A few days ago, in a fresh order, the Suvendu government ordered an inspection of unaided madrasas. NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Monday dismissed a plea by around 350 teachers and non-teaching staff of recognised West Bengal madrasas seeking salaries under the state’s grant-in-aid scheme.Barely days after coming of power in West Bengal, chief minister…
Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday announced that August 16 will now be observed as Ayushman Divas. NEW DELHI: Suvendu Adhikari-led new West Bengal government scrapped the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress‘s (TMC) politically symbolic August 16 “Khela Hobey Divas” and replaced it with “Ayushman Divas” in a tit-for-tat political move.Mamata Banerjee‘s government had declared August…
NEW DELHI: The number of secondary schools with integrated science laboratories rose by about 10,000 in three years, but coverage fell to 54.6% in 2025-26, from 57.1% a year earlier and 55.9% in 2023-24, as the number of these schools expanded faster. The latest UDISE+ data shows the gap is not confined to govt schools…
The accident occurred on Saturday when a speedboat carrying 32 Indian tourists and four local crew members capsized near Hon May Rut Ngoai, off Phu Quoc Island The mortal remains of the 15 Indian tourists who were killed in a speedboat accident off Vietnam’s Phu Quoc Island will be repatriated to India on Monday, the…
NEW DELHI: Spot a filthy kitchen, stale food or unsafe food handling at a restaurant or food outlet? Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is asking consumers to become its “eyes” on the ground by reporting food safety violations through its Food Safety Connect platform, which allows complaints to be lodged with a…
NEW DELHI: Government schools have made the sharpest gains in internet connectivity over three years, increasing coverage from 46.2% in 2023-24 to 63.1% in 2025-26 and narrowing their gap with aided and private schools from about 28 percentage points to around 16. Their share of functional smart classrooms also rose from 21.2% to 32.2%, though…
An excavator undertakes the filling of Harahi pond in Darbhanga Supreme Court has agreed to intervene in a case of alleged encroachment of three iconic water bodies in the Bihar town following a petition by a civil society groupDarbhanga sits at the heart of Mithilanchal, the mythic land of Sita that forms part of Bihar’s…
File photo: Strait of Hormuz NEW DELHI: India has condemned the attack on commercial vessel GFS Galaxy off the coast of Oman, which had 11 Indian nationals on board, of whom 10 were rescued, but one remains missing.The Cyprus-flagged tanker was hit apparently by an Iranian strike for ignoring instructions to follow what it called…
File photo: Ram Temple in Ayodhya LUCKNOW: The SIT probing the alleged theft of donations to Ayodhya’s Ram temple has identified nine critical procedural and security lapses that collectively enabled the alleged large-scale embezzlement.The findings suggest that the theft was not the consequence of a single loophole but of the near-total breakdown of the prescribed…
IMD on Sunday predicted “subdued rainfall activity” over the plains of north-west and west-central India NEW DELHI: India’s monsoon has weakened again after a week of good showers slashed the nationwide rainfall deficit from 40% at the end of June to 14% by July 9. The current dry phase has widened the overall nationwide shortfall…
