“Students deserve safe classrooms, safe hostels and basic dignity,” Abhijeet Dipke said. NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke called out Prime Minister Narendra Modi over a building collapse near Satya Niketan in South-West Delhi, asking: “For how long will students in this country have to pay the price for failing infrastructure and…
Controversial caste poster at IIT Mandi sparks row, institute orders inquiry into display NEW DELHI: IIT Mandi has set up an inquiry after a Bhagavad Gita-themed poster displayed on its campus during Janmashtami celebrations described Shudras as being meant to “serve higher classes”, triggering controversy over caste discrimination.Institute Director Laxmidhar Behera said the poster was…
The Ganga was flowing at 50.57 metres at Gandhi Ghat at 6am on Sunday, 0.05 metres above its previous highest flood level (HFL) of 50.52 metres recorded on August 21, 2016. NEW DELHI: More than 19.57 lakh people have been affected by floods across 11 districts of Bihar as of Sunday, with authorities putting downstream…
NEW DELHI: Former Chief Election Commissioner SY Quraishi on Sunday criticised the Election Commission over its special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, claiming that the exercise had effectively removed around 14-15 crore people from the country’s voter lists.Speaking to news agency ANI, Quraishi urged the poll panel to disclose the number of voters deleted,…
The eyewitness said the collapsed building was called ‘Hostel Daze’ NEW DELHI: A building collapse in Delhi’s Satya Niketan area on Sunday left several people feared trapped under the rubble, with an eyewitness describing a horrific scene in which an adjacent building also collapsed.The eyewitness said the collapsed structure, known as ‘Hostel Daze’, was a…
The video, which was said to have been recorded by passersby at the bridge, shows people attempting to discourage her. Despite their efforts, she reportedly jumped into the Chenab. NEW DEHI: A 21-year-old woman allegedly jumped into the Chenab River in Doda district on Saturday after speaking to her father over the phone and telling…
NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janata Party founder Abhijeet Dipke on Sunday accused the Maharashtra government of compensating the kin of Adivasi students, who died in ashram schools, with less than “what some politicians spend on their pets in a year.“In a social media post on X, Dipke claimed that the kin of more than 590 Adivasi…
India emerges as key diesel supplier to Europe India supplied about 60 per cent of the diesel transiting through the Bab-el-Mandeb towards Europe in August, strengthening its role as a key source of refined fuel as Russian exports remain depressed and US shipments begin to decline, according to a report.Around 2,00,000 barrels per day of…
The latest talks come after National Security Adviser Ajit Doval’s visit to China for the 25th round of India-China Special Representatives’ talks on the boundary question NEW DELHI: India and China are set to hold the first Corps Commander-level talks in the eastern sector on Sunday, with military officers from both sides meeting at the…
Landslide occurred above the Chyakoong River, opposite OC Bhir, during the intervening night of September 5 and 6. Sikkim, September 6: A landslide occurred above the Chyakoong River in Sikkim’s Mangan district during the intervening night of September 5 and 6, authorities said.The district administration received reports from the district police and Chungthang Sub-Division police…