The Railway Ministry will reschedule exams for the posts of Assistant Loco Pilots and Technicians for candidates hailing from Kerala, who were unable to appear in the tests due to devastating floods in the state, said an official on Tuesday.


Railways to reschedule exams in flood-hit Kerala


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Bahrain authorities on Tuesday announced they were suspending issuance of entry visas for Qataris.


Bahrain stops issuing entry visas for Qataris


A 21-year-old student pursuing a Company Secretary (CS) course committed suicide during a video chat on Whatsapp with her male friend in north Delhi, police said on Monday. The man has been booked for abetment to suicide.


CS student hangs self during WhatsApp chat with friend


The Delhi Police has detained two youth from Haryana for their murderous attack on Jawaharlal Nehru University student leader Umar Khalid, days after their self-confession video went viral, an officer said on Monday.


2 Haryana youths detained over attack on Umar Khalid


Delhi University's All India Students Association (AISA) President Kawalpreet Kaur and three others were assaulted by a group of youths here early on Sunday, following which four of the five accused were arrested, police said.


DU student leader assaulted, four held


The Jamia Teachers' Solidarity Association (JTSA) on Sunday slammed Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for his silence over a mob attack on an Assistant Professor in the state.


Nitish silent over mob attack on professor: Jamia teachers


Lack of ethical grounding in corporate governance is the reason behind scandals like the one involving diamantaire Nirav Modi in India, just as absence of values in business practices triggered global accounting scandals like Enron and WorldCom, says Ajit Parulekar, Director, Goa Institute of Management, the state's top B-school.


Lack of ethics in corporate governance led to Nirav Modi scandal: Goa B-school director


Aiming to bridge the digital divide in the country, Logitech --global mouse and keyboards making firm -- on Friday donated Devanagiri-enabled Hindi keyboards to 100 schools in Uttar Pradesh.


Logitech donates Hindi keyboards to 100 UP schools


The Delhi government on Thursday increased the number and amount of scholarships for advancing arts practice, a move which will support budding artists and artists with disabilities.


Delhi government announces scholarships for advancing arts practice


Two youths on Thursday claimed involvement in the murderous attack on student leader Umar Khalid in central Delhi on Monday, in a video clipping that went viral on the social media.


Two youths say in viral post: Responsible for Umar Khalid attack


At least 25 people were killed in a suicide bombing inside an education academy here on Wednesday, officials said.


25 killed in attack on Afghanistan education academy


Senator Fraser Anning has sought a drastic cut in the number of student visas in Australia, where India is the second largest source of international students after China.


Australian Senator urges drastic cut in student visas


The Supreme Court will hear next week a plea against siphoning off of thousands of crores of scholarships money meant for Scheduled Castes and Tribes students in various states.


SC to hear PIL against siphoning off of SC/ST scholarships money


On the eve of Independence Day, Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje on Tuesday participated in the state-sponsored 700-km-long human chain in Jaisalmer under 'Shahadat Ko Naman' programme.


Rajasthan CM offers tributes to soldiers


The Odisha government on Tuesday directed all districts not to allow participation of children during Independence Day parades with met department predicting heavy rainfall in several parts of the state in the next two days.


Odisha restricts participation of children in I-Day parade


The Jharkhand government will cancel the licence of seven children's homes run by Missionaries of Charity in Ranchi, said an official on Tuesday.


Jharkhand to cancel licence of 7 children's homes run by Missionaries of Charity


The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) on Monday termed the attack on student leader Umar Khalid "cowardly" and a result of Narendra Modi government's "hate-filled propaganda" against the university students.


Attack on Khalid cowardly, says JNU Students' Union


Four teachers from Madhya Pradesh were killed early on Monday while returning from a tour of Agra, police said.


Four killed in MP road accident


After heavy overnight rains, most of the roads in the interiors of Himachal Pradesh remained closed to traffic on Monday, stranding hundreds of travellers and commuters.


Heavy rains in Himachal close highways; hundreds stranded


A girl student of Sri Venkateswara Medical College in Tirupati committed suicide on Sunday, the second such incident in a week, police said.


Tirupati medical college student commits suicide


The owner of a private company was arrested on Sunday under the POCSO Act for molesting a young woman complainant, then a minor, on various occasions during training in computers in west Delhi, police said.

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