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60% of CSE top - 20 are women, 25% from UP

Junior minister Jitendra Singh said the fact that first four rank-holders and 60% of the top 20 are women "is a great reflection of demographic changes happening in the last nine years…

10 killed in 24 hours in Manipur, Army steps up vigil

Union home minister Amit Shah's first visit to the state since the ethnic clashes broke out on May 3 was preceded by another civilian, identified as a Meitei, being killed and one more …

WATCH: How Jadeja guided CSK to fifth IPL title

The phrase 'cometh the hour cometh the man' perfectly fits for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, who snatched victory from the jaws of defeat against Gujarat Ti…

Mantris fan out to highlight Modi govt's 9-year feats

The central leaders who addressed press conferences on Monday include - Nirmala Sitharaman in Mumbai, Anurag Thakur in Ahmedabad, Meenakshi Lekhi in Bengaluru, Hardeep Singh Puri in Lucknow…

Govt monitoring inflation, won't let down guard: FM

Speaking about the moves taken for the benefit of farmers, Sitharaman told reporters in Mumbai that the Centre is providing Rs 6,000 to every farmer and added that the government is absorbi…

6 labourers working on rail power project electrocuted

Divisional railway manager (DRM) K K Sinha, who visited the spot along with other senior officials from the division, said the poles were being installed by contract labourers engaged by Ra…

Erdogan claims victory in Turkey poll

Preliminary, unofficial results from Turkish news agencies showed Erdogan ahead with 98% of ballot boxes counted in a presidential runoff that will decide whether the country's longtime…

Conversion racket busted, 18 held, claim UP police

Among those held in the crackdown last week was alleged mastermind Sikandar from Barabanki. The police are now looking for those whom they had allegedly approached and managed to convert. P…

IPL Final: Gujarat Titans hope to gatecrash MSD party

There is no trophy in the annals of cricketing history that MS Dhoni has not laid his hands on. But come Sunday at the Narendra Modi Stadium, he would like to give one final push to bring h…

DKS gets 7 more ministers, 1 more than Siddaramaiah

After intense deliberations among Congress veterans in New Delhi over the past three days, the party leadership on Friday night finalised names of 24 legislators who will be sworn in as min…

Forbidden zones in Ladakh to soon welcome tourists

Indians will soon be able to cruise their 4x4s or launch biking blitz through some forbidden land in the strategic Chang Chenmo sector close to patrolling points north of Pangong lake in ea…

HC: Refusing sex to spouse for long period is cruelty

Refusing sex to one’s spouse for a prolonged period without justifiable reason amounted to mental cruelty, the Allahabad HC recently observed while dissolving a couple’s marriage. Varanasi …

‘Wanted Dera man’ held in B'luru, a Delhi techie

In a major embarrassment to Punjab Police, a man detained by immigration authorities at Bengaluru airport on Tuesday, who was suspected to be absconding sacrilege cases accused and Dera Sac…

Karnataka govt may withdraw circular banning hijab

The Congress government in Karnataka is seriously considering withdrawing the primary and secondary education department’s circular prohibiting hijabs in schools and pre-university colleges…

New Parl opening: 20 parties say they’ll boycott

Twenty opposition parties have announced a boycott of the ceremony to unveil the new Parliament building on Sunday, arguing that the inauguration by PM Narendra Modi by “sidelining” Preside…

DKS bros unhappy over Siddaramaiah loyalists’ claims

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah’s tenuous ties with his deputy DK Shivakumar were put to test again on Tuesday when their ministerial colleague MB Patil, known to be a loyalist of the former, cl…

I should take your autograph, Biden tells PM Modi

Ahead of next month’s India-US summit, US President Joe Biden launched into fulsome praise of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, terming him an influence in the Indo-Pacific and complimenting hi…

Top Naxal absconding for two decades held in Delhi

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday arrested Dinesh Gope, the self-styled head of proscribed Naxal outfit People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI) and an accused in over …

Thrashed by seniors, BA student in ICU

A second-year BA student of a government college in Haryana's Pataudi is in ICU after being allegedly thrashed by six seniors on the campus Friday morning. His father claimed Chander Sh…

