2026

NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday said talks were on with the only active member of the CPI (Maoist) central committee, while others have either surrendered or have been killed.Though he didn’t mention a name, the reference seemed to be to Mihir Besra, who is active in Jharkhand region and whose surrender…

U.S. Ends Illegal SAVE Student Loan Plan The US Department of Education has officially ended the controversial ‘Saving on a Valuable Education’ (SAVE) Plan, which was repeatedly blocked by courts for being illegal. Around 7.5 million borrowers who joined the SAVE Plan based on promises of “student loan forgiveness” and unusually low monthly payments will…

NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha was briefly adjourned on Monday as Congress demanded a discussion on the West Asia crisis but received no concrete assurance from the treasury benches, with parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju saying that extensive statements, including from PM Modi, have already been made on the issue in Parliament.The demand for the debate…

Flipkart co-founder Binny Bansal honoured with IIT Delhi exhibition hall NEW DELHI: The Indian Institute of Technology Delhi on Monday inaugurated an exhibition hall named after its alumnus and Flipkart co-founder Binny Bansal, recognising his contributions to the institute. The exhibition hall, located on the ground floor of the institute’s main administrative building, has long…

NEW DELHI: Citing recent incidents of fatal building fires in Delhi, Odisha and Goa, a technical committee of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has disagreed with the deregulation cell of the Cabinet Secretariat to exclude “fire safety” provisions from the National Building Code. However, it has accepted over a dozen recommendations, including the removal…

VITEEE 2026 registration ends March 31 VITEEE 2026 registration will conclude on March 31, and this has led to a situation where applicants are advised to proceed with the registration process as soon as possible. The final date for registration is around the corner, and this calls for action from the applicants. The applicants are…

LUCKNOW: A full-scale emergency was declared at Lucknow’s Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport (CCSIA) on Monday evening after an Air India Express flight operating from Bagdogra to Delhi issued a Mayday call mid-air following suspected smoke inside the aircraft.The flight, IX 1523, was cruising at 36,000 feet above Ghaghara river in Ambedkar Nagar district at…