NEW DELHI: India’s education landscape in 2024 showed mixed progress in key areas such as school attendance, digital literacy, and the reduction in underage enrolment, according to the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2024. While overall school attendance had improved marginally, digital literacy among students remains uneven, and there was a noteworthy decline in…
NEW DELHI: Terming the practice of instant divorce through triple talaq as indefensible after a five-judge bench in 2017 declared it unconstitutional, Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would examine the validity of the post-judgment legislation providing for up to three-year jail term for Muslim men persisting with the practice of abruptly ending their marriages…
NEW DELHI: Paving the way for major changes in the management of waqf properties, the Joint Parliamentary Committee examining the Waqf (Amendment) Bill on Wednesday adopted its report by a 15-11 majority vote. The report will be submitted along with the redrafted legislation to Lok Sabha speaker on Thursday. The bill is likely to be…
NEW DELHI: Expressing concern over “deteriorating standard” of public prosecutors, Supreme Court Wednesday said state govts should refrain from appointing them solely based on political considerations.SC said that the office of a public prosecutor is a public office, and only capable and competent lawyers with strong reputation and prestige should be appointed to it. Noting…
NEW DELHI: Observing that there is no concept of state domicile in the Constitution, which only recognises domicile of India, Supreme Court on Wednesday said domicile-based reservation in specialised and higher studies like postgraduate (PG) medical courses is not permissible and quota for residents of states could be extended to a certain degree in undergraduate…
NEW DELHI: The city’s air quality worsened to ‘very poor’ on Wednesday morning because of mist, smog and low wind speed, prompting CAQM to impose Grap-3 restrictions with immediate effect, reports Kushagra Dixit. Grap-3 bans construction activities and plying of BS-3 diesel and BS-4 petrol cars across Delhi-NCR.The air quality index (AQI), on a scale…
NEW DELHI: Congress and other opposition parties slammed the Centre and UP govt for mismanagement of surging crowds at the Maha Kumbh, with Rahul Gandhi accusing the administration of being busy handling VIP movement instead of focussing on common devotees. Stating “VIP culture” should be reined in, he urged govt to make better arrangements to…
Photographers Basabdatta Sarkar and Krishna Roy recount their experience at Prayagraj’s Mauni Amavasya where an incident led to panic. Amid holy chants, a sudden pushback and screams marked the tragic scene at the sacred riverbank, highlighting the dangers of overcrowding during such massive gatherings. At 1am, we joined the flow of humanity. We were 30m…
LUCKNOW: The stampede at Maha Kumbh came like a tornado – sudden, fierce, and unstoppable. In the early hours of Wednesday, as thousands of pilgrims gathered at Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj for a sacred bath, a surge of young men tore through the crowd, trampling sleeping devotees and those huddled near the ghat, recounted survivors…
PRAYAGRAJ: The swift intervention and coordinated efforts of central forces, police, NDRF, and seers helped prevent the situation from escalating after a stampede broke out on Mauni Amavasya at Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj.As panic spread, NSG, BSF and NDRF personnel quickly created safe passages for devotees and ambulances. More than 3,500 BSF troopers, along with…
