CID raids JSSC office in connection with Jharkhand recruitment exam ‘irregularities’

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Ranchi: Criminal Investigation Department Monday began conducting raids at the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission office here in connection with its probe into alleged irregularities in recruitment exams, an officer said. Job aspirants have been protesting for 24 days now against alleged irregularities in various recruitment examinations in Jharkhand. "We are conducting raids at the JSSC office in connection with alleged irregularities in various examinations," CID ADG Manoj Kaushik told PTI. The...

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President Murmu gives assent to Bill to renaming Kerala as Keralam

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New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu has given assent to a Bill to rename Kerala as Keralam, with the legislation now becoming a law. The Lok Sabha passed the Kerala (Alteration of Name) Bill, 2026, Tuesday, followed by the Rajya Sabha the next day. In the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said the Kerala Assembly passed a resolution in 2024, urging the Centre to bring a law...

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NSUI protests outside NTA office in Delhi over UGC-NET irregularities

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New Delhi: The National Students' Union of India (NSUI) Monday staged a protest outside the National Testing Agency (NTA) office here over alleged irregularities in the UGC-NET June 2026 examination and demanded that the testing agency be scrapped. Hundreds of NSUI members and UGC-NET aspirants participated in the demonstration, while a large number of police personnel were deployed outside the office, the students' organisation said. Addressing the protesters, NSUI national president...

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Leaving ‘vyavastha’, not ‘vyakti’ or ‘vichar’: Shehzad Poonawalla resigns from BJP

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New Delhi: BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla Monday said he has resigned from all positions and primary membership of the party. Poonawalla stated that he has submitted his resignation letter to BJP national president Nitin Nabin, requesting that he accept it. He also posted his resignation letter on X, which stated that he had written to Nabin, offering "to resign unconditionally" from all positions and primary membership of the BJP July...

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