Palghar boy digs well to save mom trips to river

Pranav Ramesh Salkar is the toast of Palghar district, 128 km from Mumbai, after he dug a well for his mother near his hut in Kelve, a sleepy village, early this month. "I am happy aai…

Centre seeks review of SC ruling on Delhi services row

Hours before issuance of the ordinance on Friday to tilt in its favour the services tug-of-war with the Delhi government, the Centre had moved the Supreme Court seeking review of its May 11…

In a surprise move, Rijiju shunted out of law ministry

The standalone change that pulled against the speculation of a largescale ministerial shake-up on the cards was widely considered a downgrade for Rijiju, who would often forcefully take iss…

Gujarat man dies after alleged police torture

Kalu Padharsi (30), a daily-wager from Gujarat's Botad, died Sunday of intra-cerebral haemorrhage suffered during alleged assault by three cops in custody last month, even as the Gujara…

Yogi­-powered BJP sweeps all 17 mayoral polls in UP

BJP rode UP CM Yogi Adityanath’s campaign blitzkrieg to sweep Saturday the state’s all 17 mayoral seats in urban civic polls, bettering its tally of 14 of the 16 posts in 2017. Posted from:…

Four elephants electrocuted

Four elephants were killed when they came in contact with an electricity transformer in Andhra near the Odisha border Friday. The elephants included a male, two females and a calf. The elec…

Militants kidnap 3 Meiteis, kill a cop in Manipur

Suspected Kuki militants killed a cop and allegedly kidnapped three Meiteis in separate incidents Thursday even as the overall situation in violence-hit Manipur improved further with curfe…

After Asean drill, India & Thailand team up for patrol

After the first Asean-India naval exercise in the contentious South China Sea, which riled China to no end, India has now conducted a bilateral maritime coordinated patrol (Corpat) with Th…

Assam eyes polygamy-ban law, to form panel

The BJP-led Assam government has decided to set up an expert committee to examine whether polygamy can be banned in the state by enacting a law. The move is seen as an attempt to provide a …

Manipur burning due to hate politics: Rahul Gandhi

Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday alleged that hate politics propagated by BJP caused the recent unrest in Manipur and said he had embarked on ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ to oppose t…

Covid-19 no longer a global health emergency: WHO

Covid-19, which claimed millions of lives around the world over the past three years, is no longer a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), WHO declared on Friday. The vi…

CCTV shows Tihar cops let gangsters finish job

Fresh CCTV footage from Tihar Jail that surfaced on Friday shows at least 10 police personnel standing as mute spectators to the mayhem unleashed during the murder of gangster Sunil Tajpuri…

Army plans integrated battlefield surveillance centres

The Army is slowly but surely cranking up capabilities to fight in the increasingly digitized battlefields. The force is now going for integrated battlefield surveillance and intelligence c…

IMD: April 2023 nights coolest in 5 years

April managed to shed its "cruellest" tag this summer in India as the country not only witnessed its coolest nights of the month in the past five years but also the coolest and we…

Wrestlers double down, say no setback

The Supreme Court may have closed the proceedings on the plea against Wrestling Federation of India's sidelined president, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, and police acted tough with the pro…

Violence spirals, orders to shoot on sight in Manipur

An order to shoot rioters on sight in extreme cases was issued Thursday in Manipur after overnight violence in tribal areas to resist any attempt by the government to include the majority M…

Succession, Episode 1? All eyes on NCP meet today

All eyes in Maharashtra's politics will be on the Friday meeting of the party committee set up by Sharad Pawar to decide on the election of the new NCP president. The panel will meet at…

Court summons BBC in suit over Modi documentary

A Delhi court issued summons on Wednesday to BBC, Wikimedia Foundation and Internet Archive in a defamation suit filed by BJP functionary Binay Kumar Singh, who's seeking a permanent re…

Jaishankar to meet China, Russia ministers today

Official sources did confirm Jaishankar will meet his Chinese counterpart Qin Gang on Thursday for what will be their second bilateral engagement in two months. Jaishankar's bilateral w…

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