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Prayagraj: To provide authorised and affordable textbooks to over 1 crore students from classes 9 to 12 in more than 29,000 schools, UP Board has directed all districts to host book awareness and accessibility camps (book fairs) by April 15.The initiative follows the successful model implemented in Agra and Saharanpur divisions. Board secretary Bhagwati Singh instructed district education officials to ensure that govt and aided inter-colleges organise these fairs, with oversight by a designated ...Read More >
Responding to a question by journalists in Bihar's capital Patna about the release of TMC's manifesto in Urdu, Owaisi said, "Mamata Banerjee operates with a dual face (towards Muslims). While her party has released its manifesto in Urdu, the representation of Muslims in West Bengal (government sector) remains unsatisfactory." Muslims are almost 29 per cent of the population in West Bengal, but "only seven per cent have government jobs", he said. The AIMIM chief, whose party has forged an allian ...Read More >
BIJNOR: Two Urdu teachers (aged 25 and 30) were arrested in UP's Saharanpur on Saturday after a widely circulated video allegedly showed a 10-year-old student being beaten inside a madrassa.The footage purportedly showed one teacher hitting the child with a stick while another holds him down as he screams and pleads to be released. A third person is believed to have recorded the incident on phone.The arrests followed a complaint filed by a local resident at Gangoh police station, who submitted t ...Read More >
The move came after the Association for Preservation of Local Languages, Bengaluru, submitted a representation questioning the academic and systemic consequences of the decision for Class 10 students. "I am directed to forward herewith a copy of a representation submitted by the Association for Preservation of Local Languages, Bengaluru, which has been addressed to the Governor of Karnataka, concerning the recent decision to award only grades, without including marks, for the third language in ...Read More >
Mumbai, April 3: A special NDPS court has acquitted a 75-year-old man from Kashmir and a 55-year-old man from Nagpada, arrested in July 2017, after they were allegedly found in possession of around 20 kg of charas. The court cited several loopholes in the search and seizure procedures adopted by the police. Arrest and recovery details According to the prosecution, the Anti Narcotic Cell (ANC) laid a trap near Safety Tank Chowk, Nagpada, on July 9, 2017, intercepting two men identified as Haji ...Read More >
The first-ever 'Sports Alphabet Booklets' in India, developed in 21 languages by Dr. Kanishka Pandey, aim to integrate sports with education, making it engaging for children. Launched with Olympic medalist Ashok Kumar in attendance, they serve a dual purpose of enhancing literacy and fostering sports interest among young learners. In an unprecedented move to blend sports with education in India, the 'Sports Alphabet Booklets' were unveiled in 21 languages, making it the first endeavor of its ki ...Read More >
Mumbai, April 1: A 47-year-old Indian-origin Uber Eats delivery driver has been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to the rape of a customer at her home in Boston, Lincolnshire. Jitendrakumar Prajapati, who targeted a woman he had met during a routine food delivery, was handed a five-year custodial sentence at Lincoln Crown Court, which was reduced to three years and eight months following his guilty plea. He was also sentenced concurrently for 18 months for s*xual assault and was served ...Read More >
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Monday presented a detailed four-year report card of the Punjab Government's "Shiksha Kranti" under the "Shandaar Char Saal Bhagwant Mann de naal" series, laying out how sustained reforms have transformed government schools into competitive, outcome-driven institutions delivering national-leading results. Positioning 'Shikhya Kranti' as the backbone of Punjab's growth story, the Chief Minister highlighted top rankings in national assessmen ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Shabbir Ahmed Lone, a 'most wanted' Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander, was arrested on Sunday nightfollowing a month-long operation by the Delhi Police special cell.Lone alias Raja Kashmiri had allegedly set up a Lashkar's cell in Bangladesh on ISI's directions and was running a cross-border terror network aimed at radicalising Indian and Bangladeshi youth to carry out terror attacks. Previously arrested in 2007 in Delhi and in 2016 in J&K, his arrest is being considered significant, as ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Mar. 30 - In a departure from decades old practise, the State Government has announced that from current academic year, SSLC students will not be awarded marks for third language subjects (Hindi, Urdu, Arabic etc.). Instead they will receive A,B,C and D grades. Announcing the decision here on Friday, Minister for School Education and Literacy Madhu Bangarappa said, "To reduce the academic pressure on SSLC students, the Karnataka Government has decided not to award marks for third lan ...Read More >
