MUMBAI: For many Class 10 students, this year’s CBSE results have fallen short of expectations, with a difficult mathematics paper pushing a significant number towards the board’s first-ever “second exam” in May.Across schools, principals report that between 20% and 35% of students are opting for the betterment round-largely to recover lost marks in maths and…
Bengaluru: Proposing a redistribution of seats in engineering courses under a “zero-sum” principle — which ensures no increase or decrease in total seats — an expert committee appointed by the state govt has recommended a recalibration of technical education according to industry demand. The committee, headed by Prof S Sadagopan, former director of International Institute…
CHENNAI: Congress leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi flayed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, saying that they both wanted to rule Tamil Nadu from Delhi. Rahul was in TN to campaign for Congress candidates and candidates of secular progressive alliance led by DMK. In his address…
HYDERABAD: An ex-sarpanch and her husband in Rajanna Sircilla district were picked up by police on Friday after they locked a govt school in the village for two consecutive days, alleging that their pending bills had not been cleared.The former sarpanch said she spent 22 lakh for construction of a dining hall at ZPHS and…
Kolkata: Sati Chatterjee, a former professor of English literature at Jadavpur University, passed away on Friday at her Lake Gardens residence. The 91-year-old academic was suffering from a lung infection.In 1950, Chatterjee joined Presidency College to study English literature and was a cherished student of professors Subodh Chandra Sengupta and Taraknath Sen. Her father was…
Panaji: Two months after GMC introduced an online appointment system at 12 outpatient departments (OPDs), early morning queues in the tertiary care hospital have not slowed down.Patients’ lack of confidence in the new mechanism, missing awareness, as well as hiccups in the system, could be driving the majority of patients to queue up for two…
Varanasi: In a major crackdown on the illegal sale and smuggling of codeine-laced New Phensedyl cough syrup, Kotwali police filed a 38,000-page chargesheet before the fast track court of an additional district judge on Thursday.A total of 18 persons have been named in the chargesheet, including syndicate kingpin Shubham Jaiswal, a resident of Kayastha Tola…
Patiala: The Patiala police on Friday claimed to have arrested three members of a robbery gang and recovered cash, gold and silver jewellery from their possession.The police also seized a car used by the robbers. The arrests followed a violent housebreaking in the Model Town area of Patiala.Varun Sharma, senior superintendent of police, Patiala, said…
Pune: Four people collectively lost Rs 1.32 crore after cybercrooks lured them to share-trading for handsome returns between Jan and March.Separate complaints were registered with the Vishrambaug, Baner, Kalepadal and Talegaon Dabhade police on Thursday.Fraudsters contacted a retired resident (69) of Sadashiv Peth on a social media platform and offered good returns if the latter…
A man unloads sugarcane from a vehicle for sale Lucknow: Low cane yield, diversion towards Khandsari units, and inadequate payment by many sugar mills to farmers have emerged as the three key reasons that stopped UP from becoming the country’s largest sugar producer in the 2025-26 crushing season.Official sources in the cane development department said…
