New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has announced an extension of the deadline for Class 12 students seeking verification and re-evaluation of their answer sheets. The last date, which was earlier set as June 6, has now been extended by a day to June 7 midnight, CBSE officials said on Friday.This decision has been taken in the interest of students, many of whom faced technical difficulties while accessing the portal, and also to accommodate the surge in appli…

Itanagar/Agartala, June 6 (IANS) On the occasion of World Environment Day, the Indian Army and various Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) organised a series of environment-centric activities across the Northeastern region, reaffirming the Forces’ commitment to environmental conservation and sustainable development. A Defence spokesman said on Friday that the Spearhead Division of the Army under the Spear Corps, organised a series of environmental activities across Tuting, Boraroopak and Sigar i…

Madrid, June 5 (IANS) The Spain national team flew to the United States on Friday to continue with its preparations for the FIFA World Cup 2026 finals, with a few questions still to be answered.Spain flies from Santiago de Compostela (northern Spain) to Nashville after Thursday’s 1-1 draw against Iraq, and from Nashville, the team travels to Baylor School in Chattanooga, which will be its base for the tournament.It is hard to draw many conclusions from Thursday’s game in which the Spanish were f…

Berlin, June 5 (IANS) Senegalese international Bara Sapoko Ndiaye might still feel caught in the middle of a strange journey after an unprecedented upswing at light speed.The 18-year-old’s story comes close to a from-zero-to-hero fairytale after the midfielder, only six months ago, left the Gambino Stars Africa academy in Gambia to give it a try as an on-loan, relatively unknown player at Bayern Munich.A rocket-like rise followed, taking the midfielder to four league appearances for the Bavarian…

Mumbai, June 5 (IANS) India’s T20 World Cup-winning captain Suryakumar Yadav paid a courtesy visit to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis at his official residence, Varsha, in Mumbai on Friday. This visit came amidst a lot of speculations about Suryakumar’s continuation as the skipper of India in the T20I format.This meeting, which was tweeted by the Chief Minister’s Office, was followed closely as discussions about the leadership of India in T20 format began in earnest as India’s next …

Washington, June 5 (IANS) The United States on Friday announced sweeping sanctions against a network accused of shipping Iranian-origin liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) disguised as Omani fuel to buyers across South and East Asia, including Bangladesh, while also targeting an Iranian foreign exchange company accused of moving hundreds of millions of dollars on behalf of sanctioned Iranian banks.The action was announced by the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), …

Bengaluru, June 5 (IANS) The wife of senior IPS officer Annalamada Sunil Achaiah, Sandhya Achaiah (51), was killed in a wild elephant attack at her coffee estate in Konanakatte village near Thithimathi in Karnataka’s Kodagu district on Friday morning.Following the incident, Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar spoke to the bereaved officer over the phone and expressed his condolences.According to an official statement, the Chief Minister conveyed deep sorrow over the tragedy and assured the family tha…

Kolkata, June 5 (IANS) National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday arrested former Trinamool Congress legislator Saokat Molla in connection with the bomb blast at Bhangar in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. While attempting to flee to neighbouring Bangladesh through the coastal borders in South 24 Parganas district on Thursday, Saokat was spotted and chased by local villagers at the border-adjacent Chunakhali area. He managed to escape at that point.Earlier in the day, some close ass…

Daman, June 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that the Ayushman Bharat programme had transformed healthcare access in India, extending health insurance protection to more than 60 per cent of families and reducing financial burdens on poor and middle-class households. Speaking at a public gathering in Daman after inaugurating and laying the foundation stone for multiple projects worth Rs 2,970 crore, PM Modi described healthcare as one of the Union government’s highest prioriti…

New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) The All India Congress Committee (AICC) has announced the appointment of senior leaders Bhupesh Baghel and Ajay Sharma as observers for the upcoming Rajya Sabha biennial elections in Jharkhand. The decision was approved by Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge. The appointment of observers is a crucial step in the party’s preparations for the Rajya Sabha elections scheduled for June 18, 2026.Congress has so far announced seven candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha bi…