NEW DELHI: CBSE will conduct class X and XII board exams from February 17 next year, officials announced Wednesday, unveiling a tentative date sheet for the country’s largest school-level examination exercise. In a significant first, the class X exam will be held twice in the same academic year.CBSE examination controller Sanyam Bhardwaj said the class…
NEW DELHI: A new batch of 8-10 cheetahs will arrive in India either from Botswana or Namibia in Dec while another batch equal in number is expected from Kenya next year, environment ministry officials said on Wednesday.They said though govt has been in talks with all three countries, Botswana and Namibia are in the priority…
Ghulam Nabi Azad (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Wednesday announced biennial polls to four Rajya Sabha berths from J&K and bypoll to a seat from Punjab. Polling for these seats will be held on October 24.The four RS seats from J&K have been vacant since Feb 2021. The UT was under President’s…
French President Emmanuel Macron’s convoy was stopped by police in New York City on Monday, bringing traffic to a standstill during the high-level UN General Assembly session, reports news agency PTI.Click here for live updates on Donald Trump’s UNGA speechThe delay was caused by strict traffic restrictions in place for US President Donald Trump’s motorcade….
NEW DELHI: India’s medical education system is set for its biggest expansion yet, with the Cabinet on Wednesday approving the creation of 5,000 new postgraduate seats and 5,023 MBBS seats in govt institutions. It also cleared the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research’s (DSIR) Capacity Building and Human Resource Development scheme with an outlay of…
NEW DELHI: Election Commission now requires an applicant seeking fresh enrolment or inclusion/exclusion of a voter from the electoral roll via online mode to mandatorily verify his identity through OTP-based Aadhaar authentication.While online applications related to the electoral roll – through Form 6 (fresh enrolment), Form 7 (objection to inclusion/exclusion of voter in roll) and…
Who will replace John Mateer after Oklahoma star quarterback’s hand surgery (Image via Getty) John Mateer, the starting quarterback for the Oklahoma Sooners, will have surgery on his right hand after getting hurt in the first quarter of the game against Auburn on Saturday, September 20, 2025, in Norman, Oklahoma. The Sooners won that game…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday expressed surprise over US President Donald Trump’s U-turn on Russia war, while noting that he believed their relationship was now “better than before.”He further claimed that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s repeatedly “lying” to Trump brought US and Ukraine closer. “I think we have better relations than before. It’s good…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday asked the country’s top bureaucrats and state chief secretaries to find ways to resolve issues plaguing infrastructure projects rather than waiting for him to hold reviews.He made these remarks while chairing the web-based Pragati meeting with the officials, where cabinet secretary T V Somananthan made a detailed presentation…
SRINAGAR: J&K Police arrested Wednesday a Kulgam resident suspected of helping the Pakistan-backed terrorists responsible for 26 deaths in the April 22 attack targeting tourists in Pahalgam.Mohammad Kataria, accused of providing “logistical assistance” to the terrorists, was identified as a suspect soon after security forces gunned down the trio who carried out the Pahalgam attack,…
