The Bombay High Court upheld Maratha reservation but said 16% is not justifiable. A division bench of Justice Ranjit More and Bharati Dangre held the Socially Economically Backward Class Act but struck down the 16% reservation and said the reservation should be 12-13% as suggested by...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is among the 100 most influential women driving the UK-India relationship forward alongside one of Britain's senior-most Cabinet ministers Penny Mordaunt. The '100 Most Influential in UK-India Relations: Celebrating Women' list was launched by UK Home...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Wednesday and discussed various aspects of the bilateral relationship to invigorate the India-US strategic partnership. Secretary Pompeo called on PM Narendra Modi to exchange...

The Supreme Court issued a notice to the Bihar government and Centre seeking explanation on death of more than 120 children in Muzaffarpur due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES). A bench of justices Sanjiv Khanna and B R Gavai directed the Bihar government to file an affidavit within...

Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor Viral Acharya has resigned from his position six months before the end of his term, according to sources in the central bank. Mr. Acharya, who was in charge of the monetary policy department of the RBI, reportedly resigned due to “personal reasons”....