Washington: Amid concerns over India’s ties with Russia, a top US official on Thursday cautioned New Delhi that a “bet on Russia as a long-term, reliable partner is not a good bet” and Moscow would side with Beijing over New Delhi in case of a conflict between the two Asian giants. US National Security Adviser…
Guwahati: The flood situation in Assam remained grim on Thursday with the number of inundated districts increasing to 26 and major rivers flowing above the danger mark in multiple locations even though the population reeling under the deluge decreased below 14 lakh, an official bulletin said. Altogether 13,99,949 people were still suffering from the flood,…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to deliver on Friday its verdict on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s plea challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case linked to the alleged excise policy scam. As per the cause list of July 12 uploaded on the apex court’s website, a bench…
New Delhi: The CBI on Thursday arrested one of the alleged kingpins in the NEET-UG paper leak case who was on the run ever since the crackdown on irregularities in the entrance exam began, officials said. Rockey alias Rakesh Ranjan, who hails from Nalanda, and is said to be a relative of mastermind Sanjeev Mukhia,…
Hyderabad: Former chief of Telangana’s Special Intelligence Bureau (SIB) T Prabhakar Rao, a key accused in the phone-tapping case, has denied the allegations made against him and termed them “wild and false”. The retired police officer, who is in the US for “medical treatment”, recently wrote to the Investigating Officer of the case, asserting that…
Thiruvanthapuram: Kerala General Education Minister V Sivankutty on Thursday said that 138 temporary additional plus one batches are being allotted in government schools in Malappuram and Kasaragod districts of the state. Sivankutty said the additional batches were being allotted as many students in those two northern Kerala districts had not been enrolled after all the…
New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday claimed that the Modi government implemented the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act 2014 at a “lackadaisical pace” but with Prime Minister Narendra Modi having “lost majority” on his own, a rapid implementation of the legislation can be expected. Congress general secretary, in-charge communications, Jairam Ramesh’s assertion came over a media…
Dharmapuri (Tamil Nadu): Chief Minister M K Stalin on Thursday said the ruling BJP at the Centre has not ‘learnt lesson’ from its continuing electoral rout in Tamil Nadu and accused it of not sanctioning funds for key projects in the state. Launching the ‘Makkaludan Mudhalvar’ (CM with people) scheme’s extension here to rural areas,…
New Delhi:: The Supreme Court has postponed the hearing of pleas seeking the cancellation of the NEET-UG 2024 exam, held on May 5, to Thursday, July 18. The bench, led by Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, noted that some parties have not yet received the affidavits from the Centre and the National Testing Agency (NTA) and…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday summoned the chief and finance secretaries of 16 states for non-compliance of the Second National Judicial Pay Commission recommendations on the payment of arrears of pension and other retirement benefits to the judicial officers. Expressing strong displeasure over non-compliance of the SNJPC’s recommendations, a bench of Chief Justice…
