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Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel (Image/PTI) NEW DELHI: The Gujarat Assembly on Wednesday passed the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill, 2026 making the state the second in India after Uttarakhand to implement a uniform legal framework governing personal laws.With the passage of the legislation, Gujarat joins Uttarakhand in adopting a common set of laws related to…
The Trump administration sued Harvard University, alleging the school violated Jewish students’ civil rights, in the latest escalation of the government’s yearlong campaign against the Ivy League school.The suit alleged Harvard failed to protect its Jewish and Israeli students by ignoring hostility on campus and refusing to enforce antiharassment rules. The suit, being filed Friday…
A big relief for air travellers! In a major step toward making air travel more affordable, accessible and passenger-friendly, the Ministry of Civil Aviation has issued new directives mandating that a minimum of 60% seats on every flight be allocated free of charge. It aims at fair and transparent access for travellers. The move, implemented…
Four IAF-controlled civil airports will face temporary shutdowns as their runways need recarpeting for smooth operations of both military and civil aircraft. As the runways at Jodhpur, Srinagar, Pune and Adampur airports will be recarpeted under different schedules this year, civilian flights at these airports will be affected during their respective shutdown periods.Starting with the…
Abu Dhabi Construction Site Fire Contained in Al Mushrif: Investigations Underway Emergency teams in Abu Dhabi rushed to the Al Mushrif area after a fire broke out at a construction site containing building materials, prompting a swift response from police and civil defence authorities. The incident, which unfolded on Saturday evening, triggered a coordinated emergency…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that the Uniform Civil Code is necessary to ensure equal rights to all women.A bench of CJI Surya Kant, Justices R Mahadevan and Joymala Bagchi, said that a large section of Muslim society is deprived of equal inheritance rights, but if the inheritance provision of Sharia Law…
VARANASI: Govt chauffeur Neera Ram has taken senior officials around for over a quarter-century. Time to shift gears now and drive Priyanka Chaudhary, his daughter who has just cleared UPSC’s civil service exams.“It will be an honour to drive my daughter’s vehicle,” Ram said, his voice quivering with pride at the achievement of his daughter’s…
Visually impaired Kashmir youth cracks civil services, daily-wager father recounts years of struggle BANDIPORA: There is festivity in the Mirpora locality of Naidkhai village in Bandipora, Kashmir, as children guide visitors to the home of Irfan Ahmad Lone, a visually impaired youth who has cleared the UPSC civil services examinations.As their modest one-storey house is…
Topper Anuj Agnihotri cleared UPSC with medical science as optional subject NEW DELHI: AIIMS Jodhpur MBBS graduate Anuj Agnihotri has topped the Civil Services Examination 2025, the UPSC announced Friday, recommending 958 candidates for appointment to various services. Graduates of medicine, engineering, law and commerce have once again dominated the top ranks of the exam…
UPSC CSE 2025 topper (Credits: Vajiram and Ravi YouTube channel) The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released the final results of the Civil Services Examination (CSE) 2025 after the written examination held in August 2025 and the Personality Test interviews conducted between December 2025 and February 2026.A total of 958 candidates have been recommended…
