PTI photo NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the University Grant Commission’s (UGC) new set of rules aimed at promoting equality in higher education institutions (HEI) amid nationwide protests over the legislation’s controversial definition of discrimination.A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi issued notices to the Centre and the…

LUCKNOW: Former Western army commander Lt Gen Manoj Katiyar on Tuesday said Pakistan’s military establishment continues to view proxy warfare as a low-cost strategic tool against India and is unlikely to abandon terrorism as an instrument of state policy despite repeated setbacks.Delivering an address on “Op Sindoor 2.0: Lessons, Strategy and Prognosis”, organised by Lucknow-based…

NEW DELHI: The All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Thursday announced four candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections, triggering a sharp political attack from the Bharatiya Janata Party;s West Bengal unit over the choices.In a statement, the TMC said it had nominated Babul Supriyo, former West Bengal director general of police Rajeev Kumar, senior…

NEW DELHI: Nida Khan, an accused in the Nashik TCS case, has been taken into custody from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar in Maharashtra, police said on Thursday.Khan was wanted in the case of alleged sexual harassment and forcible religious conversion at the Tata Consultancy Services (TCS).The court had earlier rejected her anticipatory bail. According to the FIR,…