65% of newly elected Bengal MLAs face criminal cases; 61% are 'crorepatis': ReportNewly elected West Bengal MLAs show a significant increase in criminal cases. Over 65 percent declared criminal charges, a jump from the pr...
06 May, 2026, 08.47 PM IST
Bank didn’t believe the account holder was dead, so this Odisha man came back with his dead sister's skeletonA bizarre incident from Odisha’s Keonjhar district has gone viral after a tribal man reportedly exhumed his deceased sister’s skeleton and ...
27 Apr, 2026, 10.00 PM IST
Quote of the day by ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ author J.D. Salinger: ‘The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for…’ - a test of maturity and quiet courageJ.D. Salinger, renowned for 'The Catcher in the Rye,' championed quiet commitment over dramatic heroism. His philosophy, articulated in a p...
27 Apr, 2026, 01.31 PM IST
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge calls people of Gujarat 'illiterate' in Kerala poll rallyCongress chief Mallikarjun Kharge made a statement in Idukki, Kerala, describing Gujarat residents as illiterate. Kharge stated Prime Minis...
05 Apr, 2026, 08.37 PM IST
America's president is economically illiterateRecent tariffs highlight Trump's economic understanding, drawing criticism for potentially burdening American consumers. Experts point to r...
05 Aug, 2025, 08.47 PM IST
LS polls: 121 candidates declare themselves illiterate, finds ADR121 candidates in Lok Sabha elections are illiterate, 359 studied up to 5th grade, 647 up to 8th grade, 1,303 passed 12th grade, and 1,502 ...
23 May, 2024, 05.29 PM IST
Don't vote for 'illiterate' and those with fake degrees next time: Arvind Kejriwal in poll-bound RajasthanKejriwal also narrated the story of an illiterate king who ruined the entire country, thus emphasising the need to have a literate king to ...
18 Jun, 2023, 07.32 PM IST
India's 27.37 per cent prison inmates 'illiterate', over 5,600 techies: Govt dataThe data on education of prison inmates showed that the maximum number of 1,98,872 (or 41.55 per cent) prisoners are educated below class 1...
14 Feb, 2021, 04.28 PM IST
Seven candidates in phase 3 and 4 of West Bengal polls are illiterateAccording to an analysis of their affidavits by the West Bengal Election Watch, six contestants in the third and one in the fourth phase ha...
19 Apr, 2016, 04.19 PM IST
One-third of rural population illiterate in IndiaAround 64 per cent of the rural Indian population is literate, the Census data showed.
03 Jul, 2015, 08.46 PM IST
- More than 76 lakh illiterates in Gujarat, admits state government
Further, citizens are made aware of the benefits of education through various means of audio-visual publicity, stated his reply.
24 Mar, 2015, 03.55 PM IST
2.66 lakh people unemployed in DelhiOut of the total employed persons, about 56.24 lakh persons were employed in the urban area and 0.82 lakh in rural area.
10 Oct, 2014, 05.54 PM IST
India has highest population of illiterate adults at 287 million: UN reportThe report also said that the richest young women in India have already achieved universal literacy but the poorest are projected to only d...
29 Jan, 2014, 01.18 PM IST
Under the influenceThose who believe in a wrathful and punishing God must be living in constant fear and under stress all the time.
18 Sep, 2012, 05.18 AM IST
- 270 million Indians are illiterate: Report
About 270 million people aged 15 years and older still remain illiterate in India, despite the country making major progress.
17 Apr, 2012, 11.03 PM IST
- 10.5 lakh Class IX, X students to teach 1.2 crore illiterate people in Bihar
The plan will be executed under a five-month literacy campaign 'Sakshar Bharat Yojana' to be launched from November 11 next, according to a...
26 Sep, 2011, 11.54 AM IST
- 2G scam: CAG is legally illiterate person, says Raja
A Raja criticised the CAG report estimating a loss of Rs 1.76 lakh crore to exchequer saying it is a "worthless paper" by a "legally illite...
26 Jul, 2011, 11.00 PM IST