NEW DELHI: The Calcutta high court has directed a dental collage to refund the full fee and original documents of a student who left the MDS programme in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery just after 6 days of enrolment. It also held the collage liable for not following the University Grants Commission (UGC) guidelines.What was the…
NCERT Textbooks adds a new section on Emergency New Delhi: The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has, for the first time, introduced a section on the Emergency in a Class IX textbook, describing it as “one of the major challenges” to Indian democracy during a period when a majority of Fundamental Rights…
Is Cricket more global than Football? (Designed by Mukesh Sharma/TimesofIndia.com) NEW DELHI: There is an exhausting rhythm to summer in the sub-continent. The heat hits you like a wall the moment you step outside, and, more often than not, survival dictates a quick shelter to the nearest roadside stall for a glass of ice-cold “nimbu…
MUMBAI: Reserve Bank of India has rebuffed calls to raise the asset threshold for upper-layer NBFCs to Rs 2.5 lakh crore, sticking to Rs 1 lakh crore threshold—a decision that keeps Tata Sons, the holding company of India’s largest conglomerate, firmly within its supervisory bracket and subject to listing requirements.Industry stakeholders had argued that the…
PM Modi invited to join Khamenei’s funeral ceremony that is to be held between July 4 and July 9 NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi has been invited by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian to attend the funeral of former supreme leader Ali Khamenei, official sources confirmed.While Modi himself is unlikely to travel, it’s learnt that govt…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday advised states to start registering e-Zero FIRs in cyber crime cases so that victims who have lost their money are spared the harassment of running from pillar to post. Noting that only nine states have this system in place, Modi directed PMO officials to take this up with…
Two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela within minutes of each other on Wednesday evening, causing buildings to collapse in the capital Caracas and triggering tsunami alerts across parts of the Caribbean.According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), the first earthquake, measuring 7.1 in magnitude, struck at 18:04 local time near Montalbán, west of the coastal community…
UBT MPs meet Birla, question rebels’ Shinde Sena merger NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: In a meeting with Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday, Shiv Sena (UBT) said two-thirds of its MPs cannot join or merge with another party on their own, without the initiative of their original party, and urged him to uphold provisions of the…
NEW DELHI: A passport is primarily a travel document and should not be treated as proof of citizenship, a senior external affairs ministry official said Wednesday at an event to highlight the expansion of passport services across the country on 14th Passport Seva Divas.The passport attests the nationality of Indians when they are abroad but…
NEW DELHI: Taking responsibility for the NEET-UG episode, which he said “should not have happened”, Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan accused Rahul Gandhi of exploiting students’ anxiety for political gain and promised a “radical” overhaul of NTA, including moving NEET to computer-based testing (CBT) next year.In an interview to TOI, Pradhan said criticism was legitimate…
Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys emerge as top landing spots for $68M Pittsburgh Steelers’ star.(Image via X) The Pittsburgh Steelers’ star player Alex Highsmith has returned to voluntary workouts but he has been linked to a number of teams. Amid all the mess, the Dallas Cowboys and the Green Bay Packers have emerged as…
JAMMU: At least 25 people were injured after a minibus ferrying pilgrims to Shri Sukrala Mata Temple in Billawer, in J&K’s Kathua district, plunged into a gorge in Simbli area on Wednesday. Officials said four of the injured were in critical condition.The minibus was ferrying devotees from Goran and Sumb villages in Samba district to…
