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Kolkata, July 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Alleged harassment of Bengali-speaking people in Odisha, Assam and Delhi after being branded as illegal Bangladeshi infiltrators, the Special Intensive Review (SIR) and the necessity of Opposition unity on these issue are likely to be the important matters that would be raised by the Trinamool Congress in the meeting of the INDIA Bloc this evening. The meeting will be attended virtually by the Trinamool Congress General Secretary and the party's Lok Sabha membe ...Read More >
Shimla, July 19 (UNI) This Raj day Town once celebrated as the cleanest city in Himachal Pradesh, has slipped to third place in the state and plummeted to 347th position nationally in the Swachh Survekshan 2024-25 rankings. The Queen of Hills, renowned for its scenic beauty, has been overtaken by Theog and Nadaun, exposing persistent civic issues, unplanned construction activities, and mismanaged waste disposal. The city's fall in rankings is attributed to the lack of vision among successive g ...Read More >
T'puram: The headmistress of Thevalakkara Boys High School, where a 13-year-old boy was electrocuted to death, was suspended from service on Friday. General education department issued a directive to the school management to suspend headmistress Suja S in connection with the electrocution death of Class VIII student Mithun in the school on Thursday. School manager R Thulasidharan Pillai issued the suspension order. Kollam district assistant education officer, who visited the school, reported ser ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 18 (PTI) Delhi Art, Culture and Tourism Minister Kapil Mishra on Friday visited the Prime Ministers Museum and Library (PMML) at Teen Murti Marg, with singer and music director Himesh Reshammiya accompanying him. The museum, which showcases the lives and contributions of India's former prime ministers, features 14 high-tech galleries equipped with interactive and immersive exhibits, including a 6D helicopter ride, virtual photo booths, a handwriting robot, a time machine and a ki ...Read More >
Hyderabad: All government schools across Hyderabad district have been asked to restructure their classrooms so that no student is a back bencher, adopting from Malayalam movie Sthanarthi Sreekuttan. The decision, taken in a recent meeting led by Collector Hari Chandana Dasari, follows a broader pedagogical shift towards learner-centred classrooms recommended by the National Curriculum Framework (NCF) 2023. Kerala and other states like Punjab, West Bengal, and Tamil Nadu have already adopted thi ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 18 (PTI) More than 45 schools across Delhi received bomb threats on Friday, triggering panic among the students and their parents. Delhi Police and other quick-response authorities have launched search and evacuation operations, an official said. This is the fourth such day this week when schools in the capital received bomb threats. Police, along with bomb disposal and dog squads, and the fire department are rushing to the different schools and initiating the evacuation proces ...Read More >
Mayiladuthurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 18 (ANI): AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS) launched a scathing attack on the ruling DMK and Chief Minister MK Stalin during a high-voltage campaign in the Delta region as part of the Let Protect the People, Let Save Tamil Nadu tour, AIADMK said in a press release. Addressing a large gathering in Melamukoodal, under the Poombuhar constituency, EPS countered Stalin recent jibe, calling his campaign bus Sundaram Travels, stating, Yes, ...Read More >
Goalpara, July 17: At least one person was killed and several others, including policemen, were injured in a clash between evicted people and security personnel in Paikan Reserve Forest in Assam's Goalpara district on Thursday, an official said. Security deployment has been strengthened, and top police officers and district officials have rushed to the spot, which has been cordoned off. Goalpara District Commissioner (DC) Prodip Timung said forest guards and police personnel were attacked by al ...Read More >
Kollam: A 13-year-old student of Class 8 died of electrocution at Thevalakkara Boys' School while playing on the school grounds on Thursday morning in the Kollam district of Kerala. The deceased, Midhun, came in contact with a live electrical wire in the cycle shed of the school. According to initial reports, another student threw Midhun's slipper onto the shed's roof. While attempting to retrieve his slipper by climbing over a wall to reach the shed, he reportedly touched the live wire of Kera ...Read More >
