'Jantar Mantar not the place for you': BJP's Nishikant Dubey urges protesting students to focus on studies | India News

‘Jantar Mantar not the place for you’: BJP’s Nishikant Dubey urges protesting students to focus on studies | India News

NEW DELHI: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Thursday appealed to students protesting over the NEET paper leak at Jantar Mantar to return to their studies, saying education, not agitation, was the path to achieving careers in medicine, engineering and the civil services. He also called for a stringent law against paper leaks, suggesting that Parliament…

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Parliament standoff: Government reaches out to opposition for NEET debate, urges talks without preconditions | India News

Parliament standoff: Government reaches out to opposition for NEET debate, urges talks without preconditions | India News

NEW DELHI: The government is reaching out to the opposition leaders to break the deadlock in Parliament over the NEET paper leak issue, government sources told news agency ANI on Thursday. This is a fresh effort fromt he government’s side to end the repeated disruptions that have stalled proceedings through the first week of the…

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India's dying rivers: How our cities are choking their lifelines | India News

India’s dying rivers: How our cities are choking their lifelines | India News

Yamuna river (PTI file photo) NEW DELHI: “Nature provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed.” The words widely attributed to Mahatma Gandhi perhaps resonate nowhere more starkly today than along India’s rivers.From Delhi to Mumbai, Chennai to Hyderabad and Bengaluru, India’s urban rivers tell similar stories. They have been straightened,…

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'Sent four formal proposals': MoS Jitendra Singh invites protesters for talks at JP Nadda's place | India News

‘Sent four formal proposals’: MoS Jitendra Singh invites protesters for talks at JP Nadda’s place | India News

Centre invites protesters for talks NEW DELHI: Union minister Jitendra Singh on Thursday invited the protesters against NEET paper leak for talks at JP Nadda’s place on the central government’s behalf. This comes after the talk on Monday with the Cockroach Janta Party’s spokespersons failed to bear any results.“The govt has sent four formal proposals…

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'Considerable time:' Private airport operators flag BCAS clearance delays with Govt | India News

‘Considerable time:’ Private airport operators flag BCAS clearance delays with Govt | India News

NEW DELHI: In an unprecedented move, India’s private airport operators have warned that “considerable time being taken in processing security vetting” is “impacting project implementation schedules, achieving operational efficiencies, commercial preparedness, and ensuring passenger convenience.” The Association of Private Airport Operators (APAO), which represents the 14 PPP airports in India including those in Delhi, Mumbai,…

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9 Indian fishermen held by Sri Lankan navy for alleged illegal fishing | India News

9 Indian fishermen held by Sri Lankan navy for alleged illegal fishing | India News

Sri Lankan navy arrests nine Indian fishermen (Representative photo) At least nine Indian fishermen on Thursday were arrested and their trawler seized by the Sri Lankan Navy for allegedly fishing illegally in the island nation’s waters.According to the Navy, the fishermen had crossed the International Maritime Boundary Line and were apprehended while fishing north of…

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Dhaka appointment of press officer could lead to another flashpoint in ties | India News

Dhaka appointment of press officer could lead to another flashpoint in ties | India News

The government under Tarique Rahman’s leadership has appointed a young journalist as Minister (Press) at the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi. The appointee, journalist Saidur Rahman, has previously made social media posts critical of India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, questioned India’s role in Bangladesh’s 1971 Liberation War, and called for the release of…

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'Stringent action against the guilty': Amit Shah breaks silence on NEET leak, backs fast-track courts | India News

‘Stringent action against the guilty’: Amit Shah breaks silence on NEET leak, backs fast-track courts | India News

NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday said the welfare and future of the country’s youth remain the Modi government’s “highest priority and resolve”. Shah endorsed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision to set up fast-track courts for speedy trials in examination paper leak cases.The announcement comes amid continuing protests led by the Cockroach…

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'Hamesha der kar deta hoon...': Shashi Tharoor's quotes Urdu poet Munir Niazi to target PM Modi's paper leak response | India News

‘Hamesha der kar deta hoon…’: Shashi Tharoor’s quotes Urdu poet Munir Niazi to target PM Modi’s paper leak response | India News

PM Modi and Shashi Tharoor (R) (File photo) NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday took a poetic swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s announcement on paper leak cases, using a famous couplet by Pakistani Urdu poet Munir Niazi to suggest that the government’s response had come too late.Responding to the Prime Minister’s…

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