NEW DELHI: To make quality higher education more accessible to India’s middle-class youth, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the PM Vidyalakshmi Scheme, which is designed to ease financial burden of students from families with an annual income below Rs 8 lakh.Under this scheme, eligible students will be able to secure collateral-free and guarantor-free education…
NEW DELHI: In an important ruling that would ease payment of insurance compensation to road accident victims, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said a person holding a licence to drive light motor vehicles (LMVs) can drive all kinds of transport vehicles with a gross weight of less than 7,500 kg without the transport department’s endorsement.In…
HYDERABAD: A question seeking to know if respondents had faced threats, coercion or discrimination while visiting places of worship was among several last-minute additions or modifications to the questionnaire for Telangana’s first Backward Classes survey that commenced Wednesday with a house-listing exercise.Sources said the questionnaire was revised multiple times over the past fortnight, resulting in…
PRAYAGRAJ: In a unique gesture of faith, the chief of Gadwara nagar panchayat and the Sadar development block chief in Pratapgarh district have dedicated their chairs to Lord Ram. “Lord Ram runs the administrative work of our offices and we merely represent Him,” is the collective sentiment of Seema Singh, 53, Gadwara nagar panchayat chief,…
PM Modi with Donald Trump (File photo) NEW DELHI: In a show of international camaraderie, Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated President-elect Donald Trump on his return to the White House for a second term, after Trump’s victory in the US presidential elections. The two leaders in a phone call on Wednesday, where PM Modi expressed…
Several states, including Delhi, Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh have declared holidays on the ocassion of Chhath Puja.Delhi chief minister Atishi announced on Friday that November 7 will be a public holiday in the capital to celebrate Chhath Puja. The decision came in response to a request from Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena, who had…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday called out the illegal demolition of homes conducted under the pretext of road widening by the Uttar Pradesh government. The court called the state’s actions “high-handed” and “without authority of law,” directing the government to pay Rs 25 lakh as punitive compensation to each affected family.The bench, led…
PRAYAGRAJ: The saint community has come out in support of the Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad (ABAP) on the issue of not allowing non-Hindus to set up food shops in the mela area during Maha Kumbh.The proposal mooted by ABAP chief Shri Mahant Ravindra Puri recently was opposed by Muslim religious body, All India Muslim Jamaat,…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Tuesday said that minorities have no absolute right to administer educational institutions, while upholding the validity of Uttar Pradesh Board of Madrasa Education Act, 2004 – a decision that will clear the uncertainty hanging over 13,364 madrassas in the state with over 12 lakh students since March 22 when Allahabad…
This is a representational image (Pic credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: The Centre has written to Wikipedia, highlighting numerous complaints of bias and inaccuracies in the information it provides, and asked why it should not be treated as a publisher instead of an intermediary.The communication from the information and broadcasting ministry stated that there is a…
