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Pune: The first round of centralised admission process (CAP) for entry into the first year of junior colleges across the state concluded on Monday, with 4,32,287 students confirming their admission. Altogether 6.32 lakh students were allocated colleges in round 1. For CAP round II, students will be able to fill the online forms from July 10 to 13. The allotment list for the second round will be published on July 17. Students who receive allotments can confirm their admission between 18 and 21 July, after which the vacancy list will be displayed on July 23.In Pune district, 62,812 students were given allotments in the first centralised admission round against a vacancy of over 2.01 lakh seats in junior colleges. Of this, 45,505 students confirmed their admission.Iqbal Shaikh, principal, Poona College of Arts, Science and Commerce, said that only 10% of seats in the arts stream, 35% in commerce, and 36% in science had been filled in his institution. "This time, the delay in the admission process and changes in the reservation policy created confusion among parents," he said, adding that this led to a weak response in the first round. "Otherwise, we usually see around 50% of the seats being filled in the first round," he said.Deepak U Powdel from Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce (BMCC) said, "Almost 80% of the seats have been filled. We were allotted 80% students, and nearly all of them confirmed their admissions." He added that apart from a few rejections due to incomplete or incorrect forms, the process went off smoothly. "I believe the remaining seats will be filled in the next two rounds." As for cut-offs in the second round, they would only arise if students who initially chose science switch to commerce. Otherwise, the cut-offs may drop slightly, by 0.5% or at most 1%, he said.Richa Phondge, vice-principal of Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce, said that around 35% of the seats were filled in both the arts and science streams. "This time, the number of rejections was slightly higher than last year," she said, pointing out that several students had errors in their applications. "Some didn't fill in their marks correctly, and in some cases, the best-of-five subjects were chosen incorrectly." She added that the admission process would continue for a few more rounds before all seats are filled.
Guwahati, Jun 5 (PTI) The Assam Congress on Thursday demanded a CBI inquiry into alleged illegal stone mining in Karbi Anglong district in violation of a Supreme Court order. Addressing a press conference here, former Rajya Sabha member Ripun Bora also alleged that Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council Chief Executive Member Tuliram Ronghang was allowing illegal activities in the district in nexus with Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. "Large-scale illegal stone mining is taking place in the hills of Karbi Anglong in violation of the Supreme Court order. The SC had banned mining in and around K ...Read More >
Navi Mumbai: The father of a three-day-old girl who was found abandoned in a blue basket outside Navi Mumbai's Panvel wad traced and detained on Sunday, the police said. According to them, the infant's parents were not financially stable enough to raise her. Due to this, the couple decided to give up the baby to an orphanage that could look after her, reported PTI. However, the Navi Mumbai police's crime branch traced the infant's father, Aman Iqbal Kondkar, a resident of Thane's Bhiwandi, within 24 hours, an official said. ...Read More >
Kochi: Edison Babu's neighbours in Muvattupuzha knew him as the quiet engineer who had returned home during the pandemic. The 35-year-old former auto industry professional seemed to lead an unremarkable life in this sleepy Kerala suburb, occasionally visiting the local post office with packages: nothing unusual for someone running what appeared to be a small online business. What they didn't know was that their mild-mannered neighbour had built India's most sophisticated darknet drug empire, one that relied heavily on the very government postal service that was meant to serve the community. ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], July 6 (ANI): The ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) campaign of the electoral rolls in Bihar is progressing rapidly and recognizing the efforts of the Polling station officials, the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Bihar has announced a special incentive of Rs 6,000 for each. This additional honorarium is aimed at acknowledging their hard work and commitment during the intensive revision process. Also Read | PM Narendra Modi, Argentine President Javier Milei Agree to Diversify India-Argentina Trade Basket, Vows to Expand Cooperation in Defence, Security and Mine ...Read More >
Patna: In a major policy shift ahead of the upcoming Bihar elections, the state government has implemented a domicile-based reservation system in government jobs, with the 35 per cent quota for women. This means only women who are native to Bihar or those who hold valid domicile certificates will be eligible to claim this quota. Women from other states, who were eligible earlier for the reservation, will now be placed under the general category and will not be given the same reservation. The decision was taken during a cabinet meeting held on Tuesday in Patna, chaired by Chief Minister Nitis ...Read More >
