NEW DELHI: A 17-year-old Jharkhand student’s forensic dissection of CBSE’s controversial ‘On-Screen Marking’ (OSM) tender has escalated into a full-blown political and institutional row, intensifying demands for a complete re-evaluation of class XII board exam answer sheets and an independent audit of the board’s digital evaluation system.This comes amid continuing complaints from students and parents…
BAREILLY: NIA deputy superintendent of police Ishan Mehra, 32, was killed after his motorcycle crashed into a container truck on the Delhi-Lucknow national highway in UP’s Moradabad district, police said Sunday, reports Krishna Chaudhary.Mehra, a resident of Mohali in Punjab, was posted at the NIA’s Delhi office, a senior police officer familiar with the case…
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Sunday called off a scheduled meeting with her party’s legislators after only 20 of 80 MLAs turned up, with the party blaming the mass absence on a “sudden and emergent ground situation” triggered by attacks on senior functionaries and several arrests statewide.Trinamool spokesperson Kunal Ghosh, speaking outside Mamata’s…
NEW DELHI: Fresh allegations of massive cybersecurity lapses, data exposure and administrative failures have deepened the controversy surrounding CBSE’s On Screen Marking (OSM) system, with activists now approaching National Human Rights Commission for urgent intervention to protect students’ educational rights, amid continuing disruptions in the board’s post-exam processes.The latest row erupted after independent developers and…
NEW DELHI: After an “exhaustive and microscopic” analysis of the 70-year-old Immoral Traffic Prevention Act (ITPA), Supreme Court has ruled that the principal objective of the legislation is neither to abolish prostitution nor to make it a criminal offence but to prevent its commercialisation.A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan said, “We…
The Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) has released the admit card for the Simultala Residential School, Jamui Class 11 admission examination 2026 for the academic session 2026-28.Candidates who applied for the entrance examination can now download their hall tickets from the official website, biharsimultala.com.To download the admit card, applicants will need to log in using…
NEW DELHI: Staring at a tough sowing season due to forecast of a weak monsoon and pressure on inputs such as fertilisers and diesel, the Centre will on Monday launch a month-long nationwide campaign on balanced and judicious use of inputs such as fertilisers and water, timely advice to farmers in view of weather-related challenges…
The University of Delhi (DU) has started the registration process for B.Tech admission 2026-27 on its official admission portal, engineering.uod.ac.in. Eligible candidates can now register online for admission and seat allocation.Candidates will need to log in using their login ID/JEE (Main) application number and password to complete the registration process.According to the official schedule, the…
NEW DELHI: Amid government’s big push for next-generation reforms for improving ease of living and ease of doing business, PM Modi has directed all ministries and departments to go back to the intended beneficiaries – citizens and businesses – to assess the impact of policy modifications on their life and work.TOI has learnt that PM…
Picture source: X/ PM Modi Prime Minister Narendra Modi used the 134th episode of Mann Ki Baat to shine a spotlight on veteran educationist Girija Amma, whose efforts to encourage students to contribute towards the welfare of Indian soldiers have drawn national attention.Recalling a recent meeting in Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, the Prime Minister said, “I…
