Mamata Banerjee and Amit Shah (R) NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday issued a strong statement aimed at taking on the BJP beyond Bengal, even setting her sights on New Delhi. Her remarks elicited a wry reaction from Union home minister Amit Shah, who said with a smile during a presser,…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat University (GU) has made internships compulsory for students of undergraduate and postgraduate courses appearing as external candidates, aligning the requirement with the provisions of the National Education Policy (NEP). The move had initially triggered confusion among students over the process, duration and evaluation system, prompting the university to issue detailed guidelines.According to the…
Kiran and (right) Kashish allegedly committed the murder on June 23 Ghaziabad: A woman from Tronica City who realised the man she was seeing for nine months was a sexual predator and wanted to protect her 13-year-old daughter from him plotted his murder along with her sister.On June 23, Kiran (32) and Kashish (21) knocked…
Rewari: The Haryana Human Rights Commission has stepped into the probe of recent factory fire tragedies in Rewari’s industrial belt, seeking reports from five departments and raising concerns over worker safety, compensation and accountability.Taking suo motu cognisance of major fire incidents in Bawal and Dharuhera, the commission observed the matter involved workers’ safety, dignity and…
Ludhiana: Police have registered a case against an unidentified person for allegedly hacking the Instagram account of a city-based doctor and uploading objectionable content through it.In her complaint, the doctor alleged that an unknown accused gained unauthorised access to her Instagram account and used it to post content that could harm her reputation and social…
When it comes to their dear dead ones, many people are always vying for that one last conversation. The one where they can let them know just how much they were loved, how immensely impactful they were to the people in their lives and yes, that they were missed. But what if you could have…
Eminent persons urged protesters on hunger strike to end their fast NEW DELHI: A group of prominent writers, actors and academics, including Arundhati Roy, Naseeruddin Shah and Ratna Pathak Shah, on Monday urged protesters on an indefinite hunger strike at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar to end their fast, even as they reiterated support for their demand…
NEW DELHI: The Trinamool Congress on Wednesday denied that there was any proposal or discussion about the Mamata Banerjee led party merging with the Congress at a meeting between leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi and TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday.The meeting between Rahul and Abhishek at 10, Janpath came a day after…
Chennai: The school education department has sought inputs from the India Meteorological Department (IMD) to check for possible heatwave-like conditions in the first week of June. Based on the inputs, a discussion will be held with chief minister C Joseph Vijay to postpone the reopening date of schools, school education minister Rajmohan told mediapersons on…
Chennai: A total of 67,812 students applied for scanned copies of their Class XII public exams answer sheets this year, a jump from 51,720 applications received last year.Officials from the department said the reduced number of centums in subjects such as social science and accountancy could be the reason for the spike. These students can…
