MP girl pedals her way to academic excellence in Class 10

Bhind, July 05: A 15-year-old girl's determination to pursue her studies by cycling 24 km every day to and from her school in a Madhya Pradesh village has paid off as she has secured 98.75 per cent marks in her Class 10 exams.

Denial of PhD to whistleblower prof's student: IIT-Kharagpur to send revised thesis for examination

New Delhi, July 05: In a relief for a student who faced repeated denial of doctorate degree by the Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur, the authorities have decided to send his revised thesis to an external examiner, according to an official order.

IIT Kharagpur will announce final results after July 8: Director

Kolkata, July 05: Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur will announce the final results for the academic year 2019-20 after July 8, director Prof V K Tewari said. The institute had earlier cancelled the end semester examination due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Chandigarh University Comes to Rescue of Indian Students Who Have the Dream of Studying Abroad

Chandigarh, June 30: Chandigarh University has come to the rescue of Indian students whose dream of studying abroad has been shattered due to the global pandemic crisis.

GCW Parade holds 5-day National Webinar on "Development of e-content Avoiding Plagiarism"

Jammu, June 29: A five day National Webinar on “Development of e-content Avoiding Plagiarism” (FDP) was organised by Government College for Women Parade under the aegis of the college IQAC from 24th to 28th of June, 2020.

Commissioner Secretary Rohella visits GDC Parade, inspects development works

JAMMU, JUNE 27: Talat Parvez Rohella, Commissioner Secretary, Higher Education, today visited Government Degree College Parade Ground, Jammu, to inspect and review the construction works being executed in the college.

CBSE cancels exams scheduled from July 1-15, Centre informs SC

New Delhi, June 25: The Centre and the CBSE Thursday informed the Supreme Court that they have decided to cancel the Class X and XII examinations scheduled from July 1-15 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and they would be conducted later.

Classes on loudspeaker: Jharkhand teacher beats odds of online learning

Dumka, June 25: "Teachers can change the world" and that is what Shyam Kishore Singh Gandhi, the headmaster of a school in Jharkhand's Dumka district, has been trying to for his over 200 students, who may be bereft of smartphones but not the willingness to attend classes amid the lockdown.

GCW Bhagwati Nagar organises online essay writing competition

Jammu, June 23: An online essay writing competition was organized by departments of Punjabi and of Dogri, GCW Bhagwati Nagar. The topics of the competition were “Economic and social impact of COVID-19” and “Miseries faced by the laborers during Lockdown”.

UP: STF unearths another school recruitment fraud

Lucknow, June 17: The Uttar Pradesh STF has claimed to have unearthed another case in which a same set of documents were allegedly used to secure teaching jobs at Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas in the state, officials said on Wednesday.

Madhyamik results to be declared only when situation becomes favourable: Partha

Kolkata, June 17: The results of the class 10 West Bengal boards examinations will be published only when the situation becomes favourable, Education Minister Partha Chatterjee said.

UP CM has done nothing except cover up statistics on crime: Priyanka

New Delhi, July 07: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday attacked the Yogi Adityanath government over the state of law and order in Uttar Pradesh, saying what has the chief minister done except cover up statistics on crime.

Rahul asks why no mention of Galwan Valley in MEA statement on talks

Modi's Ladakh visit underscored India's resolve to beat back Chinese aggression: Brahma Chellaney

TMC MP calls FM "venomous snake", BJP says he's talking "nonsense"

Follow 'Raj Dharma', tell people about reality of Chinese incursions: Cong to PM

New Delhi, Jul 4: A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Leh and addressed frontline soldiers, the Congress on Saturday said the time has come for him to follow his "raj dharma" and tell the people of the country about the reality of Chinese "incursions".

Ladakhis raising voice against Chinese intrusion; ignoring warning will cost India: Rahul

New Delhi, July 04: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said patriotic Ladakhis are raising their voice against Chinese intrusion and asked the government to listen to them, asserting that ignoring their warning will cost India dearly.

Committee of JKNPP constituted with mission to talk to senior leadership of all J-K parties

Create infrastructure in UP, Bihar to decongest Mumbai: Sena

Mumbai, June 29: The Shiv Sena on Monday hit out at Union minister Nitin Gadkari's remarks on the need to decongest Mumbai, saying if smart cities like Mumbai and Pune are created in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, the population density of the country's financial capital will naturally come down.

Cong didn't criticise China while questioned Modi govt on Ladakh standoff: Union minister

Chandigarh, Jun 28: Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Sunday lashed out at the Congress, accusing it of "not criticising China" while "posing questions" to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Union government over the Ladakh standoff between both countries.

China grabbed 45,000 sq kms of Indian land post-1962 war: Pawar

Rahul Gandhi asks govt to grant compensation to farmers affected by locust attack

New Delhi, Jun 27: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday urged the government to grant compensation to states and farmers who have suffered damage to crops due to locust attack. "Locusts have destroyed crops in Haryana, Rajasthan, Punjab, UP, MP, Gujarat and Maharashtra.

My family has launched more new talent than entire Bollywood: Pooja Bhatt on nepotism

Mumbai, July 08: Actor Pooja Bhatt on Wednesday said her home banner Vishesh Films, under father Mahesh and uncle Mukesh Bhatt, has done far more than the combined efforts of Bollywood in launching new talent across the board in the film industry.

