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NEW DELHI: Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan has said appearing for Class X and XII board exams twice a year won't be mandatory as the system is being introduced in a bid to reduce stress on students caused by the fear of getting just one opportunity.In an interview to PTI, Pradhan also said the issue of 'dummy schools' cannot be ignored and the time has come to have a serious discussion about...

MUMBAI: A day after deputy CM Ajit Pawar skipped the state Cabinet meeting, apparently making his displeasure known on delay in appointment of guardian ministers for various districts, and CM Eknath Shinde and deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis left for New Delhi to hold talks with the BJP leadership, Ajit was appointed the guardian minister for Pune, replacing BJP leader Chandrakant Patil.While the CM...

NEW DELHI: Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Monday instructed government and private construction agencies to follow the guidelines to control dust pollution in the city during the winter season. He convened a meeting with government and private construction agencies at Delhi Secretariat in this regard. "All agencies engaged in construction work were instructed to follow 14-point guidelines to...

NEW DELHI: Canada's defence minister Bill Blair described the relationship with India as "important", and affirmed Canada's commitment to pursuing partnerships like the Indo-Pacific strategy while the investigation into the killing of a Khalistani leader continues.Tensions escalated between India and Canada after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeaumade explosive allegations of potential involvement...

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police apprehended six members of a family, who were on their way to Union home minister Amit Shah's residence on Krishna Menon Marg, on Sunday. Deputy Commissioner of Police (New Delhi) Pranav Tayal said information was received that six members of a family were proceeding towards Krishna Menon Marg without proper authorisation. "A police team, on receiving the information, reached...

CHENNAI: "Why don’t you join the BJP?" This is what the Enforcement Directorate (ED) asked the arrested Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji, when the latter was under the central agency’s custody for five days in connection with a cash-for-jobs scam.Senior advocate Kapil Sibal told this to Chennai district principal sessions judge S Alli on Friday, when Senthil Balaji’s plea for release on bail...

TRICHY: K N Nehru, the minister for municipal administration, urban and water supply on Sunday inspected the site identified for the Tidel Park proposed for Trichy at Rs 600 crores in Panjapur on Trichy-Madurai national highway. Stating that Trichy Corporation would earmark 10 acres of ready-to-use land for the proposal, the minister said Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage (TWAD) board was told to...

NEW DELHI: In a first since Russia launched its military offensive in Ukraine, a Ukrainian minister will visit India next week to discuss the implications of the ongoing conflict and seek India’s support. Emine Dzhaparova, the first deputy foreign minister of Ukraine, will hold talks with Indian officials and also deliver a lecture- Russia’s war in Ukraine: why the world should care - at a think...

NEW DELHI: Chronology of the bail plea of former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia in the Delhi excise policy scam case registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI):00:28Excise policy case: Delhi court dismisses Manish Sisodia’s bail pleaFebruary 26: CBI arrests Sisodia in connection with alleged corruption in the formulation and implementation of the now-scrapped Delhi Excise Policy...

BHUBANESWAR: Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday said the Indian Railways has completed construction of 450km rail line in Odisha during the financial year 2022-23, which is a record since Independence. He said this while flagging off a new train Bhadrak-Nayagarh Town-Bhadrak MEMU in Cuttack.“From 2009 to 2014, Railways had managed to complete construction of around 53km of rail line work...