Ahmedabad, Aug 20 (IANS) In a shocking case, a Class 10 student of Seventh Day School in the Khokhra area of Gujarat’s Ahmedabad died following a knife attack allegedly carried out by a Class 8 student. What began as a scuffle between the two students soon spiralled into deadly violence. According to police, the victim, who was attacked by the Class 8 student along with seven to eight others on Tuesday afternoon, was rushed to the hospital but succumbed to his injuries during treatment.The clash…

New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court has dismissed a batch of review petitions challenging its April 3 judgement that had invalidated 25,753 teaching and non-teaching appointments made by the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) in 2016.A Bench of Justices Sanjay Kumar and Satish Chandra Sharma observed that the review pleas were an attempt to seek a “re-hearing of the entire matter on merits” despite the fact that “all relevant aspects have already been examined and conside…

Ahmedabad, Aug 20 (IANS) Heavy rain lashed Gujarat’s coastal Saurashtra region, with Devbhumi Dwarka district recording the highest rainfall of 11 inches, including 10.75 inches in Kalyanpur and 6 inches in Dwarka taluka. The rainfall was recorded in the past 24 hours.Porbandar received around 4 inches of rainfall, Mangrol 3.74 inches, Sutrapada 3.35 inches, and Jafrabad over 3 inches.In Junagadh’s Mendarda taluka, nearly 10 inches of rain poured in just four hours between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m. on …

New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) India has recorded an 80 per cent growth in the export of dairy products at $492.9 million during 2024-25, making it an important earner of foreign exchange in the food segment.In volume terms dairy exports worked out to 113,350.4 metric tonnes during the financial year, registering a growth of 77.9 per cent over the corresponding figure of 2023-24, according to official figures.The major export destinations for Indian milk products include the United Arab Emirates, Unit…

Patna, Aug 20 (IANS) In a major relief measure for flood-affected families in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday transferred Rs 456.12 crore directly into the bank accounts of 6,51,602 families across 12 districts.Each family has received Rs 7,000 as compassionate relief under the state government’s disaster assistance scheme.The transfer was inaugurated through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) from Sankalp Hall located at 1, Anne Marg, Patna. Speaking on the occasion, CM Nitish Kuma…

Bengaluru, Aug 20 (IANS) Karnataka BJP on Wednesday raised the issue of diversion of Special Component Plan (SCP) and Tribal Sub Plan (TSP) funds, which are reserved for the welfare of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities, towards the state’s guarantee schemes in the Assembly, and strongly condemned the government. However, Social Welfare Minister H.C. Mahadevappa defended the move, maintaining that the Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan and Tribal Sub-Plan (SCSP/TSP) Act permits such utilisa…

Bengaluru, Aug 20 (IANS) The Karnataka BJP has stated that the apology by psephologist Sanjay Kumar for his social media posts on Maharashtra elections is much more than a singular error from his organisation and exposes an entire ecosystem.Responding to the apology, BJP state President and MLA B.Y. Vijayendra, said on social media X on Wednesday, “The recent “apology” by psephologist Sanjay Kumar is much more than a singular error from his organisation, the Centre for the Study of Developin…

Hyderabad, Aug 20 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Wednesday paid rich tributes to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his birth anniversary and called on youth to draw inspiration from the late leader.Speaking after garlanding the statue of Rajiv Gandhi in front of the Telangana Secretariat here, the Chief Minister recalled his services to the nation.Revanth Reddy said Rajiv Gandhi laid down his life to safeguard national integration.It was Rajiv Gandhi’s thinking to util…

Bhopal, Aug 20 (IANS) The mysterious disappearance of Archana Tiwari, a civil judge aspirant and practising lawyer, has culminated in a dramatic recovery and a web of deception that stunned investigators. Archana, according to police, was found late Tuesday night near the India-Nepal border in Lakhimpur Khiri, Uttar Pradesh, and flown back to Bhopal early Wednesday morning.What began as a suspected accident on the Narmada Express train has now been revealed as a meticulously designed escape.Acco…

Chennai, Aug 20 (IANS) Tamil Nadu BJP president Nainar Nagenthiran on Wednesday condemned the DMK government for “betraying” sanitation workers. In a statement, Nagenthiran said that as per poll promise number 285 in the DMK’s manifesto, the government had assured regularisation of services and welfare measures for sanitation workers.However, over the past several days, sanitation workers in Chennai, Cuddalore, Tirunelveli, Madurai, Tiruppur and other districts have been staging continuous prote…