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Time of India
2 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
AP PGECET 2025 hall ticket released at cets.apsche.ap.gov.in; exam from June 6
AP PGECET hall ticket 2025: The Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education (APSCHE) has officially released the hall ticket for the Andhra Pradesh Postgraduate Engineering Common Entrance Test (AP PGECET) 2025. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Candidates who have successfully registered for the examination can now download their hall tickets from the official website at The AP PGECET 2025 is scheduled to be conducted from June 6 to June 8, 2025, in two sessions each day — the forenoon session from 9:00 am to 11:00 am, and the afternoon session from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. The entrance test will be held for admission to postgraduate engineering, technology, and pharmacy courses offered by institutions in Andhra Pradesh. Details mentioned on the AP PGECET 2025 hall ticket The hall ticket is a mandatory document for entry into the examination centre. It contains essential details such as the candidate's name, registration number, examination date and time, exam centre address, candidate's photograph, and signature. Candidates are advised to verify all the information on the hall ticket carefully and contact authorities in case of any discrepancies. Exam structure and schedule The AP PGECET 2025 exam comprises 120 objective-type questions, with each question carrying one mark. The total score will be out of 120 marks. Importantly, there will be no negative marking for incorrect answers. The subject-wise exam schedule is as follows: • June 6, 2025: Geo Engineering & Geo Informatics (GG) in the morning session, and Pharmacy (PY), Computer Science & Information Technology in the afternoon session. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now • June 7, 2025: Electronics & Communication Engineering (EC) and Biotechnology (BT) in the morning, followed by Civil Engineering (CE), Mechanical Engineering (ME), Electrical Engineering (EE), and Food Technology (FT) in the afternoon. • June 8, 2025: Instrumentation Engineering (EI) and Metallurgical Engineering (MT) in the morning, and Chemical Engineering (CH) and Nano Technology (NT) in the afternoon. Steps to download the AP PGECET 2025 hall ticket Candidates can follow the step-by-step instructions below to access and download their hall ticket: Step 1: Visit the official AP PGECET website at Step 2: Click on the "Download Hall Ticket" button available on the homepage. Step 3: Enter your registration number, qualifying examination hall ticket number, and date of birth. Step 4: Select your exam paper from the drop-down menu. Step 5: Click on the "Download Hall Ticket" button and save the admit card. Take a printout for future reference. Important instructions for candidates Candidates must bring a printed copy of the hall ticket to the examination centre along with a valid photo ID. Arriving at the venue at least 30 minutes before the scheduled time is strongly recommended. Late entry will not be permitted under any circumstances. For more updates and information, candidates should regularly check the official AP PGECET 2025 website.
Straits Times
3 days ago
- Politics
- Straits Times
Second Georgian opposition leader placed in pre-trial detention as crackdown widens
Nika Melia, leader of Georgia's largest opposition party United National Movement (UNM), and his supporters gather in a tent outside the party's office after they announced a hunger strike to demand the immediate release of jailed ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili in Tbilisi, Georgia December 22, 2021. REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze/ File Photo Nika Melia, one of the leaders of the Coalition for Change opposition group, charged with failing to appear before the Georgian parliament's temporary investigative commission, splashes water towards a judge during a court hearing in Tbilisi, Georgia May 30, 2025. REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze/Pool Nika Melia, one of the leaders of the Coalition for Change opposition group, charged with failing to appear before the Georgian parliament's temporary investigative commission, attends a court hearing in Tbilisi, Georgia May 30, 2025. REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze/Pool/ File Photo Second Georgian opposition leader placed in pre-trial detention as crackdown widens TBILISI - A Georgian court on