ashwini Vaishnaw

The Union Minister's remarks came days after the Supreme Court ruled that states have the power to sub-classify Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs). The top court had also observed that states can evolve a policy for identifying the creamy layer, even from the SCs and STs to exclude them from the benefit of affirmative action.

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday attacked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his remarks in the Lok Sabha and said that the latter has taken up a position of Leader of Opposition for the first time and has made very irresponsible statements thus bringing the level of politics down.

The accident took place at Ruidhasa near Rangapani station in the Katihar Railway Division ahead of New Jalpaiguri Junction at around 8:45 am today. The area falls in the Siliguri subdivision of Darjeeling district.

"Five passengers have died and 20-25 injured in the accident. The situation is serious. The incident occurred when a goods train rammed into Kanchenjunga Express," said Abhishek Roy, Additional Superintendant of Police (SP) Darjeeling Police.

Vizianagaram train accident took place as the crew members of one of the trains were watching cricket match on their phone.

Google reversed its earlier decision and agreed to restore the Indian apps removed from the Play Store over a dispute regarding the service fees.

The first made-in-India memory chip will roll out from the Micron plant in Gujarat by the end of the year, minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said

99.2% of all mobile phones sold in India are ‘Made In India’ now, up from 78% imports in 2014

Government to hold meeting with social media companies to discuss deep fake technology, said IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw

Bhoomi Pujan (groundbreaking ceremony) for India's first semiconductor plant by Micron took place in Gujarat's Sanand on 23 September