NEW DELHI: Action is set to follow against officials in the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) as the ministry of education has initiated an internal crackdown over alleged irregularities in a controversial tender process and serious vulnerabilities in the board’s digital evaluation ecosystem.According to ministry sources, a detailed report from CBSE on the tender...
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Twisha Sharma death : CBI uses dummies to recreate crime scene; questions Giribala Singh
BHOPAL: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday recreated the crime scene at the residence of former judge Giribala Singh as part of its ongoing probe into the death of Twisha Sharma, with investigators seeking to reconstruct the sequence of events and verify statements recorded during the investigation, sources said.The reconstruction exercise was carried...
NEET paper leak row: SC refuses urgent hearing of plea seeking computer-based retest
Supreme Court NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday refused an urgent hearing on a plea seeking that the NEET UG 2026 re-examination, scheduled for June 21, be conducted in computer-based test (CBT) mode instead of the traditional pen-and-paper format.The plea was mentioned before a partial-working-day bench comprising Justices PS Narasimha and Arvind Kumar, which...
3 die, 2 taken ill after inhaling toxic gas in Ludhiana sewage tank
LUDHIANA: Three men, including a father-son duo, died after inhaling toxic gas at a hand tools manufacturing unit located at RK road in Ludhiana in the wee hours of Monday. Two other factory workers, who are unconscious, have been admitted to the hospital.The deceased are Maan Singh, his son Amit amd and the worker of...
Bengaluru man protests on road after VIP convoy leaves his pregnant wife stranded
BENGALURU: A traffic jam occurred on Old Airport Road after traffic was allegedly halted for nearly 30 minutes to facilitate the governor’s convoy, according to a post on X. The disruption, compounded by ongoing underpass construction, left hundreds of commuters stranded.Public anger intensified after a man travelling with his pregnant wife was caught in the...
Inside RCB’s winning machine: The masterminds behind back-to-back IPL titles
Royal Challengers Bengaluru beat Gujarat Titans in the IPL 2026 final to lift back-to-back trophies. (AP) TimesofIndia.com in Ahmedabad:IPL trophies are won on the field, but championship dynasties are built in boardrooms, auction tables and strategy meetings.Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s (RCB) historic back-to-back title triumphs are the result of a vision that extended far beyond the...
Hormuz crisis fallout: How Indian refiners are adjusting to new crude oil mix to maximise output
Indian oil refiners are modifying operations to handle a wider range of complex crude grades. (AI image) The Middle East conflict has complicated the refining calculations for Indian refiners – not just in terms of the amount of crude oil that is available, but also for the kind of crude that is available. Indian oil...
Google plans to release 32 million Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes across Florida and California
Google’s parent company Alphabet is seeking federal approval to release 32 million specially treated mosquitoes across California and Florida over the next two years—as part of a bid to reduce the spread of mosquito-borne diseases including West Nile virus and St. Louis encephalitis. The proposal, filed with the US Environmental Protection Agency, is part of...
Gross GST revenues rise 3.2% to over Rs 1.94 lakh crore in May
Gross Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections rose 3.2% year-on-year to over Rs 1.94 lakh crore in May, reported PTI.The collections moderated from a record Rs 2.42 lakh crore in April but remained higher than the Rs 1.88 lakh crore collected in May last year. Net GST revenue increased 3.3% to Rs 1.67 lakh crore...
RCB’s rise across IPL, WPL feels closer to the Manchester City model
Royal Challengers Bengaluru are the reigning IPL and WPL champions. New Delhi: For years, Royal Challengers Bengaluru were Indian cricket’s great romantics.They had the stars. They had the fan base. They had the moments. What they didn’t have were the trophies.RCB reached IPL finals in 2009, 2011 and 2016 and fell short. For 18 years,...
