AHMEDABAD: Even as the uproar over the alleged irregularities in NEET for admissions to MBBS courses continues, a shocking case of medical education fraud has come from Mehsana in north Gujarat.A homeopath paid Rs 16.32 lakh for admission to an MBBS course from a UP university and received his degree and certificates within a month…
NEW DELHI: Passenger woes at Air India show no signs of ebbing. A person flying Bengaluru-San Francisco (AI 175) on June 9 reportedly found a metal blade in his meal, which he was able to spit out in time before it could cause any harm. In the past few weeks, AI – where change is…
NEW DELHI: The arrival of US NSA Jake Sullivan in India for a review of the initiative on critical and emerging technology (iCET) coincided with an announced by the Czech government that Indian national Nikhil Gupta, who has been indicted by American authorities for his involvement in the Gurpatwant Pannun foiled murder plot, was handed…
BENGALURU: Karnataka HC has granted bail for 16 days to a 23-year-old man arrested under Pocso Act, allowing him to marry an 18-year-old girl he has been accused of raping and with whom he fathered a child when she was a minor.Treating it as a “peculiar” case, Justice M Nagaprasanna has directed authorities to release…
NEW DELHI: After new members’ oath-taking is completed on the first two days of Lok Sabha session, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to propose the name of the new Lok Sabha Speaker on June 25 even as the BJP-led NDA, which has the majority, has still not announced its candidate’s name.The first session of…
JAMMU: The Union home ministry has handed over the investigation of the June 9 Reasi bus terror attack to the National Investigation Agency, official sources said on Monday. The attack took place near the Teryath-Pouni axis and resulted in the deaths of nine pilgrims and injuries to 41 others.“The decision to hand over the probe…
JAMMU: Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan on Monday reviewed security situation and operational preparedness in J&K in the wake of back-to-back terrorist attacks in the Jammu region.He visited Srinagar-based Chinar 15 Corps and 16 Corps Hq in Jammu’s Nagrota where top Army commanders briefed him, a source said.CDS’ day-long visit to Jammu…
NEW DELHI: Contrary to earlier media reports that the loco pilot of goods train involved in the fatal train crash in Darjeeling had got the authority to cross the signals during a defect in the automatic signalling system, railway ministry officials said the deceased driver did not follow norms and speed restriction. They cited the…
NEW DELHI: Finally, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has agreed to take the plunge into electoral politics. Priyanka has had a long association with politics. But till now, she has chosen to play the role of a facilitator, nurturing the constituencies of her mother Sonia Gandhi and also her brother Rahul. “I’m not nervous at all… I…
NEW DELHI: Indian national Nikhil Gupta, accused of involvement in an unsuccessful plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist, pleaded not guilty to criminal charges in the US on Monday.Gupta, 52, who had traveled to Prague from India last year, was arrested by Czech authorities and extradited to the US last week.He is accused of being…
