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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 […]

CBI transfers 19 officers

10:31 pm January 2, 2020

New Delhi: The CBI has transferred 19 officers including two DIGs, 14 Superintendents of Police and three Additional SPs with “immediate effect”, officials said on Thursday. Deputy Inspector General Abhay Singh, who was leading the probe into sexual assault on minor girls in Muzaffarpur shelter home, has been brought to the Economic Offences Wing in […]

UK university strikes air quality research pact with Indian institute

Mercury rises in Delhi, air quality still ‘severe’

8:09 pm January 2, 2020

New Delhi: The national capital recorded an above normal maximum temperature for the second consecutive day on Thursday after remaining in the grip of a prolonged cold spell, the longest since 1992. The city recorded a high of 23 degrees Celsius, three notches above normal, and a low of 4.6 degrees Celsius, three degrees below […]

Mahatma Gandhi statue vandalised in US; India demands appropriate action against perpetrators

28th World Book Fair to focus on Gandhi as writer

6:56 pm January 2, 2020

New Delhi: The annual New Delhi World Book Fair, in its 28th edition, will focus on how Mahatma Gandhi influenced generations of writers through his writings. The nine-day fair, organised by National Book Trust (NBT) in association with ITPO, will be inaugurated by Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank here at the […]