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Dhanbad: The 45th Convocation of the Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, turned into a landmark celebration on Friday with the President Droupadi Murmu, gracing the occasion during the institute's centenary year.Addressing graduating students, the President lauded the legacy and evolution of IIT (ISM), originally established to train professionals in mining and geology, and now recognized as a premier centre for higher education and multidisciplinary research. She n ...Read More >
Jammu and Kashmir Governor Manoj Sinha emphasizes the economic impact of halting the Indus Water Treaty with Pakistan. He stresses that water and blood cannot coexist, and highlights India's stance against terrorism. The Governor looks forward to a terrorism-free Kashmir and acknowledges international actions against terrorist organizations. Jammu and Kashmir Governor Manoj Sinha reiterated the implications of the Indus Water Treaty suspension, indicating it would have long-term economic impact ...Read More >
Atul Kumar, a horse handler's son from Uttarakhand, cracked IIT-JAM 2025 with no coaching. Now headed to IIT Madras, his inspiring journey is a triumph of grit and self-belief. Atul Kumar, the son of a horse handler from Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand, has made headlines by securing a seat at IIT Madras through the prestigious IIT-Joint Admission Test for Master's (JAM) 2025. Once a young man who ferried pilgrims on horseback along the steep trails of Kedarnath Dham to support his family, Atul's jour ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) The way we are building capital equipment and materials needed to build semiconductors, India will become one of the top-5 semiconductor nations in the coming years, Union Electronics and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said. Highlighting the country's rapid progress in the semiconductor sector, the minister emphasised that India is now creating the full ecosystem -- from chip design to manufacturing -- that will help it emerge as a global hub for semiconductors ...Read More >
Kolkata: A fourth-year undergraduate student of the Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur (IIT-KGP) was found dead in his hostel room on Friday morning. Ritam Mondal was a student of Mechanical Engineering. He was found dead in his hostel room this morning. The administration has initiated the process of filing an FIR and the necessary actions as per law. The police have initiated an investigation into the incident, and the Institute is extending full cooperation to facilitate the process, t ...Read More >
Dr. Mujahid Gilani (Senior Kashmiri Leader): Long before 14 August 1947, people of Jammu and Kashmir had voted in favour of Pakistan even before the division of Sub-Continent. They gave their decision over vehemently to become to join Pakistan as its Muslim majority province. In the backdrop of global situation, we must realize that people of Jammu and Kashmir are struggling for maintaining their lives. Their ratio of population in Jammu and Kashmir which was over 98 % in 1947 has been reduced a ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 19 (ANI): The Department of Posts is proud to announce the rollout of the next-generation APT application, marking a major leap forward in our journey towards digital excellence and nation-building. As part of this transformative initiative, the upgraded system will be implemented at the Post Offices in Delhi on July 21. According to a release, Ministry of Communications the name of post offices are Aliganj, Amar Colony, Andrewsganj, C G O Complex, Dargah Sharif, Defence ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 19 (ANI): A contingent of 23 athletes supported by Reliance Foundation look to compete at the World University Games across six cities in Germany, with events running until July 27. Representing athletics, archery, and judo, these young talents aim to improve international rankings, achieve personal bests, and bring home laurels. The athletics team forms the backbone of the foundation campaign, with 18 athletes competing in sprints, jumps, throws, hurdles, re ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 19 (ANI): The Department of Posts is proud to announce the rollout of the next-generation APT application, marking a major leap forward in our journey towards digital excellence and nation-building. As part of this transformative initiative, the upgraded system will be implemented at the Post Offices in Delhi on July 21. According to a release, Ministry of Communications the name of post offices are Aliganj, Amar Colony, Andrewsganj, C G O Complex, Dargah Sharif, Defence ...Read More >
Lucknow, Jul 19 (PTI) The Uttar Pradesh Police on Saturday said they have busted a large-scale illegal religious conversion racket and arrested 10 people from six states. The probe began in Agra in March after two sisters -- aged 33 and 18 -- were reported missing. Investigations revealed that they were allegedly coerced into religious conversion and were undergoing radicalization, the police said. One of the sisters had also put a picture of a girl holding an AK 47 rifle as her profile pictur ...Read More >
Dehradun: While earthquake prediction remains a major challenge for seismologists, emphasis is now being laid on the proper documentation of earthquake history. With this, it will be possible to precisely map the seismic centres, and preparations can be undertaken in such places. In an exclusive interaction with ETV Bharat, Prof. Javed Malik of the Department of Earth Sciences at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Kanpur disclosed that while a lot of the record of earthquakes got destr ...Read More >
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], July 19 (ANI): A Cluster Level Quiz Competition 2025, organised by Army Public School (APS) Bhopal, was held at the Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT) campus in Bhopal on Friday (July 18) bringing together students from six Army Public Schools across Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and Maharashtra. The event was hosted by the Quizzers' Club MANIT, with participating teams representing Army Public School (APS) Bhopal, Jhansi, Sagar, Babina, Gwal ...Read More >
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], July 19 (ANI): A Cluster Level Quiz Competition 2025, organised by Army Public School (APS) Bhopal, was held at the Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT) campus in Bhopal on Friday (July 18) bringing together students from six Army Public Schools across Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and Maharashtra. The event was hosted by the Quizzers Club MANIT, with participating teams representing Army Public School (APS) Bhopal, Jhansi, Sagar, Babina, Gwali ...Read More >
Kolkata: In response to a series of tragic student deaths on campus, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur is developing a comprehensive plan aimed at preventing such incidents in the future. Located in West Bengal's West Midnapore district, the prestigious institute has witnessed four unnatural deaths in just seven months. The latest case involves Ritam Mondal, a fourth-year mechanical engineering student, whose body was discovered under mysterious circumstances in his hostel room ...Read More >
