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Bengal teacher retirement extension case: SC sets aside 2023 Calcutta HC order. The Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside a 2023 Calcutta High Court order upholding the West Bengal government’s stance that the retirement age of a teacher cannot be extended as he did not fulfill a 10-year continuous teaching condition in a university in the state. The court also said classifying employees based on past teaching experience from universities within or outside West Bengal, particularly on the verge of retirement, after having served for decades “lacks nexus and discernible object”. A bench of Justices P S Narasimha and Manoj…

According to the AIIMS administration, there are still five people under treatment at the facility. The death toll in the recent Mansa Devi temple stampede rose to nine on Wednesday with another person dying at AIIMS, Rishikesh. Phoolmati, 55, a resident of Barabanki in Uttar Pradesh was seriously injured in the stampede and was referred to the AIIMS from the district hospital in critical condition. She had been on ventilator support since then, District Magistrate Mayur Dixit said. Eight people died and 30 others were injured on Sunday, the day the stampede occurred. According to the AIIMS administration, there are…

Utmost priority to bridge gender gap in India: Centre on WEF Gender Gap report. The Centre on Wednesday said it has given utmost priority to bridge the gender gap in India, in response to the country slipping to the 131st position out of 148 countries in the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index 2025, down from 129th rank in 2024. Responding to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Women and Child Development Savitri Thakur said the government is committed to reducing gender disparity through a “multi-pronged approach” across economic, educational and political domains. “The Government…

Amit Shah said he had received messages from people across the country saying that whenever these terrorists are found, they should be shot in the head. Union home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said all three terrorists involved in the Pahalgam attack were shot in the head during ‘Operation Mahadev’ on the outskirts of Srinagar. “A month after the Pahalgam attack, we received information about the presence of terrorists. The Intelligence Bureau and Military Intelligence further verified their identities, and by July 22, the task of tracking their wireless sets was completed. Their exact, pinpointed location was identified,” Shah told…

Donald Trump said that India will pay a penalty over and above the decided 25% for its trade with Russia despite the ongoing Ukraine war. US President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced that “friend” India will be paying a 25 per cent tariff from August 1. He also noted that New Delhi will have to pay additional penalty due to its oil and military purchase from Russia in the face of the ongoing war in Ukraine. In a post on Truth Social, Trump noted that despite being friends, India and US have done relatively little business. “Remember, while India is…

Consumer panel orders Wockhardt Hospitals to pay ₹18 lakh for patient’s death due to ICU delay. The Maharashtra consumer commission has held Wockhardt Hospitals, Nashik, guilty of deficiency in service for delay in shifting a young patient to the ICU, which led to his death. Patients have a “right to receive competent care and that too, in time as required”, the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission stated in its order passed earlier this month. The hospital has been directed to pay a compensation of ₹18 lakh to the victim’s family for mental agony and harassment. As per the complaint filed…

SC seeks Centre, BCI response on PIL for four yrs LLB course like B Tech. The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought the response of the Centre, University Grants Commission and Bar Council of India on a PIL seeking a direction for setting up a legal education commission to review the syllabus, curriculum and duration of the LLB and LLM courses. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi sought the response of the Centre, UGC, BCI and Law Commission of India on the petition by September 9. The top court directed the registry to list all the pending matters…

Eight-fold rise in cybercrime cases against children from 2018 to 2022: Govt. The number of cybercrime cases against children has seen a nearly eight-fold jump from 232 in 2018 to 1,823 in 2022, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. In a written reply to a question, Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar provided data on cybercrimes against children from the National Crime Records Bureau database, which showed that 232 such cases were registered in 2018, 306 in 2019, 1,102 in 2020, 1,376 in 2021 and 1,823 in 2022. From just four cases reported in 2018, the…

“While the entire country supported the Centre, Saheb comes and makes a mockery of our efforts on the Floor of the House,” PM Modi asked. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing the Lok Sabha during the ongoing Parliament session, delivered a sharp rebuke to the Opposition, accusing them of indulging in “chhichorapan” and politicizing national security. His remarks came during a detailed discussion on Operation Sindoor. Referring to the April 22 Pahalgam terrorist attack, PM Modi revealed that India’s armed forces launched a precision strike within just 22 minutes of receiving clearance. “Our armed forces avenged April 22 within 22…

PM Modi was reacting to Opposition’s questions on the timing of Operation Mahadev, as part of which three terrorists linked to the Pahalgam attack were killed. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday hit out at the Opposition for questioning the timing of Operation Mahadev, as part of which three Pakistani terrorists linked to the Pahalgam terror attack were killed. The Opposition had questioned the government on the timing the operation. Reacting to the criticism, the Prime Minister asked if the government looked for ‘saawan ka somwar’ for Operation Sindoor. “What is wrong with these people? A disappointment to this extent?…