Row over NEET-UG: Grace marks given to 1,563 candidates withdrawn, Centre to SC

New Delhi, Jun 13 (PTI) The Centre on Thursday told the Supreme Court that the decision to give grace marks to 1,563 NEET-UG, 2024 candidates for admission to MBBS, BDS and others courses has been cancelled and they will be given an option to take a re-test on June 23. A vacation bench of justices […]
Massive search operations continue in Doda, Reasi to hunt down terrorists

Jammu, Jun 13 (PTI) Massive search operations continued on Thursday in different districts of Jammu and Kashmir, especially Doda and Reasi, to track down and neutralise terrorists involved in recent attacks in the union territory, officials said. Terrorists struck at four places in Reasi, Kathua and Doda districts over the past four days, killing nine […]
Doda terror attacks: Police releases sketch of 4 terrorists, announces Rs 20 lakh reward

Jammu, Jun 13 (PTI) The Jammu and Kashmir Police released sketches of four terrorists involved in two attacks in Doda district and announced a reward of Rs 20 lakh for information leading to their arrest. On Tuesday terrorists fired on a joint checkpost of the 4 Rashtriya Rifles and police at Chattergalla in Bhaderwah while […]
Jammu region on terror radar: Two terrorists, CRPF man killed in Kathua encounter

Five soldiers, two policemen injured in two ongoing Ops in Bhaderwah Bhaderwah/Jammu: Jammu seems to be fresh target of terrorists as two heavily armed terrorists and a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed whereas seven security forces personnel including five soldiers, a Special Police Officer (SPO), a policeman and a civilian were injured […]
Security forces will not rest till all terrorists are eliminated: Lt Guv
Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday said the security forces and police will not rest till they eliminate all terrorists and their supporters from Jammu and Kashmir. Addressing a folk festival organised by the Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages at Tagore Hall here, Sinha said the Reasi terror attack has […]
Millions arrive in Mecca for annual Hajj pilgrimage
Mecca: Muslim pilgrims have been streaming into Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Mecca ahead of the start of the Hajj later this week, as the annual pilgrimage returns to its monumental scale. Saudi officials say more than 1.5 million foreign pilgrims have arrived in the country by Tuesday, the vast majority by air, from across […]
Retail inflation slips to 1-year low of 4.75 pc in May: Govt data
New Delhi: Retail inflation continued its downward slide to reach a one-year low of 4.75 per cent in May due to a marginal decline of prices in the food basket and remained within the Reserve Bank’s comfort zone of below 6 per cent, according to government data released on Wednesday. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) […]
SC to hear pleas challenging NEET-UG, 2024 results today
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Thursday as many as three petitions, including the one filed by chief executive of EdTech firm ‘Physics Wallah’, pertaining to the controversy-ridden NEET-UG, 2024 for admission to MBBS, BDS and others courses. As per the apex court’s updated list of business, a vacation bench comprising […]
Statehood paramount for Ladakh, will approach anyone to get it: Independent MP
New Delhi: Sixth schedule and statehood for Ladakh remains the key demand for newly elected MP Mohammad Haneefa Jan, who said he will approach leaders of the National Democratic Alliance, as well as the INDIA bloc, to ensure people of his constituency get their rights. In an interview with PTI, Haneefa Jan, who fought the […]
First session of 18th Lok Sabha from June 24; Budget likely in late July
New Delhi: The first session of the 18th Lok Sabha will begin on June 24 during which new members of the Lower House will take oath and the Speaker will be elected, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said on Wednesday. President Droupadi Murmu will address a joint sitting of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya […]