LUCKNOW — Facebook has sent an SOS to the social media centre at DGP headquarters in Lucknow about a NEET aspirant in Lucknow ending life by consuming poisonous substance and helped cops reach the scene and save his life. This was a part of an agreement between the Uttar Pradesh Police and the social networking […]
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NEET-UG results declared: Over 9.93 lakh candidates clear exam, Rajasthan’s Tanishka bags top rank
NEW DELHI — Rajasthan’s Tanishka bagged the top rank in medical entrance exam NEET, the results of which were declared on Wednesday by the National Testing Agency. Delhi’s Vatsa Ashish Batra and Hrishikesh Nagbhushan Gangule from Karnataka bagged the second and third positions respectively. The maximum number of candidates who qualified the exam are from […]
NTA Declares NEET UG 2022 Result
NEW DELHI — The National Testing Agency (NTA) declared the results of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET-UG) 2022. CLICK HERE TO CHECK YOUR RESULT
Private hospitals operate like business, can’t ask govt for security: Supreme Court
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Monday said the state and the Central governments cannot provide security to private hospitals and nursing homes, which operate like business enterprises, during the hearing of a plea seeking directions to provide security to doctors and healthcare workers, vulnerable to attacks by patients’ relatives and others. A bench […]
‘Why action against only madrasas, why not gurukuls’ AIMPLB questions Yogi govt’s decision to survey madrasas
LUCKNOW — The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has questioned the Uttar Pradesh government’s decision to survey unrecognised madrasas in the state. The AIMPLB has termed it a part of the “targeting” of the institutions by the BJP-ruled states. Qasim Rasool Ilyas, executive member of the AIMPLB, said, “Madrasas are being targeted in […]
Road crashes claimed 1.55 lakh lives in India in 2021, highest ever in a calendar year: Govt data
NEW DELHI — Over 1.55 lakh lives were lost in road crashes across India in 2021 — an average of 426 daily or 18 every single hour — which is the highest death figures recorded in any calendar year so far, according to official data. Besides the deaths, 3.71 lakh people were also injured in […]
India lodged over 1.64 lakh suicides in 2021, highest ever in a calendar year: Govt data
NEW DELHI — India recorded over 1.64 lakh deaths due to suicides in 2021 – an average of nearly 450 daily or 18 every hour, with the figures reaching highest for any calendar year so far, according to official data. Of those who died by suicide, there were nearly 1.19 lakh males, 45,026 females and […]
New Education Policy to reorient India to global benchmarks: Dr Jitendra
NEW DELHI — Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh said that the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 introduced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi will reorient India to global benchmarks. Addressing the “Education […]
Supreme Court grants interim bail to Teesta Setalvad in 2002 Gujarat riots case
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Friday granted interim bail to activist Teesta Setalvad, who was arrested for allegedly fabricating documents to frame high-ranking officials, including then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, in the 2002 riots cases in the state. A bench headed by Chief Justice U.U. Lalit and justices S. Ravindra Bhat and […]
PM commissions India’s 1st indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant
KOCHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday commissioned the INS Vikrant, India’s first indigenously-built aircraft carrier, at the Cochin Shipyard Limited here. After the unveiling, the Prime Minister said India has now joined the select club of nations who have developed indigenous aircraft carriers. Addressing the commissioning ceremony, Modi said: “INS Vikrant is a […]









