Month: April 2025

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Women bagged the top two slots in Civil Services Examination 2024, with Shakti Dubey from Prayagraj acing the list of successful candidates, and Harshita Goyal, a CA from Vadodara, ranking second. The third spot went to a man, Archit Parag Dongre, a BTech from Vellore Institute of Technology and a resident of Pune, ahead of Shah Margi Chirag — a woman from Ahmedabad who is an engineer. Delhi’s Aakash Garg, who lives in Rohini and completed his BTech from Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University here, came fifth.Of the total candidates recommended for various elite services, including IFS, IAS and IPS, 284 are women and 725 men. The top 25 candidates are from diverse educational backgrounds: engineering, humanities, science, commerce, medicine and architecture, and have studied from institutions such as IIT, NIT, JNU, DU and University of Allahabad. […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Centre on Tuesday contended before Supreme Court that its recent ruling in Tamil Nadu governor’s case, which fixed a time period for President and governors to take decisions on bills, does not address all aspects of the legal battle between Kerala govt and its governor.Kerala govt counsel K K Venugopal told a bench of Justices P S Narasimha and Joymalya Bagchi that the issue raised by it stood addressed by SC’s recent verdict. “Matter covered by the recent judgment. The issue is what is the time limit for reference to the President. That is held to be three months… based on a Govt of India circular,” Venugopal said.Kerala government had approached SC against the governor for sitting on bills passed by the state assembly in 2024.Attorney general R Venkataramani and solicitor general Tushar Mehta, appearing for the […]

[ad_1] SRINAGAR: At least 28 tourists were killed and many wounded on Tuesday when terrorists opened fire in a picturesque meadow near the resort town of Pahalgam in J&K, marking the deadliest attack since the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019.The Resistance Front, a proxy of ISI-backed LeT, claimed responsibility for the attack.The attack coincided with US Vice-President J D Vance's four-day visit to India and PM Narendra Modi's arrival in Saudi Arabia for strengthening bilateral engagement with the influential Islamic country. Equally significantly, it followed a bellicose speech of Asim Munir, chief of the Pakistan army, the mainstay of terrorists.This was the deadliest attack on tourists since militancy began in Kashmir in the 1990s. It brought back memories of the March 2000 massacre in Chittisinghpora in Anantnag district, where 36 members of the Sikh community were killed days before […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: In the wake of terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam that killed 26 people, Prime Minister Narendra Modi cut short his two-day Saudi Arabia visit and decided to return to New Delhi on Tuesday night, government sources informed.PM Modi, who arrived in Jeddah on Tuesday afternoon for bilateral talks with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, delayed their scheduled meeting by over two hours to assess the developing situation in Kashmir. Amid the escalating crisis, PM Modi also skipped an official dinner hosted that evening. Originally slated to return to India on Wednesday night, his plans were adjusted in response to the unfolding events."I strongly condemn the terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir. Condolences to those who have lost their loved ones. I pray that the injured recover at the earliest. All possible assistance is […]