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UGC new draft norms: UG ‘honours’ degree only after completing 4 years and not three
New Delhi: Students will be able to get an undergraduate ‘honours’ degree after completing four years instead of three, according to new draft norms prepared by the University Grants Commission (UGC). The draft…
- India
YSR Congress Twitter handle hacked
Amaravati: YSR Congress Party’s official Twitter handle was hacked and defaced on Saturday. The hackers filled the images with Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) pictures that are non-fungible tokens (NFTs) used for trading…
- India
Meghalaya govt took Rs 1,500 cr loan to distribute to farmers ahead of elections: BJP
Shillong: The BJP on Friday accused Meghalaya’s National People’s Party (NPP)-led government of availing a loan of Rs 1,500 crore to distribute to farmers under a scheme ahead of the assembly elections…
- India
Odisha: Boy tries to die by suicide after kangaroo court ‘punishment’
Bhubaneswar: A 14-year-old boy tried to die by suicide and is fighting for his life after a kangaroo court in Bhubaneswar allegedly made him do sit-ups along with his father and two…
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Collegium discussions can’t be put out in public domain through RTI, says SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said only final decisions, and not the discussions of collegium meetings, could be made public under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. A bench of…
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Sea-borne Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh believed adrift in Andaman Sea
Kolkata: Nearly 160 Rohingya refugees who have fled from camps in Bangladesh are now believed adrift in the Andaman Sea as their boat’s engine broke down. One of the refugees managed to…
- Delhi
BJP failed to convert SC voters in MCD polls, weakness remains: Party leaders
New Delhi: The loss of BJP in the Delhi MCD polls yet again betrayed the party’s weakness in making inroads among the scheduled caste (SC) voters here, as it managed to win…
- India
Aaftab Poonawala should be hanged for killing my daughter: Shraddha Walkar’s father
Mumbai: Vikas Walkar, father of Shraddha Walkar who was murdered allegedly by her live-in partner Aaftab Poonawala in Delhi, on Friday demanded that the accused be hanged to death for killing his daughter.…
- Mumbai
Maha: HC allows felling of around 20,000 mangrove trees for Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Friday permitted the National High Speed Rail Corporation (NHSRCL) to cut around 20,000 mangrove trees in the city and neighbouring districts of Palghar and Thane for the…
- India
US govt aware of long delays in visa appointments in India: White House
Washington: The Biden administration is aware of the agonising delay in visa appointments in India and is working to respond to the “significant demand” for these services, the White House has said, as…
- India
India will not be an ally of US, but another great power: White House official
Washington: India, which has a unique strategic character, will not be an ally of the US, but another great power, a top White House official has said, asserting there is no other bilateral…
- India
Sonia Gandhi turns 76, Cong leaders extend greetings
New Delhi: Congress leaders extended birthday greetings to Sonia Gandhi, who turned 76 on Friday. She was the longest-serving president of the Congress who was recently replaced by Mallikarjun Kharge. “Extending my…
- Business
Over 2.15 lakh UDAN flights operated under RCS
New Delhi: A total of 453 routes have commenced, operationalising 70 airports, including two water aerodromes and nine heliports, under the government’s regional connectivity scheme (RCS). The Ministry of Civil Aviation launched…
- India
Maharashtra: Now four Buldhana villages seek to merge into MP
Buldhana: Four villages in Jalgaon Jamod taluka in Buldhana district of northern Maharashtra have written to the district administration, saying that they want to merge into Madhya Pradesh as their demands are…
- India
After staying away from BJP in 2017, Patidars back ruling party to the hilt in 2022 Gujarat polls
Ahmedabad: The Patidar community, a section of which had voted against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2017 Assembly polls held in the backdrop of the quota agitation in Gujarat, returned…