I'm done with reflecting, time to look forward: Abhishek Bachchan

By Radhika Sharma New Delhi, Jul 7 (PTI) Abhishek Bachchan turned 20 in Bollywood years last month and after a period of self-reflection, the actor says he now wants to focus on the coming decades.

Govt to come up with SOP for shooting films in India in wake of COVID-19 pandemic: Javadekar

New Delhi, July 07: The government is coming up with a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for shooting films in India in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and is also set to provide incentives for production to accelerate restarting of film-making, Union minister Prakash Javadekar said on Tuesday.

Filmmaker Harish Shah dies at 76

Mumbai, July 07: Veteran filmmaker Harish Shah, best known for producing Rajesh Khanna-Tanuja starrer "Mere Jeevan Saathi", passed away on Tuesday after a long battle with throat cancer. He was 76.

Bhansali couldn't work with Sushant due to date issues: Police

Mumbai, July 07: Mumbai Police on Tuesday said Bollywood director Sanjay Leela Bhansali was planning to cast late actor Sushant Singh Rajput in four films, but due to unavailability of his dates the movies were offered to other actors.

Manoj Bajpayee to narrate Discovery Plus docu 'COVID-19: India's War Against the Virus' in Hindi

Mumbai, July 06: Actor Manoj Bajpayee will narrate the documentary "COVID-19: India's War Against the Virus" in Hindi on Discovery Plus. The documentary will provide a rare glimpse into all the key steps being taken across the country to battle the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

'Lootera' team celebrates film's seventh anniversary

Mumbai, July 05: Filmmaker Vikramaditya Motwane and actors Ranveer Singh and Sonakshi Sinha on Sunday celebrated seven years of their film Lootera.

Of SRK's boxing bout before 'Fauji', Kishore da's song for TV

Cinema has lost faith in writing: 'Hanna' creator David Farr

By Shubha Dubey New Delhi, July 04: For writer David Farr, the fundamental idea behind creating "Hanna", a series that he says organically empowers women, was the dearth of female existential heroes in cinema.

End of an era: Madhuri, Akshay, Kareena remember choreographer Saroj Khan

Mumbai, July 03: Bollywood woke up to the shock news of their beloved 'masterji' Saroj Khan's death on Friday, with actors Madhuri Dixit, Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor and others remembering the role played by the veteran choreographer in their life and career.

James Bond is the gift that keeps giving: Pierce Brosnan

London, Jul 1: Hollywood star Pierce Brosnan says even though playing the role of iconic British spy James Bond "allowed" him to have a wonderful career in cinema, he doesn't regret exiting the film franchise.

Examining conflict of interest complaint against Kohli: BCCI ethics officer

Chhetri motivated enough to keep going, very valuable to youngsters: Stimac

New Delhi, July 05: Indian football head coach Igor Stimac feels that talismanic captain Sunil Chhetri is motivated enough to keep going and remains "very valuable" for guiding the national team youngsters.

Two-time Olympic champion Lin Dan retires from international badminton

Beijing, Jul 4: Legendary Chinese shuttler Lin Dan, the first men's singles player to retain the Olympic title, on Saturday announced his retirement, bringing down curtains on a two-decade long illustrious career.

Sports Ministry to remove salary cap of Rs 2 lakhs for Indian coaches

New Delhi, July 04: The Sports Ministry on Saturday announced the doing away with of the Rs 2 lakh cap on the salary given to Indian coaches training elite athletes in a bid to encourage them to produce better results and attract former players to become high performance trainers.

IOC-led paper fears salary cuts for athletes during COVID-19 crisis could fuel corruption, manipulation

New Delhi, July 03: A paper published by the International Olympic Committee in collaboration with the UN and INTERPOL has warned against salary cuts and delay in payment to sports professionals as it might lead to increase in corruption when action resumes in the post COVID-19 world.

Won't allow provisional recognition of NSFs without adherence to sports code: HC to Sports Ministry

New Delhi, July 03: The Delhi High Court on Friday said the practice of granting provisional recognition to National Sports Federations (NSFs) in the country without ascertaining whether they are following the sports code cannot be allowed to go on.

No evidence found, Sri Lanka police calls off 2011 WC final fixing probe

Colombo, July 03: The Sri Lankan Police on Friday ended its investigation into allegations that the country's 2011 World Cup final loss to India was fixed, saying it found no evidence after recording statements of stalwarts like Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene.

India among five bidders for 2027 Asian Cup

New Delhi, Jul 1: India has bid for the 2027 Asian Cup hosting rights along with four other countries, the Asian Football Federation (AFC) has revealed. The other bidders for Asia's premier football tournament are Iran, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan.

Rijiju launches NADA app to help athletes stay updated on banned substances

New Delhi, June 30: Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday unveiled National Anti-Doping Agency's first mobile app to provide information about prohibited substances and their inadvertent use, calling the initiative an important step towards dope-free sports.

Women's cricket is different sport, don't make superfluous changes: Shikha

New Delhi, June 28: Senior India pacer Shikha Pandey finds suggestions such as use of smaller balls and shorter pitches to make women's game appealing to be "superfluous" and urged the ICC "not to tinker" with rules to attract more audience.

Dhoni used to control bowlers in 2007 but started trusting them in 2013, became calmer: Pathan

New Delhi, June 28: Former India pacer Irfan Pathan has revealed that World Cup-winning ex-skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni liked to control his bowlers when he started his captaincy stint back in 2007 but came to trust them by 2013, a phase during which he also became a calmer leader.