KOLKATA: A Kolkata-based sarod player with family roots in Bangladesh and an illustrious legacy in the world of music had to flee the neighbouring country when the venue was vandalised hours before his programme, leaving him shocked and his tabla player still stuck there.Shiraz Ali Khan had a concert scheduled at Chhayanaut in Dhaka on…
Odisha Teacher Recruitment 2026 The Odisha government is expected to release the detailed notification for Odisha Teacher Recruitment 2026 shortly. The recruitment drive is likely to cover more than 15,000 teaching posts across government schools in the state. The process will be conducted by the School and Mass Education Department through the Odisha State Education…
GUWAHATI: Assam Police and BSF, in a joint operation Sunday, sent 19 illegal immigrants back to Bangladesh. The individuals were apprehended from Nagaon and Karbi Anglong.Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma described the move as a “full Doomsday moment” for infiltrators. In an X post, he said they had “disappeared from India, reappeared in their hell…
Supreme Court regularises BDS degrees of Rajasthan students In recent years, several admissions to private medical and dental colleges have come under legal scrutiny over deviations from NEET-based selection norms. One such long-running dispute involved students admitted to private dental colleges in Rajasthan during the 2016–17 academic session after qualifying criteria were relaxed at the…
Representative photo (PTI) JABALPUR: Prompt police action prevented an escalation of communal tension in Jabalpur after a group of people disrupted a prayer meeting alleging religious conversion, an allegation dismissed by the organisers, who in turn said they were assaulted and the venue was vandalised.The incident in Shakti Nagar area on Sunday follows a similar…
The National Testing Agency (NTA) is set to conduct the University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test (UGC NET) December 2025 session from December 31, 2025, to January 7, 2026, in Computer Based Test (CBT) mode. Ahead of the examination, the agency has released key updates, including the city intimation slip and the subject-wise examination schedule,…
CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJINAGAR: BJP candidate Pramila Panchal was elected president of Mudkhed Municipal Council in Nanded by a single vote. The rival AIMIM candidate demanded a recount, but the margin remained one vote. “I bagged 779 votes. I realised the importance of a single vote during my election. I now understand the message ‘One Man, One…
How the Indian education system is responding to high AQI and cold waves As winter sets in, schools across parts of north India are once again being forced to adapt — not because of exams or holidays, but due to hazardous air quality, dense fog and cold-wave conditions. Over the past few weeks, state governments…
NEW DELHI: India hit out at Bangladesh and suspended visa operations at its mission in Chittagong on Sunday, amid a wave of protests there with an anti-India hue sparked by the death of radical activist Sharif Osman Hadi, which has seen the lynching of a Hindu man.Describing as “horrend-ous” the killing of 25-year-old Dipu Chandra…
When the identity of the suspect in the shootings linked to Brown University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology became public, attention quickly shifted from the crime itself to the pathway that brought him to the United States.The suspect, a Portuguese national, entered the US through the diversity immigrant visa program — a congressionally created…
