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The Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC) has postponed the Class 8 and 9 board exams 2025. In a notice dated January 26 available on the official website, JAC has announced the board exams for Class 8 are scheduled for January 28, and Class 9 exams to be held on January 29 and 30 are "deferred due to unavoidable reasons." The board will announce the new exam dates later. Moreover, JAC has already released the date sheet for Classes 10 and 12. The examination for both classes will begin on February 11 and conclude on March 3. JAC Class 10 board examination will commence with IIT and other vocational subjects, while the Class 12 examination will start with vocational subjects. The duration of the JAC for class 10 and 12 board exams in 2025 is 3 hours and 15 minutes, as mentioned in the official notification. JAC, in the notice, directed the exam officials to ensure that all examination-related materials provided by the council are safely stored.
The Maharashtra State Board has released the 2026 exam schedules for Class 10 and Class 12. HSC written exams are from February 10 to March 18, 2026. SSC written exams are from February 20 to March 18, 2026. Practical and internal assessments will occur earlier. Students can download the timetable from the official website. The Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) has announced the official timetable for the 2026 board examinations for both HSC (Class 12) ...Read More >
NEW DELHI/BATHINDA: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on Friday conducted searches at 22 de-addiction centres across Punjab, including in Chandigarh, Barnala and Ludhiana, after its investigation revealed illegal sale of drugs by these centres. The agency also searched a premise in Mumbai linked to the accused.Dr Amit Bansal, who runs these 22 centres, is prime accused in the case, sources said. Bansal, against whom Punjab Police has registered multiple FIRs, is alleged to be engaged in illegal sale of drugs from his de-addiction centres.Privately-run drug de-addiction centres in Punjab are ...Read More >
Ranchi: Thousands of students in the state, who have passed their matriculation exam this year, are staring at an uncertain future as the admission process to intermediate courses across 42 affiliated colleges in Jharkhand remain stalled. Over 27,000 such students are now facing the heat as the state school education and literacy department's directive to shift them to the nearest Plus Two schools or inter colleges is yet to be implemented.The crisis stemmed from the National Education Policy (NEP) directives to discontinue intermediate education in Classes XI and XII in degree colleges from t ...Read More >
Nagpur: The Nagpur Metropolitan Region Development Authority (NMRDA) has almost completed the Rs 132.49 crore phase 1 of the Tajbagh renovation and beautification project and is now awaiting Rs 95.87 crore to start phase 2 of the project. Under the first phase, NMRDA strengthened and beautified the main dargah, constructed a shopping complex, a choti dargah, shops, and other structures, including marble flooring. According to NMRDA sources, Phase 1 of the project received Rs 132.49 crore administrative approval, out of which the agency received Rs 128.95 crore, while Rs 3.54 crore is pending. ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Delhi government has directed schools to hold placement drives for students completing Class 12 with vocational education in the 2025-26 academic year, aiming to enhance their employment prospects soon after graduation. Vocational education was introduced in Delhi government schools in 2014-15 under the National Skills Qualifications Framework. Since then, the programme has expanded to 625 state-run schools and 360 schools under the Samagra Shiksha scheme. The curriculum has been updated to align with the National Curriculum Framework for School Education 2023. To facilitate p ...Read More >
Hyderabad, July 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Friday urged his Andhra Pradesh counterpart, N. Chandrababu Naidu, not to obstruct Telangana's irrigation projects He appealed to the neighbouring state not to obstruct Telangana's crucial irrigation initiatives, including the Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme, as well as the Dindi, Kalwakurthy, Bheema, Nettempadu, and Koilsagar projects. "We demand Andhra Pradesh not to block our projects. We seek cooperation. If our appeals are ignored, we will fight and achieve our goal. I am ready to lead this battl ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Hundreds of junior school teachers from across the state Friday staged a protest here demanding regularisation of their services and withdrawal of contractual appointment system. Holding posters and banners against the contractual appointment of junior teachers in schools, the teachers, including women, demonstrated at Mahatma Gandhi Marg here. The teachers, representing various schools across the state, demanded immediate regularisation of their posts and scrapping of the contractual appointment system for junior teachers in schools. "We are getting a monthly salary of Rs 16,000 ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Punjab Governor and Chandigarh Administrator, Gulab Chand Kataria, on Friday discussed critical developmental issues concerning Chandigarh and Punjab, particularly in areas of public transport, tourism infrastructure, and environmental sustainability, with Union ministers here. At a meeting with Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Manohar Lal Khattar, the Governor raised the pending matter regarding the sanctioning of 328 electric buses for Chandigarh under the PM e-Bus Sewa Scheme. He urged early approval of these buses to replace the ageing fleet of CT ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 15 (PTI) The Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill which seeks to set up an overarching higher education commission was introduced in Lok Sabha on Monday. Here is an explainer on the Bill: 1. What has the Bill proposed? The Bill proposes setting up an overarching higher education commission along with three councils for regulation, accreditation and ensuring academic standards for universities and higher education institutions (HEI) in India. 2. Which institutions will be covered under the commission? The commission will cover all central universities and colleges under it, ins ...Read More >
Marking a major shift, the Centre will also ensure that the new regulator is divested of all funding/grant mechanisms, which will instead be handled by the Union education ministry. New Delhi: The Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill, 2025, set to be introduced in the Parliament this week, will do away with existing regulators AICTE and UGC (allowing a transitional role) and instead bring in a new 12-member regulatory council (Viksit Bharat Shiksha Viniyam Parishad). It will be backed by an acc ...Read More >
1.6 crore+ youth trained under PMKVY (Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana) and 17.6 lakh+ direct jobs created from 1.6 lakh startups. Image: Pexels India now has 1.76 lakh registered startups, 118 unicorns: FM Sitharaman The number of registered startups has reached 1.76 lakh in the last 11 years, with 118 unicorns (startups with $1 billion valuation and above), thus fueling youth entrepreneurship, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday. In a post on social media platform X, the Finance Minister said that "youth in India are building startups and creating jobs". This is "a glim ...Read More >
Jharkhand Board Result 2025: The wait is almost over for lakhs of students across Jharkhand. The Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC) is gearing up to announce the Class 10 and 12 board exam results for 2025. While the official dates are yet to be confirmed, expectations are high for a release in the last week of May. Keep your roll numbers ready, because once declared, your scores will be accessible on the official JAC websites. Nearly 4 lakh students appeared for the Class 10 and 12 board exams, which were conducted between February 11 and March 4, 2025. The JAC has already released results for ...Read More >