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New Delhi: The first week of the Monsoon session of Parliament was washed out as the government and the Opposition continued to be at loggerheads over the demand for Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation before a debate on NEET paper leak issue in both Houses....

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Friday presented to the media a student protester who was allegedly shot with a pellet gun by security personnel during the July 20 protests and demanded the removal of the Education Minister. Gandhi also demanded that there should be...

New Delhi: Observing that courts can't be a 24x7 entertainment channel, the Supreme Court Friday barred posting and uploading of audio-video recordings of judicial proceedings on social media and other digital platforms without prior permission of the court administration. Taking note of the misuse of...

New Delhi: The government Friday introduced a bill in the Rajya Sabha seeking to make any obstruction or insult to the national song 'Vande Mataram' a criminal offence. Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai introduced 'The Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment)...

Shimla: Thirteen people, including a six-month-old infant, were killed while two others had a narrow escape after massive boulders from a nearby hill suddenly fell on a moving taxi on the Udaipur-Pangi road in Himachal Pradesh's Lahaul and Spiti Friday, police said. Fifteen people were...

Chennai: Producer Soundarya Rajinikanth, who is also the younger daughter of Tamil Superstar Rajinikanth, Friday expressed solidarity with protesting students in Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, saying that students were our future and that their voices deserve to be heard with empathy, dignity and respect....

New Delhi: As promised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier, Union Cabinet Friday approved a Bill and related provisions aimed at setting up fast-track courts and giving harsher punishment in cases of paper leaks and exam malpractices, official sources said. The proposed legislation is expected...

New Delhi: The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), which is spearheading protests against the NEET paper leak, has told two Union ministers that its demand for Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation is "non-negotiable". The group has also asked for Rs 1 crore compensation for families of...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday told the Centre that it will closely monitor the steps taken to curb NEET examination paper leaks, while underlining that ad hocism has caused trouble for years. A bench of Justices P S Narasimha and Alok Aradhe, which was...

New Delhi: Chief Justice of India Surya Kant Friday dismissed as reckless media reports that he had denied urgent hearing on a plea challenging the July 20 police action against students, saying it was only a representation and not a petition. No such petition was filed,...