NEET-UG 2024 counselling process delayed

NEW DELHI: The counselling process for the medical entrance exam National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Undergraduate (NEET-UG) 2024 which was expected to start on Saturday has been delayed.   The counselling session was expected to start on July 6 even though the Medical Counselling Committee had not shared any detailed notification and schedule for it. […]

Congress will defeat BJP in Gujarat as it did in Ayodhya: Rahul Gandhi

AHMEDABAD: Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said here on Saturday that his party will defeat the BJP in Gujarat in the next election the same way it did in Ayodhya in the recent Lok Sabha polls.   The Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha made the remark while addressing a party workers’ convention in […]

Delhi CM victim of political conspiracy, arrested by ED on false witness statement: Sunita Kejriwal

NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s wife Sunita Kejriwal alleged on Saturday that he was made the victim of a “deep political conspiracy” and arrested by the ED in the excise policy case based on a false statement by a witness.   In a video message, she said Arvind Kejriwal was arrested by the […]

Kulgam Gunfight: Army Soldier Injured, Operation On

  Srinagar: An army soldier has been injured in an ongoing gunfight in Mudergham area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Saturday.   A top police officer confirmed  about the injury of an army soldier during initial exchange of fire.   He was immediately shifted to nearby hospital where is condition is said to be […]

Encounter breaks out in Kulgam village

        Srinagar: An encounter broke out between terrorists and security forces in Modergam village of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Saturday, officials said.   An official said that a joint team of Police, Army’s 9 RR and CRPF launched a cordon and search operation on specific information about the presence of terrorists […]

Govt asks departments to streamline execution of developmental works

  Srinagar: The Government has issued fresh instructions to its departments to streamline the execution of developmental works in Jammu and Kashmir. It has also asked the departments to review ongoing approved works on BEAMS and delete those which are non-starter or non-priority.   “As per Rule 136(1) of GFR-2017, no work shall be commenced […]

Reformist Pezeshkian wins Iran’s presidential runoff election, besting hard-liner Jalili

DUBAI: eformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian won Iran’s runoff presidential election Saturday, besting hard-liner Saeed Jalili by promising to reach out to the West and ease enforcement on the country’s mandatory headscarf law after years of sanctions and protests squeezing the Islamic Republic.   Pezeshkian promised no radical changes to Iran’s Shiite theocracy in his campaign […]

Andhra, Telangana CMs to meet to resolve pending inter-state issues

HYDERABAD: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and his Telangana counterpart A Revanth Reddy will meet here on Saturday to resolve pending issues related to bifurcation of undivided Andhra.   The meeting will take place at the government’s Mahatma Jyoti Rao Phule Praja Bhavan here this evening.   Telangana came into existence on June […]

Biden says he was sick during debate, asserts only ‘Lord Almighty’ can drive him out of presidential race

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden has dismissed concerns about his health and doubts about his re-election bid in November, brushing off a poor performance in the presidential debate as a “bad episode” and insisting that only “the Lord almighty” could persuade him to exit the race.   Biden, 81, said this on Friday in a […]

Keir Starmer becomes UK PM after Labour Party landslide, Rishi Sunak bows out

LONDON: Keir Starmer became UK’s new prime minister on Friday and vowed to rebuild Britain, hours after his Labour Party secured a landslide victory in a general election in which the weary voters inflicted a “sobering verdict” on Rishi Sunak-led Conservatives, who suffered their worst electoral drubbing.   Starmer, 61, assumed charge as the 58th […]