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Enforcing law against paper leak mere whitewash: Kharge

New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday termed the enforcement of the anti-paper leak law a “whitewash” and asserted that the BJP cannot evade its responsibility in “promoting corruption and education mafia”. The Centre on Friday night operationalised the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024, which aims to curb malpractices and irregularities…

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TDP on demolition of YSRCP’s under-construction office

Amaravati: YSRCP’s under construction central party office at Tadepalli was demolished based on a complaint lodged by a TDP leader that it was being allegedly built illegally on Irrigation Department land, said the party on Saturday. The complaint was lodged with the commissioners of the Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA) and Mangalagiri Tadepalli Municipal Corporation (MTMC)…

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Ayyannapatrudu unanimously elected Speaker of Andhra Assembly

Amaravati: TDP’s Narsipatnam MLA C Ayyannapatrudu was elected unanimously as the Speaker of the 16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly on Saturday. Addressing the Assembly, Pro-tem Speaker and TDP’s Rajahmundry Rural MLA G Butchaiah Chowdary said that Janasena chief Pawan Kalyan, TDP general secretary Nara Lokesh and BJP’s Staya Kumar Yadava made three proposals on behalf of…

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Centre establishes high-level committee to ensure transparent and smooth conduct of exams

New Delhi: On Saturday, the Ministry of Education established a High-Level Committee of Experts chaired by Dr. K. Radhakrishnan, former Chairman of ISRO and current Chairman of the Board of Governors at IIT Kanpur. This committee aims to ensure transparent, smooth, and fair conduct of examinations amid the NEET and UGC-NET controversy. The committee’s responsibilities…

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Death toll in Kallakurichi hooch tragedy rises to 49

Chennai: The death toll in the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy has increased to 49, with ten more people losing their lives after consuming the spurious liquour in Karunapuram, Kallakurichi. Around 115 others are undergoing treatment at the Kallakurichi Government Medical College and Hospital, and hospitals in Salem, Villupuram, Jipmer in Puducherry. 25 of them are said…

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