New Delhi: At least two assistant commissioners of police (ACPs) and four personnel were injured in a stone-pelting incident by protesters near Jantar Mantar Wednesday evening, police sources said. They said that many anti-social elements have entered the protest site. They are not even listening to the organisers (CJP) and are pelting stones at personnel, they added....

Kathmandu: Nepal government Wednesday formally approved the withdrawal of the 3 per cent equity tax imposed on private education and health sectors following widespread public criticism. The Council of Ministers approved the proposal submitted by Finance Minister Swarnim Wagle to waive the 3 per cent Education and Health Equity Fee under Section 18(1) of the Finance Act,...

Kyiv: Ukraine pushed on with its fight against Russia's invasion under new military leadership Wednesday, after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy bowed to public pressure and fired his commander-in-chief. Ukraine has made significant progress in the war this year, and a rift between the country's outgoing army chief and its defence minister threatened to derail its efforts. Both men...

New Delhi: Minister of State in the Department of Atomic Energy, Dr Jitendra Singh, informed Parliament Wednesday that the Government is aiming to bring at least five indigenous small modular nuclear reactors into operation by 2033 as the country heads towards its goal of achieving 100 GWe nuclear power generation capacity by 2047. The Bhabha Atomic Research...

New Delhi: Union minister J P Nadda Wednesday accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of playing politics over the NEET paper leak and urged the Opposition to allow an "intensive discussion" on the issue in Parliament to find a "permanent solution" to the problem, instead of indulging in a blame game. Addressing a press conference at the BJP...

Bhubaneswar: The BJD Wednesday strongly criticised the Odisha BJP government over alleged scarcity of fertiliser during the ongoing Kharif season, which has pushed lakhs of farmers into severe distress. The BJD also alleged that there was rampant black marketing of fertiliser in the state and complete administrative failure. However, the state government rejected the allegations and claimed...

New Delhi: The DRDO Wednesday signed an agreement with a firm for conversion of six A321 aircraft from commercial to green configuration, further leading to the development and production of the Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) Mk-II programme, the defence ministry said. A separate contract was signed with another company to engage with it as development-cum-production...

New Delhi: Meta-owned Instagram suffered a widespread service disruption Wednesday evening, leaving thousands of users unable to access key features of the social media platform, including messaging, profile loading and content updates. According to outage tracking platform Downdetector, reports of issues rose sharply during the evening. Complaints increased to 1,993 at around 7:13 p.m., up from 436...

New Delhi: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, who is facing demands for his resignation from protesters and the opposition over the NEET issue, is likely to remain in the Cabinet as the top hierarchy of the government is convinced that he cannot be blamed for the leak of the examination papers, a senior government functionary said. The...

New Delhi: The BJP Wednesday defended the Centre's handling of the Cockroach Janta Party-led agitation, saying the government remained sensitive to what has been projected as a student movement and was always open to dialogue. The ruling party also accused LoP Rahul Gandhi and other opposition parties of trying to derive political mileage from the protests and...