Rajouri/Jammu, 26/2: An army vehicle came under fire from suspected terrorists in a forward village near the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Wednesday, officials said. However, there were no casualties in the brief firing near Phal village in the Sunderbani sector, they added. The terrorists, believed to be hiding in…
Patna, 26/2: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday expanded his cabinet, with the induction of seven new faces, all from the alliance partner BJP At a ceremony held in the Raj Bhavan here, Governor Arif Mohammad Khan administered the oath of office to the new inductees who raised the strength of the Cabinet to…
Chennai:,26/2 Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday asserted that the political representation of southern states won’t be affected due to the delimitation exercise to be undertaken by the Union government. Shah, while addressing a public meeting inCoimbatore, said southern states will receive additional constituencies on a pro-rata basis when the exercise, which is due…
New Delhi,: The CBSE’s draft norms for the Class 10 board exam does not mention Punjabi in its list of subjects, drawing strong opposition from Punjab’s education minister even as board officials said the list was only indicative and that no subjects would be dropped. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Tuesday approved…
Chandigarh, 26/2: AAP on Wednesday named Rajya Sabha member Sanjeev Arora as its candidate for the Ludhiana West assembly bypoll. However, according to sources, party chief Arvind Kejriwal is not anticipated to make the switch to Rajya Sabha. The announcement was made by AAP national general secretary Sandeep Pathak in a post on X. The…
Hyderabad, 26/2: The Telangana government on Tuesday issued orders for teaching Telugu as a compulsory subject for students of 1st to 10th classes in CBSE, ICSE, IB and other boards affiliated schools in the state from the 2025-26 academic year. An official release said the state government had brought in the Telangana (Compulsory Teaching and…
Dwarka, 26/2: A Shivling has been stolen from the Bhidbhanjan Bhavaneeshvar Mahadev temple in Dwarka on Wednesday, as per the temple’s priest, new agency ANI reported. Police officials have formed teams to probe into the matter. There is also speculation that the perpetrator/s might have hidden the Shivling in the sea nearby, and expert scuba…
New Delhi, 25/2: The Congress on Tuesday questioned Narendra Modi government’s “efficacy” in diplomacy and sought a reassessment of its foreign policy priorities, as US President Donald Trump decided to allocate USD 397 million for Pakistan’s F-16 fleet maintenance. It also said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should “summon the courage” to remind his “good friend…
Mumbai, 25/2: Joining the debate on working hours, IT services company Capgemini India’s chief executive Ashwin Yardi on Tuesday advocated 47.5 hours work per week, and was against sending e-mails to employees on weekends. He was speaking at Nasscom Technology and Leadership Forum (NTLF) here. “Forty seven and half hours. We have about nine hours…
New Delhi, 25/2: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor posted a selfie with Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and the UK’s Secretary of State for Business and Trade Jonathan Reynolds on Tuesday, and said the revival of long-stalled India-UK FTA negotiations was most welcome. Good to exchange words with Jonathan Reynolds, Britain’s Secretary of…
