NEW DELHI — The National Testing Agency (NTA) has released the city slips for the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test (CSIR UGC NET). The exams are scheduled to be held from July 25 to July 27. Candidates can download their city slips from the official website using their application […]
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Centre considering a second CBSE board exam for Class 12 students in June
NEW DELHI — The central government is considering the scheduling of a second board examination for Class 12 students studying in Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) schools, as recommended by the National Curriculum Framework for School Education (NCFSE), in June from 2026, reported The Indian Express. A Class 12 student following a CBSE curriculum […]
“Proud that my son did something for the nation”: Father of Captain Brijesh Thapa
NEW DELHI — Colonel Bhuwanesh Thapa (retd), the father of Captain Brijesh Thapa, who was killed in action in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda, remembered his son and said that he is “proud” that his son has done something for the nation and for the security of the nation. Speaking to ANI, Col. […]
India’s tradition is Hindus, Muslims living, working together: Amartya Sen
KOLKATA — Nobel laureate Amartya Sen on Saturday said India has the tradition of Hindus and Muslims working and living together in cohesion. Sen, a noted economist, was speaking at a programme at the Alipore Jail Museum to foster book-reading habits among underprivileged youth. “Going by the history of our country, Hindus and Muslims have […]
AIMPLB may challenge SC verdict on maintenance to Muslim divorced women
LUCKNOW — The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) is preparing to challenge a recent Supreme Court ruling that mandates the payment of maintenance to Muslim divorcee women beyond the period of ‘Iddat’, an AIMPLB member said. The AIMPLB’s legal committee is meticulously studying the Supreme Court order to explore all legal avenues. The […]
India sees highest suicides in the world – 12.4 per 1,00,000: National Data
NEW DELHI — Even as the latest suicide case of a father-son duo in Mumbai shocked us, experts on Thursday said that suicide is the largest public health crisis facing people, both young and old in India. India has the dubious distinction of having the highest number of suicides in the world. According to a […]
No indication of ‘mass malpractice’ in data analytics of NEET-UG 2024 results: Centre to SC
NEW DELHI — The Centre on Wednesday told the Supreme Court there was neither any indication of “mass malpractice” nor a localised set of candidates being benefitted leading to abnormal scores in NEET-UG 2024. It said the data analytics of results of NEET-UG 2024 was conducted by IIT Madras and as per the findings given […]
Muslim woman entitled to seek maintenance from spouse under section 125 of CrpC: Supreme Court
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a Muslim woman can seek maintenance from her husband under section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), which is applicable to all married women irrespective of religion. A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Augustine George Masih, which pronounced a separate but concurrent […]
Wife of retired IAS officer accuses stepson, his aide of Rape
LUCKNOW — Wife of a retired IAS officer has alleged that she was sexually assaulted by her stepson and his aide at their house in Jammu and Kashmir. The woman in her 40s also accused her husband’s family of harassing her for dowry. Following this a case was registered with the Ghazipur (Indiranagar) police on […]
ED summons YouTuber Elvish Yadav in money laundering case
LUCKNOW — The Enforcement Directorate has summoned YouTuber Siddharth Yadav alias Elvish Yadav on July 23 for questioning in a money laundering case linked to the suspected use of snake venom as a recreational drug in parties hosted by him, official sources said on Wednesday. The central agency had registered the case in May and […]









