Day: January 3, 2020

Maha: Martyred soldier cremated with military honours

Maharashtra: Martyred soldier cremated with military honours

4:27 pm January 3, 2020

Pune: The last rites of Indian Army soldier Naik Sandip Raghunath Sawant, who was killed in a counter-insurgency operation in Jammu and Kashmir, were performed at his native village in Maharashtra’s Satara district on Friday. The funeral, held with military honours at Mundhe village, was attended by locals and political leaders who paid floral tributes […]

4 killed in Lanka military plane crash

4:23 pm January 3, 2020

Colombo: At least four people were killed when a Sri Lanka Air Force plane crashed in the central hilly area of Haputhale on Friday. The Chinese built Y-12 aircraft was flying to the east coast when it crashed in a mountainous area, killing all four people on board, officials said. The plane had departed on […]

Slight respite from cold in Rajasthan

4:17 pm January 3, 2020

Jaipur: People in Rajasthan got some respite from cold wave conditions on Friday as the minimum and maximum temperatures slightly rose at most places in the state. Mount Abu was the coldest place with a minimum of 3.5 degrees Celsius followed by 4.8 in Sriganganagar, 5.7 in Pilani, 6.3 in Churu and 6.8 in Bikaner. […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Allahabad VC Hangloo’s resignation accepted

4:14 pm January 3, 2020

New Delhi: The resignation of Allahabad University Vice Chancellor Ratan Lal Hangloo, who was under the scanner over alleged financial and administrative irregularities, has been accepted, officials said Friday. His resignation was sent by the HRD Ministry to Rashtrapati Bhawan and it has been approved, officials told PTI. Hangloo had resigned on Wednesday. He was […]

Indore girl wants permission to study law at age 13

Work on new education policy gained ground in 2019

4:12 pm January 3, 2020

New Delhi: The HRD ministry held several rounds of consultations in 2019 to give a final shape to the new National Education Policy (NEP), sanctioned 13 new central universities and 50 kendriya vidyalayas, and implemented 10 per cent reservation for the economically weaker section of the general category. Work on the BJP government’s ambitious project […]