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New Delhi: Amid a raging row over irregularities in exams, the National Testing Agency Friday announced the postponement of the June edition of the Joint Council of Scientific and Industrial Research and University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test, citing unavoidable circumstances and logistic issues. The...

Hyderabad: The Ministry of Coal Friday put up 67 coal mines for auction across eight states, including Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, West Bengal and Telangana. Union Minister of Coal and Mines, G. Kishan Reddy, launched the 10th tranche of commercial coal mine...

New Delhi: It is strange police were restrained by a court from arresting former Karnataka chief minister B S Yediyurappa, while Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and former Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren -- both arrested in separate cases -- were being treated like any "Tom, Dick...

New Delhi: Union Minister of Agriculture Shivraj Singh Chouhan Friday assured the states that the Centre is committed to procure 100 per cent of Tur, Urad and Masur produced by farmers at the Minimum Support Prices (MSP) to ensure crop diversification and achieve self-sufficiency in...

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Friday reserved its order on the Enforcement Directorate's plea seeking a stay on the release of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on bail. A Delhi court Thursday granted bail to the Chief Minister in connection with a money laundering case...

New Delhi: Ninety-eight Indians have died during the annual Muslim pilgrimage of Haj to Mecca, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said Friday. MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said total deaths of Indians in the entire Haj period last year were 187. "This year, 1,75000 Indian...

New Delhi: India Friday was critical of the Canadian parliament observing "one minute silence" in the memory of Khalistan extremist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who was gunned down in Surrey, British Columbia, in June last year. "We naturally oppose any moves giving political space to extremism...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday refused to entertain a plea challenging certain alleged controversial dialogues and scenes in Annu Kapoor-starrer movie Hamare Baarah. The Bombay High Court had June 19 allowed the release of the movie after its makers agreed to delete certain objectionable...

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's wife Sunita Kejriwal lashed out at the ED for challenging her husband's bail order in the high court, accusing it of behaving as if the AAP national convener was the "most wanted terrorist in India". Speaking in south...

New Delhi: The Election Commission Friday said it has initiated preparations for forthcoming Assembly elections in Haryana, Maharashtra and Jharkhand with updation of electoral rolls in these states along with that in Jammu and Kashmir. July 1, 2024 will be the qualifying date for roll...