The government is waiting for August 5, which marks a year since special status under Article 370 was revoked and J&K split into two Union Territories, and Independence Day, to “pass off peacefully” before taking a decision, they said.

Addressing a press conference in Rajkot, Rupani said, I am happy to share that thanks to cooperation of people from all walks of life, we are controlling corona situation very well.

An education policy serves as a comprehensive framework to guide the development of education in the country.

A stream of RSS affiliates were involved through the drafting process. There were meetings between RSS functionaries, education ministers of some BJP-ruled states, representatives of the Government and NEP drafting committee chairman K Kasturirangan.

In her plea, Saifuddin Soz's wife Mumtazunnisa had said he had been detained since August 5 last year, when the special status of J&K was abrogated, and the grounds for his arrest had not been furnished till date.

The five aircraft, with seven pilots, had taken off on Monday and had a day's layover at the Al Dhafra air base in the UAE.

The three men were driving to a funeral in Surat on April 16 night when a group of villagers in Gadchinchle, a tribal village in a remote part of Palghar, stopped their car and attacked them with stones, sticks and axes.

While shops in malls will reopen, theatres, food courts and restaurants in these complexes will remain shut, according to the new guidelines, signed in by Chief Secretary Sanjay Kumar.

These are some of the key norms in the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) prepared by the Indian cricket board to be sent soon to IPL franchise owners for the T20 tournament that is expected to be held in the UAE from September to November.

The government's position on foreign universities effectively reverses the BJP's earlier stand on The Foreign Educational Institutions (Regulation of Entry and Operations) Bill, 2010, brought by the UPA-2 government.

Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Shanti Kumar Dhariwal told The Indian Express the government had chosen August 14 as the new date as it will be 21 days if counted from July 23. “Our first proposal was sent to the Governor on July 23,” Dhariwal said.

As per the format devised by the district administration, the undertaking says heads of electronic media houses would be held accountable in case of any law and order situation arising because of a channel.

Hany Babu, who is with the university’s Department of English, was put under arrest after three days of questioning in Mumbai.

With a series of cases of kidnapping and murder taking place in the state, DGP HC Awasthy on Tuesday directed district police chiefs to expedite investigation of kidnapping cases and ensure safe recovery of victims.

The Delhi Police chargesheet mentions his earlier conviction and the bail granted by the Allahabad High Court. That bail itself had been a subject of controversy.

High speed internet service in J&K has been suspended since August last year. Governor G C Murmu’s statement is a change in the earlier position taken by the J&K administration.

The Commission issued a strongly worded statement asserting that all decisions on the conduct and timing of elections are its “sole remit”.

This comes a day after Governor Kalraj Mishra sought a revised proposal addressing three points: a 21-day notice for calling a session, live broadcast of the proceedings in case of a trust vote, and adequate social distancing measures in the House.

This January, Noor was diagnosed with hepatoblastoma, a rare cancer of the liver, setting off a chain of events that had turned the family from Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh virtually into nomads, as they shuttle between their hometown and Mumbai, and between shelter homes and the flyover.

Himachal Pradesh runs an exclusive captive breeding centre for cheer pheasants near Chail. Last October, three families of the bird from the facility were introduced into soft-release pens at a site between Seri and Undala villages of Dharbhog panchayat in Shimla rural tehsil.

Within two days of the Delhi government launching a new job portal — jobs.delhi.gov.in — to revive the local economy from its Covid slump, it’s a virtual stampede for slots, say several employers.

In a rare midnight hearing, hours before the Rath Yatra on June 23, the High Court had upheld its stay on the procession in Ahmedabad despite the state government moving an application, seeking the procession to be permitted in a limited capacity in the city.

A four-member team of the Patna Police has left for Mumbai for further investigations. “We have spoken to Mumbai Police to seek their cooperation,” said a police officer.

The High Court had extended until July 24 the time given by the Speaker to 19 Congress rebel MLAs, seeking their response to the disqualification notices he had served.