Maharashtra FYJC Admissions 2025: The Maharashtra School Education Department has announced the Round 2 seat allotment list for FYJC (Class 11) admissions in 2025. Applicants who applied through the Centralised Admission Process (CAP) can now see which junior college they have been assigned. The allotment list includes the college's name, stream (Arts, Science, or Commerce), and merit scores. Students who have been assigned a seat must confirm acceptance between July 18 and July 21, 2025. Those who did not receive a seat can wait for the vacancy list, which will be released on July 23. This ...Read More >
Patna: The state govt will soon recruit 64,000 additional constables for the Bihar Police, CM Nitish Kumar announced on Saturday after handing out appointment letters to 21,391 newly inducted constables, including a large number of women."Our govt introduced 35% reservation for women in the state police back in 2013. A total of 55,000 posts are being filled through promotions. The recruitment process for another 64,000 posts is underway," Nitish said.He praised the performance of women in the force, drawing applause from the audience, and added that their number had now reached 36,000, the hig ...Read More >
Amritsar: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey from Jharkhand has claimed that Britain assisted India in executing the 1984 Operation Bluestar at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, stoking a new controversy.In a post on X on Monday, Dubey alleged that then PM Indira Gandhi "launched an attack on the Golden Temple in collaboration with Britain", with British Army officers present in Amritsar.He uploaded a classified British document, "Sikh Community", claiming that on Feb 23, 1984, the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office mentioned in a letter that the Indian govt had sought British advice over a plan to remove Si ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 9 (PTI) Viral video footage showing a ruling Shiv Sena MLA slapping and punching an employee at the MLAs' hostel canteen here for serving "stale food" has drawn widespread condemnation from government and opposition, with Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis denouncing the act. The CM said such behaviour sends a "wrong message" about legislators misusing their power. The widely circulated video shows Buldhana MLA Sanjay Gaikwad, wearing a vest and a towel, confronting the canteen contractor and forcing him to smell a packet of dal before slapping and punching him. The c ...Read More >
Maharashtra FYJC Admission 2025: The Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) has revised the FYJC admission schedule. The First-Year Junior College (FYJC) final merit list which was slated to be released on June 8 will now be declared on June 11. Those who applied for the class 11 admission process can check the new schedule on the official portal -- mahafyjcadmissions.in or 11thadmission.org.in. Registered students can review their details in the list and submit objections or correction requests from June 7 to 9. It was earlier scheduled for June 5 to 7, ...Read More >
Kolkata, July 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) The West Bengal unit of BJP, under the leadership of its new State party President Samik Bhattacharya is making all efforts to ensure a political rally in the state, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing it, before Trinamool Congress's annual Martyrs' day rally in Kolkata on July 21. An insider from the state committee of BJP said that the week before July 21, the Prime Minister is scheduled to go for an election campaign in Bihar where the Assembly polls are scheduled later this year. "We are trying hard so that the Prime Minister can spare some time ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Feb 4 (UNI) BRS Working President and MLA K T Rama Rao (KTR) criticised the Congress government, stating that the people of Telangana have lost faith in its administration. Speaking during the debate on the caste survey report in the Telangana Legislative Assembly, KTR expressed disappointment, saying that many had expected historic announcements following the special Assembly session and Cabinet meeting. However, he claimed that the report lacked new insights and merely reiterated information previously shared by Minister Uttam Kumar Reddy. Referring to the Kamareddy declaration ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Former head of Air India and chairman of the Railway Board Ashwani Lohani is the new Prime Ministers Museum and Library (PMML) director. The official order for his appointment was issued on Wednesday. A 1980-batch officer of the Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineering (IRSME), Lohani is known for turning around various organisations during his illustrious career. Following his retirement from IRSME service, he joined the GMR Group as the CEO. According to the order dated June 4, his appointment to the post of director, Prime Ministers Museum and Library in the rank and pa ...Read More >