Friday placed Nika Melia, a leader of the country's main opposition party, in pre-trial detention, amid a widening crackdown against a pro-Western opposition that has staged months of anti-government protests. Melia, a top leader of the Coalition for Change opposition bloc, was detained on Thursday for refusing to appear at a parliamentary inquiry into alleged crimes committed under jailed former President Mikheil Saakashvili between 2004 and 2012. The length of the detention was not immediately clear. Last week, a judge placed another leader of the Coalition for Change, Zurab Japaridze, in pre-trial detention for refusing to appear before the inquiry. Friday's hearing was disorderly, with Melia sentenced after being removed from the courtroom for throwing water at the judge from the dock. Previously one of the most pro-Western and democratic of the Soviet Union's successor states, Georgia under the leadership of the Georgian Dream party is accused by the ruling bloc's critics of moving in an authoritarian and pro-Russian direction. Georgian Dream says it still wants the country to eventually join the European Union but wants to preserve what it calls Georgia's traditional values and also to avoid conflict with Russia, its giant neighbour and former imperial ruler. Separately on Friday, another judge jailed a 19-year-old student activist for 12 days for insulting a Georgian Dream lawmaker she had called a "Russian slave" in a cafe this month. Georgian Dream, after winning an election last November that the opposition says was rigged, said it would halt talks on joining the EU till 2028. EU membership has wide support among Georgians and the goal has been enshrined in the constitution. The ruling party's decision to suspend the talks sparked mass street protests, prompting a violent crackdown and large-scale arrests by security forces. Georgian Dream is dominated by billionaire ex-prime minister Bidzina Ivanishvili, who is widely seen as Georgia's de facto leader. In December, the United States sanctioned Ivanishvili for what it said were actions aimed at dismantling Georgian democracy for the benefit of Russia. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
Time of India
10-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Pakistan says ceasefire with India 'full-fledged', not partial
Pakistan and India have agreed to a "full-fledged" and "not partial" ceasefire, Pakistan Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar told broadcaster Geo news on Saturday, adding that three dozen countries were involved in the diplomacy that secured it. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Play War Thunder now for free War Thunder Play Now Undo
Qatar Tribune
07-05-2025
- Politics
- Qatar Tribune
India fires missile barrage into Pakistan
Agencies India has launched missiles at several locations in Pakistan and Pakistan-administred Kashmir, the government said, and Pakistan promised to respond to the attacks. Dubbing it 'Operation Sindoor', India said it hit infrastructure 'from where terrorist attacks against India have been planned and directed'. 'Our actions have been focused, measured and non-escalatory in nature. No Pakistani military facilities have been targeted. India has demonstrated considerable restraint in selection of targets and method of execution,' the Indian statement said. India has blamed Pakistan for an attack last month in Pahalgam in Indian-administered Kashmir that killed 26 people. The Pakistani government has denied any involvement and called for an 'neutral' investigation into what happened. Pakistan reported at least three people died and 12 were injured, according to an initial assessment. Pakistan said India launched missiles at three places, but an Indian government statement did not detail the nature of the strikes. A Pakistani military spokesman told broadcaster Geo that Pakistan's response was under way, without giving details. The spokesman said five places were hit including two mosques and reported three deaths and 12 people injured. The spokesman for Pakistan's armed forces says the military will respond to India's strike 'at a time and place of its own choosing'. 'It will not go unanswered,' the spokesman said in the statement, carried by the Associated Press of Pakistan. After the explosions, power was blacked out in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, witnesses said. Witnesses and one police officer at two sites on the frontier in Indian Kashmir said they heard loud explosions and intense artillery shelling as well as jets in the air.
