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Amaravati: A Class X student, who had shared the dais with Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu during a Mega Parent-Teacher Meeting at a government school in Polavaram district just three days ago, has died by suicide Monday. Murram Shivani, who sat next to the...

Mumbai: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has approached the Bombay High Court with a defamation suit against alleged AI-generated deepfake videos and misleading social media posts linking him and his family to the Centre's E20 ethanol blending policy. The High Court...

New Delhi: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) Monday expressed concern over reports that students and other protesters were being detained or arrested in Assam, West Bengal and Bihar despite Centre's assurance that no punitive action would be taken against those who participated in the recent nationwide...

New Delhi: BJP leader Dharmendra Pradhan, who resigned as Union education minister following students' protests over the NEET row, was welcomed by some BJP leaders in the Parliament complex Monday with a traditional cap and stole amid slogans like 'Pradhan Zindabad'. Opposition MPs at the...

Patna: A police constable was suspended after a purported video showing him using an AK-47 rifle during a student protest in Bihar's Siwan district on July 25 went viral on social media, officials said on Monday. PTI could not independently verify the authenticity of the...

New Delhi: Government Monday introduced a Bill in the Lok Sabha to amend the anti-paper leaks law with stricter punishment of up to 10 years in jail and Rs 50 lakh fine, within days of large-scale student protests against the NEET fiasco rocking the nation...

New Delhi: Supreme Court Monday said it will see what the Nandan Nilekani-led high-powered task force formed by the government suggests on the online conduct of the NEET examination. A bench of Justices PS Narasimha and Alok Aradhe said some out-of-the-box suggestions are needed especially...

New Delhi: Rajya Sabha was adjourned till 2 pm Monday after the Opposition continued to disrupt proceedings over the alleged NEET paper leak and police action against protesting students, marking yet another day of the Monsoon Session without any legislative business. The House was earlier adjourned...

Jammu: Security forces Monday launched search operations in several forward areas along the International Border (IB) and the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba and Rajouri districts following overnight sightings of suspected Pakistani drones, officials said. The drone activity was observed by...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday said the Constitutional right to peaceful protest must be protected and stressed that allegations of police excesses as well as violence against security personnel during demonstrations require an impartial examination, while indicating that a uniform nationwide protocol may be...