NEW DELHI/CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJINAGAR: CBI on Fr-iday said it had arrested a retired chemistry professor, who it identified as a key accused in the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak case, in Latur.PV Kulkarni, who spent over three decades in academia, was associated with National Testing Agency (NTA) as part of the panel that set the question paper. … Read more
Govt, in an affidavit, said the issue is not what the appointment process should be, but whether SC can examine Parliament’s chosen mechanism at all NEW DELHI: Justifying the decision to drop the CJI from the appointment panel for the chief election commissioner and election commissioners (ECs), Centre has told Supreme Court that the Constitution … Read more
NEW DELHI: In a big boost for the country’s stealth aircraft programme, defence minister Rajnath Singh and Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday laid the foundation stone for the core integration and flight testing centre at Puttaparthi in Sri Sathya Sai district of the state to fast-track the development of 5th-generation Advanced Medium … Read more
NEW DELHI: Govt on Friday announced that the cancelled NEET-UG 2026 examination will be reconducted on June 21, while also unveiling a major structural reform — shifting the country’s largest medical entrance exam to a computer-based testing (CBT) format from 2027 following the latest paper leak controversy.For the retest — to be conducted on the … Read more
NEW DELHI: After All India Trinamool Congress suffered its worst electoral setback in years, party chief Mamata Banerjee on Saturday told leaders unhappy with the situation that they were free to leave, amid internal dissent.At a meeting with the party’s candidates who contested the recent 2026 West Bengal assembly election, held at her Kalighat residence … Read more
SC’s Ayodhya verdict reveals ‘deeply majoritarian politics has penetrated legal validation”, says Jamiat report (Image credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: Noting that the Madhya Pradesh High Court order declaring the disputed Bhojshala complex in Dhar district a temple only validates the fears and concerns that they have raised all along since the 2019 Ayodhya verdict, the … Read more
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday strongly rejected reports claiming that the Centre was considering imposing a cess, tax or surcharge on foreign travel to offset the fiscal impact of the ongoing conflict-linked economic pressures.Responding to the report in a post on X, PM Modi said, “This is totally false. Not an iota … Read more
Screenshot of video tweeted by PTI NEW DELHI: A fire broke out in an empty coach of the Hyderabad–Jaipur Special train at Hyderabad’s Nampally railway station on Friday evening, the South Central Railway said. The incident occurred while the rake was being placed on the platform ahead of its scheduled departure, it added. According to … Read more
The Holy Buddha relics returned to Leh on Tuesday after completing a visit to Zanskar and have been placed at the Dharma Centre for public viewing and prayers, according to a statement issued by the Ladakh administration. The relics will remain in Leh for two days before departing for Delhi on May 15, the statement … Read more
‘Mamata head of criminals’: RG Kar victim’s mother after 3 cops suspended over case botch-up (Image credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: Ratna Debnath, mother of the RG Kar Medical College rape and murder victim on Friday called former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee a ‘criminal’ and alleged that the truth behind the case would emerge … Read more