NEW DELHI: NCERT’s newly released Partition Horrors Remembrance Day modules have triggered a political storm by explicitly naming Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Congress and then Viceroy Lord Mountbatten as “culprits” behind India’s division in 1947.The supplementary modules – separate versions for classes VI-VIII and IX-XII – are not part of regular textbooks but designed for discussions,…
Mumbai: A govinda’ climbs a rope during Dahi Handi ceremony on the occasion of Janmashtami festival, during rain, at Colaba market, in Mumbai. (PTI Photo) MUMBAI: Heavy rain Saturday failed to dampen Mumbai’s Gokulashtami spirit, with dahi handi celebrations held. However, the festivities saw the death of a 39-year-old man and a 14-year-old boy, though…
NEW DELHI: In a blazing response to Supreme Court‘s judgment fixing deadlines for President and governors in granting or withholding assent to bills passed by assemblies, Centre on Saturday warned impermissible invasion of constitutionally conferred high plenary zone on the top constitutional post holders by SC in the garb of judicial review powers would destabilise…
NOIDA: A couple and their minor daughter found themselves held captive in a cab as their driver chose to evade a police check during a ride from Noida to Delhi‘s Connaught Place on Thursday.The terrified family, whose repeated pleas to the driver to slow down were ignored as police chased the cab, recorded the incident…
CHANDIGARH: Delhi HC has cautioned the Centre against its persistent practice of contesting nearly every Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) ruling that grants pensionary relief to soldiers, saying the government should in appropriate cases “graciously” accept the tribunal’s decision rather than prolong needless litigation.“Not every perceived dispute must be turned into an adversarial battle in the…
NEW DELHI: A 21-year-old Bangladeshi woman who had been arrested for allegedly staying in India illegally escaped from Mumbai’s JJ Hospital after pushing aside a police constable, officials said. According to news agency PTI, the woman, identified as Rubina Irshad Shaikh, was five months pregnant. Police said she fled from the state-run hospital on Thursday,…
Manish Sisodia (File photo/PTI) CHANDIGARH: Opposition parties in Punjab have urged the Election Commission to take action against AAP and its Punjab in-charge, Manish Sisodia, over a social media video where he allegedly tells party workers that AAP would resort to “saam, daam, dand, bhed… ladai, jhagda” to win the 2027 assembly election. Punjab BJP…
Google is bringing back in-person interviews after AI-powered cheating has made virtual hiring unreliable, CEO Sundar Pichai announced. “We are making sure we’ll introduce at least one round of in-person interviews for people, just to make sure the fundamentals are there,” Pichai said on the Lex Fridman podcast in June.The problem has become so widespread…
PANAJI: Since Sept 2017, Goa has largely eliminated human rabies cases, earning a “rabies-controlled” status in 2021 after three consecutive years without a single death from the virus. The streak was broken by one case in 2023, but there were no fatalities in 2024 and none so far this year. “Even if a single stray…
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta receives Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla upon his arrival at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport, in New Delhi, early Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025. (PTI Photo/Karma Bhutia) NEW DELHI: Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, India’s second astronaut, returned to the country early Sunday after completing the Nasa-led Axiom-4 mission to the…
