New Delhi, 26/6: Punjab Governor Gulab Chand Kataria has got a youth from Uttarakhand rescued from a cowshed in Punjab following an intervention by BJP MP Anil Baluni. The youth, kept like a bonded labourer for over 15 years, was allegedly forced to work at a cowshed in Dinewal village of Punjab’s Tarn Taran district,…
New Delhi, 25/6: From 2026, Class-10 students will be able to take CBSE board exams twice in an academic session but it will be mandatory for them to appear for the first phase in February, officials said on Wednesday. The second phase scheduled in May will be optional for students who wish to improve their…
Bengaluru, 25/6: The Karnataka government’s Drug Testing Laboratory declared 14 drugs manufactured by 14 different companies as “substandard” on Wednesday. The state’s Food Safety and Drug Administration department has directed chemists, wholesalers, doctors, hospitals, and nursing homes not to stock, sell, or use these drugs and cosmetics, an official statement said.
New Delhi,25/6: The Congress on Wednesday told the Election Commission that its leadership will be “happy to meet” the poll body soon if it provides “machine-readable, digital copy” of electoral rolls used for conducting Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Maharashtra and CCTV footage of polling day in both Maharashtra and Haryana. The party’s response…
Washington, 25/6: U.S. President Donald Trump told Congress this week that the Iranian sites bombed by the U.S. housed a “nuclear weapons development program,” even though U.S. spy agencies have said no such program existed. Trump’s claim raised questions whether U.S. intelligence backed up his decision to order the strikes on Iran on Sunday
New Delhi, 25/6: After multiple delays, Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and three others are all set to travel to the International Space Station on Wednesday with SpaceX announcing that the weather was 90 per cent favourable for lift-off. All systems are looking good for Wednesday’s launch of @Axiom_Space’s Ax-4 mission to the @Space_Station and weather…
New Delhi, 25/6: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday that no Indian will ever forget the manner in which the spirit of the Constitution was violated during the Emergency, as he affirmed his government’s commitment to strengthening constitutional principles. In a series of posts on X on the 50th anniversary of the Emergency, Modi…
New Delhi, 24/6: Aviation watchdog DGCA has detected multiple violations related to airlines, airports, aircraft maintenance works, and repeated defects in multiple cases during its surveillance at major airports, an exercise carried out in less than two weeks after the Air India plane crash. Without disclosing names of the airlines, airports and other entities in…
Washington DC, 24/5: President Donald Trump lashed out at Israel and Iran on Tuesday over concerns that both sides had violated an hours-old ceasefire, intensifying the uncertainty over the fragile deal that he had helped broker to end the deadly conflict. In expletive-laced remarks to reporters, Trump accused both sides of launching attacks, pledging to…
Leeds, 24/6: India wicket-keeper batter Rishabh Pant has been reprimanded by the ICC for showing dissent at an umpire’s decision during the third day’s play of the ongoing opening Test against England here. Pant, who had an exceptional outing with the bat during the Headingley Test with hundreds in both the innings, was reprimanded for…
