PRAYAGRAJ — A crude bomb was hurled in a bylane near the residence of one of the lawyers of slain gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed on April 18, police said. There was no immediate report of any casualty in the explosion that occurred at around 2.30 p.m. in Katra locality, they said. SHO of Kernalganj police station […]
NEW DELHI — After the sensational killing of convicted gangster Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf by three assailants in Prayagraj in the presence of police personnel, a plea has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking an independent inquiry into all encounter killings in Uttar Pradesh since 2017, the year the Yogi Adityanath-led Bharatiya […]
CHANDIGARH — Four soldiers from an artillery unit have been killed in a firing incident at the Bathinda Military Station in Punjab early on Wednesday morning. “A firing incident reported in the early hours of the morning around 4.35 am inside the Bathinda Military Station. Station Quick Reaction Teams were activated. Area was cordoned off […]
Danish Naseer NEW DELHI — Youth Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Shri Vinay Chaudhary Friday attended the opening ceremony of an event titled The Art of India 2023 edition. The event was organized by India’s premier news media house Times of India at Bakinder House Delhi on Friday. Apart from Shri Vinay many other prominent […]
NEW DELHI — The CBSE has revamped its assessment scheme for class 10 and 12 board exams to be conducted in 2024 by introducing more Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) and reducing the weightage for questions requiring short or long answers, according to officials. The move is aimed at progressively aligning assessment with the National Education […]
NEW DELHI — The government is not considering bringing a law or regulating the growth of artificial intelligence (AI) in the country, as generative AI-based chatbots become a rage across the industry. In a reply to a question in Lok Sabha, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) said it sees AI as a […]
NEW DELHI — Supreme Court has quashed order of Ministry Of Information Refusing to renew its broadcast license for want of security clearance to Malayalam news channel MediaOne TV. The top court ruled against the telecast ban imposed by the Union Government on one of the leading Malayalam news channels. It directed the Ministry to […]
NEW DELHI — China has released a third set of names for cities in Arunachal Pradesh in Chinese, Tibetan, and pinyin characters in a bid to reclaim the Indian state. China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs on Sunday had released the standardised names of 11 places for Arunachal Pradesh, which it calls “Zangnan, the southern part […]
NEW DELHI — National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has revised its books, including the 12th class History book by removing the chapters on Mughal empire. The change will be applicable for all the schools that follow NCERT across the country. From Classs 12, chapters related to ‘Kings and Chronicles; the Mughal Courts […]
PATIALA — Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu, who had been serving time in Patiala central jail for a 1988 road rage death case, was released on Saturday, after nearly 10 months. He emerged from the prison wearing a sky blue jacket, later than the anticipated afternoon release time, at 5.53pm. After coming out of the […]