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New Delhi: The Lok Sabha was adjourned till noon, seconds after reconvening Monday amid uproar by the Opposition benches. The Monsoon Session entered its last week Monday. However, the Opposition continued its protest over the NEET paper leak issue and the police action against the...

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has entered the investigation into alleged irregularities in the Jharkhand Public Service Commission’s (JPSC) 14th Preliminary Examination (PT) and other examinations, registering an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) to examine the financial aspects of the case. The ED has...

Ranchi: Students protesting alleged irregularities in government recruitment examinations in Jharkhand are set to march towards the state Assembly Monday, intensifying their agitation after talks with the Hemant Soren government failed to yield a breakthrough. The protesters said they would hold their peaceful demonstration and...

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay is set to move a special resolution in the State Legislative Assembly Monday seeking to make it mandatory for 'Tamil Thai Vazhthu', the state invocation song, to be rendered first at all government functions. The resolution assumes...

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has urged people to make the annual Kanwar Yatra a festival of social responsibility, service and cooperation, saying the pilgrimage is not merely a religious ritual but also a living expression of social harmony, discipline and India’s cultural...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: The Supreme Court collegium has recommended the transfer of two judges of the Orissa High Court, official sources said Sunday. The collegium, headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, took the decision in a meeting held August 6, they said. While Justice...

Thiruvananthapuram/Kasaragod: Kerala Health Minister K Muraleedharan and Congress MP Rajmohan Unnithan Sunday said that the full version of Vande Mataram will not be sung in Kerala. Muraleedharan told reporters that in Kerala, as always, only the first two couplets of the national song will be...

Kolkata: West Bengal Governor R.N. Ravi has called upon all state and private universities in the state to observe August 14 as 'Partition Horrors Remembrance Day'. A statement issued by the Lok Bhavan Sunday said, "Governor R.N. Ravi has called upon all state and Private...

New Delhi: The first test of the Kusha long-range surface-to-air missile system is set to bring India closer to self-reliance and be a key part of Sudarshan Chakra, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-phase Mission for a multilayered national defence umbrella, against ballistic missiles, fighter aircraft,...

New Delhi: The final report of the confirmatory drug test of the pilot-in-command of an Air India flight that experienced a sudden loss of altitude while flying from Phuket to Delhi is awaited, the Ministry of Civil Aviation said Sunday. Both flight crew members have...