The United States on Thursday announced an indefinite halt to all immigration requests involving Afghan nationals, following a shooting incident near the White House in Washington, DC, in which the suspect was identified as an Afghan national.The US citizenship and immigration services (USCIS) confirmed the decision on X, saying: “Effective immediately, processing of all immigration…
WBSSC updates list of ‘tainted’ teachers but their school names not disclosed. Image: IANS The West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) on Thursday released a freshly expanded list of 1,806 “tainted” candidates from the 2016 State Level Selection Test (SLST), marking another chapter in a recruitment catastrophe that has already triggered mass cancellations, arrests, CBI…
Jatin Paranjpe is the head of the selection committee in the ISPL. He spoke about the challenge of unearthing talent from 101 Indian cities for the third IPL season. (Image: ISPL) The Indian Street Premier League (ISPL) has quietly become one of the most intriguing cricket projects in the country that has gone from handful…
Sadhguru on Thursday said the world is increasingly business-oriented and that the quality of life depends on how businesses are run. In a post shared on X, he stated, “The world has become business-oriented, has begun to understand the nature, the safety and the quality of life depends on how we conduct our businesses. It…
The Women’s Premier League (WPL) auction in New Delhi on Thursday opened up with a crackle and quickly turned into a blaze as Asha Sobhana became the first Malayali cricketer to breach the Rs 1-crore mark. In a pulsating, seesawing bidding war, the UP Warriorz snapped up the 34-year-old leg-spinner from Thiruvananthapuram for a staggering…
UP CM Yogi, civil aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu conduct on-site inspection of Jewar Airport Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath, along with Union civil aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu, conducted an on-site inspection at Jewar Airport and also held a review meeting on Friday. The Jewar airport, officially named Noida International Airport, is a…
The Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education (RBSE) is set to conduct the Class 10 and Class 12 board examinations for 2026, with tentative schedules spanning from February 12 to March 12, according to multiple media reports. While the official timetable PDF has yet to be released, students across Rajasthan are being urged to monitor the…
NEW DELHI: In a breakthrough for Panjab University’s long-stalled governance process, Vice President C P Radhakrishnan — in his capacity as the university’s chancellor — has approved the schedule for the Senate elections, setting the stage for a full restoration of the institution’s decades-old democratic structure. The communication, issued by the Vice President’s Secretariat to…
Hubballi: With the regularisation of the Hubballi-Bengaluru special fare train (07339/40) from Dec, SWR has tagged it ‘super-fast’ (SF) but added four more stops. Commuters point out that Siddhaganga Super Fast Express, which began with 3-4 stops, now halts at 15 stations. They allege these trains take more time than normal express trains, and charge…
India’s housing prices grew at a slower pace in the second quarter of the fiscal, with the All-India House Price Index (HPI) rising 2.2% year-on-year, sharply lower than the 7% recorded a year ago, according to Reserve Bank of India data released on Thursday.The index, compiled quarterly from transaction-level data provided by registration authorities, has…
