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Breaking India's Sisyphean Cycle
ASER 2024 survey shows positive results. NIPUN Bharat has created momentum in education; this needs to be sustained
Camps, roadblocks as pilgrims spill over
Day after stampede, thousands stranded in UP as authorities set up holding centres and put up barricades to absorb massive wave of tourists
Abundance and apathy: A tale of 2 booths
A village that votes like no other..
Chandigarh: BJP pips AAP in mayoral poll
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday won the high-stakes election for the post of Chandigarh Municipal Corporation (CMC) mayor while the AAP-backed Congress candidates secured the senior deputy mayor and deputy mayor posts, in a setback to the INDIA bloc.
Ex-DyCM's son, 4 aides get life term
A court in Korba district of Chhattisgarh has sentenced to life five people including former Madhya Pradesh deputy chief minister Pyarelal Kanwar's son Harbhajan for the murder of his younger brother and two other relatives in 2021.
Row over EC 'raid' at Mann's residence
How the events transpired
The battle of the turncoats
A Congress bastion from the late 1990s to 2015, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the Gandhi Nagar assembly constituency election in 2020 only for the second time.
Narmada beats Paris Games finalist Ramita to win gold in 10m air rifle
The newly-built shooting range at the Maharana Pratap Sports College, reverberated with pellets hitting the target as the country's top shooters engaged in intense action at the 38th National Games here.
India firm favourites in semis vs England
India would like to continue their flawless campaign when they take on England in the semi-final of the Women's U-19 T20 World Cup here on Friday.
Official estimates could peg FY26 GDP growth at 6.5-7%
THE BUDGET WILL FOCUS ON THE MIDDLE CLASS, FARMERS, SMALL FIRMS, YOUNG PEOPLE, WOMEN, SAID OFFICIALS
Kejriwal, EC lock horns over Yamuna pollution
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday accused Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar of \"destroying the credibility\" of the national poll panel, hours after the agency issued the a former Delhi chief minister a sharply worded letter asking him for \"factual evidence\" of his allegation that Haryana was poisoning the Yamuna's waters, as the tussle over pollution in the river that has become a mainstay ahead of the February 5 elections spiralled to new heights.
Govt may peg FY26 growth at 6.5-7%
Capex push, fiscal incentives and policy continuity expected to revive growth
K'taka court gives death penalty to 4 for killing inter-caste couple in '19 hate crime
A district court in Karnataka has sentenced four members of a family to death for murdering an inter-caste couple in Lakkalakatti village of Gajendragad taluk in 2019.
Champions League: City, PSG stay alive, Arsenal enter last 16
Manchester City came from behind against Club Brugge to reach the Champions League knockout phase, where they were safely joined by Paris Saint-Germain as Arsenal qualified directly for the last 16 on Wednesday in the final round of league phase matches.
SC Orders Strict Action Against All Tanneries Polluting Palar River
The Top Court Highlighted The Catastrophic Impact Of The Tanneries On Water Bodies, Groundwater, Agricultural Lands
Sanju's weakness against raw pace, finishing in focus
Sanju Samson's technical weaknesses against express pace along with Rinku Singh's dip in form and fitness issues will be a concern for India when they take on a resurgent England in the fourth T20I here on Friday.
'Mastermind' of Bengal Bunkers Hiding in UP: Cops
Sushanta Ghosh, the alleged mastermind behind the four bunkers found near the Bangladesh border, is hiding in Varanasi district of Uttar Pradesh, the West Bengal Police said on Thursday.
Flight, chopper collide in DC shocker; 67 killed
Sixty-seven people were presumed dead after an American Airlines passenger jet collided with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday and crashed into the frigid Potomac River near Reagan Washington National Airport.
L&T Sees Record Order Inflows of ₹1.16 Lakh Cr
Domestic Order Inflows During Q3 Also More Than Doubled Y-o-Y to ₹53,900 Cr From ₹25,400 Cr Last Year
Court acquits 13 in 2023 murder of Dalit man citing a lack of evidence
A special court in Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh on Thursday acquitted 13 people in connection with the murder of a Dalit man in 2023, citing lack of evidence.
Looming tragedy: Sikkim lake that overflowed in 2023 was unstable for years, new study finds
A new paper on the 2023 Glacial Lake Outburst Flood that killed nearly 100 people in the northwestern part of Sikkim has revealed the magnitude of damage a GLOF can trigger.
Life's 'basic building blocks' found in asteroid samples
Pristine samples of the asteroid Bennu transported to Earth contain the \"basic building blocks\" for life, shedding new light on the perennial question of how life began on our planet.
Consumption inequality drops as poorer spend more
Consumption inequality declined between 2022-23 and 2023-24, as spending among poorer classes increased at a faster rate than among richer classes in both rural and urban areas.
Came to Kumbh to seek salvation, leaving with friend's body
Sushila Kumari from Bihar, who had come to attend the Maha Kumbh mela with her elder sibling Dinesh, stood outside the Motilal Nehru Medical College (MLNMC) mortuary in Prayagraj on Thursday.
Woman, 2 Kids Found Dead in Rajasthan Well
Bodies of a woman and her two children, who were missing since January 25, were found in a well near Lahsoda village in Sawai Madhopur district of Rajasthan, police said on Thursday.
French rapist Pelicot now linked to 1990s suspicious deaths
Frenchman Dominique Pelicot, convicted in December for organising the rape of his then wife Gisele Pelicot by dozens of strangers, was being questioned on Thursday by an investigating magistrate over an attempted rape, as well as a rape and murder, in the 1990s, his lawyer said.
Woman Set Afire By Stalker In U.P. Village: Police
A 22-year-old school teacher was allegedly burnt alive by a stalker in Pratapgarh district of Uttar Pradesh on Thursday, police said.
Neil Gaiman controversy and the case of power differentials
Over the weekend, a fortnight after one of the world's bestselling authors in English, Neil Gaiman, faced a fresh raft of sexual misconduct and assault accusations, Dark Horse Comics announced that they will no longer publish his works.
India Pushes for Homegrown AI Models
The government on Thursday announced plans to support homegrown large language models (LLMs) developed by Indian startups and companies, days after a Chinese company's demonstration of cost-efficient AI capabilities led to a trillion-dollar market value drop for American tech giants.
Kejriwal is just another version of Modi: Rahul
Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday claimed that AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal and Prime Minister Narendra Modi are two sides of the same coin, calling them \"anti-reservation\" and \"anti-Dalit\".