The Indian Institute of Creative Technologies (IICT) is set to launch this August, offering specialized courses in AVGC-XR domains. Aiming to develop world-class talent, IICT has partnered with the University of York and industry giants like Google and Meta. The institute's curriculum, aligned with international standards, seeks to position India as a global leader in digital content and immersive technology. India's growing digital and creative sectors are set to benefit from the launch of the ...Read More >
Kolkata: The Kolkata Traffic Police is facing a new challenge in managing vehicle parking for the upcoming Shahid Diwas rally on Monday, as persistent rainfall threatens to render designated parking fields unusable. The fresh spell of rain on Friday, with more occasional rain predicted even on Saturday, has left cops worried as they believe the Maidan area can be filled with slush.The traffic department, which initially planned to utilise various fields across the city for parking buses and cars ...Read More >
Kolkata: The IIT-Kharagpur campus was shaken by the news of another death after a fourth-year undergraduate student, Ritam Mondal, was found hanging in his room at Rajendra Prasad (RP) Hall of Residence on Friday morning. The death has sparked a fresh round of alarm as it is the fourth in seven months and the fifth in a year.Teachers and students claimed that the tragic loss of student lives within such a short interval of time is "painful" and "unheard of" in recent memory. While many from the ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharshtra) [India], July 19 (ANI): Union Culture and Tourism Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has said that the proposal to rename Islampur in Sangli district as Ishwarpur in Maharashtra reflects India ongoing cultural renaissance. He said that it marks an effort to restore historical identities that were once deliberately erased. Speaking to the media on Friday, Shekhawat said, There were many of our subjects, places, history books, and incidents, which were intentionally erased, or ...Read More >
Mumbai: India's first campus of Indian Institute of Creative Technologies (IICT), modelled after IITs and IIMs that will serve as a national centre of excellence dedicated to the animation, visual effects, gaming, comics and extended reality sector, was inaugurated by I&B minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday. The first batch of 300 students will begin classes in Sept at the campus on National Films Development Corporation's premises in Pedder Road. With world-class infrastructure, including fully ...Read More >
Kolkata: Bandhan Bank's net profit in the first quarter of FY 2026 recorded a 65% slump at Rs 372 crore compared with Rs 1,063 crore posted in the year-ago period. Partha Pratim Sengupta, MD and CEO of the bank, attributed the decline to stress in microfinance asset.Even though the bank's total business grew by 11% to Rs 2.8 lakh crore last year, a 119% rise in provisions due to write-offs and high slippages in the microfinance book brought its Q1 net profit down, Sengupta said. "The loan book c ...Read More >
KOLKATA/KHARAGPUR: A fourth-year mechanical engineering student of IIT-Kharagpur was found dead in his hostel room Friday morning, three days after he returned to the institute after a two-month summer break.Ritam Mondal, 21, from Kolkata was pursuing a five-year dual degree programme, and his classes had begun on Thursday.This is the fourth unnatural death at the institute in past seven months.Police have initiated an investigation and the IIT has set up a five-member panel to probe the inciden ...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 illega ...Read More >
Kharagpur (West Bengal) [India], July 18 (ANI): Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur expressed deep sorrow over the untimely demise of Ritam Mondal, a fourth-year undergraduate student of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, on Friday. According to the release, Mondal was found deceased in his room at Rajendra Prasad Hall of Residence on the morning of July 18. Upon receiving the information, the Institute security response team acted swiftly and reached the hostel premises. Then ...Read More >
Leh, July 18: Veteran BJP leader and former Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Kavinder Gupta, was sworn as the 3rd Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh.Dressed in traditional Ladakhi attire, Gupta took the oath of office in a solemn ceremony held in Leh, administered by Justice N. Kotiswar Singh, Chief Justice of the High Court of J&K and Ladakh.Welcoming this new chapter in Ladakh's journey, Gupta emphasized service over power, declaring Ladakh deserves dignity, development, and a voice. "I'm ...Read More >
Kharagpur (West Bengal) [India], July 18 (ANI): Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur expressed deep sorrow over the untimely demise of Ritam Mondal, a fourth-year undergraduate student of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, on Friday. According to the release, Mondal was found deceased in his room at Rajendra Prasad Hall of Residence on the morning of July 18. Upon receiving the information, the Institute's security response team acted swiftly and reached the hostel premises. Th ...Read More >
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah emphasized his government's commitment to empowering Jammu and Kashmir by leveraging collaborations with IIT Jammu. At a valedictory function, Abdullah highlighted initiatives aimed at tourism recovery, innovation, and skill development. The Summer School 2025 program marked a significant step in fostering technical skills among young participants from across the nation. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah announced his government's dedication to delivering a more empowere ...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 cooper ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a major step towards improving the quality of education for tribal students, the Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) and Coal India Ltd (CIL) have partnered to benefit tribal students in the state of Chhattisgarh. CIL will support 68 Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) in Chhattisgarh under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), which will benefit more than 28000 tribal students. The Ministry of Tribal Affairs establishes EMRS to impart quality edu ...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 unde ...Read More >
Kolkata: A final-year engineering student died by suicide in his hostel room at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in West Bengal, on Friday, ahead of the July 25 launch of 'Campus Mothers', an initiative by the authorities for mental support to budding techies there. This is also the fourth suicide in the last seven months at the same campus. The deceased, Ritam Mondal, 21, was a fourth-year student of mechanical engineering. He was staying at Room No. 203 of Rajendra Prasad Hall at the ...Read More >
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