- Supreme Court nod to allocation of 50% medical seats to in - service candidates in Tamil Nadu
The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the Tamil Nadu Government to implement 50 per cent reservation for NEET-qualified in-service doctors in super specialty courses in admissions for academic year 2021-2022.
- Agusta: Ex - Def Secy, four IAF men named in chargesheet
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in its supplementary chargesheet in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland scam has named former Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) and Defence Secretary Shashi Kant Sharma and four retired Indian Air Force officers, officials in the agency said.
- End social media interference in our democracy: Sonia Gandhi to government
A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi cited the film “The Kashmir Files” to claim that an “entire ecosystem” has been working to suppress the truth, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi today red-flagged the “rising danger of social media abuse to influence the Indian democra
- ISL: Hyderabad script history, book final date with Kerala
Hyderabad FC qualified for their maiden Indian Super League final after 3-2 win on aggregate over ATK Mohun Bagan despite losing the second leg of the semifinal 0-1 here today.
- Will help students brought back from Ukraine: CM
The Centre and state government were concerned about the students and would strive to find a way to ensure that their careers were not affected, said Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur while virtually interacting with the students brought home from war-torn Ukraine.
- Boxers get red carpet, but no grand welcome for handball team
The contrast between the felicitation ceremonies for the handball team that created history by winning gold at the junior women’s Asian Championship and the boxing team that won 39 medals at the ASBC Asian Youth & Junior Championships couldn’t have been starker.
- Increase airpower, have more long - range weapons: Parliamentary panel
In a series of far-reaching suggestions, a Parliamentary Committee has said enhancement of airpower is of paramount importance and has asked for procurement of long-range weapons.
- Jamia professor held in Rs1 - lakh bribery case
The CBI has arrested Khalid Moin, a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, Jamia Milia Islamia University, and his two accomplices in connection with a Rs 1 lakh bribery case.
- Chinese FM Wang Yi may visit India next week
New Delhi: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi may visit India next week in a move aimed at a effecting a thaw in bilateral ties as well as to reinvigorate regional mechanisms. TNS
- Neeraj Yashpaul, Udit Kamboj in tennis final
Local contender Neeraj Yashpaul will face Haryana’s Udit Kamboj in the final on the concluding day of the CLTA-AITA National Ranking Tennis Championship for Men (Rs1 lakh prize money) tomorrow.
- Lalu Prasad convicted in 5th fodder scam case, sent to jail
Lalu Prasad convicted in 5th fodder scam case, sent to jail
- Audacity of hope
IT has been an unusual week for the border state. The landslide victory of the Aam Aadmi Party, the decimation of the feudal satraps, the endearing and inspiring stories of the new legislators, all of it bears the hallmark of the audacity of Punjab’s hope. From a sense of dejection in the run-
- ?No constitutional infirmity?, SC upholds Centre?s OROP policy
The Supreme Court today upheld the Centre’s “One rank, one pension” (OROP) policy for defence forces, saying there was no constitutional infirmity in it.
- ?Mistakes were made in Punjab?: Sonia at state Cong MPs? meet
Congress president Sonia Gandhi was in for some hard talk at an internal meeting she held with party’s Punjab MPs on Wednesday to assess their thoughts on the recent election debacle.
- G - 23 leaders stress inclusive leadership, but silent on Gandhis
Eighteen Congress leaders on Wednesday met at the invitation of G-23 to discuss the party’s defeat in the recent Assembly elections and said the only way forward was the adoption of a model of collective and inclusive leadership across all levels of decision making. Silent on the issue of Gand
- Vaccination of 12 - 14 age group begins, Modi hails people - driven campaign
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said India was much better placed to fight the Covid pandemic now with many ‘Made in India’ vaccines and asked people to keep adhering to Covid appropriate behaviour.
- Shefali Shah, who will soon be seen in the show Jalsa on Amazon Prime Video, says OTT is a very powerful medium
DCP Vartika Chaturvedi of Delhi Crime, Dr Gauri Nath of Human, Neelam Mehra of Dil Dhadakne Do, Shefali Shah can portray different roles—a dynamic cop, an ambitious doctor or a rich yet vulnerable wife—with élan. International Emmy-holder Delhi Crime turned the tide in Shefali&rsq
- Hoarding on price hike expectation leads to surge in petrol, diesel sales
India’s auto fuel sales surged past pre-pandemic levels in the first half of March as consumers and dealers topped tanks in anticipation of a likely price hike post assembly elections.
- Gautam Adani adds $49 billion wealth in 2021, higher than Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk
Gautam Adani, India’s and Asia’s second-richest person, added USD 49 billion to his wealth last year -- more than the net addition of wealth by the top three global billionaires Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Bernard Arnault, the 2022 M3M Hurun Global Rich List said on Wednesday.
- Necessary to strengthen Congress to oppose BJP, says G - 23
Eighteen Congress leaders on Wednesday met at the invitation of G-23 to discuss the demoralising defeat of the party in recent assembly elections and said the only way forward for the grand old outfit was adoption of a model of collective and inclusive leadership across all levels of decision making
