NEW DELHI: Ahead of NEET-UG 2024, National Testing Agency (NTA) said no bio-breaks have been allowed in first one hour and last half-an-hour of the exam. The agency also advised candidates to arrive at examination centers on time to complete all pre-examination procedures and cautioned of zero-tolerance policy towards malpractices as it has implemented various…
BHOPAL: Observing that marital rape is not an offence under IPC, Madhya Pradesh HC has ruled that unnatural sex with wife is not rape, and her consent is immaterial in such cases.Justice G S Ahluwalia made the observation while quashing an FIR registered by an estranged wife against her husband under IPC sections 377 (unnatural…
AMETHI: Sonia Gandhi’s man Friday Kishori Lal Sharma, who is well-versed with Amethi and Rae Bareli, where he has been working for the party for over four decades, will take on BJP’s Smriti Irani in Amethi Lok Sabha seat. Sharma filed his nomination paper after the party announced his name on Friday morning.Thanking the party…
BENGALURU: JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna’s father HD Revannafiled a second anticipatory bail petition before a court Friday, a day after a kidnapping case was registered against him, even as SIT probing the sleaze video scandal issued a second notice to the father-son duo to appear before it Saturday in connection with a sexual harassment case.Hours…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has asked Centre to furnish details of issuance of notices and arrests done under the provisions of the Goods and Services Tax, saying it may interpret the law and lay down appro-priate guidelines to avoid any har-assment of citizens by depriving their liberty.A special bench of justices Sanjeev Khanna, MM…
Caste is ever centre stage in India’s dance of ‘democracy’. Politicians invariably keep caste equations in mind when addressing rallies. One slip of tongue can cause an irreversible slide.Which is where Rajya Sabha member Parshottam Rupala, MoS for fisheries, animal husbandry and dairying, may have found himself after his comment on Kshatriyas. But that’s not…
JAMMU: The J&K state investigation agency (SIA) Friday attached the property of an absconding terrorist, Abdul Hameed Khan, in Jammu’s Rajouri district under section 33 of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA).A SIA spokesperson said the attachment was in connection with an FIR case registered in 2021 against Abdul, a resident of Manjakote tehsil in…
NEW DELHI: The suspense around Congress’s picks for Amethi and Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seats finally ended on Friday. And yes, one of the Gandhis is in the fray in politically crucial state of Uttar Pradesh, as a senior party leader A K Antony had stated almost a month back. But there are some twists…
NEW DELHI: Following weeks of speculation, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday submitted his nomination for the Lok Sabha elections from Rae Bareli. In his declaration, he disclosed assets exceeding Rs 20 crore, including gold worth Rs 4.2 lakh. However, he stated that he does not possess any residential apartment or car. Gandhi’s movable assets…
NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him of attempting to cultivate an image as the ‘Hindu hriday samrat‘ (king of Hindu hearts) in the run-up to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.Speaking at a press conference, Tharoor criticized Modi’s electoral strategies, asserting that the…
