public domain. read more

Five-time Member of Parliament from North Goa, Shripad Naik won by a margin of 80,000 votes. read more

Paswan has been a minister at the Centre in coalition governments under both the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). read more

After his victory from Chandni Chowk in 2014, Vardhan was inducted in the Modi cabinet. read more

Naqvi is a two-time Rajya Sabha MP, earlier he served as minister of state for information and broadcasting in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government. read more

Officials say the ferry sank in the Tigris River near the northern city of Mosul because of a technical problem, and that there weren’t many boats in the area to rescue people. read more

Explaining the procedures to be adopted for the disposal of assets, the minister said this could be done by adopting a uniform policy that would also describe a modus operandi to legally sell off the properties. read more

On March 8, the government approved a Bulk Data Sharing policy, enabling it to monetise a database of vehicle registration certificates, citing benefits to the “transport and automobile industry”, even as the issue of privacy and data protection looms... read more

The ministry had asked YouTube to remove the clips following directive from the Home Ministry, a government source said, adding that the said links have now been removed. read more

The ministry has selected eight bloggers, mostly women, to write about eight destinations, which will be picked next week by tourism ministry. read more

Bhushan Patwardhan, vice-chairman, University Grants Commission (UGC) said that under the Paramarsh scheme, the UGC has created a mechanism to encourage colleges and educational institutions to apply for Naac accreditation. read more

The interior ministry put the number of protesters who took to the streets on Saturday at 50,000, compared with 32,000 on December 29 when the movement appeared to be weakening after holding a series of weekly Saturday protests since mid-November. read more