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New Delhi: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Tuesday held detailed discussions with senior officials of four public sector banks on overhauling the Central Board of Secondary Education's payment gateway system. The meeting was attended by representatives of State Bank of India, Bank of Baroda, Canara...

Bhopal: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Tuesday intensified its probe into the alleged suspicious death case of model-turned-actress Twisha Sharma by meeting her family members at the Army Cantonment area in Bhopal after conducting an extensive inspection of the crime scene at the accused...

New Delhi: IIT Madras Director V Kamakoti Tuesday said a four-member team from the institute and IIT Kanpur has begun examining the recent glitches in the CBSE portal, including payment failures and allegations related to answer sheet uploads. In an exclusive interview with PTI, Kamakoti...

Ahmedabad: A family from Ahmedabad has appealed for urgent intervention from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Gujarat government after their 23-year-old son, a medical student in Georgia, went missing 12 days ago amid allegations of harassment by his landlord and roommates. Dhvanit Rajdeep, a...

New Delhi/Bengaluru: The high-voltage meeting over the speculated leadership change in Karnataka is underway at Indira Bhavan in Delhi Tuesday, with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah attending it. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s office has released photographs showing Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister Shivakumar engaged in a deep...

Kolkata: The NIA arrested 14 more people in connection with the gherao of judicial officers ahead of the assembly elections in West Bengal's Malda district, officials said Tuesday. The arrests were made Monday night following searches at multiple locations in Kaliachak and Mothabari areas of...

New Delhi: India and the US Tuesday firmed up a key framework for cooperation in ensuring steady supplies of critical minerals, a move that comes amid growing concerns over China's export controls on rare earth elements and strategic metals vital for global technology supply chains....

New Delhi: The Quad grouping Tuesday expanded cooperation in critical minerals and energy while unveiling new measures to boost maritime surveillance and port infrastructure across the Indo-Pacific against the backdrop of China's growing military posturing in the region. The new measures were announced following a...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Former Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Rajya Sabha MP Debashish Samantaray joined the BJP Tuesday in the presence of senior party leaders in New Delhi. A long-time associate of BJD supremo and former Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Samantaray resigned from both the party...

New Delhi: India and Canada are looking at concluding the negotiations for a free trade agreement by end of this year, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has said. Goyal is in Canada for a three-day official visit, starting May 25. "Our Prime Minister's have...