NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Less than half of students, including those in India, felt well prepared for their next educational step, and only 45% felt ready for life beyond school, according to a global survey.Conducted by Cambridge University Press and Assessment, the survey – Preparing Learners to Thrive in a Changing World: The View from International Education…
NEW DELHI: Gaganpreet Makkad (38), who was allegedly behind the wheel of the BMW that fatally struck senior finance ministry official Navjot Singh (57) and critically injured his wife Sandeep Kaur (50) in Dhaula Kuan Sunday, was arrested after being discharged from hospital Monday.Sections related to culpable homicide and destruction of evidence have now been…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a petition seeking to bring registered political parties under the ambit of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition, and Redressal) Act, 2013. “Subjecting political parties to the POSH Act would open a Pandora’s box and become a tool for blackmail,” it said….
NEW DELHI: Based on the finding of an SC-appointed SIT headed by its retired judge J Chelameswar who told the court there had been no violation of law in the running of Vantara (Greens Zoological Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre) at Jamnagar in Gujarat, the apex court on Monday not only closed the case against it…
NEW DELHI: The sex ratio at birth recorded a decline for the fourth successive year in Delhi, with 920 females being born in 2024 per 1,000 males, compared with 922 in 2023 and 929 in 2022. Delhi govt officials said the fall was marginal, but health experts sounded an alarm, saying that the trend pointed…
NEW DELHI: US chief negotiator for the proposed trade pact with India Brendan Lynch was expected to land in Delhi early Tuesday for talks with his Indian counterpart Rajesh Agarwal. While formal negotiations are yet to resume, the visit by the assistant US Trade Representative signals the two sides may try to narrow some of…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court, in an interim order Monday, refused to stay the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, prima facie finding none of its provisions illegal but suspended implementation of ‘five-year practice of Islam’ for dedicating a property to waqf till the Centre framed rules on it. The court also stayed a section of the amended…
NEW DELHI: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board has expressed disappointment over the Supreme Court of India’s interim judgment on the Waqf (Amendment) Act 2025, describing it as “incomplete and unsatisfactory” and sharing that the community feels that “those provisions not stayed at this stage shall be abused.”The Board noted that while the Court…
Jammu: The pilgrimage to Vaishno Devi shrine from the base camp Katra in Jammu and Kashmir remained suspended on Monday for the 21st consecutive day.The resumption of Mata Vaishno Devi Yatra, which had been suspended since August 26 when 34 people died in a landslide, was scheduled from Sunday.It has now been postponed till further…
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha flagged off the first dedicated parcel train from Budgam to New Delhi Monday, calling it the start of “a new era of trade and business for apple growers and traders of the Valley”.While welcoming the launch of the parcel train, fruit mandis across Kashmir observed a complete…
