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New Passport Fees from July 1: Fresh Passport to Cost 2,500, Tatkal Charges Revised

India, June 26 -- The Centre has revised passport application fees across categories, with the new rates set to come into effect from July 1, 2026. The revised fee structure has been notified through ... Read More


NCERT Revises Class 9 Curriculum, Adds Emergency and Drops Sections on Secularism

India, June 26 -- The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has introduced a section on the 1975-77 Emergency in its new Class 9 Social Science textbook, while references to th... Read More


Gulmarg Gondola resumes rides after month-long safety check

India, June 26 -- The Gulmarg Gondola, one of Jammu and Kashmir's most popular tourist attractions, resumed operations on Thursday after remaining closed for a month following a technical malfunction ... Read More


Why BJP wants to finish Mamata Banerjee - led - TMC in Bengal?

India, June 25 -- West Bengal has become a major priority state for the Narendra Modi government and the BJP central leadership. For the BJP, West Bengal was an unfinished dream, an unfulfilled ambiti... Read More


IIT-Ropar Scholar Wins Court Battle & PhD Seat

India, June 25 -- In a significant relief to a doctoral researcher, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar to restore a PhD scholar to its Chemis... Read More


From Rohit Sharma to Mammootty, Distinguished Indians Receive Padma Honours

India, June 25 -- President Droupadi Murmu conferred the Padma Awards 2026 on several distinguished personalities from the fields of sports, cinema, music, public affairs, science and social service d... Read More


Parliamentary panel reviews security, development in J&K

India, June 24 -- A Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs, led by MP Dr Shashi Tharoor, is on a four-day study visit to Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh to review border security, foreign p... Read More


Himachal Schools Fall Short of RTE Norms: HPU Audit Report

India, June 24 -- A social audit of government schools under the Samagra Shiksha in Himachal Pradesh's Bilaspur district has found that none of the 154 surveyed schools fully meet the infrastructure s... Read More


IIT Ropar to develop autonomous armoured vehicles & directed energy weapons for the Indian Army

India, June 23 -- The Indian Institute of Technology Ropar has secured two prestigious defence technology projects awarded by the 27th Army Technology Board (ATB). The projects, covering Autonomous Ar... Read More


Ladakh succeeds, but Kashmir has a tougher battle on its hands

India, June 21 -- The recent breakthrough in talks between the Centre and Ladakh's leadership has triggered a significant political ripple across Jammu and Kashmir. After years of sustained agitation,... Read More