The Supreme Court on Thursday delivered a split verdict on the ban of wearing of hijab in educational institutions in Karnataka – with one judge holding that the religious belief cannot be carried to a secular school maintained using State funds, and the other stressing that discipline cannot be enforced at the cost of girl students’ freedom, dignity, and privacy.
From an experimental match in 2018, followed by a four-match symbolic exercise called the Women’s T20 Challenge from 2019 onwards, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is finally ready to launch a comprehensive T20 league for women amid rising demands.
IMF managing director, Kristalina Georgieva, has said that India deserved to be called a “bright spot†both because of its growth trajectory in difficult times but also because this growth was underpinned by structural reforms, particularly digitalisation.
The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena has written a four-page letter to the Election Commission (EC) alleging bias, favouritism and foul play by the poll body
Rudrapur: The Uttarakhand police on Thursday booked at least 10 Uttar Pradesh policemen on charges o murder, after a 28-year-old woman was killed in crossfire during a clash between the UP police and villagers in the neighbouring state late on Wednesday, an official familiar with the matter said
A SpiceJet flight made an emergency landing at the Hyderabad airport on Wednesday after smoke was detected in the aircraft’s cockpit and cabin, prompting the aviation regulator to initiate a probe into the latest in the string of safety incidents concerning the domestic carrier, officials said.
Three MBBS subjects – anatomy, physiology and biochemistry – will be taught in Hindi to first-year students in all 13 government medical colleges of the state.
At least 22 hours on, deputy commissioner Jammu, Avny Lavasa’s withdrawal order on issuance of residence certificates to the people living in Jammu for over a year is nowhere in public domain.
With India taking over the G20 presidency at the end of the year, the country’s diplomatic and policy focus has been on engaging widely with all members of the grouping.