Month: May 2025

[ad_1] SHIMLA: A day after Himachal Pradesh high court raised serious questions about an SIT probe under Shimla SP Sanjeev Gandhi and asked CBI to investigate state power corporation general manager Vimal Negi's mysterious death, Gandhi on Saturday attacked DGP Atul Verma for filing an "ulteriorly motivated affidavit" in the court in an alleged bid to insult him.Stating that he would rather resign than tolerate insults and questions about his professional integrity, Gandhi said he and members of the SIT had decided to challenge Friday's HC verdict with facts to expose the DGP's motives and how, he claimed, police headquarters had tried to implicate him.BJP MLA released court clip to malign my image: Shimla SP The SP said he has filed a petition in the HC seeking action against BJP MLA from Dharamshala Sudhir Sharma for allegedly circulating a video […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: India's push to become a global education hub is gathering momentum, with five foreign universities receiving Letters of Intent (LoIs) to establish campuses in the country.Close to a dozen international institutions by the start of the next academic session are likely to have an Indian campus, according to govt sources.The LoIs - cleared after evaluation by the University Grants Commission - have gone to Victoria University (Australia), University of Liverpool (UK), Western Sydney University (Australia), Illinois Institute of Technology (US) and Istituto Europeo di Design (Italy). In addition, six more are under scrutiny & being evaluated by Liberalized Degree Campuses (LDC) committee.Till now, three foreign universities have established physical campuses in India - Australia's Deakin University and University of Wollongong in Gujarat's GIFT City, and UK's University of Southampton in Gurgaon."Several universities are in the pipeline. Out […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The southwest (summer) monsoon hit Kerala on Saturday, eight days ahead of its normal onset date of June 1, marking the beginning of the four-month-long rainy season in India.This is the earliest date of monsoon onset over Kerala after 2009 when it set in over the state on May 23, said India Meteorological Department (IMD).Besides showers in Kerala and other parts of south peninsula, including Tamil Nadu and parts of Karnataka, the monsoon on Saturday simultaneously arrived in Mizoram (NE) - 12 days before the normal onset date of June 5.Though the monsoon's arrival simultaneously over Kerala and NE is quite an uncommon phenomenon, this time it has happened second year in a row. Before 2024, simultaneous onset happened on May 30, 2017.Conditions favourable for advance of SW monsoon Normally southwest monsoon sets in over Kerala on […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Saturday said efforts must be made for inclusion of women in the workforce and asserted that laws and policies need to be made accordingly.Chairing the 10th governing council meeting of the govt's policy think tank Niti Aayog, Modi emphasised the strength of the country's 'nari shakti' (women power) and urged changing of laws to empower women to join the growth trajectory. He also said there should be reforms in public and private sectors with focus on ease of working for women.The PM urged states to develop at least one tourist destination on a par with global standards by providing all facilities and infrastructure, saying 25-30 such destinations could be created across the country. Modi also emphasised the need to focus on health services delivery, urging states to ensure oxygen availability and be ready […]