National

New Delhi: In yet another step to address students' concerns over paper leaks, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday announced the constitution of a high-powered task force headed by Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani to recommend reforms to make the exam system leakproof. The government will implement...

New Delhi: All India Students' Association (AISA) national president Neha Bora, in her victory speech after former Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation, broadened the agitation against examination irregularities to other ongoing struggles, demanding an end to state repression. Addressing supporters at Jantar Mantar Saturday,...

New Delhi: Activist Sonam Wangchuk will be discharged from Medanta Hospital Monday and will visit Rajghat to pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi before leaving for Ladakh, his team said. Wangchuk, who is recovering in the hospital in Gurugram after he broke his 26-day fast late...

New Delhi: Following the Centre's assurance that cases against the NEET paper leak protesters would be withdrawn, Delhi Police sources Sunday said it would take further action only after receiving official communication and guidelines from the competent authority. The source said 15 FIRs have been...

New Delhi: Municipal workers Sunday painted over the graffiti-covered walls around Jantar Mantar, erasing the visual imprint of the student-led protest that forced the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Till Saturday evening, the white boundary wall of the Imperial Hotel lining Tolstoy Marg...

New Delhi: INDIA bloc parties are set to press for an urgent discussion in Parliament on the alleged use of excessive force against students protesting over the NEET paper leak, with Rahul Gandhi writing to Home Minister Amit Shah seeking accountability and TMC's Sagarika Ghose...

Bengaluru: Former Chief Minister and Congress Working Committee (CWC) member Siddaramaiah, who recently resigned from the CM's post, has declared that he will not contest the 2028 Karnataka Assembly elections, effectively signalling his retirement from electoral politics. Siddaramaiah further stated, "Politics has become highly polluted....

Ahmedabad: The Indian Army has concluded its major flood relief and rescue operations across Gujarat and the Union Territory of Dadra & Nagar Haveli, evacuating more than 790 stranded people over three days, as authorities shift their focus towards relief, restoration and damage assessment following...

Mumbai: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Sunday urged the Income Tax department to work for the benefit of common people without making them run from pillar to post. She also went public with her disappointment at the "laidback" nature of government departments, which leads to...

Indore: Madhya Pradesh minister Kailash Vijayvargiya has claimed that Dharmendra Pradhan had offered to resign as Union Education Minister on the very first day of the student agitation in Delhi. "Pradhan's resignation has foiled the designs of those foreign forces that wanted to destabilise India...