Deprived schools: Six classes, kitchen, office operate from single room
By SUDHA BEHURA, OP Naugaon: The government has introduced various schemes to encourage children to attend school and improve the quality of education. The ‘Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan’ was expanded into ‘Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan’ to broaden its scope. The initiatives aim...
Mayurbhanj: EMRS students march 6 km, block NH-49
Bangiriposi: As many as 500 students of Eklavya Model Residential School (EMRS) at Shyamsundarpur in Bangiriposi block of Mayurbhanj district walked for 6 km and blocked National Highway 49 at Kolkata Chowk Saturday, demanding the immediate transfer of the school...
Three arrested after labourer’s body exhumed a month after death
Sohela: Police registered a murder case and exhumed the decomposed body of a labourer from a burial site at Pandakipali village in Baragada district, a month after his death. Three accused identified as Rajani Sahu, Dinesh Sahu and Bulu Sahu...
Nabarangpur: Model Degree College closed sine die
Nabarangpur: The Government Model Degree College in Nabarangpur was closed sine die Saturday amid tension following the cancellation of the students’ union elections for the 2026-27 academic year. Citing fears of possible unrest and law and order issues, the college...
Tension over Poll violence: BCJD prez candidate assaulted by outsiders
Rajnagar: Tension gripped UK Mahavir College at Madanpur in Pattamundai block of Kendrapada district over the student union elections after Biju Chhatra Jana ta Dal (BCJD)-backed president candidate Dipankar Rout was allegedly forced to withdraw his nomination and assaulted by...
Protests in Delhi: SC directs no illegal detention, restoration of internet and metro services
New Delhi: Supreme Court Sunday directed that people gathering peacefully should not be illegally detained, as it issued a notice to the Centre on a plea seeking contempt proceedings for alleged violation of the court's direction to ensure that there is no "complete prohibition" on metro and train services in...
Read moreDetailsParliamentary panel indicts NTA; hope ‘arrogant’ Modi govt takes it seriously: Congress
New Delhi: Congress Sunday said a parliamentary standing committee report has catalogued the "grave incompetence and malpractice" in the NTA and the Ministry of Education, and hoped that the Modi government "sheds its arrogance for the limited time it has remaining" and takes the report seriously. The Congress also said the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education's report, titled "Reforms and Strengthening of the National Testing Agency (NTA)", has highlighted that the...
Read moreDetailsI was not detained, I was kidnapped: Dhruv Rathee
New Delhi: YouTuber Dhruv Rathee Sunday claimed he was "kidnapped" from his residence by people in plain clothes and taken to different police stations ahead of the planned protest against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar in Delhi October 10. In a video posted on X, Rathee said around 20 people in plain clothes entered his house around 7 am Saturday while he was sleeping. He claimed they took him away...
Read moreDetailsFour men claiming links to Hindu Raksha Dal arrested for assault on students during CJP protest
New Delhi: Four men claiming to be members of the right-wing Hindu Raksha Dal have been arrested for allegedly assaulting students and pushing and hitting women on Delhi's DDU Marg during the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protest October 10, police said Sunday. The arrests came a day after a purported video of the incident went viral on social media, showing them assaulting young students and physically manhandling women on a stretch...
Read moreDetailsExecutive magistrate releases CJP leaders on condition they ‘maintain peace’ for 1 year
New Delhi: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders Abhijeet Dipke, Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das, who were put under preventive arrest following their detention at the Delhi airport ahead of the Jantar Mantar protest, were released Sunday morning after being produced before an executive magistrate. They were released on condition that they would not "breach peace" for a year, CJP legal affairs head Ratna Singh said. In a statement, the CJP called...
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Parliamentary panel indicts NTA; hope ‘arrogant’ Modi govt takes it seriously: Congress
New Delhi: Congress Sunday said a parliamentary standing committee report has catalogued the "grave incompetence and malpractice" in the NTA and the Ministry of Education, and hoped that the Modi government "sheds its arrogance for the limited time it has remaining" and takes the report seriously. The Congress also said the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education's report,...
Happy birthday Amitabh Bachchan! Unique birthday celebration for megastar at this place
Latur: In rural Maharashtra, a school named after poet Dr Harivanshrai Bachchan turned his son and megastar Amitabh Bachchan's birthday Sunday into a celebration of poetry, music and learning under an initiative titled "Madhushala to Gyanshala". Dr Harivanshrai Bachchan Vidyalaya in Ahmedpur, Latur, marked the Bollywood legend's 84th birthday not with cakes or candles but with a...
Protests in Delhi: SC directs no illegal detention, restoration of internet and metro services
New Delhi: Supreme Court Sunday directed that people gathering peacefully should not be illegally detained, as it issued a notice to the Centre on a plea seeking contempt proceedings for alleged violation of the court's direction to ensure that there is no "complete prohibition" on metro and train services in Delhi due to the CJP protest. In...
FIR filed against Imran Khan, others after being detained at the August Kranti Maidan protest
Mumbai: Mumbai Police have registered an FIR at the Gamdevi Police Station against actor Imran Khan and others detained in connection with a protest at August Kranti Maidan, Mumbai, in support of the Cockroach Janta Party's (CJP) protest in Delhi, demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar over the controversy surrounding the Special Intensive...
FPIs pull out Rs 44,166 cr from equities so far in Oct; 2026 outflows cross Rs 3 lakh cr
New Delhi: Foreign investors have withdrawn Rs 44,166 crore from Indian equities so far in October, bringing the total outflows this year to more than Rs 3 lakh crore as elevated crude oil prices, a firmer US dollar and higher US bond yields weigh on investor sentiment. Also, the artificial intelligence-led rally in North Asian markets attracts...
I was not detained, I was kidnapped: Dhruv Rathee
New Delhi: YouTuber Dhruv Rathee Sunday claimed he was "kidnapped" from his residence by people in plain clothes and taken to different police stations ahead of the planned protest against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar in Delhi October 10. In a video posted on X, Rathee said around 20 people in plain clothes entered his house...
Four men claiming links to Hindu Raksha Dal arrested for assault on students during CJP protest
New Delhi: Four men claiming to be members of the right-wing Hindu Raksha Dal have been arrested for allegedly assaulting students and pushing and hitting women on Delhi's DDU Marg during the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protest October 10, police said Sunday. The arrests came a day after a purported video of the incident went viral on...
Executive magistrate releases CJP leaders on condition they ‘maintain peace’ for 1 year
New Delhi: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders Abhijeet Dipke, Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das, who were put under preventive arrest following their detention at the Delhi airport ahead of the Jantar Mantar protest, were released Sunday morning after being produced before an executive magistrate. They were released on condition that they would not "breach peace" for a...
Stringent traffic curbs in Delhi as CJP protest enters second day
New Delhi: Stringent traffic restrictions remained in force across several parts of Delhi Sunday for a second consecutive day as the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) renewed its call for protests demanding the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. According to a Delhi Traffic Police advisory, diversions were enforced from 6 am, with traffic movement to be...
Press bodies condemn detention of journalists covering Delhi protests; demand apology, inquiry
New Delhi: Four journalists' organisations, including the Press Club of India (PCI) and the Indian Women's Press Corps (IWPC), have condemned the detention and harassment of several journalists covering protests in the national capital demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. In a joint statement, the organisations highlighted that police detained several journalists despite their...
