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Falta assembly constituency Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Debangshu Panda won the repoll in Falta by a massive margin of 1,09,021 votes, defeating Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate Sambhu Nath Kurmi. Meanwhile, All India Trinamool Congress candidate Jahangir Khan, who had withdrawn from active campaigning but remained on the ballot, finished fourth with 7,783 votes.In…

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) told a Pune court that Manisha Sanjay Havaldar, principal of a school in Pune arrested in connection with the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak case, allegedly shared exam-related questions with a few students in return for money, PTI sources said on Sunday.The agency made the submission while seeking her transit…

NEW DELHI: The ministry of education on Sunday said it has directed IIT Madras and IIT Kanpur to assist the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in resolving technical issues on its post-result services portal, following widespread complaints from students and parents over glitches in the re-evaluation process.According to the PIB press release, Union education…

This is a representative AI image “Education is the milk of a tigress; one who drinks it gets the power to roar,” B R Ambedkar once said. But for lakhs of NEET aspirants this year, the collapse of the examination’s credibility has left the cubs toothless, powerless and far from the ability to roar.For lakhs…

BJP candidate Debangshu Panda celebrates at Falta, in South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: The BJP won the Falta assembly constituency repoll in West Bengal, with its candidate Debangshu Panda securing over one lakh more votes than his closest rival as counting was held on Sunday for the repoll which took…

External affairs minister S Jaishankar and US secretary of state Marco Rubio addressed issues ranging from visa reforms and anti-India racism to defence cooperation during a joint press conference in New Delhi. At least 24 Pakistani personnel were killed and over 100 injured after the banned Baloch Liberation Army claimed responsibility for a suicide train…

The last rites of Twisha Sharma were performed at a crematorium in Bhopal on Sunday, after her body was handed over to the family following the completion of key medical formalities.The funeral took place amid mounting public attention on the case, with the family continuing to demand justice in the alleged dowry death matter.Welcoming the…

NEW DELHI: At least eight people, including seven women, drowned in the Thatte Hakkalu river in Karnataka’s Uttara Kannada on Sunday, according to police sources quoted by news agency PTI. The incident took place near Bhatkal, triggering a large-scale search and rescue operation by local authorities and emergency teams.Officials said several people were swept away…

NEW DELHI: Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday dismissed leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi’s reported remarks predicting the fall of the NDA government, describing them as “daydreaming” and “mere imagination”.This comes as the BJP alleged that Rahul Gandhi, during a meeting of the advisory council of the Congress minority department…

Air Chief Marshal AP Singh, PVSM,AVSM, Chief of the Air Staff Interacting with Graduating Officers of 48th Flight Test Course at Air Force Test Pilot School. BENGALURU: Eleven test pilots and six flight test engineers graduated from the 48th Flight Test Course of the Air Force Test Pilots School after completing a 48-week multidisciplinary training…