India

New Delhi, Oct 26: The Centre will soon empower all the states and Union territories to bring in provisions for holding annual examinations in their schools for Class V and Class VIII students, by tweaking the no-detention policy stipulated under the Right to Education (RTE) Act. The Human Resource Development Ministry on Tuesday agreed to amend the RTE Act to enable the states and Union

Mumbai, Oct 25: A day after the abrupt removal of Cyrus Mistry as Tata Sons chairman, Ratan Tata, who has assumed charge as interim chairman, on Tuesday asked senior management of the conglomerate’s firms to focus on their businesses without being concerned about the top level change. Mr. Tata stated that his role is for short term so as to ensure stability and continuity at the Tata Group, and

Islamabad, Oct 25: Pakistan today summoned India's Deputy High Commissioner and lodged a strong protest against "ceasefire violations" along the Working Boundary, the Foreign Office here said. Deputy High Commissioner JP Singh was summoned by the Director General (South Asia and South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation). A strong protest was lodged against the unprovoked ceasefire

Srinagar, Oct 25: Three school buildings were set ablaze by unknown persons in Kashmir over the past 24 hours, setting alarm bells ringing among authorities who have decided to step up security around educational institutions. A Government school was set ablaze by unknown persons in the wee hours today in Noorbagh area of the city but the blaze was put out by fire tenders, a police official said

Srinagar, Oct 25: Three school buildings were set ablaze by unknown persons in Kashmir over the past 24 hours, setting alarm bells ringing among authorities who have decided to step up security around educational institutions. A Government school was set ablaze by unknown persons in the wee hours today in Noorbagh area of the city but the blaze was put out by fire tenders, a police official said

Karachi, Oct 25: The overnight attack on a police training academy in Pakistan's restive Quetta city has left over 60 cadets besides three militants dead, with 118 injured, making it one of the deadliest strikes in the country this year. The attack on the Police Training College on Saryab Road in the Balochistan province capital began at around 11:10 PM last night, triggering an operation by

Mumbai, Oct 24: In a dramatic development that took the corporates and others by surprise, Cyrus Mistry was today sacked as Chairman of Tata Sons and was replaced by Ratan Tata, from whom he had taken over the reins of the over USD 100 billion salt-to-software conglomerate four years ago. The surprise announcement came after the Board of Tata Sons met here and decided to replace 48-year-old Mistry

Lucknow, Oct 24: We should remove our weakness and not fight with each other said Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Monday during the crucial party meet held in Lucknow. During his address to the party leaders Mulayam Singh curtly told that Amar Singh has helped him a lot and Amar is his brother. Mulayam Singh Yadav further said that he can't tolerate anything against Amar Singh and

Visakhapatnam (AP), Oct 24: Twenty-one Maoists were gunned down in an exchange of fire with the Greyhounds of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha Police in Malkangiri forest area on the AP-Odisha border in the wee hours today, a top police official here said. According to AP Police, two constables of Greyhounds, an elite anti-Maoist force, were injured in the encounter that occurred during a routine combing

Lucknow, Oct 23: Ruling Samajwadi Party appeared to be headed for a split today as Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and his party supremo and father Mulayam Singh were engaged in an open face-off, sacking each other's loyalists Shivpal Yadav and Ramgopal Yadav. While Akhilesh sacked Shivpal, his uncle and party's state unit chief, along with three other "pro-Amar Singh" ministers from his Cabinet