New Delhi: An around 50-year-old five-storey building housing a boys’ hostel in a congested bylane in Satya Niketan near Delhi University’s South Campus collapsed on Sunday afternoon, leaving three students dead and many trapped, officials said. Eight people have been pulled out of the debris so far, of whom two were brought dead to the…
Kozhikode (Keralam): General Education Minister N Shamsudheen on Sunday said the state government would take a decision on implementing the PM-SHRI scheme only after receiving the report of a special Cabinet sub-committee examining the matter. The previous LDF government had signed an agreement with the Centre to implement the Prime Minister’s Schools for Rising India…
New Delhi: The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has stepped up sanitation operations across its jurisdiction ahead of the BRICS Summit 2026, deploying nearly 300 sanitation workers during the night and increasing the use of mechanised cleaning equipment. The summit is scheduled to be held at Bharat Mandapam on September 12-13. Under the intensified arrangements,…
Saharanpur (UP): A nearly 20-foot-deep and around 1.5-metre-wide well was on Sunday found beneath the debris of a mosque located on the Saharanpur collectorate premises, amid an ongoing dispute over the structure, officials said on Sunday. The well was discovered while debris was being cleared from the site, a day after the mosque was demolished…
New Delhi: BJP Rajya Sabha MP Dinesh Sharma was appointed Lt Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Saturday, the Rashtrapati Bhavan said. Sharma will succeed Admiral D K Joshi (retd), who took over as Lieutenant Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands on October 8, 2017. “The President of India is pleased to…
New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday carried out a major organisational reshuffle and appointed Sachin Pilot as general secretary in-charge of poll-bound Punjab, replacing Bhupesh Baghel, who has been shifted to Assam in the same position. The party has also appointed Randeep Singh Surjewala as general secretary in-charge of Gujarat, according to a party statement….
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday peppered his address with Gen Z-friendly phrases such as “OG” and brought in a reference to the popular film ‘Dhurandhar’ as he returned to Delhi University’s Shri Ram College of Commerce, 13 years after his last speech there, which gained immense traction. While “OG” (original gangster) is…
New Delhi: Hindutva influencer Swatantra Bhardwaj was produced on Saturday before a Delhi court judge, who remanded him to one day of police custody. According to court sources, Bhardwaj was produced at the residence of Additional Sessions Judge Saurabh Pratap Singh Laler at around 2 pm. His legal aid counsel appeared before the judge through…
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will chair the 28th meeting of the Western Zonal Council in Goa’s Panaji on Monday, according to a statement issued by the government. The meeting is being organised by the Inter-State Council Secretariat of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and hosted by the Goa government. The council…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged teachers to stay vigilant against student drug addiction and help children tackle excessive screen time through sports, physical play, and creative activities. Interacting with the national award-winning teachers on Friday, the eve of Teachers’ Day, Modi asked the teachers to preserve childhood and nurture children’s natural curiosity….
