NEW DELHI: The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that it wants to place on record the process and safeguards adopted right from the printing of the NEET question paper to its distribution among students.Appearing for the Centre, Solicitor General (SG) Tushar Mehta informed a bench of Justices PS Narasimha and Alok Aradhe that…
Politics often comes wrapped in familiar assumptions. With the BJP, the ruling party at the Centre, now also in power in a majority of states, either alone or in alliance, one might expect a degree of sameness in the profiles of India’s chief ministers. Yet the Association for Democratic Reforms reports show a more varied…
Prashant Kishor broke the BJP’s three-decade hold on Bankipur and reshaped Bihar’s political landscape. The first electoral verdict after the nationwide Gen Z protests has delivered one of the biggest political surprises in recent years. BJP has lost Bankipur, one of its safest seats in Bihar, to Prashant Kishor, giving Jan Suraaj its first-ever electoral…
Bankipur bypoll outcome highlights shifting political dynamics in Bihar. (Prashant Kishor – PTI image) NEW DELHI: Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor on Monday won the Bankipur assembly bypoll, defeating BJP candidate Neeraj Kumar by 19,324 votes after securing 64,151 votes, marking the first electoral victory of his political career.The bypoll, necessitated after BJP national president…
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat to interact with 2,000 teenagers in Mumbai on August 6 amid growing youth assertiveness NEW DELHI: Days after saying that the era of unquestioned obedience was over and young people now sought reasons and logic, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat will interact with nearly 2,000 teenagers in Mumbai on August 6, bringing…
Meta apologises before Parliament panel over removal of PM Modi’s Facebook video NEW DELHI: Meta on Monday apologised before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology over the removal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Facebook video, saying it was taken down due to an error. However, several committee members said the issue went beyond an…
The Supreme Court took a stern note of alleged non-cooperation by the Pema Khandu-led government. NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday summoned Arunachal Pradesh chief secretary and principal secretary (home) over what it termed the state government’s “non-cooperation” in a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe involving family members of chief minister Pema Khandu.After…
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday dedicated two new Schools of Eminence to Ludhiana, taking its tally in the district to 16. Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday dedicated two new ‘Schools of Eminence’ at Kidwai Nagar and Miller Ganj here, taking the district’s tally to 16 such schools.The new campuses, equipped with…
The bill proposes to increase the number of Supreme Court judges from the present 33 to 37, excluding the CJI NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha on Monday passed the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026, which seeks to increase the sanctioned strength of Supreme Court judges from the present 33 to 37 (excluding…
An extremely rare pregnancy that developed outside the uterus, deep inside the abdomen near the kidneys (Representative image) NEW DELHI: Doctors in Delhi have successfully treated a woman diagnosed with an extremely rare pregnancy that developed outside the uterus, deep inside the abdomen near the kidneys, using minimally invasive (keyhole) surgery.The woman, from Bengaluru, had…
