New Delhi: Delhi govt’s women and child development (WCD) department has initiated the process of framing comprehensive guidelines for the care, protection, rehabilitation and reintegration of street children in the capital, with a dedicated committee set up to prepare the framework.The committee, to be chaired by a senior member of the child protection and development…
Nashik: Former state women’s commission chairperson Rupali Chakankar was questioned for six hours on Sunday by the special investigation team (SIT) probing allegations of rape and extortion against jailed astrologer Ashok Kharat, said officials.Chakankar, who had quit following the allegations, was questioned about her association with Kharat and her role as a trustee of Shiwanika…
From Cadillacs to Volkswagen Beetles, Premier Padminis and Mercedes-Benz classics, Campal turned into a moving museum over the weekend as over 118 vintage cars rolled into Panaji for the vintage car rally on Saturday, reviving decades of automotive history on Goa’s streets. The display brought together machines lovingly preserved by collectors, including family heirlooms passed…
CHANDIGARH: A day after Punjab minister Sanjeev Arora was arrested by ED and taken to Delhi, AAP on Sunday launched statewide protests against the BJP-led central govt, accusing it of “weaponising and misusing central agencies to intimidate opposition and destabilise non-BJP govts”. AAP workers held demonstrations and gheraoed BJP offices at district headquarters, raising slogans…
Pune: Institutes in Pune are increasingly offering specialised programmes in political leadership, governance and public policy amid growing interest in students who want to engage in public life beyond conventional electoral politics.Governance education includes legislative research and political consulting to grassroots leadership and public policy advisory roles. It is an emerging career pathway for youngsters…
Dhubri: The owner of a lottery counter located in Dhurbi was detained on the charge of selling fake tickets.Acting on a tip-off, police raided the lottery counter and seized all the tickets, register books and other files from the counter.A police source said they had inputs that the counter was selling fake West Bengal govt…
Bhupendra Chaudhary takes the blessings of governor Anandiben Patel as Yogi Adityanath and other newly sworn-in ministers look on. LUCKNOW: In a bid to blunt the PDA (backwards, Dalits, minorities) push of the Samajwadi Party in the run up to the next big battle, BJP on Sunday inducted six new ministers with three of them…
JAIPUR/MUMBAI: Rajasthan Police’s Special Operations Group (SOG) has launched a probe into alleged malpractices in NEET (UG) 2026 after the National Testing Agency (NTA) received inputs from Rajasthan and Uttarakhand regarding question sets circulated before the May 3 exam that allegedly overlapped with the actual paper.Additional DGP (SOG) Vishal Bansal said investigators found a set…
NEW DELHI: India’s school education system has solved much of the “getting children into school” challenge, but is struggling with a tougher problem – keeping them there long enough to complete secondary and higher secondary education.The stress points are now visible higher up the schooling ladder – gross enrolment ratio (GER) drops from 90.9% at…
Kotak Securities has an add rating on Punjab National Bank (PNB) with the target price at Rs 125, down from the earlier target of Rs 140. Analysts said that in the Jan-March quarter (Q4FY26), the lender had shown steady profitability overall with the return on equity (RoE) supported by low credit costs and decline in…
