ED conducts raid at ex-Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee’s residence in school jobs scam | India News

Former Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee NEW DELHI: An Enforcement Directorate (ED) team on Saturday conducted a five-hour raid at the residence of former West Bengal education minister Partha Chatterjee in connection with the school jobs scam, officials said.The team reached his home in the Naktala area around 10.45 am after central forces cordoned off the…

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Quote of the day by Melinda French Gates: If you are successful it is because somewhere, sometime, someone gave you a life or an idea that started you in the right direction

Melinda French Gates believes success is rarely achieved alone. In a quote from a speech she delivered at her high school graduation in 1982, the philanthropist highlighted the importance of recognizing the people who help shape our lives. Decades later, Gates revisited the message and said she still stands by it. The quote reads: “If…

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‘Bombs hurled at police van’: EPS slams DMK govt, says law & order reduced to ‘laughing stock’ in Tamil Nadu | India News

NEW DELHI: AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS) on Saturday targeted the DMK government and Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin” calling him a “puppet”, and further alleging that criminals have “absolutely no fear” of the police and that “law and order has been reduced to a laughing stock,” after a country-made bomb was…

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‘Suspicious fire’: Car with ‘Chanukah’ sign set ablaze in Melbourne; comes days after Bondi beach shooting

Australian police are investigating a “suspicious fire” after a parked car displaying a sign celebrating the Jewish festival of Hanukkah was set ablaze in Melbourne in the early hours of Thursday, raising concerns of a possible antisemitic attack.The empty vehicle, which had a “Happy Chanukah” sign fixed to its roof, was damaged by fire while…

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Value outlasts success: Einstein’s message for students in an exam-obsessed world

Success is fleeting when it becomes identity, believed Albert Einstein (AI generated image) Every generation invents its own scoreboard. Ours prefers the numerical kind. Percentiles decide streams, cut-offs decide colleges, packages decide credibility. Even curiosity is quietly trained to ask a transactional question first: Will this be evaluated?In such an economy of numbers, a line…

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‘Throwing dust in people’s eyes’: Congress after transfer of CBSE officers amid OSM row; calls for sacking Dharmendra Pradhan | India News

NEW DELHI: Congress termed the transfer of Central Board of Secondary Education’s (CBSE)’s top officials after the new On-Screen Marking (OSM) system row a “petty” move, calling upon the Union education minister to take responsibility.The opposition party accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of “protecting” the education minister Dharmendra Pradhan.“The Modi government is completely engaged in…

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