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New Delhi: Enrolment in government schools fell by nearly 86 lakh between 2023-24 and 2025-26 while private unaided recognised schools added more than 88 lakh students during the same period, according to the UDISE 2025-26 report released by the Ministry of Education. UDISE+ (Unified District...

Kolkata: One of the key accused in the alleged rape and murder of a girl was killed in an encounter early Wednesday after he tried to "escape from police custody" during a crime scene reconstruction exercise, a senior officer said. The accused was taken to...

Washington: US has charged Lawrence Bishnoi, a gangster imprisoned in India, and his aide Satinderjeet Singh alias Goldy Brar for ordering the assassination of Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada in November 2023. According to a federal indictment unsealed in Los Angeles Tuesday, Bishnoi...

New Delhi/Rayagada: Experts have written an open letter to various authorities raising concerns regarding the proposed Sijimali bauxite mining project by Vedanta in Odisha, saying it will have irreversible impacts on forests, biodiversity, wildlife habitats, water systems, and forest-dependent communities. The project, which involves mining...

Jakarta: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday recalled the historic rescue of Indonesian leaders by former Odisha Chief Minister Biju Patnaik and praised former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's role in supporting the South-East Asian country's independence. Modi, who became the first Indian prime minister to address...

Ayodhya: Former Ram temple trust chief Champat Rai Tuesday said he would respond to all allegations of embezzlement of donations against him after the Special Investigation Team (SIT) submits its final report. In a handwritten letter addressed to "Ram bhakts", the former general secretary of...

Chandigarh: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has formed a three-member review committee to examine the circumstances surrounding the removal of the film Satluj from OTT platform ZEE5, Punjab BJP claimed Tuesday. Earlier, government sources said that the Centre plans to refer the Diljit Dosanjh-starrer...

New Delhi: The 'Bintang Adipurna of the Republic of Indonesia' has become the latest addition to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's growing list of international honours, taking the total number of global awards conferred upon him to 35. The Bintang Adipurna, also known as the 'Medal...

New Delhi: Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari Tuesday challenged critics of India's E20 petrol programme to identify a single vehicle that has suffered problems due to the use of 20 per cent ethanol-blended fuel, while dismissing claims of reduced fuel efficiency and...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday ruled that banks and the Indian Banks' Association (IBA) cannot include advocates in the banking sector's "Caution List" merely on allegations of professional negligence, holding that such action amounts to an impermissible assessment of a lawyer's professional competence, which...