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Dharmendra Pradhan criticized Rahul Gandhi for allegedly exploiting student protests to undermine India’s democratic structure. Dharmendra Pradhan, who had resigned from the post of Union education minister after Cockroach Janta Party protests over paper leaks in July, accused Rahul Gandhi of using students as cover to destabilise India’s political system.Citing Bangladesh’s Gen Z uprising and…

File photo: Brij Bhushan Singh and Elon Musk NEW DELHI: BJP leader Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on Friday alleged that Elon Musk was orchestrating the Cockroach Janata Party’s (CJP) “Lehra Do Tiranga” protest, calling it a conspiracy against India as the party prepared to hold demonstrations in Delhi and Mumbai.“This entire movement is being orchestrated…

SC declines urgent plea against Central Park closure ahead of ’s Tiranga march NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday declined an urgent hearing on a plea challenging the New Delhi Municipal Council’s decision to shut Central Park in Connaught Place ahead of the Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) proposed ‘Lehra do Tiranga’ protest, saying it…

Rahul Gandhi takes a swipe at PM Narendra Modi over US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s upcoming Mumbai visit, alleging confusion within the external affairs ministry over the meeting NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi over US secretary of state Marco Rubio’s upcoming Mumbai…

Amit Shah targets Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann over law and order after anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh Jhota’s killing in Mansa, says Centre will seek answers from state government NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday targeted the Bhagwant Mann-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government over Punjab’s law and order situation, citing the killing…

NEW DELHI: Seven research centres across leading Indian institutions have been selected by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) to develop priority medical devices and diagnostic technologies, with projects spanning portable screening for primary healthcare, biomaterials and technologies for eye and vascular diseases.The selected institutions are the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) at Kharagpur,…

Harish said India had “very high stakes” in the safety, security and stability of the region India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Parvathaneni Harish, on Friday condemned attacks on commercial vessels and civilian infrastructure in the Middle East, warning that the escalating hostilities pose a serious threat to regional stability and the safety of…

The bench said RBI was “a mere bystander”, allowing the CET1 ratio of Yes Bank to drop to “an astonishing low of 0.6% while the business of Yes Bank was being carried out in a clandestine manner”. NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a Bombay high court order which quashed a decision of the…

SC quashed a 37% fee hike for BTech courses for the 2023- 27 cohort at Dr BC Roy Engineering College in West Bengal. NEW DELHI: In a relief to students pursuing professional courses like engineering and medicine in private colleges who have to face a fee hike midstream, Supreme Court has held that any change…

Fuel boats used by the administration for emergency services, law and order, disaster management and rescue operations will be exempted from the order, the HC said. SRINAGAR: J&K high court directed authorities Thursday to ensure no fuel-powered motorboats, including motorised shikaras and jet skis, operate on Srinagar’s Dal Lake in a move that would halt…