Aroop Biswas under pressure as Tollygunj simmers over jobs, deleted votes, Tollywood controlKolkata’s Tollygunj—long a stronghold of Aroop Biswas—is witnessing rare political churn ahead of the 2026 polls, with voter anger building...
16 Apr, 2026, 04.18 PM IST
CBSE Result 2025 Alternate Websites: From DigiLocker to UMANG app and more, different ways to check Class 12 resultsCBSE Result 2025 Alternate Websites: The CBSE announced the Class 12 board exam results for 2025, revealing that girls outperformed boys by...
13 May, 2025, 11.44 AM IST
The spirit of new Bharat: Attitudes towards living in the West versus India may be changingWe are used to hearing hair-raising stories of migration westwards, despite the enormous cost and strain. But here was a quiet girl who emb...
05 Oct, 2024, 12.03 AM IST
ITA and UNICEF draw up protections against child trafficking in North Bengal tea estatesThe Indian Tea Association (ITA) and UNICEF have launched a programme to combat child trafficking in 30 tea estates in North Bengal. The in...
29 Aug, 2024, 04.39 PM IST
Riots erupt in Dublin after three children stabbedIn Dublin, a knife attack injuring five, including three children, sparked riots. Police investigate motives, including terror links. Riots...
24 Nov, 2023, 01.49 PM IST
India poised to become world's most populous country this year: ReportAccording to the report, the UN expects that India will overtake China in April, though it may have already reached this milestone since th...
10 Feb, 2023, 11.03 PM IST
Nitish favours reserving 1/3 seats in medical, engineering colleges for girls"This would be a unique endeavour and go a long way in ensuring a higher enrolment of girls in these technical institutes of higher learnin...
03 Jun, 2021, 10.13 AM IST
PoK origin ex-UK House of Lords member Nazir Ahmed faces scrutiny over fresh allegations of sexual abuseHe is accused of two counts of attempting to rape a girl under 16, indecent assault of a boy under 14 and raping a boy under 16.
19 Feb, 2021, 06.57 PM IST
No. of girls migrating for education rising much faster than boys’While the number of boys migrating across states for education in the nine years preceding the census grew by 13% compared to the nine year...
21 Jul, 2019, 08.34 AM IST
Need someone who can drive, cook, clean? Border force can help with man fridaysThe programme called ‘Man Friday’ (though it will train girls too) is intended to produce “multi-talented” domestic helps and workers by tr...
04 Sep, 2018, 10.57 AM IST
Parental absence may delay brain development in kidsChildren left without direct parental care for extended periods of time show larger gray matter volumes which can delay their brain develop...
30 Nov, 2015, 06.20 PM IST
Urban honour killings: Backlash against changeThirteen years after the Nitish Katara case, families are still finding it hard to allow the young the freedom of choice.
23 Aug, 2015, 10.34 AM IST
Manohar Lal Khattar to be new Haryana Chief MinisterBorn in Nindana village of Rohtak, Khattar was born to a Punjabi shopkeeper Harbans Lal Khattar who had migrated to India during Partition.
22 Oct, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
- Manipur's Mohammed Ismat tops CBSE
Hundreds of students from Manipur migrate to metros cities and Guwahati in Assam to pursue studies even for class 12.
28 May, 2012, 10.06 PM IST
- Census of India 2011: Child sex ratio worse in prosperous, more educated states
With the provisional figures for the 2011 Census sounding an alarm over the falling child sex ratio, it’s a good time to look at who really...
02 Apr, 2011, 10.55 AM IST
- Nitish gave cycles, I'll give mobikes to kids: Lalu
oday, after five years of Nitish Kumar's tenure, during which the CM has implemented a popular scheme of bicycles for schoolchildren, Lalu ...
08 Oct, 2010, 03.25 AM IST
- Bihar sets up a rural BPO to stop migration
In an attempt to provide employment opportunities to the locals and to stop them from migrating to other states, Bihar has set up a BPO in ...
29 May, 2008, 11.01 AM IST