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The West Bengal government on Tuesday announced that no coercive measures would be taken against students participating in protests over the NEET paper leak, while clarifying that the protection would not apply to persons with criminal antecedents.In a statement issued by the Home and Hill...
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The district administration in Rajasthan's border district of Jaisalmer has extended restrictions on night movement in areas along the India-Pakistan international border till November 30 to strengthen security and curb illegal activities, officials said on Tuesday.According to an order issued by...
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A former Uttar Pradesh minister and BJP leader died on Tuesday after allegedly falling from an upper floor behind the Darulshafa new MLA Residence complex in the Hazratganj area here, police said.Nanak Ram Bhurji, 68, was a former minister of state and currently a member of the BJP. His relatives...
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India-China border trade via Uttarakhand's Lipulekh Pass is set to resume on August 1 after a gap of more than six years, with the neighbouring country granting permission to 20 Indian traders to visit Purang (Taklakot), according to officials.For the first phase, the Chinese administration in...
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Sporadic protests broke out in Mysuru and Mandya districts, the heart of the Cauvery river basin region, on Tuesday following the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee's (CWRC) direction to release water to Tamil Nadu.According to the Karnataka Water Resource Minister Ramalinga Reddy, the CWRC has...
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A five-year-old girl was killed after a dilapidated mud house here collapsed on Tuesday, the police said.The incident took place in Jamunapur village under Mahewa Ghat police station area when Priya was playing inside her thatched mud shack, they said.The structure caved in suddenly, trapping the...
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has asked the home department to withdraw FIRs lodged by police against protesters involved in agitations in different parts of the state over the NEET paper leak, sources said on Tuesday.They said a majority of the demonstrations took place in Mumbai,...
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The ruins of Nalanda University./Rajesh Karkera/Rediff.com
Bihar's NDA government has decided to provide security cover of the state special armed police to 11 religious and cultural heritage sites, an official notification said on Tuesday.The home department notification said the sites that would be provided with the security cover include Punaura Dham...
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A city court on Tuesday granted bail to 18 people, after initially remanding them to two days of judicial custody, who were arrested in connection with violence during a NEET paper leak protest by the Left students' organisations.Several journalists were injured when some people attacked them...
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A newly-married couple was found dead in a rented room in the Barra area here on Tuesday evening, with the police probing whether the husband killed his wife before dying by suicide, an official said.The deceased were identified as Saurabh Savita (36) and his wife Rani Savita (30), both natives...
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The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) has warned of a large-scale peaceful protest if alleged police harassment of students continues. In a post on X, party leader Dipke accused the government of targeting and witch-hunting students and urged it to end the alleged crackdown.If the...
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Hundreds of passengers bound for major global destinations including London, Dubai, Singapore, Myanmar, and Doha were left stranded for hours at the international terminal of the airport here on Tuesday during peak early morning hours.Airport sources said between 5.00 am and 11.00 am, around 17...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday described Pralhad Joshi as a defender of rapists and a filthy man as he hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for appointing such a person as the country's education minister.Speaking to reporters outside Parliament, the leader of opposition in Lok Sabha...
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Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended flat on Tuesday as investors' sentiment turned cautious ahead of key global central bank policy meetings this week and heavy selloff across Asian markets.The 30-share BSE Sensex dipped 69.86 points, or 0.09 percent, to settle at 76,765.92. During the...
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The rupee stayed on upward track for the third straight session and ended 11 paise higher at 95.88 (provisional) against the US dollar on Tuesday, supported by lower crude oil prices amid signals of easing West Asia crisis.According to forex traders, the sustained outflow of foreign capital amid...
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Actor-filmmaker Suniel Anand, son of legendary star Dev Anand and actor Kalpana Kartik, died in London due to heart attack, a family source said on Tuesday. He was 70.Suniel made his acting debut in 1984 with Anand aur Anand, which was directed by his father and later featured in Car Thief, Main...
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NDA allies, the Telugu Desam Party and the Shiv Sena on Tuesday urged the government in the Lok Sabha to conduct the NEET-UG examination multiple times a year instead of just once, saying it would benefit students who are unable to appear for the exam on a specified date due to personal...
