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NEET PG qualifying score reduced to fill seats, RS told

New Delhi, Feb. 11 -- The government has reduced the qualifying eligibility percentile for postgraduate medical counselling in 2025 to prevent PG seats from remaining vacant, minister of state for hea... Read More


Interim government slashes budget by 14 percent

Kathmandu, Feb. 11 -- Nepal's interim government on Tuesday cut the size of the annual budget for the ongoing fiscal year after concluding that the originally allocated amount could not be fully spent... Read More


6 stanzas of Vande Mataram a must before national anthem | What are the new rules for the national song?

India, Feb. 11 -- The Union home ministry has mandated that a six-stanza-long, 3 minutes and 10 seconds version of Vande Mataram be played or sung at a raft of official occasions, including during the... Read More


SC asks Cal HC to examine NIA's UAPA invocation

Kolkata, Feb. 11 -- The Supreme Court of India on Wednesday directed the Calcutta High Court to independently examine whether provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) were rightly... Read More


Youth held in Odisha for duping former Kolkata Police CP's son

Kolkata, Feb. 11 -- A youth was arrested by Kolkata Police in Odisha for allegedly duping the son of former Kolkata Police Commissioner Manoj Kumar Verma, who is now serving as Director of Security. ... Read More


TMC flays BJP over Bhupender Yadav's DA remarks, 'unkept promises'

Kolkata, Feb. 11 -- After Union minister Bhupender Yadav on Wednesday targeted Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the dearness allowance (DA) issue, accusing her government of acting against i... Read More


No-confidence motion against Om Birla: 'Flaws' found in Opposition notice seeking LS Speaker's removal

New Delhi, Feb. 11 -- "Flaws" have been found in the notice submitted by opposition MPs to remove the Lok Sabha speaker from office, with Om Birla directing the secretariat to amend the "defective" no... Read More


No copies 'published, distributed or sold to public': Naravane amid row over memoir

India, Feb. 11 -- Eight days after his unpublished memoir Four Stars of Destiny triggered a political firestorm that is still raging, former army chief General (retired) Manoj Mukund Naravane on Tuesd... Read More


Jamaat Ameer alleges vandalisation of polling booths in Dhaka-15

Dhaka, Feb. 11 -- Jamaat Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman on Wednesday alleged that 13 polling booths were vandalised in his Dhaka-15 constituency. In a Facebook post around 5pm, the Jamaat chief strongly co... Read More


J-K Budget Session: BJP MLAs chant "unparliamentary sarkaar", demand CM Abdullah's apology on "shoe beating" remark

Srinagar, Feb. 11 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly on Wednesday raised slogans of "unparliamentary sarkaar" after Chief Minister Omar Abdullah entered the House. ... Read More