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Students protest in Ranchi’s Jaipal Singh Munda Stadium. NEW DELHI: The protest by JPSC and JSSC aspirants in Jharkhand entered its 14th day on Thursday, with students demanding action over alleged irregularities in recruitment examinations, while political pressure on the Hemant Soren government intensified.The protest, launched on July 25 under the JPSC-JSSC Reforms Manch at … Read more

Rahul Gandhi raises Ken-Betwa displacement issue NEW DELHI: The Union ministry of tribal affairs on Thursday told the Lok Sabha that it has received several representations raising concerns over the displacement of people due to the Ken-Betwa river-link project in Madhya Pradesh. The ministry said it has forwarded the representations to the state government and … Read more

Passenger vehicle retail sales increased 19% year-on-year to 4.1 lakh units, crossing the four-lakh mark for the first time in July NEW DELHI: Alternative-fuel passenger vehicles are on the verge of overtaking petrol-powered models in India, with CNG, hybrid and electric vehicles accounting for 40.6% of passenger vehicle retail sales in July, just behind petrol’s … Read more

Another 15% chose “applying for job” as their next step, without indicating whether the job would be in India or overseas NEW DELHI: The foreign degree may be global, but the career plan is largely homeward-bound: 81% of Indian study-abroad aspirants surveyed by Oxford International said they planned to return to India after completing their … Read more

SC said in court monitored investigations, sanctions for prosecution should be granted promptly NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has put a spoke in efforts of defaulting realtors to escape CBI probe by settling with a few homebuyers. The court said these builders would continue to be investigated for cheating homebuyers and siphoning off their deposits … Read more

Rahul said students in the country are protesting against a flawed education system. NEW DELHI: Flooded with queries on Instagram about his stand on the ongoing Jharkhand students’ protests, Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said every government should try to change an education system that has “collapsed” and is “expensive and oppressive”, be it government of … Read more

Abhishek Banerjee’s secretary granted a week long interim bail NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday granted a week-long interim bail to Sumit Roy, personal assistant to TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, in the Salboni land-grabbing case but asked him to make himself personally available for investigation in the police station concerned without being accompanied … Read more

The FM said the charge will apply to merchants and not to users and will help banks and fintech invest in infrastructure and innovation NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed a bill that seeks to ease tax rules to attract investments and remove the existing legal provision that prevents banks and payment service … Read more

Three minority breakaway Trinamool Congress MPs will meet PM Modi over breakfast on Friday KOLKATA/NEW DELHI: Three minority breakaway Trinamool Congress MPs, who are now with the Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI) and have so far refused to be a part of the BJP-led NDA, will meet PM Narendra Modi over breakfast on Friday.Murshidabad … Read more

Karnataka recorded highest number of challans followed by Rajasthan, Andhra, Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand NEW DELHI: More than 5.7 lakh people were fined for smoking in public across India in 2025-26, with authorities collecting over Rs 5.1 crore in penalties under the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA), according to data tabled in the … Read more