New Delhi: The double Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker’s name is conspicuously missing from the list of sportspersons nominated for the prestigious Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award this year.This unexpected snub comes despite Bhaker scripting history at the 2024 Paris Olympics, becoming the first Indian female shooter to win an Olympic medal by clinching bronze in…
New Delhi: The Central government today took a major decision as it made a big change in education rule by scraping the ‘no-detention policy’ for classes 5 and 8 students.As per the decision taken by the government, the students of classes 5 and 8 will have to pass the year-end exams to get promoted to the…
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed the anticipatory bail plea of former IAS officer Puja Khedkar and also ordered to vacate the interim protection granted to her. The bench of Justice Chandra Dhari Singh dismissed the anticipatory bail plea of former IAS officer Puja Khedkar, stating that the UPSC is regarded as…
Rewa: A shocking case has come to light from Madhya Pradesh’s Rewa district. After the death of her husband, the wife made a demand to preserve his sperm. The couple had been married for only seven months. Their married life was going on happily, but one day, everything suddenly turned upside down. According to reports,…
Bengaluru: A tragic road accident in Karnataka near Bengaluru city resulted in the death of six members of a family. The six died on the spot after a container truck overturned on a car. Police said the accident took place in Nelamangala near Talekere on the outskirts of Bengaluru.Police have identified the deceased. They are Chandrayagappa…
Kolkata: Over 64 per cent of the iconic yellow taxis in Kolkata will be off the roads by March 2025 due to the 15-year service limit imposed by the state transport department. As per records of the state transport department currently there are around 7,000 registered yellow taxis in the state. Out of them around 4,500…
New Delhi: The national capital continues to grapple with toxic air quality. According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the Air Quality Index (AQI) recorded was 410 at 6 a.m. on Monday which falls in the ‘severe’ category. A thin layer of fog blanketed the city, reducing visibility, while the minimum temperature dropped to 9.2…
Mathura: Visitors have been barred from wearing inappropriate clothes such as skirts, half pants, night suits and torn jeans at the Thakur Banke Bihari Temple in Vrindavan ahead of the New Year. The temple authorities has appealed to the visitors to “dress modestly” and avoid wearing “indecent clothes” while on the temple premises.The temple authorities made…
Gautam Buddh Nagar: A fire broke out in an electronics company in Noida Sector 65 on Sunday, according to the police.As per the police, around 15 fire tenders and 75 firefighters are present at the site and efforts are underway to douse the fire, which broke out in the basement of an electronics company in…
Lieutenant governor VK Saxena has allowed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to prosecute former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal in a case related to a now-scrapped excise policy, according to multiple media outlets on Saturday. Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), however, dismissed the reports as “fake news”, in a fresh row that broke out in the…
