New Jersey set to limit cellphone use in public schools New Jersey may soon restrict cellphone use in public schools after both the state Senate and the General Assembly passed a bill on Monday. The step comes as concerns grow over the effect of smartphones on student learning, behaviour, and safety. As reported by 6…
File photo: Former J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti (Picture credit: PTI) JAMMU: The high court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh on Tuesday dismissed a PIL filed by former J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti seeking the transfer of undertrials—currently imprisoned in jails outside J&K—back into the Union Territory.The division bench of Chief Justice Arun Palli and Justice…
The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) has released the IBPS Regional Rural Banks (RRB) Officer Scale I (Probationary Officer) Preliminary Examination Result 2025 scorecard. Candidates who appeared for the preliminary exam can now check and download their scorecards from the official website, ibps.in.The scorecard will be available for download from December 24 to December…
The accident in Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu (Image courtesy: TOI Chennai) NEW DELHI: At least seven people were killed on Wednesday after a government bus swerved and collided with two cars in Tamil Nadu’s Cuddalore, police said. A tyre burst caused the bus to change direction and crash head-on into the cars.“The bus collided with two…
Americans are earning, but they are spending carefully. For the fifth month in a row, consumer confidence in the US has dropped. The Conference Board reported Tuesday that its Consumer Confidence Index fell to 89.1 in December from 92.9 in November. Economists had expected it to be 91.0. The drop shows a surprising reality: Jobs…
NEW DELHI: Congress on Wednesday slammed the Centre’s directions to states to impose a ban on granting new mining leases in the Aravalli range, calling it a “bogus attempt at damage control that will not fool anybody”Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh alleged that despite the fresh directive, “the Aravallis are not being saved, but are…
“It’s the most wonderful time of the year.”The song returns every December, filling shops, classrooms and homes with a familiar sense of arrival. Christmas feels known before it is explained. Lights go up, music loops, and the calendar signals a pause. Yet much of what shapes this holiday sits outside the way it is taught,…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Wednesday acquitted three accused in a 2009 acid attack case, citing a lack of evidence, 16 years after charges of criminal conspiracy were framed against them.Additional Sessions Judge Jagmohan Singh acquitted the trio — Yashvinder, his wife Bala, and Mandeep Mann — who were accused of conspiring with another…
SSC CPO SI answer key 2025: The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has released the tentative answer key for the Sub Inspector in Delhi Police and Central Armed Police Forces Examination, 2025 (Paper I). Candidates who appeared for the examination can now check the answer key along with the question paper and response sheet on the…
NEW DELHI: Observing a clear mismatch between research needs in the power sector and the efforts being made to address them, the central electricity authority (CEA) has sought suggestions from stakeholders to bridge the gap.The move comes as part of the exercise to prepare the National Electricity Plan (NEP) for the period 2027-28 to 2036-37….
