No homework for students of classes I and II and prescribed weight limit of school bags for each class are part of the fresh directives issued by the HRD ministry to states and union territories across the country. According to the official order, the HRD ministry has “instructed all the states a

NEW DELHI: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, who turned down Pakistan's invitation to visit the groundbreaking ceremony for Kartarpur Sahib citing cross-border terror, today questioned the army credentials of Pakistan army chief Qamar Bajwa, citing multiple attacks in his state. Today happens t

A contempt petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Friday against Bharatiya Janata Party's Kerala state president PS Sreedharan Pillai, Sabarimala Temple priest and three others for not implementing the top court's order. Earlier Solicitor General Tushar Mehta had declined to give sanction to

While a show of strength is on in Ayodhya by the VHP for the Ram Mandir, the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh has cleared a 221-metre-tall statue of Lord Ram, to come up on the banks of the Saryu in the temple town. While the government did not reveal the details of cost, funding, or exact locatio

Mumbai: India does not need money from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in the next six months, the finance minister said, rejecting opposition charges the government was seeking access to the bank's reserves to fund schemes ahead of the 2019 general election. "I don't need money in the next six m

Ayodhya: A day before the Dharam Sabha called by the Vishva Hindu Parishad, Ayodhya was virtually turned into fortress with multiple layers of security and deployment of drones to keep an eye on possible mischief- mongers. A UP Police spokesperson said one additional DGP, one deputy inspector genera

Kerala is rebuilding itself after the devastating impact of the deluge that hit the state in August, the worst that the state witnessed in a century. However, it has not forgotten the fact that neighbouring Tamil Nadu was one of the first states to extend maximum support during their difficult time.

Two medical students were killed on Friday morning after they rammed a road divider and fell off the Signature Bridge in New Delhi. Initially, it was suspected that the victims were performing stunts. However, the police in their investigation have ruled out that angle. The deceased have been ide

Within hours of resigning from the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), alleging that it has become alienated from the people and become inaccessible, party MP from Chevella Konda Vishweshwar Reddy defected to the Congress party on Wednesday. Accompanied by AICC general secretary in-charge of

Tanjore: Cyclone Gaja, which hit the coastal districts of Tamil Nadu, brought with it deadly force and damaged properties and took 63 lives in its wake. The worst affected areas were Nagapattinam, Tanjore, Thiruvarur, Pudukkottai and Cuddalore districts. Despite the fact that a week has elapsed sinc

MI Shanavas, one of the three working presidents of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) and sitting member of the Lok Sabha representing Wayanad, died at a private hospital in Chennai in the early hours of Wednesday. He was 67. Shanavas was under treatment at the hospital following liver

PORT BLAIR/NEW DELHI: An American man was killed by a protected tribe in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the police said today. Seven fishermen who took 27-year-old John Allen Chau to North Sentinel Island, where the indigenous Sentinelese people live, have been arrested, the police said. The Se

New Delhi: Union minister Sushma Swaraj, one of the senior most leaders of the ruling BJP, declared today that she will not contest the 2019 national election. Sushma Swaraj, the Minister for External Affairs, shared the decision with reporters in Madhya Pradesh, where she is campaigning for elec

A man threw red chilli powder at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal inside the Delhi secretariat on Tuesday. The attacker, who was identified as Anil Kumar, was detained following the attack. According to news agency PTI, the attack took place outside the chief minister's chamber on the third f

In a shocking incident, a minor boy was allegedly thrashed with shoe and brutally beaten up by his tuition teacher in Uttar Pradesh’s Aligarh. The incident came to light on November 15 after the parents of the class 2 student checked CCTV footage of the room where the brutal episode took place.

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Monday denied allegations of having any connection with Naxals after reports that the Pune police investigating the Bhima-Koregaon case found phone calls made to Maoist supporters using the former Madhya Pradesh CM’s number. “I challenge PM Mod

At least three people were killed and 19 injured in an explosion inside the Nirankari Bhavan at Adliwal village near Amritsar’s Rajasansi on Sunday, police said. Inspector General SPS Parmar said at least 19 people were injured in the blast. Some eyewitness accounts said that two armed and mas

The central government on Saturday appointed UIDAI CEO ABP Pandey as new Secretary Revenue in place of Hasmukh Adhia, who is set to superannuate end of this month. The Modi administration removed Delhi Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash from the Delhi government and appointed him as Additional Secreta