NEW DELHI: National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday declared that Omar Abdullah will be appointed as chief minister after the party, in alliance with Congress, was able to achieve a comfortable majority in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly election.While briefing the media outside his house, Farooq Abdullah said, “People have given their mandate; they…
NEW DELHI: Congress party on Tuesday registered a complain to the Election Commission over the alleged delay in updating the Haryana assembly elections results on the official website Rajya Sabha MP Jairam Ramesh shot a letter to the polling panel and alleging “inordinate and unacceptable delay in updating trends in the Haryana assembly elections.”“Over the…
NEW DELHI: The early trends of Haryana assembly elections on Tuesday showed a neck and neck fight between Bharatiya Janata party and Congress. While, BJP is leading in Haryana, Congress and National Conference alliance has maintained its lead in Jammu and Kashmir.The Bharatiya Janata Party is aiming to secure the third consecutive term with Nayab…
NEW DELHI: The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE), which conducts ICSE and ISC board exams, is gearing up for sweeping reforms with introduction of robotics and artificial intelligence as subjects for students of Classes XI and XII from 2025-26. At elementary level, these subjects will be offered in an integrated approach, where…
US pharma giant Gilead Sciences’ partnership with domestic companies to produce generic versions of its groundbreaking HIV prevention therapy, lenacapavir, is expected to make treatment significantly more affordable, with prices likely to drop to a fraction of those charged in the US. However, despite this potential for reduced costs, concerns persist regarding accessibility in high-incidence…
NEW DELHI: Amid the ongoing crisis in Manipur, 168 individuals, including 78 internally displaced persons (IDPs) affected by the violence have successfully secured job placements after completing skill training under ‘Hunar Se Rozgar‘ scheme.Among the 78 are 15 young, displaced women who, with 15 others, underwent an intensive 3-week programme at Hindu College, Delhi University,…
DEHRADUN: The nine-member panel for drafting the rules and regulations for the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) after its final meeting on Monday said “the process has been completed and the draft is being sent for printing”. Panel, headed by ex-chief secretary Shatrughan Singh formed in Feb this year, would subsequently hand over the report to…
SRINAGAR: A fraught place even in the simpler of times, Jammu and Kashmir was a picture of keen anticipation on the eve of the election results, rife with rumours and agog with controversies that could determine the reaction of the people and the parties to the outcome.In the polls held after a gap long of…
NEW DELHI: There can be poverty of projects but there is no shortage of funds in the world, said India’s G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant, as he pitched for the need to reach 750GW of clean (non-fossil fuel) energy in India by 2030, much beyond the country’s current target of 500GW.He said $300 trillion is available…
PATNA: Senior BJP and JD(U) functionaries in Bihar on Monday accused former deputy CM Tejashwi Prasad Yadav of taking away furniture, water taps, and other items while vacating the official bungalow allotted to him on Patna’s Deshratna Marg during the grand alliance govt. RJD has dismissed the charges.Union minister Giriraj Singh termed the alleged act…
