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New Delhi: India's first individual Olympic gold-medallist Abhinav Bindra Thursday called for an education system that "inspires confidence" amid raging protests against irregularities in the NEET exam that led to suicides by multiple students across the country. Bindra avoided a direct comment on the ongoing...

New Delhi: Opposition and ruling party MPs staged counter protests and raised slogans against each other outside Parliament Thursday, signalling another day of potential disruptions in both houses of Parliament on the NEET paper leak issue. A large number of MPs belonging to both camps...

New Delhi: Delhi High Court has agreed to hear on Friday a public interest litigation seeking a probe into the Cockroach Janta Party-led protest over alleged examination irregularities at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. The counsel for the petitioner mentioned the PIL before a bench...

New Delhi: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday said the government is prioritising early identification of children with learning disabilities through the PRASHAST app, developed by the Ministry of Education. He emphasised that the initiative, aligned with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, is...

United Nations: India has strongly rejected Pakistan's remarks at the United Nations, asserting that cooperation under the Indus Waters Treaty cannot be expected when "cross-border terrorism" is used as an "instrument of state policy". India also maintained that Jammu and Kashmir "has always been, is,...

New Delhi: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) Thursday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announcement on action against paper leaks did not address the issue of accountability and reiterated its demand for Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation. Modi, in a post on X Thursday morning, announced...

New Delhi: Congress MP Hibi Eden Thursday submitted a notice in the Lok Sabha for moving a privilege motion, alleging the "breach of parliamentary rights and immunities" of Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi and women MPs of the party during their protest outside Prime Minister...

Gangtok: The death toll in the tunnel collapse at the under-construction NHPC Teesta Stage-VI Hydroelectric Project in South Sikkim's Samardung has risen to 22, with rescue teams continuing intensive search and recovery operations to locate the remaining trapped workers, officials said Thursday. According to the...

New Delhi: With Prime Minister Narendra Modi making a pitch for the welfare of youth, the Congress Thursday claimed that the PM was "rattled" and alleged that he had harmed the future of the youth the most. Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul...

Guwahati: The flood situation in Assam remained critical, with 41 people killed so far and over 6.50 lakh reeling under the deluge across 11 districts, officials said Thursday. The Army, Air Force and other agencies continued relief and rescue operations, with drones being pressed into...