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New Delhi: Messaging app Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has alleged that Reliance Group, in which Meta has a partial stake, may have lobbied, along with its competitor WhatsApp, to impose a ban on the company's app in India. He also accused Reliance of sabotaging access...

New Delhi: A bench headed by Justice P S Narasimha will hear in July a plea challenging the decision to conduct NEET-UG 2026 re-test, the Supreme Court said Wednesday. May 12, the National Testing Agency (NTA) had cancelled the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (Undergraduate), or NEET-UG,...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will disburse incentives worth around Rs 2,400 crore under the Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana (PM-VBRY) at a special programme to be held Friday, it was announced Wednesday. The scheme has already supported the creation of around 15...

New Delhi: India's current strategic petroleum reserves are equivalent to just about 9-10 days of the country's net crude imports, far below other major import-dependent countries, a new report revealed Wednesday. The report released by Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) said other countries...

Noida: The Noida International Airport (NIA) began freight operations with the arrival of the first cargo plane Wednesday, two days after starting commercial passenger flights June 15. The first cargo flight, a Boeing 737-800F operated by Afcom Holdings between Chennai and Noida, was welcomed with...

Dubai: Bodies of two of the three Indian seafarers who were killed in a US strike on a vessel off the Oman coast were repatriated to the country Wednesday, according to an official statement. This comes a day after 21 rescued Indian seafarers from the...

Ranchi: The RSS Wednesday alleged that petrol bombs were hurled at its office in Ranchi in the early hours, prompting the police to constitute a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the matter. The incident took place around 12.30 am at the RSS office in...

New Delhi: A parliamentary committee has expressed concern over continuing examination irregularities despite measures taken by the government, and recommended that the Ministry of Education publish a time-bound roadmap for implementing reforms suggested by a high-level panel. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children,...

Mumbai: Staring at an imminent split, the Shiv Sena (UBT) on Wednesday issued a whip directing its MPs to attend a meeting in New Delhi to discuss 'important issues,' a move aimed at paving the way for disqualification proceedings against rebel leaders. Shiv Sena (UBT)...

New Delhi: A parliamentary committee has flagged concerns over the Common University Entrance Test (CUET), saying its multiple-choice format may not suit humanities and social sciences, while calling for a review of its design and question quality in line with the National Education Policy (NEP),...