New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to examine the validity of CBSE’s recent policy mandating three languages ​​for Class 9, two of which should be Indian languages, which parents termed a sure recipe for chaos and confusion in the absence of trained teachers, requiring textbooks and denying students a choice.Several lawyers, including Mukul Rohatgi, Kapil Sibal and Shraddha Deshmukh, made repeated requests to stay the implementation of the policy, which came into effect from July 1. But a bench comprising CJI Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi rejected the request and said, “The objective (of the three-language policy) may be salutary, but we understand the difficulty faced by the students in the absence of infrastructure and teaching support.“The SC did not agree with the argument that the three-language scheme impacts federalism, but said it could be examined on the basis of rationality in view of infrastructure constraints.The bench considered a batch of petitions filed by parents and teachers from the National Capital Region and Chennai, seeking a comprehensive affidavit dealing with all the issues raised by the petitioners related to the implementation of the policy, and said it would devote a day to its decision in the second week of July.“There is a ray of hope because there are no examinations right now,” the CJI said, but he also recognized the importance of the pleas about the hardship and inconvenience faced by students in the absence of trained teachers and textbooks in Indian languages. SC issued notice to Education Ministry, CBSE and NCERT.Additional SG Aishwarya Bhati said the policy has been formulated after much deliberation and the court should wait for the response of students after its implementation before deciding on its validity.Sibal said the emphasis on the two native languages ​​denied students the opportunity to make an informed choice and raised issues of federalism.Justice Bagchi immediately responded and said that there is no issue of federalism as more and more languages ​​have been added to the Eighth Schedule by designating them as national languages. “But it could be an issue of unfairness when trained teachers and books are not available in schools,” he said.The main petition, filed through advocate Deshmukh by 17 parents and two teachers of children studying in CBSE-affiliated schools in Delhi, Noida, Gurgaon and Chennai, said the new policy is contrary to the CBSE’s April 9 notification which clearly assured that the third language “will not be implemented at the Class IX level till the academic session 2029-30”.However, the change in the policy of three languages, two of which should be Indian – once the session for 2026-27 begins on May 15, allocation of languages ​​and timetable is finalized – will cause irreversible harm to thousands of Class IX students and take away the livelihood of many teachers skilled in teaching foreign languages, as they will have to make way for teachers who can teach regional languages, the plea said.It said the unavailability of textbooks and teaching material and the ad-hoc arrangement by CBSE asking students to learn the basics of another Indian language from class six textbooks have increased the problems faced by students and teachers.“Making a compulsory subject mandatory without textbooks, trained teachers or an evaluation framework does not amount to quality education; it is a constitutional violation,” the petition said. The petition has requested the Supreme Court to stop CBSE from making such agreements on quality education.

New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel came into OTAs yesterday and did something he hasn’t done in a while, talked about his wife. Asked about balancing family and football this offseason, Vrabel looked reporters in the eye and said: “I appreciate my family. I love Jane. I like boys. “I love my personal friends.” Sweet? Sure. spontaneous? Absolutely not. It’s a man washing clothes in public, and the spin cycle is in full swing.

Mike Vrabel professes love for wife Jen at Patriots press conference months later Diana Russini affair scandal

And now, right on cue, comes the clean-up operation. Vrabel declared his love for Jen in a nationally covered press conference.Meanwhile, Russini was photographed kissing her husband Kevin Goldschmidt on Mother’s Day and was spotted with him in New York City just two weekends ago. Both parties, together, are returning to their spouses very publicly. It has the energy of two people who caught on, hired the same crisis PR consultant and agreed to a deadline. Is their reconciliation real? Perhaps. But when your declaration of love comes in response to a reporter’s question at a football press conference, not over dinner, not in a heartfelt post, not in a private moment between two people trying to rebuild, but in front of cameras while discussing OTAs, it feels less like a husband missing his wife and more like a man managing a narrative. The clothes are being cleaned, okay. Everyone can just watch the machine running.

