New Delhi: The Centre has scrapped the 'no-detention policy' for classes 5 and 8 in schools governed by it allowing them to fail students who do not clear the year-end exams, according to officials. Following the amendment to the Right to Education Act (RTE) in...
Hyderabad: A group of persons, claiming to be members of Osmania University Joint Action Committee, Sunday vandalised flower pots and other things at the residence of top Telugu actor Allu Arjun in Hyderabad. The protesters raised slogans against the actor and sought justice to the...
Chandigarh: Rescuers involving the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and the Army Sunday began the operation on the second day as a few people were believed to be trapped in the debris of a four-storey building that collapsed in Punjab's Mohali town. One male body...
Jaisalmer: A GST Council meeting Saturday postponed a decision on reducing taxes on health and life insurance, while the much-talked-about GoM recommendation of rate rejig in 148 items was not tabled before the Council. Some members of the Council, chaired by Union Finance Minster Nirmala...
Mumbai: The body of a seven-year-old boy missing in the ferry-Navy craft crash off the Mumbai coast was recovered Saturday morning after a three-day-long search operation, an official said. Naval boats have found the body of Johan Mohammad Nisar Ahmed Pathan, taking the toll in...
New Delhi: Parliament was adjourned sine die Friday, capping off a tumultuous session that saw a robust debate on the country's constitutional journey and the introduction of two landmark bills on simultaneous elections before plunging to a new low of political animosity over alleged insult...
Jaipur: A LPG tanker collided with multiple vehicles Friday, leading to a massive fireball that turned a stretch of the Jaipur-Ajmer highway into an inferno, killing at least eight people and engulfing more than 30 vehicles in flames. Of the about 35 people injured, nearly...
New Delhi: Plumbing new depths of political animosity, rival MPs screamed and shoved in the forecourt of Parliament Thursday in unprecedented scenes of unruliness, capping three days of acrimonious debate inside the House over preserving the dignity of B R Ambedkar. Two BJP MPs were...
New Delhi: A massive political row erupted Wednesday as the Congress and other opposition parties launched an all-out attack on Home Minister Amit Shah for his remarks on B R Ambedkar and demanded his sacking, while Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other top BJP leaders...
New Delhi: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Manish Tewari are set to be among the Congress representatives in the parliamentary panel that will scrutinise the two bills proposing simultaneous Lok Sabha and state assembly polls, while Kalyan Banerjee of the Trinamool Congress and P Wilson of...
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