NEW DELHI: In what could be a new milestone for internationalisation of education in India, Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday held discussions with officials from Johns Hopkins University (JHU), Maryland, USA, on establishing its campus in India. Academic and research collaboration with the university were also explored during the meeting. According to a…
NEW DELHI: The toxic haze hanging over NCR for past few days intensified on Sunday and Delhi’s average Air Quality Index deteriorated to the season’s worst of 441 at 4pm, well into the ‘severe’ zone, compared to 419 a day earlier. By 6pm, it had surpassed 450, reaching the ‘severe plus’ category, prompting Commission for…
PITHORAGARH: Hira Devi, 80, is an unlikely film heroine from one of Uttarakhand’s ghost villages, Gadtir, which has several empty houses because of migration. The octogenarian, who is illiterate and has lived in the mountain village most of her life, recently got a chance to star in ‘Pyre’, a film inspired by a story similar…
RAIPUR: The Chhattisgarh Waqf board in a bid to let mosques in the state stay clear of controversy and undertake an image makeover has directed all Mutawallis (caretakers) at mosques and imams to seek approval on the topic of sermons to be delivered before the prayers every Friday. A circular to this effect was issued…
NEW DELHI: Law ministry has invited comments on draft legislation Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Bill, 2024, to replace the existing law of 1959 on office of profit. The bill proposes that holders of certain offices of profit will be exempted from being disqualified from becoming, or being, members of Parliament (MPs).The bill has incorporated certain…
NEW DELHI: A cut in supply of government-controlled natural gas from legacy fields has sparked a fencing match between the oil ministry and city gas network operators who want to raise CNG prices to at least cover the higher cost of imported fuel being used to meet market demand.Government reduced legacy gas allocation for the…
NEW DELHI: With a key parliamentary panel preparing to nudge Centre to “correct” the “flawed” implementation of “creamy layer” for OBCs in certain categories, the focus is set to fall on protracted absence of “equivalence of posts” which is at the root of the controversy.Sources said the panel on OBC welfare is likely to push…
Bangladesh’s Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus downplayed recent violence against the country’s Hindu minority on Sunday, describing it as “exaggerated propaganda” with political motives aimed at destabilising the nation. Yunus acknowledged that violence occurred but insisted it was political in nature and “given a communal colour.” His remarks came after weeks of protests by tens of…
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu deputy CM Udhayanidhi Stalin continued attacks Sunday on AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami, saying the state’s leader of opposition “might merge his party with BJP” if there was another income tax search targeting his colleagues.Udhayanidhi recalled that three months ago, EPS had categorically ruled out an alliance with BJP for the…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said a “fake narrative can persist only for a limited period of time” while referring to the recently released film ‘The Sabarmati Report‘ which is based on the burning of some coaches of Sabarmati Express near Godhra railway station in 2002. The incident had sparked widespread riots…