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New Delhi: The CBI has arrested senior IAS officer Pankaj Agarwal for allegedly siphoning off over Rs 60 crore from the accounts of the Haryana government maintained with IDFC First Bank, officials said Tuesday. The 2000-batch IAS officer from the Haryana cadre served as principal...

New Delhi: The National Testing Agency (NTA) Tuesday declared the results of the Common University Entrance Test (CUET-UG) 2026, bringing relief to lakhs of students awaiting admission to undergraduate programmes across the country. Candidates who appeared for the examination can now access their scorecards through...

New Delhi: The Home Ministry has revised the compounding penalties for a number of offences under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA), 2010, involving the receipt and utilisation of foreign contributions by non-governmental organisations, according to a gazette notification. The orders were notified by the...

New Delhi: The government has amended the rules for receiving foreign funds requiring NGOs to choose from predefined list of purposes and their area of operation, allowing a range of faith-based activities while explicitly excluding proselytisation from several categories eligible for registration under the Foreign...

New Delhi: The Union Home Ministry has designated Haldia seaport in West Bengal as an immigration checkpost, making it the 41st such seaport in the country, according to a gazette notification Monday. Last year in September, the Ministry designated 34 sea and river ports as...

New Delhi: The Tamil Nadu government has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Madras High Court order allowing the lighting of a lamp on the Thirupparankundram hill in the state. The C Joseph Vijay-led state government had moved the apex court June 11 and filed...

Jaipur: Health authorities have suspended the use of 25 medicines and injections, including IV drips administered during Caesarean deliveries at Paota District Hospital in Jodhpur, after eight women developed serious complications following childbirth. Samples of all medicines and consumables used in the affected cases have...

Bengaluru: In a shocking triple murder case reported from Bengaluru's K.R. Puram area, a woman and her live-in partner have been arrested for allegedly killing her parents and younger sister after they opposed their relationship and questioned her over loans amounting to Rs 30 lakh,...

New Delhi: India and the United States are moving decisively towards finalising a bilateral trade agreement that could unlock new economic opportunities and deepen bilateral economic ties, US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor said Tuesday as US Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer arrived here for...

New Delhi: The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) Tuesday announced a diaper donation drive as part of its ongoing campaign seeking the resignation of the Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged NEET-UG paper leak. The party, which has been holding a sit-in protest at Delhi's...