Disability rights activists welcome SC deadline to make admission to MBBS course more inclusive

Photo used for illustration purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Supreme Court in its recent judgment has directed the National Medical Commission (NMC) to revise its guidelines on eligibility conditions for admission to MBBS course for people with disability and report back on March 3. The direction has come after the Court in a case … Read more

Kumbh stampede inquiry commission will now also look into loss of life and property, U.P. government tells Allahabad HC

Sanitation workers take part in a cleanliness drive during the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela 2025, in Prayagraj on Feb. 24, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI The Uttar Pradesh government which formed a judicial inquiry commission to ascertain the factors and circumstances that led to the stampede at the Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj on January 29 … Read more

Delhi High Court asks NIA court to expeditiously decide on Engineer Rashid’s bail plea in UAPA case

File picture of Lok Sabha MP from Baramulla Sheikh Abdul Rashid. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Delhi High Court on Monday (February 24, 2025) asked the special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court to expeditiously decide the bail plea of Member of Parliament from Baramulla, Engineer Rashid, who is currently in jail in a terror … Read more

LIC gets GST demand notice of ₹57.2 crore

Representational file image. | Photo Credit: Reuters Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) on Monday (February 24, 2025) said tax authorities have slapped a demand notice of about ₹57.2 crore on it for excess Input Tax Credit (ITC) availed for the financial year 2020-21. The company has received a communication/demand order on Monday from Assistant … Read more

Centre’s Wayanad rehabilitation package inadequate: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

File picture of Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. | Photo Credit: ANI Calling the Wayanad rehabilitation package of ₹529.5 crore announced by the Centre as “inadequate” and the conditions imposed are “unfair”, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urged him to convert the relief package into a grant … Read more

Our aim is to reach ₹50,000 crore in defence exports by 2029, says Rajnath

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. File. | Photo Credit: K. Murali Kumar The Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday (February 24, 2025) said India had achieved 88% self-sufficiency in ammunition production, and defence exports had reached about ₹23,000 crore in 2023-24. He was speaking at the 16th Foundation Day of the Indian Institute of … Read more

Parliament panel examining I-T Bill holds first meeting

Lok Sabha sent the Bill to the committee on the request of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman after she introduced it in the House in the first half of Parliament’s Budget Session | Photo Credit: ANI The Finance Ministry on Monday (February 24, 2025) briefed the members of a Select Committee of Lok Sabha on various … Read more

PM Modi has set up factory of ‘jumlas’ in Assam: Congress

The Congress on Monday (February 24, 2025) demanded answers from Prime Minister Narendra Modi over alleged corruption under the Himanta Biswa Sarma dispensation in Assam and asserted that the “double dhokha (betrayal) government” will be held accountable for its “sins” in the Assembly polls next year. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said Mr. Modi has set … Read more

PM Modi to begin two-day visit to Assam today, will attend ‘Jhumoir Binanandini’ dance performance in Guwahati

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. File. | Photo Credit: ANI Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to arrive in Guwahati on Monday (February 24, 2025) evening on a two-day visit to Assam, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. The Prime Minister on his arrival will drive to the Sarusajai Sports Complex where he will witness ‘Jhumoir … Read more

indias got latent row ranveer allahbadia appears before maharashtra cyber

File picture of YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement YouTubers Ranveer Allahbadia and Ashish Chanchlani on Monday (February 24, 2025) appeared before the Maharashtra Cyber to record their statements in connection with the India’s Got Latent case, officials said. Also Read | Ranveer Allahbadia case: What has Supreme Court previously ruled on ‘onerous’ … Read more