NEW DELHI: Sikkim HC, with a sanctioned strength of three judges but a working strength of two, is unable to hear intra-court appeals against judgements rendered by two single-judge benches headed by the chief justice and the other judge.Pendency of appeals against single-judge bench’s orders has forced Sikkim CJ A Muhammed Mustaque to write to…
NEW DELHI: Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Friday released date sheets for the Class X and XII board examinations for 2027, with both scheduled to begin on Feb 16.The schedules were announced 101 days before the start of the examinations, giving students more than three months to prepare.According to a circular issued by CBSE…
Dal Lake floating post office SRINAGAR: Working hours at India’s only Floating Post Office, operating from a houseboat on Dal Lake in Srinagar, have been extended from five hours to 12 hours, Department of Posts announced Friday. According to the revised timings, the post office (PO) at Nehru Park will now remain open from 9am…
Omar Abdullah and Farooq Abdullah SRINAGAR: With National Conference (NC) facing its biggest internal challenge in recent decades, party president Farooq Abdullah and Jammu & Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah held a meeting with 15 of the 25 rebel MLAs at the former’s residence for over two hours on Friday morning in a bid to…
Panic as Karmabhoomi Express catches fire in Punjab; bomb threats to Bombay HC, BSE and Amitabh Bachchan’s residence. A fire broke out in three coaches of the Karmabhoomi Express in Punjab’s Patiala district; no casualties were reported. The Indian stock market rallied strongly in the festive season, defying global trends. The Bombay High Court received…
NEW DELHI: In a relief to Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta, a city court on Friday dismissed a complaint seeking registration of an FIR against her for allegedly comparing Delhi government officials to Lord Hanuman.Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Ashwani Panwar dismissed the application filed by complainant Ram Niwas Sharma, observing that Gupta’s remarks appeared to…
Rahul Gandhi shared a video of Amit Shah’s contrasting remarks on a parliamentary debate on SIR. NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, urged home minister Amit Shah to convince Prime Minister Narendra Modi to have a debate with him on special intensive revision (SIR) of voter rolls in the Parliament. He…
NEW DELHI: Is a storm brewing in Maharashtra’s Pawar clan? The family that saw a vertical split in 2023, seems to be at a crossroads again.“As a member of the Pawar family and their relative, I want to alert Parth Pawar, Jay Pawar and Sunetra kaki. They need to understand the political strategies of the…
The new annual local pass are available at eligible toll plazas since Nov 1. Motorists will also be able to obtain it through the Rajmargyatra app from Dec 1 Living within 20 km of a National Highway toll plaza could now mean lower toll expenses for motorists. From November 1, 2026, eligible owners of non-commercial…
At IIT Delhi this week, the investor Gaurav Dalmia gave students twelve stories about how wealth gets made. The one that stays with you is about how easily it could have gone to someone else.Some years ago, Rajiv Bajaj was in Sikar, Rajasthan, in his great-grandfather’s village, filming a documentary about his family. In the…
