NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a PIL by parents and teachers in NCR and Chennai challenging the validity of CBSE‘s recent policy mandating three languages, two of which must be Indian for Class 9 and said it would lead to chaos and confusion.Seeking urgent hearing of the PIL, senior advocate Mukul…
‘Can’t Be Grand Generalisation For Giving Bail’ NEW DELHI: Amid an escalating fight between two benches over whether delay in trial entitles those facing grave charges under UAPA to bail, Centre on Friday put a pointed poser to Supreme Court – could dreaded terrorists like Ajmal Kasab and Hafiz Saeed be allowed bail just because…
NEW DELHI: India and Cyprus upgraded their ties to a strategic partnership, launched a roadmap for defence cooperation and signed an MoU for establishing a joint working group on counterterrorism as PM Narendra Modi hosted President Nikos Christodoulides for talks. Modi said ties with Cyprus, which currently holds the EU Council presidency, were based on…
A govt inquiry found 30 doctors guilty of accepting a luxury trip to Paris and Monaco worth a little over Rs 1.9 crore from AbbVie Pharma.However, according to National Medical Commission, when the department sent the list — nine months after its apex committee ordered it do so in Dec 2024 — it contained only…
SRINAGAR: BJP launched Friday a poster campaign targeting Omar Abdullah while he is reportedly on a private visit to London, describing the J&K chief minister as “missing” and seeking “information about his whereabouts”.The posters were shared on J&K BJP’s official social media handles and circulated on WhatsApp. The posters say the “missing person holds the…
NEW DELHI: A major power outage hit Gurugram on Thursday after a fire broke out in the main transformer at the 220 KVA power station in Sector-72, disrupting electricity supply across several parts of the city. “A power outage occurred in Gurugram after a fire broke out in the main transformer at the 220 KVA…
NEW DELHI: India on Friday successfully test-fired short-range ballistic missile ‘Agni-1’ from the integrated test range at Odisha’s Chandipur, the defence ministry said.The launch validated all operational and technical parameters, it said.“The test was carried out under the aegis of the Strategic Forces Command,” the ministry said.The Agni 1 to 4 missiles have ranges from…
In a bid to expand the space infrastructure in the country amid growing global competition in the sector, the Department of Space has approved setting up of common technical facilities (CTFs) in Gujarat and Tamil Nadu. These facilities will be equipped with high-end testing, validation and integration infrastructure. The govts of Gujarat and Tamil Nadu…
Climbers walk in a long queue as they head to Camp 4 from Camp 3 on their way to ascend Mount Everest in the Solukhumbu district, also known as the Everest region. (Reuters) Two Indian climbers — Hyderabad-based tech professional Arun Kumar Tiwari and Sandeep Are, 46 — died while descending Mount Everest after reaching…
NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday arrested Pune-based Manisha Sanjay Havaldar for NEET UG physics paper ‘leak’, news agency PTI reported.The NEET-UG 2026 leak led to the cancellation of the examination conducted on May 3 across 551 cities in India and 14 international centres, where more than 22 lakh candidates had appeared….
