EC sets ball rolling for J&K, 3 States Assembly polls
The Election Commission (EC) on Friday announced that it has initiated process of updation of electoral rolls in Haryana, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, & Jammu & Kashmir. According to THE EC, July 1, 2024 will be the qualifying date for roll updation. For the just-held Lok Sabha polls, voters' list was updated with...
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Rain relief for Delhiites battling heat
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Yoga Day celebrated in Patanjali Yogpeeth
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Congress corners Govt over NEET
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World looking at Yoga as agent of global good: Modi
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HC halts Kejriwal’s release
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Religare bid to block open offer draws fire from Sebi
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39 killed in Tamil Nadu hooch tragedy
21 June 2024 | Kumar Chellappan
Dance of death in heat-hit Delhi
With a severe heatwave sweeping vast swathes of the country, the National Capital has seen a huge upsurge in mortalities caused by sunstrokes and other heat-related ailments. As more than 210 people have so far succumbed to the heat fury not seen in decades in Delhi or elsewhere in the...
Big relief for Kejriwal
In a major relief to AAP convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, a Rouse Avenue Court on Thursday granted him bail in the money-laundering case linked to the Delhi excise policy case. Vacation Judge Niyay Bindu passed the order after hearing from Kejriwal and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) over...
Setback to parties as Patna HC scraps Bihar Govt's quota hike
In a major setback to political parties in Bihar, the Patna High Court on Thursday set aside the amendments passed by the Bihar legislature in 2023 when quotas for Dalits, backward classes and tribals in Government jobs and educational institutions were raised from 50 to 65 per cent. The court...
Panel to review NTA functioning
Amid demand by the Opposition to re-conduct the medical entrance exam NEET, Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday said isolated incidents of malpractices should not affect lakhs of students who cleared the examination rightfully. He announced a high-level panel to look into the functioning of the testing agency NTA. Addressing a Press...
After NEET comes NET row
Still grappling with NEET controversy, the cancellation of UGC-NET exams on Wednesday has brought serious troubles for the Narendra Modi Government which has just started its third tenure and a Special Session of the Parliament scheduled next week. With the ruling NDA on shaky numbers, Opposition leaders on Thursday launched an...
Two BJP workers killed by TMC in West Bengal
The post poll violence continued in Bengal unabated leaving two BJP workers dead in the past 24 hours, sources said. Gaur Hari Maity of Arjun Nagar in Bhagwanpur village under Bhupatinagar Police Station was beaten to death by alleged TMC goons, his family members said. "Local TMC men had come looking...
MP's daughter runs car over sleeping man
Daughter of a Rajya Sabha member was arrested by the Chennai Police on Tuesday morning in connection with the death of a painter who was sleeping on the pavement. On Monday night Beeda Madhuri (33), daughter of Rajya Sabha MP and former Kavali (Nellore) MLA Beeda Masthan Rao, was driving...
