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New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate has initiated a foreign exchange "violation" investigation against billionaire Anil Agarwal's Vedanta Group and conducted searches at its official premises, officials said Tuesday. The raids were launched against the global mining conglomerate on Monday and four premises of Vedanta Ltd,...

New Delhi: India Tuesday dispatched the second tranche of medical assistance to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), comprising protective gear, diagnostic and monitoring equipment, medicines, and nutritional supplements to strengthen the continent’s response to the ongoing Ebola outbreak. India is...

New Delhi: Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant is set to administer the oath of office to five new judges of the Supreme Court Tuesday, following the Centre's approval of their elevation to the apex court. According to a circular issued by the Supreme...

New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Tuesday has opened the online facility for Class XII students seeking verification of marks and re-evaluation of their board examination results. The board announced the launch of the process through its official social media channels, informing...

Chennai: Amid speculations that he was sulking in the BJP and that he may float a new political party, the saffron party leader from Tamil Nadu, K Annamalai, Monday said he would clarify his stand in two days. Asked about speculations that he may launch...

New Delhi: CBI Monday arrested a former Group Managing Director of Reliance Communications, Amitabh Jhunjhunwala, in connection with the loss of Rs 2,929.05 crore caused to the State Bank of India by the company in alleged loan fraud, officials said. Jhunjhunwala, who was already in...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday declined to direct the National Testing Agency (NTA) to conduct the NEET-UG 2026 re-examination in a computer-based test (CBT) mode, observing that such a direction could not be granted at this stage when authorities were already engaged in conducting...

New Delhi: Student organisations staged a protest outside the Ministry of Education Monday against alleged irregularities in national-level examinations, demanding accountability for repeated paper leaks and the resignation of Union Education Minister. The demonstration, organised by the All India Students' Association (AISA) and joined by...

Coimbatore: The political future of former Tamil Nadu BJP President K. Annamalai has become the subject of intense speculation after giant posters put up by his supporters across Coimbatore sparked rumours that he could be preparing for a significant political move, like launching a separate...

New Delhi: The southwest monsoon is expected to arrive in Kerala in the next two to three days, the India Meteorological Department said in its forecast Friday. Typically, the season begins around June 1. "Conditions are favourable for further advance of southwest monsoon into some...