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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre to consider its decision to not lower the cut-off marks for admissions to Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) while taking note that over 9000 seats are vacant. A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Hima Kohli also took note of the fact that the last […]
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Asks NMC to frame scheme in two months
New Delhi: Coming to the rescue of MBBS students of foreign universities who faced difficulties due to the Ukraine crisis and COVID, the Supreme Court Friday directed the National Medical Commission (NMC) to frame a scheme in two months permitting students to complete clinical training in medical colleges here. The top court, which was hearing […]
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Beijing: In a relief to thousands of Indian students enrolled in Chinese universities, China on Friday announced plans to allow the return of “some” of them who have been stranded in India for over two years following the visa and flight restrictions imposed by Beijing due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Indian students wanting to return […]
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New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday met President Ram Nath Kovind at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. It was a courtesy call by the home minister, officials said. “Shri Amit Shah, Union Minister of Home Affairs, called on President Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan,” the Rashtrapati Bhavan tweeted. (PTI)
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday declined to accord urgent hearing on a plea seeking that virtual court hearings be declared a fundamental right for litigants. A bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and P S Narasimha told senior advocate Siddharth Luthra that there is no urgency in the matter. The senior advocate submitted […]
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Jammu: Three Indian Army personnel, including a major, were injured in a landmine blast near the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district on Friday, police said. “During a routine patrol along the LoC in Krishna Ghati (KG) sector of Poonch district there was a landmine explosion in which three army personnel were injured. They […]
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Diphu (Assam): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said efforts are on to remove AFSPA completely from the northeast region. Addressing a ‘Peace, Unity and Development’ rally here, he said the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act could be withdrawn from various parts of the region as the law and order situation has improved in the […]
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Srinagar: Two Al-Badr terrorists, responsible for recent attacks on migrant labourers in Kashmir, were killed in an overnight encounter with security forces in Pulwama district, police said on Thursday. Following inputs regarding presence of terrorists in Mitrigam village of Pulwama, a search operation was launched by the security forces on Wednesday, a police spokesman said. […]
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Jammu: Police have collected samples from Sunday’s suspected blast site on the outskirts of the city and sent them to a forensic laboratory for analysis, officials said on Thursday. A suspected blast took place in an open field in Lalian village of Bishnah town, about 17 kilometres away from the venue of Prime Minister Narendra […]
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Srinagar: The BSF flew a special helicopter sortie on Thursday to airlift a jawan deployed at a remote post along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir so that he could get home, about 2,500 km away in Odisha, in time for his wedding. Posted at a high-altitude post in the Machil sector […]