US Department of Education sends student loan forgiveness notices despite shutdown. Despite the ongoing US government shutdown, some federal student loan borrowers have begun receiving notices that their debt will soon be discharged. These unexpected emails from the US Department of Education confirm that loan forgiveness is proceeding, even though much of the government’s operations…
Google is reportedly adding more restrictions for its remote employees. A new report claims that the tech giant is updating its “Work from Anywhere” policy, which was introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic. This policy allowed employees to work from any location outside of their main office for up to four weeks per calendar year. According…
National PG College has announced admissions for its PhD programme for the academic session 2025-26. Application forms are available both online and offline. Interested candidates can access the online forms on the college website www.npgc.in. The last date to submit the application form is Nov 10. The entrance exam form fee is Rs 1,000 for…
Lucknow: The Khadi Bhawan in Lucknow came alive on Friday with the inauguration of the Mati Kala Mahotsav 2025, a 10-day celebration of Uttar Pradesh’s traditional pottery and terracotta craftsmanship. The festival was inaugurated by Rakesh Sachan, minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Khadi, Handloom, and Textiles, who described it as a “confluence of…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court appears set to allow the sale and bursting of green firecrackers in Delhi and National Capital Region for Diwali, Gurupurav and Christmas celebrations.While reserving orders on multiple pleas of firecracker manufacturers for allowing manufacture and sale of green crackers, which was supported by Centre and Haryana government, a bench of Chief…
Lucknow: The All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) has strongly opposed the Draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2025, released by the ministry of power, govt of India, which proposes privatisation of the entire power distribution sector.AIPEF has urged UP CM Yogi Adityanath to immediately withdraw the decision to privatise Purvanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam and Dakshinanchal Vidyut…
NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah on Friday said infiltration was the main reason for disparity in the rates of growth of numbers of different religious communities, and said that the changes in demography were a threat to country’s culture and democratic ethos while vowing that govt would pursue a “detect, delete and deport” strategy…
Lucknow: A day after setting the political tone for the 2027 UP elections through her massive rally in Lucknow, BSP chief Mayawati on Friday said that, given the record-breaking turnout, the people’s enthusiasm, and their resolve to make “their Behenji’s govt” in Uttar Pradesh for the fifth time, it was natural for opposition parties, organisations,…
BENGALURU: A group of six minors was booked for assaulting one of their friends by stripping him and allegedly forcing him to smoke a narcotic substance. The boys were sent to the govt observation home and were released later.The boys, aged 16 and 17, recorded the incident on their mobile phones and circulated the video…
US agencies have imposed sanctions against eight Indian nationals and 10 companies for links with Iranian oil trade. As part of the latest round of global sanctions, the US state department’s actions were against 40 individuals, entities and vessels, while the US treasury acted against 60 entities. On the US treasury’s office of foreign assets…
