CUET-UG from May 15 to 31; CUET-PG from Mar 11 to 28

New Delhi: The University Grants Commission on Tuesday announced schedule for three key entrance exams — CUET-UG, CUET-PG, and NET for 2024-25 academic session. Common University Entrance Test (CUET)-UG for admission to undergraduate courses will be conducted from May 15 to 31, 2024. “Results will be announced within three weeks of last test,” UGC Chairman […]

ICC charges 8 including 3 Indians for corrupt activities during Emirates T10 league

Dubai: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has charged eight players and officials, including a couple of Indian team owners, Parag Sanghvi and Krishan Kumar Chaudhary on different counts of corruption during the 2021 edition of Emirates T10 League. The two Indians were co-owners of the team Pune Devils and one of their players in that […]

Nawaz Sharif ‘excited’ to return to Pakistan, says petrol price would have been Rs 1,000 per litre had PDM not saved country from default

Lahore/London: Pakistan’s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has said that he is “excited” to return to his country on October 21, ending a four-year “self-imposed exile” and to lead his party in the upcoming elections. Addressing an online meeting of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) ticket holders from London on Monday, the PML-N supreme leader also […]

Lok Sabha proceedings begin in new Parliament building

New Delhi,:Lok Sabha proceedings on Tuesday began in the new Parliament building, located adjacent to the old one, starting a new chapter in the parliamentary history of India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who walked down from the old building along with Union Ministers including Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari and other leaders, was present […]

2024-25 Academic Session: CUET-UG to be conducted from May 15 to 31; CUET-PG from Mar 11 to 28

New Delhi: The University Grants Commission on Tuesday announced schedule for three key entrance exams — CUET-UG, CUET-PG, and NET for 2024-25 academic session. Common University Entrance Test (CUET)-UG for admission to undergraduate courses will be conducted from May 15 to 31, 2024. “Results will be announced within three weeks of last test,” UGC Chairman […]

Day 7 of J-K operation: security forces comb through Anantnag forest

Srinagar: Security forces sieved through the dense forests of Gadole in Kashmir Valley’s Anantnag district for the seventh day on Tuesday, one of Jammu and Kashmir’s longest anti-militancy operations that has claimed the lives of three officers and a soldier. Two bodies were found from the forest area on Monday. One was identified as Pradeep, […]

India expels Canadian diplomat

New Delhi: India on Thursday announced expulsion of a Canadian diplomat hours after Canada asked an Indian official to leave that country, citing a “potential” Indian link to the killing of a Khalistani separatist leader in June. The Canadian High Commissioner to India was summoned to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and informed about […]

Pakistan rejects report claiming it sold arms to Ukraine to secure crucial IMF funding

Islamabad: Pakistan has rejected a report claiming that it sold arms and ammunition to Ukraine in order to secure a crucial bailout package from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch on Monday rejected as “baseless and fabricated” the Intercept report saying that cash-strapped Pakistan provided arms to the US to […]

Cong welcomes reported move that govt may introduce women’s reservation bill

New Delhi:Amid speculation that the women’s reservation bill may be tabled in Parliament on Tuesday, the Congress said it welcomes the reported move as the party has been raising the demand for long. “We welcome the reported decision of the Union Cabinet and await the details of the Bill,” Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh posted […]

India’s solar mission spacecraft Aditya-L1 gets send off from Earth as ISRO performs key manoeuvre

Bengaluru:Aditya L1 spacecraft, India’s first space-based mission to study the Sun, got a “send-off” from the Earth after orbiting it since its September 2 launch as it underwent a key manoeuvre in the early hours of Tuesday, ISRO said. The Trans-Lagrangian Point 1 Insertion manoeuvre marks the beginning of the spacecraft’s about 110-day trajectory to […]