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UGC directs Central Universities to use only CUET score for UG admission
New Delhi: The University Grant Commission (UGC) on Wednesday directed the Central Universities to use only Common University Admission Test (CUET) for admission in Under Graduate (UG) programmes except for some activity-oriented…
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Here’s all you need to know about new XE Covid variant
New Delhi: Even as reports emerge of a Mumbai-based Bollywood costume designer becoming India’s first person to test positive for the new Covid XE variant, here are a few things to know…
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Israel arrested more than 50,000 Palestinian children since 1967: Report
Ramallah: Israel has arrested more than 50,000 Palestinian children since it began its occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip in 1967. This came in a report released by the Palestinian Commission of Detainees…
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UP: Goons suspect Muslim vendor of selling meat, vandalise his cart
The food cart of a Muslim vendor was vandalized and his money box looted by Hindutva goons in Uttar Pradesh’s Sardhana on Sunday. The vandalism was born out of allegations of selling…
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Delhi: Muslim employees denied break during Ramzan after BJP objects
New Delhi: In two instances, Delhi governmental bodies withdraw circulars which granted Muslim employees a concession from work during Ramzan. The withdrawal came about after opposition from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).…
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Karnataka Home Minister gives communal twist to murder case, apologises later
Bengaluru: In a shocking development, Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra, who had earlier said that a youth in the state capital was murdered for refusing to speak in Urdu, later backtracked and…
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Amid Azaan row, Karnataka police issue circular against noise pollution
Bengaluru: Amid the row over mosque loudspeakers, the Karnataka Police on Wednesday issued an internal circular to initiate action against noise pollution in religious institutions and other places. Director General and IGP of…
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Petrol, diesel prices hiked again; record 10 pc rise in 16 days
New Delhi: Petrol and diesel prices on Wednesday were hiked again by 80 paise a litre each, taking the total increase in rates in the last 16 days to Rs 10 per…
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Hyderabad: Widows, single women living in extreme poverty in old city, reveals survey
Hyderabad: Widows, divorced and abandoned women are living in extreme poverty in the old city of Hyderabad. Their male children are doing daily wage jobs after dropping out of school. As per…
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Sudarshan TV anchor targets Haldiram’s for Urdu packaging on Namkeen
A video is going viral on Twitter where a TV anchor from Sudarshan News is seen questioning the staff of a Haldiram’s shop over Urdu packaging on a packet of Namkeen sold…
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Hyderabad: AIMIM corporator booked for abusing cops
Hyderabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) Bholakpur corporator Ghouseuddin Mohammed who had recently used objectionable language against cops has been booked. In the video of the incident that took place at around…
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Gauri Lankesh murder trial to begin on May 27
Bengaluru: Four years after two bike-borne men shot dead writer, activist Gauri Lankesh, the Special court of Karnataka Control of Organised Crimes Act (KCOCA) will begin the trial on May 27. Lankesh…
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Amnesty India head Aakar Patel stopped from leaving India
Bengaluru: Amnesty International India head Aakar Patel was stopped from leaving India at Bengaluru Airport. CBI Officer informed him that he is on the lookout circular due to the case filed against…
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Expanded Hyderabad Airport to have first of its kind GSE tunnel
Hyderabad: Hyderabad International Airport is set to open first phase of its expanded terminal, which will include Ground Service Equipment (GSE) tunnel, the first of its kind at any airport in India…
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Heatwave conditions to continue in northwest, west, central India: IMD
New Delhi: Heatwave conditions prevailed over most places in the northwest, central and west India on Tuesday with Rajgarh in Madhya Pradesh recording the highest maximum temperature at 43.2 degrees Celsius. Ratlam…
