NEW DELHI — Justice Dhananjaya Yashwant Chandrachud was sworn in as the 50th Chief Justice of India on Wednesday, November 9, 2022. President Droupadi Murmu administered him the oath at a brief ceremony held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Justice Chandrachud takes over as the head of India’s Judiciary from Justice Uday Umesh Lalit, who demitted […]
NEW DELHI — More than 20,000 schools shut down across the country during 2020-21 while the number of teachers also declined by 1.95 pc in comparison to the previous year, according to a new report by the Ministry of Education. The Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) report on school education in India […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to examine the possibility of putting people with disabilities under different categories in civil services. Attorney General R. Venkataramani, representing the Centre, contended that the government was looking into the matter and sought time from a bench comprising Justices S.A. Nazeer and V. Ramasubramanian. […]
BENGALURU — A special court in Bengaluru has jailed an engineering student for five years over derogatory Facebook posts about the Pulwama militant attack, police said. The Central Crime Branch (CCB) said on Monday that the resident of Kacharaknahalli in Bengaluru Faiz Rasheed has been in jail since his arrest in February 2019 after his […]
MORBI (GUJARAT) — The death toll due to the collapse of a suspension bridge in Gujarat’s Morbi has increased to 141 as of Monday morning, a top police official confirmed. The toll was confirmed to the media by Rajkot Range Inspector General of Police Ashok Yadav. However, the toll according to the Minister of State […]
FEROZEPUR (PUNJAB) — A cache of six AK-47 rifles, three pistols and 200 bullets was recovered by the Border Security Force Thursday night from along the India-Pakistan international border in Punjab, officials said. The recovery was made around 7 pm from a bag that was found on the ground during a search conducted near the […]
NEW DELHI — Astronomy enthusiasts turned their gaze towards the sun as the moon started to cover the solar disc as a partial solar eclipse began on Tuesday. The partial solar eclipse is being observed in several parts of the country with Srinagar witnessing the maximum obscuration of the solar disc at 55 per cent. […]
JAIPUR — Two Army officers from Rajasthan were killed following the crash of an Advanced Light Combat helicopter of the Indian Army in Arunachal Pradesh’s Upper Siang district, officials said on Saturday, adding another jawan — also from Rajasthan, is still missing. There were 5 persons including two pilots in the ill-fated helicopter that crashed […]
GANGTOK — SpiceJet, the only carrier that runs daily flights to and from the greenfield airport in Sikkim’s Pakyong, will suspend services in the hill state from October 30 due to “operational constraints”. According to a spokesperson of the budget airline, bad weather and low visibility were bottlenecks that led to the decision. “SpiceJet flights […]
PATNA — A Class 7 question paper in a school in Bihar allegedly contained a question that distinguished Kashmir from India, sparking a new controversy. The Bihar government’s Education Department conducted midterm examinations for the students of classes 1-8 from October 12 till October 18. In their English exam, the students of Class 7 were […]