42% rain deficit: This June is set to be India’s 3rd driest in 100 years NEW DELHI: This month is set to end as the third driest June India has seen in last 100 years. With just a day to go in the month, the countrywide rainfall deficit stands at 42%, indicating that El Niño…
NEW DELHI: As concern grows over student stress, suicides in coaching hubs, dummy schools and safety lapses at private institutes, the Centre is weighing the possibility of both a national law to regulate the coaching sector and redesigning entrance exams to make private coaching less decisive in JEE, NEET-UG and CUET-UG. The reason: a nine-member…
As new RS MPs take oath, nos. tilt further towards NDA NEW DELHI: With newly elected Rajya Sabha members taking oath on Monday, the numbers in the House have become more favourable towards BJP-led NDA, and it now has a real chance of pulling off a two-thirds majority in the House in case govt makes…
India to push FATF to put Pak on terror list NEW DELHI: : India is likely to cite video and other evidence of Pakistan continuing its support to terror outfits, seeking to bring back Islamabad under the ‘Grey List’ of Financial Action Task Force at the Oct meeting of the Paris-based antimoney laundering (AML) and…
99.7% Class XII re-evaluation cases cleared: CBSE NEW DELHI: CBSE Sunday said it has declared outcomes in over 99.7% of applications received for verification and reevaluation of Class XII 2026 results, even as it rejected a student’s social media claim on marks revision as “factually incorrect” and a “blatant lie”, reports Manash Gohain. CBSE officials…
HC order on ethanol allocation will hit national policy, SC told NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Monday agreed to hear on Wednesday a plea by an oil marketing company (OMC) claiming that the Karnataka high court’s recent order directing the reopening of ethanol allocation for 2025-26, which has already been concluded and implemented, would destabilise…
Petrol, diesel retail sale curbs for commercial users lifted NEW DELHI: Rolling back yet another emergency measure introduced to ensure equitable distribution of fuel during West Asia conflict, govt Monday decided to lift restrictions on sale of petrol and diesel to commercial users from retail pumps from July 1. The temporary restrictions on the sale…
Ajay Rai put under house arrest ahead of Ayodhya visit (Image/PTI) NEW DELHI: The Congress on Monday alleged that its Uttar Pradesh unit chief Ajay Rai was placed under house arrest a day before a high-level party delegation was scheduled to visit Ayodhya and offer prayers at the Ram Temple.The party claimed the action was…
Yasin Malik, 4 aides named in Kashmiri Pandit nurse’s kidnap-murder SRINAGAR: J&K Police’s State Investigation Agency (SIA) filed a 737-page chargesheet Monday for the 1990 abduction, torture and killing of 27-year-old Kashmiri Pandit nurse Sarla Bhat, naming the proscribed JKLF’s then chief commander Mohammad Yasin Malik and four associates as the main conspirators in a…
SRINAGAR: A 23-year-old woman constable posted with the Border Security Force (BSF) HQ in Paloura, on the outskirts of Jammu, was found hanging at her official accommodation on Monday, officials said.The deceased constable, Bishnu Priya Roy, was a native of Jalpaiguri in West Bengal and posted with BSF’s 53 Bn.She had been undergoing a three-month…