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Cartoon channels under lens for ‘long lip-locks’, peeping Toms

A content regulator for television has received dozens of complaints about ‘inappropriate’ content on children’s channels.

1 million homes still in dark as Narendra Modi fails to achieve power goal

The Modi government set out to electrify nearly 40 million homes in 2017, a target that has been shrinking along the way.

NCERT social science books to get thinner from next academic year

NCERT social science textbooks will bear the brunt of govt bid to ease study burden for school students. No major cuts expected in science or math.

How students in terror-hit south Kashmir beat unrest & shutdowns to top Class 10 results

Class 10 students in Kashmir's Pulwama & Shopian districts excelled with highest pass percentage, even though schools there were closed for more than 100 days.

Indian Army to defend 3-caste President’s Bodyguard recruitment policy in court

President’s Bodyguard is the Indian Army’s oldest regiment, and invites members from only 3 castes — Jats, Rajputs & Jat Sikhs — to apply for recruitment.

National security advisory panel set to induct 3 more members

Former IB chief Asif Ibrahim, former diplomat Amar Sinha are likely to be new members of NSAB, which deals with security, foreign affairs. 

Railway Board pulls up officer for criticising ministry, seeks ‘immediate repatriation’

Sanjiv Kumar, currently an OSD with the DoPT, is under the scanner for a piece on a website criticising the board and the railway minister.

Meghalaya miners remain trapped as high water level forces Navy to halt rescue ops

Indian Navy divers who went inside the 370-foot-deep pit found some wooden structures and coal lying at the bottom. 

IIT visiting fellow, geophysicist & MSc topper: UP VC who ‘incited students to murder’

Raja Ram Yadav was appointed the vice-chancellor of Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University in Jaunpur last year.

Sajjan Kumar, sentenced to life in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, surrenders before Delhi court

Former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar surrendered before the Karkardooma Court in Delhi to serve out his life sentence.

On Camera

Top 10 picks of Serendipity Art Festival 2025 by Rohit Chawla

Through film, textile, scent, sound, and gesture, spectators are invited to descend into an immersive environment where inherited knowledge seeps through material and form.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.