59.95% students mark a improvement NEW DELHI: The Central Board on Secondary Education (CBSE) on Saturday declared the results for second edition of the class 10th board examinations. According to CBSE, 6,63,777 students appeared for the second board examination, of whom 5,13,955 took the test to improve their scores from the main examination. A total…
The demolition at TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee’s Amtala party office on Saturday Kolkata: A five-storey building in Amtala, South 24 Parganas, which serves as the local party office of Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee, was partially demolished with bulldozers by the district administration on Saturday following an unauthorised construction complaint.Banerjee denied the allegations, saying he…
Mumbai: BMC commissioner and District Election Officer Ashwini Bhide on Saturday directed election officials to expedite the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, saying the exercise had been affected by the recent spell of heavy rain and must now be completed within the stipulated timeline.Reviewing the progress of the exercise in the Mumbai North…
The BJP on Saturday defended activist Sonam Wangchuk’s hospitalisation after Delhi Police removed him from Jantar Mantar NEW DELHI: Amid mounting criticism from opposition parties over activist Sonam Wangchuk’s removal from Jantar Mantar, the BJP on Saturday defended the decision to shift him to hospital, saying the move was prompted by concerns over his deteriorating…
Chennai/Trichy: AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Saturday said the party did not depend on any individual and was not concerned about those who switched loyalties for power. He described AIADMK as a movement built on the trust of its loyal cadre and urged partymen to “teach betrayers a lesson”.Palaniswami was speaking at a…
Patna: Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) on Saturday postponed the 72nd Combined (Preliminary) Competitive Examination, which was scheduled to be held on July 26, citing “unavoidable reasons”. The commission said a fresh date for the examination would be announced later.In a notification, BPSC examination controller Rajesh Kumar Singh said, “The Integrated 72nd Combined (Preliminary) Competitive…
Ranchi: A 32-year-old woman and her two-and-a-half-year-old son died of suspected suffocation after inhaling smoke from a coal brazier in their room at Chatakpur under Ratu police station limits on Friday night, police said. The deceased were identified as Pinki Devi and Abhimanyu Kumar.Pinki’s daughter Prachi Kumari, 4, and sister-in-law Chhanda Kumari, 17, were rushed…
Admissions in subjects such as mathematics, Hindi, commerce, economics, psychology and history are at 50% or below Ranchi: Ranchi University, one of the state’s oldest universities, will begin postgraduate classes for the new academic session on Monday with barely 3,500 students enrolled against nearly 9,000 seats, prompting the authorities to extend the admission window by…
Kartik Aryan, Mammootty, Yami Gautam NEW DELHI: A political thriller on the removal of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status won Best Feature Film. A biopic of V D Savarkar brought its actor-director the award for Best Debut Director. A Tamil film on an Army officer killed in Kashmir took Best Direction. Another film set during…
Kolkata: The proposed Union cabinet reshuffle is likely to see several Bengal BJP heavyweights secure important berths.Ahead of the expansion — expected after Parliament’s monsoon session — the names of several Bengal netas have started doing the rounds. The prominent among them are state president Samik Bhattacharya and Bishnupur MP Saumitra Khan. While Bengal currently…
