The Madras High Court on Friday, struck down a Tamil Nadu government order that allowed people from Backward Classes (BC), Most Backward Classes (MBC), Denotified Communities (DNC) and Scheduled Castes (SC) who converted to Islam to continue receiving reservation benefits under the Backward Class Muslim (BCM) category.A division bench of Justices GR Swaminathan and PB…

Supreme Court had held suo motu hearings over the earlier ‘judicial corruption’ chapter NEW DELHI: A new NCERT textbook has described the judiciary as an “impartial and independent institution”, months after the Supreme Court objected to a section on alleged “corruption in the judiciary” in an NCERT Class 8 textbook.The Class 9 social science textbook…

The Bombay High Court on Friday dismissed a petition challenging the recruitment process for 89 district judge posts in Maharashtra, clearing the way for the main written examination scheduled on June 27 and 28.The petition was filed by eight advocates who appeared for the preliminary examination held on May 10, 2026. They failed to secure…

Union minister Kiren Rijiju (File photo) NEW DELHI: Union minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday drew a parallel between Rahul Gandhi and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal after the Congress MP expressed “regret” before the Madhya Pradesh high court over his remarks on Union minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s son, Kartikey Singh Chouhan.In a post on X,…

The University of Delhi is expected to open the Common Seat Allocation System (CSAS) portal for undergraduate admissions on June 27.The move comes after the university announced on June 24 that the admission process for the 2026-27 academic session would begin soon, following the declaration of CUET UG 2026 results.Admission to Delhi University’s undergraduate courses…

“Birthday wishes to Union minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan Ji,” PM Modi wrote on X. NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday received a community note on his X post after he wished Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on his birthday, days after the NEET retest, which was necessitated by the leak of the question paper…