Ahmedabad, Jan 27 (PTI) The Gujarat ATS has foiled a terror conspiracy to target individuals in Uttar Pradesh and arrested a person alleged to be operating as a "lone wolf" after being influenced by extremist ideologies linked to the banned terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed, officials said on Tuesday. The accused, Faizan Shaikh, was in the final stages of planning targeted killings across Uttar Pradesh for 'insulting' Prophet Mohammed, according to officials. The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) recove ...Read More >
Nagpur, Dec 17 (PTI) Officials of 'Balbharati', the Maharashtra government's body responsible for creating and publishing textbooks for state board schools, on Wednesday conducted a raid at a printing press in Nagpur and found thousands of its textbooks printed illegally there, an official said. A complaint is being lodged in this connection, he said. "Following a tip-off about duplicate books being printed at Pratibha Printing Press in Digdoh in Hingna MIDC area, we came here to inspect and f ...Read More >
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Tuesday declined to take cognisance of a charge sheet, filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the National Herald case, which names senior Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. The court said that it was impermissible in law to take judicial note of the charge sheet and summon the Gandhis. The court also detailed in its 117-page order that ED's case reflected a unilateral overreach of the other law enforcement agency viz. the Central Bureau of Investi ...Read More >
Agartala: Tripura CM Manik Saha announced a strategic shift in BJP's approach to electoral seat calculations, stating that the party will now include all 20 assembly seats reserved for Scheduled Tribes in its electoral strategy.Speaking at a joining rally in the city, Saha emphasized BJP's growing confidence in its increasing support among indigenous communities, marking a significant change in the region's political landscape.During the event, a large number of tribal leaders and their supporte ...Read More >
Guwahati: Tipra Motha Party (TMP) founder Pradyot Kishore Maniya Debbarma on Sunday strongly defended the right of the Tiprasa community to decide the script used for the Kokborok language, stating that the matter falls entirely within the community's domain and is not open to external interference. His remarks followed Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha's recent call for the development of an indigenous script for Kokborok, rather than the Roman script currently advocated by several tribal lead ...Read More >
The inaugural session of the 18th Bihar Legislative Assembly got underway on Monday with the newly-elected members taking the oath of office. Pro-tem speaker Narendra Narayan Yadav administered the procedure allowing the members of recite oath in five languages -- Hindi, English, Urdu, Sanskrit or Maithili. Ministers in the Nitish cabinet were the first to take oath, with deputy chief minister Samrat Choudhary, elected from Tarapur assembly seat, coming to the dais first. He was followed by ano ...Read More >
The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has apprehended a 32-year-old software engineer from the Kondhwa area of Pune due to alleged connections with Al-Qaeda. Disturbing evidence has emerged, including images of him wielding an AK-47 rifle and constructing improvised explosives, as reported by officials on Wednesday. The suspect, named Zuber Hungargekar, was arrested on Monday under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). Investigators revealed that digital materials found in his p ...Read More >
The Congress has backed out of the race, leaving the seat for its alliance partner National Conference;the contest is now being anticipated between BJP, NC and J&K National Panthers Party (India) The Nagrota assembly constituency, considered a BJP stronghold, is likely to witness a triangular contest in the ensuing bypoll scheduled for November 11. A total of 12 candidates, including a former minister and a District Development Council (DDC) member, have filed nomination papers. The Congress h ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 23 (PTI) Days after London-based scholar Francesca Orsini was deported from the IGI Airport over alleged violation of visa conditions, the Congress on Thursday said the decision to bar her from the country is not a matter of immigration formality but a "symptom of the Modi government's hostility towards independent, serious-thinking, professional scholarship". Orsini, a scholar of Hindi and professor emerita at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), was deported Monda ...Read More >
In the clip, Javed Akhtar is seen commenting on the current political landscape of India. Singer Lucky Ali called Javed Akhtar "ugly as f**k" after a reel of the noted writer-poet weighing in on the Hindu-Muslim dynamic in the country started doing rounds on social media. But what exactly did Javed Akhtar say that made Lucky Ali lose his cool? In the short video, apparently from a literary event, the lyricist and screenwriter is seen commenting on the current political landscape of India. Ja ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, Oct 22: Top anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal drew sharp criticism from the opposition on Wednesday after floating a tender to procure seven luxurious BMW cars, with leaders accusing the "guardians of integrity" of "chasing luxury over legitimacy". Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh took a sharp dig at the Lokpal, saying the institution is now a "Shauq pal", a play on the Urdu word that loosely translates to pursuing personal interests or indulgences. R ...Read More >