Kerala's General Education Minister V. Sivankutty stressed the need for an urgent and multi-departmental re-audit of electrical, fire and structural safety at schools in the wake of the death of a Class VIII student, Midhun, by accidental electrocution from a "sagging" overhead power line at the Boys' High School at in Kollam district on Thursday (July 17, 2025). Speaking to reporters in Thiruvananthapuram, Mr. Sivankutty said the government routinely issued a checklist for school managements t ...Read More >
KANNUR: General Education Minister V Sivankutty on Tuesday ruled out any change in the government's stand in revising the school timings. The revision applies only to classes 8 to 10, the minister said, noting that the number of students who attended religious studies in these grades was very low. The top priority is to protect the educational rights of students, reiterated Sivankutty. "The government is not against religious education, but students' academics come first," he said. Saying he h ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) India's passenger vehicle sales crossed the one million mark in the April-June quarter (Q1) of 2025-26 with exports registering a double-digit growth, according to data released by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) on Tuesday. "Passenger Vehicles, comprising utility vehicles and cars, saw their highest ever exports in Q1 of 2025-26 of 2.04 Lakh units, registering a growth of 13.2 per cent over Q1 of 2024-25," according to the SIAM statemen ...Read More >
Chennai, July 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) On the occasion of the birth anniversary of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Kamaraj, incumbent Chief Minister M.K. Stalin paid a heartfelt tribute, hailing the education reformer's pioneering efforts that transformed the state's educational landscape. In a post on social media platform X, CM Stalin emphasised that late Kamaraj's decision to introduce the Mid-Day Meal Scheme in schools was not merely about providing food -- it was the cornerstone of a long-t ...Read More >
Alappuzha (Kerala) | Activists of the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) on Monday took out a protest march to a CBSE school in Mavelikara in this coastal district against a "pada puja" ritual held recently. DYFI is the youth outfit of the ruling CPI(M). The protesters alleged that children were made to wash the feet of not just teachers but also that of a local BJP leader who attended the ritual at the school, Vivekananda Vidya Peedom, last week. The Left activists, including women, ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram: Defending the incidents of students washing their teachers' feet during 'Gurupooja' ceremonies, Kerala Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar on Sunday said it is a part of Indian culture and tradition. His statement comes amid strong opposition from the state government over such rituals being conducted in schools managed by Bharatiya Vidya Niketan. "It is our culture to offer flowers at the feet of our guru. Some people have objected to it -- I don't understand from which cu ...Read More >
New Delhi: Delhi govt has announced a city-wide rollout of underground electric wiring as part of a Rs 100-crore initiative. The move aims to ensure a safer, cleaner and uninterrupted power supply for residents across the capital, chief minister Rekha Gupta said on Saturday while launching the city's first pilot project of underground wiring in Shalimar Bagh.Gupta said the work at her constituency Shalimar Bagh would be completed in approximately three months. At least 5,500 families residing in ...Read More >
Chandigarh: It has been three months since the beginning of the new school session and summer break is also over. However, Class V and Class VIII students in government schools across Chandigarh are still waiting for several updated NCERT textbooks. Despite repeated assurances and advance payments by the education department, the books are yet to arrive in many schools, forcing teachers and students to rely on stopgap arrangements.This delay is not new to the city's school system. In March-April ...Read More >
TIRUCHY: A government school in Tiruchy, which once counted its students on its fingers, has successfully increased strength from 20 to 300 students in the past four years. The Municipal Primary School in Puthur was rewarded with three Tamil Nadu state education awards on Sunday for its remarkable turnaround and academic innovation. P Amsavalli, headmistress of the school, was honoured with the Arignar Anna Award for school leadership (Rs 10 lakh), the Professor Anbazhagan Award for overall sch ...Read More >
Kolkata: State school service commission (SSC) and Bengal govt on Wednesday argued against Calcutta High Court's single bench order barring 1,801 "tainted" candidates from participating in the fresh recruitment process. SSC told a division bench that these candidates could not be subjected to "double jeopardy".The last date for applications is July 14. SSC's lawyer and senior MP Kalyan Banerjee argued in the division bench of Justices Soumen Sen and Smita Das De that once Supreme Court scrapped ...Read More >
