SC asks CBSE to consider one-year reprieve on 3-language policy; bench debates whether English is ‘indigenous’ NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Thursday asked Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to consider a reprieve to Class VI students by deferring implementation of the three-language policy to next year, by which time it should shore up infrastructure and…
Kolkata: Waves of violence and vandalism rocked Jadavpur University from late evening on Wednesday as right-wing supporters entered the campus and went on a rampage for nearly three hours past midnight and then did a repeat on Thursday afternoon outside the campus.The attackers broke into the university through Gate No. 4 on Wednesday night and…
Vasai: A residential building in Gokhivere, Vasai East, sank into the ground during piling work at an adjoining construction site on Wednesday evening, prompting Vasai Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVCMC) to evacuate 23 families and demolish the structure on Thursday.Shalom Apartment in the Lagipada area is a ground-plus-three-storey building comprising 23 flats. Constructed in 2012,…
New Delhi: The once-influential Sajjan Kumar, who won from Outer Delhi, then the city’s biggest Parliamentary constituency, has left behind a string of cases that will now abate following his death.Three-time Congress MP from Outer Delhi, Kumar, who was close to Sanjay Gandhi and held political influence over large parts of the city, was serving…
CHENNAI: Not too long ago, Tamil Nadu javelin thrower T Dharanidharan represented India in the U-20 World Athletics and finished a creditable sixth. But that’s just a case in isolation as the state throwers find themselves in a tight corner — having to run from pillar to post just to attain permission for training at…
A pink bus on a Patna road Patna: At least 27% of women in Bihar forgo opportunities because of gaps in transport availability, affordability and safety, nearly twice the proportion of men at 14%. The impact assessment also found that women make 37% fewer trips than men and spend Rs 18,800 more a year on…
The accused in police custody on Thursday Jamshedpur: Five members of an alleged organised gang, which was involved in a series of snatching and thefts in the city recently, were arrested late on Wednesday. Stolen mobile phones, jewelleries and other valuables were recovered from them, police said on Thursday.The accused were identified as Tushar Kalindi…
Ranchi University vice-chancellor Saroj Sharma has notified the ‘Ranchi University regulation and standard operation procedure for minimum standards and procedures for award of Ph D degree 2026’. Under the rules, the minimum period for completion of PhD is three years and maximum is six years. A researcher can re-register themselves for another two years but…
US ambassador Sergio Gor in Leh SRINAGAR: A day after meeting Jammu & Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah in Srinagar, US Ambassador to India, Sergio Gor, arrived in Ladakh Thursday on his maiden visit to the Union Territory, where he went sightseeing and rafting. There were also reports that he was likely to meet the…
Mohammad Sohail from Dhaka visited Free School Street after receiving the news of his friend’s death Kolkata: The two grew up together in the narrow lanes of Dhaka’s Amin Bazaar Begun Bari, chasing cricket balls and talking about the future. Years later, Mohammad Sohail and Babu Ahmed (37) happened to be in Kolkata at the…
