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New Delhi: India Tuesday categorically rejected any role for third parties to resolve its boundary row with Nepal, days after Nepalese Prime Minister Balendra Shah sought involvement of China and the UK to address the long-standing dispute. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said both...

New Delhi: A total of 31 persons have been named in chargesheets filed by the NIA in four separate cases linked to alleged road blockades and illegal detention of judicial officers engaged in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal's Malda, officials said Tuesday....

New Delhi: Congress Tuesday said the transfer of CBSE chairman Rahul Singh and secretary Himanshu Gupta is an attempt to fix accountability on bureaucrats rather than the political leadership, and asserted that justice demands the "Mantri Pradhan" be sacked. The opposition party alleged that Education...

New Delhi: The Centre has formed a one-member committee to inquire into matters relating to the procurement of services for the on-screen marking system by the CBSE. The committee will be chaired by S Radha Chauhan, Chairperson, Capacity Building Commission, a memorandum issued by the...

New Delhi: The government Tuesday removed two top CBSE officials following alleged irregularities in the Class 12 digital evaluation system and ordered a probe by a high-powered committee to investigate how the national educational board procured these marking services. Simultaneously, a 17-year-old student from Jharkhand...

New Delhi: Sarthak Sidhant, a 17-year-old student from Jharkhand affected by the CBSE's online marking system, made a presentation before a parliamentary panel Tuesday on alleged irregularities in the tendering process for vendor selection for online marking in the Class-12 exams. Sarthak, who himself appeared...

New Delhi: Tamil Nadu BJP leader K Annamalai Tuesday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah here at his residence amid speculation that he may quit the party and float a new political outfit in the state. According to sources, Annamalai's meeting with Shah lasted for...

New Delhi: Venezuela's Acting President Delcy Rodriguez will travel to India for a working visit from June 3-7 and will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to discuss bilateral ties, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced Tuesday. Addressing a weekly media briefing in New Delhi...

Kolkata: Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee Tuesday held a dharna in central Kolkata to protest against alleged post-poll attacks on party workers and leaders following the BJP's victory in recent Assembly elections. Banerjee asserted that she would not abandon TMC workers after the party's defeat...

New Delhi: A Delhi court Tuesday extended the judicial custody of five accused in the NEET paper leak case till June 15. Special Judge Ajay Gupta allowed the CBI's plea seeking extension of judicial custody of Mangilal Khatik, Vikas Biwal, Dinesh Biwal, all three arrested...