Gangtok: Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang Tuesday said eight workers were killed after an under-construction tunnel collapsed in Namchi district a day ago. The tunnel of NHPC Teesta Stage VI Hydroelectric Project at Samardung in Jholungey caved in due to a landslide, he said....
New Delhi: Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda Tuesday said that his meeting with the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) members was "fine". Two representatives of the CJP met Nadda at his residence Monday. They submitted a written memorandum outlining the group's three key demands after holding...
New Delhi: The NTA Monday rejected claims of five re-NEET candidates alleging discrepancies in their OMR answer sheets, saying the images circulated by them or on their behalf had been digitally altered, regenerated using AI or manipulated by adding responses that were not present on...
New Delhi: The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has granted market authorisation to Takeda Biopharmaceuticals India’s QDENGA (TAK-003), making it the first dengue vaccine to be approved in the country, according to a press release issued by the company. Reported dengue cases in India...
New Delhi: Connaught Place, one of the capital's busiest commercial hubs, and the Janpath area bore the brunt of the Cockroach Janta Party's (CJP) "Chalo Sansad" protest Monday as thousands of demonstrators poured into the area and allegedly pelted stones at security personnel and damaged...
Dhaka: Bangladesh Monday said that the trial of a former army major, an accused in the assassination case of the former president Ziaur Rahman 45 years ago, will be conducted under military law through a general court-martial. "Major (retd) Mozaffar Hossain has been arrested and...
New Delhi: Left parties Monday condemned the police action against protesters during the Cockroach Janta Party's (CJP) "Sansad Chalo" march, accusing the BJP-led Centre of suppressing democratic dissent and reiterating their demand for the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Senior CPI(M) leaders, including...
New Delhi: Activist Sonam Wangchuk announced Monday that he would continue his indefinite hunger strike, saying the police action against protesters during the Cockroach Janta Party's (CJP) "Sansad Chalo" march has prompted him to extend the fast until youth leaders are allowed to meet parliamentarians...
New Delhi: Cockroach Janata Party's (CJP) protest site was dismantled by the police Monday, hours after protesters' march to Parliament was thwarted with tear gas and baton charges. Protesters, however, regrouped at Jantar Mantar after the march. One of their leaders said they will stay...
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Monday dubbed Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the "most anti-youth" PM in the country's history as he accused the government of not just failing the youth but also pouncing on them. Gandhi's remarks came after security forces resorted to...
By Aakar Patel There was a remarkable exchange in the Delhi High Court this week. The government was asked why...
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By Dilip Cherian How an Education Ministry worthy wins a new post will be a tale told later. But for...
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The Centre is courting yet another controversy by introducing a Bill in the Lok Sabha that seeks to fundamentally alter...
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Change rarely arrives announced. But when a popular movement stirs, transformation can sweep in like a tide. The recent by-election...
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