New Delhi: The BJP on Thursday said people have already expressed their opinion on the “corruption” of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal by defeating the AAP-Congress alliance in all the seven Lok Sabha seats in the city. This remark by Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva came after Kejriwal was granted bail by a court on…
New Delhi: Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday said the central government is committed to protecting the interests of students and there will be no compromise on their future. He said the allegations of paper leak in the NEET-UG 2024 will be probed by a high-level committee and no culprit will be spared. “I…
Vijayawada: TDP MLA G Butchaiah Chowdary on Thursday took oath as the pro-tem speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. AP Governor S Abdul Nazeer administered the oath to Chowdary in a brief ceremony held at the Raj Bhavan. “Nazeer administered oath to MLA Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary as Pro-tem speaker at a programme held in…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu BJP President K Annamalai on Thursday announced a state-wide protest over deaths due to consumption of illicit liquor in the Kallakurichi district. As per reports, at least 34 people have lost their lives, while over 100 others are hospitalized — five of them in critical condition. A total of 107 people have…
Bengaluru: Karnataka BJP on Thursday held “Cycle Jatha” here, as part of its state-wide protest against the Congress government’s decision to hike petrol and diesel prices. BJP workers and leaders led by its state President B Y Vijayendra sought to mark their protest by riding bicycles from the party’s state office ‘Jagannath Bhavan’ to ‘Vidhana…
Riyadh: Friends and family searched for missing hajj pilgrims on Wednesday as the death toll at the annual rituals, which were carried out in scorching heat, surged past 900. Relatives scoured hospitals and pleaded online for news, fearing the worst after temperatures hit 51.8 degrees Celsius (125 Fahrenheit) in Mecca, Islam’s holiest city, on Monday….
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday visited Amaravati to take stock of the projects in the stalled greenfield capital he had championed. Amaravati capital city project came to a standstill for five-long years from 2019 to 2024 under the YS Jagan Mohan Reddy-led YSRCP government. However, the change in government breathed…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday sought responses from the Centre, the National Testing Agency (NTA) and others on petitions seeking the cancelation of NEET-UG 2024, and a court-monitored probe into the alleged irregularities in the medical entrance exam. A vacation bench of Justices Vikram Nath and SVN Bhatti also sought responses from the parties…
Patna: The Patna High Court on Thursday struck down the increase in reservations effected in Bihar last year when quotas were raised from 50 to 65 per cent for Dalits, backward classes and tribals in government jobs and educational institutions. A Division Bench headed by Chief Justice K Vinod Chandran passed the order on a…
New Delhi: The government on Wednesday raised the minimum support price (MSP) for paddy by 5.35 per cent to Rs 2,300 per quintal for the 2024-25 kharif marketing season, a move that comes ahead of key state assembly polls. The Rs 117 per quintal hike in paddy support price comes despite the government grappling with…
