NEW DELHI: Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday arrested five accused persons and conducted searches at several locations across the country in connection with alleged irregularities and a paper leak linked to the NEET UG-2026 examination.The case was registered on Tuesday following a written complaint from the Department of Higher Education under the Union…
General (retired) MM Naravane; RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale NEW DELHI: Former Army chief General (retired) Manoj Mukund Naravane on Wednesday backed Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale’s stand on greater people-to-people contact between India and Pakistan, saying stronger ties between citizens on both sides could help improve bilateral relations.Also Read | ‘India…
Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Wednesday announced a series of measures aimed at fuel and energy conservation during a Cabinet meeting held in Dehradun, citing global economic pressures arising from the Russia-Ukraine war and the ongoing Middle East crisis.The state government said the decisions were taken amid concerns over rising fuel prices, import…
NEW DELHI: AIADMK’s internal poltical turmoil deepened on Wednesday as party chief Palaniswami had removed the rebel leaders from their party posts. who supported Tamil Nadu CM Vijay on assembly floor.The political leaders removed include SP Velumani, C Ve Shanmugam, reported PTI.The disciplinary action followed an open rebellion within the party after the 2026 Tamil…
A dozen years have elapsed since an RTI application was filed seeking information on the former president of the Medical Council of India and nearly a decade since the Central Information Commission ruled that it must be provided. Yet, the applicant is still waiting for the information. The MCI filed an appeal against the CIC’s…
The post-mortem report of Prateek Yadav, son of late Mulayam Singh Yadav, who died in Lucknow on Wednesday, revealed he suffered a massive blood clot in the lungs that led to cardiorespiratory collapse. Tamil Nadu CM Vijay has cancelled astrologer Rickey Radhan Pandit Vettrivel’s OSD appointment a day after opposition parties and allies objected to…
Why ‘Congress-mukt Bharat’ may not become reality NEW DELHI: “Congress-mukt Bharat banana hai …” When Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared this at a BJP national executive meeting in Goa in June 2013, it was meant to be a political slogan to galvanize party cadres for the 2014 Lok Sabha challenge. After all, the Congress then…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has directed a reduction of his convoy vehicles as an austerity measure towards minimizing fuel consumption. By cutting down his own SPG (Special Protection Group) security entourage, his move nudged others in the government to follow.This came after the PM’s appeal for reduced fuel and gold consumption during a…
NEW DELHI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced on Wednesday that assam govt will introduce the Uniform Civil Code Bill (UCC) in the Assembly on May 26. “Assam cabinet has decided to introduce UCC Bill (Uniform Civil Code Bill) on the last day of the state assembly session on May 26. The state cabinet…
Prateek Yadav with Aparna Yadav (Image/PTI) NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party leader Ravidas Mehrotra on Wednesday made a shocking claim regarding the death of Mulayam Singh Yadav‘s younger son Prateek Yadav.He alleged that after enquiring about the post-mortem report of Prateek, doctors informed him that the death did not appear to be ‘normal’ and that poison…