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New Delhi: The government has cleared 31 fresh proposals under the electronics components manufacturing scheme, entailing investments of Rs 7,877 crore, the secretary in the IT ministry, S Krishnan, said Monday. According to Krishnan, the government has received a total investment proposal of Rs 69,548...

New Delhi: Several student organisations on Monday held protests here and announced nationwide demonstrations against the National Testing Agency's decision to re-conduct the UGC-NET examinations for three subjects, alleging that repeated lapses have put students' academic and career plans at risk. The NTA has ordered...

New Delhi: Overall unemployment rate among persons aged 15 years and above declined to 5.1 per cent in July 2026 from 5.5 per cent in the previous month, according to a government survey. According to the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) conducted by the National...

New Delhi: BJP Monday overhauled its national team under party president Nitin Nabin, bringing in many new faces and some prominent leaders like former Union minister Smriti Irani as general secretary and former RSS functionary Ram Madhav as vice president. The party, which said it...

Indas (WB): A leader of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) Monday gave the West Bengal government 10 days to arrest all those allegedly involved in the death of the father of a party volunteer in Bankura district and demanded a probe into the conduct of...

New Delhi: President of India Droupadi Murmu and Vice-President C.P. Radhakrishnan Monday described the stampede incident in Bihar’s Lakhisarai, in which seven devotees were killed and over 13 injured, as heartbreaking and expressed their condolences to the bereaved families. They also prayed for the speedy...

New Delhi: The National Testing Agency (NTA) has removed more than 50 of its staff members and is onboarding professionals for key leadership positions as part of measures to reform the overall examination system, the education ministry said Monday. The development came a day after...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday asked a court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram temple in Ayodhya to complete its investigation expeditiously and take it to a logical conclusion. A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and...

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Monday that the government will soon announce the composition of a high-powered committee to recommend how the banking sector should play its role in supporting the country’s transformation into a developed economy by 2047. Addressing the inauguration...

Bhopal: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a detailed 636-page chargesheet in the high-profile case related to the suicide of Twisha Sharma. The agency has named former judge Giribala Singh and her son, Samarth Singh, as the accused. Both are currently lodged in...