New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will occupy the post of Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and a letter about the decision has been sent to Pro-tem Speaker Bhartruhari Mahtab. The decision on Rahul Gandhi's appointment as the Leader of Opposition was made...
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court Tuesday ordered that a 17-year-old boy allegedly involved in the Porsche car accident in Pune last month be released immediately from an observation home. The teen, who the police claim was drunk and driving the luxury car when it hit...
New Delhi: Kota MP Om Birla Tuesday filed nomination for the post of the Lok Sabha Speaker as an NDA consensus candidate, a position he held in the previous House. JD(U) leader and Union minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh told reporters here that...
Bhubaneswar: BJD president Naveen Patnaik held a meeting with his party's nine Rajya Sabha MPs Monday and asked them to emerge as a "vibrant and strong" opposition in the Upper House of Parliament during its upcoming session that would begin June 27. At the meeting,...
New Delhi: The CBI filed an FIR Sunday in connection with alleged irregularities in the medical entrance exam NEET-UG held May 5 on a reference from the Union education ministry, amid countrywide protests and litigation by students for a probe into paper leak claims. Officials...
New Delhi: National Testing Agency (NTA) Director General Subodh Singh was shunted out Saturday, amid a massive controversy over alleged irregularities in competitive exams NEET and NET. An official said he has been put on "compulsory wait" in the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT)...
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...
New Delhi: The Centre Friday operationalised a stringent law that aims to curb malpractices and irregularities in competitive examinations and entails provisions for a maximum jail term of 10 years and a fine of up to Rs 1 crore for offenders. Nearly four months after...
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: The Delhi High Court Friday put on hold the trial court order granting bail to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal till it hears the ED's plea challenging the relief granted to him in the money laundering case linked to the alleged excise scam. The...
By Dilip Cherian The Centre’s latest appointment of 48 babus at the joint secretary level across ministries looks routine on...
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The disruption in the supply of cooking gas (LPG) and petrol is one aspect of the economic crisis caused by...
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It is a patently false contention to tell religious leaders to mind things moral and spiritual and leave temporal or...
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The defeat of the Bill linked to women’s reservation in the Lok Sabha on 17 April is not merely a...
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