Katra: Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Jammu and Kashmir on Friday to inaugurate multiple rail projects, including the world's highest Chenab Rail Bridge, the Anji Khad Bridge, and the Katra-Srinagar Vande Bharat Express, as part of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link. These railway projects directly connect Jammu and Kashmir to the rest of the country. The Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link is an all-weather railway corridor designed to provide seamless connectivity to the region through the rail network. During his visit, PM Modi reviewed the Chenab bridge, world's highest ra ...Read More >
The Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) on Monday demanded the resignations of Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, Deputy CM Pravati Parida and Law Minister Prithviraj Harichandan, holding them accountable for the stampede in Puri that claimed three lives and left over 50 injured, a statement by the party said. The party also demanded ₹50 lakh ex gratia for each of the deceased devotees and ₹25 lakh for those seriously injured. While Majhi had announced ₹25 lakh ex gratia for the families of the deceased, the Congress said the amount was insufficient. Three persons, including two women, ...Read More >
Ramachander Rao belongs to OCs. (File) Hyderabad: Former MLC N Ramchander Rao, an ABVP veteran and senior advocate, on Saturday took over as the new president of the BJP in Telangana, succeeding G Kishan Reddy. Ramchander Rao officially assumed charge at BJP's Telangana headquarters here in the presence of Kishan Reddy, party MP D K Aruna and several other leaders. Ramchander Rao offered prayers at the famous Bhagyalakshmi temple at Charminar here before taking over his new role. He paid tri ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai, on Tuesday welcomed the decision of the Bihar cabinet to constitute a Youth Commission for the betterment of young people in the state. Speaking to ANI, MoS Rai said that this decision will prove beneficial in providing more employment opportunities to the youth of Bihar and making them self-reliant. The formation of the Youth Commission is important and historic in the direction of making the youth of Bihar self-reliant and capable of moving forward towards development and progress, the minister said. ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jul 9 (PTI) Maharashtra Shiv Sena legislator Sanjay Gaikwad slapped an employee at the MLAs' hostel canteen in Mumbai after being served stale food, drawing condemnation from Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis as well as the opposition parties. As a video of the assault went viral and led to an outrage, CM Fadnavis said such a conduct does not behove anyone and sends out a wrong message about all legislators that they indulge in misuse of power. Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, who heads the Shiv Sena, also termed his party leader's actions as "inappropriate". Gaikwad, the MLA fro ...Read More >
Pune: State Election Commission (SEC) will use the July 1, 2025, updated legislative assembly voters' list for the upcoming local body elections with chairperson Dinesh Waghmare directing district collectors and municipal commissioners to begin preparations based on the updated voter rolls during video conferences on Thursday and Friday.Elections are due for 29 municipal corporations, 290 nagar panchayats and parishads, 32 zilla parishads, and 336 panchayat samitis, as their terms have expired. "There is no separate voters' list for local body polls. The Election Commission of India (ECI)'s up ...Read More >
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 18 (ANI): Reacting to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announcement of free electricity up to 125 units, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar said that whatever schemes the Congress party is giving in Karnataka, the entire country is following it. Speaking to the media, Shivakumar emphasised that in the entire country, Congress Party has stood for the welfare of the people. After independence, till today, whenever the Congress Party is in power, either in the Central or state government, it has given various schemes, such as pension, woman and ch ...Read More >
Rajgir, June 06 (UNI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday expressed his doubt over the intention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the caste census, saying he would not allow emerge true picture of the prevailing scenario on social dynamics in the country. Gandhi, while addressing a conference organised on the theme of "save the constitution ", said that Prime Minister Modi was not sincere and his intention was not clear on the caste census, as he had promised to do it in the country. Initially, he was not at all prepared for the caste census at the national level, but under his continue ...Read More >
