NEW DELHI — Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday presented her seventh straight Budget that would lay a roadmap for ‘Viksit Bharat’ by 2047, focusing on employment, skilling, agriculture and manufacturing. The first budget under Modi 3.0 seeks an economic vision that balances fiscal prudence. This is Prime Minister Narendra Modi government’s 13th straight […]
NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Ladakh’s Drass on July 26 to mark the 25th anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas. Earlier on Sunday, Lt. Governor of Ladakh Brig (Retd) B D Mishra held a meeting at the secretariat on Sunday and reviewed arrangements for the PM’s visit to the Kargil War Memorial […]
NEW DELHI — Over 300 Indian students in Bangladesh were forced to return home as the anti-quota protests, that have led to students and security forces clashing, resulted in the killing of at least 104 and injuring over 2,500 people so far. The neighbouring nation has been witnessing widespread protests for weeks over the reintroduction […]
NEW DELHI — The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Saturday announced the centre and city-wise results for medical entrance exam NEET-UG, which is under the scanner over alleged irregularities. The results, which were initially announced on June 5, have been published in this format following an order of the Supreme Court, which is hearing several […]
NEW DELHI — A day after the Microsoft outage severely impacted flight operations across the country, Union Minister of State, Murlidhar Mohol said on Saturday that passengers are no longer facing any issues and that flight schedules are being adhered to as usual. The outage had impacted various sectors, causing significant delays and inconvenience to […]
NEW DELHI — UPSC chairman Manoj Soni has resigned citing personal reasons before the expiry of his tenure in May 2029, official sources said on Saturday. His resignation is “not in any way connected to controversies and allegations surrounding the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) after probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar issue came to the […]
DARJEELING — Captain Brijesh Thapa, who was killed while fighting militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda, was cremated with full military honours at his ancestral village in West Bengal’s Darjeeling district. Slogans of “Brijesh Thapa Amar Rahe” reverberated as a large number of people gathered to pay their respects to the officer. Colonel Bhuwanesh K […]
AGARTALA — Twenty-seven mortar shells, which seem to have been used during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War, were recovered while digging a fish pond at Rangutia in West Tripura district, the police said on Thursday. Officer-in-charge of the Bamuthia outpost, Anthony Jamatia, said that 27 mortar shells were found buried near the house of Dulal […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court today directed the National Testing Agency (NTA) to publish the results of all NEET UG students on their website city-wise and centre-wise masking the identity of the candidates. NTA has been given time till Saturday 12 pm to upload the result on their website. A bench comprising Chief Justice […]
NEW DELHI — More than 70,000 child marriages have been prevented across 265 districts in 17 states and Union Territories by civil society, a report by an NGO said. According to the report by the India Child Protection (ICP) research team which was released by child rights body the National Commission for Protection of Child […]