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21 Mar 2018

Exams

'Mathematics paper was easy but lengthy': CBSE Class 12 students

The CBSE Class 12 exams have left students drained with lengthy question papers. The verdict was similar for today's Mathematics exam.

14 Mar 2018

Jaipur

Rajasthan Digifest job fair sees good participation; 2,500 receive offers

As many as 2,500 job-seekers have received employment offers, while 5,500 candidates have been shortlisted for further evaluation at a job fair organized in Jaipur by the Rajasthan government, a senior official said on Wednesday.

21 Mar 2018

Air India

Air India reschedules India-bound flights from US

Air India has rescheduled a couple of India-bound flights from the US on Wednesday due to inclement weather in northeastern America, the airline tweeted.

21 Mar 2018

Delhi

12,000 properties in Delhi's refugee colonies might be sealed

After sealing several complexes violating norms in Delhi, authorities have now turned their focus to residential refugee colonies.

21 Mar 2018

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu: Petrol bomb hurled at BJP district chief's house

Miscreants hurled a petrol bomb at the residence of a BJP functionary in Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu early on Wednesday but no one was injured, police said.

21 Mar 2018

Mumbai Police

Second sexual harassment case filed against investor Mahesh Murthy

Just a month after angel investor Mahesh Murthy was arrested in a molestation case and granted bail by a court, Mumbai Police on Wednesday registered the second sexual harassment against him after a woman approached them.

21 Mar 2018

Sexual Harassment

NIFT-Kannur students allege rampant harassment. 'Dress appropriately,' police advise

If local police had it their way, girl students of National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) Kerala won't be able to go out alone at night.

21 Mar 2018

ISIS

ISIS killed 39 Indians: Why was government quiet for 4years?

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday informed the Parliament that 39 Indians, abducted by ISIS terrorists in Iraq, were dead.

21 Mar 2018

Uttar Pradesh

UP: Man kills wife over suspicion of illegal relationship

A 35-year-old woman was strangulated to death allegedly by her husband and her brother over suspicion of her having an illicit relationship in Shamli district of Uttar Pradesh, said police on Wednesday

21 Mar 2018

Tamil Nadu

Petrol bombs hurled at BJP leader's house in Coimbatore

Unnamed miscreants attacked BJP leader CR Nandakumar's house in Coimbatore (TN) early this morning, who poured fuel on his car and then hurled projectiles.

21 Mar 2018

Chhattisgarh

CRPF to get 100 new bulletproof vehicles for heightened security

To provide soldiers better security during commute to operation sites and camps, the Indian government is purchasing 141 medium bulletproof vehicles (MBPVs) for the central paramilitary forces.

21 Mar 2018

Bhubaneswar

Police lathi-charge teachers for disrupting evaluation of matric exam papers

Police resorted to mild lathi-charge to disperse a group of agitating school teachers, who had blocked the entry of other tutors to an exam paper evaluation center in Bhubaneswar.

21 Mar 2018

Stephen Hawking

Special cover on Stephen Hawking released by India Post

A special postal cover on Stephen Hawking was issued by the India Post to pay tribute to the renowned theoretical physicist and cosmologist on Tuesday.

21 Mar 2018

India

62 higher-education institutions get autonomy: What does it mean?

In a first, the University Grants Commission (UGC) awarded full autonomy to as many as 62 institutions of higher education.

20 Mar 2018

ICICI Bank

IIM Shillong completes 100% placement; top package at Rs. 26L

IIM Shillong has completed 100% placement for its Post Graduate Program in Management (PGPM) for 2017-18 batch.

20 Mar 2018

Jammu

Over 4,000 vehicles fined in a fortnight for traffic violation

Over 4,400 vehicles were fined, and 140 were seized for violation of traffic rules in the last fortnight in Jammu.

20 Mar 2018

UNESCO

Water of India's river-basins to get undrinkable by 2050: UNESCO

The water quality of river basins in South and Central India will suffer high levels of deterioration by 2050, warns a new UNESCO report released ahead of World Water Day on March 22.

20 Mar 2018

Lok Sabha

Foreign funding licenses of 5,000 NGOs canceled: Government

Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju today informed Lok Sabha that nearly 5,000 NGOs were barred by the government from receiving foreign funding after the cancellation of their licenses since April 2017.

20 Mar 2018

Mumbai

Mumbai: Exam centers involved in paper leaks to be blacklisted

Examination centers found guilty of leaking papers would be blacklisted and permanently barred from conducting exams, Maharashtra Education Minister Vinod Tawde told the Legislative Council on Tuesday.

20 Mar 2018

Mumbai

Mumbai: 11 cops injured in stone-pelting by students; 2 arrested

As many as 11 personnel of the Government Railway Police (GRP) and the Railway Protection Force (RPF) suffered injuries in stone pelting today by the agitating students demanding jobs in railways.

