Shah Rukh Khan, Mustafizur Rahman NEW DELHI: Hindu religious leaders and BJP figures have launched sharp attacks on Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan over his IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) selecting Bangladeshi cricketer Mustafizur Rahman, while the Congress has stepped in to defend the actor, calling the remarks against him an attack on India’s…
Delhi Police Constable Exam 2025 rescheduled by SSC for remaining candidates SSC Delhi Police Constable Exam 2025: The Staff Selection Commission has scheduled fresh examination dates for remaining candidates of the Delhi Police Constable Examination 2025. This move covers candidates who could not get exam centres earlier due to technical limits during slot selection.If you…
NEW DELHI: In a relief for highway commuters, toll on under expansion stretches — from two-lane to four-lane — will soon be halved during the construction period and the user fee on partially opened expressways such as Delhi-Mumbai and Amritsar-Jamnagar will be same as that of other NHs. At present, the toll on expressways is…
IIT Guwahati postpones GATE 2026 admit card release on GOAPS portal GATE 2026 admit card: The release of the GATE 2026 admit card has been postponed by the organising institute, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. Candidates who were expecting the hall ticket on January 2, 2026 will now have to wait a little longer, as…
A tiger appeared without warning, gliding like a shadow along the forest edge as a boat drifted through the Periyar waters. For a 13-year-old boy visiting Kerala in 1957, the moment was electrifying. Wildlife then was not something confined to sanctuaries; it was visible, immediate, woven into everyday landscapes. That fleeting encounter stayed with Romulus…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi will flag off the country’s first Vande Bharat Sleeper train between Guwahati and Howrah later this month, barely months before the assembly polls in Assam and West Bengal. The train, marking a major upgrade in overnight train travel running at 120-130 kmph, will also reduce the travel time between two…
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM/THRISSUR: Gold embedded in sacred structures of Sabarimala temple in central Kerala was allegedly stripped, diverted and converted through a planned operation involving temple officials, intermediaries and private jewellers, a state-appointed SIT told a vigilance court. In a report seeking police custody of key accused, SIT said gold-plated copper sheets forming part of the sanctum…
BSEB announces HTET 2026 notification: Aadhaar card not mandatory for Haryana teacher eligibility test The Haryana Teacher Eligibility Test (HTET) 2026 notification is now live on bseh.org.in. You don’t need an Aadhaar card to apply anymore. The Haryana Board of School Education (BSEB) has made this big change for candidates this year.Before, everyone had to…
GURUGRAM: Haryana’s annual sex ratio at birth (SRB), the number of girls born per 1,000 boys, climbed to 923 in 2025, the first time it has showed a gain since 2019.Alarm bells rang last year after it fell to 910, its lowest since 2016 when the ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ campaign was launched as a…
CBSE withdrawal puts Neerja Modi School Jaipur in transition as students face transfers and uncertainty The withdrawal of affiliation of Neerja Modi School, Mansarovar, Jaipur by the CBSE has triggered a chain of immediate and long-term consequences for students, parents, staff, and the school management. The decision followed a fatal incident involving a Class IV…
