New Delhi/IBNS: Amid students' protests escalating across the country over alleged irregularities in the medical entrance exam NEET (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test) and other competitive exams like the UGC-NET, the Opposition has decided to raise the issue in the Parliament on Friday, media reports said.
New Delhi: Several members of the National Students' Union of India (NSUI) forcefully entered the head office of the National Testing Agency (NTA) in Delhi and locked it from the inside to protest the alleged irregularities in the NEET medical entrance examinations.
Bengaluru: A Vokkaliga seer has urged Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah to step down in favour of his deputy DK Shiv Kumar amid a tug of war within the ruling Congress in the state, media reported.
Kolkata/IBNS: After two days of eviction drive, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday stopped the demolition of the stalls of "illegal hawkers" on the pavements of Kolkata for a month.
New Delhi: Samajwadi Party MP RK Chaudhary triggered controversy by calling for the Sengol, a historic sceptre, to be replaced with the Constitution in the Lok Sabha, media reported.
New Delhi/IBNS: President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday said the central government is committed to the investigation into the paper leaks in the NEET-UG examination and the guilty will be punished, media reports said.
Patna: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has carried out its first arrests in the NEET-UG paper leak case in Bihar, arresting two accused from Patna named Manish Kumar and Ashutosh.
New Delhi/IBNS: President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday dropped a big hint at how the upcoming Union Budget will shape up as she called it "historic" and bearer of "big economic decisions".
New Delhi/IBNS: In a statement potent enough to irk the Congress, President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday referred to the 1975 Emergency era- which was declared by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi- calling it "the biggest and darkest attack on Constitution".
Bengaluru/IBNS: The Karnataka Police has served a notice to woman sub-inspector for allowing Kannada actor Darshan Thoogudeepa's girlfriend, actress Pavithra Gowda, a co-accused in the Renukaswamy murder case, was allowed to apply makeup in police custody, media reports said.
New Delhi/IBNS: President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday made the customary address to the joint session of Parliament for the first time the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) returned to power for the third consecutive term.
New Delhi/IBNS: In protest against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's arrest in the alleged liquor policy scam, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) boycotted President Droupadi Murmu's customary address to the joint session of Parliament on Thursday.
New Delhi/IBNS: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has been allowed to have home-cooked food, keep Hindu scripture Bhagavad Gita with him in the custody of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), media reports said.
New Delhi/IBNS: President Droupadi Murmu will on Thursday address the joint session of Parliament for the first time since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) returned to power for the third consecutive term.
Veteran BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani has been admitted to the All India Institutue of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi on Wednesday night, media reports said. His condition is stable at the moment, said reports.
New Delhi/IBNS: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who this morning went from anticipating release on bail to being arrested again by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), addressed Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court directly to defend himself over claims he tried to evade blame for the alleged liquor policy scam.
Bengaluru/IBNS: The Centre Wednesday said it has asked the Tamil Nadu government to submit a "detailed report" after a Reuters story revealed that Apple supplier Foxconn does not hire married women for iPhone assembly jobs in the country.
New Delhi/IBNS: After stepping down from the post following two of his remarks that stirred up a huge political row, putting the Congress on the back foot during the Lok Sabha elections, Sam Pitroda has been reappointed the chairman of the Indian Overseas Congress.
Murder-for-hire allegations against Indian national Nikhil Gupta whom the United States claims to have conspired with another Indian to kill Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun has led New Delhi to consider "institutional reforms... necessary to deal with" such allegations, Kurt M Campbell, the Deputy Secretary of State in the US government, told media reports on Wednesday.
Srinagar/IBNS: Three terrorists were killed after a fierce gunfight broke out between terrorists and security forces in the Gandoh area of Doda district in Jammu and Kashmir, media reports said.
National Conference vice-president and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said he felt gutted to realize that he will not be able to represent the people following his defeat in the Lok Sabha polls.
The Uttar Pradesh government is planning to use Artificial Intelligence-based technology and tools to manage the crowd during the upcoming Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj.
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) handed over the Medium Range-Microwave Obscurant Chaff Rocket (MR-MOCR) to the Indian Navy at a ceremony held in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Kolkata/IBNS: In a fresh tiff between the government and Raj Bhavan, Trinamool Congress MLA-elects Sayantika Banerjee and Reyat Houssen Sarkar have refused to visit the Governor House for their oath-taking ceremony and instead waited at the West Bengal Assembly for CV Ananda Bose to turn up.
New Delhi/IBNS: Actress-turned-Lok Sabha MP Kangana Ranaut and Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) MP Chirag Paswan's bond seems to have been rekindled after the two stepped into the 18th Lok Sabha.
New Delhi/IBNS: Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav called Delhi Minister Atishi "brave" visiting the ailing Aam Aadmi Party leader at a hospital in the national capital.
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, the two arch-rivals in national politics, showed courtesy by shaking hands and guiding newly-elected Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to the Chair in Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
New Delhi/IBNS: Leader of Opposition and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has underlined the importance of the Opposition's voice in the Lok Sabha, which has now a meaty number of anti-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs, in his welcome speech for Speaker Om Birla, who was elected pipping INDIA bloc's candidate K Suresh on Wednesday.
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla after he was elected to the Chair by voice votes in the lower house of Parliament on Wednesday.
New Delhi/IBNS: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday arrested Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the alleged liquor policy scam inside the Rouse Avenue Court, media reports said.
