NEW DELHI (KIMS) — The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Tuesday announced cancellation of the NEET-UG 2026 examination conducted on May 3 and said the test will be re-conducted on dates to be notified separately. In a statement issued in continuation of its May 10 press release, the NTA said the decision was taken with […]
NEW DELHI — The Centre on Monday announced that the new Viksit Bharat — Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Act will come into force across the country from July 1, replacing the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. According to a notification issued by the Ministry of Rural Development, […]
KOLKATA — BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari’s personal assistant, Chandra Nath Rath, was shot dead in the Doharia area of Madhyamgram in North 24 Parganas district on Wednesday night. According to police, Rath, a close aide of Adhikari who is the frontrunner for the post of Chief Minister, was returning home in Barasat in a black […]
CHANDIGARH — An explosion occurred near the army cantonment area in Khasa late Tuesday night in Punjab’s Amritsar, the second such incident which took place around three hours after a blast outside the headquarters of the Border Security Force’s Punjab Frontier in Jalandhar. According to the police, an investigation into both blast incidents is currently […]
NEW DELHI — In a significant decision, the Union Cabinet on Tuesday approved a decision to increase the strength of the Supreme Court from 34 to 38 judges. At present, the Supreme Court has an approved strength of 34 judges including the Chief Justice of India. The government has now decided to introduce The Supreme […]
NEW DELHI — The government on Saturday tested indigenous mobile emergency alert system nationwide to safeguard its citizens when nature strikes. The system, called ‘Cell Broadcast Alert’, is currently under pan-India testing, in the form of a flash SMS message from the NDMA (National Disaster Management Authority). “NDMA will test Cell Broadcast Alerts on 2 […]
NEW DELHI — The Haj Committee of India has raised the Haj airfare by Rs 10,000 per pilgrim this year due to a sharp global rise in Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) prices, with the Centre asserting that the increase has been restricted through hard negotiations. The Haj airfare hike has drawn criticism from opposition leaders, […]
CHANDIGARH — A bus carrying devotees from Anandpur Sahib overturned in Punjab’s Fatehgarh Sahib, killing six people and injuring 21 others, police said on Wednesday. The accident occurred near Himmatpura on the Morinda-Chunni road in the Bassi Pathana area at around 10 pm on Tuesday when the devotees — all residents of Main Majri in […]
SAKTI — In a major industrial accident, at least 13 workers were killed and 21 others injured after a steam-carrying tube connected to a boiler exploded at a Vedanta Ltd power plant in Sakti district of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday afternoon, police said. The powerful blast occurred at around 2:30 pm in a tube supplying high-pressure […]
NEW DELHI — Nayara Energy, India’s largest private fuel retailer, on Thursday raised petrol prices by Rs 5 per litre and diesel by Rs 3 a litre, passing on part of the recent surge in global oil prices following the war in the Middle East, sources said. Fuel marketing companies in India have been under […]