Ahmedabad: Quoting a Union govt progress report on sustainable development goals (SDG), the state unit of the Congress launched an attack on the ruling BJP on Monday, revealing that only 50.8% of students completed Class XII in Gujarat, compared with the national average of 61.1% in 2024-25.“The Union govt figures have exposed the actual condition…
Chandigarh: The municipal corporation (MC), Chandigarh, is set to hold the stone laying ceremony for the ambitious redevelopment of the Rose Club in Sector 16 under the public-private partnership (PPP) model Friday, marking the first time the civic body has outsourced the operation and management of a club.Following directions from mayor Saurabh Joshi’s office, the…
The highest registrations were for engineering in CAP in Maharashtra Pune: More than 2.19 lakh students have registered for the Maharashtra CET Cell’s CAP admission process for nine professional courses. Engineering has received the highest number of registrations, followed by three-year LLB, BEd and MBA.Registration for BE/BTech and MBA closes on July 12, BEd on…
Guwahati: Forest and environment minister Jayanta Mallabaruah said protecting the grassland in Manas National Park, a Unesco natural world heritage site, is a priority of the forest department and that efforts will be intensified to restore them.The minister was responding to a concern raised by BJP’s Khumtai MLA Mrinal Saikia over the rapid decrease of…
Lucknow: The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) on Monday submitted a memorandum to the vice chancellor of Lucknow University, Prof JP Saini, seeking stringent action over the alleged illegal collection of money from students in the name of viva voce and practical examinations at an affiliated private college in Itaunja.The student organisation also demanded an…
Jaipur: The National Green Tribunal’s Central Zone Bench has issued notices to the Union and Rajasthan govts and ordered a probe into allegations that reserved forest land diverted for a Jaipur road project was later used for commercial purposes in breach of forest clearance conditions.Hearing an application filed by Hemraj Meena, the bench of Justice…
NEW DELHI: National Investigation Agency (NIA) Monday chargesheeted Lashkar-e-Taiba founder and chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed for plotting and masterminding the April 2025 Pahalgam attack, in which 25 tourists were killed by three Pakistani terrorists in front of their families. One J&K resident was also shot dead.NIA said the second chargesheet has details of the role…
DOL proposes new rules for PERM process, putting employers sponsoring Green Cards under greater scrutiny. Green Card is the most coveted permanent residency status for visa holders as this lays the pathway to obtain citizenship. There are many ways to get a Green Card — through marriage, family, employment, entrepreneurship, etc. The US Department of…
Mumbai: Flipkart‘s board has approved a second Esop (employee stock ownership plan) liquidity event, allowing eligible employees to liquidate up to 5% of their outstanding options vested over the past three years at Rs 713.4 per option, an internal email from group CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy showed.The second liquidity event is likely to be around $25…
The first reviews of Christopher Nolan‘s highly anticipated epic ‘The Odyssey’ are here and they are generating enormous buzz online. Amid much chatter and controversy, critics and industry insiders have described the film as a ‘monumental’ achievement from the filmmaker and also one of his ‘finest achievements’.With the film ready to roll out on July…
