Board of Intermediate Education will release Inter first year results on April 28 and Inter II year results on May 2. It has also released time table for Advanced Supplementary (instant) exam which will begin from May 25.
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Dismissing North Korea’s nuclear threats, US President Barack Obama has reportedly warned the country of tougher sanctions if it were to go ahead with its fourth nuclear test.
Obama said at a joint press conference with South Korean President Park Geun-Hye that threats will get North Korea nothing, other than greater isolation.
According to News24, speaking in South Korea as satellite images revealed the North could be preparing for another test, Obama stressed that Washington and Seoul stood “shoulder to shoulder” in their refusal to accept a nuclear North Korea.
Maulana Pir Syed Shabbir Naqshbandi Ifteqari President of All India Religious Leaders association congratulated Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on reconciliation and termed it as a good omen for oppressed Palestinians.
Maulana Pir Syed Shabbir Naqshbandi Ifteqari urged the two leaders to cut their ego and continue united efforts for free Palestinian state. If Allah wills not only the the first Qibla Baitul-Maqdis will be restored but he people of Palestine will get their right.
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Describing Defence Ministry under AK Antony as “rudderless and without direction”, BJP leader Arun Jaitley today said country’s defence preparedness has severely suffered during UPA regime.
“The geopolitical realities compel us to analyse that any future aggression may see the buildup of Pakistan and China axis. Our defence purchases and preparedness have seriously suffered. Under AK Antony, the Raksha Mantralya has been virtually rudderless and without direction,” Jaitley wrote in his campaign diary.
Congress could consider extending support to the Third Front or taking its help to form the government if necessary after the Lok Sabha elections, Union Minister Salman Khurshid today said.
He claimed that Narendra Modi was going to emerge as a “big problem” for BJP and referring to Ram temple movement, said that when “Bhagwan ki lehar” (God’s wave) could not stop Congress, then how can “Modi wave” stop it.
Speaking to reporters at his native village Pitauram, there seemed to be no possibility of BJP forming the government.
As promised MBT candidate for Yaqutpura assembly constituency Mr. Majeedullah Khan Farhat announced that he has donated his entire assets for the welfare of Muslim community. Addressing a massive press conference he told this. He said he is not for donating for the name sake rather he will try to undertake works for the welfare and prosperity of Muslim community by giving his assets under government’s possession.
Three-time Olympian swimmer Ryan Lochte is reportedly inspired by Michael Phelps’ return to the store and is looking towards the 2016 Rio Olympics with renewed enthusiasm.
Lochte, who has long reportedly toiled in the shadow of Phelps, said that the US giant’s comeback to swimming has helped him shake off the doldrums that had him questioning his swimming future.
A list of some of the bizarre requests made by the teams participating in the upcoming FIFA World Cup has reportedly been revealed as they travel to South America for the tournament.
A Brazilian report uncovered the strange requests by the teams including Jacuzzis, soaps, flatscreen TVs, Playstation and six security staff, majority to look after Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo.
According to the Daily Star, France has made the most bizarre request demanding that all the bathrooms in their Sao Paulo hotel replace soapstones for liquid soaps.
The international football fraternity have joined hands in pouring their tributes for former Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova, who passed away at the age of 45 after losing a long battle with throat cancer.
The Catalan giants announced the death of Vilanova, who was forced to stand down as boss of the club and was replaced by Gerardo Martino, a day after the former footballer underwent emergency surgery.
Any elections in Kashmir are not an alternative to the exercise of their right of self-determination, Foreign Office spokesperson Tasneem Aslam has said.
The comments from Aslam came while addressing the weekly press briefing at the ministry of foreign affairs in Islamabad on Thursday.
According to the Express Tribune, she added that this was the position of the United Nations Security Council resolutions as well.
At least six people were killed and two injured Saturday in an exchange of fire between two tribal groups in Pakistan’s tribal region of North Waziristan.
The clash took place between the two groups in the Lowara Mandi area in Dattakhel tehsil of North Waziristan over a land dispute, Dawn online reported.
The area where the incident occurred reportedly lies adjacent to the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.
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The Centre has constituted a five-member expert committee to study various alternatives available to it to decide on a new capital for Andhra Pradesh.
This committee has been tasked with the responsibility of making the appropriate recommendations under Section 6 of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014.
The committee will chaired by former IAS officer K C Siva Ramakrishnan, who is currently a Research Professor and Chairman, Governing Board, CPR.
Congress leader Shakeel Ahmed, on Saturday stated that prime minister’s step-brother Daljit Singh Kohli joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was his personal decision and that the latter was free to join the party.
