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Protest against NEET UG paper leak was held at Jantar Mantar (ANI images) NEW DELHI: NEET-UG 2026 was compromised after the same set of individuals was entrusted with both question-setting and translation, exposing a key procedural lapse.The teachers entrusted with setting and translating the NEET-UG 2026 question paper allegedly memorised the final questions, reconstructed them … Read more

For decades, India’s energy challenge could be simply summed up: build more capacity. More coal, more transmission lines, more renewable energy. Solar, in particular, became the poster child of the country’s clean energy ambitions.Now, success has created a new problem.Across India’s vast solar parks, electricity is increasingly generated faster than the grid can absorb it. … Read more

Soon after the Bill was passed, sloganeering broke out and the Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day. NEW DELHI: Parliament witnessed another stormy day on Thursday as the government pushed ahead with key legislation while the opposition intensified its attack over the alleged NEET paper leak and police action against protesting students. The Lok … Read more

NEW DELHI: Petrol blended with 20% ethanol (E20) can reduce vehicle fuel efficiency by 2% to 6%, depending on the vehicle category and its age, road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari informed Parliament on Thursday, while asserting that extensive testing has found no evidence of engine failures linked to the fuel.In a written reply … Read more

Hemant Soren writes to PM (PTI image) NEW DELHI: Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren on Thursday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging that a funding shortfall of more than Rs 700 crore in central scholarship support over the past two financial years has adversely affected lakhs of students in the state and seeking the … Read more

Oppn attacks BJP over hockey jersey colour change to saffron NEW DELHI: Opposition on Thursday targeted Centre over the change in the hockey teams’ jersey colour from the traditional blue to saffron and expressed concerns that the army’s uniform could be next target. The group also accused the BJP and the RSS of trying to … Read more

Bhojshala complex row: SC asks govt to provide nearby site with ‘mutual consent’ for Friday namaz NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Madhya Pradesh government to make suitable arrangements for members of the Muslim community to offer Friday prayers at a site adjacent to the disputed Bhojshala-Kamal Maula complex in Dhar. The … Read more

NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Thursday levelled a series of allegations against the Centre, claiming he received repeated threats during the student protests.Addressing a media interaction in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Dipke claimed he was under constant pressure during the protests. I was told that failing to join the BJP would spell … Read more

NEW DELHI: Exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen on Thursday said the space for secular thought, religious criticism and intellectual debate in Bangladesh had “shrunk dangerously” as she prepared for her first public appearance in Kolkata in nearly 19 years, describing her return to the city as “coming back to my own country.“Nasreen, who will attend … Read more

Mallikarjun Kharge said the bill has just been tabled to quell the anger of student. NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha leader of opposition Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday tore into the central government over the “anti-paper leak Bill”, saying the amendment to the law does not address the core issue of how to prevent paper leaks.The Congress … Read more