NEW DELHI: In rampant malpractice, most IAS coaching institutes claim their “success rate” in UPSC examination by showcasing in their advertisements students who only took mock interviews at their centres and not the full course, the Central Consumer Protection Authority has found.The magnitude of inflated claims by institutes is huge considering that while 933 candidates were selected in UPSC 2022,...
NEW DELHI: After effectively taking ownership of the Canadian intelligence that allegedly implicates India in the killing of a Khalistan leader, the Five Eyes countries have thrown their lot with Canada on the issue of parity in diplomatic presence with India that saw the Indian government expelling 41 Canadian diplomats this week.Shortly after India said its action was consistent with the 1961 Vienna...
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has stressed on the need to expedite the saturation of all welfare schemes announced by his government in the next six months, ANI reported quoting official sources.PM Modi said this at a recent meeting with top officials. Later, in a Cabinet meeting, the Prime Minister exhorted all the ministers to work harder and ensure that the schemes reach all...
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Friday said it was "appalled" to learn that Mahua Moitra's counsel contacted lawyer Jai Anant Dehadrai and tried to persuade him to withdraw his complaint against the TMC MP."I am really appalled. You are a person who is expected to maintain the highest professional standard. You have been in contact with defendant No.2 (advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai)," Justice Sachin...
KOLKATA: Charges under the Pocso (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) Act result in "automatic criminalisation", the Calcutta high court said on Wednesday even as it acquitted a man who was a minor when he entered into a relationship with a girl younger than him. The HC, which noticed during the hearing the constant presence of a woman and a baby, was told she was the survivor in the case and...
Rival factions of the Nationalist Congress Party have opened separate party offices in the national capital this week after its joint office at Canning Road was asked to be vacated when the party lost its national party status. On Wednesday, the Ajit Pawar faction of NCP inaugurated its new central office at North Avenue with working president Praful Patel performing a 'havan'. The Sharad Pawar-led NCP,...
NEW DELHI: Isro chairman S Somanath on Monday met chess grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa at his Chennai residence and said that he “will surely inspire young people including in the space domain”.After meeting Praggnanandhaa and his family at his residence in Chennai on Monday, Somanath said, “We are proud we have a Pragyan (rover) on the Moon, and he is Praggnanandhaa on the ground...what we did for...
FEROZEPUR: An Indian Army general court martial has recommended a five-year jail term and cashiering from service as punishment to a Major who was found guilty on charges of sexual harassment involving an 11-year-old girl.The general court martial found the allegations levelled by the mother of the survivor to be correct and awarded a five-year jail term along with cashiering from service to the Major...
NEW DELHI: During the run-up to the launch of the Chandrayaan-3 mission, a delegation of Nasa scientists, on a visit to the Isro headquarters, was "astonished" to see the sophisticated technologies Indian space scientists has developed "at such low cost" to go to the Moon's south pole and wanted India to sell them to the US, Isro chairman S Somanath said on Sunday.Addressing students at an event...
NEW DELHI: Hours after a social media post went viral purportedly showing his resignation letter from the Congress, senior party leader Digvijaya Singh on Sunday accused the BJP of "indulging in fake works" and said he has reported the matter to the police."I have reported this to the police ... the BJP indulges in fake works. I entered Congress in 1971 and I will be with the party till my last breath,"...
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