Category: India

The Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) has decided that admissions to postgraduate architecture (MArch) programmes in the State will now be based on the scores of the national-level Postgraduate Entrance Test in Architecture (PGETA) conducted by the Council of Architecture. Until now, KEA used to conduct its own entrance exam (PGCET) and allot seats based on…

Sivarajah Ramanathan, Mission Director and Chief Executive Officer, StartupTN, speaking at the fireside chat session on Thursday. | Photo Credit: B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM The Tamil Nadu Startup and Innovation Mission (StartupTN) will be launching a scheme called Gramam Thorum Puthozhil (Establishing Start-ups in Villages) this year, focusing on inclusive entrepreneurship, rural innovation, and sustainable economic…

Placements through campus interviews happen not just in leading colleges but also in those run by various temples under the purview of the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) Department. Nine arts and science colleges and one polytechnic are run with funds from various temples. This year alone, 206 students of the Arulmigu Kapaleeswarar Arts…

Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president K. Sudhakaran on Thursday (April 24, 2025) slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), saying that the party was incapable of governing the country. Addressing the media at the District Congress Committee office in Kannur, Mr. Sudhakaran said that the BJP government had failed to ensure the safety of citizens…

A CRPF personnel stands guard as tourists waiting for vehicle on the banks of Dal Lake on Thursday. | Photo Credit: IMRAN NISSAR The Jammu and Kashmir Police have started recording the statements of locals who reached the attack site to collect clues on the sequence of events around the Pahalgam terror attack. Top police…

Fifty-seven senior citizens have gathered in Satvik Valley Resort, Loni Kalbhor village, about 25 kilometres from Pune. Tourists mostly come here to visit the ancient Ramdara temple, built on a hill, where Hindus believe Rama and Lakshmana visited during their exile. But this is not a religious gathering. Nor is it a bunch of fitness…

A day after the terror strike at Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir, which left 26 people dead and several injured, the State government confirmed that as many as 575 Keralites are in Kashmir now, as per the registrations made in a help desk opened soon after the attack. The State government set up the help…

Symbol of health: Orthodontic interventions often lies outside the scope of conventional insurance and welfare coverage, placing it beyond the reach of many families, especially in rural areas. Hence, the Virudhunagar district administration adopted a collaborative approach towards handling the problem. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT It began on what seemed like an ordinary day: just another…

The Baglihar Hydroelectric Power Project built on the Chenab river is seen in Ramban on April 24, 2025. India has announced that it would hold 1960 Indus Waters Treaty “in abeyance”. | Photo Credit: ANI India will explore “options that it has never considered” under the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT). These could include withdrawing from…

Former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda has opposed the acquisition of agricultural land at Bidadi by the Greater Bengaluru Development Authority for developing a township. “It is reported that the government has initiated the process of acquiring approximately 10,000 acres in several survey numbers across 24 villages in Bidadi hobli of Ramanagara district under the…