20 Mar 2018

Delhi Police

JNU sexual harassment: Professor detained for questioning, eight FIRs filed

After noisy protests, letters from JNU professors and clashes, Delhi Police have finally registered eight FIRs against Professor Atul Johri of the reputed university.

20 Mar 2018

Lucknow

Lucknow: B.Com students get compulsory question on BJP govt's policies

Lucknow University's B.Com students appearing for their final examination were asked to attempt a compulsory question pertaining to the policies of the BJP government.

20 Mar 2018

India

Indian doctors protest US body's diabetes treatment guidelines

A proposed set of modified guidelines for managing diabetes globally, issued by the American College of Physicians (ACP), has created a stir among doctors in India.

20 Mar 2018

Samajwadi Party

Won't open new engineering colleges, 62% seats vacant: UP Govt

With 62% seats lying vacant in engineering colleges, the Uttar Pradesh Government today said it will not open any new engineering college in the state.

20 Mar 2018

Tamil Nadu

Sasikala granted 15-day parole to attend husband's funeral

Jailed AIADMK leader VK Sasikala was on Tuesday granted a parole for 15 days by prison authorities to attend her husband's funeral who passed away earlier today.

20 Mar 2018

India

Tendulkar urges Nitin Gadkari to act against fake helmet makers

Continuing his campaign for safe two-wheeler riding, cricket icon, and Rajya Sabha MP Sachin Tendulkar has written a letter to Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari seeking action against the manufacturers of low-quality helmets.

20 Mar 2018

Tamil Nadu

Statue vandalism: Another Periyar statue damaged in Tamil Nadu

A statue of social reformer and Dravidian movement icon EV Ramasamy, popularly known as "Periyar", was found damaged in a village on Tuesday, the latest in a series of vandalism incidents.

20 Mar 2018

Odisha

IAF trainer jet crashes in Odisha, pilot injured

An Indian Air Force aircraft crashed today in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, just a month after two pilots were killed in a microlight aircraft crash in Assam.

20 Mar 2018

Maharashtra

Railways in talks with student protesters demanding jobs: CM Fadnavis

Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis informed Legislative Assembly that railway administration has initiated talks with the student protesters in Mumbai demanding permanent jobs.

20 Mar 2018

Maharashtra

Maharashtra: Class 10 History paper leaked an hour before exam

Another question paper of the ongoing school board exams has leaked, this time in Maharashtra.

20 Mar 2018

India

330 Pakistani, 1,770 Bangladeshi nationals deported in 3 years: Govt

As many as 330 Pakistani and 1,770 Bangladeshi nationals, who were illegally staying in India, have been repatriated in the last three years, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday.

20 Mar 2018

Chhattisgarh

Chhattisgarh: Two villagers killed by Naxals in Kondagaon district

Two villagers have been killed allegedly by Naxals in Chhattisgarh's Kondagaon district, police said.

20 Mar 2018

ISIS

'Will believe my brother is dead when MEA contacts me'

Gurpinder Kaur, the sister of one of the 39 Indians killed in Iraq, today said she finds it difficult to believe her brother is no more because External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj had assured her for years that he is alive.

Man gets Rs. 1.65L compensation for belongings stolen in train

A Thane Consumer Court has ordered the Konkan Railway Corporation to pay a compensation of Rs. 1.65 lakh to a passenger for theft of his belongings during a train journey.

20 Mar 2018

ISIS

All 39 Indian hostages in Iraq dead: Sushma Swaraj

After years of uncertainty about the fate of 39 Indians abducted by the Islamic State in Iraq in 2014, Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj has confirmed they are dead.

20 Mar 2018

Tata Steel

Jamshedpur: 7-month-old tiger cub dies at Tata zoo

A 7-month-old female tiger cub died in the Tata Steel Zoological Park, a statement issued by Tata Steel read.

20 Mar 2018

Indore

IIM-Indore placements: Highest package touches Rs. 63.45LPA

IIM-Indore has completed its placement session for the 2016-18 batches.

20 Mar 2018

Jammu

2 FCSCA officials booked by vigilance department in JK

The Jammu and Kashmir State Vigilance Organization registered a case against two government officials for alleged misappropriation of over Rs. 19L in Kishtwar district.

20 Mar 2018

Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh: British-era railway station Robertsganj renamed to Sonbhadra

The Robertsganj railway station in Uttar Pradesh has been renamed Sonbhadra, said an official.

19 Mar 2018

India

'Schools having computers' survey: Kerala, Lakshadweep top, Bihar at bottom

PM Narendra Modi's call for a digital India has far to go, what with states and UTs performing dismally in a survey judging schools having computers.