Ahmedabad, July 24 — All 13 accused arrested in the Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad's (ATS) investigation into an alleged Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terror module are now lodged at Sabarmati Central Jail in Ahmedabad after a court ordered the latest batch of accused to be sent to judicial custody. Ten…
Mumbai, July 24 — A massive crowd of youths gathered at the Shivaji Park on Friday to demand the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the NEET paper leak issue. Holding the Tricolour, the protesting youth sang the National Anthem.Prominent figures, including Uddhav…
New Delhi, July 24 — Coming on the heels of the Centre's announcement of a proposed Bill to deal with exam malpractices, the Union Ministry of Education is likely to soon make a major announcement regarding significant reforms in the National Testing Agency (NTA).Sources privy to the matter said…
Guwahati, July 24 — Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said that nearly 80,000 people stranded in the worst flood-hit parts of Upper Assam are yet to receive relief, as rescue agencies continue efforts to reach marooned villages cut off by unprecedented flooding. Addressing the…
New Delhi, July 24 — Emphasising that India has consistently respected China's sovereignty, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Friday asserted that it is Beijing that has illegally occupied Indian territories in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh since 1963. Addressing a media briefing in New…
Kolkata, July 24 — Tension flared up at the busy Esplanade area in West Bengal's Kolkata on Friday over a joint rally by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) and the youth and the students' wings of different Left parties over the NEET examination paper leak. For some time, the entire Esplanade area…
New Delhi, July 24 — The Delhi High Court on Friday allowed the withdrawal of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking a direction to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), or any other specialised investigating agency, to probe the alleged attempt to breach security near Parliament during the…
New Delhi/Bhopal, July 24 — A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured students of speedy justice in the alleged NEET paper leak case by announcing the setting up of Fast Track Courts, the Madhya Pradesh government on Friday decided to establish four such courts in the state. Madhya Pradesh…
New Delhi, July 24 — Terming them as baseless, factually incorrect and technically untenable, India on Friday rejected reports in Pakistani media that alleged that New Delhi was deliberately causing flooding in Pakistan. Addressing a media briefing in New Delhi, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)…
New Delhi, July 24 — The Delhi Police on Friday debunked claims made in a social media video of a man who claimed to have quit as a sub-inspector to lend support to the ongoing students’ protest at Jantar Mantar. Cautioning people not to circulate unverified information on social media, the Delhi…
Varanasi, July 24 — The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a Senior Divisional Materials Manager (Sr DMM) of the North Eastern Railway (NER) in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 1.70 lakh, officials said on Friday.According to a CBI statement, the agency…
Hyderabad, July 24 — Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Friday directed officials to utilise unused lands owned by various government departments for construction of Indiramma houses in the Core Urban Region Economy (CURE) zone. Reviewing the implementation of the Indiramma urban housing…
New Delhi, July 24 — Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personal intervention in the standoff involving the fasting activist Sonam Wangchuk, protesting students, and others involved in the ongoing stir against exam-paper leak has been both decisive and symbolic. For weeks, the impasse had deepened,…
Thiruvananthapuram, July 24 — In a development that has reignited political debate in Kerala, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday compensated a taxi driver whose vehicle was vandalised by CPI-M workers during protests against the agency's raid at the residence of Leader of the Opposition…
Bhopal, July 24 — Madhya Pradesh Congress on Friday accused the BJP-led Centre of using excessive force against students protesting at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi over the NEET paper leak and demanded the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.Addressing a press conference at the…
Ghaziabad, July 24 — A Special CBI Court in Ghaziabad on Friday convicted and sentenced the then manager of a gramin bank branch in Meerut to four years’ imprisonment with a fine of Rs10,000 in a 10-year-old bribery case, an official statement said.Umesh Kumar Singhal, Branch Manager, Sarva UP…
Agartala, July 24 — Tripura Director General of Police (DGP) on Friday constituted a three‑member team to probe the “mysterious” death of former Director General of Police Anurag, whose body was found at the state police headquarters here on July 20, officials said. An order issued by the office…
Kolkata, July 24 — Former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will be going to New Delhi on July 27 to join the movement led by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) against the NEET exam paper leak. At the same time, she announced the appointment of four‑time Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member…
New Delhi, July 24 — Scaling up his attack on the students’ stir, Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused the Centre of “speaking lies” over the alleged use of pellet guns on students protesting under the banner of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) at Jantar Mantar.…
Jaipur, July 24 — The students' protest against NEET paper leak, which has been continuing at Delhi's Jantar Mantar, has now spread to Jaipur. Scores of students and competitive exam aspirants gathered at Patrika Gate near Jawahar Circle, raising slogans against the paper leak and demanding greater…
New Delhi, July 24 — The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday accused the Opposition, particularly the Congress, of avoiding a discussion in the Parliament on paper leaks and related educational concerns and instead using the students' agitation to serve its "political interests".Earlier in the…