Under the revised norms, donors contributing more than Rs 1 crore will be conferred the ‘Shiksha Vibhushan’ honour on June 29 at the state-level Bhamashah felicitation ceremony Jaipur: The education department Wednesday said that it has revised the eligibility criteria for this year’s Bhamashah (philanthropist) awards, introducing updated donation slabs and project facilitation thresholds across…
NEW DELHI: Rejecting the action against the CBSE brass for the OSM controversy as an attempt to avoid fixing accountability, Congress on Tuesday reiterated its demand that education minister Dharmendra Pradhan be sacked.While Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi dubbed the govt action as a “cover-up” and an “eyewash”, Congress general secretary KC Venugopal…
AI-generated image used for representational purpose. VADODARA/AHMEDABAD: When the Gujarat government launched the Gujarat Common Admission Services (GCAS) two years ago, the promise was simple: one portal, one process, one admission system. The reality is far more complicated. As admissions for the 2026-27 academic year gather pace, students, parents and academicians are increasingly questioning whether…
LUCKNOW: Sitapur police claimed to have solved the sensational murder of a self-styled occultist, popularly known as “Pardesi Baba”, with the arrest of the main accused who allegedly killed the occult practitioner believing that the latter had kept his mother under his influence for nearly two decades.The accused, identified as Nagendra (25) resident of Navinagar…
WhatsApp messages containing the APK link had been automatically sent to three or four contacts from the doctor’s phone, police said Gurgaon: A doctor posted at a govt civil hospital in Sohna approached police after his mobile phone was allegedly compromised when his 13-year-old son downloaded a game through an APK file sent by a…
Los Angeles mayoral candidate Nithya Raman talks to reporters after a campaign event in Los Angeles, Monday, June 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Indian-origin politician Nithya Raman is set to face incumbent mayor Karen Bass in the November election for Los Angeles mayor after overtaking reality television star Spencer Pratt in the race for…
Kolkata: Two employees of a Gujarat-based trader were kidnapped by a gang of six armed men, robbed of Rs 42 lakh and then abandoned on the Kona Expressway in the first week of May. The complainant, Kamlesh Rajnikant Shah, 63, a resident of Gandhinagar arrived in Kolkata on Monday to report the crime at the…
Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma expressed surprise over Mamata Banerjee’s refusal to resign as West Bengal CM post-election defeat, questioning her stance on democratic institutions. Meanwhile, Varma shared a viral throwback photo of a young Thalapathy Vijay behind M. Karunanidhi, highlighting the unpredictable journey of success and sparking widespread discussion. Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma has expressed…
Wrong to remove Sreejesh in just 15 months: Felix (Image: X) KOLKATA: Former India hockey captain Jude Felix came down hard on Hockey India, criticising its handling of PR Sreejesh’s exit and calling it “wrong” to remove him barely 15 months into the role.Felix, who took charge of the junior men’s team in 2017, was…
Senior TMC MLA Madan Mitra faced protests in Ariadaha, with residents allegedly hurling eggs at his vehicle amid demands for repayment of “cut money.” KOLKATA: Residents in Ariadaha allegedly hurled eggs at a vehicle linked to senior Trinamool Congress MLA Madan Mitra‘s vehicle on Saturday night, the latest in a string of protest actions that…
