Assam Education dept extends UG admission deadline due to flood
Guwahati, June 22 (IANS) The Higher Education Department in Assam has extended the date of admissions to undergraduate courses in colleges across the state as the monsoon flood has impacted the whole process, with many students failing to reach the institutions for admission, officials said. According to the latest directive, although the last date for […]
FIR against two for ‘blackmailing’ JD-S MLC Suraj Revanna on sexual abuse charge
Bengaluru, June 22 (IANS) The Karnataka Police have filed an FIR against two persons on charges of extortion following allegations of sexual abuse against JD-S MLC Suraj Revanna, the grandson of former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda and younger brother of Prajwal Revanna, the prime accused in the sex video scandal. A male JD-S activist […]
New ‘anti-paper leak’ law: Jail term, up to Rs 1 cr fine as punishments
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) Amid the controversies surrounding the NEET and UGC-NET exams, the Centre has notified the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024, passed in February to prevent paper leaks and cheating. The stringent law came into effect on Friday. Under the law, any person or persons found guilty of leaking […]
Indian startup develops AI-enabled yoga mat for personalised coaching
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) A startup incubated at IIT Mandi has developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled Yoga mat, which was presented to Union Ministers here. The mat called ‘YogiFy’ was handed over to External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar; Railways, I&B and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw; Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and others on behalf […]
HSP’s candidate moves HC against Shiv Sena’s win in Mumbai LS seat
Mumbai, June 22 (IANS) The case of a Shiv Sena winner of Mumbai North West Lok Sabha constituency, has now landed before the Bombay High Court, lawyers said here on Saturday. Hindu Samaj Party’s (HSP) Bharat K. Shah, through his lawyer Asim Sarode, has moved the high court, challenging the election of ruling Shiv Sena-MahaYuti […]
Bengal train mishap: Railways mulls new procedural initiatives to improve communication system
Kolkata, June 22 (IANS) Following the Kanchanjunga Express-goods train collision which claimed 11 lives, the railways is mulling new initiatives to improve the communication system between different departments as well to avoid certain technical confusion which may lead to the recurrence of such mishaps. Sources said that a proposal has been mooted for the installation […]
Kerala MLA to move HC against remission of 3 convicted CPI(M) workers
Thiruvananthapuram, June 22 (IANS) First-time legislator K. K. Rema on Saturday said she will move the High Court after reports surfaced that names of three CPI(M) workers, presently serving double death sentence in the 2012 murder case of her husband T. P. Chandrasekaran, are in the list of those prisoners who can get a remission. […]
Two killed in Gurugram factory fire
Gurugram, June 22 (IANS) Two workers were killed and six others injured in a massive blaze that broke out in a fire safety equipment manufacturing unit in the Daultabad industrial area in Haryana’s Gurugram, officials said on Saturday. According to the Gurugram Fire Services officials, the incident was reported at 2.24 a.m., prompting the deployment […]
Chhota Shakeel’s brother-in-law & terror-funding accused dies in Mumbai hospital
Mumbai, June 22 (IANS) A terror-funding accused Arif Abubakar Sheikh alias Arif Bhaijaan, died during treatment following a cardiac arrest at a government hospital, here on Saturday, a lawyer said. Adv. M.B. Shaikh said that the accused Sheikh — the brother-in-law of fugitive gangster Chhota Shakeel — had been rushed to the Sir J J […]
India committed to realising Bangabandhu’s vision of stable and progressive Bangladesh: PM Modi
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday reiterated India’s commitment to realising Bangabandhu’s vision of a stable, prosperous and progressive Bangladesh while asserting that New Delhi will continue to give the highest priority to its relations with Dhaka. “Bangladesh is India’s largest development partner and lies at the confluence of our […]
