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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has asked the Centre to ensure that the common entrance exam NEET for MBBS and dental courses is “not forced” on it even in the future as its implementation would “nullify” certain policy initiatives and socio-economic objective of the state. While thanking Prime Minister Narendra Modi for “speedy promulgation” […]
AIADMK leader S M Seenivel, who was elected to the Tamil Nadu Assembly from Tirupparankundram constituency, died here today hours before the first session of the 15th Assembly. Seenivel (65) is survived by wife, three daughters and a son. He died at a private hospital. Seenivel died due to stroke, his son S Selvakumar said. […]
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat was today questioned by CBI in connection with a probe into the sting operation involving him. Rawat accompanied by some supporters and an MLA arrived at the CBI headquarters at 11 AM. The CBI had last week rejected the state government’s notification withdrawing the nod for probing the case which […]
President Pranab Mukherjee today embarked on a four-day visit to China with an aim to bolster economic ties between the two countries and seek cooperation for combating designs of terror groups. During his first state visit to China, the President will be meeting his counterpart Xi Jinping, Premier Le Keqiang and other top leaders. He […]
Uniform medical entrance examination National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET) will not be mandatory for students appearing for the exam in 2016. President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday signed the ordinance passed by the Cabinet, postponing the Supreme Court order, which made NEET compulsory. There were three objections against implementing NEET from 2016. They are – […]
In a move that could bring down political acrimony between the two Dravidian majors, DMK Treasurer M K Stalin today chose to attend the swearing-in of AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa as Chief Minister of Tamilnadu. This is the second time Stalin, son of DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi, attended Jayalalithaa’s swearing-in after participating in her oath-taking ceremony […]
Militants today carried out two strikes within as many hours in the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, killing three policemen, including an officer, and decamping with service rifle of one of the slain cops. In the first strike, militants shot dead two policemen in Zadibal area of Srinagar at around 10: 45 AM. The […]
India today successfully launched the first technology demonstrator of indigenously made Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV), capable of launching satellites into orbit around earth and then re-enter the atmosphere, from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. “Mission accomplished successfully,” an Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) spokesman told PTI soon after RLV-TD HEX-01 was flight tested with the take […]
Anurag Thakur was today unanimously elected as the youngest BCCI President post-Independence, taking up the most high-profile position in Indian cricket administration at a time when the Board is sailing in choppy waters. The 41-year-old replaced Shashank Manohar who quit the position to take up the ICC chairman’s job. Senior BCCI vice-president C K Khanna […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will undertake a two-day visit to the US from June 7 during which he will address a Joint Meeting of the US Congress and hold talks with President Barack Obama to review the progress made in key areas of defence, security and energy. Modi, who is leaving for Iran on Sunday, […]
