New Delhi: On average, the first three months of 2025 and 2026 saw Delhi recording more than 250 Pocso Act cases every month.Data revealed that last year, till March 31, police registered 843 FIRs under the Act, solving 688 cases and making 987 arrests. This year, in the corresponding period, 798 Pocso cases have been…
For boys graduating from Class X at Chennai High School in Chozhavaram, the end of schooling comes with an added burden. With no govt or corporation higher secondary school for boys within a 5-km radius, they are forced to seek admission outside this distance or turn to private schools.Residents say this has been the case…
Patna: Patliputra University (PPU) has issued show-cause notices to seven teachers, including the principal and bursar of BS College, Danapur, after they were found absent during a surprise inspection conducted by vice-chancellor Upendra Prasad Singh on Tuesday.PPU registrar Abu Bakar said the notices sought explanations within 24 hours. The action followed the vice-chancellor’s inspection of…
New Delhi: Noting that they are a flight risk, the Delhi HC has stayed a trial court order that allowed two Chinese nationals to visit their country.Both are facing prosecution in an alleged Rs 20,000 crore money laundering case linked with Vivo Mobile and were named by the ED in its chargesheet.The agency challenged the…
Kolkata: Thousands of aspiring chartered accountants filled the Biswa Bangla Convention Centre as the National Conference of CA Students 2026 brought together over 4,000 students from across India on June 20 and 21. Organised by the Board of Studies (Operations), The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and hosted by Eastern India Regional Council…
Mumbai records season’s heaviest overnight rainfall; Malwani tops chart at 271 mm. MUMBAI: Mumbai witnessed intense overnight rainfall, with several parts of the city recording more than 200 mm of rain within an eight-hour period between 10 pm on June 23 and 6 am on June 24, according to data from Automatic Weather Stations (AWS).The…
Popcorn, sausages and soft drinks kept guests fuelled as they cheered and celebrated through the evening Late on Monday night, Austrian Ambassador Robert Zischg’s residence turned into a screening hall for the FIFA match against Argentina, drawing a full house. With every chair occupied, fans lining the stairs, and the buttery aroma of popcorn filling…
Tangedco employee nabbed for graft Chennai: Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) sleuths arrested an assistant attached to the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (Tangedco) headquarters after he was caught accepting a bribe of ₹50,000 from a suspended employee for processing his reinstatement order.According to DVAC officials, Balasubramanian, an assistant engineer who worked in the Besant…
livelihood through football Patna: In a bid to promote women’s empowerment through sports, JEEViKA on Tuesday partnered with the Centre for Equity and Inclusion (CEQUIN) to launch ‘Kickstart Equality’, a football-based leadership programme for adolescent girls.The memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed on International Olympic Day. The initiative will be implemented in Dhanarua and Naubatpur…
NEW DELHI: Delhi girl Devina Gahlot, 17, from DPS Vasant Kunj, with 100 percentile in three (economics, political science and psychology) of her five subjects and an aggregate of 1232.19, is this year’s CUET-UG topper. The second topper, Saksham Goel, with an aggregate of 1230.82, too is from Delhi, while Udit Chaturvedi (1207.21), ranked third,…
