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New Delhi: The first round of counselling for admission to MBBS and other undergraduate medical courses under the All India Quota will begin August 4 and the academic session for the 2026-27 batch will commence September 8. According to the schedule released by the Medical...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Odisha received Rs 4,819 crore from the Centre in advance tax devolution Saturday. The government said it has released additional instalment of tax devolution worth Rs 1,09,019 crore to state governments, which is in addition to the normal monthly devolution to be released...

Guwahati: The flood situation in Assam improved slightly, with the number of affected people coming down to 1.78 lakh even though the count of districts hit by the deluge increased to seven, an official bulletin said. No fatalities were reported in the state in the...

New Delhi: The Delhi Police have reunited 124 people, including 43 missing or kidnapped children and 81 missing adults, with their families during July under their ongoing ‘Operation Milap’. According to a press release issued on Sunday, South-West District Police said the recoveries were made...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: The Ministry of Jal Shakti Saturday praised Odisha for completing 905 rainwater harvesting and groundwater recharge structures under the Catch the Rain 2026 campaign. Of these, 849 are rooftop rainwater harvesting structures — 21 in government buildings and 828 in private buildings —...

New Delhi: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke Saturday said he hoped Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his next video message will apologise to women protesters for the alleged police excesses during the July 20 march to Parliament. Dipke was responding to Modi's video...

Kolkata: The alleged Jaish-e-Mohammed operative arrested by the West Bengal STF had planned to target Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari and carry out sabotage at the recent students' protest at Delhi's Jantar Mantar by wearing a police uniform, a senior officer of the unit said in...

New Delhi: Stepping up his campaign against the use of E20 petrol, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal Saturday announced that he would march to the Prime Minister's residence August 4 to submit a petition containing two lakh signatures collected through an online campaign. Addressing a "National...

Jammu: At least two residential houses and as many shops were damaged, while two cars were swept away after a cloudburst triggered flash floods in the Chatroo area of Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district early Saturday, officials said. Persistent rain has also disrupted normal life...

New Delhi: Vice Admiral A N Pramod, who as the Director General Naval Operations (DGNO) was closely involved in the planning, preparedness and operational readiness of the Indian Navy during Operation Sindoor, Saturday took charge as the new Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff, officials...