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Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MP Dayanidhi Maran on Tuesday reiterated his party's demand for scrapping NEET, arguing that the proposed amendments to the anti-paper leak law do not address what he described as the fundamental problem with the medical entrance examination.Speaking during a debate on...
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Senior BJP leader Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday returned to his native Odisha for the first time after resigning as the Union education minister in the face of massive protests, with state ministers and party MLAs according him a warm welcome at the Bhubaneswar airport.Five state ministers, 21...
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Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday questioned the government over use of pellet guns on protesting students at Jantar Mantra in New Delhi.I want to ask Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, were students terrorists. The Congress is demanding answers, Priyanka said...
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Bollywood star Sunny Deol on Tuesday said his upcoming film Batwara 1947 is rooted in the idea that humanity transcends religious divide.Directed by Rajkumar Santoshi and produced by Aamir Kha, the period drama is set against the backdrop of the 1947 Partition.The story revolves around a family...
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Industrial output rose by 7.3 per cent in June compared to 5.1 per cent in the preceding month, mainly on the back of improved manufacturing sector performance and strong growth of the electricity and gas supply sector.This is the third monthly Index of Industrial Production (IIP) data based on...
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BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj on Tuesday accused the Opposition of displaying selective outrage over examination paper leaks, saying such incidents also happened during the Congress-led UPA regime and asserted that the Modi government had undertaken structural reforms to strengthen the examination...
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Speaking on the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026, TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee says, We support this Bill. But I want to make it very clear from the beginning that just because we support this Bill and the amendment, it does not mean that the government should...
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Speaking on the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026, Samajwadi Party MP Akhilesh Yadav says, How can those who failed to prevent the theft of offerings possibly prevent paper leaks? They have merely introduced an amendment to the existing law. Whom are you trying...
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Actor-politician Kangana Ranaut criticised the recent student protests against NEET examination irregularities, saying the use of obscene language and personal attacks during demonstrations were completely unacceptable to society.Speaking to the media personnel, she referred to the protests and...
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Speaking on the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026, Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi says, 21 children lost their lives; they committed suicide. The minister under whose watch 21 children lost their lives, when he resigned from his post and returned to the House...
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Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi speaking in the LS on the Bill, I wish to draw attention to the floods in Assam and the deaths of approximately 70 people there. With a heavy and pained heart, I urge the Central Government to provide a special package for the people of Assam.Speaking on the Public...
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A 32-year-old woman was booked for allegedly strangling her three-year-old son to death here last month after the child kept crying while she was on a call with her alleged lover, police said on Tuesday.The matter came to light after the woman's husband overheard the accused narrating the...
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Union Minister Jitendra Singh lists the paper leaks during the UPA; he says, In 2009- Railway Recruitment Board; 2011- All India Engineering Entrance Examination; 2012- AIIMS New Delhi entrance paper leak; 2013- Maharashtra Secondary Certificate Examination. If I keep listing them, I won't be...
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On the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju says, I spoke with the leaders of all parties -- the Congress Chief Whip, the Samajwadi Party Chief Whip, the DMK, and NCP -- and everyone agreed to extend the six-hour...
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Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday said it was shameful that BJP MPs welcomed Dharmendra Pradhan, who recently resigned as the education minister, at the Parliament premises as if he were a superstar.Two days after his resignation following large-scale student protests, Pradhan was...
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The BJP on Tuesday dismissed as baseless and imaginative media reports claiming that Dharmendra Pradhan had to resign as education minister because the CJP refused to accept the government's initial proposal to change the minister's portfolio.Speaking to reporters in the Parliament House complex,...
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A Parliamentary panel has summoned representatives of major social media platforms, including Instagram, along with officials of the ministries of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and Home Affairs, on August 3 to discuss regulation of social media and digital platforms.BJP MP...
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A meeting of the NDA parliamentary party was held at the Parliament House complex on Tuesday with attendance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and top Union ministers.The meeting, 'Mangal Milan', was also attended by MPs who rebelled against Trinamool Congress leadership and joined the NCPI.I...
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the release of student protesters who are under 18 and have no criminal records, and asked authorities to preserve electronic and digital evidence relating to the recent nationwide stir over the NEET paper leak.A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya...
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The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology will hold a meeting on August 3 to discuss Social and Digital Platforms and Their Regulation, with senior representatives from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), the Ministry of Home...
