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Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government Sunday revoked a controversial order that exempted the state's Public (Law and Order) Department from the purview of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005, following intense pushback from political allies of the ruling TVK and transparency advocates. The administration...

New Delhi: The National Testing Agency, which recently moved its operations to a new office following a huge controversy over NEET paper leak and administrative lapses, will now be guarded by CISF to ensure foolproof arrangements in the "confidential areas" on its premises, officials said....

New Delhi: Activist Sonam Wangchuk on Sunday backed the Cockroach Janta Party's proposed October 2 protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, saying efforts to improve accountability in the country and the electoral process deserved support. While he expressed his support for CJP's proposed agitation,...

Guwahati: Cockroach Janata Party founder Abhijeet Dipke Sunday claimed that the outfit's co-convenor Ashutosh Ranka and several of his supporters have been detained by police here and taken to an unknown location ahead of a "small volunteers meet-up". Ranka, who reached Guwahati a day ago,...

New Delhi: State Bank of India (SBI), Bank of Baroda (BoB), Punjab National Bank (PNB) and several other public sector banks are open Sunday (September 27), giving customers an opportunity to complete their banking work before a proposed three-day nationwide bank strike from September 28...

New Delhi: Supreme Court will Monday hear a plea challenging the Centre's decision to impose a Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on specified UPI person-to-merchant transactions of over Rs 2,000. Ending nearly six years of fully free UPI payments, the government has introduced a 0.4 per...

Chandigarh: Students of a private university in Phagwara held a massive protest and went on a rampage on the campus early Sunday following unverified reports social media about the alleged rape of a female student. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Kapurthula, Gaurav Toora said police...

United Nations: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar used his UN General Assembly address to make a broad case for peace, but with a warning: India would defend itself against terrorism, and poorer nations should not bear the costs of wars and decisions in which they...

New Delhi: Amid calls for the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday alleged that the poll panel chief was made in charge of "match-fixing" India's elections by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah. Gandhi made...

New Delhi: Under fire over problems during the Special Intensive Review of voter lists, the Election Commission on Saturday announced a number of measures including additional time for filing claims, home visit by election officials and help desks for those facing notices for removal from...