Guwahati: Assam Governor Gulab Chand Kataria, while interacting with the faculty members and other staff of Tezpur University during his visit to the university campus at Napaam on Sunday, proposed to initiate a teacher exchange program with premier universities. Advocating for a holistic educational environment, Governor Kataria argued that such a collaboration will foster comprehensive…
Guwahati: Expressing distress over the recent debates about the voting pattern of Bangladesh-origin Muslims in favour of a particular political party in General Elections 2024 and a steady increase in aggressions over the original inhabitants despite enjoying development benefits (including housing, sanitation, electricity, etc facilities) from the Bharatiya Janata Party-led governments in New Delhi and…
Guwahati: Assam Governor Gulab Chand Kataria, while attending a regional conference of vice-chancellors on 28 June in the city, commented that the 21st century’s first education policy (National Education Policy 2020) aims to comprehensively reform Bharat’s education system from primary to higher education levels. Aiming at value-based education, skill development and integration of digital technology,…
Mumbai. The Bombay High Court dismissed a plea filed by nine students from a Mumbai college challenging the college’s directive banning burqas, niqabs, hijabs, etc. which could reveal the religion of the student. A Division Bench of Justices AS Chandurkar and Rajesh Patil observed that the directive aimed to prevent the disclosure of a student’s…
Jammu Kashmir. A three-tier security system has been put in place in and around Yatri Niwas and other base camps in Jammu for Amarnath Yatra 2024. As per reports, a network of high-end CCTV cameras has been installed along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway to monitor both pilgrimage and regular traffic. The first batch of Yatra…
New Delhi. NIA on Wednesday spread its dragnet further in search of designated terrorist Goldy Brar and one other gangster, wanted in a case of extortion and firing at the house of a businessman in Chandigarh, with the declaration of a cash reward for their arrest. The agency has announced a cash reward of Rs….
Aizawl (Mizoram). NIA on Wednesday secured the conviction and sentencing of two members of the proscribed Bangladeshi terror outfit, Ansal-al-Islam, over a conspiracy to unleash terrorist attacks in Bharat. They have been identified as Bangladeshi nationals, Mahmud Hassan @ Shariful Hassan (A-1) and Mohamad Sayad Hussain @ Mohamad Sa’ad Hussain @ Sohan Molla @ Shihab…
Geneva: Press Emblem Campaign, the global media safety and rights body, expresses shock over the murder of an Indian journalist based in Bihar on Tuesday evening and demands a fair probe into the incident to identify the culprits for necessary legal actions. The victim, identified as Shivshankar Jha, sustained multiple knife injuries when he was…
Prayagraj/New Delhi. A Lucknow District and Sessions Judge has written to the Registrar General of the Allahabad High Court requesting security for Additional District Judge Ravi Kumar Diwakar who had ordered a videographic survey of the Gyanvapi premises in 2022. Judge Vivekanand Sharan Tripathi of NIA court referred to the first information report (FIR) filed…
New Delhi. The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Tribunal on Saturday upheld the orders passed by the Ministry of Home Affairs declaring Jammu and Kashmir based organizations Muslim League [Masrat Alam faction] and Tehreek E Huriyat as unlawful associations under the UAPA. These organizations had been formed by late Kashmiri-separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani. The tribunal…
