The Darjeeling District Court on Wednesday convicted 23-year-old Mohammad Hasim, a teacher, for sexually molesting a special child studying in a Montessori school, and sentenced him to 40 years of rigorous imprisonment.
Ten exceptionally bright girl students from across Sikkim have secured admission to the prestigious Scindia Kanya Vidyalaya in Gwalior under the Chief Minister’s Meritorious Scholarship (CMMS), following their outstanding academic performance.
Mukesh Tyagi, inspector general, has assumed charge as the new inspector general of the North Bengal Frontier headquarters of the Border Security Force (BSF).
Hundreds of teachers and non-teaching staff from state-aided secondary and higher secondary schools, who recently lost their jobs following a Supreme Court verdict that found irregularities in the appointment process, staged protests across North Bengal on Wednesday demanding justice and reinstatement.
In a historic step towards making the Yamuna River clean and free-flowing, Delhi has made a significant advancement in sewage treatment.
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has expressed displeasure over the non-recovery of Rs 7.30 crore environmental compensation from the illegal laterite stone mining operators in Odisha’s Keonjhar district.
The anti-corruption vigilance wing of Odisha police has arrested an engineer in the rural works department for allegedly possessing Rs 2.45 crore of undisclosed wealth, which is 358 percent of his known sources of income.
"Rain in the plains and light snowfall in the higher reaches is likely to occur in J&K and Ladakh during the next 24 hours"
The court asked accused Kaushal Sanklecha to file a bail bond of Rs 10,000 with a surety of like amount and released him on bail.
According to the latest Delhi government's health bulletin, the infection positivity rate stood at 0.43 per cent.
