NEW DELHI: In the wake of Supreme Court recommending stricter procedures for verifying candidate identities for examinations, a recent case has come to light where an alert technical organisation under central govt averted a dozen possible impersonators from joining after they had been selected by a government recruitment agency.In some cases, major discrepancies were detected…
New Delhi: Supreme Court on Friday brought closure to the controversy over NEET UG- 2024 by holding that there was no systemic failure in this year’s exam for admission to medical colleges across the country and that the paper leak was limited to centres in Hazaribag and Patna. This brings finality to the results and…
NEW DELHI: Stepping beyond constitutional courts‘ traditional role limited to testing the constitutionality of legislations and validity of executive decisions and taking on oversight functions, Supreme Court has ruled that it can direct a performance audit of legislations to identify and address infirmities in their implementation on the ground.This ruling came from a bench of…
NEW DELHI: Three days after the massive landslides in Kerala‘s Wayanad district, Centre on Friday released a sixth draft notification proposing earmarking of 56,825 sq km as ecologically sensitive area (ESA) to prohibit/regulate environmentally hazardous human activities within the fragile Western Ghats, spread over six states.The draft for the first time has a provision enabling…
NEW DELHI: Pulling up Delhi Police for failing to carry out a “scientific investigation” into the cause of death of three UPSC aspirants in a flooded coaching centre basement last week and pointing out “glaring omissions”, the high court Friday transferred the probe to CBI.It stressed that an independent agency must be roped in to…
JAMMU: Authorities in Jammu issued a high security alert after a 21-year-old Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist — who was out on bail — disappeared from his residence in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, officials said Friday. “He had carried out a grenade attack at Jammu bus stand in March 2019, killing two civilians and injuring 31 others,”…
Calling tax on essential items ‘anti-people,’ West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee urged the central government to remove the goods and services tax (GST) on life insurance and health insurance premiums. In a letter, addressed to Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Banerjee emphasized that the tx on essential items increases the financial burden on ordinary…
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Friday issued orders to remove Border Security Force (BSF) Director General (DG) Nitin Agrawal, and his deputy, Special DG (West) Y B Khurania, from their positions with immediate effect. Both officers have been sent back to their respective state cadres. Agrawal, a 1989-batch Kerala cadre officer, had assumed the role…
NEW DELHI: After a row over water leakage in the new Parliament building, Congress used a new video to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Congress leader Jairam Ramesh shared a video of a monkey that entered the building on Friday.“Monkey Baat today in ModiMarriot, also known as the New Parliament Building,” wrote Congress leader on…
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