22 April 2026
GADKARI’S VISION OF 100% ETHANOL BLENDING From Our Bureau NEW DELHI: Nitin Gadkari, the Minister of Road Transport and Highways in India, has urged for a strong initiative towards achieving 100 per cent ethanol fuel usage in the country in the near future. His statement was made during the Indian Federation of Green Energy’s Green […]
Pahalgam’s Bloodstained Year: Operation Sindoor’s Bitter Legacy*
One year ago on April 22, 2025, The Resistance Front (TRF)—a Lashkar-e-Taiba front—turned Kashmir’s idyllic Baisaran meadow into a slaughterhouse, killing 26 civilians in the deadliest attack on tourists since Mumbai 2008. Targeting Hindu visitors after brutal religious checks, the massacre exposed gaping security holes in a centrally ruled Union Territory, igniting Operation Sindoor and […]
22 April 2026
CONG CANCELS RAHUL’S KOLKATA POLL TRIP, BLAMES TRINAMUL From Our Bureau NEW DELHI: The Congress has claimed Bengal’s ruling Trinamool refused permission for Rahul Gandhi’s rally in Kolkata ahead of voting Thursday for the first phase of the Bengal Assembly election. The Lok Sabha MP was to arrive in the city to lead the party’s […]
22 April 2026
BAN ON OUTSIDERS IN BENGAL HOTELS From Our Bureau NEW DELHI: Ahead of the first phase of assembly elections in West Bengal, the Election Commission has directed hotels in the state to not accommodate individuals who are not residents of the local constituency during the pre-poll period. The restriction has come into force from 6 […]
22 April 2026
BJP SEEKS CAMPAIGN BAN ON KHARGE OVER REMARKS AGAINST PM MODI From Our Bureau NEW DELHI: A delegation comprising Union Ministers – Nirmala Sitharaman, Kiren Rijiju, Arjun Ram Meghwal – and other BJP leaders met the full bench of the Election Commission on Wednesday and complained about Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge’s “terrrorist” comment against Prime […]
22 April 2026
TRUMP EXTENDS CEASEFIRE INDEFINITELY, CITING REQUEST FROM PAK From Our Bureau NEW DELHI: Just hours before the US-Iran ceasefire was set to expire, American President Donald Trump extended it “indefinitely”, citing a request from Pakistan. In his statement, Trump said he wanted to give time to the “seriously fractured” Iranian regime to come up with […]
22 April 2026
PHASE 1 VOTING IN BENGAL ON THURSDAY From Our Bureau NEW DELHI: West Bengal is set to vote in the first phase of the assembly elections on Thursday, with polling scheduled in 152 constituencies across north Bengal and several districts in the southern part of the state. Here’s a look at the main political parties […]
22 April 2026
IRS OFFICER’S DAUGHTER FOUND KILLED IN DELHI HOME From Our Bureau NEW DELHI: A daughter of a senior bureaucrat, was found murdered at her home in southeast Delhi’s Amar Colony area, police said on Wednesday. Police suspect the involvement of a 19-year-old domestic help who used to work at the house before being fired over […]
*A Linguistic Straitjacket: Why CBSE’s Three-Language Mandate Risks Narrowing, Not Expanding, India’s Educational Horizon*
By Hasnain Naqvi In the name of cultural rootedness, a well-intentioned reform may be imposing uniformity, unsettling schools, and constraining student choice. The latest directive by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), mandating a compulsory third language from Class 6 beginning the 2026–27 academic session, has been framed as a progressive step toward multilingualism […]
