SUKMA, JUN 23: Two personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force’s jungle warfare unit CoBRA were killed after Naxalites blew up a truck with an improvised explosive device (IED) in Chhattisgah’s Sukma district on Sunday, police said. The Naxal blast took place around 3 pm near Timmapuram village between Silger and Tekalgudem camps of security […]Continue Reading
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UTTAR PRADESH,JUN 23 : Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Sunday has reinstated her nephew, Akash Anand, as the party’s national coordinator and declared him her political successor. The decision was announced during a meeting with the party’s office bearers in Lucknow. In May this year, Mayawati had removed her nephew from the post of […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, JUN 23 : The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Sunday registered a case in connection with allegations of irregularities in NEET-UG 2024, as per sources. The development follows hours after the Centre handed over the investigation into the matter to CBI. The agency will take over FIRs registered in several states in […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, JUN 22 : The 53rd GST Council meeting, chaired by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, made a host of recommendations relating to taxation, tax exemption on services provided by Indian Railways and biometric-based Aadhaar authentication to check fake invoicing. Sitharaman, addressing a press conference, said the Centre’s intention was clear on Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, JUN 22: Sending a technical team by India to Bangladesh soon for a mega project to conserve and manage the Teesta river, moving ahead to start negotiations on a comprehensive trade pact and boosting defence ties were among major outcomes of talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, JUN 22: The Ministry of Education constituted a High-Level Committee of Experts under the chairmanship of Dr. K. Radhakrishnan, Former Chairman, ISRO and Chairman BoG, IIT Kanpur, on Saturday to ensure transparent, smooth and fair conduct of examinations amid NEET and UGC-NET controversy. The Committee has been tasked to make recommendations on reform […]Continue Reading
VARANASI, JUN 22: Acharya Laxmikant Dixit, the chief priest who had performed the consecration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, died Saturday morning. Family members said Dixit, 86, was not well for the last few days. His last rites will be conducted at Manikarnika Ghat. Lord Ram’s idol was consecrated at the Ayodhya temple on […]Continue Reading
KARNATAK, JUN 22 : Police in Karnataka’s Hassan district have registered an FIR against two individuals accused of blackmailing JD(S) MLC Suraj Revanna, the brother of sex crimes-accused former MP Prajwal Revanna, over a false sexual assault allegation. According to the FIR, Suraj Revanna (36) and his acquaintance Shivakumar filed a complaint against accused Chethan […]Continue Reading
New Delhi,Jun 22 : Four members of the billionaire Hinduja family have been sentenced to between four and 4.5 years in prison by a Swiss court for exploiting their household staff at their villa on Lake Geneva. However, the court has rejected the charges of human trafficking, AP reported. Prakash Hinduja and his wife Kamal […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, JUN 22 : The central government on Friday notified the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024, which aims to prevent unfair means in public examinations and common entrance tests held across the country. The move comes amid the massive row over the alleged malpractices in conducting the NEET and UGC NET […]Continue Reading
