Observing that the functioning style of Hyderabad Disaster Response & Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA) was objectionable, Justice K. Lakshman of Telangana High Court on Thursday said that HYDRAA authorities had been violating the assurances given to the HC that procedures laid down in the law will be followed. The judge was hearing a writ petition […]
The Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC) on Thursday (February 20, 2025) cancelled the Class 10 Board examinations for Science and Hindi, after the question papers of these subjects were allegedly leaked on social media. The Hindi examination was conducted on February 18 and the Science exam was held on Thursday (February 20, 2025). JAC Chairman Natwa […]
Rekha Gupta, the BJP’s debutante MLA from Shalimar Bagh, took oath as the fourth woman Chief Minister of Delhi on Thursday (February 20, 2025). Delhi’s Lieutenant-Governor Vinay Saxena administered the oath of office to her during a ceremony at the Ramlila Maidan, attended by several BJP and NDA leaders. Delhi swearing-in ceremony: Follow LIVE updates […]
The Congress on Thursday (February 20, 2025) demanded that the Union government bring out a white paper on USAID funding of both government and non-governmental institutions in India over the past decades. The Opposition party’s demand comes amid an ongoing controversy that the U.S. government aid agency had been funding campaigns to increase voter turnout […]
The foundation stone of Narayana Hospitals was laid by the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at New Town on Thursday (February 20, 2025). The hospital will involve an investment of ₹1,500 crore giving a major boost to the private healthcare sector in the State. Ms. Banerjee said that the Narayana Group has majorly contributed to […]
An accident victim from Kerala gave a new lease of life to many, thanks to a major organ donation and transportation operation facilitated by a Bengaluru hospital on February 19. According to a press release, the donor, a serving soldier on leave, suffered severe head injuries in the road accident at Kasaragod in Kerala. He […]
Disability rights activists in Delhi are building a coalition to get a key provision of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 dropped or amended. Section 9(1) of the Act has clubbed children with persons with disabilities (PwDs) to mandate that even in cases of adult PwDs who have legal guardians, consent for use […]
A man from Bengaluru died on the spot and his grandfather suffered serious injuries when their car hit a concrete mixer vehicle near Banavara in Arsikere taluk of Hassan district on Thursday. Hemanth, 23, a resident of Srinivasanagar in Bengaluru, who was at the wheel, died on the spot. His grandfather, Lakshmanaiah, suffered injuries. The […]
The governments of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Telangana reaffirmed their opposition to the University Grants Commission (UGC) Regulations, 2025, at a convention held in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday (February 20, 2025). Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who inaugurated the event, warned that the proposed guidelines could undermine India’s federal structure by diminishing the role of […]
The High Court of Karnataka on Thursday reserved its verdict on the petitions filed by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s wife, B.M. Parvathi, and Urban Development Minister Byrathi Suresh, who have questioned the legality of the summons issued to them by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the case of illegal allotment of sites by the […]
