New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is chairing a high-level meeting with senior Union ministers and top government officials in New Delhi on Thursday, according to CNN-News18. The agenda of the meeting was not immediately known. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal,…
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said students deserve justice and asserted that an independent Supreme Court-monitored high-powered committee must be constituted to probe the ‘brutalities’ against them. The Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha also shared on X a video clip of police lathi-charging students. ‘Students deserve justice. An independent SC-monitored…
New Delhi: Amid tight security, polling began for the Assembly by-elections in Bihar’s Bankipur, Madhya Pradesh’s Datia and Gujarat’s Manjalpur constituencies on Thursday, with elaborate arrangements in place to ensure free, fair and peaceful voting. Officials said Polling for the Bankipur assembly by-election in Bihar began at 7 AM. Around 3.80 lakh voters are eligible to…
New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed a bill to make insult to the national song ‘Vande Mataram’ a criminal offence, ending the over-week-long impasse by taking up the legislative agenda amid the Opposition’s uproar over police action against students protesting NEET paper leak. The Opposition, led by the Congress, staged a walkout as…
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Wednesday said the government should stop troubling protesting students, saying they are not terrorists but are the future of the country. He also said the youth will change the government if it does not fall in line. Dipke was talking to reporters at the Chhatrapati…
New Delhi: Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Wednesday said in Lok Sabha that no bullet was fired on students protesting in the national capital against the NEET fiasco as he dismissed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s allegations that Union Home Minister Amit Shah had ordered firing on students. Replying to the debate on the Public Examination…
New Delhi: Delhi police have refuted claims circulating on social media that a protester sustained gunshot injuries during the 20th July protest in Central Delhi, which are not corroborated by the Medico-Legal Certificate (MLC) findings. Delhi Police said that the MLC records a lacerated wound in front of the right tragus, describing the nature of…
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026, introducing significantly harsher punishments for question paper leaks, organised examination fraud and institutional complicity. Ironically, the legislation, aimed at protecting the future of millions of students, was passed amid sloganeering by Opposition members, who chose protest over…
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s ‘idiots’ remark sparked an uproar in the Lok Sabha on 29 July, with Union Minister Kiren Rijiju urging the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) to refrain from using ‘unparliamentary’ words. Rahul Gandhi also targeted Home Minister Amit Shah over the recent police action against protesters in New Delhi, drawing…
New Delhi: The CBI on Tuesday filed a chargesheet against 13 accused in the NEET UG 2026 paper leak case, including three paper experts, two associated with coaching centres, middlemen and several beneficiary candidates, officials said on Tuesday. In its chargesheet filed before a special court, the CBI invoked charges of criminal conspiracy, cheating, criminal…