Congress leader, Shakeel Ahmed on Saturday, stated that following the BJP leader, Sushil Modi’s tweet, it is now a foregone conclusion that outsiders were brought in Varanasi to swell the crowd of BJP’s prime ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi’s roadshow.
Pakistan has said India’s criticism on its institutions was baseless.
Foreign Office spokeswoman Tasneem Aslam made the comments during her weekly media briefing, saying that negative reporting against the ISI had been carried out by the Indian media in connection to the attack on journalist Hamid Mir.
Aslam added that the Indian institutions involved in the propaganda should first look into their own internal matters before criticizing others, Dawn News reports.
According to the report, she condemned the attack on Mir and prayed for his speedy recovery. (ANI)
TDP candidate for Nampally assembly constituency Mr. Mohammed Feroz Khan carried out campaign on foot on April 25, at Mallepally division. Feroz Khan claimed that each vote is precious which can lead Nampally area to development. It can bring a new change in the area. He claimed that his house is very near and he has spirit to serve day and night; he has a record of 20 years of welfare service.
The Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has reportedly appointed former captain Marvan Atapattu as the interim head coach of the team following the resignation of Paul Farbrace from the position after just four months of joining.
The former right-handed batsman, who played 90 Tests, 268 ODIs and two Twenty20 internationals in a career that spanned 17 years before he retired in 2007, is the island nation’s seventh coach in the last four years following Trevor Bayliss, Stuart Law, Rumesh Ratnayake, Geoff Marsh, Graham Ford and Farbrace.
Shaquille O’Neal showed his humorous side when he unintentionally cracked a joke about penises.
Shaquille O’Neal and Charles Barkley were talking about sucking up to referees during their hoop days on TNT’s ‘Inside the NBA’ when O’Neal told Barkley “you used to kiss up to them.”
In reply, Barkley said that he didn’t. To which, O’Neal said that he did and that he kissed “Dick” in the mouth, E! Online reported.
The comment caused laughter all around, despite the fact that O’Neal was simply referring to NBA official Dick Bavetta.
Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari has said that the National Council of Churches in India (NCCI) is a truly representative organization of Protestant and Orthodox churches in the country.
Speaking after releasing a commemorative postage stamp on the Centenary of the National Council of Churches in India at a function here, Ansari said since its inception, the NCCI has made invaluable contributions towards the noble task of nation building.
Pakistan’s towering fast bowler Mohammad Irfan might get a chance to play for his team in the 2015 World Cup as medical reports have reportedly indicated that he does not need to get a surgery for his injured hip.
Irfan, whose hairline fracture seems to have healed, has started training at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Lahore, where he is still not bowling at full tilt but seems to be enjoying himself being back in action.
Agitated family members of the missing Malaysia Airline flight MH370 reportedly held the airline’s staff hostage inside a Beijing hotel for 10 hours and allegedly assaulted a security officer.
According to News.com.au, Malaysian Airlines released a statement about the two incidents which occurred late on Thursday and early yesterday as a delegation from Malaysian Airlines attempted to brief families at the Lido Hotel in Beijing.
About 200 grieving Chinese family members were called to attend a meeting, which was held by 10 Malaysian Airline staff.
Election Commissioner H.S.Brahma has accepted that the Election Commission (EC) has committed a huge operational mistake by not including a large number of names in the voters list in Mumbai and Pune, election for which were held on April 17.
Brahma told reporters in New Delhi that he could not understand how so many names could go missing in such a compact area.
A large number of voters, including noted personalities, had to return disappointed from polling booths in both cities, as their names did not figure in the voters list.
A day after Manmohan Singh dismissed the Modi wave as a creation of the media, BJP leader Arun Jaitley on Friday said the Prime Minister may be a “myopic” not to see the “support” for the BJP Prime Ministerial nominee.
He also said that Gandhis were “all at sea” as against the support for the Gujarat Chief Minister.
On Singh’s utterance on Narendra Modi, he said the Prime Minister had reacted to the “obviously visible Modi support” by suggesting that he saw no Modi wave in the country.
Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh’s nephew, Manbir Singh, on Saturday said all family members were shocked by Daljit Singh Kohli’s decision to join the Bharatiya Janata Party.
“All our family members are completely shocked with his decision. It may be his personal choice that he has changed his ideology. We are completely with Dr. Manmohan Singh and we support Captain Amarinder Singh here in Amritsar,” said Manbir Singh.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) vice president and spokesman Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said on Saturday that the Congress will understand the degree of its defeat when the results are out on May 16.
He was responding to Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan’s remark that the Congress is in a position to consider forming a government at the Centre with the help of the Third Front.