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New Delhi: The "top leadership" of the National Testing Agency is under the scanner over alleged irregularities in competitive exams NEET and NET, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said Saturday even as he denied any paper leak in the CSIR-UGC NET, which was postponed a...

Bengaluru: The Karnataka Police have filed an FIR against two persons for ‘blackmailing’ Janata Dal (Secular) MLC Suraj Revanna by threatening him with a ‘false’ case of sexual assault. Suraj Revanna is the grandson of former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda and younger brother of Prajwal...

Bengaluru: A court here Saturday remanded Kannada actor Darshan Thoogudeepa to judicial custody in the Renukaswamy murder case till July 4. His four alleged accomplices Vinay, Pradosh and Dhanaraj too were sent to judicial custody. The actor has been in police custody since June 11....

Amaravati: YSRCP's under-construction central party office at Tadepalli was demolished based on a complaint lodged by a TDP leader that it was being allegedly built illegally on Irrigation Department land, said the party Saturday. The complaint was lodged with the commissioners of the Capital Region...

New Delhi: The Ministry of Education said Saturday it has constituted a high-level committee of experts led by former ISRO chief K Radhakrishnan to ensure transparent, smooth and fair conduct of examinations through the National Testing Agency (NTA). The seven-member committee will make recommendations on...

Deoghar: The Bihar Police detained six people from Jharkhand's Deoghar district in connection with the alleged irregularities in medical entrance exam NEET, an official said Saturday. They were detained from a house near AIIMS-Deoghar in Devipur police station area Friday night, he said. "The Bihar...

New Delhi: India and Bangladesh Saturday firmed up a futuristic vision to expand cooperation in several new areas and inked a raft of agreements, including to boost ties in the maritime sphere and blue economy. The pacts were finalised at the wide-ranging talks between Prime...

London: Britain's wealthiest family, the Hindujas, have said they were “appalled” by a Swiss court's ruling of jail terms for some members and have filed an appeal in a higher court challenging the verdict finding them guilty of exploiting vulnerable domestic workers from India at...

New Delhi: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina received a ceremonial welcome at the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhawan Saturday. PM Modi welcomed his Bangladesh counterpart at the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan. Later, she paid tributes to the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat. It...

Srinagar: To mark the ceremonial beginning of this year’s Amarnath Yatra, ‘Pratham Puja’ was performed Saturday. J&K Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha, who is also the chairman of the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB), posted on his official X handle, “Today performed the 'Pratham Puja' to...