Professor Francesca Orsini, a scholar of Hindi, was deported from Delhi's IGI Airport. Sources stated she violated her tourist visa conditions. Orsini had been on a blacklist since March 2025. Her deportation has drawn criticism from historians Ramachandra Guha and Mukul Kesavan. They highlighted her contributions to Indian literature and questioned the government's actions. A professor associated with the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at the University of London was deported fr ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Sholay sequence showing Dharmendra hiding behind a Shiva statue has put Javed Akhtar bang in the centre of an escalating social media debate after his comment that he will never be able to write it today. The undated video, in which the lyricist-writer is discussing freedom of speech and democracy, is back in circulation, prompting singer Lucky Ali, among others to take him on for his views on Muslims -- and Hindus. On Monday, he wrote on X in response to a post on Akhtar's vide ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: London-based academician and researcher Francesca Orsini was on Monday denied entry into India upon arrival at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here, as she "was blacklisted in March this year for having violated the conditions of her tourist visa by undertaking research during her previous visits", according to govt sources.Orsini, Professor Emerita of Hindi and South Asian Literature at the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics in London, is a literary historian worki ...Read More >
Mumbai: Urdu lovers gathered at Hajj House in the city on Saturday evening to pay tribute to Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, the founder of the educational institution that became the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), for his contribution to the cause of higher education among south Asia's Muslims. The programme, organised by the Ahtesaab Foundation, MLA Rais Shaikh, Urdu Caravan, and the AMU Old Boys (Alumni) Association, Mumbai branch, also felicitated the annual awardees of Maharashtra State Urdu Sahity ...Read More >
Kulgam, Oct 16: Emphasising the role of literature as a mirror to society and a force for cultural unity, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday said that reviving regional languages and heritage was not just the responsibility of the government, but of every writer, poet, and lover of letters. He was addressing the inaugural ceremony of the 3rd edition of the Veshow Literary Festival in Kulgam, via video conferencing. Though originally scheduled to attend the festival in person, LG Sinha ...Read More >
New Delhi: Rising Bollywood star Aneet Padda, who recently shot to fame for her role in the blockbuster Saiyaara, is now at the centre of controversy after an old video resurfaced online, sparking a divided reaction from netizens. Padda, who starred opposite Ahaan Panday in Saiyaara, has been receiving widespread acclaim for her performance in the romantic drama. The film, directed by Mohit Suri, marked a significant debut for Panday and a breakout role for Padda. Since its release, Saiyaara ha ...Read More >
Mumbai: After making a sparkling debut in Saiyaara alongside Ahaan Panday in July this year, actress Aneet Padda has become the centre of attention in the showbiz. Fans are curious to know more about her upcoming projects and also personal life. She has been hitting headlines a lot. Aneet is back in the news, but now for a wrong reason. Aneet adda has found herself at the center of controversy after an old video of the young star singing the famous Urdu poem "Lab Pe Aati Hai Dua" like a song ha ...Read More >
New Delhi: A Delhi court has acquitted 16 people accused of rioting, arson and unlawful assembly in a 2012 Old Delhi case for the lack of evidence against them."Things appear not to have happened in the manner these have been projected," the court said. None of the several prosecution witnesses had identified any accused person, nor had they explained their roles, raising "serious doubts" about the prosecution's story, additional sessions judge Virender Kumar Kharta said, while acquitting the ac ...Read More >
New Delhi: Months after India destroyed several terror establishments in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) under "Operation Sindoor", a Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) commander has admitted that the family of Masood Azhar, the terror group's top commander, was "ripped apart" in strikes on Bahawalpur. In a video that has now gone viral, a top Jaish commander, Masood Ilyas Kashmiri, flanked by security personnel, is seen acknowledging the losses suffered by the terror outfit and explaining how ...Read More >
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