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When resignation cleanses and restores lost stature

India, July 26 -- Dharmendra Pradhan should have resigned as Union education minister earlier. Perhaps - who knows? - he wanted to and was prepared to but was not allowed to. I regret the fact that he... Read More


NEET can't continue as a make-or-break exam

India, July 26 -- Two decades ago, on a hot Sunday afternoon, I was writing what felt like the most important exam of my life. It was a day I had been preparing for over two years. My parents, probabl... Read More


Parting of speech: Birth of American English

India, July 26 -- George Bernard Shaw was spot on when he declared that the US and England are two countries separated by a common language. But so too was Henry Higgins. In My Fair Lady, commenting o... Read More


Women are writing new rules for conservation

India, July 26 -- Conservation is not just ecological but also social, and there can be no capacity-building in this field without gender empowerment. Across India, women are playing a leading role in... Read More


Two dead, two missing as blastrips through cracker factory

MEERUT, July 25 -- Two workers were killed and two others, including a contractor, went missing after a powerful explosion ripped through Rana Fire Works factory in Naya Gaon under the Gangoh police s... Read More


Man killed wife in SUV she gifted him: Moradabad Police

MEERUT, July 25 -- A 23-year-old woman, who left her home in Moradabad district on June 25 telling family she was going to appear in her LLB second-year examination at Osmania University in Hyderabad ... Read More


High tension lines pass over 3,890 UP schools; nearly 2L kids at risk

LUCKNOW, July 25 -- Nearly two lakh children studying in 3,890 government primary and upper primary schools across Uttar Pradesh continue to face a potential safety risk as 11,000-volt high-tension po... Read More


CM Yogi asks officials to intensify action against land mafia

GORAKHPUR, July 25 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday emphasised the Uttar Pradesh government's zero-tolerance policy towards crime and illegal land occupation, directing officials to intensi... Read More


SC seeks clear answers from Centre, says 'ad-hoc' measures can't continue

New Delhi, July 25 -- The Supreme Court on Friday demanded clear answers from the Centre on whether it was keen to shift NEET-UG to a computer-based test (CBT), issues of data protection that may aris... Read More


SC to hear two petitions on police action on monday

New Delhi, July 25 -- Hours after Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant clarified in open court that no petition had been filed in the Supreme Court over the alleged police excesses during the July ... Read More