The Supreme Court has postponed the hearing on a petition against the NTA’s decision to cancel NEET-UG 2026 and hold a fresh examination for nearly 22 lakh aspirants. The plea claims the nationwide re-test unfairly affects honest candidates and questions whether alleged irregularities at specific centres justify cancelling the entire examination. The Supreme Court deferred…
Lance Lowry (Agency photo) NEW YORK: At a Georgia state House of Representatives hearing on prison conditions in September, a corrections officer called in to testify, interrupting his shift to tell lawmakers how dire conditions had become. On a “good day,” he told lawmakers, he had maybe six or seven officers to supervise roughly 1,200…
NEW DELHI: MI New York scripted one of the most remarkable turnarounds in Major League Cricket history in 2025, lifting their second title despite winning only three of their 10 league matches.They sneaked into the playoffs in fourth place with six points and a net run-rate of -0.518, before producing a stunning three-match winning streak…
The 16th witness gave an account of the violence that is alleged to have unfolded at Darul Uloom Imdadiya madrassa behind Suleman Usman Bakery in Dongri Mumbai: A sessions court conducting the trial in the 1993 Suleman Usman Bakery firing case heard the deposition on Wednesday of the 16th witness, who gave an account of…
New Delhi: The functioning of MCD’s standing committee has come to a halt due to delays in completing elections for vacant posts, raising concerns over the approval of nearly 70 civic proposals and key financial decisions, according to sources.The committee last met on March 31, when nine out of 18 members retired through a draw…
Chennai: A one-and-a-half-year-old boy was killed and his parents sustained serious injuries after a motorcycle crashed near Thiruporur in Chengalpet district on Tuesday evening. The accident happened as the mother’s dupatta got entangled in the vehicle’s rear wheel.The toddler was identified as Visagan, son of Pushparaj ,29, and Pavithra ,23, residents of Ammanambakkam village near…
Gandhinagar: Minister of state for health Praful Pansheriya on Wednesday chaired a meeting to plan the proposed Spine and Sports Injury Centre. The minister said that a sum of Rs 295 crore will be spent in setting up a world-class spine institute, sports injury and rehabilitation centre at Medicity.Quoting the minister, the statement said that…
Bengal finance minister Swapan Dasgupta meets Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in New Delhi Kolkata: Bengal govt’s budget will chart a roadmap to tackle the state’s economic crisis, finance minister Swapan Dasgupta said on Wednesday, days ahead of presenting the BJP govt’s first budget in the Bengal assembly on June 22.He added that the state…
Urban development minister Madhuri Misal said the transfer of five approved town planning schemes to PMC was under way Pune: Urban development minister Madhuri Misal on Wednesday told Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) to fast-track preparation of a structural plan and bring it into force within the next 12-18 months to resolve delays in…
Before June 18, 1946, the movement for Liberation existed only at an intellectual level. Ram Manohar Lohia brought it onto the streets, addressing the historic gathering at Margao. The demand was civil liberties—freedom fighters had concluded that without basic freedoms, people could not organise, and any direct demand before Salazar’s regime would be futile. Satyagraha…
