New Delhi: Meghalaya has figured among the top 10 states with the highest percentage of child marriages among both boys and girls.‘Statistical Analysis of Child Marriage in India’, a report compiled by Young Lives, an NGO, in collaboration with the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), lists Meghalaya,Continue Reading
Ranchi: More than 37,000 students, marked as failed in this year’s matriculation in Jharkahand, have now cleared the examination. This happened after Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC) revised the pass percentage from 59.91 to 67.91 on its website late on June 1, citing a tabulation gaffe. This surprise occurred as theContinue Reading
Vadakkumcherry argued that his custody was not required any more as police had completed investigationContinue Reading
Patna: It was a sunny day and Raj Kumar Vaishya had trouble walking. But determined to get a postgraduate degree, the 97-year-old sat for a three-hour MA exam, along with students younger than his grandchildren. Vaishya, who graduated in 1938, was appearing for his final year MA (economics) examination atContinue Reading
One farmer from every state and Union territory will be made a co-petitionerContinue Reading
Thiruvanathapuram: Bishops, prohibition activists have urged Governor P. Sathasivam and Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan not to dilute the State’s liquor policy. Archbishop (Latin Rite) Soosa Pakiam M. briefed reporters after leading a delegation to Raj Bhavan here on Friday. He termed the government’s decision to issue an ordinance that takesContinue Reading
Coimbatore: Four people, including a 12-year-old girl and two women, were trampled to death by a tusker at Ganeshapuram and Vellalore in Coimbatore city in the early hours of Friday. The deceased have been identified as Gayathri, 12, daughter of Vijayakumar of Ganeshapuram, P Palanisamy, 73, of Kambar Street atContinue Reading
Palakkad,Kerala: “Those were the days when rains come unexpectedly over the deep interiors of Attappady and lasted for several hours. People did not lend umbrellas to strangers, especially tribal schoolchildren returning home. I used to take refuge under some canopy till the rains were over,” recalled B. Lakshmi of theContinue Reading
Rohtak: Taking a cue from cricketer Gautam Gambir who decided to bear the educational expenses of the children of slain CRPF personnel in Sukhma, former Indian hockey player Ajit Pal Nandal on Wednesday adopted 21 girl students classes from VI to XII of a government school in his native BoharContinue Reading
Jaipur: A judge of the Rajasthan High Court today recommended that the cow be declared the national animal of India and also that punishment in the state for cow slaughter be increased from the current 10 years’ imprisonment to a life term. Judge Mahesh Chandra Sharma said Rajasthan’s most senior bureaucrat,Continue Reading