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Continuous rainfall in the hilly regions of Uttarakhand's Garhwal division has now started impacting the Ganga River in Rishikesh. At Triveni Ghat, the Ganga is flowing with a strong current.According to officials of the Central Water Commission in Rishikesh, although the river is in spate, its...
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An injured protestor at Jantar Mantar. Pic: Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters
An official record of the police action taken during the July 20 'Sansad Chalo' march by protesters on the NEET issue has stated that the RAF fired multiple rounds of non-lethal munitions, including two rounds of plastic pellets, while controlling the mob at one location near Jantar Mantar,...
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The Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned till 2 pm on Tuesday, minutes after the House convened, amid noisy protests by a relentless opposition seeking a response from the government on the police action against protesting students.Speaker Om Birla informed the House that a discussion on the...
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The Congress party has lined up top leaders, including Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, KC Venugopal, and Gaurav Gogoi, to address the Lok Sabha here on Tuesday on 'The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026', according to INDIA bloc...
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Special Public Prosecutor for the Delhi Police, Advocate Madhukar Pandey, recounted the alleged brutality inflicted on Intelligence Bureau (IB) official Ankit Sharma during the ongoing Delhi riots case, claiming that Sharma acquired 51 injuries on his body. He emphasised that the entire act was...
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TMC MP Saugata Roy on Tuesday informed that the Lok Sabha is scheduled to hold a six-hour debate on the proposed anti-paper leak bill today, following an appeal by the Speaker and subsequent discussions between parties after yesterday's parliamentary session.Speaking to ANI in the national...
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Assam's flood situation improved with no fresh fatalities reported, the number of affected people decreasing to 4.45 lakh and water levels receding in several districts, officials said on Tuesday.A central team visited Sivasagar, one of the worst-hit districts in the current wave of floods, and...
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A man allegedly strangled his partner to death after suspecting her of having an affair with another person and transported the body in a car from Kolhapur to Thane in Maharashtra before being caught, police said on Tuesday.The accused, identified as Prakash Ananda Patil (40), from Shirgaon...
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A woman has alleged that she was sexually harassed by a man while waiting for a cab in Bengaluru's Ramamurthy Nagar and has urged the Bengaluru Police to take action after sharing a video of the incident on social media.According to the woman, the incident occurred while she was waiting for her...
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More than 390,000 customers across parts of the US were without power on Monday (local time) after severe thunderstorms swept through the Midwest, while an extremely dangerous tornado ripped through Menasha and Appleton in northeast US state Wisconsin, damaging homes, uprooting trees and...
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The Delhi Police on Tuesday issued a fact-check clarifying that a viral video claiming Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Sumit Jha resigned from his post over student protests is completely fake and AI-generated.In a statement on X, law enforcement authorities cautioned the public against...
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A NEET aspirant from Karnataka's Haveri, Bindushree Jagdish Pawar, has alleged serious discrepancies in the OMR sheet released by the authorities, claiming it does not match the answers she actually marked in the examination.Speaking to the media on Monday, Pawar claimed that she attempted 165 of...
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Several Amarnath Yatra pilgrims were injured when their speeding bus skidded off the road in the Kangan area of Jammu and Kashmir's Ganderbal district on Tuesday, officials said.The bus fell on a house at Hariganwan after the driver lost control of the vehicle while navigating a curve. The house,...
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Parliament is set for a key legislative day on Tuesday, with the Lok Sabha scheduled to take up the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026 for consideration and passing, while the Rajya Sabha is slated to witness the introduction of the Micro, Small and Medium...
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A man allegedly died by suicide by jumping in front of a running train at the Huskur Road metro station here on Monday, briefly affecting services on the yellow line, officials said.The deceased was identified as Rajesh (37), a former journalist who worked with an online news portal. He was also...
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CJP spokesperson Saurav Das and senior advocate Kapil Sibal addressing press conference in New Delhi on Monday./ANI Photo
Senior advocate Kapil Sibal on Monday announced a Rs 1 crore contribution to the fund established by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) to extend legal aid to the protestors arrested by the Delhi police over the recent agitation. CJP spokesperson Saurav Das said there was credible apprehension...
