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Private college in Indianapolis shuts abruptly amid funding crisis: Staff laid off, students to transfer schools

Private college in Indianapolis shuts abruptly amid funding crisis, full staff laid off. Martin University, a private institution in Indianapolis, has terminated all staff and announced it will cease operations at the end of the semester, following years of financial struggles. Students have been advised to transfer to other local colleges, with the university providing…

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SIR in Gujarat: Nearly 74 lakh names deleted from rolls; EC opens window for objections | India News

NEW DELHI: Nearly 74 lakh names have been removed from Gujarat’s draft electoral rolls following a large clean-up drive carried out under the Special Intensive Revision exercise. With this, the state’s total number of voters has dropped from the earlier 5.08 crore to 4.34 crore. The Election Commission released the updated draft rolls on Friday.State…

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The great Indian school paradox: Government enrolment dominates even as thousands of classrooms stand empty

India’s government school system is not shrinking, it is becoming uneven. Image: AI generated India’s school system, at first glance, appears reassuringly intact. In 2024–25, government schools enrolled 121.6 million students, decisively ahead of 95.9 million in private unaided institutions, suggests government data. By sheer scale, public education still anchors Indian schooling, educating around 25.7…

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Local authorities asked to take necessary steps to ensure visible improvement in the prevailing air quality situation across NCR within one week | India News

Union environment minister Bhupender Yadav NEW DELHI: With no let up in the air pollution crisis, Union environment minister Bhupender Yadav on Friday asked local authorities to take necessary steps to ensure “visible improvement” in the prevailing air quality situation across the national capital region (NCR) within one week.Chairing a high-level meeting to undertake a…

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‘No PUC, No Fuel’ rule: Awareness improves; checks across Delhi pumps uneven | India News

A day after the enforcement of BS-VI compliance and mandatory pollution-under-control certificates at Delhi’s border points and petrol pumps, awareness among commuters appeared to have increased on Friday, with many people voluntarily producing documents before refuelling.Nischal Singhania, president of the Delhi Petrol Dealers’ Association, told PTI that queues at pollution-under-control (PUC) certification centres remained unchanged,…

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Dunki route probe: Haryana contractor took property papers as collateral; ED raids conducted in 3 states | India News

NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) in its probe into the ‘donkey’ or ‘dunki’ route found Thursday that a key operator based in Haryana allegedly collected property papers from aspirants as security to guarantee payments for arranging illegal travel to the US through Mexico.‘Dunki’ route is a network used to send Indians illegally to the…

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