A recent report has revealed a significant rise in female Chartered Accountancy qualifiers, now making up 48% of pass-outs, a record high. The overall representation of women CAs has also surged to 30%, up from a mere 8% in 2000. Among the 8.63 lakh students, 43% are females. The outsourcing of accounting and auditing to India has opened up new opportunities.

Acting on the orders of a NIA special court, the anti-terror agency has attached properties in Peeran Bagh village and Salimpur Arian village. In addition, a piece of land in Jeobala village was also attached

A local barber, identified as 22-year-old Sajid, hacked two boys to death and critically injured a third in an axe attack in Baba Colony of UP’s Budaun district and was gunned down in an encounter hours later. Amid communal tensions in the area, everyone has one question — what was his motive?