Amritpal’s wife, stopped from boarding UK flight, quizzed & sent back to village

Amritpal’s wife, Kirandeep, arrived at the airport around 11.40 am to board Air India Flight 117, which was to depart for Birmingham at 2.30 pm. As soon as the media got wind of this, they made a beeline to the airport and found her standing in the queue with her luggage trolley.

April 21, 2023 at 01:58AM

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Bilawal to attend SCO meet in Goa, India plays it down

Participation in the Eurasian group is a foreign policy priority for Pakistan, not least because of its ties with China and recent overtures of friendship to Russia. Chinese foreign minister Qin Gang and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov will both attend the meeting in Goa.

April 20, 2023 at 11:35PM

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In a first, IITs to open doors to external agency for grading

The Indian Institutes of Technology, which have never been accredited by an external agency, will now have to open their gates to assessment agencies. In the recently held 55th IIT executive council meeting, all the IITs were asked to go in for assessment either by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) or get all their programmes accredited by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA).

April 20, 2023 at 11:57PM

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UGC asks univs to let students write exams in local languages

The UGC, in a letter to the heads of all universities, has asked for details including discipline-wise list of text books/reference books available/used in local languages, availability of subject experts who can write or translate in local languages, and availability of local publishers for printing textbooks in local languages, as it stressed on the need to strengthen efforts for writing textbooks in mother tongue/local languages and encouraging their use in teaching.

April 20, 2023 at 03:33AM

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Family of 1962 martyr finally get a photo to remember him by, thanks to a security guard

One day, Gurjar found Sujan Singh’s photo in his collection. He contacted Santosh Kanwar, a former sarpanch of Dabri village in Jodhpur, who introduced him to the martyr’s family members.

April 20, 2023 at 02:53AM

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At 20 lakh+, NEET-UG records all-time high registration

Two states recorded over 2 lakh registrations — Maharashtra (2.8 lakh) and UP (2.7 lakh) — and seven over 1 lakh — Rajasthan, TN, Kerala, Karnataka, Bihar, Bengal and MP. Bringing back the pre-pandemic schedule, NTA had on Dec 16 announced that NEET-UG would be held on May 7.

April 20, 2023 at 01:31AM

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Same-sex marriage: Centre wants to get states on board, SC says can’t wait

In its application, the Centre informed a bench of CJI DY Chandrachud and Justices SK Kaul, SR Bhat, Hima Kohli and PS Narasimha that on Tuesday, it had sought views of all states and pleaded that it would be desirable to await the outcome of such a consultation process.

April 20, 2023 at 01:15AM

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IPL: Lucknow gun down Rajasthan for fourth win

Rajasthan Royals' return to Sawai Mansingh Stadium in nearly four years didn't turn out as expected as a spirited Lucknow Super Giants pulled off an impressive 10-run win in a low scoring IPL contest in Jaipur. The win was Lucknow's fourth of the season and it also broke Rajasthan's three-match winning streak. However, even after the defeat, Rajasthan still are at the top spot on the points table but are ahead of Lucknow only on net run rate.

April 19, 2023 at 11:53PM

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Law & order restored, every dist in UP now safe: CM Yogi Adityanath

Yogi blamed successive non-BJP governments for the state earning "a bad name" in terms of law and order. "Before 2017 (when he became the chief minister), UP was known for riots and crime. Today, all districts in Uttar Pradesh are witnessing growth. Darkness has been eliminated in every way. The government is paving the way for the state's development through airports, highways, and proper enforcement of law and order," Yogi said.

April 19, 2023 at 03:33AM

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Woman who remarried before appeal period ended gets no HC relief

Justices Ramesh Dhanuka and Milind Sathaye passed the order on the woman's plea to dismiss her ex-husband's appeal on account of her second marriage and cohabitation with her second husband. "This interim application is a classic example amongst litigants to try to overreach the provisions of law by creating a situation, which is difficult to reverse, thereby making pending proceedings infructuous," they said in the March 27 order.

April 19, 2023 at 03:18AM

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