NEW DELHI: Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan, who is under opposition fire over controversies around the conduct of medical entrance exam NEET, on Monday warned that “ground reality on paper leaks when the Congress and the Samajwadi Party were in power will open a can of worms for Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav.“The LoP and…
NEW DELHI: Justice S VN Bhatti, a Supreme Court judge on Monday while hearing a court batting for ‘hygiene at eateries‘ talked about his personal experience of regularly visiting a vegetarian restaurant owned by a Muslim in Kerala as it maintained international standards.The remarks were made when Justice Bhatti and Justice Hrishikesh Roy, were on…
NEW DELHI: The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Monday initiated a suo-moto cognizance of a media report incident, which occurred in Madhya Pradesh‘s Hinauta, Rewa district, where two women were nearly buried alive by a truck that dumped gravel on them, as a result of a land dispute.The Chairperson of NCW Rekha Sharma, sent…
NEW DELHI: Suraj Revanna, JD(S) MLC and brother of Prajwal Revanna, has been given bail by a Karnataka court in an alleged sexual abuse case.People’s representative court on Monday gave conditional bail to Revanna charged under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).Suraj Revanna was arrested by the Hassan police on June 23 for…
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Monday stated that Bihar’s demand for “special category status” is not made out as it has been considered and rejected in the past. This comes a day after all parties of the state, including two allies of the BJP – Nitish Kumar‘s Janata Dal (United) and Chirag Paswan’s Lok Janshakti…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi to form a panel to probe a question in Physics paper with two correct answers.The court asked the IIT Delhi director to constitute a team of three experts of the subject concern to form an opinion on the correct answer to…
NEW DELHI: The Central government has nothing to hide on the NEET-UG controversy, Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Monday in Parliament, stating that there had been no evidence of paper leaks in the last seven years.While responding to Congress MP Manockam during the budget session, Pradhan said, “The government has nothing to hide….
NEW DELHI: The Centre’s decision to lift decades-old ban on the government employees joining the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and its activities has become the latest point of spar with the opposition led by the Congress strongly criticising the move.BJP’s Amit Malviya shared a copy of the government order and wrote: “The unconstitutional order issued…
NEW DELHI: National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah on Monday expressed grief over the recent terror attacks in the Jammu region, stating that a small group of individuals in both India and Pakistan are opposed to peace.He pointed out the increasing deployment of security forces in the mountainous region, emphasizing that the Indian government will not…
NEW DELHI: All India Trinamool Congress on Sunday criticised the BJP-led NDA government after videos of two women being partially buried alive in Madhya Pradesh‘s Rewa surfaced on social media. “Aayi NDA ki yeh sarkar; Laayi mahilaon pe teen guna atyaachar (Here comes NDA government; brings with it 3x torture on women),” said the Mamata…
