New Delhi: Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Rahul Gandhi have been engaged in a fierce public spat over the CBSE exam row, with Pradhan accusing Gandhi of politicising the issue and being frustrated and the Congress leader hitting back, asserting that attacking him would not...
Kolkata: Former Rajya Sabha MP and TMC leader Santanu Sen Thursday resigned as the party's national spokesperson and slammed the outfit over the controversy surrounding the R G Kar rape and murder case and described the poll defeat as a public rejection of "unethical practices"....
New Delhi: The CBI Thursday arrested former judge Giribala Singh, an accused in the case of her daughter-in-law Twisha Sharma's death, a day after the Madhya Pradesh High Court quashed her anticipatory bail. A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team questioned Singh at her residence...
Dubai: The US military Thursday slammed Iran for violating a fragile ceasefire after Kuwait reported coming under attack in the latest flare-up that threatened ongoing negotiations to end the war. US Central Command said that Kuwait had intercepted missiles launched by Iran late Wednesday night,...
New Delhi: BJP national president Nitin Nabin Thursday appointed new party chiefs for its four state units, naming Union minister Harsh Malhotra as the Delhi BJP president. While Archana Gupta was appointed as the BJP Haryana president, Sardar Kewal Singh Dhillon was made the party's...
Beirut: The Israeli military early Thursday pounded Lebanon's fourth-largest city, killing at least 14 people across the south of the country in its ongoing military escalation against the Hezbollah group ahead of crucial talks in Washington. Among those killed in the flurry of strikes were...
New Delhi: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday chaired a review meeting at the CBSE headquarters here to assess the progress of the Class XII evaluation and post-result processes. The meeting comes at a time when the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is...
New Delhi: Amid the controversy over its On-Screen Marking System, the CBSE Thursday asserted that it was a secure and robust IT platform and that no compromise or vulnerability has been reported in the actual evaluation portal. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) also...
Nicosia: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his Ukrainian counterpart Andrii Sybiha have discussed the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, battlefield developments and efforts aimed at achieving a comprehensive and lasting peace. The meeting took place on Wednesday on the sidelines of the informal meeting of European...
Patna: A tragic boat accident claimed at least three lives, and four others are missing in the Barh subdivision in Patna district Thursday morning. A small boat carrying 14 villagers capsized midstream in the Ganga River at Umanath Ganga Ghat. According to preliminary information, the...
The renewed exchange of missiles between Israel and Iran through June 8-9 is ample evidence of instability continuing in the...
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US President Donald Trump’s craving for long-lasting fame is well known. It assumed scandalous proportions while he was pursuing the...
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On World Environment Day, 5 June, India launched E85, that is, petrol blended with 85 per cent ethanol at 48...
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By Aakar Patel Friend Ram Madhav has written a fine piece on Prime Minister Narendra Modi reaching an important milestone....
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