Various parts of Kashmir observed a shutdown to mark the fourth death anniversary of the prime suspect of the 2001 Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru on Thursday. High security was imposed on conflicted parts old Srinagar. Main city markets remained closed while public transport vehicles went off the road. Over[Read More…]
Central universities must review and revise their syllabus, once in every three years, to make the college and university students more employable, said UGC. In a letter issued on February 8 by the University Grants Commission says that in a recently held meeting of the Group of Secretaries on Education[Read More…]
The controversial West Bengal Universities and Colleges (Administration and Regulation) Bill-2017 is set to be tabled in the Assembly on Thursday, even after the member of various teachers’ organisations on Wednesday protested against the bill. The state government had proposed to place the Bill in the Assembly on December 9,[Read More…]
Every one living in India was a Hindu, including Muslims, who were “Hindu by nationality but Muslim by faith,” said Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat on Wednesday at a Hindu Sammelan in Madhya Pradesh’s Betul. Indian society was known across the world as a Hindu society and all Indians[Read More…]
In another shocking event, a 15-year-old girl student of a government school became pregnant after being frequently raped by her guardian for the past several months, said police. Krishnappa, a labourer in Basrikatte village of Karnataka’s Koppal district, took protection of the minor girl together with his blind wife Shanthamma,[Read More…]
Indian star sportsperson, Sania Mirza has been summoned by the Service Tax department in connection with alleged non-payment or evasion of Service Tax. Principal Commissioner of Service Tax office here issued the notice on February 6 and the date to appear before it in person or by an authorised agent[Read More…]
Trinamool Congress in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday demanded state funding of elections to end black money and corporate funding in the political system. Raising the issue through a Zero Hour mention, Dola Sen (TMC) said her party has during its 18 years of existence stood for electoral reforms and state[Read More…]
Udayan Das, who admitted to have killed and entombed his girlfriend in Bhopal, took inspiration from the drama series Hollywood film Devil’s Knot. “He got the idea bury Akansha Sharma under a marble tomb by watching these,” Bankura Superintendent of Police Sukhendu Hira said. Das had been brought to Bankura.[Read More…]
Unfortunately, Delhi alone has registered about 140 cases of rape and 238 cases of molestation in January this year alone. 43 and 133 cases respectively remain unsolved. The number of rape cases registered in 2016 was 2,155, of which 291 were unsolved, while there were 4,165 molestation cases of which[Read More…]
The government on Wednesday said that it remained in touch with Pakistan through bilateral diplomatic channels, including addressing all urgent humanitarian even after cancellation of Foreign Secretary-level talks as agreed in December 2015. “Talks envisaged between Indo-Pak foreign secretaries to decide the modalities of the Composite Bilateral Dialogue, agreed during[Read More…]
Taking jibe at his predecessor Dr Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that there is not a single black mark against him despite all the corruption. “For almost 35 years, Manmohan Singh had a lot of influence on the country’s economic policies… There was not even one[Read More…]