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BJP indulging in ‘power jihad’: Uddhav Thackeray

PUNE: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of indulging in "power jihad" by breaking political parties...

Chirag Paswan says his party will appeal against SC verdict on Dalit sub-groups

PATNA: Union minister Chirag Paswan on Saturday opposed the Supreme Court judgement allowing states to create sub-groups within Scheduled Castes for a slice of...

TMC MP writes to edu min: Why NTA gives ‘so little’ info about itself on website

NEW DELHI: TMC Rajya Sabha member Sagarika Ghose has written to Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, asking why the website of the National Testing...

6 Warning Signs Of Dementia While Walking

NEW DELHI: Dementia can impact walking patterns, with individuals experiencing slow steps, trouble maintaining balance, freezing while walking, lack of arm swing, uneven steps,...

Wayanad landslides: Army finds 4 persons including 2 women alive in debris

NEW DELHI: The Indian Army during the rescue operations in Wayanad found four persons alive in the rumble that included two men and two...

SC observation on NEET-UG vindicates govt’s stand, truth always wins: Edu Min

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court's observation on no systemic breach of sanctity in the 2024 NEET-UG exam has vindicated the government's stand, Union Education...

Vindictive ED raid against me in offing for ‘chakravyuh’ remark: Rahul

NEW DELHI: Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi claimed on Friday that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is planning a raid...

Bharat Biotech credited ICMR, NIV as Covaxin co-inventors after missing them initially: Centre

NEW DELHI: Union health minister J P Nadda on Friday said that Bharat Biotech initially did not mention ICMR and NIV as co-inventors in...

Indian astronomers decode mystery of vampire star using data from AstroSat

NEW DELHI: A team of astronomers from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology, made...

Monsoon mayhem: IMD chief defends Kerala, Uttarakhand, HP rainfall warnings

NEW DELHI: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued forecasts for significant rainfall activity along the west coast of India on a regular basis and...

Heavy overnight rain leaves 12 people dead in Uttarakhand

DEHRADUN: Twelve people, including three of a family, were killed and six injured in heavy overnight rains in various parts of Uttarakhand that triggered...

2 dead, 50 missing in Himachal cloudburst; PM monitoring ops

SHIMLA: A series of devastating cloudbursts in Himachal Pradesh has left at least two people dead and over 50 missing, as rescue teams scramble...

Will make every effort to implement Kavach on entire rail network: Railway min

NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha on Thursday approved the Demands for Grants of railways to the tune of Rs 7.89 lakh crore with Railways...

148 AES cases, 59 deaths reported from four states: Health Ministry

NEW DELHI: As many as 148 Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) cases have been reported from Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Maharashtra while 59 children...

SC permits sub-classification within reserved classes in landmark ruling

NEW DELHI: In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court on Thursday held that sub-classification within the reserved categories of Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled...

Gadkari urges FM to withdraw 18% GST on life, medical insurance premiums

NEW DELHI: Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has requested Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to withdraw the 18 per cent goods...

Wayanad landslides: Death toll rises to 184, hundreds missing; rescue operations continue

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The death toll in the devastating landslides that struck Wayanad on Tuesday has risen to 184, with at least 211 people reported missing....

Centre gave advance warning to Kerala: Shah on Wayanad landslide

NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said the Kerala government was warned as early as July 23 regarding a possible natural...

Royalty levied by Centre on mines, minerals: SC reserves order on issue of refund to states

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its order on the issue of whether royalty levied by the Centre on mines and mineral-bearing...

Who is Preeti Sudan, the new UPSC chairperson?

NEW DELHI: Preeti Sudan, former Union Health Secretary, has been appointed as the UPSC chairperson. In 2022, she was appointed as a member of...

Two killed, 20 injured as 18 coaches of Howrah-Mumbai Mail derail in Jharkhand

RANCHI: Two people were killed and 20 others injured when at least 18 coaches of the Howrah-Mumbai Mail derailed in Jharkhand's Seraikela-Kharsawan district early...

Is this governance?: Mamata slams Centre over series of train accidents

CALCUTTA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday slammed the central government over the series of train accidents and wondered whether there will...

No rethinking on supporting Chinese investments in India: Goyal

NEW DELHI: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday said there is no rethinking in the government to support foreign direct investments (FDI)...

SC rejects plea seeking review of VVPAT-EVM verification verdict

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court has dismissed a petition seeking review of its judgement rejecting plea for 100 per cent verification of Electronic Voting Machines...

Venezuela asks 7 LatAm countries to withdraw diplomatic staff

CARACAS: Venezuela has called on the governments of Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Peru, Panama, the Dominican Republic and Uruguay to withdraw their diplomatic staff...

Here’s how shingles, chicken pox-causing virus evades immune system

NEW DELHI: Scientists have identified a new mechanism used by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV), which causes chickenpox and shingles, to evade the immune system...

Atmosphere of fear prevails in country; oppn will break BJP’s ‘chakravyuh’: Rahul in LS

NEW DELHI: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Monday used the 'chakravyuh' metaphor as a leit motif to say that...

Delhi coaching centre deaths: Police arrest five more accused; Tharoor meets victims’ families

NEW DELHI: The Delhi police have arrested five more people in connection with the death of three UPSC aspirants in Old Rajinder Nagar after...

SC refuses to stay Patna HC verdict setting aside Bihar law raising quotas

NEW DELHI: In a setback to the Bihar government, the Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay a Patna High Court order setting aside...

NTA announces CUET UG 2024 result, what next?

NEW DELHI: The National Testing Agency (NTA) has released the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) UG result 2024. Candidates who appeared for the exam...

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