Mumbai: A tilt towards application-based questions and conceptual evaluation has marked this year’s ICSE (Class 10) results, with schools across the city reporting stronger outcomes and a visible expansion of the high-scoring cohort.In Maharashtra, 30,393 students from 279 schools appeared for the examination, recording an overall pass percentage of 99.93%. Of these, 16,170 boys and…
BENGALURU: A day after seven persons died when a compound wall of Bowring Hospital crashed on them following heavy rain on Wednesday, CM Siddaramaiah has ordered suspension of an executive engineer, tightened safety measures and ordered eviction of vendors from near unsteady and dangerous structures.The action follows a high-level review meeting at Vidhana Soudha Thursday…
Chennai: Madras high court on Thursday disposed of a plea moved by Chennai Harbour TVK candidate Sinora Ashok alleging a death threat involving DMK minister P K Sekar Babu. The court closed the plea after city police said adequate security had already been provided to Ashok.Recording the submissions of the police, Justice M Nirmal Kumar…
Hyderabad: The Telangana high court, in a sharp rebuke against HYDRAA over its alleged discriminatory actions in the demolition of structures and fencing of lands, including those that are sub judice, asked why HYDRAA has not taken any action against the Barrister Fatima Owaisi Educational Campus. The institution is allegedly constructed in the Full Tank…
KOLKATA: Bengal’s battle for ballots progressed into a war of nerves over EVM safety late on Thursday as CM Mamata Banerjee camped at Sakhawat Memorial High School, where EVMs from her constituency, Bhowanipore, are being stored.A few kilometres away, an eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation broke out between Trinamool and BJP workers at Khudiram Anushilan Kendra, the designated…
Panaji: Tirumalla Tirupati Multistate Co-op Credit Society has complied with the registrar of cooperative societies and submitted its financial records for scrutiny, said minister for cooperation Subhash Shirodkar on Thursday.He said that the entity’s finances are being assessed, with a decision on restoring permissions expected in a few days.“While we have revoked the licence, we…
Ahmedabad: After a week of relentless heat that saw the mercury soar to a blistering 44.8°C on Sunday, Amdavadis finally caught a modest break this Thursday. In just three days, the maximum temperature retreated by 2.5 degrees, settling at a more “manageable” 41.7°C — the closest the city has felt to normalcy in days. While…
Bhiwani: A controversy has erupted at the Board of School Education Haryana (BSEH) over alleged destruction of records related to the Haryana Teacher Eligibility Test (HTET) 2024, triggering protests by employees and sharp claims from student groups even as the board denied any wrongdoing.The situation escalated on Thursday as employees staged a protest inside the…
Pune: NCP (SP) working president and Baramati MP Supriya Sule on Thursday announced that she will never again contest election against any member of the Pawar family.Supriya’s sister-in-law and NCP chief Sunetra Pawar welcomed her statement and said there should not be one more Pawar versus Pawar contest on any poll turf.The Pawar family members…
Aizawl: At least 16 convicts serving sentences at the district jail in Lunglei, Mizoram, were fraudulently released over four months using forged court documents, police confirmed on Thursday.The alleged fraud began in January and remained undetected until last week, when officials at the Lunglei district and sessions court could not find judicial records authorising the…
