HATHRAS (UP) — Over 50 people died and several others were injured in a stampede at a religious congregation here on Tuesday, officials said. They said the incident occurred at a ‘satsang’ event in Pulrai village where people had gathered in large numbers. Senior Superintendent of Police, Etah, Rajesh Kumar Singh said, “Twenty-seven bodies have […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on July 8 a batch of pleas alleging paper leak and irregularities in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-Under Graduate (NEET-UG) 2024 examination held on May 5. According to the cause list for July 8 uploaded on the top court’s website, the pleas are listed before a […]
The following IPC Sections have been converted to BNS Sections 1. 302 IPC = 103 BNS 2. 304(A) IPC = 106 BNS 3. 304(B) IPC = 80 BNS 4. 306 IPC = 108 BNS 5. 307 IPC = 109 BNS 6. 309 IPC = 226 BNS 7. 286 IPC = 287 BNS 8. 294 IPC […]
NEW DELHI — The National Testing Agency announced the revised rank list for the medical entrance exam NEET-UG on Monday, officials said. The revised result was announced after a retest was conducted for candidates who were earlier awarded grace marks to compensate for loss of time as the exam on May 5 started late at […]
NEW DELHI — The CBI registered an FIR on Friday in connection with four lakh fake students detected in Haryana government schools in 2016, officials said. The case was handed over to the CBI on the orders of the Punjab and Haryana High Court on November 2, 2019, the officials said. The CBI had approached […]
NEW DELHI — Amid a raging row over alleged irregularities in the conduct of competitive exams, the National Testing Agency (NTA) Friday night released fresh dates for cancelled and postponed examinations, announcing the UGC-NET will now be held from August 21-September 4. The University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET) was cancelled a day after […]
NEW DELHI — There will be a seven-day waiting period after the SIM swap or replacement for a mobile number to become eligible for porting, telecom regulator Trai said on Friday. The step has been taken to curb fraud taking place by using mobile phone numbers. “The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), on 14th […]
NEW DELHI — One person died and five were injured after a portion of the roof of the Delhi airport’s Terminal-1 collapsed on cars, including taxis, amid heavy rain early Friday, Delhi Fire Services (DFS) officials said. They said a search operation was conducted to make sure no one was trapped in the damaged vehicles. […]
NEW DELHI — Miscreants allegedly vandalised the official residence of Asaduddin Owaisi, the AIMIM MP from Hyderabad, in Delhi’s high-security Ashoka Road on Thursday night with black ink besides pasting posters demanding cancellation of his Lok Sabha membership. The alleged vandals also posted posters reading ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ with the demand that Owaisi’s Lok […]
LONDON — Booker Prize-winning author Arundhati Roy, currently facing the threat of prosecution over historic comments on Kashmir 14 years ago, was on Thursday honoured with the prestigious Pen Pinter Prize 2024 for her “unflinching and unswerving” writings. The prize, established in 2009 by the charity English PEN, defends freedom of expression and celebrates literature […]