New Delhi: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan personally reviewed the National Testing Agency’s preparations for the June 21 NEET-UG re-exam, stressing extra precautions from question paper setting to their secure delivery. He cited multiple high-level meetings under the Cabinet Secretary, coordination with chief ministers, and enhanced roles for newly inducted NTA officials. The exam will…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit France and Slovakia from June 13 to 18, during which he will hold bilateral talks with French President Emmanuel Macron and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, participate in the G7 Summit in France and attend the VivaTech technology event in Paris. According to the Ministry of External…
The Telugu film industry likes to boast about numbers. Hundreds of films a year. Massive openings. Record collections. Pan-India blockbusters. On some weekends, it even rivals Bollywood in box-office revenue. But as the Telugu saying goes, raasi kante vaasi goppa – quality matters more than quantity. The uncomfortable truth is that while Telugu cinema has…
Washington: The US launched strikes against Iran in response to the downing of an Army Apache helicopter off the coast of Oman, according to a statement from US Central Command. President Donald Trump called the response “very strong, very powerful.” Iran has launched missiles and drones toward US targets in the region, the Islamic Revolutionary…
Krishnanagar (WB) Former West Bengal minister Ujjal Biswas was arrested on Tuesday night in connection with an alleged case of misappropriation of government tarpaulins, hours after he was heckled by protesters outside his residence in Nadia district over the controversy. Biswas, the former correctional department minister and a senior TMC leader, was arrested following an investigation…
Chennai: All eyes will be on the DMK and its eight MPs if the BJP-led NDA brings back, as is being speculated, the women’s reservation amendment and the linked delimitation bill in the wake of a weakening INDIA bloc and a potential split in the Trinamool Congress, helping the government in its legislative agendas. The…
Bhopal: Congress leader Meenakshi Natarajan on Tuesday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of attempting to influence the Rajya Sabha election after her nomination from Madhya Pradesh was rejected over alleged discrepancies in her election affidavit. The controversy began after election authorities rejected Natarajan’s nomination, citing the alleged non-disclosure of information related to a case in…
The latest assessment by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) should put to rest a persistent misconception in strategic circles—that Bharat can afford to remain complacent about its nuclear deterrent. The SIPRI Yearbook 2026 estimates that Bharat now possesses around 190 nuclear warheads, overtaking Pakistan’s stockpile of 170. While the numerical gap is modest,…
When human rights become selective, they lose their moral force. A tragedy in one corner of the world cannot evoke outrage while a similar tragedy elsewhere is met with silence. Yet that is precisely the uncomfortable question emerging from the latest reports of violence in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). For months, Indian Muslims, like many others…
India today boasts one of the world’s youngest populations. This youthful energy is considered its greatest asset. Every year, millions of students in the country undergo rigorous competitive examinations, university courses, and vocational training. They work day and night to fulfill their dreams. Families invest their savings, time, and hopes in their education. But when…
