The Higher Secondary Second Year examination of March/April 2018 will be held from March 3 and conclude on April 6, the Department of Government Examinations announced on Wednesday. The examination for Class 12 students will begin at 10 a.m. and end at 1.15 p.m. Students will get 10 minutes to read the question papers and an additional five minutes to […]
» Read moreThe Supreme Court has directed the Himachal Pradesh government to deposit ₹15 lakh as a lump-sum compensation for the welfare of a differently-abled rape survivor who gave birth to a child. A Bench of Justices J. Chelameswar and Sanjay Kishan Kaul ordered the State to deposit the money in an interest-bearing fixed deposit in a nationalised bank in the name […]
» Read moreInmates from rival gangs battled at a prison in Goias state on late Monday, leaving nine dead and 14 injured, authorities told the Brazilian news site G1. Officials said the violence at the Colonia Agroindustrial prison in the Aparecida de Goiania Complex apparently erupted when inmates from one cellblock invaded three others where prisoners from rival gangs are housed. The […]
» Read moreState Bank of India (SBI), the country’s largest lender, has decided to cut its base rate by 30 basis points (bps) to 8.65%. This will benefit 80 lakh existing customers. (100 basis points = 1 percentage point). It also reduced its benchmark prime lending rate (BPLR) by 30 bps to 13.4%. BPLR was the benchmark loan rate till June 30, […]
» Read moreAt least 12 people have been killed in the ongoing protests in Iran, and armed protesters have tried to take over police stations and military bases, state TV reported on Monday. The protests began on Thursday in Mashhad over economic issues and have since expanded to several cities. Hundreds of people have been arrested. The state TV report said 10 […]
» Read moreIshrat Jahan, one of the petitioners in the triple talaq case, has joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday. Ms. Jahan, a resident of Howrah district, was inducted into the party at its Howrah office. She was among the five petitioners in the triple talaq case, that led to Union government tabling a bill to criminalise talaq-e-biddat. Ms. Jahan […]
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