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From $22 billion to zero: Success, not failure, brought Byju downByju's, once a $22 billion edtech giant, has collapsed. Founder Byju Raveendran faces jail for contempt. The company's downfall stems from ...
Saffron shawls not allowed in schools in Karnataka, clarifies CM SiddaramaiahKarnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has clarified rules on religious symbols in educational institutions. Saffron shawls will not be perm...
Badal condemns denial of entry to Sikh girl to Rajasthan exam centre for wearing kirpan, karaSukhbir Badal, Shiromani Akali Dal president, has condemned an incident in Jaipur where a Sikh girl was barred from a judicial services exa...
Karnataka: Minister Somanna’s intervention averts another Janivara rowThe Railway Board averted a potential controversy by relaxing rules on religious symbols for recruitment exams after concerns arose in Karn...
Union Minister instructs Railway exam board to rescind rule mandating students remove religious symbolsUnion Minister V Somanna instructed the Railway Recruitment Board to eliminate the rule requiring students to remove religious symbols duri...
Sikhs wearing kara/kirpan to be allowed to take DSSSB exam if they reach 1 hr before time, HC toldThe bench noted the board has issued revised guidelines which make it clear that it has taken a decision to allow Sikh candidates wearing k...
Jobless & polarised, Ayodhya’s Instagram generation seeks a way out for greener opportunitiesFor the young and first time voters growing up at the epicentre of Ram Janmabhoomi movement a degree is more important than the divine. Cov...
Hijab row limited to only 8 high schools & pre-university colleges in Karnataka, says GovtThe High Court, in its interim order pending consideration of all petitions related to the hijab row, last week restrained all the students...
K'taka hijab protests intensify; schools & colleges to remain shut for 3 daysThe Home Minister's warning came as tension prevailed at some educational institutions in Udupi, Shivamogga, Bagalkote and other parts, for...
Don't get spooked by our own culturesIndia is not, say, France, where not only is the idea of secularism based on the constitutional principle of 'laicite' by which all religio...
A look at the roles of nine panna pramukhs of poll bound MP, RajasthanThe job of the panna pramukhs is to stay in touch with the voters on their lists and motivate them to vote for the BJP.
Assembly elections, GST, high-profile cases mark 2017Two terrorists were killed by the army as it foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashm...
Poke Me: Three big upcoming assembly polls can be seen as '25%-plus Muslim elections'It's also worth noting that the BJP has put up as many as nine Muslim candidates in Assam. None of them is a likely winner, but the symboli...
Assembly elections: Why it would be an uphill task for Congress & not for BJPFor the Congress, it would be an uphill task to retain either Assam or Kerala, and avoid being left with Karnataka as the lone major state ...
Congress, IUML and other parties flay CBSE AIPMT dress codeA nun, who had refused to remove her veil and holy cross, was not permitted to write the AIPMT exam at a centre in Kerala.
Muslim student, nun refuse to remove religious symbols, opt out of AIPMTThree baptized Sikh students were allowed to take the test in Bathinda after they removed their 'kirpans' (small swords) and 'karas' (iron ...
2014: A politically eventful year for IndiaThe states of Jharkahand, Maharashtra and Haryana witnessed a regime change and Jammu and Kashmir saw a hung Parliament in the recent elect...
Why Gujarat has become politically monochrome is a mysteryPlurality flourished in post-colonial politics even if it fell short numerically of requisite critical mass, under the Westminster model of...