[ad_1] NEW DELHI: After resisting for years the release of the answer key immediately after the preliminary examination, UPSC has given in to students’ demands and told Supreme Court it will publish a provisional answer key after the exam “to enhance transparency in its functioning”, and will entertain objections of candidates on discrepancies in the…
[ad_1] KOLKATA: West Bengal houses the highest number of foreign prisoners in the country. As many as 2,508, or 36%, of India’s 6,956 foreign prisoners are lodged in the state’s correctional homes, according to ‘Prison Statistics of India 2023’, released by the National Crime Records Bureau.As many as 89% of the foreigners detained in Bengal’s…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: ED and CBI, besides other agencies like the income tax, have together decided to make a joint submission before the Westminster court in London pledging that the agencies here in India will not file any fresh case against fugitive PNB scam accused Nirav Modi, and if at all it is necessitated anytime…
[ad_1] JAMMU: A suspected Pakistani drone hovering over a border village in Ramgarh sector of Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district was noticed on Friday night, prompting security forces to launch a massive search operation.“Acting on the information, BSF and police rushed to the area and launched a combing operation to check whether narcotics or weapons…
[ad_1] Representative image (AI) NEW DELHI: Those who violate traffic and other motor vehicle (MV) rules will soon be required to either accept and pay challans or contest them with supporting evidence within 45 days, says a draft notification proposing amendments to the MV Rules related to the issuance and payment of challans.As per the…
[ad_1] Himanta Biswa Sarma; Zubeen Garg (File photos) NEW DELHI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday announced that he will provide all future updates on the Zubeen Garg case and make all statements regarding the singer’s death only through Facebook Live to prevent “miscommunication.”The Assamese cultural icon, 52-year-old Zubeen Garg, passed away on…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: An Uttar Pradesh man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for raping a seven-year-old girl — nine years after he was convicted in a similar case and later acquitted on technical grounds by the Supreme Court, a lawyer said on Saturday.Additional district judge (POCSO Act) in Shravasti, Nirdosh Kumar, on Friday found…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: After resisting for years against disclosing of answer key immediately after the preliminary examination to allow students to raise objections on incorrect questions and answers , UPSC has now given in to students’ demands and told the Supreme Court that it decided to publish provisional answer key after the exam “to enhance…
[ad_1] Sibi George speaking at the meet NEW DELHI: At the high-level meeting of the united nations general assembly (UNGA) marking the international day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, India reaffirmed its commitment to responsible nuclear conduct, reiterating its policy of no first use and non-use against non-nuclear-weapon States.Representing India, Sibi George, secretary…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah was admitted to a hospital in Srinagar After he was not keeping well for the past few days.National Conference leaders told news agency PTI that Abdullah had developed infection in the abdomen earlier this week and was taken to a private hospital for treatment.“He…