Optional exams for Class 12 to be held between Aug 15-Sep 15: CBSE to SC

New Delhi (IANS) The CBSE on Monday informed the Supreme Court that the optional examinations for Class 12 students, unsatisfied with its assessment criteria, would be held between August 15 to September 15. The exams would be conducted if the environment…

BJP top leaders back in Lucknow for more meetings

Lucknow (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party national general secretary (organisation) B.L. Santhosh and party vice-president Radha Mohan Singh, who is also in charge of Uttar Pradesh, will arrive in Lucknow on a two-day visit on Monday to hold crucial review…

Yoga remains a ray of hope amid Covid crisis: Modi

New Delhi (IANS) At a time when the entire world has been fighting the Covid-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said people's enthusiasm for Yoga Day has not diminished and Yoga remained a ray of hope amid the crisis.

Addressing…

3 terrorists killed in J&K's Sopore

Srinagar (IANS) Three terrorists were killed in an encounter that started on Saturday night between terrorists and security forces at Gund Brath area of Sopore in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Monday.

Among those killed included Mudasir…

Parvati temple in Karnataka dug up in 'treasure hunt', 7 held

Hassan (Karnataka) (IANS) Hunt for treasure purportedly buried under the sanctum sanctorum of a century-old temple in a village in Karnataka's Hassan district led seven people, including a priest, to try to dig up the structure, police said on…

'NHRC notice to J&K govt over writer gunned down by Pak militants in 1990'

New Delhi (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to the J&K government in connection with the case of a writer and poet gunned down by the Pakistani militants in 1990.

Daily Excelsior reported that the notice…

Sale of government lands in Telangana kicks up row

Hyderabad (IANS) Desperate to mobilize resources to tide over the financial crisis aggravated by the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic, the Telangana government is set to begin sale of government lands to raise Rs 20,000 crore while the move has drawn…

Our democratic credentials recognised, IT rules framed post talks with stakeholders: India to UN

New Delhi (IANS) The Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations Office has responded to the concerns raised by Special Procedures Branch of the Human Rights Council regarding India's new IT norms, wherein the Permanent Mission has stressed…

'Ramdroh', money siphoned off in name of Lord Ram: Congress

New Delhi (IANS) After second land deal in Ayodhya surfaced, the Congress was quick to attack the government for allowing such loot and profiteering and termed it a "Ramdroh" and those involved "chandajeevi."

Addressing a press conference on…

Another jolt for BSP as Ambika Chaudhary quits

Lucknow (IANS) In another major jolt to the Bahujan Samaj Party in Uttar Pradesh, senior leader and former state minister Ambika Chaudhary has resigned from the party, citing 'lack of any responsibility' and also on moral grounds.

The…