From affair scandal to “I love Jane”: the Vrabel-Russini PR reconciliation is happening in real time

In April, Page Six released photos of Vrabel and former NFL reporter Diana Russini holding hands, hugging and sitting poolside together at the Ambiente luxury resort in Sedona, Arizona. Then TMZ and The New York Times piled on old photos from 2020 to 2024 that showed the two at casinos and bars, including a photo where they were kissing. Both denied the affair. Vrabel admitted to having “difficult conversations” with his family, committed to counseling, and skipped the final day of the NFL Draft to fly to Utah with Jen for what media outlets described as an “emergency 24-hour marriage summit.” At dinner they seemed cordial, talkative, not particularly affectionate, and went home separately.So we don’t really know what’s going on behind the scenes, but we’ll take their word for it for now.

travis kels Now officially a game owner. The Kansas City Chiefs announced Wednesday that he is joining the Cleveland Guardians’ ownership group as a minority investor, buying into the MLB team he grew up watching from the bleachers as a child in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. No financial terms were disclosed, but Guardians is valued at around $1.7 billion, so even a small slice isn’t pocket change. The 36-year-old Kelce is expected to celebrate the deal in person at Progressive Field on June 14, when the Guardians host the Detroit Tigers.

Travis Kelce buys minority stake in Cleveland Guardians, joining childhood team’s ownership group

There’s something really sweet about it. Kelce didn’t buy some random franchise for the portfolio, he bought into the team he rode the Rapid Light Rail to watch as a kid, the one he scored with his dad, the one that gave him “core memories” of Kenny Lofton and Jim Thome in the ’90s. “I’m a kid from the heights living the dream,” he told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. This is attractive. It’s also very, very calculative, and both things can be true.Kelce joins an ownership group led by chairman Paul Dolan and partner David Blitzer, who have an option to purchase a majority stake in the team after 2027. He was specifically brought in by Blitzer, who is also co-owner of the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils. The Guardians officially confirmed the deal on Wednesday, and Kelce announced it on his New Heights podcast with brother Jason, because, of course, he did.

From bleachers to the boardroom: Kelce and Mahomes are quietly building a sports empire

This isn’t Kelce’s first ownership rodeo, and it’s not a solo act. He and Chiefs teammates patrick mahomes The two members have been co-investing as a private equity firm for some time now. Both already own a minority stake in the Alpine Formula 1 team. Mahomes, meanwhile, owns a share of the Kansas City Royals, and Kelce now has his own MLB team. The bromance has officially entered the wealth-building era.But Kelce’s portfolio goes further than that. He owns a stake in an amusement park company, a mattress brand, a beer company, a restaurant, and a very lucrative podcast. Man is diverse. And now, together Taylor SwiftWith a ring on his finger and a baseball team in his investment portfolio, Kelce is doing what very few NFL players are able to do, turning fame into a true business empire while still actively playing. He’ll turn 37 in October, with the 2026 season widely expected to be his last in the NFL, and he’s already deciding what’s next. Attractive? Absolutely. Calculated? without a doubt. But when you’re Travis Kelce, those two things are always the same thing.

Clear/KaminiTenkasi: : How do you protest a bathing ban? How about a bath?Traders and Communist parties in Tenkasi on Wednesday took a symbolic bath outside the Collectorate – pouring water from bottles on themselves – to protest against the ban on night bathing and introduction of entry fee at the Old Courtallam Falls.Condemning the ‘commercialisation’ of the tourist spot, CPI(M) state executive member KG Bhaskaran said that notifying the places as falling under reserved forest area and restricting access from 7 am to 5 pm will affect the livelihood of local residents dependent on tourism.“Courtalam is one of the few tourist destinations in South India where families can reach the waterfalls without trekking through forested areas,” he said, adding that tourists visiting Courtalam can still find dormitories and rooms for between Rs 500 and Rs 600 per night, unlike many hill stations like the Nilgiris and Kodaikanal, where travel and accommodation costs were higher.During the June–September tourist season, tourists usually access the waterfalls around the clock and food stalls operate throughout the night, including eateries serving parotta at midnight. Trader A Manikandan said crowd movement was earlier spread throughout the day and night and limiting entry hours would now lead to increased crowding during the limited day hours. “Despite the huge influx of tourists, except for sporadic cases of theft, there have been no major incidents of stampede or any serious law and order problems,” he said.Bhaskaran said the forest department has already taken over the Chitraruvi Falls from the local body and recently took over the control of the old Courtalam Falls from the Ayiraperi Panchayat. “If this continues, other waterfalls including the Five Falls and the Main Falls, where entry was free, may also come under similar controls,” he said.Under the new system, the forest department collects Rs 20 per person for bathing and Rs 10 per person for transportation from the entrance to the waterfall. Visitors parking their vehicles at the entrance are charged separately, including Rs 75 for cars.“Out of the Rs 75 parking fee, only Rs 30 was kept by the department and the remaining amount was handed over to the panchayat,” said a senior forest department official. He said the regulated transport system would prevent autorickshaw drivers from charging tourists up to Rs 250 for a short distance trip to the waterfall.He said that this step has been taken following the instructions Madras High Court and aligned with the state’s eco-tourism policy which aims to reduce pollution, maintain cleanliness and create employment opportunities for local residents.

