Prøve GULL - Gratis

Akbar Called 'a Ruthless Conqueror' in NCERT Class 8 Social Science Book

The New Indian Express Nagapattinam

|

July 18, 2025

The new Class 8 social science textbook by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), released on Wednesday, which portrays religious persecution and brutalities committed by the Mughal Empire during their reign over India, has stirred a hornet's nest.

- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ New Delhi

The book includes a disclaimer that no one from the past should be blamed.

Exploring Society: India and Beyond', released for use in the academic year 2025-2026 offers a multidisciplinary understanding of history, geography, economics and governance, said an official release from NCERT.

FLERE HISTORIER FRA The New Indian Express Nagapattinam

The New Indian Express Nagapattinam

NUAPADA MANDATE MARKS A POWER SHIFT FOR MAJHI

WHILE the NDA secured a historic mandate in Bihar, the BJP notched up an emphatic victory in the Nuapada bypoll in Odisha.

time to read

1 mins

November 20, 2025

The New Indian Express Nagapattinam

Stalker stabs Class 12 student to death with knife in Rameswaram

A Class 12 student on her way to school was stabbed to death in broad daylight by a 21-year-old stalker on a public road in Rameswaram on Wednesday. Police identified the victim as M Shalini (17) of Cherakot-tai, a student of Rameswaram Government Girls Higher Secondary School.

time to read

1 min

November 20, 2025

The New Indian Express Nagapattinam

Modi to attend G20 summit in Joburg

PRIME Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Johannesburg, South Africa, from November 21to 23 to participate in the 20th G20 Leaders' Summit, External Affairs Ministry announced on Wednesday.

time to read

1 mins

November 20, 2025

The New Indian Express Nagapattinam

Once Naxal hotspot, Bastar now buzzing with sports

SURRENDERED MAOISTS TAKING PART

time to read

1 min

November 20, 2025

The New Indian Express Nagapattinam

Amid Pak blockade, AI seeks govt’s help for using China military airspace

AIR India has asked the Centre to persuade China to allow their aircraft to use a section of its restricted military airspace in Xinjiang as the ongoing Pakistani airspace closure continues to inflict steep financial losses on Indian carriers. India-China flights resumed only last month after a five-and-a-half-year suspension.

time to read

1 min

November 20, 2025

The New Indian Express Nagapattinam

India, Germany system to avoid copter crash

SOON India and Germany will manufacture Obstacle Avoidance Systems (OAS) in India, which will arm the military helicopters to avoid accidents like the one in which General Bipin Rawat, India’s first Chief of Defence Staff, lost his life.

time to read

2 mins

November 20, 2025

The New Indian Express Nagapattinam

The New Indian Express Nagapattinam

Tiger returns after decades, marks 9-month stay in Gujarat sanctuary

AFTER several decades, Gujarat saw its first tiger that stayed in the wilderness, when a big cat not only returned but claimed Ratanmahal Wildlife Sanctuary in Dahod as its permanent home.

time to read

1 mins

November 20, 2025

The New Indian Express Nagapattinam

ED gets 13-day custody of Al Falah group chairman

THE Enforcement Directorate (ED), which is investigating the Al Falah group at the centre of the Delhi blast case for alleged money laundering, has uncovered tainted funds amounting to %415 crore, sources said on

time to read

1 min

November 20, 2025

The New Indian Express Nagapattinam

Frame national policy, uniform rules on organ transplant, SC tells Centre

ALSO IN TOP COURT

time to read

1 mins

November 20, 2025

The New Indian Express Nagapattinam

'Pre-cognizance hearing of accused not must for supplementary complaints in PMLA case'

HOLDING that once the trial court has taken cognizance of the lead-prosecution complaint chargesheet filed in a money laundering case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), pre-cognizance hearing need not be given to persons accused in supplementary complaints, a division bench of the Madras High Court

time to read

1 min

November 20, 2025

Listen

Translate

Share

-
+

Change font size