Srinagar: A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan sustained minor injuries after a large tree collapsed on a security bunker located inside the Amar Singh Club premises in Srinagar, officials said on Saturday. The jawan, Umesh Mishra, who was stationed inside the bunker at the time of the incident, recounted the suddenness of the mishap. “I…
New Delhi: The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has decided to implement Aadhaar-based biometric authentication in all its forthcoming examinations in order to verify candidates’ identity on a voluntary basis, officials said Sunday. They said the new measure will come into force for recruitment tests conducted from next month onwards. The SSC is one of the…
Balrampur: In an act of courage and determination a woman in a remote village in Uttar Pradesh has refused to marry as the groom arrived drunk for the wedding. The incident has been reported from Basantpur village in Balrampur district. A woman allegedly called off her wedding as the groom allegedly reached the marriage venue…
New Delhi: A powerful earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale struck Afghanistan on Saturday afternoon at 12:17 pm IST, as reported by the National Center for Seismology (NCS). The quake’s epicentre was located at 36.10 degrees North latitude and 71.20 degrees East longitude, with a depth of 130 kilometres. Tremors from the earthquake were…
Rudraprayag: The doors of Shri Kedarnath Dham will officially reopen on May 2, a spokesperson from the Shri Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee (BKTC) said on Friday. “This evening, the advance team of the Shri Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee reached Shri Kedarnath Dham. The doors of Shri Kedarnath Dham are going to open on May 2,” the spokesperson said….
Imphal: The Manipur government has launched a drive to verify the licensed arms and asked all the district administrations to examine the papers of the arms license holders and arms dealers, officials said on Saturday. A senior official said that the Commissioner (Home) has, in an urgent circular, asked the Deputy Commissioners of all 16…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday expressed his pride as the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita and Bharat Muni’s Natyashastra were inscribed in UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register. According to a release by UNESCO on Thursday, a total of 74 new entries were made in UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register, bringing the total number…
Tarn Taran: Two alleged shooters sustained injuries in a retaliatory action during an encounter with Punjab police in Tarn Taran district, an official said on Friday. On April 17, the Punjab Police, in a joint operation with the Anti Gangster Task Force (AGTF), arrested one of their associates and, on his instance, came to know about…
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has taken a policy decision to implement the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 with Hindi as a compulsory third language from the academic year 2025-26. As per a detailed government notification, Hindi will be a compulsory third language for students in Classes 1 to 5 studying in Marathi and English medium schools….
Thiruvananthapuram: The sparring between suspended Kerala IAS officer N. Prasanth and Chief Secretary Sarada Muraleedharan continues unabated, with Prasanth demanding immediate action on his much-delayed promotion. After his hearing before Muraleedharan was completed, Prasanth on Thursday took to Facebook and shared the details of what happened during the meeting. The 2007-batch IAS officer was suspended after…