New Delhi: At the point of flowing from Haryana into Delhi, the Yamuna has been reduced to a thin brown stream. The stream, surrounded by open sand dunes and dry river beds, has made it easy for people from villages in Delhi and Haryana to cross the river. Uttar Pradesh On foot.For villagers living along its banks in this region, parts of the river turning into shallow, stagnant pools of water are an annual sight.on wednesday, times of India Visited Palla village in north Delhi, where the Yamuna enters the city, and saw children, knee-deep in water, using a narrow channel to cross from villages in one state to another. Bullock carts carrying agricultural produce were running on this river route from Palla and Dahisra villages of Haryana to Sankrod in UP.The Yamuna shrinks significantly between the end of winter and the beginning of summer, resulting in a perennial river turning into an almost seasonal river in its upper and middle section, including Delhi. Rajpal Singh (71), a retired bailiff from Delhi’s Irrigation and Flood Control Department, said, “Every year, around this time of the year, it is reduced to a thin stream. Haryana’s drain number eight releases water into the river only during the monsoon. With limited amount of water being released into it from Haryana in the summer, the Yamuna is no longer a river.”As per an official mandate, Haryana’s Hathnikund barrage is releasing just 9.9 cumecs (352 cusecs) of water into the Yamuna. “However, this is very low and cannot meet the ecological needs of the river. Moreover, this water can travel barely 10 kilometers in summer through vast stretches of flood plains, which involves seepage and evaporation,” said Bhim Singh Rawat, a Yamuna activist and associate coordinator of the South Asia Network on Dams Rivers and People. He said a study by the National Institute of Hydrology in 2019 had recommended an inflow of 23 cumecs in the low rainy season.The total length of Yamuna flowing through Delhi is about 52 km, out of which 22 km is highly polluted.Rawat said, “Natural depressions and sinkholes have formed upstream of the bridges, giving a false impression that the water level is satisfactory. The Yamuna no longer looks like a river in the summer season, as it does not have adequate water level throughout the year except the monsoon.”Manu Bhatnagar, principal director of the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH), said the condition of the river is critical this year. “During the lean season, it is fed by melting snow in the Himalayas and groundwater seepage. However, snowfall was less this winter. Additionally, the ongoing heat wave is leading to reduced evaporation, making the situation worse than normal.”Pointing towards the brown waters of the river at Palla, Singh recalled that about 30 years ago, he would often check the water level there and would find lots of fish. Singh, a resident of Bakhtawarpur village, said, “However, I have not seen a single fish in this area for many years. Even two decades ago, the Yamuna water was largely clean. However, now it is so dirty that I cannot see anything. The river is slowly dying.”No response was received from Delhi government regarding Yamuna turning into a brown stream.Recent testing of the river water quality has revealed that of the eight locations from where samples were collected on April 7, the water in Palla was found to be the least polluted. However, the last monitoring station in Delhi, Asgarpur (after the confluence of Shahdara and Tughlakabad drains) was the most polluted. Dissolved oxygen, the level of which should be 5 mg/litre or above in the river, was within the norm only at Palla (5.2 mg/litre) but was zero at six other locations. Dissolved oxygen indicates the possibility of survival of aquatic life in the river.Fecal coliform, an indicator of untreated sewage in the river, was recorded at 2,800 MPN/100 ml in Palla, but rose to 3,10,000 in Asgarpur. The safe limit is 2,500, and the desired level is below 500.The shrinking and dirty river has affected the lives of the people dependent on it. Farmer Vinod Kumar said, “We have grown up drinking Yamuna water but now it is impossible to do so. In summers, we used to bathe in the river for hours to get relief from the heat. But due to its polluted water, we have stopped this practice for many years.”The picture changes considerably during monsoon. While the water level at Delhi’s Old Railway Bridge stood at 200.9 meters at 1 pm on Wednesday, it reached 207.4 meters last September – the third highest level recorded in the city. Recalling last year’s flood, Devendra Singh of Palla village said that his field, in which he had sown ridge gourd and paddy, was destroyed due to intrusion of river water.

