New Delhi: The Centre on Saturday night announced that the probe into alleged irregularities in the medical entrance exam NEET will be handed over to the CBI for a comprehensive investigation. The development came amid a flurry of decisions over alleged irregularities in competitive exams, including the removal of National Testing Agency (NTA) Director General…
New Delhi: Facing flak over alleged irregularities in competitive exams, the Centre on Saturday shunted out National Testing Agency (NTA) Director General Subodh Singh and set up a seven-member panel headed by former ISRO chief K Radhakrishnan to review the agency’s functioning and recommend exam reforms. The Union Health Ministry also announced the postponement of…
Hyderabad: Several student activists were detained after they attempted to barge into Union minister for coal and mines G Kishan Reddy’s residence near Kacheguda on Saturday morning, June 22. The students, led by NSUI state president Venkat Balmoor, held a protest and attempted to lay siege on the minister’s house after they were reportedly denied permission…
Antalya (Turkey): The Indian compound women’s archery team of Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Aditi Swami and Parneet Kaur continued their imperious form this season, securing a hat-trick of World Cup gold medals with a win over Estonia, even as Priyansh settled for a silver here on Saturday. Priyansh narrowly lost the men’s final to world number…
New Delhi: The 53rd GST Council, which met on Saturday which was chaired by the Finance Minister has announced various recommendations relating to taxation, ITC claims and demand notices. Services provided by Indian Railways like platform tickets exempted from GST. GST Council recommended a uniform rate of 12% on all milk cans. Waiver of interest…
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…
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)…
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…
Hyderabad: Police opened fire in the air after a four-member gang tried to attack them here, police said on Saturday. The incident happened under Chilkalguda police station on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday when the gang tried to snatch a mobile phone from one of the personnel involved in the decoy operation. According…
Chennai: The police detained a large number of BJP members, including senior leader H Raja, in various parts of Tamil Nadu when they attempted to stage protests against the ruling DMK over the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy on Saturday. The state-wide protest was meant to condemn the DMK government for allegedly failing to contain the illicit…
