NEW DELHI: NEET counselling for allocating undergraduate medical seats will be conducted in four rounds, starting August 14.As per the notification issued by the medical counselling committee constituted under health ministry, the first round of allotment of seats will be carried out between August 14 and August 31; second round from September 4 to 22;…
MUMBAI: A 50-year-old American woman has been found chained to a tree in a forest in Maharashtra’s Sindhudurg district, and a set of documents, including an Aadhaar card with a Tamil Nadu address and a photocopy of her US passport, were recovered from her, a police official said on Monday.A shepherd in Sonurli village, about…
NEW DELHI: Bollywood veteran and Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan on Monday got annoyed at the Rajya Sabha deputy chairman as he called her to speak by saying ‘Jaya Amitabh Bachchan. In no time after deputy chairman’s address, she raised a strong objection to “being identified with her husband’s name”.“Sir, sirf Jaya Bachchan bolte to…
NEW DELHI: A Chandigarh court on Monday framed charges against former Haryana sports minister and BJP leader Sandeep Singh in connection with a sexual harassment case filed by a junior female coach. The additional chief judicial magistrate Rahul Garg’s court rejected the discharge application submitted by Singh, complainant’s lawyer Deepanshu Bansal told news agency PTI.A…
NEW DELHI: The Kanwar Yatra, a pilgrimage attracting lakhs of participants from states in north India, began on July 22 and will continue until August 2. This year, Rupendra Tomar, a pathologist from Baghpat in western Uttar Pradesh, drew significant attention by carrying a statue of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his shoulders during his…
The ministry of home affairs formed a committee to inquire into the deaths of three aspirants, who drowned in the flooded basement of a coaching centre in old Rajinder Nagar in New Delhi. The committee will have the additional secretary, MoUHA, principal secretary (Home), Delhi govt, special CP, Delhi police, fire advisor and JS, MHA…
NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Monday said that “elections are not won on the strength of the government” but by the party.Reflecting on the 2024 Lok Sabha election results in which the alliance of Samajwadi Party and Congress outdid the BJP in Uttar Pradesh, Maurya said, “This time (in Lok…
NEW DELHI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday announced that his government will only serve vegetarian and satvik food at official meetings. The decision was made as part of the government’s efforts to end VIP culture and reduce the number of vehicles and barricades related to the chief minister’s security.“Our government will end…
NEW DELHI: Political strategist Prashant Kishor clarified on Monday that he will not be seeking any post within the party once his Jan Suraaj campaign transforms into a full-fledged political party on October 2.A day after informing about the upcoming transition, Kishor said in a post on X, “After more than two years of padayatra…
NEW DELHI: Civil services aspirant Avinash Dubey has written to Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, urging the Supreme Court to take action against officials responsible for the deaths of three students who lost their lives in a flooded basement of a coaching centre in Delhi.Dubey highlighted the plight of students residing in these areas, saying that…