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In a significant ruling to strengthen the implementation of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, the State Information Commission has clarified that government departments will be held accountable for compensating applicants who suffer due to lapses or negligence by officials in handling RTI requests. Issuing the order, State Information Commissioner Dr. A Abdul Hakkim emphasised that if an officer fails in discharging duties under the RTI Act, the responsibility for compensa ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Development Commissioner and stampede probe Committee Chairman Anu Garg has appealed to the public to provide any videos or information related to the tragic incident during the Rath Yatra. Many people captured videos during the tragic event, which can aid in the investigation. Garg urged devotees to share videos and information via email at puritragedy.inquiry@odisha.gov.in. Alternatively, individuals can provide information in person at the State Guest House in Bhubaneswar or Pur ...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 adminis ...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 (N ...Read More >
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM -- The southern Indian state of Kerala has defended its decision to introduce Zumba classes in public schools, after the move sparked protests from religious groups earlier this week. Some 14,000 state-run schools in Kerala have been asked to organise daily Zumba sessions as part of an anti-drug campaign launched by the government last month. The decision has been bitterly opposed by some Hindu and Muslim organizations in the state, who say the dance is a form of "cultural i ...Read More >
T'puram/Kozhikode: Education minister V Sivankutty said no one should dictate terms on what should be done in public schools. If anyone has any issues, they should discuss them with the govt. He stated that he would not accept any threat or warning from anyone regarding the Zumba row."There is an elected govt to decide on academic and non-academic matters in govt schools," Sivankutty told reporters in the capital.The govt is ready to have a discussion on the steps taken, but on issues commonly k ...Read More >
Gadwal: In a significant step towards uplifting the underprivileged and fulfilling the promises of the Telangana State Government, local MLA Bandla Krishna Mohan Reddy presided over the distribution of Indiramma Housing Scheme proceedings to eligible beneficiaries of Gadwal Mandal. The event was held today at the MLA Camp Office in Gadwal district headquarters. The Telangana government, under the leadership of Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, has been actively implementing welfare schemes across a ...Read More >
Imphal, June 29 (UNI) A series of successful operations carried out by Manipur Police and security forces during the last 24 hours led to the arrest of several individuals involved in vehicle theft, insurgent activity, and the recovery of a significant cache of arms and ammunition. Police arrested a vehicle lifter identified as Syed Riyaj from his residence at Lilong Chaobok in Thoubal District. The arrest was made under Lilong Police Station. Authorities seized a blue two wheeler without reg ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jun 29 (PTI) Congress MP Varsha Gaikwad on Sunday accused the BJP-led Maharashtra government of launching a false propaganda campaign to undermine public resistance against its alleged "anti-Marathi" agenda and push for the imposition of Hindi. The former state school education minister also refuted claims that the previous Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government, in which Congress was an ally, had accepted the three-language formula under the National Education Policy ( ...Read More >
How to find the best price, perks when booking a cruise Find the cruise that works for your budget with these tips. Problem Solved Dancing at deck parties is a classic feature of many cruises, so why not make a workout of it? The Zumba Cruise will return in 2026, marking its first appearance in seven years. During this time, guests can spend five days immersed in the fitness program, an aerobic workout that combines dance with aerobic exercises. "There's truly nothing like the Zumba Cruise ...Read More >
Kozhikode (Kerala): The Kerala government on Saturday stood firm in its decision to introduce Zumba dance in state schools as part of its anti-drug campaign, saying the opposition to it is "more venomous than narcotic substance". Explaining the government's stance over the matter here, General Education Minister V Sivankutty said a section of people are deliberately creating issues over the matter and nothing harmful for children is being implemented. Kerala General Education Minister V Sivank ...Read More >
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