High search activity continues in IPL 2026 GoogleAccording to the company, IPL-related queries have increased by 80% globally in the last 60 days. Google said fans are using search not only for scores and player updates but also for match analysis, understanding cricket rules and purchasing merchandise.The company noted that AI-powered features, including AI mode and integration with BCCI broadcasts, have changed the way users interact with Search during matches, with fans asking more detailed and conversational questions as the tournament progresses.

Here are four ways IPL Fans used Google search during the 2026 season.

1. Following teams and players

Team loyalty remains a major driver of searches during IPL 2026. “Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) emerged as the most searched IPL team in India this season, followed by Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Mumbai Indians (MI).” Google said.Questions about the players ranged from career highlights to current involvement to emotional moments in games. Searches include “Is Rohit Sharma playing in IPL 2026?”, “Which team is Jasprit Bumrah in IPL 2026” And “Will IPL 2026 be Virat Kohli’s last season?”.Interest in players like Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Cooper Connolly and Karthik Sharma also increased.

2. Understanding the rules of cricket and match situations

Fans turned to Google searches to understand tournament rules, qualification scenarios and cricket terminology. Some questions include: “How many points are needed to qualify semi-finals in IPL?”, (“What does 1 demerit point mean in Cricket IPL?”), And “What is DRS timer in cricket?”.Google said new viewers also searched for explanations, including basic cricket concepts “How long is a cricket pitch?”, “What is the meaning of leg break in cricket?”, And “Why doesn’t the 11th player bat in cricket?”

3. Analyzing player performance and tournament trends

Search activity also reflected interest in statistical analysis and comparison of player performance. Users searched for questions like “How many players have scored a century so far in the 2026 IPL?” (“Which player has the highest strike rate in the IPL?”) And “Who has the most Orange Caps in IPL?”Fans are increasingly turning to Google searches to understand trends throughout the tournament, such as: “Why are teams scoring so much in IPL?”Searches also include cross-sport comparisons, with users asking, “Which is harder, F1 racing or cricket?”.

4. Buying jerseys and cricket paraphernalia

IPL 2026 also influenced shopping-related searches, especially for team merchandise and cricket equipment. Search on Google, including “ipl jersey price”, “mi t-shirt” And “Cricket Jersey Same Day Delivery” Saw a nail.Questions also included equipment such as cricket helmets, branded cricket shoes, sunglasses and English Willow kits, indicating interest in everything from watching matches to purchasing gear.Google said IPL remains one of the most searched sports topics in India since 2020, with the trend continuing in the 2026 season as fans use search for information, analytics and purchase related to the match.

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court has sought response from the state government and the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on a public interest litigation (PIL) alleging illegal excavation, encroachment and ecological destruction in the protected Mahendragiri hills of Gajapati district.Hearing the case through virtual mode on Tuesday, a vacation bench of Justices KR Mohapatra and MS Sahu adjourned the matter till after the summer vacation after additional government counsel SR Patnaik sought time to get instructions. Deputy Solicitor General of India PK Parhi, appearing for the ASI, and the state counsel were directed to take instructions in the matter.The PIL was filed by Pradeep Kumar Bhuiyan of Gajapati district belonging to the Sabar (Sora) tribal community and three other residents who claimed to be hereditary worshipers associated with the sacred Mahendragiri hill under Paralakhemundi forest division. Advocate Shivshankar Mohanty presented arguments on behalf of the petitioners.The plea has sought immediate intervention to stop alleged unauthorized excavation, illegal construction, installation of artificial idols and illegal religious activities around the centrally protected Bhima, Kunti and Yudhishthir temples situated on the hill. It also prayed for demolition and removal of all alleged illegal structures and encroachments raised in violation of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, forest laws and environment rules.The petition alleged that some private parties have carried out illegal excavation and construction activities near the protected monuments under the guise of “research work” and “Mahendra Ashram”. Photographs presented before the court allegedly show excavation near the Kunti temple, uprooting of trees near the Yudhishthir temple and construction of a concrete road within the prohibited areas around the monuments.The petition also objects to the proposed “Mahendra Mela” from June 1 to 13, alleging that the mass gatherings and rituals could have a serious impact on the delicate ecology, biodiversity and forest habitat of the area.According to the petitioners, the Mahendragiri hills are not only a sacred site for the Sabar and Kondh tribal communities but also an ecologically fragile mountain ecosystem, which is officially recognized by the Government of Odisha. In November 2022, the state declared 4,250 hectare area of ​​Mahendragiri as a biodiversity heritage site due to its rich biodiversity, endemic species and tribal cultural significance.