New Delhi: Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has announced a phased rollout of the three-language formula from Class VI and the introduction of a two-tier system in mathematics and science for Class IX, to be implemented from the 2026–27 academic session, officials said.Officials said that language learning will follow a structured three-language model organised…
Pune: A week after an international student was harassed by a delivery boy inside her hostel at Savitribai Phule Pune University, the committee set up by the university to investigate the lapses is yet to hold its first meeting.The International Centre of SPPU accommodated around 27 students in a building that lack full-time security and…
File photo used for representational purpose. NEW DELHI: As many as 500 companies of central armed police forces (CAPFs) will stay deployed in Bengal for post-poll law and order duties after the poll results are out, “till further orders of the Election Commission“, EC said on Friday.Each CAPF company comprises 80-100 personnel. A total 2,400…
Pune: With the population increasing in the developing areas, Pimpri Chinchwad police have submitted a proposal to the DGP’s office to set up new police stations. The new Pirangut police station would be carved out of Bavdhan police station, Jambe will be carved out of Hinjewadi, Pimple Saudagar from Sangvi, Dehugaon from Dehu Road and…
New Delhi: Clarifying the scope of the Right to Education Act, Delhi High Court has underscored that the beneficial act only guarantees access to education and does not grant students the right to demand admission to a specific school.In a recent verdict, a bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia explained…
Pune: The transition to mandatory FASTag and online-only toll collection on all highways, including the Mumbai-Pune Expressway, has sparked a wave of complaints from commuters. Travellers reported significant distress over the removal of cash options, technical glitches at plazas, and the imposition of heavy “double toll” penalties.Since the full implementation of the cashless system, commuters…
– 02-04-2026 Black out drill at Omaxe Chowk in Delhi on Thursday __________ TARUN RAWAT New Delhi: Air raid warnings, emergency alerts, blackout drills across key areas and evacuation to bunkers with casualty simulations were the primary scenarios in a largescale mock drill done across 17 locations in east Delhi.The exercise was designed to test…
New Delhi: A Delhi court recently denied anticipatory bail to an accused involved in the illegal procurement, transportation and black marketing of LPG cylinders, noting its adverse impact on “public distribution and safety”. The order comes amid a deepening cooking gas crisis triggered by the conflict in West Asia.Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Kumar Gautam remarked…
New Delhi: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Friday said only scientifically processed material from the Okhla landfill site was being transported and dumped at an authorised site near NTPC Badarpur Eco Park.Referring to a TOI report, which said that untreated garbage was being dumped near Madanpur Khadar Extension, MCD said the material being…
The netted door of Noor’s room in Tihar village, where she was allegedly confined for days, with neighbours passing her food through a small opening above New Delhi: Two days after police halted the burial of a 19-year-old girl and registered a murder case, her 55-year-old father and brother have been arrested for allegedly killing…