Al Jazeera
07-05-2025
- Politics
- Al Jazeera
India launches ‘Operation Sindoor', exchanges heavy fire with Pakistan
Pakistan says 26 people killed, 46 injured in attacks, while India says eight were killed in retaliatory strikes. India's military has launched 'Operation Sindoor', striking nine sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir, prompting swift retaliation from Islamabad in the worst fighting in more than two decades between the nuclear-armed neighbours as fears of a wider, prolonged war grow. Pakistan said on Wednesday that at least 26 people were killed and 46 others injured in the Indian attacks, accusing New Delhi of committing an 'act of war'. India said at least eight people were killed by Pakistani shelling. The leaders of both countries are holding crisis meetings on Wednesday. The Indian strike and counterattack by Pakistan come amid soaring tensions, after a deadly attack last month on tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir that New Delhi blamed on Islamabad, which denied any involvement. In a statement early on Wednesday, India's government said its military had attacked 'terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir from where terrorist attacks against India have been planned and directed'. Advertisement 'Our actions have been focused, measured and non-escalatory in nature. No Pakistani military facilities have been targeted. India has demonstrated considerable restraint in selection of targets and method of execution,' it said. The missiles struck locations in Pakistan-administered Kashmir and the country's eastern Punjab province. Al Jazeera's Kamal Hyder, reporting from Islamabad, said the cities of Muzaffarabad and Kotli, both in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, were among the targets of the Indian strikes. 'Pakistani Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, speaking to a foreign TV network, confirmed that at least five Indian aircraft have been shot down and that a number of Indian soldiers have been taken prisoner,' Hyder said. 'Pakistan said that it would respond to any Indian attack against Pakistan, and Pakistan is now responding to that Indian attack,' he said. Sign up for Al Jazeera Breaking News Alert Get real-time breaking news alerts and stay up-to-date with the most important headlines from around the globe. Subscribe Your subscription failed. Please try again. Please check your email to confirm your subscription By signing up, you agree to our Privacy Policy protected by reCAPTCHA 'Heavy shelling has now resumed on the Line of Control that separates Pakistan-administered Kashmir from Indian-administered Kashmir,' he added. A Pakistani military spokesman had earlier told the broadcaster Geo that at least five locations, including two mosques, had been hit. He also said that Pakistan's response was under way, without providing details. In Punjab, missiles hit a mosque in the city of Bahawalpur, killing a child and wounding two civilians, the military said. Advertisement International Crisis Group's Senior Analyst for India, Praveen Donthi, says that the 'escalation between India and Pakistan has already reached a larger scale than during the last major crisis in 2019' with 'potentially dire consequences'. 'Domestic emotions are high on both sides, fuelling the danger of further escalation,' he said, but 'India and Pakistan should choose diplomacy, as any further military action carries unacceptable risks.' Kashmir tensions escalate Following India's attacks, the armies of the two sides exchanged intense shelling and heavy gunfire across their frontier in disputed Kashmir in at least three places, the Reuters news agency reported, quoting police and witnesses. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for maximum restraint from both sides. 'The secretary-general is very concerned about the Indian military operations across the Line of Control and international border. He calls for maximum military restraint from both countries,' Guterres's spokesperson said. 'The world cannot afford a military confrontation between India and Pakistan.' United States President Donald Trump said the clashes were 'a shame'. 'I just hope it ends very quickly,' Trump said at the White House. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that he is also closely monitoring the situation, adding that he hopes it will end 'quickly'. The eruption of violence comes amid heightened tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours, in the aftermath of an attack on tourists in Pahalgam in Indian-administered Kashmir last month. India blamed Pakistan for the violence, in which 26 men were killed, and promised to respond. Pakistan denied that it had anything to do with the killings. Advertisement Nitasha Kaul, the director of the Centre for the Study of Democracy at the University of Westminster, London, said the strikes are 'very concerning'. 'Once again, the worst affected are going to be the people in the region, the Kashmiris, who are caught between the competing and proprietorial and rival postures and attitudes of India and Pakistan,' Kaul told Al Jazeera. Still, she said, the escalation is 'not that surprising, because within India … there has been a domestic pressure building up for a more militarist response, given the fact that there is a particularly hyper-nationalist government in power. 'In that sense, sadly, this was a countdown to a greater escalation, and hopefully it won't proceed much further beyond what has already happened with these strikes,' Kaul added.
