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New Delhi: Highlighting the need to institutionally strengthen the system to prevent recurring NEET paper leaks, the Supreme Court Friday unusually indicated that the judges of the bench may personally visit the National Testing Agency (NTA) to examine its upgraded facilities. The NTA, which conducts...

New Delhi: India Friday strongly rejected Islamabad's allegations relating to a collision between a Pakistani vessel and an Indian Navy warship in the Arabian Sea. New Delhi Wednesday summoned the Pakistani Charge d'Affaires (CDA) and lodged a strong protest over the unacceptable conduct by the...

Mumbai: Union Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Friday said 68 Japanese companies participating in Semicon India 2026 are in the process of finalising their manufacturing, research and partnership plans in India. Speaking to IANS during his visit to the Japanese pavilion at the...

Kolkata: In another dramatic turn in the Trinamool Congress' internal battle, Mamata Banerjee camp's Nandigram bypoll candidate Sanchita Pradhan Dey withdrew her nomination Friday, a day before the deadline. Sanchita reportedly withdrew her candidature "hours after meeting West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari in Kolkata"....

New Delhi: The government Friday eased the existing 15-day sugar stockholding limit for bulk consumers to 30 days, subject to the condition that the quantity of stock held beyond the existing 15 days limit is sourced exclusively from sugar imported under advance authorisation scheme (AAS)...

Gurugram: A Gurugram court Friday sent Kalyan Bainsla, the driver accused of hitting a woman biker on the city's Golf Course Road, and his cousin to 14 days of judicial custody. Both the accused will be produced again before the court after 14 days. Earlier,...

New Delhi: Political analyst and former BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla Friday shed light his decision to resign from the party, saying that he had been considering a transition to the private sector after the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Poonawalla said he had always intended to...

New Delhi: Mamata Banerjee-led faction of Trinamool Congress will fight the October 6 bypolls in West Bengal on the 'Football Player' symbol, while the Arup Roy-led group will contest with 'Envelope' as its poll emblem, the Election Commission said Friday. The order came after the...

Haridwar: Surendra Koli, acquitted by Supreme Court in Nithari serial killings, was found dead in his tea stall in Haridwar Friday, police said. Koli, who worked as a domestic help at the Noida house of businessman Moninder Singh Pandher, appears to have ended his life,...

New Delhi: Moody's Ratings Friday sharply raised India's GDP growth forecast for the fiscal to 7 per cent -- the fastest growth rate among all G20 economies-- aided by economic resilience in the face of Middle East conflict but flagged risks to inflation from elevated...