Gurgaon: Two days after a law student died and his friend suffered critical injuries when a car knocked them down as they stood near railing on the service lane of Delhi-Jaipur highway in the early hours of Tuesday, a civil engineer was arrested on Thursday.Mohit (31), an employee of a private company in the city, told police that he got drowsy while driving. He is staying at a PG facility in Sector 14.The student who died, Harsh Singhal (25), was a resident of Om Nagar colony. His friend Abhishek Kumar (23), who is from Shanti Nagar in Sector 11, is undergoing treatment at a private hospital ...Read More >
Kargil , Jul 2: Pursuant to putting in place a comprehensive legal framework to ensure fair, inclusive, and transparent recruitment to public services, the Administration of the Union Territory of Ladakh has initiated a large-scale recruitment drive for 359 Gazetted posts through the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). This marks the first-ever recruitment of Gazetted posts through UPSC since the formation of the Union Territory, officials said. This follows the establishment of a unique and dedicated legal framework specifically designed for Ladakh. The framework ensures maximum local re ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], July 8 (ANI): Bihar cabinet on Tuesday approved 43 schemes and projects, including the formation of the Bihar Youth Commission, 35 per cent reservation for women native to the State and Rs 100 diesel subsidy for farmers. Bihar Chief Secretary S Siddharth said, 'Today, 43 agendas have been stamped in the Council of Ministers, in which the most important agenda is the formation of the Youth Commission. This commission is related to the youth of 18-45 years, which will have one chairman, two vice-chairmen and seven members.' 'The beneficiary group related to this includes ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Thursday said that former chief minister and BRS chief K. Chandrashekhar Rao and his son and BRS working president K.T. Rama Rao would eventually go to jail for indulging in corruption and other irregularities during their decade-long rule in Telangana. Drawing a parallel to villains in movies, Revanth Reddy said that just as villains are caught at the climax of a movie, BRS leaders would also face jail time eventually. Although investigations against BRS leaders may take time, the Chief Minister stressed that the corrupt would ultimately be punis ...Read More >
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government on Thursday took strong action against the police officers allegedly responsible for the Bengaluru stampede, suspending several high-ranking officials, including the city's police commissioner. Addressing a press conference, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah also announced a one-man commission to probe the lapses that triggered the deadly stampede. "Cubbon Park Police Station police inspector, station house master, station house officer, ACP, Central Division DCP, cricket stadium in-charge, additional commissioner of police, commissioner of police have been susp ...Read More >
Mumbai: The school education department failed to declare the first-year junior college admissions list on Thursday, as it was entangled in what it called "technical snags". The uncertainty will now drag on till June 30, yet another fresh date given by the education department to release the first list.Across Maharashtra, 12.7 lakh students and parents waited through the evening, refreshing screens and hoping the seat allotment information would finally blink into existence. "I've been hitting refresh on the FYJC admission portal like a ritual all evening. Each time, hoping the list will appea ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: A low-pressure area forming over the north Bay of Bengal and adjoining coastal areas of Bangladesh and West Bengal is expected to trigger heavy to very heavy rainfall across parts of Odisha through July 4, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Saturday. An upper air cyclonic circulation currently persists over southwest Bangladesh and adjoining Gangetic West Bengal, extending up to 7.6 km above mean sea level and tilting southwestward with height, the IMD said. Under its influence, a low-pressure area is likely to develop over the region within the next 48 hours. The sy ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 29 (PTI) Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw recently reviewed the progress of ongoing reforms in the passengers reservation system and emphasized the need for smart, transparent, accessible and efficient ticketing system with a focus on passenger convenience, the ministry on Sunday said. Under Vaishnaw's guidance, officials are working to prepare the reservation chart eight hours before the train's departure instead of the current system of four hours. "It will benefit passengers travelling from remote locations or suburbs of major cities for catching long distance trains. It w ...Read More >
Chennai: Chief minister M K Stalin said on Wednesday the BJP govt at the Centre delayed the census to 2027 only to undertake a delimitation exercise and reduce Tamil Nadu's representation in Parliament.Terming the move a 'betrayal,' Stalin alleged that by not opposing the BJP's plan to reduce TN's parliamentary representation, AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami has become an accomplice to the 'betrayal.' Stalin levelled the charge after the Centre announced that the census will comme ...Read More >