Children seen studying at a madrasa. Image for representation only | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy The Uttarakhand High Court on Thursday (April 3, 2025) ordered the unsealing of a madrasa, which was sealed by the government, alleging that it was running “illegally”, given that the institution will not run any school in the building without … Read more
Leader of Opposition in Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, Sunil Sharma along with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Legislators object to passing of the resolution seeking restoration of statehood to J&K by the ruling National Conference during J&K Assembly session. | Photo Credit: ANI Opposition BJP on Wednesday (November 6, 2024) said it will not allow the … Read more
Melbourne: Last week, two big names in the artificial intelligence (AI) and wellness industries announced a collaboration to develop a “customised, hyper-personalised AI health coach that will be available as a mobile app” to “reverse the trend lines on chronic diseases“. Sam Altman (head of OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT) and Arianna Huffington (a former media … Read more
In an exclusive interview with India Today, poll strategist Prashant Kishor accepted that his predictions for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections went wrong and said that he was ready to eat the humble pie for getting the exit poll numbers wrong. “Yes, I and pollsters like me got it wrong. We are ready to eat … Read more
Shiv Sena (UBT) Chief Uddhav Thackeray during a press conference at Bandra in Mumbai, on April 21, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI The Election Commission of India (EC) issued a notice to Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena (UBT) for using ”Jai Bhavani Jai Shivaji“ and “Hindu ha tujha dharma” words in its campaign song for the … Read more
The BJP was trying to topple governments in opposition-ruled states but democracy cannot be allowed to fail, said former Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren in a message from jail that his wife Kalpana read out at a mega rally in Ranchi on Sunday. She was speaking at the opposition bloc INDIA’s ‘Ulgulan Nyay’ rally, which was … Read more
Farooq Abdullah. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu “Summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money-laundering case, National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah has informed the agency he will not appear before it, in Srinagar, on February 13 as he is out of town,” official sources said. They said the Lok Sabha member from Srinagar … Read more
Image used for representation purpose only. Education visa-related commitments under the India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement will not be affected by the new Migration Strategy of Australia announced on December 11, sources here have said. The affirmation came soon after Canberra announced the new policy for guiding the post-COVID waves of migration to Australia … Read more
BRS leader and Minister S. Niranjan Reddy speaking to newspersons in Hyderabad on Sunday. | Photo Credit: By Arrangement The election promises made by the Congress party in neighbouring Karnataka were getting fused every year since it came to power six months back and the party was asking the people of Telangana to believe it … Read more
Tobacco consumption – in the form of smoking or chewing – has been linked with multiple serious health issues. But cultivation of tobacco also happens to be the source of livelihood for thousands of farmers, particularly in Mysuru and parts of adjoining Hassan district. The flue-cured Virginia (FCV) variety of tobacco cultivated in Karnataka Light … Read more